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Urawa Red Diamonds (浦和レッドダイヤモンズ, Urawa Reddo Daiyamonzu), colloquially Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ) (1950–present, also Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club (April 1992–January 1996)), are a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan. The club plays in the J1 League, the top tier of football in the country. Its name comes from the former city of Urawa, now part of Saitama.

Urawa Reds
Full nameUrawa Red Diamonds
Nickname(s)Reds (レッズ, Rezzu) / Red Devils (赤い悪魔, Akai Akuma)
Founded1950; 72 years ago (1950)
StadiumSaitama Stadium 2002
Capacity63,700
OwnerMitsubishi Heavy Industries
ChairmanKeizo Fuchita
ManagerMaciej Skorża
LeagueJ1 League
2022J1 League, 9th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

The name Red Diamonds alludes to the club's pre-professional era parent company Mitsubishi. The corporation's logo consists of three red diamonds, one of which remains within the current club badge.


History


Shin-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries established a football club in 1950[1] in Kobe and moved the club to Tokyo in 1958. In 1965 it formed the Japan Soccer League (JSL) along with today's JEF United Chiba, Kashiwa Reysol, Cerezo Osaka, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and three other clubs who have since been relegated to regional leagues ("Original Eight"[lower-alpha 1]).

Mitsubishi first won the JSL championship in 1969, as a break in Mazda/Sanfrecce's dominance (and also with the fact that Toyo were in Bangkok, Thailand, competing in the Asian Club Cup); their runs up the first division were sporadic but steady until the 1980s when they fell into the Second Division. In 1990 they were promoted as JSL Division 2 champions, and thus were ready when the J-League implementation began in earnest. Urawa Red Diamonds was an original member ("Original Ten"[lower-alpha 2]) of the J.League in 1993.

Mitsubishi were the first Japanese club to complete a domestic treble, when in 1978 they won the title, the Emperor's Cup and the Japan Soccer League Cup.

The club has enjoyed mixed fortunes since the J-League advent. The club finished bottom of the league for the first two seasons of the J-League with an average crowd of under 15,000. In 1999 they suffered relegation to the second tier of Japanese football yet again. The club has since improved in form in recent years, starting with a 2003 victory in the Nabisco Cup.

In 2006 Urawa clinched their first professional league title by defeating runners-up Gamba Osaka 3–2 on December 2 before 63,000 supporters. This came after two close calls in the previous two years. In 2005, they finished 2nd, one point behind champions Gamba Osaka. In 2004, they finished 3rd in the first stage and won the second stage. Having qualified for the two-match J.League Championship decider, they lost on penalty kicks to Yokohama F. Marinos.

Urawa were back to back Emperor's Cup winners in 2005 and 2006. Winning the title for the first time since establishment as a professional club, they defeated Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 on January 1, 2006, and retained the title in 2007 with a 1–0 win over Gamba Osaka. This win also completed a league-cup double. In the 2007 tournament they were defeated at the first hurdle by J2 outfit Ehime FC.

In 2007, despite a seemingly unassailable lead of seven points with four games remaining, Urawa picked up only two points from their final four games. This run included losing at home to Kashima Antlers; the club who would leapfrog Urawa on the final day of the season to claim their fifth J.League title. Following their capitulation in the fourth round of the Emperor's Cup to J2 outfit Ehime FC, Urawa had to be content with their 2007 Asian Champions League title. Urawa recorded their first international title after overcoming Iranian club Sepahan F.C. 3–1 on aggregate. The victory made them the first Japanese side to win the title since the competition was reorganised from the Asian Champions Cup in 2003. In the Club World Cup of the same year, Urawa became the first AFC club to finish in third place, beating Tunisian Étoile Sportive du Sahel side on penalty kicks in the third / fourth place play off.

In 2008, Urawa attempted to win their second consecutive Asian Champions League title and progressed to the semi finals where they were defeated by fellow J-League rivals, and eventual Champions League winners, Gamba Osaka 3–1 on aggregate.

