# 2016 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

The 2016 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season was the club's eighth consecutive season in J1 League, and 46th overall in the Japanese top flight. Sanfrecce Hiroshima are also competing in the 2016 Japanese Super Cup and the 2016 AFC Champions League.

## Squad

    As of 2 March 2016
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Takuto Hayashi | GK | (1982-08-09)9 August 1982 (aged 33) |
| 13 | Takuya Masuda | GK | (1989-06-29)29 June 1989 (aged 26) |
| 21 | Ryotaro Hironaga | GK | (1990-01-09)9 January 1990 (aged 25) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Yuki Nogami | DF | (1991-04-20)20 April 1991 (aged 24) |
| 4 | Hiroki Mizumoto | CB | (1985-09-12)12 September 1985 (aged 30) |
| 5 | Kazuhiko Chiba | DF / DM | (1985-06-21)21 June 1985 (aged 30) |
| 19 | Sho Sasaki | DF | (1989-10-02)2 October 1989 (aged 26) |
| 26 | Yasumasa Kawasaki | DF | (1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 23) |
| 33 | Tsukasa Shiotani | DF | (1988-12-05)5 December 1988 (aged 27) |
| 34 | Soya Takahashi | DF | (1996-02-29)29 February 1996 (aged 19) |
| 35 | Naoki Otani | DF | (1995-09-24)24 September 1995 (aged 20) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | Toshihiro Aoyama | DM | (1986-02-22)22 February 1986 (aged 29) |
| 7 | Kōji Morisaki | MF | (1981-05-09)9 May 1981 (aged 34) |
| 8 | Kazuyuki Morisaki | MF | (1981-05-09)9 May 1981 (aged 34) |
| 14 | Mihael Mikić | RW | (1980-01-06)6 January 1980 (aged 35) |
| 16 | Kohei Shimizu | MF / ST | (1989-04-30)30 April 1989 (aged 26) |
| 18 | Yoshifumi Kashiwa | MF | (1987-07-28)28 July 1987 (aged 28) |
| 24 | Yoichi Naganuma | MF | (1997-04-14)14 April 1997 (aged 18) |
| 25 | Yusuke Chajima | AM | (1991-07-20)20 July 1991 (aged 24) |
| 28 | Takuya Marutani | DM | (1989-05-30)30 May 1989 (aged 26) |
| 29 | Tsukasa Morishima | MF | (1997-04-25)25 April 1997 (aged 18) |
| 30 | Kosei Shibasaki | MF | (1984-08-28)28 August 1984 (aged 31) |
| 37 | Kazuya Miyahara | MF | (1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 19) |
| Strikers |||||
| 9 | Peter Utaka | FW | (1984-02-12)12 February 1984 (aged 31) |
| 11 | Hisato Satō | ST | (1982-03-12)12 March 1982 (aged 33) |
| 22 | Yusuke Minagawa | FW | (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 24) |
| 31 | Takumi Miyayoshi | ST | (1992-08-07)7 August 1992 (aged 23) |
| 44 | Anderson Lopes | ST | (1993-09-15)15 September 1993 (aged 22) |

## Transfers
### Winter
#### In

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Type |
| 31 December 2015 | MF | Park Hyung-jin | Tochigi SC | Loan return |
| 31 December 2015 | DF | Hironori Ishikawa | Mito HollyHock | Loan return |
| 1 January 2016 | MF | Tsukasa Morishima | Tsu Technical High School | Transfer |
| 1 January 2016 | MF | Yoichi Naganuma | Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth | Promotion |
| 4 January 2016 | DF | Naoki Otani | Roasso Kumamoto | Loan return |
| 6 January 2016 | FW | Takumi Miyayoshi | Kyoto Sanga | Transfer |
| 7 January 2016 | MF | Kim Byeom-yong | Montedio Yamagata | Transfer |
| 26 January 2016 | MF | Kota Sameshima | AC Nagano Parceiro | Loan return |
| 2 February 2016 | FW | Peter Utaka | Shimizu S-Pulse | Loan |

#### Out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Type |
| 31 December 2015 | FW | Douglas | Tokushima Vortis | Loan return |
| 6 January 2016 | MF | Park Hyung-jin | V-Varen Nagasaki | Transfer |
| 8 January 2016 | DF | Hironori Ishikawa | Thespakusatsu Gunma | Transfer |
| 15 January 2016 | MF | Satoru Yamagishi | Ōita Trinita | Transfer |
| 27 January 2016 | MF | Kota Sameshima | Fujieda MYFC | Transfer |
| 1 April 2016 | MF | Gakuto Notsuda | Albirex Niigata | Loan |

