URAWA RE D D I A M O N DS€¦ · CLUB PHILOSPOPHY The core motifs are the ball and the whorl. ......

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U R AWA R E DD I A M O N D S

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1. URAWA RED DIAMONDS aim to contribute to the healthy growth of youth, and the fostering of valuable, conscientious members of society.2. URAWA RED DIAMONDS strive to provide an arena for healthy recreation for the local community.3. URAWA RED DIAMONDS aim to be Saitama's window to the world.

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CLUB PHILOSPOPHY

The core motifs are the ball and the whorl. They represent a call for everyone tocome together around the ball, the excitement and joy that the ball brings to all, and gathering circles of goodwill and friendship that reach out to the whole world. The building at the top is the elite teacher training college where football was introduced to Saitama in 1908. The college is long gone but the building has been rebuilt in its original form and is now a municipal museum.

　The diamond in the centre is, of course, the Red Diamond symbol. It stands for the tightly bonded team.

　The sakuraso primrose, at bottom left and right, is the emblematic flower of both Saitama Prefecture and Saitama City. It is a designated natural treasure of Japan, and Saitama is one of the very best places for seeing this beautiful flower.

The Reds Emblem

Club Name: Urawa Red Diamonds

Nickname: Urawa Reds

Year of Formation: 1950

Turned Professional: 1992

Home Town: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture

Home Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 (63,700)

Urawa Komaba Stadium, Saitama City (21,500)

Club Colors: red shirts, white shorts and black socks

President: FUCHITA Keizo

Origin of club name

Urawa was the name of the city where Reds started their J. League history in 1993.

The city of Urawa became part of the new city of Saitama in 2001 when it merged with

the neighboring cities of Yono and Omiya.

Reds retained the old name because of its popularity with fans.

Achievements:

AFC Champions League champions twice (2007 and 2017)

J. League champions (2006)

J. League Second Stage champions twice (2004 and 2016)

J. League First Stage champions (2015)

J. League Cup winners twice (2003 and 2016)

Emperor's Cup winners 6 times (1971, 1973, 1978, 1980, 2005 and 2006)

Xerox Super Cup winners (2006)

Suruga Bank Championship winners (2017)

Japan Soccer League champions 4 times (1969, 1973, 1978 and 1982)

JSL Cup winners twice (1978 and 1981)

J. League Championship runners-up 5 times (2004, 2005, 2007, 2014 and 2016)

J. League Cup runners-up 4 times (2002, 2004, 2011 and 2013)

Emperor's Cup runners-up 4 times (1967, 1968, 1979 and 2015)

J. League Suntory Championship runners-up (2004)

Japan Soccer League runners-up 6 times (1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977)

CLUB PROFILE

Address： 2-1 Misono, Midori-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 336-8505 Japan

Phone： +81-48-812-1001 Fax： +81-48-812-1212

Official Website： http://www.urawa-reds.co.jp

Press Office e-mail： [email protected]

URAWA RED DIAMONDS［URAWA REDS］

URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL ENGLISH GUIDE 2018

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Welcome to Reds Wonderland!

Reds were one of the J. League’s 10 founding teams in 1993. The club was based on the famous Mitsubishi Football Club that had won both the Japan Soccer League and the Emperor’s Cup four times. Mitsubishi played in Tokyo but moved to the city of Urawa (now Saitama City) and changed the name to Urawa Red Diamonds with the start of the J. League. Today, that has been shortened to the more familiar, Urawa Reds. Urawa was a longstanding hotbed of football in Japan. Fully five schools from this city to the north of Tokyo had won the national senior high school football tournament. It was a city that understood football well, and the crowd was demanding from the start. The team’s strong attacking flavour was established early on as the club strove to satisfy those dreams.

Reds’ football won the hearts of local young fans from the J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup of 1992, the year before the J. League proper began, giving birth to the amazing fan base we see today. With the start of the J. League in 1993, however, Reds’ defensive frailty made the going hard and the team sank to the bottom of the table. Reds won only rarely in those early days even at their first home, the Komaba Stadium. The fans were disappointed but stood by their team. In fact, the support only grew. A German manager, Holger Osieck, took charge in 1995. Guido Buchwald and Uwe Bein had signed as players the previous summer. The team gained new balance with their leader-ship and climbed high in the league. The title was not to be, however, and the club instead again plumbed the depths in 1999 when it dropped to Division Two. Even on the day of darkest despair, however, when Reds’ relegation was sealed, the 20,000 fans who packed the Komaba Stadium did not turn against their team. They showed their commitment come what may by singing on and on: “We are Reds! We are Reds!” The unconditional love for Reds that filled the Komaba cauldron that day is the club’s greatest strength and treasure. Urawa Reds were promoted straight back the following year and grew strongly under the guidance of Hans Ooft to win the J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup in 2003. Guido Buchwald took charge in 2004 and steered them to victory in the J. League’s Second Stage. Reds also won the Emperor’s Cup in 2005 and finally secured their longed for first J. League champion-ship in 2006. Holger Osieck returned to the helm in 2007 and led Reds to victory in the AFC Champions League, a triumph which also made them the first Japanese club to win this tournament. Reds recorded an aggregate attendance of 809,353 for their 17 home league matches in 2008, a J. League record average home attendance of 47,609 that also placed them in the top 20 clubs in the world that year. The form then dipped for several years until the arrival of new manager Mihailo Petrovic in 2012 ushered in a fresh era of growth for the club. Playing with his hallmark game of all-out attack and defence, breaking through by skilful combination, the football evolved and grew and Reds became regular title contenders again. In 2016, Reds won the Levain Cup, renamed that year from the Yamazaki-Nabisco Cup, for the first time in 13 years. Petrovic’s reign ended in late July, 2017, and head coach Takafumi Hori stepped up to the helm, as the form slumped sharply from around the time Reds secured their AFC Champions League quarter-final berth. The team’s focus turned to the Champions League and, in the quarter-final, Reds overcame a 3-1 first leg deficit with a 4-1 win in the second leg against Kawasaki Frontale. Reds next overcame Shanghai SIPG of China in the semi-final and then Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia in the final, drawing both first legs 1-1 and winning both second legs 1-0,to secure their second Asian crown a decade after the first. Reds carried on to secure fifth place at the FIFA Club World Cup in the UAE in December with a 3-2 win over Casablanca of Morocco. In 2018, Reds are targeting the J. League title with all of their might under Takafumi Hori.

The passionate support descends and fills the stadium from the molten red stands. On a glorious green pitch, waves of searingattacks sweep towards the opposing goal. Welcome to Reds Wonderland, a place of fiery young supporters,boys and girls sporting Reds shirts, and also older couples who join in waving the flags! And of the players, who carry all of those dreams withfervour on the pitch. This is the special space and time that we call Reds Wonderland.Urawa Reds, winners of the 2007 and 2017AFC Champions Leagues, are supported by Japanʼs hottest supporters. You will be caught up in the furnace, too, from the moment you step inside.


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　Saitama City, the home of Urawa Reds, is the capital of Saitama Prefecture in central Japan. It lies 20km north of Tokyo and is reached in 30 minutes from the centre by train. The city has been growing in recent years as a major commuter town for the Tokyo megalopolis. It is a place of quiet residential districts with a total area of roughly 168 square kilometres and population of over 1,260,896 as of February, 2015.　Japan is a mostly very mountainous country but Saitama City is located in the east of its widest plain. Almost flat, it rises to only 20.3m above sea level at the highest point (and drops to only 3.1m at the lowest). 　The city of Saitama is only 16 years old. It was created in May, 2001, by the merger of the cities of Urawa (the seat of the prefectural government), Yono and Omiya.