On March 8, 2014, a banner which read "JAPANESE ONLY" was hung at one of the entrances to the stands.[2] As punishment for this racist behavior, the March 23 match was played in an empty stadium.[3]


International affiliation


The club is also notable in that former Feyenoord midfielder Shinji Ono began his professional career playing for Urawa. Ono returned for the 2006 season for a second stint with the club. Urawa is affiliated with German club FC Bayern Munich, whose nickname is also "The Reds".[4] Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the chairman of the FC Bayern Munich, announced that "We have been looking for clubs which have potential ability, management stability and cordial confidence. We could fulfill the desire to affiliate with this great club, Urawa Reds."[5] Some other foreign clubs, such as Arsenal F.C., Club Atlético Independiente, Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, VfB Stuttgart, Manchester United F.C., Feyenoord, Hamburger SV and Perth Glory FC, visited Japan and played friendly games at the Saitama Stadium.

In August 2004, Urawa appeared in a pre-season four-club friendly tournament, the Vodafone Cup, at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United. The Japanese club, missing key players, lost their first game 5–2 against the Argentinian side Boca Juniors. The second fixture against the hosts, Manchester United, was called off due to a massive electric storm. Some 800 Urawa fans had travelled to the game and were later compensated.

The club's supporters also have an unofficial relationship with Shanghai Shenhua. The clubs' supporters will support each other in continental competition. For example, Shenhua fans will support Urawa when Urawa plays in Shanghai against Shanghai SIPG.[6]


Stadium


International friendly match against Manchester United, July 30, 2005, Saitama Stadium
International friendly match against Manchester United, July 30, 2005, Saitama Stadium

Since the establishment of J.League in 1992, the club had used the Urawa Komaba Stadium as its home stadium. Due to the increasing popularity of the matches, Saitama City, owner of the stadium, expanded the seat capacity. During the renovation, the club used Ōmiya Park Soccer Stadium. In spite of the poor performance of the club, the stadium was filled with faithful supporters, drawing an average audience of twenty thousand people.

In October 2001, Saitama Prefecture built new football-specific Saitama Stadium in Saitama city. This stadium was used as a venue for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. After the World Cup the club gradually increased home games in Saitama Stadium and in 2003 the stadium was formally designated as the home stadium. In 2008, only two games were held at Komaba Stadium.


Facilities


Urawa Reds uses Ohara City Field for training. In addition to this facility, the club opened Redsland in 2005, which has three grass fields, one artificial turf field, one baseball field, futsal courts and tennis courts.[7] Redsland is opened to the public and club members can use the facilities at relatively cheap fees.


Mascots


The Red Diamonds have 4 mascots; Redia, Friendia, Schale, and Diarra. However, Redia doesn't make much appearances at Saitama Stadium, due to the club's policy of the stadium being a "place for serious competition". When he does occasionally appear at the stadium, he does not participate in any fan activities. Because of this, Reds fans dubbed him as a NEET mascot (which is an acronym for "No education, employment, or training").[8] According to the club profile, Redia and Friendia were married during a Reds fan festival in 1997. The younger twin mascots, Schale and Diarra, were born on the day the Red Diamonds won their first J. League Championship in 2006.[9]


Rivalries



Saitama derby


Urawa Red Diamonds has a local derby with Omiya Ardija, from Ōmiya-ku, Saitama city. They first met in the 1987 Emperor's Cup, with Mitsubishi defeating NTT Kanto by 5 to 0 at Nishigaoka National Stadium. The derby first took place in the JSL Second Division in the 1989–90 season, and it wouldn't take place until the 2000 season when Urawa was relegated to the second tier again. In 2003 the formerly separate Omiya and Urawa cities merged to become Saitama city, and since 2005 the derby became a top flight fixture after Omiya was promoted.


Marunouchi Gosanke


During the JSL years and into the 1990s, Urawa's main top flight rivals were JEF United Chiba and Kashiwa Reysol, both now based in Chiba Prefecture. Because of their former parent companies' headquarters being all based in Marunouchi, Tokyo, the three clubs were known as the Marunouchi Gosanke (丸の内御三家, "Marunouchi Big Three") and fixtures among them were known as the Marunouchi derbies, although the term is falling out of use as they are now based in different prefectures and rarely play home games in Tokyo stadiums.


