# 2002 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

2002 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J. League 1 | 15th / 16 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | Semifinals |
| J. League Cup | GL-D 4th / 4 clubs |

## Domestic results
### J. League 1
#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 13 |
| 13 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 12 |
| 14 | Kashiwa Reysol | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 11 |
| 15 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 10 |
| 16 | Consadole Sapporo | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 35 | −20 | 6 |
| Match | Date | Venue | Opponents | Score |
| 1-1 | 2002.3.3 | Hiroshima Big Arch | Consadole Sapporo | 5-1 |
| 1-2 | 2002.3.9 | Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium | Kashiwa Reysol | 1-2 |
| 1-3 | 2002.3.16 | Hiroshima Big Arch | Kyoto Purple Sanga | 2-1 |
| 1-4 | 2002.3.31 | Hiroshima Big Arch | Kashima Antlers | 0-1 |
| 1-5 | 2002.4.7 | Urawa Komaba Stadium | Urawa Red Diamonds | 1-4 |
| 1-6 | 2002.4.13 | Hiroshima Big Arch | Yokohama F. Marinos | 0-2 |
| 1-7 | 2002.4.21 | Hiroshima Big Arch | Shimizu S-Pulse | 0-0 a.e.t. |
| 1-8 | 2002.7.14 | Tokyo Stadium | F.C. Tokyo | 0-4 |
| 1-9 | 2002.7.20 | Ichihara Seaside Stadium | JEF United Ichihara | 1-0 |
| 1-10 | 2002.7.24 | Hiroshima Stadium | Gamba Osaka | 1-2 |
| 1-11 | 2002.7.27 | Hiroshima Big Arch | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 0-1 |
| 1-12 | 2002.8.3 | Sendai Stadium | Vegalta Sendai | 2-4 |
| 1-13 | 2002.8.7 | Hiroshima Big Arch | Júbilo Iwata | 0-1 a.e.t. (sudden death) |
| 1-14 | 2002.8.10 | Tokyo Stadium | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 0-1 a.e.t. (sudden death) |
| 1-15 | 2002.8.17 | Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium | Vissel Kobe | 1-2 |

#### Second stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 17 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 16 |
| 14 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 16 |
| 15 | Vegalta Sendai | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 12 |
| 16 | Consadole Sapporo | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 9 |
* ↑ Cup-Winner 2001 Emperor's Cup
* ↑ Promoted from 2001 J.League Division 2
| Match | Date | Venue | Opponents | Score |
| 2-1 | 2002.8.31 | Hiroshima Big Arch | Urawa Red Diamonds | 1-2 a.e.t. (sudden death) |
| 2-2 | 2002.9.7 | International Stadium Yokohama | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2-1 |
| 2-3 | 2002.9.14 | Hiroshima Big Arch | F.C. Tokyo | 2-1 a.e.t. (sudden death) |
| 2-4 | 2002.9.18 | Osaka Expo '70 Stadium | Gamba Osaka | 0-1 |
| 2-5 | 2002.9.22 | Hiroshima Stadium | JEF United Ichihara | 1-0 |
| 2-6 | 2002.9.29 | Kagoshima Kamoike Stadium | Kyoto Purple Sanga | 0-2 |
| 2-7 | 2002.10.5 | Hiroshima Stadium | Vegalta Sendai | 1-2 a.e.t. (sudden death) |
| 2-8 | 2002.10.13 | Mizuho Athletic Stadium | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 1-3 |
| 2-9 | 2002.10.19 | Hiroshima Big Arch | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 0-0 a.e.t. |
| 2-10 | 2002.10.23 | Yamaha Stadium | Júbilo Iwata | 0-1 |
| 2-11 | 2002.10.26 | Nihondaira Sports Stadium | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1-2 a.e.t. (sudden death) |
| 2-12 | 2002.11.9 | Hiroshima Big Arch | Vissel Kobe | 1-1 a.e.t. |
| 2-13 | 2002.11.16 | Kashima Soccer Stadium | Kashima Antlers | 2-0 |
| 2-14 | 2002.11.23 | Hiroshima Big Arch | Kashiwa Reysol | 2-0 |
| 2-15 | 2002.11.30 | Sapporo Dome | Consadole Sapporo | 4-5 a.e.t. (sudden death) |

