Kyoto Purple Sanga
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| Full name | Kyoto Purple Sanga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1922, as Shiko Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium Ukyo-ku, Kyoto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 20,389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Toru Umemoto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Koichi Hashiratani (2004 -) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | J. League Div.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J. League 2004 | 5th place | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kyoto Purple Sanga is a soccer club with an emphatic fanbase. It was relegated from the J. League in 2004 despite having many national team players on their payroll. Star names such as Teruaki Kurobe, and Daisuke Matsui have since left for greener pastures. Nevertheless, due to the size of the club, they are widely tipped to re-enter the J-league sooner rather than later.
Honors
- 2002/2003
- J. League Division 2
- 2001
Former Player
- Choi Yong-Soo
- Daisuke Matsui
- Kazuyoshi Miura
- Park Ji-Sung
- Ruy Ramos
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)
| Japan Professional Football League Members in 2005 season | Missing image J_league.gif Logo |
| Division 1 (J1) | |
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Niigata | Kashima | Kashiwa | Chiba | Omiya | Urawa | F.C. Tokyo | Tokyo V. | Kawasaki | |
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Yokohama F.M. | Shimizu | Iwata | Nagoya | G.Osaka | C.Osaka | Kobe | Hiroshima | Oita | |
| Division 2 (J2) | |
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Sapporo | Sendai | Yamagata | Mito | Kusatsu | Yokohama FC | Shonan | Kofu | Kyoto | Tokushima | Fukuoka | Tosu | |