2009-08-15 Vissel Kobe 0-0 Sanfrecce

Photo courtesy of La Famiglia di Kobe

Sanfrecce stretched their unbeaten run to four matches against a reinvigorated Vissel at the Kobe Universiade.

2009-08-09 to 12 [Youth Football] Balcom BMW Cup 2009 (平和祈念広島国際ユースサッカー２００９)

Promotional poster for the competition

The Balcom BMW Cup 2009 concluded last Wednesday, with Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth running out eventual champions. The close-fought competition saw Sanfrecce Youth and a Hiroshima High Schools Selection face off against Chivas U17 (Deportivo Guadalajara of Mexico) and Ajax Cape Town U17 (South Africa) in a round-robin format.

2009-08-09 [Chugoku League 1] FC Ube Yahhh-man 1-8 Sawaga Kyubin Chugoku SC

FUKUGAWA celebrates his goal for Sagawa - stefanole

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2009-08-01 Sanfrecce 1-0 Kashima Antlers

AOYAMA Toshihiro : got the assist (photo from May) - stefanole

Sanfrecce recorded their highest attendance in nearly two years, in a game which saw them best the runaway league-leaders and most successful J-League club, Kashima Antlers.

2009-07-25 FC Tokyo 0-0 Sanfrecce

Mikić and Ishikawa clash in May - stefanole

Sanfrecce claimed a point from a game in which they were marginally the lesser side. In doing so they frustrated an in-form FC Tokyo who came into the game on the back of eight straight victories in all competitions, a record stretching back nearly two months.