2011 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

2011 season
Manager	Mihailo Petrović
J. League Division 1	7th
Emperor's Cup	Third Round
J. League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	Tadanari Lee (14)
Average home league attendance	13,203
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2011 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season is Sanfrecce Hiroshima's 3rd consecutive season, 17th season overall in J. League Division 1 and 40th overall in the Japanese top flight. It also includes the 2011 J. League Cup, and the 2011 Emperor's Cup.

Players

As of July 22, 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Shusaku Nishikawa 3 DF Daiki Nishioka 4 DF Hiroki Mizumoto 5 MF Ante Tomić 6 MF Toshihiro Aoyama 7 MF Koji Morisaki 8 MF Kazuyuki Morisaki 9 FW Tadanari Lee 10 MF David Mujiri 11 FW Hisato Satō 13 MF Issei Takayanagi 14 MF Mihael Mikić 15 MF Yōjiro Takahagi 16 MF Satoru Yamagishi

No. Position Player 17 MF Kota Hattori 19 DF Kohei Morita 20 MF Hironori Ishikawa 21 GK Yutaro Hara 22 MF Tsubasa Yokotake 23 MF Kota Sameshima 24 DF Ryota Moriwaki 25 FW Junya Osaki 26 FW Sena Inami 27 MF Kohei Shimizu 28 FW Takuya Marutani 34 GK Hirotsugu Nakabayashi 35 MF Koji Nakajima

Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2011 J. League Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kashiwa Reysol (C)	34	23	3	8	65	42	+23	72	Qualification to 2012 AFC Champions League group stage Group stage 1,2
2	Nagoya Grampus	34	21	8	5	67	36	+31	71
3	Gamba Osaka	34	21	7	6	78	51	+27	70
4	Vegalta Sendai	34	14	14	6	39	25	+14	56
5	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	16	8	10	46	40	+6	56
6	Kashima Antlers	34	13	11	10	53	40	+13	50
7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	14	8	12	52	49	+3	50
8	Júbilo Iwata	34	13	8	13	53	45	+8	47
9	Vissel Kobe	34	13	7	14	44	45	−1	46
10	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	11	12	11	42	51	−9	45
11	Kawasaki Frontale	34	13	5	16	52	53	−1	44
12	Cerezo Osaka	34	11	10	13	67	53	+14	43
13	Omiya Ardija	34	10	12	12	38	48	−10	42
14	Albirex Niigata	34	10	9	15	38	46	−8	39
15	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	8	12	14	36	43	−7	36
16	Ventforet Kofu (R)	34	9	6	19	42	63	−21	33	Relegation to 2012 J. League Division 2
17	Avispa Fukuoka (R)	34	6	4	24	34	75	−41	22
18	Montedio Yamagata (R)	34	5	6	23	23	64	−41	21

Updated to games played on December 3, 2011.
Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal differential; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th disciplinary points; 6th draw
¹ League champions also qualified for the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup play-off stage.
² The winners of the 2011 Emperor's Cup, F.C. Tokyo, which played in the 2011 J.League Division 2, also qualified for the group stage of the 2012 AFC Champions League.
If two clubs are tied for first place, both clubs will be declared champions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Vegalta Sendai

5 March 2011 Round 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0 - 0	Vegalta Sendai	Hiroshima Big Arch
Saturday 14:00		Report		Attendance: 18,709 Referee: Matsuo

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Gamba Osaka

24 April 2011 Round 7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4 - 1	Gamba Osaka	Hiroshima Big Arch
Sunday 13:00	Lee  1' Koji Morisaki  11' Mikić  36' Satō  76'	Report	Kawanishi  87'	Attendance: 18,788 Referee: Nishimura

Jubilo Iwata v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

29 April 2011 Round 8	Jubilo Iwata	1 - 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Yamaha Stadium
Friday 19:00	Kanazono  73'	Report	Lee  68'	Attendance: 11,319 Referee: Takayama

Shimizu S-Pulse v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

3 May 2011 Round 9	Shimizu S-Pulse	0 - 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
Tuesday 15:00		Report	Mujiri  70'	Attendance: 18,847 Referee: Kashihara

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Ventforet Kofu

7 May 2011 Round 10	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1 - 1	Ventforet Kofu	Hiroshima Big Arch
Saturday 13:00	Satō  73'	Report	Havenaar  10'	Attendance: 12,481 Referee: Yoshida

