2014 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

The 2014 season was Sanfrecce Hiroshima's sixth consecutive season in J.League Division 1, and 44th overall in the Japanese top flight. Sanfrecce Hiroshima also competed in the Emperor's Cup, J.League Cup, Japanese Super Cup, and the AFC Champions League.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

2014 season
Chairman	Kaoru Koyano
Manager	Hajime Moriyasu
Stadium	Hiroshima Big Arch
J1 League	8th
Emperor's Cup	Round of 16
J.League Cup	Final
Japanese Super Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Hisato Satō (11) All: Hisato Satō (17)
Home colours Away colours

Transfers

In

Position	Nationality	Name	Age	From	Notes
DF		Kyohei Yoshino	19	Tokyo Verdy
FW		Yusuke Minagawa	22	Chuo University
DF		Byeon Jun-Byum	22	Konkuk University
DF		Soya Takahashi	17	Rissho USHS
MF		Yusuke Chajima	22	Tokyo Gakugei University
MF		Yoshifumi Kashiwa	26	Ventforet Kofu
MF		Kosei Shibasaki	29	Tokushima Vortis
GK		Takuto Hayashi	31	Vegalta Sendai
MF		Takuya Marutani	24	Ōita Trinita	Loan return
MF		Tsubasa Yokotake	24	Gainare Tottori	Loan return
MF		Kota Sameshima	21	Gainare Tottori	Loan return
DF		Daiki Nishioka	25	Tochigi SC	Loan return
MF		Junya Osaki	22	Tokushima Vortis	Loan return

Out

Position	Nationality	Name	Age	To	Notes
MF		Kim Jung-suk	20	Roasso Kumamoto	Loan
DF		Daiki Nishioka	25	Ehime FC	Free transfer
MF		Tsubasa Yokotake	24	Gainare Tottori
MF		Tomotaka Okamoto	23	Sagan Tosu	Loan
DF		Hironori Ishikawa	25	Vegalta Sendai	Loan
GK		Shusaku Nishikawa	27	Urawa Red Diamonds
FW		Sena Inami	21	V-Varen Nagasaki	Loan
DF		Kyohei Yoshino	19	Tokyo Verdy	Loan
MF		Kota Sameshima	21	Nagano Parceiro	Loan
MF		Lee Dae-heon	20	V-Varen Nagasaki	Loan
MF		Junya Osaki	22	Tokushima Vortis
MF		Koji Nakajima	36		End of career

Players

First Team squad

Updated 18 March 2016
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	JPN	Takuto Hayashi
2	DF	KOR	Hwang Seok-Ho
3	DF	KOR	Byeon Jun-Byum
4	DF	JPN	Hiroki Mizumoto
5	DF	JPN	Kazuhiko Chiba
6	MF	JPN	Toshihiro Aoyama
7	MF	JPN	Kōji Morisaki
8	MF	JPN	Kazuyuki Morisaki
9	FW	JPN	Naoki Ishihara
10	MF	JPN	Yojiro Takahagi
11	FW	JPN	Hisato Satō
13	GK	JPN	Takuya Masuda
14	MF	CRO	Mihael Mikić
16	MF	JPN	Satoru Yamagishi
17	MF	KOR	Park Hyung-Jin

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	JPN	Yoshifumi Kashiwa
21	GK	JPN	Yutaro Hara
22	FW	JPN	Yusuke Minagawa
24	MF	JPN	Gakuto Notsuda
25	MF	JPN	Yusuke Chajima
27	MF	JPN	Kohei Shimizu
28	MF	JPN	Takuya Marutani
29	FW	JPN	Takuma Asano
30	MF	JPN	Kosei Shibasaki
33	DF	JPN	Tsukasa Shiotani
34	MF	JPN	Soya Takahashi
35	DF	JPN	Naoki Otani
36	MF	JPN	Hayao Kawabe
37	DF	JPN	Kazuya Miyahara

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J1 League	34	13	11	10	44	37	+7	038.24
Emperor's Cup	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	066.67
J.League Cup	5	1	2	2	7	7	+0	020.00
Japanese Super Cup	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
AFC Champions League	8	3	3	2	12	11	+1	037.50
Total	51	20	16	15	72	60	+12	039.22

Updated to match played 18 March 2016
Source: Competitions

Japanese Super Cup

Main article: 2014 Japanese Super Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Yokohama F. Marinos

