2023 Urawa Red Diamonds season

The 2023 Urawa Red Diamonds season is their 73rd season in existence and the 23rd consecutive season in the J1 League. In addition to the league, the club competes in the Emperor's Cup, the J. League Cup, the 2023–24 AFC Champions League and the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup.

Urawa Red Diamonds
2023 season
ManagerMaciej Skorza
StadiumSaitama Stadium 2002 and Urawa Komaba Stadium
Saitama, Saitama
J1 League4th
Emperor's CupThird round
J.League CupSemifinals
AFC Champions LeagueGroup Stage
FIFA Club World CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Shinzo Koroki
(4 goals)

All: Shinzo Koroki
(5 goals)
Highest home attendance45,575 vs Kashima Antlers
(4 June; J1 League)
Lowest home attendance5,351 vs Kansai University
(7 June; Emperor's Cup)
Average home league attendance26,836
Biggest win4–1 vs Consadole Sapporo
(15 April; J1 League)
4–1 vs Shonan Bellmare
(28 June; J1 League)
Biggest defeat3–0 vs Nagoya Grampus
(2 August;Third Round Emperor's Cup)
All statistics correct as of 2 July 2023.

Players

As of 11 August 2023.[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Shusaku Nishikawa
2 DF Japan JPN Hiroki Sakai (captain)
3 MF Japan JPN Atsuki Ito
4 DF Japan JPN Takuya Iwanami
5 DF Norway NOR Marius Høibråten
6 DF Japan JPN Kazuaki Mawatari
7 FW Japan JPN Hiroki Abe
8 MF Japan JPN Yoshio Koizumi
9 FW Netherlands NED Bryan Linssen
10 MF Japan JPN Shoya Nakajima
11 FW Guinea GUI José Kanté
14 MF Japan JPN Takahiro Sekine
15 DF Japan JPN Takahiro Akimoto
16 GK Japan JPN Ayumi Niekawa
17 FW Netherlands NED Alex Schalk
18 FW Japan JPN Toshiki Takahashi
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Japan JPN Ken Iwao (vice-captain)
20 DF Japan JPN Tetsuya Chinen
21 MF Japan JPN Tomoaki Okubo
22 MF Japan JPN Kai Shibato
24 DF Japan JPN Yuta Miyamoto
25 MF Japan JPN Kaito Yasui
26 DF Japan JPN Takuya Ogiwara
27 MF Thailand THA Ekanit Panya (on loan from Muangthong United)
28 DF Denmark DEN Alexander Scholz (vice-captain)
29 MF Japan JPN Yota Horiuchi
30 FW Japan JPN Shinzo Koroki (vice-captain)
31 GK Japan JPN Shun Yoshida
35 MF Japan JPN Jumpei Hayakawa Type 2
40 MF Japan JPN Yuichi Hirano
66 DF Japan JPN Ayumu Ohata

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Japan JPN Yudai Fujiwara (On loan at Machida Zelvia)
DF Japan JPN Kota Kudo (On loan at Fujieda MYFC)
DF Japan JPN Ryuya Fukushima (On loan at Kochi United)
MF Japan JPN Kai Matsuzaki (On loan at Vegalta Sendai)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Japan JPN Hidetoshi Takeda (On loan at Mito HollyHock)
FW Denmark DEN Kasper Junker (On loan at Nagoya Grampus)
FW Japan JPN Rei Kihara (On loan at Nagano Parceiro)

