association football club in Saitama, Japan
football club
Old crest 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, besides 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 golf club plays in the J1 League, the peak tier of football in the nation. Its name comes from the former city of Urawa, immediately part of Saitama.

The name Red Diamonds alludes to the club ‘s pre-professional earned run average parent company Mitsubishi. The pot ‘s logo consists of three crimson diamonds, one of which remains within the current club badge .

history [edit ]

Shin-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries established a football cabaret in 1950 [ 1 ] in Kobe and moved the cabaret 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” [ a ] ). Mitsubishi first won the JSL championship in 1969, as a break in in Mazda/Sanfrecce ‘s dominance ( and besides with the fact that Toyo were in Bangkok, Thailand, competing in the asian Club Cup ) ; their runs up the first division were sporadic but steadily until the 1980s when they fell into the moment Division. In 1990 they were promoted as JSL Division 2 champions, and therefore were ready when the J-League implementation began in earnest. Urawa Red Diamonds was an original member ( “Original Ten” [ b ] ) of the J.League in 1993. Mitsubishi were the first base japanese club to complete a domestic triple, when in 1978 they won the entitle, the Emperor ‘s Cup and the Japan Soccer League Cup. The clubhouse has enjoyed mixed fortunes since the J-League second coming. The club finished buttocks 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 gear tier of japanese football yet again. The club has since improved in shape in late years, starting with a 2003 victory in the Nabisco Cup. In 2006 Urawa clinched their first professional league title by defeating runner-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 beginning 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 claim for the first time since establishment as a professional clubhouse, 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 besides completed a league-cup doubling. In the 2007 tournament they were defeated at the foremost hurdle by J2 outfit Ehime FC. In 2007, despite a apparently unassailable lead of seven points with four games remaining, Urawa picked up merely two points from their final four games. This scat included misplace 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 rung of the Emperor ‘s Cup to J2 equip Ehime FC, Urawa had to be content with their 2007 asian Champions League title. Urawa recorded their first gear international entitle after overcoming irani club Sepahan F.C. 3–1 on aggregate. The victory made them the inaugural japanese side to win the championship since the rival was reorganised from the asian Champions Cup in 2003. In the Club World Cup of the same year, Urawa became the first AFC golf club to finish in third locate, beating tunisian Étoile Sportive du Sahel side on punishment kicks in the third / fourth invest play off. In 2008, Urawa attempted to win their second back-to-back asian Champions League championship and progressed to the semitrailer finals where they were defeated by companion J-League rivals, and eventual Champions League winners, Gamba Osaka 3–1 on aggregate. On March 8, 2014, a standard 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 [edit ]

The baseball club is besides noteworthy in that former Feyenoord midfielder Shinji Ono began his professional career play for Urawa. Ono returned for the 2006 temper for a second stint with the clubhouse. Urawa is affiliated with german club FC Bayern Munich, whose dub is besides “ The Reds ”. [ 4 ] Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the chair of the FC Bayern Munich, announced that “ We have been looking for clubs which have electric potential ability, management constancy and cordial confidence. We could fulfill the desire to affiliate with this capital club, Urawa Reds. ” [ 5 ] Some early 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 plate of Manchester United. The japanese golf club, missing identify players, lost their foremost game 5–2 against the argentine side Boca Juniors. The second base regular 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 besides have an unofficial relationship with Shanghai Shenhua. The clubs ‘ supporters will support each other in continental competition. For exercise, Shenhua fans will support Urawa when Urawa plays in Shanghai against Shanghai SIPG. [ 6 ]

stadium [edit ]

Since the establishment of J.League in 1992, the golf club had used tracked Urawa Komaba Stadium as its home stadium. Due to the increasing popularity of the matches, Saitama City, owner of the stadium, expanded the seat capacitance some times. The club used Ōmiya Park Soccer Stadium until the works were complete. In malice of the poor performance of the cabaret, the stadium was filled with faithful supporters, drawing an average consultation 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, entirely two games were held at Komaba Stadium .

