Urawa Red Diamonds
Squad
- Norihiro Yamagishi2001current
- Shunsuke Tsutsumi2006current
- Naoki Yamada2008current
- Tsukasa Umesaki2008current
- Takuya Okamoto2010current
- Yosuke Kashiwagi2010current
- Shuto Kojima2011current
Shin'ya Yajima2012current
Yuki Abe2012current
Daisuke Nasu2013current
Shinzō Kōroki2013current- Takahiro Sekine2013current
Shusaku Nishikawa2014current
Takuya Aoki2014current
Kenichi Kaga2015current
Naoki Ishihara2015current- Wataru Hashimoto2015current
Branko Ilić2016current- Yoshiaki Komai2016current
- Rafael Silva2017current
Hiroki Sakai2021current- Kazuaki Mawatari2021current
Naoki Maeda2024current- Ryōma Watanabe2024current
- Shion Honma2024current
- Koki Fukui2026current
Kota Mizunuma2026current
Ado Onaiwucurrent- Ataru Esakacurrent
Atsuki Itocurrent- Eiichi Katayamacurrent
- Haruki Fukushimacurrent
Kai Shibatocurrent- Katsuya Iwatakecurrent
Kiko Seikecurrent- Koki Otanicurrent
- Koya Yurukicurrent
Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souzacurrent
Miki Yamanecurrent
Ryotaro Itocurrent- Seiichi Makitacurrent
- Takeshi Inouecurrent
- Takuya Ogiwaracurrent
- Tomoya Inukaicurrent
- Yusuke Matsuocurrent
- Tomohiko Ikoma1955–1966
- Akira Kitaguchi1957–1966
- Hiroshi Katayama1958–1972
- Hiroshi Ninomiya1959–1968
- Shozo Tsugitani1963–1967
- Kenzo Yokoyama1966–1977
Ryuichi Sugiyama1966–1973- Tadao Onishi1967–1974
- Takaji Mori1967–1977
- Yoshio Kikugawa1968–1974
- Ichiro Hosotani1969–1978
- Michio Ashikaga1969–1978
Kuniya Daini1970–1978- Kazumi Takada1971–1979
- Hisao Sekiguchi1973–1988
- Mitsuhisa Taguchi1973–1984
- Kazuo Saito1974–1989
- Mitsunori Fujiguchi1974–1982
- Ikuo Takahara1976–1981
- Mitsuo Kato1976–1983
- Yasuyuki Kishino1977–1980
- Kazuo Ozaki1978–1983
Satoshi Yamaguchi1978–1984- Atsushi Natori1980–1994
Hiromi Hara1981–1992- Akihisa Sonobe1983–1994
- Yasushi Yoshida1983–1992
- Osamu Hirose1984–2000
- Akinori Mikami1988–1994
- Yasushi Matsumoto1988–1993
- Hisashi Tsuchida1989–2000
Masahiro Fukuda1989–2002- Eiji Sato1990–1993
- Katsuyoshi Shinto1990–1992
- Kazuo Ozaki1990–1992
- Hideyuki Imakura1991–1994
Osvaldo Escudero1991–1992- Takeshi Mizuuchi1991–1995
- Takeshi Motoyoshi1991–1994
- Edwin Uehara1992–1995
- Fujio Yamamoto1992–1992
- Hiroshi Ninomiya1992–1994
- Koichi Hashiratani1992–1994
Marcelo Trivisonno1992–1993- Norio Takahashi1992–1995
Satoru Mochizuki1992–1995- Sergio Escudero1992–1992
- Shinichi Kawano1992–1995
- Shinji Tanaka1992–1993
- Takafumi Hori1992–1998
- Yoshimasa Suda1992–1993
- Yoshinori Sembiki1992–1992
- Yukinori Muramatsu1992–1995
- Yūki Takita1992–2000
- Futoshi Ikeda1993–1996
- Hiroyuki Sawada1993–1994
- Kenji Sakaguchi1993–1994
- Makoto Yamazaki1993–1994
- Marcelo Morales1993–1993
Michael Rummenigge1993–1995
Miroslav Mentel1993–1994- Nobuyasu Ikeda1993–1999
- Tsutomu Nishino1993–2001
- Uwe Rahn1993–1994
- Victor Ferreyra1993–1993
- Yoshinori Matsuda1993–1994
Guido Buchwald1994–1997- Hiroki Aratani1994–1997
- Ken Iwase1994–1998
- Kiyonobu Okajima1994–1995
Koichi Sugiyama1994–1998- Masahiro Sukigara1994–1994
- Masayuki Okano1994–2001
- Naoto Sakurai1994–1999
- Nobuhisa Yamada1994–2014
- Nobuyuki Hosaka1994–1995
- Shiro Kikuhara1994–1995
- Takeshi Nakashima1994–1996
- Tetsuya Asano1994–1994
Uwe Bein1994–1996- Yoshiaki Sato1994–1995
- Yoshinori Taguchi1994–1998
- Ľubomír Luhový1994–1994
- Antônio Benedito da Silva1995–1995
- Masahiro Ota1995–1997
- Masaki Tsuchihashi1995–2003
- Masanaga Kageyama1995–1995
- Yasushi Fukunaga1995–2001
Basile Boli1996–1997- Brian Steen Nielsen1996–1996
- Eiji Hanayama1996–1997
- Hideki Uchidate1996–2008
- Kenji Oshiba1996–2000
