Former Greece manager Michael Skibbe to lead Sanfrecce Hiroshima next season
Skibbe, who most recently had a short-lived spell with Saudi Arabian club Al-Ain, has also managed Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund and Galatasaray.
The 51-year-old will not finish his fourth campaign with the three-time J1 champion, which currently sits 10th in the standings.
Relegation-threatened Sendai earns crucial win over Hiroshima
The three points lifted Makoto Teguramori's men off the bottom of the table to second-last, where they remain in grave danger of the drop with five rounds left.
Kevin Muscat's squad recovered from having its 13-game unbeaten streak snapped on Aug. 28 with a comeback victory at Edion Stadium to stay within one point of league leader Kawasaki.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima clawed their way to a 1-1 draw against J. League first-division leader Kawasaki Frontale on Sunday, with Tsukasa Morishima equalizing midway through the second half to cancel out Akihiro Ienaga's opener. The stalemate at Kawasaki's Todoroki Stadium snapped a four-game winning streak for ...
Olympic hopeful Daizen Maeda scores twice to secure draw for Marinos
Tokyo Olympic hopeful Daizen Maeda netted twice as Yokohama F. Marinos salvaged a 3-3 draw against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J. League first-division on Sunday, leaving both teams winless after two games. Marinos, who opened the season with a defeat to champion Kawasaki Frontale, gave ...
Former Japan forward Hisato Sato, whose 161 top-flight goals are the second-most in J. League history, drew the curtain on his 21-year professional career Sunday, after playing the final minutes of JEF United Chiba's 2-1 win over Giravanz Kitakyushu in the second division. The 38-year-old ...
Yuya Asano winner lifts Sanfrecce to eighth as Shonan remains last
Yuya Asano's scuffed volley on the stroke of half time proved to be the winner as Sanfrecce Hiroshima beat struggling Shonan Bellmare 1-0 on Sunday, moving up to eighth in the J. League first division. Asano, the younger brother of former Arsenal striker Takuma Asano, ...
J1 game postponed after more infections found at Grampus
Nagoya's scheduled match against Sanfrecce Hiroshima was called off after a player and team staff tested positive for the coronavirus.
FC Tokyo falls to Sanfrecce in last home match before long stretch of away fixtures
The homestand is over. The long march is just beginning. FC Tokyo's last home game before a grueling run of eight straight road fixtures ended in a 1-0 defeat to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in front of 30,015 fans at Ajinomoto Stadium. The J. League first-division leaders, who are ...
Sanfrecce Hiroshima held on for a 3-2 win over Kawasaki Frontale in the J. League first division Wednesday following a furious late comeback from the visitors. Sanfrecce stunned the two-time defending champions by taking a 3-0 lead through goals from Sho Sasaki, Douglas Vieira and ...
Shoma Doi double propels Antlers into ACL quarterfinals on away goals
The Kashima Antlers went through to the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League but not without a fight in a 3-2 second-leg, round-of-16 loss to J. League rivals Sanfrecce Hiroshima on Tuesday. Kashima, the 2018 champion, entered the second leg with a 1-0 lead on ...