　Urawa Reds’ home town became Saitama City with that merger but the Urawa area in the club’s name, in the south of the new city, has a particularly long history as a football town. The teacher training college located there led the way with the founding of a football club in 1908. That was the start of football in both Urawa and Japan! Those footballers became teachers after graduating and disseminated the sport like seeds spreading on the wind. Football began to put down roots in Saitama Prefecture over 100 years ago.　The strength which emerged became evident in the 1950’s. 　That began with the Saitama Prefectural Urawa Senior High School winning its first national high school championship in 1951. Other champions soon followed, including Urawa Nishi Senior High School and the Urawa (now Saitama) Municipal Senior High School, and later Urawa Mimami Senior High School as well. Urawa schools won the title 11 times in all through 1976 and the city became known nationwide as a stronghold of the sport. The local people, too, were proud of Urawa’s football tradition as the city’s footballers also achieved outstanding results in the Inter-high games for senior high schools, the national primary and junior high school championships and, representing Saitama, the national athletic meet, too. 　A new era for Japanese football dawned with the launch of the J. League in November, 1991.　Professional football clubs were founded in home towns across the country and those clubs, too, inherited the pride and football traditions of their homes. 　In Urawa’s case, though, it was the Urawa Reds supporters rather than Urawa Red Diamonds who promulgated the Urawa name most widely during the J. League’s first

decade. They were justly proud of Urawa’s football tradition and their fervent support resounded across Japan even ahead of the team itself. 　The club was finally able to respond to those citizens’ ardent desire to crown the Urawa name, and the supporters’ longing to be the number one team, not just the number one supporters, in 2003. That was the year Urawa Reds won their first title, the Yamazaki Nabisco Cup. The Emperor’s Cup and J. League titles followed and, in 2007, Reds became the first Japanese team to triumph in the AFC Champi-ons League. They also came third that year in the FIFA Club World Cup.　Reds had become the professional club truly worthy of the city’s long football tradition just as Saitama prepared to celebrate its 100th anniversary of football.　Reds marked their 20th anniversary in 2012 under the slogan “REDS 020th” as the starting point of a new era. Reds also secured the naming rights to their original home, the Komaba Stadium, thereby reaffirming their identity as the club that had weathered and experienced so much, both honours and grief, in the first two decades. 　Reds slumped into the relegation battle in 2011 but the hard times, too, helped forge close ties between the team and supporters and Mihailo Petrovic’s arrival as manager in 2012 brought a new, richly attractive attacking style to the club and rekindled the passion in the stadium. Takafumi Hori then took over from Petrovic in mid-2017 and led Reds to their second AFC Champions League title after a gap of ten years. At the finish, Reds drew 1-1 away and won 1-0 at home in both the semi-final and final, against Shanghai SIPG of China and Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia. The supporters, too, made a strong impression all over Asia, their colourful celebrations sending the Urawa name resounding across the continent. Urawa Reds and their supporters are inseparable and Reds’ community-wide support is the club’s greatest asset.

Saitama CityHOME TOWN

Urawa – Football’s First Home in JapanRed Diamonds – The Club which Inherited the Tradition

Saitama City

TokyoKanagawa Chiba

GunmaTochigi

Ibaraki


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Saitama Stadium 2002

　Urawa Reds’ home, Saitama Stadium 2002, was built for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/JapanTM. It hosted four matches, including the semi-final between Brazil and Turkey. With a capacity of 63,700, it is Japan’s biggest specialised football ground.　Saitama Prefecture built the stadium at a cost of 35.6 billion yen as a focus for new devel-opment about 8 kilometres east from the city centre. This still rural area is expected to develop as a delightful 21st century urban community during the next two decades.　The prefecture chose to be a part of the World Cup bid in the early nineties and the deci-sion to build a stadium where 60,000 supporters could watch in complete comfort and safety was approved in 1994. 　This district used to be a huge marsh prior to massive reclamation work in the 18th cen-tury. The ground remains soft, and the great roofs on the eastern and western flanks had to be especially light. They represent a brace of dancing shirasagi herons, birds still common in the ponds and rice paddies of the region. 　The stadium’s greatest pride is a seating design that gives every one of the 63,700 seats aclear and enjoyable view of the game. This is a world class stadium where everybody, ineffect, sits in the Royal Box. The massive Aurora Vision display is another of the prides of Saitama Stadium. For 2014, a belt video system called the Aurora Ribbon was also added. The Aurora Vision and Ribbon are coordinated when announcing the starting line-ups to produce a dynamic visual effect.

　For all Japanese fans, the unforgettable memories are from Japan's opening game against Belgium at the 2002 World Cup, when goals by Takayuki Suzuki and Junichi Inamoto earned a 2-2 draw and Japan's first ever World Cup point.　Saitama Stadium was officially regis-tered alongside Komaba as Reds’ home stadium in August, 2004. The Urawa Reds office was moved to a location inside the stadium in March, 2005, to serve from there as the club’s main base. Reds have won several major titles at this stadium in the succeeding years: the 2006 J. League, 2007 AFC Champions League,2016 J. League Levain Cup and 2017 AFCChampions League. Saitama Stadium, thestage for so much jubilation, is one of therepresentative football stadiums of not only Japan but all Asia, and the pride of not only Reds fans but all 7,310,000 residents ofSaitama Prefecture.

HOME STADIUM

Completed: September 1, 2001

Capacity: 63,700

Owner: Saitama Prefecture

Address: 2-1 Misono, Midori-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 336-0972 Japan

Phone: +81-48-812-2002

Official Site: http://www.stadium2002.com

(20 - 23min.)

June 2, 2002 England v Sweden (1-1)

June 4, 2002 Japan v Belgium (2-2)

June 6, 2002 Cameroon v Saudi Arabia (1-0)

June 26, 2002 Semi-final Brazil v Turkey (1-0)

At the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™Saitama Stadium 2002 hosted three first round matches and a semi-final.


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URAWA REDS 2018FIRST TEAM SQUAD

COACHING STAFF

PLAYERS

Team ManagerHead CoachCoachCoachGK CoachCoach in charge of analysis

HORI TakafumiAMANO KenichiIKEDA NobuyasuKOSAKA YukiTSUCHIDA HisashiYAMADA Eiichiro

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2

3

5

6

7

9

10

11

14

15

16

18

19

20

21

22

23

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

38

46

NISHIKAWA Shusaku

MAURICIO

UGAJIN Tomoya

MAKINO Tomoaki

ENDO Wataru

TAKETOMI Kosuke

MUTO Yuki

KASHIWAGI Yosuke

MARTINUS

HIRAKAWA Tadaaki

NAGASAWA Kazuki

AOKI Takuya

YAMADA Naoki

Andrew NABBOUT

LEE Tadanari

Zlatan LJUBIJANKIC

ABE Yuki

IWADATE Nao

ENOMOTO Tetsuya

OGIWARA Takuya

HASHIOKA Daiki

FUKUSHIMA Haruki

SHIBATO Kai

KOROKI Shinzo

IWANAMI Takuya

KIKUCHI Daisuke

MORIWAKI Ryota

GK

DF

MF

DF

DF

MF

FW

MF

MF

DF

MF

MF

MF

FW

FW

MF

GK

GK

DF

DF

GK

MF

FW

DF

MF

DF

31

26

29

30

25

27

29

30

26

38

26

28

27

25

32

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29

34

18

18

24

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31

23

26

31

1986/6/18

1992/2/6

1988/3/23

1987/5/11

1993/2/9

1990/9/23

1988/11/7

1987/12/15

1991/3/7

1979/5/1

1991/12/16

1989/9/16

1990/7/4

1992/12/17

1985/12/19

1983/12/15

1981/9/6

1988/8/17

1983/5/2

1999/11/23

1999/5/17

1993/4/8

1995/11/24

1986/7/31

1994/6/18

1991/4/12

1986/4/6

183cm / 81kg

183/82

172/71

182/77

178/75

173/69

170/68

176/73

183/70

172/72

172/68

179/77

168/66

178/83

182/73

186/80

178/77

183/78

180/76

175/69

182/73

182/78

180/70

175/72

186/72

172/68

177/75

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

CS Marítimo (Portugal)

Ryutsu Keizai University

1. FC Köln (Germany)

Shonan Bellmare

Kashiwa Reysol

Vegalta Sendai

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Yokohama F. Marinos

Tsukuba University

JEF United Ichihara-Chiba

Omiya Ardija

Shonan Bellmare

Newcastle Jets (Australia)

Southampton FC (England)

Omiya Ardija

Leicester City FC (England)

Mito Hollyhock

Yokohama F. Marinos

Urawa Reds Youth

Urawa Reds Youth

Gainare Tottori

Meiji University

Kashima Antlers

Vissel Kobe

Shonan Bellmare

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

No. POS AGE Date of Birth Height / Weight Previous ClubNAME

Out on loanOKAMOTO Takuya (25) to Shonan Bellmare／MOTEGI Rikiya (21) to Montedio Yamagata／ITO Ryotaro (20) to Mito Hollyhock／KOMAI Yoshiaki (25) to Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo／ONAIWU Ado(22) to Renofa Yamaguchi／IZAWA Haruki (18) to Tokushima Vortis


as of February 24, 2018

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URAWA REDS PLAYER PROFILES

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Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: June 18, 1986Place of birth: Usa, Oita Pref.Height / Weight: 183cm / 81kgPrevious clubs: Oita Trinita, Sanfrecce HiroshimaJoined Reds: February, 2014Reds debut: March 1, 2014 v Gamba Osaka (A)J1 appearances (goals): 136 (0) /389 (0) [at Reds / Overall]First team appearances (goals): 179 (0) / 485 (0) [at Reds / Overall]Personal Honours:J. League Individual Fair Play award [2014]J. League Best Eleven [2012 / 2013 / 2014 /2015 / 2016]International caps (goals): 31 (0)as of February 1, 2018

