The 2023 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season was their 85th season in existence and their 15th consecutive season in the J1 League. In addition to the league, the club competed in the Emperor's Cup and J. League Cup. As the third-placed team on last season's J1 League, they would have been qualified to the 2023–24 AFC Champions League play-offs. However, on 6 May, they lost their continental participation spot as Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2022 AFC Champions League.
Players Current squad
Out on loan
Transfers
Transfers inJoin onPos.PlayerMoving fromTransfer typePre-seasonGK Yudai Tanaka Blaublitz AkitaFull transferPre-seasonDF Takaaki Shichi Avispa FukuokaFull transferPre-seasonDF Shuto Nakano Toin University of YokohamaFree transferPre-seasonMF Hiroya Matsumoto Zweigen KanazawaLoan returnPre-seasonMF Taichi Yamasaki Juntendo UniversityFree transferPre-seasonMF Sota KoshimichiSanfrecce Hiroshima U18sPromotion
Transfers outLeave onPos.PlayerMoving toTransfer typePre-seasonDF Yuki Nogami Nagoya GrampusFull transferPre-seasonDF Osamu Henry Iyoha Kyoto SangaFull transferPre-seasonDF Yuta Imazu V-Varen NagasakiFull transferPre-seasonMF Tomoya Fujii Kashima AntlersFull transferPre-seasonMF Kodai Dohi Ventforet KofuLoan transferPre-seasonMF Motoki Ohara Mito HollyHockLoan transferPre-seasonFW Júnior Santos Fortaleza ECFull transferPre-seasonFW Ryo Nagai Fagiano OkayamaFull transfer; Loan made permanent
Pre-season friendlies
Competitions Overall record
J1 League
After the club surpassed many fans' expectations with their last season's performances, the club finished in the 3rd place on the 2022 J1 League. This season, their squad was barely touched, with only a few regulars leaving the team.
League table
Results summary
Matches The opening match was released by the J.League on 23 December 2022. The full league fixtures were released on 20 January 2023.
Emperor's Cup
As a J1 League club, it started in the 2nd round of the competition. Sanfrecce was the runner-up of the competition in the previous season.
J.League Cup
As every other club, Sanfrecce starts the competition at the group stage. The club will play the season as the defending champions, after they won past Cerezo Osaka in the 2022 J.League Cup Final by a 2–1 win, which was earned with a last-minute comeback.
Goalscorers
Player J1 League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC CLTotal1 FW 9 Douglas Vieira 600062MF 8 Takumu Kawamura 302053FW 11 Makoto Mitsuta 10304DF 19 Sho Sasaki 103045MF 10 Tsukasa Morishima 210036 DF 3 Tsukasa Shiotani 20002MF 25 Yusuke Chajima 20002FW 13 Nassim Ben Khalifa 11002DF 15 Shuto Nakano 01102DF 5 Hiroya Matsumoto 0200211 FW 20 Pieros Sotiriou 10001DF 24 Shunki Higashi 10001DF 3 Taichi Yamasaki 00101MF 30 Kosei Shibasaki 00101 Total20511036
References
External links Official website