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Yokohama F. Marinos

14 May 2011 Round 11	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3 - 2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Hiroshima Big Arch
Saturday 15:00	Lee  17, 33' Mujiri  67'	Report	Nakazawa  43' Nakamura  69'	Attendance: 17,004 Referee: Inoue

Vissel Kobe v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

21 May 2011 Round 12	Vissel Kobe	1 - 0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Home's Stadium Kobe
Saturday 19:00	Tanaka  36'	Report		Attendance: 15,520 Referee: Matsuo

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kashima Antlers

29 May 2011 Round 13	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2 - 1	Kashima Antlers	Hiroshima Big Arch
Sunday 19:00	Koji Morisaki  9, 90'	Report	Koroki  18'	Attendance: 8,049 Referee: Murakami

Albirex Niigata v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

11 June 2011 Round 14	Albirex Niigata	0 - 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium
Saturday 13:00		Report	Satō  89'	Attendance: 22,196 Referee: Yoshida

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Urawa Red Diamonds

15 June 2011 Round 15	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0 - 0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima Big Arch
Wednesday 19:00		Report		Attendance: 13,707 Referee: Yamamoto

Kawasaki Frontale v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

18 June 2011 Round 16	Kawasaki Frontale	2 - 0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Saturday 19:00	Yajima  35' Kikuchi  58'	Report		Attendance: 13,605 Referee: Kimura

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Montedio Yamagata

22 June 2011 Round 17	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3 - 2	Montedio Yamagata	Hiroshima Big Arch
Wednesday 19:00	Satō  27' Lee  43' Koji Morisaki  80'	Report	Ōkubo  33' Ota  72'	Attendance: 7,593 Referee: Sato

Gamba Osaka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

26 June 2011 Round 18	Gamba Osaka	5 - 3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Sunday 18:00	Nakazawa  3' Endō  34' Hirai  55' Sasaki  78' Takagi  85'	Report	Koji Morisaki  45' Nakajima  74' Mujiri  90'	Attendance: 16,845 Referee: Murakami

Omiya Ardija v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

3 July 2011 Round 21	Omiya Ardija	0 - 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	NACK5 Stadium Ōmiya
Sunday 19:00		Report	Morita  49'	Attendance: 8,526 Referee: Nishimura

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Cerezo Osaka

10 July 2011 Round 31	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1 - 3	Cerezo Osaka	Hiroshima Big Arch
Sunday 19:00	Lee  2'	Report	Kurata  33' Kiyotake  49' Komatsu  51'	Attendance: 11,615 Referee: Iida

Kashiwa Reysol v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

13 July 2011 Round 41	Kashiwa Reysol	3 - 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
Wednesday 19:00	Leandro Domingues  19' Kitajima  55' Kudo  90'	Report	Satō  7'	Attendance: 7,887 Referee: Yamamoto

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Avispa Fukuoka

18 July 2011 Round 51	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0 - 0	Avispa Fukuoka	Hiroshima Big Arch
Monday 18:00		Report		Attendance: 9,864 Referee: Tojo

Nagoya Grampus v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

23 July 2011 Round 61	Nagoya Grampus	3 - 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Mizuho Athletic Stadium
Saturday 19:00	Tulio  15' Own goal  67' Masukawa  80'	Report	Lee  6' Aoyama  86'	Attendance: 11,904 Referee: Imamura

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Shimizu S-Pulse

30 July 2011 Round 19	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4 - 0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Hiroshima Big Arch
Saturday 19:00	Lee  4,90' Own goal  39' Mujiri  86'	Report		Attendance: 16,816 Referee: Kimura

Ventforet Kofu v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

6 August 2011 Round 20	Ventforet Kofu	0 - 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
Saturday 18:30		Report	Lee  19' Satō  74'	Attendance: 11,193 Referee: Matsuo

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus

13 August 2011 Round 21	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0 - 3	Nagoya Grampus	Coca-Cola West Hiroshima Stadium
Saturday 19:00		Report	Ogawa  23' Kennedy  39' Nagai  90'	Attendance: 7,099 Referee: Murakami

Kashima Antlers v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

20 August 2011 Round 22	Kashima Antlers	2 - 0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashima Soccer Stadium
Saturday 18:30	Iwamasa  65' Nozawa  87'	Report		Attendance: 16,237 Referee: Ogiya

Urawa Red Diamonds v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

24 August 2011 Round 23	Urawa Red Diamonds	1 - 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Saitama Stadium 2002
Wednesday 19:00	Haraguchi  54'	Report	Lee  58'	Attendance: 27,947 Referee: Imamura