NISHIKAWA ShusakuGoalkeeper

西川周作1

MAURICIODefender

Mauricio de Carvalho ANTÕNIO2

Nationality: BrazilianDate of birth: February 6, 1992Place of birth: São Paulo, BrazilHeight / Weight: 183cm / 82kgPrevious clubs: Grêmio Osasco Audax, EC Pelotas,CA Penapolense, CA Juventus (Brazil),Portimonense SC, FC Porto B, CS Marítimo (Portugal)Joined Reds: August, 2017Reds debut: August 15, 2017 v Chapecoense / Brazil (H) [Suruga Bank Championship]J1 appearances (goals): 9 (1)First team appearances (goals) in Japan: 17 (3) Portuguese league appearances (goals):98 (7) [2014/15-2015/16]as of February 1, 2018

UGAJIN Tomoya Defender

宇賀神友弥3

Nationality: JapaneseDate of birth: March 23, 1988Place of birth: Toda, Saitama Pref.Height / Weight: 172cm / 71kgPrevious club: Ryutsu Keizai UniversityJoined Reds: February, 2010Reds debut: March 6, 2010 v Kashima Antlers (A)J1 appearances (goals): 205 (12)First team appearances (goals): 275 (19)as of February 1, 2018

MAKINO Tomoaki Defender

槙野智章5

Nationality: JapaneseDate of birth: May 11, 1987Place of birth: Hiroshima, Hiroshima Pref.Height / Weight: 182cm / 77kgPrevious clubs: Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 1. FC Köln (Germany)Joined Reds: February, 2012Reds debut: March 10, 2012 v Sanfrecce Hiroshima (A)J1 appearances (goal): 192 (24) / 278 (37) [at Reds / Overall]First team appearances (goals) in Japan: 256 (28) / 413 (52) [at Reds / Overall]German Bundesliga appearances (goals): 8 (0) [10/11–11/12]Personal Honours:J. League Individual Fair Play award [2010]J. League Best Eleven [2010 / 2015 / 2016]International caps (goals): 28 (3)as of February 1, 2018


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Nationality: JapaneseDate of birth: February 9, 1993Place of birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Pref.Height / Weight: 178cm / 75kgPrevious club: Shonan BellmareJoined Reds: February, 2016Reds debut: Februay 24, 2016 v Sydney FC (H) /Australia [AFC Champions League]J1 appearances (goals): 57 (3) / 111 (11) [at Reds / Overall]First team appearances (goals)87 (4) / 254 (27) [at Reds / Overall]International caps: 11 (0)as of February 1, 2018

ENDO WataruDefender

遠藤航6

Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: September 23, 1990Place of birth: Saitama, Saitama Pref.Height / Weight: 173cm / 69kgPrevious clubs: Kashiwa Reysol, Mogi Mirim EC (Brazil), Kashiwa Reysol, Roasso Kumamoto (on loan), Shonan Bellmare (on loan), Kashiwa ReysolJoined Reds: February, 2018Reds debut: February 24, 2018 v FC Tokyo (A)J1 appearances (goals): 101 (17) [Overall]FIrst team appearances (goals)248 (53) [Overall]as of February 1, 2018

TAKETOMI Kosuke Midfielder

武富孝介7

MUTO YukiForward

武藤雄樹9

Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: November 7, 1988Place of birth: Zama, Kanagawa Pref.Height / Weight: 170cm / 68kgPrevious club: Vegalta SendaiJoined Reds: February, 2015Reds debut: February 28, 2015 v Gamba Osaka[Fuji Xerox Super Cup]J1 appearances (goals): 97 (31) / 167 (37) [at Reds / Overall]First team appearances (goals): 142 (41) / 241 (54) [at Reds / Overall]International caps (goals): 2 (2)as of February 1, 2018

10Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: December 15, 1987Place of birth: Kobe, Hyogo Pref.Height / Weight: 176cm / 73kgPrevious club: Sanfrecce HiroshimaJoined Reds: February, 2010Reds debut: March 6, 2010 v Kashima Antlers (A)J1 appearances (goals): 255 (41) / 336 (55) [at Reds / Overall]First team appearances (goals):337 (48) / 476 (71) [at Reds / Overall]Personal Honours:J. League Best Eleven [2016]International caps (goals): 11 (0)as of February 1, 2018

KASHIWAGI YosukeMidfielder

柏木陽介


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HIRAKAWA TadaakiDefender

平川忠亮14

Nationality: JapaneseDate of birth: May 1, 1979Place of birth: Shizuoka, Shizuoka Pref.Height / Weight: 172cm / 72kgPrevious club: Tsukuba University (Ibaraki)Joined Reds: February, 2002Reds debut: April 30, 2002 v Kashima Antlers (H)[Yamazaki Nabisco Cup]J1 appearances (goals): 333 (9)First team appearances (goals): 454 (10)as of February 1, 2018

NAGASAWA KazukiMidfielder

長澤和輝15

Nationality: JapaneseDate of birth: December 16, 1991Place of birth: Ichihara, Chiba Pref.Height / Weight: 172cm / 68kgPrevious club: Yokohama F.Marinos, 1. FC Köln (Germany), Urawa Reds, JEF United Ichihara-Chiba (on loan, 2016)Joined Reds: February, 2016 / February, 2017Reds debut: February 18, 2017 v Kashima Antlers (N)[Fuji Xerox Super Cup]J1 appearances (goals): 8 (1) [at Reds]First team appearances (goals) in Japan: 20 (1) / 65 (6)[at Reds / Overall]German league appearances (goals): 21 (0) [13/14–15/16]International caps (goals): (0)as of February 1, 2018

MARTINUSMidfielder

Quentin Geordie Felix MARTINUS11

Nationality: CuraçaoDate of birth: March 7, 1991Place of birth: Willemstad, CuraçaoHeight / Weight: 183cm / 70kgPrevious club: SC Heerenveen, Sparta Rotterdam (Netherlands), Ferencvárosi TC (Hungary), FC Emmen (Netherlands), FC Botoşani (Romania), Yokohama F.MarinosJoined Reds: February, 2018Reds debut: February 24, 2018 v FC Tokyo (A) J1 appearances (goals): 53 (9) [at Marinos]First team appearances (goals) in Japan: 66 (9) [at Marinos] Dutch league appearances (goals):56 (4) [2011/12-2013/14]

Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: September 16, 1989Place of birth: Takasaki, Gunma Pref.Height / Weight: 179cm / 77kgPrevious clubs: Omiya ArdijaJoined Reds: February, 2014Reds debut: April 2, 2014 v Omiya Ardija (H) [Yamazaki Nabisco Cup]J1 appearances (goals): 88 (1) / 215 (12) [at Reds / Overall]First team appearances (goals): 140 (3) / 296 (15) [at Reds / Overall]as of February 1, 2018

AOKI TakuyaMidfielder

青木拓矢16

International caps (goals): 6 (0)as of February 1, 2018

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YAMADA NaokiMidfielder

山田直輝18

Nationality: JapaneseDate of birth: July 4, 1990Place of birth: Hiroshima, Hiroshima Pref.Height / Weight: 168cm / 66kgPrevious clubs: Urawa Reds, Shonan Bellmare (on loan, 2015-17)Joined Reds: February, 2009 / February 2018Reds debut: April 26, 2008 v Kyoto Sanga (A)J1 appearances (goals): 50 (2) / 78 (5) [at Reds / Overall]First team appearances (goals): 73 (4) / 152 (16) [at Reds / Overall]International caps (goals): 2 (0)as of February 1, 2018

LEE TadanariForward

李忠成20

Nationality: JapaneseDate of birth: December 19, 1985Place of birth: Nishitokyo, TokyoHeight / Weight: 182cm / 73kgPrevious clubs: FC Tokyo, Kashiwa Reysol, Sanfrecce Hiroshima,Southampton FC (England), FC Tokyo (on loan),Southampton FCJoined Reds: February, 2014Reds debut: March 1, 2014 Gamba Osaka (A)J1 appearances (goals): 111 (21) / 271 (67) [at Reds / Overall]First team appearances (goals) in Japan: 158 (37) / 391 (102) [at Reds / Overall]English Premier League appearances (goals): 7 (1) [11/12–12/13, 13/14]International caps (goals): 11 (2)as of February 1, 2018

21Nationality: Slovene Date of birth: December 15, 1983Place of birth: Ljubljana, SloveniaHeight / Weight: 186cm / 80kgPrevious clubs: NK Domzale (Slovenia), K.A.A. Gent (Belgium), Omiya ArdijaJoined Reds: February, 2015Reds debut: February 25, 2015 v Suwon Samsung Bluewings FC / South Korea (A)[AFC Champions League]J1 appearances (goals): 76 (14) / 147 (31) [at Reds / Overall]First team appearances (goals) in Japan:119 (23) / 196 (44) [at Reds / Overall]Slovenian first division appearances (goals):155 (40) [02/03–07/08]Belgian first division appearances (goals):125 (27) [07/08–11/12]International caps (goals): 48 (6)as of February 1, 2018

