URAWA RED D I A M O N DS OFFICIAL ENGLISH GUIDE 2018

©2018 All rights reserved. URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL ENGLISH GUIDE 2018 CLUB PROFILE Club Name: Urawa Red Diamonds Nickname: Urawa Reds Year of Formation: 1950 Turned Professional: 1992 Home Town: City, Home Stadium: (63,700) Urawa Komaba Stadium, Saitama City (21,500) Club Colors: red shirts, white shorts and black socks President: FUCHITA Keizo Origin of club name Urawa was the name of the city where Reds started their J. League history in 1993. The city of Urawa became part of the new city of Saitama in 2001 when it merged with the neighboring cities of Yono and Omiya. Reds retained the old name because of its popularity with fans. Achievements: AFC Champions League champions twice (2007 and 2017) CLUB PHILOSPOPHY J. League champions (2006) 1. URAWA RED DIAMONDS aim to contribute to the healthy growth of youth, J. League Second Stage champions twice (2004 and 2016) and the fostering of valuable, conscientious members of society. J. League First Stage champions (2015) 2. URAWA RED DIAMONDS strive to provide an arena J. League Cup winners twice (2003 and 2016) for healthy recreation for the local community. Emperor's Cup winners 6 times (1971, 1973, 1978, 1980, 2005 and 2006) 3. URAWA RED DIAMONDS aim to be Saitama's window to the world. Xerox Super Cup winners (2006) Suruga Bank Championship winners (2017) The Reds Emblem Soccer League champions 4 times (1969, 1973, 1978 and 1982) The core motifs are the ball and the whorl. They represent a call for everyone to JSL Cup winners twice (1978 and 1981) come together around the ball, the excitement and joy that the ball brings to all, J. League Championship runners-up 5 times (2004, 2005, 2007, 2014 and 2016) and gathering circles of goodwill and friendship that reach out to the whole world. J. League Cup runners-up 4 times (2002, 2004, 2011 and 2013) Emperor's Cup runners-up 4 times (1967, 1968, 1979 and 2015) The building at the top is the elite teacher training college where football was J. League Suntory Championship runners-up (2004) introduced to Saitama in 1908. The college is long gone but the building has Japan Soccer League runners-up 6 times (1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977) been rebuilt in its original form and is now a municipal museum. The diamond in the centre is, of course, the Red Diamond symbol. It stands for URAWA RED DIAMONDS［URAWA REDS］ the tightly bonded team. Address： 2-1 Misono, Midori-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 336-8505 Japan The sakuraso primrose, at bottom left and right, is the emblematic flower of both Phone： +81-48-812-1001 Fax： +81-48-812-1212 Saitama Prefecture and Saitama City. It is a designated natural treasure of Japan, Official Website： http://www.urawa-reds.co.jp and Saitama is one of the very best places for seeing this beautiful flower. Press Office e-mail： [email protected] 2 3 URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL ENGLISH GUIDE 2018

Welcome to Reds Wonderland! Reds’ football won the hearts of local young fans from the J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup of 1992, the year before the J. League proper began, giving birth to the amazing fan base we see today. With the start of the J. League in 1993, however, Reds’ defensive frailty made the going hard and the team sank to the bottom of the table. Reds won only rarely in those early days even at their first home, the Komaba Stadium. The fans were disappointed but stood by their team. In fact, the support only grew. A German manager, , took charge in 1995. and had signed as players the previous summer. The team gained new balance with their leader- ship and climbed high in the league. The title was not to be, however, and the club instead again plumbed the depths in 1999 when it dropped to Division Two. Even on the day of darkest despair, however, when Reds’ relegation was sealed, the 20,000 fans who packed the Komaba Stadium did not turn against their team. They showed their commitment come what may by singing on and on: “We are Reds! We are Reds!” The unconditional love for Reds that filled the Komaba cauldron that day is the club’s greatest strength and treasure. Urawa Reds were promoted straight back the following year and grew strongly under the guidance of Hans Ooft to win the J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup in 2003. Guido Buchwald took charge in 2004 and steered them to victory in the J. League’s Second Stage. Reds also The passionate support descends and fills the stadium won the Emperor’s Cup in 2005 and finally secured their longed for first J. League champion- from the molten red stands. On a glorious green pitch, waves of searing ship in 2006. Holger Osieck returned to the helm in 2007 and led Reds to victory in the AFC attacks sweep towards the opposing goal. Champions League, a triumph which also made them the first Japanese club to win this Welcome to Reds Wonderland, a place of fiery young supporters, tournament. Reds recorded an aggregate attendance of 809,353 for their 17 home league boys and girls sporting Reds shirts, and also older couples who join in matches in 2008, a J. League record average home attendance of 47,609 that also placed waving the flags! And of the players, who carry all of those dreams with them in the top 20 clubs in the world that year. fervour on the pitch. This is the special space and time that we call The form then dipped for several years until the arrival of new manager Mihailo Petrovic in Reds Wonderland. 2012 ushered in a fresh era of growth for the club. Playing with his hallmark game of all-out Urawa Reds, winners of the 2007 and 2017AFC Champions Leagues, attack and defence, breaking through by skilful combination, the football evolved and grew are supported by Japanʼs hottest supporters. You be caught up in and Reds became regular title contenders again. In 2016, Reds won the Levain Cup, the furnace, too, from the moment you step inside. renamed that year from the Yamazaki-Nabisco Cup, for the first time in 13 years. Petrovic’s