22 February 2014	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	National Stadium, Tokyo
13:35 JST	Notsuda 6' Asano 66'	Summary		Attendance: 41,273 Referee: Ryuji Sato

J1 League

Main article: 2014 J.League Division 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Kawasaki Frontale	34	16	7	11	56	43	+13	55
7	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	14	9	11	37	29	+8	51
8	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	13	11	10	44	37	+7	50
9	FC Tokyo	34	12	12	10	47	33	+14	48
10	Nagoya Grampus	34	13	9	12	47	48	−1	48

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2014. Source: J.League Data
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Cerezo Osaka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

1 March 2014 (2014-03-01) 1	Cerezo Osaka	0–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
12:00 JST	Yamashita  38'	Report	Shibasaki  61' Shiotani 71'	Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 37,079 Referee: Masaaki Toma

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale

8 March 2014 (2014-03-08) 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
10:30 JST	Satō 57' Aoyama  64' Shiotani 90+5'	Report	Kobayashi 45+2' Inamoto  58' Noborizato  86' Jeci  90+2'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 16,176 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Urawa Red Diamonds

15 March 2014 (2014-03-15) 3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
:00 JST		Report	Koroki 42' Suzuki  52' Moriwaki  74'  90+1'  Kashiwagi  82' Haraguchi  84' 90+1'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 24,734 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Gamba Osaka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

23 March 2014 (2014-03-23) 4	Gamba Osaka	1–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Suita
14:00 JST	Endō 25' Kurata  64' Sato  86'	Report	Aoyama  32' Takahagi  55' Satō 62' (pen.) Notsuda  70'	Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 18,301 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Tokushima Vortis

29 March 2014 (2014-03-29) 5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–1	Tokushima Vortis	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
12:00 JST	Shiotani 44' Ishihara 49' Notsuda 66'	Report	Takasaki 72'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 11,766 Referee: Itaru Hirose

Nagoya Grampus v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

6 April 2014 (2014-04-06) 6	Nagoya Grampus	2–5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Toyota
11:00 JST	Kennedy 7', 86' Obu  39' Tanaka  75'	Report	Takahagi  17' Satō 20', 63' (pen.) Shiotani 57' Ishihara 66' Notsuda 88'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 15,214 Referee: Minoru Tojo

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v FC Tokyo

12 April 2014 (2014-04-12) 7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	FC Tokyo	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Chiba  18' 80'	Report	Mita  20' Hirayama  46'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,529 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Albirex Niigata v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

20 April 2014 (2014-04-20) 8	Albirex Niigata	0–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Niigata
13:00 JST	Tanaka  25'	Report	Sato  76'	Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 21,452 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kashima Antlers

26 April 2014 (2014-04-26) 9	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–3	Kashima Antlers	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST		Report	Shoji  7' Caio 11' Doi 19' Ueda  27' Ito  42' Yamamoto  49' Endo 54'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 16,992 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Sagan Tosu v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

29 April 2014 (2014-04-29) 10	Sagan Tosu	1–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Tosu
12:00 JST	Mizunuma 13' Yasuda  60'  87'  Kim Min-hyeok  80'	Report	Yamagishi 17' Ishihara 82' Shibasaki  89'	Stadium: Tosu Stadium Attendance: 17,339 Referee: Takuto Okabe

Vissel Kobe v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

3 May 2014 (2014-05-03) 11	Vissel Kobe	0–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kobe
13:00 JST	Takahashi  45'	Report		Stadium: Misaki Park Stadium Attendance: 17,573 Referee: Masaaki Toma

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Shimizu S-Pulse

10 May 2014 (2014-05-10) 12	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
12:00 JST	Shiotani 14' Kazuyuki Morisaki  84'	Report	Novakovič 52' Yoshida  82'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,960 Referee: Minoru Tojo

Vegalta Sendai v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

18 May 2014 (2014-05-18) 13	Vegalta Sendai	1–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Sendai
11:00 JST	Akamine 16'	Report		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 18,863 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Yokohama F. Marinos

15 July 2014 (2014-07-15) 14	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Ishihara 56'	Report	Saito 90' Ito 90+4'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 9,515 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Omiya Ardija v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

