Urawa Red Diamonds
Association football club in Saitama, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 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, Urawa Rezzu), 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. The club plays in the J1 League, the top tier of football in the country. Its name comes from the former city of Urawa, now part of Saitama.
Full name | Urawa Red Diamonds | ||
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Nickname(s) | Reds (レッズ, Rezzu) / Red Devils (赤い悪魔, Akai Akuma) | ||
Founded | 1950; 74 years ago (1950) as Mitsubishi Motors FC
1992; 32 years ago (1992) as Mitsubishi Urawa FC 1996; 28 years ago (1996) as Urawa Red Diamonds | ||
Stadium | Saitama Stadium 2002 Saitama, Japan | ||
Capacity | 63,700 | ||
Owner | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | ||
Chairman | Keizo Fuchita | ||
Manager | Per-Mathias Høgmo | ||
League | J1 League | ||
2023 | J1 League, 4th of 18 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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The name 'Red Diamonds' alludes to the club's pre-professional era parent company Mitsubishi. The corporation's logo consists of three red diamonds, one of which remains within the current club badge.
Urawa Reds have won 1 J1 League title, 8 Emperor's Cup, 4 J.League Cup and 5 Japanese Super Cup. Continentally, Urawa Reds have won three AFC Champions League trophies in 2007, 2017, 2022 and also won the 2017 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship.
Internationally, Urawa Reds has made three appearances in the FIFA Club World Cup with their most recent appearance being in the 2023 edition.