reign ended in late July, 2017, and head coach Takafumi Hori stepped up to the helm, as the Reds were one of the J. League’s 10 founding teams in 1993. The club was based on the form slumped sharply from around the time Reds secured their AFC Champions League famous Mitsubishi Football Club that had won both the Japan Soccer League and the quarter-final berth. The team’s focus turned to the Champions League and, in the quarter- Emperor’s Cup four times. Mitsubishi played in but moved to the city of Urawa (now final, Reds overcame a 3-1 first leg deficit with a 4-1 win in the second leg against Kawasaki Saitama City) and changed the name to Urawa Red Diamonds with the start of the J. League. Frontale. Reds next overcame Shanghai SIPG of China in the semi-final and then Al-Hilal of Today, that has been shortened to the more familiar, Urawa Reds. Saudi Arabia in the final, drawing both first legs 1-1 and winning both second legs 1-0, Urawa was a longstanding hotbed of football in Japan. Fully five schools from this city to the to secure their second Asian crown a decade after the first. Reds carried on to secure fifth north of Tokyo had won the senior high school football tournament. It was a city that place at the FIFA Club World Cup in the UAE in December with a 3-2 win over Casablanca of understood football well, and the crowd was demanding from the start. The team’s strong Morocco. In 2018, Reds are targeting the J. League title with all of their might under Takafumi attacking flavour was established early on as the club strove to satisfy those dreams. Hori. 4 5 URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL ENGLISH GUIDE 2018

HOME TOWN decade. They were justly Saitama City proud of Urawa’s football tradition and their fervent support resounded across Saitama City, the home of Urawa Reds, is the capital of Saitama Prefecture in central Japan even ahead of the Japan. It lies 20km north of Tokyo and is reached in 30 minutes from the centre by train. The team itself. city has been growing in recent years as a major commuter town for the Tokyo megalopolis. The club was finally able It is a place of quiet residential districts with a total area of roughly 168 square kilometres and to respond to those citizens’ population of over 1,260,896 as of February, 2015. ardent desire to crown the Japan is a mostly very mountainous country but Saitama City is located in the east of its Urawa name, and the widest plain. Almost flat, it rises to only 20.3m above sea level at the highest point (and drops supporters’ longing to be the to only 3.1m at the lowest). number one team, not just The city of Saitama is only 16 years old. It was created in May, 2001, by the merger of the the number one supporters, cities of Urawa (the seat of the prefectural government), Yono and Omiya. in 2003. That was the year Urawa – Football’s First Home in Japan Urawa Reds won their first Red Diamonds – The Club which Inherited the Tradition title, the Yamazaki Nabisco Tochigi Cup. The Emperor’s Cup Gunma Ibaraki Urawa Reds’ home town became Saitama City with that merger but the Urawa area in the Saitama City and J. League titles followed club’s name, in the south of the new city, has a particularly long history as a football town. and, in 2007, Reds became Tokyo The teacher training college located there led the way with the founding of a football club in Kanagawa the first Japanese team to 1908. That was the start of football in both Urawa and Japan! Those footballers became triumph in the AFC Champi- teachers after graduating and disseminated the sport like seeds spreading on the wind. ons League. They also came third that year in the FIFA Club World Cup. Football began to put down roots in Saitama Prefecture over 100 years ago. Reds had become the professional club truly worthy of the city’s long football tradition just The strength which emerged became evident in the 1950’s. as Saitama prepared to celebrate its 100th anniversary of football. That began with the Saitama Prefectural Urawa Senior High School winning its first national Reds marked their 20th anniversary in 2012 under the slogan “REDS 020th” as the starting high school championship in 1951. Other champions soon followed, including Urawa Nishi point of a new era. Reds also secured the naming rights to their original home, the Komaba Senior High School and the Urawa (now Saitama) Municipal Senior High School, and later Stadium, thereby reaffirming their identity as the club that had weathered and experienced so Urawa Mimami Senior High School as well. Urawa schools won the title 11 times in all through much, both honours and grief, in the first two decades. 1976 and the city became known nationwide as a stronghold of the sport. The local people, Reds slumped into the relegation battle in 2011 but the hard times, too, helped forge close too, were proud of Urawa’s football tradition as the city’s footballers also achieved outstanding ties between the team and supporters and Mihailo Petrovic’s arrival as manager in 2012 results in the Inter-high games for senior high schools, the national primary and junior high brought a new, richly attractive attacking style to the club and rekindled the passion in the school championships and, representing Saitama, the national athletic meet, too. stadium. Takafumi Hori then took over from Petrovic in mid-2017 and led Reds to their second A new era for Japanese football dawned with the launch of the J. League in November, AFC Champions League title after a gap of ten years. At the finish, Reds drew 1-1 away and 1991. won 1-0 at home in both the semi-final and final, against Shanghai SIPG of China and Al-Hilal Professional football clubs were founded in home towns across the country and those of Saudi Arabia. The supporters, too, made a strong impression all over Asia, their colourful clubs, too, inherited the pride and football traditions of their homes. celebrations sending the Urawa name resounding across the continent. Urawa Reds and In Urawa’s case, though, it was the Urawa Reds supporters rather than Urawa Red their supporters are inseparable and Reds’ community-wide support is the club’s greatest Diamonds who promulgated the Urawa name most widely during the J. League’s first asset. 6 7 URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL ENGLISH GUIDE 2018