ZLATANForward

Zlatan LJUBIJANKICAndrew NABBOUTアンドリューナバウト

19Nationality: AustralianDate of birth: December 17, 1992Place of birth: Melborn, AustraliaHeight / Weight: 178cm / 83kgPrevious clubs: Melborn Victory FC (Australia), Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia), Newcastle United Jets FC (Australia)Joined Reds: February, 2018Reds debut: ----Australian A-League appearances (goals):22 (10) [2017/18]as of February 1, 2018

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ABE YukiMidfielder

阿部勇樹22

Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: September 6, 1981Place of birth: Ichikawa, Chiba Pref.Height / Weight: 178cm / 77kgPrevious clubs: JEF United Chiba, Urawa Reds, Leicester City FC (England,2010-11)Joined Reds: February, 2007 / February, 2012Reds debut: February 24, 2007 v Gamba Osaka[Fuji Xerox Super Cup]J1 appearances (goals):322 (48) / 536 (71) [at Reds / Overall]First team appearances (goals) in Japan: 422 (48) / 688 (95) [at Reds / Overall]English Football League Championshipappearances (goals): 52 (2) [10/11–11/12]Personal Honours: Yamazaki Nabisco Cup New Hero Prize [2005]J. League Best Eleven [2005/2006/2007/2016]International caps (goals): 53 (3)as of February 1, 2018

23Nationality: JapaneseDate of birth: August 17, 1988Place of birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Pref.Height / Weight: 183cm / 78kgPrevious club: Arte Takasaki, Mito HollyhockJoined Reds: June, 2014Reds debut: ---J1 appearances (goals): ---Total first team appearances (goals):4 (0) [at Takasaki]as of February 1, 2018

IWADATE NaoGoalkeeper

岩舘直

Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: May 2, 1983Place of birth: kawasaki, Kanagawa Pref.Height / Weight: 180cm / 76kgPrevious clubs: Yokohama F.MarinosJoined Reds: February, 2017Reds debut: May 1, 2017 v FC Seoul / South Korea (A) [AFC Champions League]J1 league appearances (goals): 238 (0) [at Marinos]First team appearances (goals): 5 (0) / 335 (0) [at Reds / Overall]as of February 1, 2018

ENOMOTO TetsuyaGoalkeeper

榎本哲也25

OGIWARA TakuyaDefender

荻原拓也26

Nationality: JapaneseDate of birth: November 23, 1999Place of birth: Kawagoe, Saitama Pref.Height / Weight: 175cm / 69kgPrevious club: Urawa Reds YouthJoined Reds: February, 2018Reds debut: March 7, 2018 v Nagoya Grampus [YBC Levain Cup]J1 appearances (goals): ---as of February 1, 2018


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FUKUSHIMA HarukiGoalkeeper

福島春樹28

Nationality: JapaneseDate of birth: April 8, 1993Place of birth: Seto, Aichi Pref.Height / Weight: 182cm / 78kgPrevious clubs: Senshu University, Urawa Reds,Gainare Tottori (on loan, June-December, 2016)Joined Reds: February, 2016 / February, 2017Reds debut: ---J1 league appearances (goals): 0First team appearances (goals): 16 (0) [at Tottori]as of February 1, 2018

Nationality: JapaneseDate of birth: July 31, 1986Place of birth: Miyazaki, Miyazaki Pref.Height / Weight: 175cm / 72kgPrevious club: Kashima AntlersJoined Reds: February, 2013Reds debut: March 2, 2013 v Sanfrecce Hiroshima (A)J1 appearances (goals): 153 (71) / 345 (120) [at Reds / Overall]First team appearances (goals): 207 (96) / 490 (167) [at Reds / Overall]International caps (goals): 16 (0)as of February 1, 2018

KOROKI ShinzoForward

興梠慎三30

HASHIOKA DaikiDefender

橋岡大樹27

Nationality: JapaneseDate of birth: May 17, 1999Place of birth: Saitama, Saitama Pref.Height / Weight: 182cm / 73kgPrevious club: Urawa Reds YouthJoined Reds: February, 2018Reds debut: August 30, 2017 v Cerezo Osaka (A)[YBC Levain Cup]J1 appearances (goals): ---First team appearances (goals): 2 (0)as of February 1, 2018

SHIBATO KaiMidfielder

柴戸海29

Nationality: JapaneseDate of birth: November 24, 1995Place of birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Pref.Height / Weight: 180cm / 70kgPrevious club: Meiji UniversityJoined Reds: February, 2018Reds debut: ---J1 appearances (goals): ---as of February 1, 2018


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25

Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: April 12, 1991Place of birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Pref.Height / Weight: 172cm / 68kgPrevious clubs: Shonan Bellmare, Thespa Kusatsu (on loan), Shonan BellmareJoined Reds: February, 2017Reds debut: February 18, 2017 v Kahima Antlers (N)[Fuji Xerox Super Cup]J1 league appearances (goals): 8 (0) / 104 (8) [at Reds / Overall]First team appearances (goals): 17 (0) / 299 (33)[at Reds / Overall]as of February 1, 2018

KIKUCHI DaisukeMidfielder

菊池大介38

Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: June 18, 1994Place of birth: Kobe, Hyogo Pref.Height / Weight: 186cm / 72kgPrevious clubs: Vissel KobeJoined Reds: February, 2018Reds debut: March 7, 2018 v Nagoya Grampus (A) [YBC Levain Cup]J1 league appearances (goals): 106 (4) [at Kobe]First team appearances (goals): 178 (9) [at Kobe]as of February 1, 2018

IWANAMI TakuyaDefender

岩波拓也31

DefenderMORIWAKI Ryota 森脇良太

46Nationality: JapaneseDate of birth: April 6, 1986Place of birth: Fukuyama, Hiroshima Pref.Height / Weight: 177cm / 75kgPrevious clubs: Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Ehime FC (on loan),Sanfrecce HiroshimaJoined Reds: February, 2013Reds debut: February 26, 2013 v Guangzhou Evergrande FC/ China (A) [AFC Champions League]J1 appearances (goals): 155 (9) / 275 (17) [at Reds / Overall]First team appearances (goals): 213 (12) / 469 (31) [at Reds / Overall]International caps (goals): 3 (0) as of February 1, 2018

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Team StaffMedical DirectorDoctor Athletic TrainerTrainerAthletic TrainerTrainerInterpreter Team SecretaryAssistant Team SecretaryAssistant Team Secretary

NIGA SadaoSEKI YoshieiNOZAKI NobuyukiSAITO HidetoNISHIGAKI TerumitsuSUZUKI HitoshiRodrigo SIMOESMIZUKAMI HirofumiSEKI ToshihiroTSUKAGOSHI Kentaro

Team Mascot

RediaNationality UncertainDate of birth March 31, 1992Place of birth Saitama, Saitama Pref.Height / Weight 220cm / 100kg

仁賀定雄関芳衛野崎信行齋藤秀人西垣輝光鈴木仁ロドリゴシモエス水上裕文関敏浩塚越健太郎

Since his J. League debut in 1993, Redia has been ever-present at home matches in the Satel-lite League and various other events as well. He also takes an active part every year in Reds Festa, the annual get together for players and supporters. He married Friendia at a heart-warming ceremony attended by many fans in 1997. They were blessed with twins, a boy and a girl, on Decemner 2nd, 2006, the very day that Reds won their first league championship.

COACHING STAFFTeam Manager

HORI TakafumiDate of birth September 10, 1967Place of birth Atsugi, Kanagawa Pref.Playing career Toshiba,

Urawa Reds,Bellmare Hiratsuka (current Shonan Bellmare)

Managing career2002-2003 Shonan Bellmare junior and youth teams coach2003-2004 Shonan Bellmare coach2005-2006 Urawa Reds Youth coach2007-2011Oct. Urawa Reds coach2011 Oct.-Dec. Urawa Reds team manager2012-2017 July Urawa Reds coach2017 August- Urawa Reds team manager

Date of birth April 3, 1975Place of birth Yuki, Ibaraki Pref.

Head CoachAMANO Kenichi天野賢一

Date of birth February 1, 1967Place of birth Okayama, Okayama Pref.

GK CoachTSUCHIDA Hisashi土田尚史

Coach

池田伸康Date of birth May 18, 1970Place of birth Saitama, Saitama Pref.

IKEDA Nobuyasu

Date of birth June 15, 1971Place of birth Hofu,Yamaguchi Pref.

Coach in charge of analysisYAMADA Eiichiro山田栄一郎

Coach

小坂雄樹Date of birth August 6, 1977Place of birth Fukushima, Fukushima Pref.