Others


Rivals further afield include Kashima Antlers, FC Tokyo, Yokohama Marinos, Kawasaki Frontale, and, even farther away, Gamba Osaka. Old JSL championship rivalries with Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Cerezo Osaka and Shonan Bellmare have ebbed down as those clubs had nadirs in the 3 tier.


Women's and amateur teams


The club also has women's and amateur teams.


Kit and colours



Colours


The main colours of Urawa Red Diamonds is red, black and white.


Kit evolution



League & cup record


Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
SeasonDiv.TeamsPos.Avg. Attd. Emperor's CupJ.League CupSuper CupAFC CLOthers
1992 Semi-finalsGroup stage
1993 J11010th11,4592nd roundGroup stage
1994 1212th18,4753rd roundQuarter-finals
1995 144th19,560Quarter-finals
1996 166th24,329Semi-finalsGroup stage
1997 1710th20,5044th roundQuarter-finals
1998 186th22,706Quarter-finalsGroup stage
1999 1615th21,2064th roundQuarter-finals
2000 J2112nd16,9234th Round1st round
2001 J11610th26,720Semi-finalsQuarter-finals
2002 1611th26,2963rd roundRunners-up
2003 166th28,8553rd roundWinners
2004 162nd36,660Semi-finalsRunners-up
2005 182nd39,357WinnersSemi-finals
2006 181st45,573WinnersQuarter-finalsWinners
2007 182nd46,6674th roundQuarter-finalsRunners-upWinnersA33rd place
FIFA CWC3rd place
2008 187th47,6095th roundGroup stageSemi-finals
2009 186th44,2102nd roundQuarter-finals
2010 1810th39,941Quarter-finalsGroup stage
2011 1815th33,910Quarter-finalsRunners-up
2012 183rd36,6344th roundGroup stage
2013 186th37,1003rd roundRunners-upGroup stage
2014 182nd35,5163rd roundQuarter-finals
2015 183rd38,745Runners-upQuarter-finalsRunners-upGroup stage
2016 182nd36,9354th roundWinnersRound of 16
2017 187th33,5424th roundQuarter-finalsRunners-upWinnersSurugaWinners
FIFA CWC5th place
2018 185th34,798WinnersPlay-off stage
2019 1814th34,1844th roundQuarter-finalsRunners-upRunners-up
2020 1810th7,869Did not qualifyGroup stage
2021 206th8,244WinnersSemi-finals
2022 189th23,6173rd roundSemi-finalsWinnersFinalists
Key

Honours



Domestic


Mitsubishi (amateur era)/Urawa Red Diamonds (professional era)


League



Cups



International



Individual awards



Players



Current squad


As of 27 June 2022[11][12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  JPN Shusaku Nishikawa (captain)
2 DF  JPN Hiroki Sakai
3 MF  JPN Atsuki Ito
4 DF  JPN Takuya Iwanami
6 DF  JPN Kazuaki Mawatari
7 FW  DEN Kasper Junker
8 MF  JPN Yoshio Koizumi
9 FW  NED Bryan Linssen
10 FW  SWE David Moberg Karlsson
11 MF  JPN Yusuke Matsuo
12 GK  JPN Zion Suzuki
13 DF  JPN Tomoya Inukai
14 MF  JPN Takahiro Sekine
15 MF  JPN Takahiro Akimoto
16 GK  JPN Ayumi Niekawa
17 FW  NED Alex Schalk
19 MF  JPN Ken Iwao (on loan from Tokushima Vortis)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  JPN Tetsuya Chinen
21 MF  JPN Tomoaki Okubo
22 MF  JPN Kai Shibato
24 DF  JPN Yuta Miyamoto
25 MF  JPN Kaito Yasui
26 FW  JPN Rei Kihara
27 MF  JPN Kai Matsuzaki
28 DF  DEN Alexander Scholz
33 MF  JPN Ataru Esaka
40 MF  JPN Yuichi Hirano
42 DF  JPN Kota Kudo
44 DF  JPN Ayumu Ohata
45 DF  JPN Atsushi Inagaki Type 2
46 FW  JPN Jumpei Hayakawa Type 2
47 GK  JPN Shogo Neyama Type 2
48 GK  JPN Yuto Ebashi Type 2