19 July 2014 (2014-07-19) 15	Omiya Ardija	3–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Ōmiya-ku, Saitama
17:00 JST	Mrđa  48' 54', 71' Ljubijankič 52'	Report	Satō 3', 22' Ishihara 25'	Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 9,272 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kashiwa Reysol

23 July 2014 (2014-07-23) 16	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5–2	Kashiwa Reysol	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Satō 22' Takahagi 32'  43' Kashiwa 61' Minagawa 71' Koji Morisaki 90'	Report	Kudo 11' Leandro  24' Suzuki  53' Kano 55' Watanabe  75' Takayama  79' Masushima  88'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,673 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Ventforet Kofu

27 July 2014 (2014-07-27) 17	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1	Ventforet Kofu	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Shibasaki 85'	Report	Cristiano 21' Ishihara  33' Ogi  90+2'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 15,101 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Kashima Antlers v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

2 August 2014 (2014-08-02) 18	Kashima Antlers	5–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashima
16:30 JST	Caio 9' Nakamura  48' Gaku Shibasaki  67' 83' Luis Alberto 67' Nishi 70' Davi 81'	Report	Shibasaki  34' Ishihara  48' Kashiwa 55'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 16,632 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Sagan Tosu

11 August 2014 (2014-08-11) 19	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	Sagan Tosu	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Minagawa 81'	Report	Yasuda  18' Mizunuma  60'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,026 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Urawa Red Diamonds v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

16 August 2014 (2014-08-16) 20	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
16:00 JST	Abe 22'	Report		Attendance: 39,224 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Cerezo Osaka

23 August 2014 (2014-08-23) 21	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0	Cerezo Osaka	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST		Report	Maruhashi  41' Kim Seong-jun  77'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 21,102 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Tokushima Vortis v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

30 August 2014 (2014-08-30) 22	Tokushima Vortis	0–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Naruto
16:30 JST	Takasaki  34' Osaki  83'	Report	Minagawa 32' (pen.) Chiba  89'	Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 11,640 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Gamba Osaka

13 September 2014 (2014-09-13) 23	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–1	Gamba Osaka	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
17:00 JST	Aoyama  41'	Report	Iwashita  11' Usami 33' Sato  44' Abe  71'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 17,490 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Albirex Niigata

20 September 2014 (2014-09-20) 24	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Albirex Niigata	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
:00 JST	Aoyama 23' Ishihara 63'	Report	Ibusuki  79'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 11,937 Referee: Takuto Okabe

Yokohama F. Marinos v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

23 September 2014 (2014-09-23) 25	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Yokohama
13:00 JST	Ito 87' (pen.)	Report	Hayashi  87'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 23,438 Referee: Itaru Hirose

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Vissel Kobe

27 September 2014 (2014-09-27) 26	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1	Vissel Kobe	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
16:30 JST	Asano  49' Shiotani 87'	Report	Marquinhos 71'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 12,433 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Kashiwa Reysol v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

5 August 2014 (2014-20-05) 27	Kashiwa Reysol	0–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kashiwa
13:30 JST	Suzuki  36' Fujita  55' Otani  56'	Report	Shimizu  55'	Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,115 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus

18 October 2014 (2014-10-18) 28	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4–0	Nagoya Grampus	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
14:00 JST	Shiotani  56' Ishihara 57', 82' (pen.) Satō 60' Mizumoto 69' (pen.)	Report	Córdoba  54'  67'  Tanaka  81'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 16,304 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

FC Tokyo v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

22 October 2014 (2014-10-22) 29	FC Tokyo	2–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Chōfu, Tokyo
17:00 JST	Watanabe 25' Ota  59' Muto 75'	Report	Takahagi  51' Satō 55'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 13,048 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

Shimizu S-Pulse v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

26 October 2014 (2014-10-26) 30	Shimizu S-Pulse	1–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
:00 JST	Takagi 80'	Report	Notsuda  21' Ishihara 28', 38' Satō 65'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 13,098 Referee: Hiroyuki Takayama

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Omiya Ardija

2 November 2014 (2014-11-02) 31	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1	Omiya Ardija	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
14:00 JST	Yamagishi 76'	Report	Shiotani 11' (o.g.) Kitano  67' Yokoyama  81'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 14,024 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Ventforet Kofu v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