KOSAKA Yuki

堀孝史

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Urawa Reds are aiming to spread peace and happiness through sport under the United Nations SPORTS FOR PEACE! Project in association with the Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific. “Sport is a battle. But a battle with rules.” The players are expected to fight by the rules and the club as a whole is aiming to build the Reds Won-derland as a non-everyday space. The SPORTS FOR PEACE! Project has become known to many people through such activities as the assistance provided to the disas-ter zone since the Great East Japan Earthquake and also the SPORTS FOR PEACE! logo on the players’ shirts. Starting in 2014, ‘Creating a Safer Stadium’ has been highlighted as an important activity theme under the concept, ‘For A Stadium We Can Be Proud Of!’ with calls to all fans and supporters for their participation and understanding. We believe that passion-ate, rule-based support both firms up bonds among friends and helps the team to win. We want to fight altogether with the help of everyone’s passionate, rule-based support to create a safer, more agreeable stadium. Creating a safer stadium depends on maintaining the valued dialogue we already have with all fans and supporters. There is no change in our respect for everyone’s autonomy and no intention to impose unnecessary restrictions that could obstruct the freedom of support. Seeking also to protect the environment for spontaneous support, we have tightened up our Six Prohibitions that especially have to be respected in security and other mat-ters in order to achieve that safety. In the case of smoking at Saitama Stadium, for example, people are requested to smoke only in designated smoking areas but the smoking areas on the concourse behind the stands have been expanded. The stadium we can be proud of cannot be achieved by tightening up rules and secu-rity measures alone. This needs the agreement of the fans and supporters. We ear-nestly request the voluntary participation and understanding of all.

Urawa Reds implements SfP in partnership with a non-governmental organisation, the Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific, under the official United Nations Sports for Development and Peace Programme to connect sporting activities with the causes of health, children’s education and peace.

Sharing Joy Through Sport

Sport is Fighting by the Rules

Urawa Red DiamondsFriends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific

1.Project Outline

Sport is about the happiness of joys, thrills and encounters.Urawa Reds’ ultimate goal is to realise the J. League’s 100 Year

Vision of the Sports Community for All.That means sharing the happiness of sport with the entire community.

We believe that the greatest happiness also produces peace.Urawa Reds are participating in the United Nations’ official Sports

for Development and Peace Programme through the Sports for Peace! Project.

Sport is a battle. But a battle with rules.The players must play by the rules.

Fair Play nurtures the hearts of our children.Urawa Reds are trying to build the Reds Wonderland as a safe and agreeable, non-everyday space.

Rule-abiding support by all fans and supporters deepens bonds with friends and helps the team win as well.

We want our stadium to be a place where everyone can feel all of the happiness; a stadium where we can all feel pride.

Let’s build that stadium together!

(2)Concept: For A Stadium We Can Be Proud Of!

①To play fairly from start to finish.

②To make Reds Wonderland an agreeable place where human bonds are valued.

③To build a safer stadium arm-in-arm with the fans and supporters.

The players and staff are expected to understand SPORTS FOR PEACE! and realise “Play Based on the Spirit of Fair Play” , “Reds Wonderland” and “The Safe Stadium” . The club presents the SPORTS FOR PEACE! Project’s activities in the stadium and on the official website and calls for everyone’s understanding and participation through voluntary initiatives.

(1) International Grassroots Activities

The Heart-full Club visits countries across Asia with its Heart-full Soccer in Asia activity for conveying the joys of football and friendship to local children.

(2) Great East Japan Earthquake Assistance ProjectPlayers, coaches and the Heart-full Club have been visiting areas of the Iwate Prefec-ture coast devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake to provide emotional and other forms of support to the children. Donations collected at the stadium etc. have been used in partnership with the Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific to deliver materials etc., together with the heartfelt wishes of all who contributed, to the people who suffered in the disaster.

(3) Activities at the StadiumA booth has been set up on the South Plaza outside the stadium and the Aurora Vision and other facilities are also used to introduce the SPORTS FOR PEACE! videos, photo-graphs, banners, posters etc. Children of season ticket holders bearing the SPORTS FOR PEACE! flag lead the players onto the pitch at home games and the various activi-ties to promulgate the safe stadium concept to all fans and supporters also include special campaigns on designated SPORTS FOR PEACE! Days.

Among the various prohibited behaviours, the Six Prohibitions have been singled out as being especially important. They are:

The players and staff cooperate with and participate in a wide range of social enlight-enment activities organised by the Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific, local government organisations etc.

(1)Title: SPORTS FOR PEACE! Project (SfP)

SPORTS FOR PEACE!For A Stadium We Can Be Proud Of!

Urawa Reds are aiming to spread peace and happiness through sport under the United Nations SPORTS FOR PEACE! Project in association with the Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific. “Sport is a battle. But a battle with rules.” The players are expected to fight by the rules and the club as a whole is aiming to build the Reds Won-derland as a non-everyday space. The SPORTS FOR PEACE! Project has become known to many people through such activities as the assistance provided to the disas-ter zone since the Great East Japan Earthquake and also the SPORTS FOR PEACE! logo on the players’ shirts. Starting in 2014, ‘Creating a Safer Stadium’ has been highlighted as an important activity theme under the concept, ‘For A Stadium We Can Be Proud Of!’ with calls to all fans and supporters for their participation and understanding. We believe that passion-ate, rule-based support both firms up bonds among friends and helps the team to win. We want to fight altogether with the help of everyone’s passionate, rule-based support to create a safer, more agreeable stadium. Creating a safer stadium depends on maintaining the valued dialogue we already have with all fans and supporters. There is no change in our respect for everyone’s autonomy and no intention to impose unnecessary restrictions that could obstruct the freedom of support. Seeking also to protect the environment for spontaneous support, we have tightened up our Six Prohibitions that especially have to be respected in security and other mat-ters in order to achieve that safety. In the case of smoking at Saitama Stadium, for example, people are requested to smoke only in designated smoking areas but the smoking areas on the concourse behind the stands have been expanded. The stadium we can be proud of cannot be achieved by tightening up rules and secu-rity measures alone. This needs the agreement of the fans and supporters. We ear-nestly request the voluntary participation and understanding of all.

Urawa Reds implements SfP in partnership with a non-governmental organisation, the Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific, under the official United Nations Sports for Development and Peace Programme to connect sporting activities with the causes of health, children’s education and peace.

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(2)Concept: For A Stadium We Can Be Proud Of!

①To play fairly from start to finish.

②To make Reds Wonderland an agreeable place where human bonds are valued.

③To build a safer stadium arm-in-arm with the fans and supporters.

The players and staff are expected to understand SPORTS FOR PEACE! and realise “Play Based on the Spirit of Fair Play” , “Reds Wonderland” and “The Safe Stadium” . The club presents the SPORTS FOR PEACE! Project’s activities in the stadium and on the official website and calls for everyone’s understanding and participation through voluntary initiatives.

(1) International Grassroots Activities

The Heart-full Club visits countries across Asia with its Heart-full Soccer in Asia activity for conveying the joys of football and friendship to local children.

(2) Great East Japan Earthquake Assistance ProjectPlayers, coaches and the Heart-full Club have been visiting areas of the Iwate Prefec-ture coast devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake to provide emotional and other forms of support to the children. Donations collected at the stadium etc. have been used in partnership with the Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific to deliver materials etc., together with the heartfelt wishes of all who contributed, to the people who suffered in the disaster.

(3) Activities at the StadiumA booth has been set up on the South Plaza outside the stadium and the Aurora Vision and other facilities are also used to introduce the SPORTS FOR PEACE! videos, photo-graphs, banners, posters etc. Children of season ticket holders bearing the SPORTS FOR PEACE! flag lead the players onto the pitch at home games and the various activi-ties to promulgate the safe stadium concept to all fans and supporters also include special campaigns on designated SPORTS FOR PEACE! Days.

Among the various prohibited behaviours, the Six Prohibitions have been singled out as being especially important. They are:

The players and staff cooperate with and participate in a wide range of social enlight-enment activities organised by the Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific, local government organisations etc.

2.Main Activities

The Six Prohibitions at the stadium have also been reinforced.

① Discriminatory expressions

④ Vandalism

⑤ Trespassing into prohibited zones ⑥ Smoking in the stands

② Violent behaviour

③ Throwing things 　 into the pitch

Message from Dr. Noel J. Brown, President & C.E.O. of the Friends of UNAt the general assembly of the United Nations in 2005 established the 'Sport for Development and Peace' project.This program utilizes sports as a method to bring the world together and teach the importance of each country's culture, but above all focuses primarily on showing how sports are wonderful as they have proper rules but are still delightful.The United Nations recognizes it is noble sportsmanship to show your opponents compassion while competing under and abiding by a set of rules.It is our hope that the Urawa Reds and your supporters can transmit from the stadium the message of fair play mentality and open-mindedness to proud lovers of sports all across the world.

