Kyoto Sanga FC

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Kyoto Sanga FC
京都サンガF.C.
logo
Full nameKyoto Sanga FC
Nickname(s)Sanga
Founded1922; 99 years ago (1922),
as Kyoto Shiko Club (京都紫光クラブ)
GroundSanga Stadium by Kyocera
Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Capacity21,600
ChairmanMasaaki Ito
ManagerCho Kwi-jae
LeagueJ2 League
2020J2 League, 8th
WebsiteClub website
Away colours
Kyoto Purple Sanga Co.,Ltd.
TypePublic
IndustrySports
FoundedJanuary 13, 1994 (1994-01-13) in Kyoto, Japan[1]
Key people
Hiroshi Imai (Chairman)
Kazuo Inamori (Honorary President)[1]
ProductsFootball club
RevenueIncrease ¥ 2140 million (2014)[1]
OwnersKyocera (55.4%)[2]
Nintendo (16.6%)[2]

Kyoto Sanga FC (京都サンガF.C.) is a Japanese professional football club based in Kyoto. "Sanga" comes from the Sanskrit sangha, a term meaning "group" or "club" and often used to denote the Buddhist priesthood, associating the club with Kyoto's many Buddhist temples.[3][failed verification] The club was formerly known as Kyoto Purple Sanga with "purple", the colour of the team uniforms, an imperial colour reflecting Kyoto's status as Japan's ancient imperial capital city. It was decided however that, from 2007, the team will simply been known as "Kyoto Sanga". They are the oldest club competing in the J.League.

History[]

Old logo

The club was started as Kyoto Shiko Club, one of the few proper Japanese football clubs in the sense of being strictly dedicated to football and not being part of a company. Like Ventforet Kofu, however, it could not rise to a Japan Soccer League First Division dominated by company teams; in 1993, after the J.League was created, Kyoto Shiko Club, aided by funds from local new sponsors Kyocera and Nintendo, professionalized (though some players broke away and formed their own clubs, see below) and joined the former Japan Football League under the new name Kyoto Purple Sanga.

First joining the J.League in 1996, Kyoto Sanga hold the dubious distinction of being the League's most relegated side, having been demoted on three separate occasions. Relegation to J2 occurred at the end of the 2000, 2003 and 2006 seasons; more than any other team.[3] The 2003 relegation happened despite having many national team players on its roster. Stars like Park Ji-sung and Daisuke Matsui have since left for greener pastures.

In December 2007 the club gained J1 status for the fourth time in their history via the promotion/relegation playoff.[4] A 0-2 home defeat to Urawa Reds on 14 November 2010 confirmed Sanga's relegation back to J2, bringing an end to their three-season spell in the top flight.[5]

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 14 July 2021.[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Haruki Fukushima (On loan from Urawa Red Diamonds)
2 DF Japan JPN Takahiro Iida
3 DF Japan JPN Seiji Kimura (On loan from FC Tokyo)
4 MF Japan JPN Temma Matsuda
5 DF Japan JPN Kyohei Kuroki
6 DF Japan JPN Yuki Honda
7 MF Japan JPN Kosuke Taketomi
8 MF Japan JPN Daigo Araki
9 FW Nigeria NGA Peter Utaka
10 MF Japan JPN Yoshihiro Shoji
11 MF Japan JPN Yutaka Soneda
13 FW Japan JPN Takumi Miyayoshi
14 MF Japan JPN Hiroto Nakagawa
15 DF Japan JPN Kazuma Nagai
16 MF Japan JPN Shohei Takeda
17 DF Japan JPN Takuya Ogiwara (On loan from Urawa Red Diamonds)
18 FW Japan JPN Ryunosuke Noda
19 MF Japan JPN Shogo Asada
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Japan JPN Tadanari Lee
21 GK Japan JPN Keisuke Shimizu
22 MF Japan JPN Teppei Yachida
23 DF Netherlands NED Jordy Buijs
24 MF Japan JPN Sota Kawasaki
25 MF Japan JPN Keita Nakano
26 GK Japan JPN Gakuji Ota
27 MF Japan JPN Fuki Yamada
28 DF Japan JPN Kohei Tomita
29 MF Japan JPN Katsuya Nakano
31 MF Japan JPN Shimpei Fukuoka
32 MF Japan JPN Soichiro Kozuki
33 MF Japan JPN Naoto Misawa
34 GK Japan JPN Tomoya Wakahara
39 FW Nigeria NGA Origbaajo Ismaila
40 FW Japan JPN Kazuki Tanaka
41 MF Japan JPN Kosuke Shirai (On loan from Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
46 DF Japan JPN Ryota Moriwaki

Club captains[]

  • Naohiko Minobe 1994
  • Sugiyama Makoto 1995
  • Satoshi Mochizuki 1996
  • Ramos Luwei 1997
  • Okuma Yuji 1997
  • Moriyasu 1998
  • Kurosaki 1999
  • Chiura Miura 2000
  • Naoto Otake 2001
  • Yuji Noguchi 2002
  • Kiyotaka Ishimaru 2003–2004
  • Daisuke Nakapas 2005-2006
  • Daisuke Saito 2007
  • Hayato Sato 2008-2009
  • Atsushi Yanagisawa 2010
  • Diego 2011
  • Nakayama Hiroki 2012
  • Atsushi Ando 2013
  • Koji Yamase 2014
  • Satoshi Yamaguchi 2015
  • Takanori Sugeno 2016–2017
  • Yuta Someya 2018
  • Takumi Miyayoshi 2019
  • Temma Matsuda 2020–

