Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
サンフレッチェ広島
Full nameSanfrecce Hiroshima Football Club
NicknamesSanfrecce, Sanfre, La Viola
Founded1992 (1992)
GroundEdion Peace Wing Hiroshima
Capacity28,520
Owner(s)EDION
Mazda
ChairmanShingo Senda
ManagerBartosch Gaul
LeagueJ1 League
2025J1 League, 4th of 20
Websitewww.sanfrecce.co.jp

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (Japanese: サンフレッチェ広島, romanizedSanfuretche Hiroshima) is a Japanese professional football club based in Hiroshima. The club competes in the J1 League, top flight of the Japanese football league system. Sanfrecce is one of the most successful clubs in Japan. The club is the joint fourth in most J1 League titles with three, the joint first in most top-flight titles (which includes the defunct Japan Soccer League), with eight, and the club with the most participations in Emperor's Cup finals, with 15.

Sanfrecce have won three J1 League, one J2 League, three Emperor's Cup, one J.League Cup and four Japanese Super Cup titles. Internationally, the club has made two appearances in the FIFA Club World Cup, with their most recent appearance being in the 2015 edition.