Transfers

Pre-season friendlies

15 January Okinawa Training Camp Urawa Red Diamonds 5–1 Okinawa SV Kin
15:30 JST
Report
Stadium: Kin Town Football Center
Note: The match was played with two halves lasting 45 minutes each.
21 January Okinawa Training Camp Urawa Red Diamonds 7–0 Okinawa International University Kin
14:30 JST
Report Stadium: Kin Town Football Center
Note: The match was played with two halves lasting 45 minutes each and one half lasting 30 minutes.
25 January Okinawa Training Camp Urawa Red Diamonds 4–1 Omiya Ardija Kin
15:00 JST
Report Stadium: Kin Town Football Center
Note: The match was played with two halves lasting 45 minutes each.
29 January Okinawa Training Camp Urawa Red Diamonds 3–4 Sagan Tosu Kin
11:30 JST
Report
Stadium: Kin Town Football Center
Note: The match was played with three halves lasting 45 minutes each.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
J1 League 18 February 2 December Matchday 1 28 13 10 5 34 21 +13 046.43
Emperor's Cup 7 June Second round 4th Round 3 2 0 1 2 3 −1 066.67
J.League Cup 8 March Group stage 6 1 5 0 5 4 +1 016.67
2022 AFC Champions League 29 April 6 May Final Winner 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 050.00
2023 AFC Champions League 22 August 6 December Play-off Round 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 050.00
FIFA Club World Cup 15 December December Second round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 41 18 17 6 48 31 +17 043.90

Last updated: 2 July 2023
Source: Competitions

J1 League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vissel Kobe 30 18 7 5 54 26 +28 61 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 30 17 6 7 56 37 +19 57
3 Urawa Red Diamonds 30 14 11 5 37 22 +15 53 Qualification for the AFC Champions League 2 group stage
4 Nagoya Grampus 30 14 8 8 37 30 +7 50
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 14 6 10 36 27 +9 48
Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
19 10 6 3 27 15  +12 36 6 2 1 18 9  +9 4 4 2 9 6  +3

Last updated: 2 July 2023.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

The full league fixtures were released on 20 January 2023.[3]

18 February 1 FC Tokyo 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Tokyo
14:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 38,051
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara
25 February 2 Yokohama F. Marinos 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Yokohama
14:00 JST Report
Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 34,035
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
4 March 3 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Cerezo Osaka Saitama
15:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 18,437
Referee: Hayato Shimizu
11 March 4 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Kobe
14:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 21,223
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
18 March 5 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Albirex Niigata Saitama
15:00 JST
Report Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 15,167
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
31 March 6 Kashiwa Reysol 0–3 Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa
19:00 JST Koga Yellow card 66' Report
Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium
Attendance: 11,620
Referee: Tom Bramall (England)
9 April 7 Nagoya Grampus 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Nagoya
15:00 JST Report
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 22,655
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
15 April 8 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Saitama
15:00 JST
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 38,574
Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya
23 April 9 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Kawasaki
16:00 JST Report
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 22,304
Referee: Ryo Tanimoto
10 May 10 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–2 Sagan Tosu Saitama
19:30 JST Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 17,970
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
14 May 13 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Gamba Osaka Saitama
16:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 31,440
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
20 May 14 Avispa Fukuoka 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Fukuoka
13:00 JST
  • Shigemi Yellow card 72'
Report
Stadium: Best Denki Stadium
Attendance: 10,417
Referee: Hayato Shimizu
27 May 15 Kyoto Sanga 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds Kameoka
19:00 JST Report
Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera
Attendance: 15,229
Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya
31 May 11 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Saitama
19:30 JST
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 20,266
Referee: Jumpei Iida
4 June 16 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Kashima Antlers Saitama
17:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 45,575
Referee: Andrew Madley (England)
11 June 17 Yokohama FC 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Yokohama
18:30 JST
Report
Stadium: Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium
Attendance: 10,086
Referee: Hayato Shimizu
24 June 18 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale Saitama
19:30 JST
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 35,887
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
28 June 12 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–1 Shonan Bellmare Saitama
19:30 JST
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 18,208
Referee: Yusuke Araki
1 July 19 Sagan Tosu 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds Tosu
19:00 JST Report
Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
Attendance: 11,224
Referee: Ryo Tanimoto
8 July 20 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 FC Tokyo Saitama
19:00 JST
  • Ohata Yellow card 53'
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
16 July 21 Cerezo Osaka 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Osaka
19:00 JST 6' Ceará 25' Croux Yellow card 49' Okubo soccer ball with red X Scholz Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium
6 August 22 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Yokohama F. Marinos Saitama
19:00 JST Yellow card 53' Okubo Yellow card 56' Iwao Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
13 August 23 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Hiroshima
18:00 JST 69' Kato 90+3' Ben Khalifa 29' Kanté Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
18 August 24 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Nagoya Grampus Saitama
19:30 JST 11' Kanté Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
25 August 25 Shonan Bellmare 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Hiratsuka
19:00 JST 64' Kanté Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka
2 September 26 Albirex Niigata 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Niigata
18:00 JST Komi 81'
Akiyima Yellow card 90+6'
Scholz 38' (pen) Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
15 September 27 Urawa Red Diamonds 0-0 Kyoto Sanga Saitama
19:30 JST Akimoto Yellow card 62' Tawiah Yellow card 71' Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
22 September 28 Gamba Osaka 1–3 Urawa Red Diamonds Suita
17:00 JST Usami 17' Kanté 29',Red card 59'

