Kyoto Sanga FC

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Kyoto Sanga
京都サンガ

Full name	Kyoto Sanga Football Club
Nickname(s)	Purple Sanga
Founded	1922; 102 years ago (1922), as Kyoto Shiko Club (京都紫光クラブ)
Ground	Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Capacity	21,600
Owner	Kyoto Purple Sanga Co., Ltd.
Chairman	Masaaki Ito
Manager	Cho Kwi-jae
League	J1 League
2023	J1 League, 13th of 18
Website	http://www.sanga-fc.jp/english/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Kyoto Purple Sanga Co., Ltd.

Company type	Public
Industry	Sports
Founded	January 13, 1994 (1994-01-13) in Kyoto, Japan[1]
Key people	Hiroshi Imai (Chairman) Kazuo Inamori (Honorary President)[1]
Products	Football club
Revenue	¥ 2140 million (2014)[1]
Owners	Kyocera (55.4%)[2] Nintendo (16.6%)[2]

Kyoto Sanga (京都サンガ) is a Japanese professional football club based in Kyoto. The club plays in the J1 League, the top tier of football in the country. Its name "Sanga" comes from the Sanskrit word sangha, a term meaning "group" or "club" and often used to denote the Buddhist priesthood, associating the club with Kyoto's many Buddhist temples.^[3]

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 that, from 2007, the team will simply be known as "Kyoto Sanga". They are the oldest club competing in the J.League.

Kyoto Sanga have won two J2 League titles and one Emperor's Cup.