Club Name
The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'. This is based on the story of Mori Motonari who told his three sons that while a single arrow might be easily snapped, three arrows held together would not be broken and urged them to work for the good of the clan and its retainers.
- 1938-70 : Toyo Kogyo Syukyu Club (東洋工業蹴球部?) {"Syukyu" means "football" in Japanese.}
- 1943-46 : Play was suspended during this period due to the Pacific War.
- 1971-80 : Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club (東洋工業サッカー部?)
- 1981-83 : Mazda Sports Club Toyo Kogyo Soccer Club (マツダスポーツクラブ東洋工業サッカー部?)
- 1984-85 : Mazda Sports Club Soccer Club (マツダスポーツクラブサッカー部?)
- 1986-92 : Mazda Soccer Club (マツダサッカークラブ?)
- 1992- : Sanfrecce Hiroshima (サンフレッチェ広島?)
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Famous quotes containing the word club:
“I spoke at a woman’s club in Philadelphia yesterday and a young lady said to me afterwards, “Well, that sounds very nice, but don’t you think it is better to be the power behind the throne?” I answered that I had not had much experience with thrones, but a woman who has been on a throne, and who is now behind it, seems to prefer to be on the throne.”
—Anna Howard Shaw (1847–1919)
“In another year I’ll have enough money saved. Then I’m gonna go back to my hometown in Oregon and I’m gonna build a house for my mother and myself. And join the country club and take up golf. And I’ll meet the proper man with the proper position. And I’ll make a proper wife who can run a proper home and raise proper children. And I’ll be happy, because when you’re proper, you’re safe.”
—Daniel Taradash (b. 1913)