2016 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season

The 2016 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season is the club's eighth consecutive season in J1 League, and 46th overall in the Japanese top flight. Sanfrecce Hiroshima are also competing in the 2016 Japanese Super Cup and the 2016 AFC Champions League.

Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !G !W !D !L !GF !GA !GD !Win %
 * J1 League
 * J1 League


 * Japanese Super Cup
 * Japanese Super Cup


 * Champions League
 * Champions League

! Total

AFC Champions League
Sanfrecce Hiroshima qualified for the group stage of the 2016 AFC Champions League by winning the 2015 J1 League. They were drawn in Group F along with China's Shandong Luneng Taishan, Korean outfit FC Seoul, and Buriram United from Thailand. Sanfrecce Hiroshima were automatically eliminated on 20 April after a 1–0 loss against Shandong Luneng Taishan, making a four-point gap with one game left.

Appearances and goals

 * Last updated on 28 August 2016.


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 * colspan="14"|Players who left the club in Winter/Summer transfer window or on loan:

Cards

 * Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 28 August 2016.