Urawa Red Diamonds

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Urawa Red Diamonds
Full nameUrawa Red Diamonds
Founded1950
GroundUrawa Komaba Stadium,
Saitama Stadium 2002
(capacity: 21,500,
63,700)
ChairmanMitsuo hashimoto
ManagerVolker Finke
LeagueJ1 League
2009J1 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

League position

Former position

Notable achievements

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

Urawa Red Diamonds Media

Related pages

References

  1. Jsoccer.com, "Japan J.League Teams" Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-5.
  2. The team's hometown is the city of Saitama in Saitama Prefecture, but its name comes from the former city of Urawa, which is now a ward of the prefectural capital city.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Soccerway.com, "Urawa Red Diamonds"; retrieved 2012-3-2.
  4. "Urawa Reds advances to final," New York Times. October 24, 2007; retrieved 2012-3-26.
  5. WorldFootball.net, "3 Goals in one game"[dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-5.

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