(4) Coordination with Related Organisations

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URAWA REDS MANAGEMENT DATA

Financial status of club

Operating income

Gate receipts

Advertising income

Sale of goods

Distribution from J. League

Others

Business costs

Operating costs

General administration costs

Operating profit

Pretax profit

Net Profit this term

5,786

2,132

2,319

705

258

372

5,633

5,050

2,499

2,552

(2,016)

582

153

161

92

2015 FY

5,353

1,988

2,121

558

267

419

5,202

4,654

2,231

2,423

（1,910）

548

150

152

151

2014 FY2013FY

6,088

2,174

2,549

687

270

408

5,961

5,301

2,677

2,624

（2,100）

660

127

126

51

2012 FY

Administration costs

Team administration costs

[portion of this for remuneration of players, manager & coaching staff]

5,854

1,982

2,380

788

263

441

5,642

5,025

2,460

2,565

(2,054)

617

212

204

118

2016 FY

1,279

659

620

160

2015 FY

1,130

603

527

160

2014 FY2013 FY

1,549

760

789

160

1,309

571

738

160

2012 FY 2016 FY

Total assets

Total liabilities

Net assets

Capital

Unit: millions of yen

Unit: millions of yen


URAWA REDS 2017 - STATISTICS

URAWA REDS 2017 MATCH RESULTS

Unit: millions of yenTrends in club income (breakdowns & totals)

Results PtsAFLDWP

Home AttendanceAggregate: 570,215

Average: 33,542

Competition

J. League Division 1

Emperor's Cup

YBC Levain Cup

Xerox Super Cup

AFC Champions League

FIFA Club Wordl Cup

Suruga Bank Championship

7th

Round 16

Quarter Final

Champions

5th

Winners

34

3

2

1

14

2

1

14

2

0

0

8

1

1

7

0

2

0

2

0

0

13

1

0

1

4

1

0

64

6

2

2

30

3

1

54

6

2

3

15

3

0

Date

2/18

2/21

2/25

2/28

3/4

3/10

3/15

3/19

4/1

4/7

4/11

4/16

4/22

4/26

4/30

5/4

5/10

5/14

5/20

5/24

5/31

6/4

6/18

6/21

6/25

7/1

7/5

7/9

7/12

Competition

Xerox SC

ACL-1

J1-1

ACL-2

J1-2

J1-3

ACL-3

J1-4

J1-5

J1-6

ACL-4

J1-7

J1-8

ACL-5

J1-9

J1-10

ACL-6

J1-11

J1-12

ACL R16-1

ACL R16-2

J1-14

J1-15

EC-2

J1-16

J1-17

J1-13

J1-18

EC-3

Opponents

Kashima

Western Sydney

Yokohama FM

FC Seoul

C. Osaka

Kofu

Shanghai SIPG

G. Osaka

Kobe

Sendai

Shanghai SIPG

FC Tokyo

Sapporo

Western Sydney

Omiya

Kashima

FC Seoul

Niigata

Shimizu

Jeju United

Jeju United

Kashiwa

Iwata

Morioka

Tosu

Hiroshima

Kawasaki

Niigata

Kumamoto

H/A

N

A

A

H

H

H

A

A

A

H

H

A

H

H

A

H

A

A

H

A

H

A

H

N

A

H

A

H

N

Result

2-3

4-0

2-3

5-2

3-1

4-1

2-3

1-1

3-1

7-0

1-0

1-0

3-2

6-1

0-1

0-1

0-1

6-1

3-3

0-2

3-0

0-1

2-4

3-2

1-2

4-3

1-4

2-1

1-0

Date

7/22

7/29

8/5

8/9

8/15

8/19

8/23

8/27

8/30

9/3

9/9

9/13

9/17

9/20

9/23

9/27

10/1

10/14

10/18

10/22

10/29

11/5

11/18

11/25

11/29

12/2

12/9

12/12

Competition

J1-22

J1-19

J1-20

J1-21

Suruga Bank CS

J1-23

ACL QF-1

J1-24

LC QF-1

LC QF-2

J1-25

ACL QF-2

J1-26

EC R16

J1-27

ACL SF-1

J1-28

J1-29

ACL SF-2

J1-30

J1-31

J1-32

ACL Final-1

ACL Final-2

J1-33

J1-34

FCWC QF

FCWC 5th Place

Opponents

C. Osaka

Sapporo

Omiya

Kofu

Chapecoense

FC Tokyo

Kawasaki

Shimizu

C. Osaka

C. Osaka

Kashiwa

Kawasaki

Iwata

Kashima

Tosu

Shanghai SIPG

Sendai

Kobe

Shanghai SIPG

G. Osaka

Hiroshima

Kashima

Al-Hilal

Al-Hilal

Kawasaki

Yokohama FM

Al Jazira

Wydad Casalanca

H/A

A

A

H

A

N

H

A

A

A

H

H

H

A

N

H

A

A

H

H

H

A

A

A

H

H

H

N

N

Result

2-4

0-2

2-2

1-0

1-0

2-1

1-3

2-1

0-0

2-2

1-2

4-1

1-1

2-4

2-2

1-1

3-2

1-1

1-0

3-3

1-0

0-1

1-1

1-0

0-1

0-1

0-1

3-2

7,000

6,000

5,000

4,000

7,000

6,000

5,000

4,0002012FY 2013FY 2014FY 2016FY2015FY

・The 3 main sources of income are gate receipts, advertising income and the sale of goods.

Operating income 3 main sources of income

49 6,606

2,375

2,593

778

319

541

6,426

5,749

2,805

2,944

（2,381）

676

180

184

173

2,015

828

1,187

386

5,553

4,667

5,786

5,156

5,854

5,150

6,088

5,410

6,606

5,746

CLUB HISTORYBefore the J. League

Like most other J. League clubs, UrawaReds started out as a company-based teamrun for the benefit of company staff.

It all began in 1950 with the formationof a football club at Kobe-based Shin-Mit-subishi Heavy Industries. The club relocat-ed to Tokyo together with the company in1958. The company changed its name toMitsubishi Heavy Industries in 1964. Beforelong, they had developed to become one ofthe powerhouses o f Japanese companyfootbal l, a status that was maintained forthe next three decades. When Japan’s firstnon-professional national league, the JapanSocce r League ( JSL ) , was l aunched i n1965, M i tsub ish i were one o f the e igh tfounding members.

Four Mi tsub ish i p layers were regu larmembers of the team that won Japan’s his-toric bronze medal at the Mexico Olympicso f 1968 , i nc l ud i ng goa l keepe r YokoyamaKenzo and midfielder Mori Takaji. Thatsuccess gave a great spur to footba l l ’spopularity in Japan, a change symbolisedby a match between Mitsubishi and Yanmarat the National Stadium in Tokyo on No-vember 17, 1968, tha t fea tu red severa lOlympic stars and attracted a record JSL

crowd of 40,000.Mitsubishi’s

greatest periodwas from 1969to 1982, whenthey won t heleague champi-onship 4 times,came second 6times, and alsotook the Emperor’s Cup on 4 occasions. In1978, Mitsubishi won Japan’s first ever tre-ble (the league, Emperor’s Cup and LeagueCup) . For the League Cup, the f i r s t o fthose three trophies, the team colour waschanged from blue to red, and it has stayedthat way ever since.

The 1980’s inc luded a di f f icu l t patchand the team were even relegated to Divi-sion 2 at the end of the 1988/89 season. Ayoung striker named Fukuda Masahiro ar-rived at the club the following year and theybounced straight back by winning Division 2.

The club changed umbrellas from Mit-subishi Heavy Industries to Mitsubishi Mo-tors for the 1990/91 season in preparationfor joining the J. League -- the nation’s firstp ro fess iona l foo tba l l l eague -- aga in asfounding members.

1992 #Birth of Urawa Reds

The name was changed from Mitsubishi toUrawa Red Diamonds and the f i rst Redsteam played in the inaugural J. League Ya-mazaki Nabisco Cup -- in effect, the pre-J.League tournament -- in 1992. They wereguided by former Mitsubishi player Mor iTakaj, who had s ince a l so managed theJapan nat ional team. The team featuredtwo players from Argentina, Osvaldo Escud-ero and Marcelo Trivisonno, and a Japan-ese-Peruvian, Edwin Uehara. Reds finishedfifth in the first-round group stage and didnot advance to the semi-finals. They did,however, reach the Emperor’s Cup semi-fi-

na l s , and app roached t he J . League ’ sopening season with high expectations.

Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : 5th in the GroupEmperor’s Cup : Semi-finals

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1993 #Hesitant Beginnings

Reds struggled in their first J. League sea-son. Pre-season problems at the prepara-tory level were compounded by the ear lydeparture of two Argentine signings, VictorFerreyra and Marcelo Morales. The clubbrought in Germans Michael Rummeniggeand Uwe Rahn, and Slovak keeper MiroslavMentel in mid-season, but with injuries, too,finished last in both the First and SecondStages. On the bright side, Reds drew sell-out crowds at every home game. MoriTakaj i stepped down as manager at the end of the season.