22 November 2014 (2014-11-22) 32	Ventforet Kofu	2–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kofu
12:00 JST	Hatao  57' Yamamoto 65' Arai 77'	Report		Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium Attendance: 14,067 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Kawasaki Frontale v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

29 November 2014 (2014-11-29) 33	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kawasaki
12:00 JST	Ōkubo 34' Renatinho  45+1'	Report	Satō 88'	Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 15,468 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Vegalta Sendai

6 December 2014 (2014-12-06) 34	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Vegalta Sendai	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
13:30 JST	Kashiwa  9' Takahagi 64', 67'	Report	Murakami  25'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 17,189 Referee: Minoru Tojo

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2014 Emperor's Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Fukuoka University

12 July 2014 Second round	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5-2	Fukuoka University	Fukuyama
16:00	Notsuda 22', 90' Shimizu 53' Shiotani 64' Minagawa 90+4'	Report	Yamasaki 14', 43'	Stadium: Fukuyama Takegahana Stadium Attendance: 5,196 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Mito HollyHock

27 August 2014 Third round	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1-0	Mito HollyHock	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
19:00	Sato 26'			Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Gamba Osaka

10 September 2014 Round of 16	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1-3	Gamba Osaka	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
	Minagawa 90'	Report	Sato 31', 45' Lins 85'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch

J.League Cup

Main article: 2014 J.League Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Quarter-finals

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Urawa Red Diamonds

3 September 2014 First leg	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
19:04				Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 6,718 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Urawa Red Diamonds v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

7 September 2014 Second leg	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Saitama
18:00	Abe 34' Makino 71'		Notsuda 39' Sato 48'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 17,645 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Semi-finals

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kashiwa Reysol

9 October 2014 First leg	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Kashiwa Reysol	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
19:03	Sato 41', 50'			Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 5,516 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Kashiwa Reysol v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

12 October 2014 Second leg	Kashiwa Reysol	2–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
16:00	Leandro 38', 51'		Ishihara 74'	Attendance: 9,010 Referee: Masaaki Toma

Final

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Gamba Osaka

8 November 2014	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–3	Gamba Osaka	Saitama Stadium 2002
13:05	Sato 20', 35'		Patric 38', 54' Omori 71'	Attendance: 38,126 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2014 AFC Champions League

Sanfrecce Hiroshima have qualified for the group stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League by winning the 2013 J.League Division 1.

Group stage

Main article: 2014 AFC Champions League group stage § Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Seoul	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9
3	Beijing Guoan	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	6
4	Central Coast Mariners	6	2	0	4	4	7	−3	6

Source:

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Beijing Guoan

25 February 2014	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1	Beijing Guoan	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
19:00 UTC+9	Chiba 77'	Report	Ha Dae-sung 62'	Attendance: 6,021 Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Central Coast Mariners v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

11 March 2014	Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
19:30 UTC+11	Sterjovski 23', 32'	Report	Shiotani 21'	Attendance: 2,168 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v FC Seoul

19 March 2014	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1	FC Seoul	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
19:00 UTC+9	Takahagi 53' Shiotani 79'	Report	Rafael Costa 60'	Attendance: 6,281 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

FC Seoul v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

1 April 2014	FC Seoul	2–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
19:30 UTC+9	Yun Il-lok 53' Rafael Costa 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Notsuda 20' Hwang Seok-ho 70'	Attendance: 8,897 Referee: Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar)

Beijing Guoan v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

16 April 2014	Beijing Guoan	2–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Workers Stadium, Beijing
19:30 UTC+8	Shao Jiayi 55' Guerrón 60'	Report	Ishihara 66' Zhao Hejing 70' (o.g.)	Attendance: 36,738 Referee: Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Central Coast Mariners

23 April 2014	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
19:30 UTC+9	Yamagishi 72'	Report		Attendance: 9,778 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Round of 16

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Western Sydney Wanderers

7 May 2014 First leg	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
19:00 UTC+9	Ishihara 51', 65' Shibasaki 90+1'	Report	Jurić 78' (pen.)	Attendance: 8,423 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

Western Sydney Wanderers v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

14 May 2014 Second leg	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Parramatta Stadium, Sydney
19:30 UTC+10	Cole 55' Šantalab 85'	Report		Attendance: 10,639 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

External links

• (in Japanese) Sanfrecce Hiroshima official site
• (in Japanese) J. League official site