Omiya Ardija

Omiya Ardija's crest features a squirrel on the right, which is the animal of Omiya. On the left, there are 5 lines, which reference the historic roads that run through Omiya, including the famous Nakasendō, which runs to the Hikawa Shrine, right near Nack5 Stadium.[1][2]

The team were founded in 1968 as NTT Saitama Soccer Selection in Urawa, Saitama and later known as the NTT Kantō Soccer Club in 1969. They were first promoted to the Japan Soccer League (JSL) Division 2 in 1987/88, and when the JSL folded, joined the former Japan Football League.[3]

In 1998 it was separately incorporated as NTT Sport Community K.K. based in Ōmiya to participate in the J. League. The name "Ardija" is a transcription of the Spanish language ardilla (squirrel) which is the mascot of Ōmiya and the park in which their home stadium is located.[3][4]

Their matches against Urawa Red Diamonds have been called the "Saitama Derby".[5]

In 2005–2007 most of Omiya's home matches were held at Saitama Stadium 2002 and Urawa Komaba Stadium due to expansion works at their home ground. In October 2007 the expansion was complete. On November 11, the re-opening match was held as a J. League season match between the Ardija and Ōita Trinita (1–2).[6]

Omiya competed in the J1 League following an immediate promotion in 2015 after being relegated in 2014. Omiya was relegated again following the 2017 season. They competed in J1 2005 and continued to remain until 2014, following promotion from J2 in 2004 as the second placed team.

Omiya Ardija has two squirrels as its mascots, named Ardi and Miya. Both wear the team kits. According to the club website, Miya is one size smaller than Ardi, being then, slightly shorter than him.[7][3]

• All Japan Senior Football Championship
  • Champions: 1981
• Regional Promotion Series
  • Champions: 1986
• J2 League
  • Champions: 2015

As of 18 August 2023.[8]

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  JPN Takashi Kasahara 3 DF  JPN Shuto Okaniwa (on loan from FC Tokyo) 4 DF  BRA Kaique Mafaldo (on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki) 5 DF  JPN Niki Urakami 6 MF  JPN Hisashi Ohashi 7 MF  JPN Masato Kojima 8 MF  JPN Hiroki Kurimoto 9 FW  JPN Seiya Nakano 10 FW  POL Jakub Świerczok 11 MF  JPN Atsushi Kurokawa (on loan from Machida Zelvia) 13 FW  JPN Rin Yamazaki 14 MF  JPN Hidetoshi Miyuki 15 MF  JPN Keisuke Oyama 16 MF  JPN Toshiki Ishikawa 17 DF  JPN Ryo Shinzato 19 MF  BRA Rodrigo Angelotti (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol) 22 DF  JPN Rikiya Motegi 23 FW  JPN Kiichi Yajima 25 DF  JPN Yutaro Hakamata

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 FW  JPN Takamitsu Tomiyama 31 MF  JPN Raisei Abe 32 MF  JPN Fumiya Takayanagi 33 FW  JPN Keisuke Muroi 34 DF  JPN Rio Omori (on loan from FC Tokyo) 35 GK  JPN Yuta Minami 37 DF  JPN Kaishin Sekiguchi DSP 38 DF  JPN Shunya Suzuki 39 MF  JPN Jin Izumisawa 40 GK  JPN Ko Shimura 41 DF  JPN Takahiro Iida (on loan from Kyoto Sanga) 42 FW  JPN Kazushi Fujii DSP 43 DF  JPN Rion Ichihara Type 2 44 GK  JPN Hirai Shimizu Type 2 45 MF  JPN Haruhi Taneda Type 2 46 DF  JPN Masato Nuki 49 MF  JPN Tomoya Osawa 50 GK  JPN Manafu Wakabayashi

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 — GK  JPN Yūki Katō (On loan at Giravanz Kitakyushu) — DF  JPN Keisuke Nishimura (On loan at Montedio Yamagata)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  JPN Shoi Yoshinaga (On loan at Ehime FC) — MF  JPN Soya Takada (On loan at Tokushima Vortis)

• Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here

Omiya Ardija U-18

As of 30 August 2023.

The U-18 team of Omiya Ardija currently plays in the Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League, the top-flight league for U-18 clubs in the country. Only the registered players for the competition will be displayed.[9]

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  JPN Yuya Takada 2 DF  JPN Takeru Takahashi 3 DF  JPN Kazuhiko Asai 4 DF  JPN Rion Ichihara 5 DF  JPN Takumi Makabe 6 MF  JPN Kota Yoda 7 FW  JPN Shintaro Takahashi 8 MF  JPN Naoto Abe 9 FW  JPN So Ishikawa 10 MF  JPN Haruhi Taneda 11 FW  JPN Mark Isozaki 13 DF  JPN Hideki Saito 14 MF  JPN Ryo Kikunami 15 DF  JPN Kairu Onishi 16 GK  JPN Hirai Shimizu

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  JPN Houga Tanno 18 MF  JPN Fugo Tomaru 19 DF  JPN Yuya Motegi 20 FW  JPN Rikuta Horiuchi 21 GK  JPN Ibuki Noguchi 22 MF  JPN Daichi Yamanaka 23 MF  JPN Tsubasa Tanaka 24 FW  JPN Rikuto Heike 25 DF  JPN Asahi Fujiwara 26 FW  JPN Shunya Sakai 28 MF  JPN Sora Tanaka 29 FW  JPN Soryu Noguchi 30 DF  JPN Otaro Hagiwara 31 GK  JPN Musashi Kaneko 32 DF  JPN Sena Chida

For the 2023 season.

Position	Staff
Manager	Masato Harasaki
Assistant coach	Kohei Katsuno Hiroki Shibuya
First-team coach	Shin Kanazawa
Goalkeeping coach	Noriyuki Yamagishi
Fitness coach	Tetsuji Wada Ryosuke Kaji
Physical coach	Ryugo Okamoto Tomonobu Yokoyama
Athletic coach	Takafumi Kazama Ryosuke Kaji Natsuya Yashiro
Chief doctor	Daisuke Iwasawa
Doctor	Shoichi Hasegawa
Physiotherapist	Yukihiso Miyama
Interpreter	Leonardo Uehara
Chief manager	Yosuke Hakamada
Manager	Shoki Kokawa
Technical staff	Yuki Fukuro

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Omiya Ardija.

• Omiya Ardija Homepage (in Japanese)
• Omiya Ardija Homepage (in English)