Sanfrecce Hiroshima is a Japanese professional football club based in Hiroshima that plays in the J1 League. It began in 1938 as the company team of Toyo Kogyo and was one of the original eight clubs of the Japan Soccer League founded in 1965, winning that league four times in a row in its early years. In 1969 it became the first Japanese club to take part in the Asian Club Championship, finishing third. The club has won 3 J1 League titles, one J2 League title, three Emperor's Cups, one J.League Cup and four Japanese Super Cups, has played in the Emperor's Cup final 15 times, the most of any club, and has made two FIFA Club World Cup appearances, the latest in 2015.
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