Facilities [edit ]

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 playing field, futsal courts and tennis courts. [ 7 ] Redsland is opened to the public and baseball club members can use the facilities at relatively bum fees .

Rivalries [edit ]

Saitama bowler hat [edit ]

Urawa Red Diamonds has a local bowler hat 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 bowler hat first took position in the JSL Second Division in the 1989–90 temper, and it would n’t take place until the 2000 season when Urawa was relegated to the second grade again. In 2003 the once divide Omiya and Urawa cities merged to become Saitama city, and since 2005 the bowler hat became a top flight regular after Omiya was promoted .

Marunouchi Gosanke [edit ]

During the JSL years and into the 1990s, Urawa ‘s main clear escape rivals were JEF United Chiba and Kashiwa Reysol, both now based in Chiba Prefecture. Because of their early 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 [edit ]

Rivals further afield include Kashima Antlers, FC Tokyo, Yokohama Marinos, Kawasaki Frontale, and, tied 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 amateurish teams [edit ]

The club besides has women ‘s and amateur teams .

  • Women’s: Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies[8] in WE League
  • Amateur: Urawa Red Diamonds Amateur in Saitama Prefecture League Div. 1

Kit and colours [edit ]

Colours [edit ]

The main tinge of Urawa Red Diamonds is bolshevik

Kit development [edit ]

League & cup commemorate [edit ]

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season Teams Emperor’s Cup J.League Cup Super Cup AFC CL Others
1992 – – – – Semi-finals Group stage – – –
1993 J1 10 10th 11,459 2nd round Group stage
1994 12 12th 18,475 3rd round Quarter final
1995 14 4th 19,560 Quarter final –
1996 16 6th 24,329 Semi-finals Group stage
1997 17 10th 20,504 4th round Quarter final
1998 18 6th 22,706 Quarter final Group stage
1999 16 15th 21,206 4th round Quarter final
2000 J2 11 2nd 16,923 4th Round 1st round
2001 J1 16 10th 26,720 Semi-finals Quarter final
2002 16 11th 26,296 3rd round Runners-up
2003 16 6th 28,855 3rd round Winners
2004 16 2nd 36,660 Semi-finals Runners-up
2005 18 2nd 39,357 Winners Semi-finals
2006 18 1st 45,573 Winners Quarter final Winners
2007 18 2nd 46,667 4th round Quarter final Runners-up Winners A3 3rd place
FIFA 3rd place
2008 18 7th 47,609 5th round Group stage – Semi-finals –
2009 18 6th 44,210 2nd round Quarter final –
2010 18 10th 39,941 Quarter final Group stage
2011 18 15th 33,910 Quarter final Runners-up
2012 18 3rd 36,634 4th round Group stage
2013 18 6th 37,100 3rd round Runners-up Group stage
2014 18 2nd 35,516 3rd round Quarter final –
2015 18 3rd 38,745 Runners-up Quarter final Runners-up Group stage
2016 18 2nd 36,935 4th round Winners – Round of 16
2017 18 7th 33,542 4th round Quarter final Runners-up Winners Suruga Winners
FIFA 5th place
2018 18 5th 34,798 Winners Play-off stage – – –
2019 18 14th 34,184 4th round Quarter final Runners-up Runners-up
2020 † 18 10th 7,869 Did not qualify Group stage – –
2021 † 20 6th 8,244 Winners Semi-final – –
2022 18 Qualified Qualified
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
  • † 2020, 2021 seasons attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic

Honours [edit ]

domestic competitions [edit ]

Mitsubishi ( Amateur era )
Urawa Red Diamonds ( Professional era )

Continental [edit ]

International [edit ]

individual awards [edit ]

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

As of 28 December 2021[9]

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

Out on loanword [edit ]

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

World Cup players [edit ]

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 [edit ]

erstwhile players [edit ]

International capped players [edit ]

Managers [edit ]

League history [edit ]

Excepting two seasons in which they were in the second grade, Mitsubishi/Urawa has constantly competed in the top flight, thereby being the club with the most top flight seasons sum .

Notes [edit ]

References [edit ]