KYOTO SANGA F.C.

(Redirected from Kyoto Purple Sanga)



is a Japanese professional football (soccer) club based in Kyoto. It was relegated from the J. League's Division One in 2004 despite having many national team players on its roster. Stars like Teruaki Kurobe and Daisuke Matsui have since left for greener pastures.
The word "Sanga" is a Sanskrit term meaning "group" or "club", often used to denote Buddhist congregations. This reflects Kyoto's rich tradition of Buddhist temples (see sangha). 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".

Contents

Players

Current squad

Notable players

World Cup Players

Managers

Team Record

League

Other domestic competitions

Honours

Related clubs

External links

Players

Current squad

''As of February 10, 2007''

Notable players

★ Paulo Silas

★ Daniel Sanabria

★ Ned Zelic

★ Park Ji-Sung

★ Choi Yong-Soo

★ Ko Jong-Su

★ Shunzo Ono

★ Nobuhiro Takeda

★ Shigetatsu Matsunaga

★ Takahiro Yamada

★ Hajime Moriyasu

★ Daisuke Matsui

★ Yasuhito Endo

★ Kazuyoshi Miura

★ Ruy Ramos

★ Shigeyoshi Mochizuki

★ Naoto Otake

★ Shigeki Tsujimoto

★ Teruaki Kurobe

World Cup Players

'World Cup 2002

★ 'Park Ji-Sung'

Managers

Manager	Nat.	Tenure
Takeshi Takama		1993
Seishiro Shimatani		1994
Jorge Yonashiro		1994
José Oscar Bernardi		1995-1996
Jorge Yonashiro		1996
Pedro Rocha		1997
Marius Johan Ooft		1998
Hidehiko Shimizu		1998-1999
Bunji Kimura		1999
Shu Kamo		1999-2000
Gert Engels		2000-2003
Bunji Kimura		2003
Pim Verbeek		2003
Bunji Kimura		2003
Akihiro Nishimura		2004
Koichi Hashiratani		2004-2006
Naohiko Minobe		2006-

Team Record

League

Season	League	Place	GP	Pts	Win	Draw	Lose	Average Crowd
'1992'	Former JFL Division 2	'Runners-up / 10'	18	37	11	3	4
'1993'	Former JFL Division 1	'10 / 10'	18	-	2	-	16
'1994'	Former JFL	'5 / 16'	30	-	20	-	10
'1995'	Former JFL	'Runners-up / 16'	30	70	23	-	7
'1996'	J. League	'16 / 16'	30	24	8	-	22	9,404
'1997'	J. League First Stage	13 / 17	16	18	6	-	10	7,881
	J. League Second Stage	16 / 17	16	9	3	-	13
	J. League Total	'14 / 17'	32	27	9	-	23
'1998'	J. League First Stage	15 / 18	17	16	6	-	11	8,015
	J. League Second Stage	11 / 18	17	23	9	-	8
	J. League Total	'13 / 18'	34	39	15	-	19
'1999'	J. League Division 1 First Stage	14 / 16	15	12	4	0	11	8,859
	J. League Division 1 Second Stage	9 / 16	15	19	7	0	8
	J. League Division 1 Total	'12 / 16'	30	31	11	0	19
'2000'	J. League Division 1 First Stage	16 / 16	15	7	2	1	12	7,253
	J. League Division 1 Second Stage	12 / 16	15	18	6	1	8
	J. League Division 1 Total	'15 / 16'	30	25	8	2	20
'2001'	J. League Division 2	'Champions / 12'	44	84	28	5	11	3,808
'2002'	J. League Division 1 First Stage	6 / 16	15	24	9	1	5	10,352
	J. League Division 1 Second Stage	7 / 16	15	22	8	0	7
	J. League Division 1 Total	'5 / 16'	30	46	17	1	12
'2003'	J. League Division 1 First Stage	16 / 16	15	10	3	1	11	10,850
	J. League Division 1 Second Stage	14 / 16	15	13	3	4	8
	J. League Division 1 Total	'16 / 16'	30	23	6	5	19
'2004'	J. League Division 2	'5 / 12'	44	69	19	12	13	7,807
'2005'	J. League Division 2	'Champions / 12'	44	97	30	7	7	7,857
'2006'	J. League Division 1	'18 / 18'	34	22	4	10	20	9,781
'2007'	J. League Division 2

Other domestic competitions

Emperor's Cup Season Result 1996 Quarter-finals 1997 4th Round 1998 3rd Round 1999 4th Round 2000 3rd Round 2001 4th Round 2002 'Champions' 2003 3rd Round 2004 4th Round 2005 4th Round 2006 4th Round 2007

J. League Cup Season Result 1996 Group Stage 1997 Group Stage 1998 Group Stage 1999 2nd Round 2000 Semi-finals 2001 1st Round 2002 Group Stage 2003 Group Stage 2004 Didn't qualify 2005 Didn't qualify 2006 Group Stage 2007

Honours

;Emperor's Cup
: 2002
;J. League Division 2
: 2001, 2005

Related clubs

★ FC Kyoto BAMB 1993 (Kansai Soccer League Division 1)

★ Kyoto Shiko Club (Kansai Soccer League Division 2)

★ Shiko Club women's (Kansai Women's Soccer League)

External links

★ Official website