J. League Suntory Series : 10th/10J. League Nicos Series : 10th/10 Overall : 10th/10Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Qualifying leagueEmperor’s Cup : Second round

1994 #Buchwald Arrives!

Guido Buchwald and Uwe Bein joined Redsin July to give the team more stability in de-fence and new at tack ing opt ions. Reds,now under Yokoyama Kenzo , were lookingbetter and new winger Okano Masayuki wasentertaining the fans with extraordinary dis-plays of speed. But the results sti l l werenot coming and Reds wound up bot tomagain in the First Stage for the third stagein a row. Bein was injured for the SecondStage, but this time Reds climbed up oneplace from the bottom.

J. League Suntory Series : 12th/12J. League Nicos Series : 11th/12 Overall : 12th/12Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Second roundEmperor’s Cup : Quarter-finals

1995 #Reds Rising

New German manager Holger Osieck dis-covered superior balance with Buchwald atthe back , Be in i n m id f i e l d and s t r i ke r sFukuda and Okano leading the attack. Redseven had a chance to win the First Stagebut eventual ly ended th i rd behind Yoko-hama Marinos and Verdy Kawasaki. Fuku-da , w i t h 32 goa l s , became the youngleague 's f i r s t Japanese top sco re r andReds finished a highly creditable fourth inthe overall standings. Komaba Stadium was

renovated to hold 21,500.

J. League Suntory Series : 3rd/14J. League Nicos Series : 8th/14 Overall : 4th/14Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : not held Emperor’s Cup : Quarter-finals

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1996 #Aiming for the Title

France defender Basile Boli teamed up withBuchwald to add fur ther secur i ty a t theback. Okano and new forward Oshiba Kenji kept opponents on their toes despite thefrequent absence of Fukuda through injury.1996 was the year when the J. League wasplayed without stages as a single, season-long tournament, and Reds’ consistencytook them close to the title. Only a penaltyshoot-out separated Reds and the champi-ons, Kashima Antlers, in the decisive match

on November 2. Osieck and Bein left at theend of the season.

6th/16Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Qualifying leagueEmperor’s Cup : Semi-finals

1997 #Times of Trial and Error

Reds’ new passing game under Horst Kop-pel never quite gelled and the German man-ager stayed only one season. New Austriansigning Michael Baur had difficulty adjustingto life in Japan and left soon after the start.The new s ign ings for the Second Stagewere Spain midfielder Aitor Beguiristain andDutch defender Alfred Nijhuis. Yugoslaviainternational Zeljko Petrovic also arrived intime for the Emperor’s Cup but the overallconsistency had sl ipped away and Buch-wald, too, left after the finish.

J. League First Stage : 9th/17J. League Second Stage : 7th/17 Overall : 10th/17Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Second roundEmperor’s Cup : Fourth round

1998 #New Star: Ono Shinji

An 18-year-old midfielder, Ono Shinji , be-came the pride of Reds and then all Japanwhen called up by manager Okada Takeshi to jo in the squad fo r Japan ’s f i r s t eve rWorld Cup at France ’98. Reds, under newcoach Hara Hiromi , had their nose in frontin the second stage but the form fell whileOno was away at the Asian Youth Champi-onship. Reds finished third, but Ono wasnamed the J. League’s best new player ofthe year and voted onto the league’s BestXI. He was also the AFC’s Asian Player ofthe year.

J.League First Stage : 7th/18J.League Second Stage : 3rd/18 Overall : 6th/18Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Qualifying leagueEmperor’s Cup : Quarter-finals

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1999 #Relegation

The J. League introduced a two-div is ionformat in 1999, and Reds were one of thefirst two clubs to go down. Ono was ab-sent, first on FIFA U-20 World Youth Cham-pionship duty and then due to a ser iousknee injury suffered in June. Hara was dis-missed after Reds finished 13th out of 16 inthe first stage, but his replacement, Dutch-man Aad de Mos, could not turn the tide.Reds eventually went down on goal differ-ence. Even an extra time winner by Fukudain the final match was not quite enough.

J. League First Stage : 13th/16J. League Second Stage : 14th/16 Overall : Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Qualifying leagueEmperor’s Cup : Fourth round

2000 #Straight back

Saito Kazuo took charge with the brief to liftthe club back into the top flight in only oneseason. Begui r is ta in had le f t , but Redssigned Pol ish forward Andrzej Kubica. I twas a gruel l ing 44-game season and thefinal run in a hard uphill struggle. Saito wasassisted from mid-season by former Redsmanager Yokoyama Kenzo , now genera lmanager, and Brazilian physical coach LuisFlavio also joined for the finishing stretch.Reds clinched promotion with a golden goalin extra time of the very last match.

J. League Division 2 : 2nd/11Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : First roundEmperor’s Cup : Fourth round

2001#Farewell to Ono

2001 was Reds’ Brazi l ian year. The newsignings included Brazil national team mid-f ie lder Donizete, Adr iano and Tuto, p lusIhara Masami, the most capped player inJapanese football history with 123 interna-tional “A” caps. Ono returned to top condi-t ion and per formed wonders in the F i rstStage, but the team slumped again after heleft for Feyenoord in the summer. Brazilianmanager Tita was replaced by compatriotand assistant, Pita. Reds staved off relega-t ion with the help of two more Brazi l ianssigned in mid-season, forward Emerson andmidfielder Harison.

J. League First Stage : 7th/16J. League Second Stage : 12th/16 Overall : Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Quarter-finalsEmperor’s Cup : Semi-finals

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2002 #Getting Close

2003 #A Trophy at Last!

2004 #Second Stage Champions

Former Japan manager Hans Ooft re-laidthe foundations to turn Reds into title con-tenders. Fukuda was pulled back into mid-field to feed the Brazilian attacking duo ofEmerson and Tu to . I n Oc tobe r , Redsreached the League Cup f inal and br ief lyled the league’s Second Stage. But theybowed to Kashima Antlers in the cup, de-feated by an unfortunate def lect ion, andwent on to lose their last 6 league matches.Defender Tsuboi Keisuke was named the J. League’s best new player. Fukuda andIhara both retired at the end of the season.

Brazil international Edmundo was briefly onthe books at the start of the season. Hissudden depar ture unset t led Reds’ ear lyleague campaign but the rise of young play-e r s such as Yamase Ko j i and HasebeMako to brought new qual i ty to the s ide.Austral ia defender Ned Zel ic and Russiadefender Yuri Nikiforov came in at the back,and Emerson discovered a goal-scor inghotline in partnership with Tanaka Tatsuya.In the League Cup, Reds won the i r f i rs tever J. League title 4-0 against Antlers in arematch of the 2002 final. Ooft left at theend of the season.

J. League First Stage : 11th/16J. League Second Stage : 8th/16 Overall : 11th/16Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Runners-upEmperor’s Cup : Third round

J. League First Stage : 6th/16J. League Second Stage : 6th/16 Overall : 6th/16Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : WinnersEmperor’s Cup : Third round

Guido Buchwa ld took charge and Redsmade unpreceden ted s ign ings fo r the i rleague championship campaign: nat ionalteam players Alex, Okano Masayuki and SakaiTomoyuk i , and O lymp ic de fender Tu l io .Turkey defender Alpay Ozalan and Nenef rom B raz i l a l so j o i ned m idway . Redsstayed top from game two of the SecondStage, which started in August, and wonthe Second Stage t i t l e in overwhe lmingform. The Suntory Championship, however,ended 1-1 on aggregate and YokohamaF.Marinos took the penalty shootout 4-2.The overall title slipped from Reds’ grasp.

J. League First Stage : 3rd/16J. League Second Stage : 1st/16 Overall : 2nd/16Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Runners UpEmperor’s Cup : Semi-finals

2005 #Emperor’s Cup Winners

The J. League in t roduced the 34-matchl eague season w i t h no sepa ra t i on i n tostages from this year. Alpay and Emersonleft during the season and were replaced byBraz i l i an m id f i e l de r Robson Pon te andCroat ian str iker Tomislav Maric. Despitechallenging strongly from May, a poor startto the season cost Reds dearly and theyeventua l l y wound up second to GambaOsaka in the league. Reds f in ished theseason on a high by winning the Emperor’sCup, wh ich ran f rom December to NewYear’s Day, 2006, qualifying thereby to playin the 2007 Asian Champions League. The

2007 #Asian Champions

Osieck re tu rned to the he lm and led theteam to a historic victory in the AFC Cham-pions League. New signing Abe Yuki soonbecame indispensable to the team. Redsbecame the first Japanese club to play atthe F IFA Club Wor ld Cup and won th i rdplace in that compet i t ion. Reds narrowlyfailed to retain the J. League tit le but thename of Urawa Reds became much betterknown around Asia and the world. Nagaiand Ponte were named MVP at the ACLand J. League Awards, respectively. Wash-ington, Nene, Ono and Hasebe left at theend of the season.