Takahashi 68'

Linssen 85'
Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita
Referee: Yusuke Araki
29 September 29 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Yokohama FC Saitama
19:30 JST Scholz 74' (pen) Marcelo 15' Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
20 October 30 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Kashiwa Reysol Saitama
19:00 JST Koizumi 53'
Ogiwara 57'
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
27 October 31 Kashima Antlers v Urawa Red Diamonds Kashima
14:00 JST Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
10 November 32 Urawa Red Diamonds v Vissel Kobe Saitama
15:00 JST Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
24 November 33 Urawa Red Diamonds v Avispa Fukuoka Saitama
14:00 JST Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
2 December 34 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo v Urawa Red Diamonds Sapporo
18:00 JST Stadium: Sapporo Dome

Emperor's Cup

As Urawa is a J1 club, it starts the competition at the second round.

7 June Second round Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 (a.e.t.) Kansai University Saitama
19:00
Report
  • Yoshinaga Yellow card 2'
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 5,351
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama
12 July Third round Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Montedio Yamagata Tendo
Report Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata
2 August Fourth round Nagoya Grampus 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Toyota
Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium

J.League Cup

The club started the competition at the group stage.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Urawa Red Diamonds 6 1 5 0 5 4 +1 8[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout stage
2 Shimizu S-Pulse 6 2 2 2 8 15 7 8[lower-alpha 1]
3 Kawasaki Frontale 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 8[lower-alpha 1]
4 Shonan Bellmare 6 1 3 2 8 7 +1 6
Source: JLeague.co (EN), JLeague.jp (JA)
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Urawa Red Diamonds 6, Shimizu S-Pulse 5, Kawasaki Frontale 4.
8 March Shonan Bellmare 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Hiratsuka
19:03 Report
Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka
Attendance: 8,856
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
26 March Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Shimizu S-Pulse Saitama
15:00
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 10,125
Referee: Koei Koya
5 April Kawasaki Frontale 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Kawasaki
19:03 Report
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 18,332
Referee: Shu Kawamata
19 April Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Shonan Bellmare Saitama
19:33
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 11,222
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara
24 May Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale Saitama
19:33 Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 12,366
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita
18 June Shimizu S-Pulse 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Shizuoka
18:03
Report
Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira
Attendance: 10,229
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Quarter-finals

6 September First leg Gamba Osaka 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Suita
19:03 JST JLeague.co (EN)
JLeague.jp (JA)
Schalk 46' Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita
Attendance: 9,363
Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya
10 September Second leg Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Gamba Osaka Saitama
19:00 JST Linssen 8', 62' Schalk 86' JLeague.co (EN)
JLeague.jp (JA)
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Note: Urawa won 4-0 on aggregate

Semi-finals

11 October First Leg Yokohama F. Marinos 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Yokohama
19:00 JST Lopes 60' (pen.) Sakai Red card 90+5' Stadium: Nissan Stadium
15 October Second Leg Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Yokohama F. Marinos Saitama
17:00 JST Scholz 53' (Pen.), 90+1' (Pen.) Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Note: Urawa won 2-1 on aggregate


Final

3 November Second Leg Urawa Red Diamonds v Avispa Fukuoka Shinjuku, Tokyo
15:05 JST Stadium: Japan National Stadium

2023–24 AFC Champions League

Urawa qualified to the play-off round of the competition because they are the defending champions and would not qualify to the Champions League by their national competitions. This is due to the club not being able to finish in a sufficiently high position in the J1 League and in the Emperor's Cup during the 2022 season.