Out on loan


Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  JPN Ryo Ishii (On loan at YSCC Yokohama)
DF  JPN Yudai Fujiwara (On loan at SC Sagamihara)
DF  JPN Takuya Ogiwara (On loan at Kyoto Sanga)
DF  JPN Ryuya Fukushima (On loan at SC Sagamihara)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  JPN Daiki Kaneko (On loan at Kyoto Sanga)
MF  JPN Hidetoshi Takeda (On loan at Omiya Ardija)
FW  JPN Shinzo Koroki (On loan at Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
FW  JPN Kenyu Sugimoto (On loan at Júbilo Iwata)

Reserve squad (U-18s)


As of 7 September 2022 [13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  JPN Shogo Neyama
2 DF  JPN Go Aoyagi
3 DF  JPN Kei Mizukura
4 DF  JPN Kentaro Takise
5 DF  JPN Yuta Uetake
6 MF  JPN Ryuto Kiriyama
7 MF  JPN Masaki Hagimoto
8 MF  JPN Manato Shinjo
9 FW  JPN Gaku Okamoto
10 MF  JPN Yuta Horiuchi
11 FW  JPN Haruto Nishida
12 MF  JPN Hibiki Kawaragi
13 DF  JPN Reisuke Sato
14 MF  JPN Jumpei Hayakawa
16 DF  JPN Haru Yamano
17 MF  JPN Minaho Abe
18 GK  JPN Yuto Ebashi
19 FW  JPN Seiryu Shimizu
20 MF  JPN Keita Taguchi
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF  JPN Kazuki Seyama
22 MF  JPN Koya Tsuchihashi
23 MF  JPN Hikaru Sekiya
24 MF  JPN Anri Tagami
25 GK  JPN Haruki Komori
26 FW  JPN Tensei Aiga
27 MF  JPN Mitsuki Aida
28 DF  JPN Shintaro Abe
29 MF  JPN Daiki Inoue
30 GK  JPN Shoma Yoshizawa
31 DF  JPN Takumi Onodera
32 MF  JPN Haruto Kumagai
33 DF  JPN Atsushi Inagaki
34 DF  JPN Yuto Suda
35 FW  JPN Toshikazu Teruuchi
36 DF  JPN Genta Nakamura
37 MF  JPN Ibuki Matsuzaka
38 DF  JPN Kaito Yokoyama

World Cup players


The following players have represented their country at the World Cup whilst playing for Urawa Red Diamonds:

World Cup 1998

World Cup 2006

World Cup 2010

World Cup 2014

World Cup 2018


Club captains



Former players



International capped players


JFA.
AFC/ CAF/ OFC.
UEFA.
CONMEBOL.

Club officials


PositionName
Sporting Director Hisashi Tsuchida
Manager Maciej Skorża
Assistant manager Tadaaki Hirakawa
First-team coach & Interpreter Naotsugu Obata
First-team coach & Chief analyst Maiki Hayashi
Goalkeeper Coach Juan Miret
Assistant Goalkeeper Coach Hitoshi Shiota
Match Analyst Yuma Moriya

Manager history


ManagerNationalityTenure
StartFinish
Hiroshi Ninomiya Japan1 February 196731 January 1975
Kenzo Yokoyama Japan1 February 197531 January 1983
Kuniya Daini Japan1 February 198430 June 1989
Kazuo Saito Japan1 July 198930 June 1992
Takaji Mori Japan1 July 199331 January 1994
Kenzo Yokoyama Japan1 February 199431 January 1995
Holger Osieck Germany1 February 199531 December 1996
Horst Köppel Germany1 February 199731 December 1998
Hiromi Hara Japan1 February 199830 June 1999
Aad de Mos Netherlands1 July 19993 December 1999
Yasushi Yoshida Japan4 December199931 January 2000
Kazuo Saito Japan2 February 20002 October 2000
Kenzo Yokoyama Japan3 October 200031 January 2001
Tita Brazil1 February 200127 August 2001
Pita Brazil28 August 200131 January 2001
Hans Ooft Netherlands1 February 200231 January 2004
Guido Buchwald Germany1 February 200431 January 2006
Holger Osieck Germany1 February 200716 March 2008
Gert Engels Germany16 March 200827 November 2008
Volker Finke Germany1 February 200931 January 2011
Željko Petrović Montenegro1 February 201120 October 2011
Takafumi Hori (caretaker) Japan20 October 201131 January 2012
Mihailo Petrović Serbia1 February 201230 July 2017
Takafumi Hori Japan31 July 20172 April 2018
Tsuyoshi Otsuki Japan3 April 201824 April 2018
Oswaldo de Oliveira Brazil25 April 201828 May 2019
Tsuyoshi Otsuki Japan29 May 201922 December 2020
Ricardo Rodríguez Spain22 December 2020 30 October 2022
Maciej Skorża Poland11 November 2022 Current