### Summer
#### In

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Type |
| 9 July 2016 | FW | | Anderson Lopes | Tombense | Loan |
| 11 July 2016 | DF | | Yuki Nogami | Yokohama FC | Transfer |

#### Out

* Arsenal signs Japanese Takuma; Chelsea signs Batshuayi
| Date from | Position | Name | To | Type |
| 13 July 2016 | MF | Kim Byeom-yong | Shimizu S-Pulse | Loan |
| 18 July 2016 | FW | Takuma Asano | Arsenal | Transfer |
| 25 July 2016 | DF | Kyohei Yoshino | Kyoto Sanga | Loan |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| J1 League | — | 4th | | 27 February 2016 | |
| Champions League | Group stage | — | | 23 February 2016 | 4 May 2016 |
| Japanese Super Cup | Final | — | Winners | 20 February 2016 | 20 February 2016 |
Updated to match played 30 June 2016 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J1 League | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 048.15 |
| Japanese Super Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Champions League | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 050.00 |
Updated to match played 28 August 2016 Source: Competitions

### Japanese Super Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### J1 League
#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 33 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 29 |
| 5 | Omiya Ardija | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 26 |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 June 2016. Source: Competitive matches

##### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 13 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

#### Second stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | FC Tokyo | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 29 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 26 |
| 11 | Kashima Antlers | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 20 |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 August 2016. Source: Competitive matches

##### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | | | | | | | |
| Position | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | |

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

#### Overall results

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Omiya Ardija | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 56 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 55 |
| 7 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 55 |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 August 2016. Source: Competitive matches

### AFC Champions League

Sanfrecce Hiroshima qualified for the group stage of the 2016 AFC Champions League by winning the 2015 J1 League. They were drawn in Group F along with China's Shandong Luneng Taishan, Korean outfit FC Seoul, and Buriram United from Thailand. Sanfrecce Hiroshima were automatically eliminated on 20 April after a 1–0 loss against Shandong Luneng Taishan, making a four-point gap with one game left.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEO | SHD | HIR | BUR |
| 1 | FC Seoul | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Shandong Luneng | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–4 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Buriram United | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 1 | | 0–6 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |
Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 28 August 2016.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | J1 League | J1 League | Champions League | Champions League | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Takuto Hayashi | 33 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Yuki Nogami | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Mizumoto | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Kazuhiko Chiba | 32 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Toshihiro Aoyama | 26 | 2 | 18+3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Kōji Morisaki | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kazuyuki Morisaki | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Peter Utaka | 29 | 18 | 25+1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Hisato Satō | 17 | 4 | 7+7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | JPN | Takuya Masuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Mihael Mikić | 24 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Kohei Shimizu | 32 | 2 | 14+12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Yoshifumi Kashiwa | 33 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Sho Sasaki | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Ryotaro Hironaga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Yusuke Minagawa | 21 | 2 | 0+15 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Yoichi Naganuma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Yusuke Chajima | 21 | 2 | 10+8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Yasumasa Kawasaki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Takuya Marutani | 21 | 2 | 11+3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Tsukasa Morishima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Kosei Shibasaki | 32 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 0+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | JPN | Takumi Miyayoshi | 16 | 5 | 6+5 | 4 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Tsukasa Shiotani | 29 | 4 | 23+1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | JPN | Soya Takahashi | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | JPN | Naoki Otani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | JPN | Kazuya Miyahara | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | BRA | Anderson Lopes | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club in Winter/Summer transfer window or on loan: ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | JPN | Takuma Asano | 19 | 8 | 7+7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Gakuto Notsuda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Kyohei Yoshino | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | KOR | Kim Byeom-yong | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Cards

    Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 28 August 2016.
| No. | Pos. | Name | | |
| 4 | DF | Hiroki Mizumoto | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Kazuhiko Chiba | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Toshihiro Aoyama | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Kazuyuki Morisaki | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Peter Utaka | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Mihael Mikić | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Kohei Shimizu | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Yoshifumi Kashiwa | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Sho Sasaki | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Kyohei Yoshino | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Yusuke Chajima | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Takuya Marutani | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Kosei Shibasaki | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Soya Takahashi | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Kazuya Miyahara | 3 | 0 |