Managers[]

  • Japan 1993
  • Japan Seishiro Shimatani 1994
  • Japan George Yonashiro 1994
  • Brazil José Oscar Bernardi 1995–1996
  • JapanBrazil George Yonashiro 1996
  • Uruguay Pedro Rocha 1997
  • Netherlands Marius Johan Ooft 1998
  • Japan Hidehiko Shimizu 1998–1999
  • Japan Bunji Kimura 1999
  • Japan Shu Kamo 1999–2000
  • Germany Gert Engels 2000–2003
  • Japan Bunji Kimura 2003
  • Netherlands Pim Verbeek 2003
  • Japan Bunji Kimura 2003
  • Japan Akihiro Nishimura 2004
  • Japan Koichi Hashiratani 2004–2006
  • Japan Naohiko Minobe 2006–2007
  • Japan Hisashi Kato 2007–2010
  • Japan Yutaka Akita 2010
  • Japan Takeshi Oki 2011–2013
  • Brazil Valdeir Vieira 2014
  • Japan Hitoshi Morishita (caretaker) 2014
  • Japan Ryoichi Kawakatsu 2014
  • Japan Masahiro Wada 2015
  • Japan Kiyotaka Ishimaru 2015–2016
  • Japan Takanori Nunobe 2017–2018
  • North Macedonia Boško Gjurovski 2018
  • Japan Ichizo Nakata 2019
  • Japan Noritada Saneyoshi 2020
  • South Korea Cho Kwi-jae 2021-

Record as J.League member[]

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season Div. Teams Pos. Attendance/G J.League Cup Emperor's Cup
1996 J1 16 16th 9,404 Group stage Quarter-final
1997 17 14th 7,881 Group stage 4th round
1998 18 13th 8,015 Group stage 3rd round
1999 16 12th 8,859 2nd round 4th round
2000 16 15th 7,253 Semi-final 3rd round
2001 J2 12 1st 3,808 1st round 4th round
2002 J1 16 5th 10,352 Group stage Winner
2003 16 16th 10,850 Group stage 3rd round
2004 J2 12 5th 7,807 - 4th round
2005 12 1st 7,857 4th round
2006 J1 18 18th 9,781 Group stage 4th round
2007 J2 13 3rd 6,629 - 3rd round
2008 J1 18 14th 13,687 Group stage 5th round
2009 18 12th 11,126 Group stage 3rd round
2010 18 17th 10,510 Group stage 3rd round
2011 J2 20 7th 6,294 - Runners-up
2012 22 3rd 7,273 3rd round
2013 22 3rd 7,891 3rd round
2014 22 9th 7,520 3rd round
2015 22 17th 7,491 3rd round
2016 22 5th 6,524 2nd round
2017 22 12th 6,748 2nd round
2018 22 19th 5,663 3rd round
2019 22 8th 7,850 2nd round
2020 † 22 8th 2,924 Did not qualify
2021 22
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
  • † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J.League Data Site

Honours[]

  • Kansai Soccer League
    • 1969, 1971, 1979, 1988 (all as Kyoto Shiko)
  • All Japan Senior Football Championship
    • 1988 (as Kyoto Shiko)
  • Emperor's Cup
  • J.League Division 2

Asian clubs ranking[]

As of 18 September 2018[7]
Current Rank Country Team
260 Indonesia Deltras
261 Japan Kyoto Sanga
262 India Chennai City
263 India Mumbai City
264 Hong Kong Kitchee

Related clubs[]

  • Amitie S.C. (Kansai Soccer League Division 1) – broke away from the original Kyoto Shiko Club upon professionalization; amateur club
  • Kyoto Shiko Club (Kansai Soccer League Division 2) – broke away from Kyoto BAMB 1993 (now Kyoto Amitie) in 1998; amateur club
  • (Kansai Women's Soccer League) – linked with today's Kyoto Shiko Club

Kyoto Sanga is considered the main continuation of the Kyoto Shiko Club that competed in the Japan Soccer League Second Division. "Shiko" (紫光) means "brilliant purple" and is the color that Shiko/Sanga have always worn.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Club profile". Kyoto Sanga. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Sasaki, Norihiko. "Thoroughly analyzed the financial results of J-League". Shūkan Tōyō keizai. Toyo Keizai. 6058: 148–151.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Daniel Sloan (November 5, 2011). Playing to Wiin: Nintendo and the Video Game Industrys Greatest Comeback. John Wiley & Sons. p. 126. ISBN 978-0470825129.
  4. ^ "Kyoto Sanga earns promotion to J.League's first division". Japan Times. December 9, 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  5. ^ "Shonan, Kyoto dropped to J-League's second division". Japan Times. November 25, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  6. ^ http://www.sanga-fc.jp/team/
  7. ^ "AFC Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking". Missing or empty |url= (help)

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