- Koji Homma1996–1999
- Shingo Suzuki1996–1996
- Shinji Jojo1996–2003
- Taichi Sato1996–1998
- Toshiya Ishii1996–2002
- Akihiro Tabata1997–2002
- Alfred Nijhuis1997–1998
- Atsuo Watanabe1997–1999
- Hiromitsu Isogai1997–1998
Michael Baur1997–1997
Ryuji Kawai1997–2002- Takashi Sambonsuge1997–1999
- Tomoyasu Ando1997–2002
Txiki Begiristain1997–1999- Yuichiro Nagai1997–2008
- Željko Petrović1997–2000
- Giuseppe Zappella1998–1999
Shinji Ono1998–2001- Toru Ojima1998–2000
- Fernando Picun1999–2000
- Genichi Takahashi1999–2000
- Katsuyuki Miyazawa1999–2001
Kohei Morita1999–2001- Manabu Ikeda1999–2002
- Ryuji Michiki1999–2002
- Tadashi Nakamura1999–1999
- Tomoyuki Yoshino1999–2002
- Yohei Nishibe1999–2003
- Yusuke Nakatani1999–1999
- Adiel de Oliveira Amorim2000–2000
Andrzej Kubica2000–2000- Ichiei Muroi2000–2004
- Keita Suzuki2000–2015
Tomonobu Hayakawa2000–2002- Toru Chishima2000–2006
- Toshiyuki Abe2000–2002
- Adriano Gerlin da Silva2001–2001
- Donizete Oliveira2001–2001
Emerson Sheik2001–2005- Harison da Silva Nery2001–2002
- Livonir Ruschel2001–2002
- Masami Ihara2001–2002
- Shinya Kawashima2001–2001
- Takamasa Watanabe2001–2002
Takuro Nishimura2001–2004
Tatsuya Tanaka2001–2012
Keisuke Tsuboi2002–2014- Kenta Tokushige2002–2008
Makoto Hasebe2002–2007- Ned Zelic2002–2003
Satoshi Horinouchi2002–2011
Tadaaki Hirakawa2002–2018- Takuya Mikami2002–2004
- Yosuke Kobayashi2002–2003
- Yuzo Minami2002–2006
Edmundo2003–2003- Hiroyuki Kobayashi2003–2004
- Koji Yamase2003–2004
- Nobuhiro Kato2003–2014
Ryota Tsuzuki2003–2011- Tomoyuki Sakai2003–2007
Yuriy Nikiforov2003–2004
Alessandro Santos2004–2009
Alpay Özalan2004–2005- Fábio Camilo de Brito2004–2007
Marcus Tulio Tanaka2004–2009- Masayuki Okano2004–2008
- Naoya Umeda2004–2005
- Shota Arai2004–2006
- Takuya Yokoyama2004–2006
- Eliézio Santos Santana2005–2005
Hajime Hosogai2005–2010- Masaya Nishitani2005–2005
- Robson Ponte2005–2010
- Sergio Escudero2005–2012
- Shunsuke Oyama2005–2008
Takafumi Akahoshi2005–2009- Tetsushi Kondo2005–2009
Tomislav Marić2005–2005- Yuya Nakamura2005–2007
- Junki Koike2006–2009
- Shinji Ono2006–2007
- Takahito Soma2006–2008
- Teruaki Kurobe2006–2006
Washington Stecanela Cerqueira2006–2007- Yoshiya Nishizawa2006–2010
- Yuki Abe2007–2010
Edmílson dos Santos Silva2008–2011
Genki Haraguchi2008–2014- Hiroyuki Takasaki2008–2011
Naohiro Takahara2008–2010- Yusuke Hayashi2008–2010
- Koji Noda2009–2013
Mizuki Hamada2009–2014- Shunki Takahashi2009–2012
- Takuya Nagata2009–2013
Matthew Spiranovic2010–2010- Tomoya Ugajin2010–2021
Wilfried Sanou2010–2010- Jun Aoyama2011–2011
- Kazuki Hara2011–2011
Marcelino Júnior Lopes Arruda2011–2011- Matthew Spiranovic2011–2012
Mitsuru Nagata2011–2016
Márcio Richardes2011–2014- Ranko Despotović2011–2013
- Adílson Ferreira de Souza2012–2012
- Masaya Nozaki2012–2014
Tomoaki Makino2012–2012- Kunimitsu Sekiguchi2013–2014
- Ryota Moriwaki2013–2019
- Tomoaki Makino2013–2021
- Toyofumi Sakano2013–2014
Tadanari Lee2014–2018
Toshiyuki Takagi2015–2017
Yūki Mutō2015–2021
Kazuki Nagasawa2016–2020
Wataru Endō2016–2018
Daiki Hashioka2017–2021- Tetsuya Enomoto2017–2018
Quenten Martinus2018–2020- Daisuke Suzuki2019–2020
Kenyu Sugimoto2019–2022- Ryosuke Yamanaka2019–2021
- Thomas Deng2020–2021
Daigo Nishi2021–2021- Yoshio Koizumi2021–2024
Zion Suzuki2021–2024
Hiroki Abe2023–2026- Genki Haraguchi2024–2025
The Urawa Red Diamonds are a professional football club based in Saitama, Japan.
They compete in the J1 League, the top tier of Japanese football.
Originally known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club, they changed their name to Urawa Red Diamonds in 1996.