#### Overall table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Kashiwa Reysol | 30 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 32 | |
| 13 | Vegalta Sendai | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 32 | |
| 14 | Vissel Kobe | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 31 | |
| 15 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 26 | Relegated to the 2003 J.League Division 2 |
| 16 | Consadole Sapporo | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 30 | 64 | −34 | 15 | Relegated to the 2003 J.League Division 2 |
* ↑ Promoted from 2001 J.League Division 2

### J. League Cup

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 13 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 7 | |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | |

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | J. League 1 | J. League 1 | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | J. League Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Takashi Shimoda | (1975-11-28)November 28, 1975 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 29 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 2 | DF | Shinya Kawashima | (1978-07-20)July 20, 1978 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 8 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 3 | DF | Kentaro Sawada | (1970-05-15)May 15, 1970 (aged 31) | cm / kg | 26 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | MF | Hiroyoshi Kuwabara | (1971-10-02)October 2, 1971 (aged 30) | cm / kg | 14 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | DF | Yūichi Komano | (1981-07-25)July 25, 1981 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 27 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | DF | Marcus Tulio Tanaka | (1981-04-24)April 24, 1981 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 22 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | MF | Kōji Morisaki | (1981-05-09)May 9, 1981 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 22 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 8 | MF | Kazuyuki Morisaki | (1981-05-09)May 9, 1981 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 25 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 9 | FW | Yutaka Takahashi | (1980-09-29)September 29, 1980 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 15 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 10 | FW | Tatsuhiko Kubo | (1976-06-18)June 18, 1976 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 28 | 7 | | | | | | |
| 11 | MF | Chikara Fujimoto | (1977-10-31)October 31, 1977 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 29 | 4 | | | | | | |
| 13 | GK | Ryuji Kato | (1969-12-24)December 24, 1969 (aged 32) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 13 | FW | Naoki Naruo | (1974-10-05)October 5, 1974 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 3 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 14 | MF | Kyohei Yamagata | (1981-09-07)September 7, 1981 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 15 | MF | Yuki Matsushita | (1981-12-07)December 7, 1981 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 13 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 16 | FW | Naoya Umeda | (1978-04-27)April 27, 1978 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 14 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 17 | MF | Kota Hattori | (1977-11-22)November 22, 1977 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 21 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 18 | DF | Kosuke Yatsuda | (1982-03-17)March 17, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 7 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 19 | DF | Kenichi Uemura | (1974-04-22)April 22, 1974 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 10 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 20 | FW | Susumu Oki | (1976-02-23)February 23, 1976 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 18 | 4 | | | | | | |
| 21 | GK | Takuto Hayashi | (1982-08-09)August 9, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 22 | DF | Jungo Kono | (1982-07-09)July 9, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 23 | MF | Ri Han-Jae | (1982-06-27)June 27, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 24 | DF | Hiroyuki Nishijima | (1982-04-07)April 7, 1982 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 25 | MF | Takeshi Suda | (1983-04-14)April 14, 1983 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 26 | FW | Hiroto Mogi | (1984-03-02)March 2, 1984 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 15 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 27 | FW | Genki Nakayama | (1981-09-15)September 15, 1981 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 6 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 28 | MF | Sotaro Sada | (1984-03-18)March 18, 1984 (aged 17) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 29 | MF | Hideki Nishimura | (1983-04-15)April 15, 1983 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 30 | DF | Yoshiro Nakamura | (1979-10-17)October 17, 1979 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 4 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 31 | DF | Billong | (1973-06-16)June 16, 1973 (aged 28) | cm / kg | 25 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 32 | MF | Milo | (1974-12-04)December 4, 1974 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 8 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 33 | GK | Yushi Ozaki | (1969-03-24)March 24, 1969 (aged 32) | cm / kg | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 34 | DF | Jun Ideguchi | (1979-05-14)May 14, 1979 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 7 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 35 | FW | Tomislav Erceg | (1971-10-22)October 22, 1971 (aged 30) | cm / kg | 10 | 1 | | | | | | |

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