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Albirex Niigata

27 August 2011 Round 24	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1 - 0	Albirex Niigata	Hiroshima Big Arch
Saturday 19:00	Mujiri  81'	Report		Attendance: 14,852 Referee: Sato

Cerezo Osaka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

10 September 2011 Round 25	Cerezo Osaka	5 - 4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Nagai Stadium
Saturday 18:00	Kiyotake  46' Bando  55,57,77' Kim  72'	Report	Mikić  22' Takahagi  33' Satō  44,90'	Attendance: 20,160 Referee: Nishimura

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Jubilo Iwata

17 September 2011 Round 26	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3 - 1	Jubilo Iwata	Hiroshima Big Arch
Saturday 19:00	Lee  3,57' Satō  20'	Report	Maeda  25'	Attendance: 11,894 Referee: Inoue

Avispa Fukuoka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

25 September 2011 Round 27	Avispa Fukuoka	2 - 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Level-5 Stadium
Sunday 16:00	Sueyoshi  40' Naruoka  75'	Report	Mizumoto  90'	Attendance: 12,540 Referee: Murakami

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Vissel Kobe

1 October 2011 Round 28	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1 - 0	Vissel Kobe	Hiroshima Big Arch
Saturday 13:30	Nakajima  90'	Report		Attendance: 12,706 Referee: Maeda

Yokohama F. Marinos v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

15 October 2011 Round 29	Yokohama F. Marinos	1 - 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Nissan Stadium
Saturday 15:00	Oguro  75'	Report	Mujiri  87'	Attendance: 20,174 Referee: Takayama

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kashiwa Reysol

22 October 2011 Round 30	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1 - 3	Kashiwa Reysol	Hiroshima Big Arch
Saturday 14:00	Lee  57'	Report	Jorge Wagner  68' Kitajima  82,87'	Attendance: 14,450 Referee: Tojo

Vegalta Sendai v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

29 October 2011 Round 31	Vegalta Sendai	0 - 0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Saturday 17:00		Report		Attendance: 17,215 Referee: Okabe

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale

19 November 2011 Round 32	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2 - 3	Kawasaki Frontale	Hiroshima Big Arch
Saturday 14:00	Takahagi  10' Moriwaki  67'	Report	Kobayashi  45' Yokoyama  84' Yajima  90'	Attendance: 12,041 Referee: Inoue

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Omiya Ardija

26 November 2011 Round 33	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4 - 2	Omiya Ardija	Hiroshima Big Arch
Saturday 17:30	Tomić  41' Satō  45' Lee  64' Aoyama  71'	Report	Kanazawa  56' Lee Chun-Soo  88'	Attendance: 16,779 Referee: Kimura

Montedio Yamagata v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

3 December 2011 Round 34	Montedio Yamagata	1 - 3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	ND Soft Stadium Yamagata
Saturday 15:30	Miyazaki  11'	Report	Moriwaki  54' Satō  76' Yamagishi  88'	Attendance: 7,016 Referee: Iida

¹Game postponed because of Tōhoku earthquake.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D
Position	11

Last updated: 6 March 2011.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

J. League Cup

Main article: 2011 J. League Cup

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale

5 June 2011 First round, 1st leg	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2 - 2	Kawasaki Frontale	Hiroshima Big Arch
Sunday 15:00	Hattori  41' Mujiri  61'	Report	Yamase  2' Komiyama  88'	Attendance: 12,498 Referee: Kashihara

Kawasaki Frontale v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

27 July 2011 First round, 2nd leg	Kawasaki Frontale	3 - 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Wednesday 19:00	Kobayashi  10, 62' Noborizato  54'	Report	Satō  39'	Attendance: 11,067 Referee: Nakamura

Sanfrecce Hiroshima lost 5-3 on aggregate

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2011 Emperor's Cup

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Zweigen Kanazawa

8 October 2011 Second Round	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4 - 2	Zweigen Kanazawa	Coca-Cola West Hiroshima Stadium
Saturday 15:00	Satō  2, 86' Yokotake  30' Mizumoto  45'	Report	Yamane  15' Hirabayashi  23'	Attendance: 3,858 Referee: Nishimura

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Ehime F.C.

16 November 2011 Third Round	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0 - 1	Ehime F.C.	Hiroshima Big Arch
Wednesday 19:00		Report	Ishii  86'	Attendance: 3,171 Referee: Yoshida