League history


Excepting two seasons in which they were in the second tier, Mitsubishi/Urawa has always competed in the top flight, thereby being the club with the most top flight seasons total.


Notes


  1. The Original Eight of the Japan Soccer League (JSL) in 1965 were Mitsubishi, Furukawa, Hitachi, Yanmar, Toyo Industries, Yahata Steel, Toyota Industries and Nagoya Mutual Bank.
  2. The Original Ten of the J.League in 1992 were Kashima Antlers, Urawa Red Diamonds, JEF United Ichihara, Verdy Kawasaki, Yokohama Marinos, Yokohama Flügels, Shimizu S-Pulse, Nagoya Grampus Eight, Gamba Osaka and Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

References


  1. 浦和レッズ年表 Archived 2008-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, Urawa Red Diamonds
  2. ARUDOU, DEBITO (12 March 2014). "J.League and media must show red card to racism". Japan Times. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. "Urawa Reds play to empty stadium after fans banned for racist banner". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  4. J-League partner Urawa seal domestic double, FC Bayern
  5. 06.01.18 FCバイエルン・ミュンヘン(ドイツ)とのパートナーシップ締結について Archived 2008-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, Urawa Red Diamonds
  6. "Wild East Football".
  7. レッズランド | 浦和レッズ Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine, Urawa Red Diamonds
  8. A brief history of J.League mascots | Mascot madness in Japanese football, retrieved 2022-04-08
  9. "CLUB-PROFILE | URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL WEBSITE". www.urawa-reds.co.jp. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  10. URAWA REDS LADIES Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine, Urawa Red Diamonds
  11. "TOP TEAM". Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  12. "浦和レッズ 日程" (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  13. "2022年 ユース選手一覧". Retrieved 7 September 2022.


Sporting positions
Preceded by Champions of Asia
2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by Champions of Asia
2017
Succeeded by

На других языках


[de] Urawa Red Diamonds

Die Urawa Red Diamonds (jap. 浦和レッドダイヤモンズ, Urawa reddo daiyamonzu), oft auch kurz Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ, Urawa rezzu) genannt, sind ein japanischer Fußballverein aus dem Stadtteil Urawa der Verbundgemeinde Saitama. Der Club spielt in der höchsten Spielklasse Japans, der J1 League.
- [en] Urawa Red Diamonds

[es] Urawa Red Diamonds

El Urawa Red Diamonds (浦和レッドダイヤモンズ, Urawa Reddo Daiyamonzu?), también conocido simplemente como Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ, Urawa Rezzu?), es un club de fútbol de la ciudad de Saitama, en la prefectura de Saitama, Japón, y uno de los más populares de la liga de fútbol profesional de ese país. El equipo disputa sus partidos como local en el Estadio Saitama 2002, en la ciudad de Saitama, pero su nombre proviene de la antigua ciudad de Urawa, que ahora forma parte de Saitama.

[ru] Урава Ред Даймондс

«Урава Ред Даймондс» (яп. 浦和レッドダイヤモンズ Урава Рэддо Дайямондзу, англ. Urawa Red Diamonds) — японский футбольный клуб из города Сайтама. Этот клуб стал первым японским клубом, игравшим в клубном чемпионате мира в 2007 году, где занял третье место. Неофициальное название клуба, часто употребляемое прессой и фанатами — «Урава Редс» (яп. 浦和レッズ Урава Рэддзу, англ. Urawa Reds).



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