Urawa Red Diamonds

Urawa Red Diamonds (浦和レッドダイヤモンズ, Urawa reddo daiyamonzu) is a Japanese professional football club^[1] in the Urawa ward^[2] of Saitama.^[3]

Urawa Red Diamonds

Full name	Urawa Red Diamonds
Founded	1950
Ground	Urawa Komaba Stadium, Saitama Stadium 2002
Capacity	21,500, 63,700
Chairman	Mitsuo hashimoto
Manager	Volker Finke
League	J1 League
2009	J1 League, 6th

In 2007, the Urawa Reds were the first Japanese team to reach the finals of the Asian Champions League.^[4] Its famous in Japan developing young good players.

History

The club was founded in 1950.^[3]

• 1950-1992 Mitsubishi Motors SC
• 1992-present Urawa Red Diamonds

League title

• Japan Soccer League Division 1 : 4
  • 1969, 1973, 1978, 1982
• Japan Soccer League Division 2 : 1
  • 1989/90
• J1 League : 1
  • 2006

League position

• 2011 : J1 League - 15th
• 2012 : J1 League - 3rd
• 2013 : J1 League - 6th
• 2014 : J1 League - 2nd
• 2015 : J1 League - 3rd
• 2016 : J1 League - 2nd
• 2017 : J1 League - 7th
• 2018 : J1 League - 5th
• 2019 : J1 League - 14th
• 2020 : J1 League - 10th

Former position

1965 : JSL Division 1 - 5th 1966 : JSL Division 1 - 4th 1967 : JSL Division 1 - 3rd 1968 : JSL Division 1 - 3rd 1969 : JSL Division 1 - Champions 1970 : JSL Division 1 - 2nd 1971 : JSL Division 1 - 2nd 1972 : JSL Division 1 - 4th 1973 : JSL Division 1 - Champions 1974 : JSL Division 1 - 2nd 1975 : JSL Division 1 - 2nd 1976 : JSL Division 1 - 2nd 1977 : JSL Division 1 - 2nd 1978 : JSL Division 1 - Champions 1979 : JSL Division 1 - 7th 1980 : JSL Division 1 - 4th 1981 : JSL Division 1 - 3rd 1982 : JSL Division 1 - Champions 1983 : JSL Division 1 - 6th 1984 : JSL Division 1 - 7th 1985/86 : JSL Division 1 - 7th 1986/87 : JSL Division 1 - 3rd 1987/88 : JSL Division 1 - 3rd 1988/89 : JSL Division 1 - 12th 1989/90 : JSL Division 2 - 1st 1990/91 : JSL Division 1 - 10th 1991/92 : JSL Division 1 - 11th 1993 : J1 League - 10th 1994 : J1 League - 12th 1995 : J1 League - 4th 1996 : J1 League - 6th 1997 : J1 League - 10th 1998 : J1 League - 6th 1999 : J1 League - 15th 2000 : J2 League - 2nd 2001 : J1 League - 10th 2002 : J1 League - 11th 2003 : J1 League - 6th 2004 : J1 League - 2nd 2005 : J1 League - 2nd 2006 : J1 League - Champions 2007 : J1 League - 2nd 2008 : J1 League - 7th 2009 : J1 League - 6th 2010 : J1 League - 10th

Notable achievements

In 2009, Edmilson (Edmilson Dos Santos Silva) made three goals in one game (hat-trick) against Jubilo Iwata.^[5]

Related pages

• Sports in Japan
• List of Japanese football teams
• List of Urawa Red Diamonds players