Biography
Formation
The Urawa Red Diamonds, originally established as a football club by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 1950 in Kobe, Japan, moved to Tokyo in 1958. In 1965, they played a pivotal role in forming the Japan Soccer League (JSL), becoming one of the 'Original Eight' clubs. The club first tasted success in 1969 by winning the JSL championship, breaking the dominance of Mazda/Sanfrecce Hiroshima. After fluctuating performances, they were promoted back to the top tier in 1990 as JSL Division 2 champions, setting the stage for their entry into the newly formed J.League in 1993 as one of its original members.
Name Changes and Success
In April 1992, the club was renamed Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club, adopting the nickname "Red Diamonds." This name change was significant as it marked a new era for the club. In February 1996, they officially became the Urawa Red Diamonds. The club made history in 1978 by becoming the first Japanese team to complete a domestic treble, winning the JSL title, the Emperor's Cup, and the Japan Soccer League Cup. Despite a rocky start in the J.League, where they finished at the bottom for the first two seasons, they gradually improved and became a competitive force in Japanese football.
Legacy
The Urawa Red Diamonds have maintained a strong presence in Japanese football, consistently competing in the top flight, except for two seasons in the second tier. They are recognized for their passionate fan base and have achieved significant honors throughout their history, solidifying their status as one of Japan's premier football clubs. With a top scorer record held by Masahiro Fukuda, who netted 152 goals, the club continues to be a vital part of Japan's football landscape.
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Career & Clubs
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries established a football club in 1950 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"). 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") of the J.League in 1993.
Domestic treble
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.
Name change
The club's name was then changed to ''Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club'' from in April 1992 where their nickname was "Red Diamonds". However, in February 1996, the club's name was changed to "Urawa Red Diamonds". The club has experienced varying degrees of success since the inception of the J-League. The team finished at the bottom of the league for the first two seasons, with an average attendance of fewer than 15,000. In 1999, they were…
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.
Mitsubishi (Amateur era) Division 1 (JSL and JSL Div.1): 1965–66, 1988–89 Division 2 (JSL Div.2): 1989–90 Division 1 (JSL Div.1): 1990–91, 1991–92 Urawa Red Diamonds (Professional era) Division 1 (J.League): 1993–99 Division 2 (J.League Div.2): 2000 Division 1 (J.League Div.1): 2001– Top scorer: Masahiro Fukuda with 152 goals
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Legacy
As both Mitsubishi Motors (amateur era) and Urawa Red Diamonds (professional era)
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Identifiers & aliases
The Urawa Red Diamonds or simply the Urawa Reds, also known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club from April 1992 to January 1996, are a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan, who play in the J1 League, the top tier of Japanese football.
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