22 August Play-off round Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Hong Kong Lee Man Saitama
19:30 JST
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Note: A win (after 90 minutes, extra-time or penalty shoot-out) qualifies them to the 2023–24 AFC Champions League Group Stage.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POH RED WTT HAN
1 South Korea Pohang Steelers 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Advance to Round of 16 7 Nov 3–1 28 Nov
2 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4 Possible Round of 16 0–2 28 Nov 6–0
3 China Wuhan Three Towns 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 4 12 Dec 2–2 2–1
4 Vietnam Hanoi FC 3 0 0 3 3 12 9 0 2–4 12 Dec 7 Nov
Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2023. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group Stage

20 September 2023 1 Wuhan Three Towns China 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds Wuhan, China
21:00 CST Report
Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center
Attendance: 27,600
Referee: Omar Mohammed Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)
4 October 2023 2 Urawa Red Diamonds 6–0 Vietnam Hanoi Saitama
19:00 JST Phang 9' (o.g.)

Scholz 19' (pen.) Takahashi 37' Sekine 65'

Kanté soccer ball with red X, 70'

Panya 85'
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Referee: Adham Mohammed (Jordania)
24 October 2023 3 Urawa Red Diamonds 0 – 2 South Korea Pohang Steelers Saitama
19:00 JST Shin Yellow card 8'

Jeong 22'

Go 49'

Kim Yellow card 87'
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
8 November 2023 4 Pohang Steelers South Korea v Urawa Red Diamonds Pohang, South Korea
19:00 KST Stadium: Pohang Steelyard
28 November 2023 5 Urawa Red Diamonds v China Wuhan Three Towns Saitama
19:00 JST Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
12 December 2023 6 Hanoi FC Vietnam v Urawa Red Diamonds Hanoi, Vietnam
19:00 ICT Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium

2022 AFC Champions League

The two-legged final was originally scheduled to be played on 19 and 26 February. However, Urawa's main stadium, the Saitama Stadium 2002 was not available due to pitch maintenance around this date, and then, would see Urawa having to host the second leg at the Urawa Komaba Stadium. As a result of this conflict, the AFC decided to rearrange the dates even further on the calendar, rescheduling the matches to late April and early May.

29 April Final (1st Leg) Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 1–1 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds Riyadh
20:30 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Attendance: 50,881
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
6 May Final (2nd Leg) Urawa Red Diamonds Japan 1–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Saitama
18:00 UTC+9
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 53,574
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Note: Urawa Red Diamonds won 2–1 on aggregate.

FIFA World Club Cup

Urawa Red Diamonds qualified for the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup as winners of the 2022 AFC Champions League final. They will play the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League winners, Club León, in the quarterfinals.

2 December Quarter-Finals Mexico Club León v Urawa Red Diamonds Jeddah
17:30 UTC+03:00 Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium

Goalscorers

Updated as of 2 July 2023.[4]

Rank Pos. No. Player J1 League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup 2022 ACL Final 2023–24 ACL Total
1 FW30Japan Shinzo Koroki400105
2 FW11Guinea José Kanté301004
3 MF14Japan Takahiro Sekine300003
DF28Denmark Alexander Scholz300003
MF3Japan Atsuki Ito210003
DF15Japan Takahiro Akimoto201003
7 DF2Japan Hiroki Sakai200002
MF25Japan Kaito Yasui200002
FW9Netherlands Bryan Linssen101002
10 DF5Norway Marius Høibråten100001
FW17Netherlands Alex Schalk100001
FW19Japan Ken Iwao100001
MF21Japan Tomoaki Okubo100001
MF35Japan Jumpei Hayakawa001001
Total26141032

References

  1. "TOP TEAM". Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  2. "トップチームトピックス". Urawa Red Diamonds (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  3. "2023シーズンの日程が発表【Jリーグ】". jleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League.
  4. "Goal count". J.League. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
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