AFC Champions League : ChampionsFIFA Club World Cup : Third placeJ. League : Runners-upYamazaki Nabisco Cup : Quarter-finalsEmperor’s Cup : Fourth round

club’s young stars made a great contribu-tion to that victory.J. League : 2nd/18Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Semi-finalsEmperor’s Cup : Winners

2006 #J. League Champions

Reds performed well from the kick-off, wenttop in September and won their first ever J.League championship. New signing Wash-ington scored a rate of a game and thefirmness of Reds defence was also muchadmired. Tul io was named MVP at the J.League Awards, Washington shared the topscorer Prize. With 7 players also selectedfor the Japan national team, this was theyear that Reds became Japan’s undisputedtop club. Making full use of the richly talent-ed squad, victory in the Emperor’s Cup alsofollowed. The final was a wonderful send-offfor manager Guido Buchwald in h is last

J. League : CampionsYamazaki Nabisco Cup : Best 8Emperor’s Cup : Winners

match in charge. Alex left on loan to RedBull Salzburg at the end of the season.

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The team was strengthened by several new arrivals including national team forward Takahara Naohiro and midfielder Alex (Alessandro Santos) but Holger Osieck was released after Reds lost their first two league games of the season and coach Gert Engels took over. Engels moved Tulio into midfield and, with bold use of young talent, Reds were top of the table after the ninth round of games. The form slipped in the second part of the season, though, and they wound up a disappointing seventh. Reds received a bye as champions to the quarter-finals of the AFC Asian Champions League but fell to Gamba Osaka in the semi-final, unable to retain their title.

Five players were inducted from the youth team as Volker Finke, who had done so much good nurturing work at Freiburg in Germany, took over the helm with the goal of long-term rebuilding. Yamada Naoki, making his national team debut at the age of 18, and the other youngsters learned Finke’s “combination football” well. Reds were a better than anticipated second in J1 at the turnaround but the form then dropped off with injuries to key players and a run of seven straight defeats followed in the mid-summer heat. Reds were 6th at the finish.

J. League: 10th/18Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Qualifying group

Emperor’s Cup: Quarter-finals

J. League: 6th/18Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Quarter-finals

Emperor’s Cup: Second round

AFC Champions League: Semi-finalsJ. League: 7th/18

Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Qualifying groupEmperor’s Cup: Fifth round

2010 #Sliding down

2008 # A Season of Disappointments

2009 #Rebuilding

Finke’s second year at the helm started with the arrival of national team midfielder Kashiwagi Yosuke as Reds aimed to go higher again. In January, though, key midfielder Yamada Naoki broke a leg playing for the national team and injuries to other core players followed in the summer. Abe Yuki, after performing magnifi-cently for Japan at the World Cup in South Africa, then moved to English club Leicester City in August. Reds were creating the chances but not putting them away and slid down the table to finish the season in tenth. Robson Ponte left at the end of the season. J. League: 6th/18

Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: FinalistsEmperor’s Cup: Third round

J. League: 3rd/18Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Qualifying group

Emperor’s Cup: Fourth round

J. League: 15th/18Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Finalists

Emperor’s Cup: Quarter-finals

2012 #Rediscovering the trust

2011#Survival

Zeljko Petrovic, who played in midfield for Reds in the nineties, took over with the promise of improving on the previous season’s results. J.League play was suspended, though, for a month and a half just after the season kicked off due to the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11th. Reds struggled from the restart and the confidence melted away. Petrovic was released in October and youth team manager Takafumi Hori took over for the last five league matches. Reds only barely stayed up in 15th place but did reach their first Yamazaki Nabisco Cup final since 2004.

Mihailo Petrovic (Misha) arrived after leading Sanfrecce Hiroshima until the previous season to take the helm as Reds’ new manager. Midfielder Yuki Abe returned from Leicester City and national team defender Tomoaki makino on loan signed from 1. FC Köln. Reds rose to second place after six games and stayed firmly in contention until a shock 2-1 home defeat to already-relegated Consadole Sapporo in the 28th section. Reds finally wound up third.

Reds reinforced their squad with the signings of national team quality defenders Daisuke Nasu (Kashiwa Reysol) and Ryota Moriwaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), midfielder Kunimitsu Sekiguchi (Vegalta Sendai) and striker Shinzo Koroki (Kashima Antlers). Reds crashed out in Group F of the AFC Champions League, however, level on points with group runners-up Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (Korea Repub-lic) but third by the head-to-head results. Reds again reached the J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup Final for the second time in three years but finished as runners-up. In the J. League, too many goals were conceded and three straight losses at the end saw Reds drop out of contention to come sixth.

2013 #Chasing Three Titles

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Reds signed forward Rafael Silva from Albirex Niigata and the attack was on fire with 18 goals in 6 games in the group stage of their t h i rd consecu t i ve A F C Champions League and sixth overall. Reds lost the away leg of the Round of 16 2-0 to Jeju of South Korea but fought back to a 3-0 win at home to advance to the last eight for the first time in 9 years. This was Misha’s 6th year in charge and the team’s mature combination and Rafael Silva’s superb shooting prowess initially lifted Reds to the top of the J. League table. The exhaustion began to show, however, after those gruelling games against Jeju. The defence leaked goals, the losses piled up, and Reds slid down the rankings. With no recovery in sight, Misha was released at the end of July and head coach Takafumi Hori took over. Soon after, Reds won the Suruga Bank Championship 1-0 against Chapecoense of Brazil and then, in September, Hori switched from Misha’s established 3-4-2-1 playing formation to 4-1-4-1. Brazilian defensive signing Mauricio from Portuguese club Maritimo had an impact, too, in restoring stability at the back. Reds staged a mighty recovery against fellow Japanese club Kawasaki Frontale in the ACL quarter-final, losing the first leg 3-1 away and conceding the first goal in the home leg, too, before

winning the tie with four straight goals. Reds then drew 1-1 away and won 1-0 at home in both the semi-final and final, against Shanghai SIPG (China) and Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia), respectively, to secure their second Asian title after a gap of 10 years. Reds wound up 7th in the J. League and finished 5th at the FIFA Club World Cup in the UAE after defeating Casablanca of Morocco 3-2.

2017#A Roller Coaster Year and Second ACL Triumph

AFC Champions League : ChampionsFIFA Club World Cup : Fifth placeJ1 League : 7th/18YBC Lwvain Cup：Quarter finalsEmperor’s Cup : Fourth roundSuruga Bank Championship : Winners

AFC Champions League: Round of 16J. League First Stage: 3rd/18

J. League Second Stage: 1st/18 Overall: 2nd/18YBC Levain Cup: Winners　Emperor’s Cup: Fourth round

AFC Champions League: Qualifying groupJ. League First Stage: 1st/18

J. League Second Stage: 4th/18 Overall: 3rd/18Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Quarter finals

Emperor’s Cup: Finalists

J. League: 2nd/18Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Quarter finals

Emperor's Cup: Third Round

2015#Gamba Osaka Block Reds’ Title Paths

2014#Disappointment in the Last Three Games of the Season

Reds reinforced the squad by acquiring Japan national team goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa from Sanfrecce Hiroshima, striker Tadanari Lee from Southampton and midfielder Takuya Aoki from Omiya Ardija. Early in the season, the club had to play the first ever J. League match behind closed doors and Reds also lost forward Genki Haraguchi to Hertha Berlin of Germany in the summer but the team grew increasingly into Misha’s way of playing football and led the table all of the way from the 11th round of games only to see the title slip from their grasp with a draw and two defeats in the last three matches.

Slovenian striker Zlatan Ljubijankic was one of 6 new signings and Reds’ reinforced squad targeted both the J. League and AFC Champi-ons League titles only for a slow start to see Reds eliminated from the ACL in the group stage. In the J. League, now back to two stages, Reds moved into gear from April to lift the First Stage unbeaten with 12 wins and 5 draws in 17 matches. Reds advanced to the championship play-offs in second place overall but lost 3-1 to Gamba Osaka in the semi-final. Reds also fell 2-1 to Gamba in the Emperor’ s Cup final.

Promising defender Wataru Endo joined from Shonan Bellmare and Reds overcame the defending champions, Guangzhou Ever-grande, to advance from the group stage in the ACL. Reds stormed to victory in the J. League Second Stage and in November won the J. League Levain Cup against Gamba Osaka 5-4 on penalties following a 1-1 draw, their first title in 9 years. In the J. League championship play-offs, however, Reds fell in the final to Kashima Antlers, winning 1-0 away but falling 2-1 in the second leg at home.

2016#More Pain in the Championship Play-offs

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