HOME STADIUM Saitama Stadium 2002 Completed: September 1, 2001 Capacity: 63,700 Owner: Saitama Prefecture Address: 2-1 Misono, Midori-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, 336-0972 Japan Phone: +81-48-812-2002 Official Site: http://www.stadium2002.com

At the 2002 FIFA World Cup /Japan™ Saitama Stadium 2002 hosted three first round matches and a semi-final. June 2, 2002 England v Sweden (1-1) June 4, 2002 Japan v Belgium (2-2) June 6, 2002 Cameroon v Saudi Arabia (1-0) June 26, 2002 Semi-final Brazil v Turkey (1-0)

Urawa Reds’ home, Saitama Stadium 2002, was built for the 2002 FIFA World Cup For all Japanese fans, the unforgettable memories are from Japan's opening game Korea/JapanTM. It hosted four matches, including the semi-final between Brazil and Turkey. against Belgium at the 2002 World Cup, when goals by Takayuki and With a capacity of 63,700, it is Japan’s biggest specialised football ground. earned a 2-2 draw and Japan's first ever World Cup point. Saitama Prefecture built the stadium at a cost of 35.6 billion yen as a focus for new devel- Saitama Stadium was officially regis- opment about 8 kilometres east from the city centre. This still rural area is expected to tered alongside Komaba as Reds’ home develop as a delightful 21st century urban community during the next two decades. stadium in August, 2004. The Urawa Reds The prefecture chose to be a part of the World Cup bid in the early nineties and the deci- office was moved to a location inside the sion to build a stadium where 60,000 supporters could watch in complete comfort and safety stadium in March, 2005, to serve from was approved in 1994. there as the club’s main base. This district used to be a huge marsh prior to massive reclamation work in the 18th cen- Reds have won several major titles at this tury. The ground remains soft, and the great roofs on the eastern and western flanks had to stadium in the succeeding years: the 2006 be especially light. They represent a brace of dancing shirasagi herons, birds still common J. League, 2007 AFC Champions League, in the ponds and rice paddies of the region. 2016 J. League Levain Cup and 2017 AFC The stadium’s greatest pride is a seating design that gives every one of the 63,700 seats a Champions League. Saitama Stadium, the clear and enjoyable view of the game. This is a world class stadium where everybody, in stage for so much jubilation, is one of the

effect, sits in the Royal Box. The massive Aurora Vision display is another of the prides of representative football stadiums of not only (20 - 23min.) Saitama Stadium. For 2014, a belt video system called the Aurora Ribbon was also added. Japan but all Asia, and the pride of not only The Aurora Vision and Ribbon are coordinated when announcing the starting line-ups to Reds fans but all 7,310,000 residents of produce a dynamic visual effect. Saitama Prefecture. 8 9 URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL ENGLISH GUIDE 2018

COACHING STAFF Team Manager HORI Takafumi Head Coach AMANO Kenichi Coach IKEDA Nobuyasu Coach KOSAKA Yuki GK Coach TSUCHIDA Hisashi Coach in charge of analysis YAMADA Eiichiro

URAWA REDS 2018 PLAYERS as of February 24, 2018 No. NAME POS AGE Date of Birth Height / Weight Previous Club FIRST TEAM SQUAD 1 NISHIKAWA Shusaku GK 31 1986/6/18 183cm / 81kg Sanfrecce 2 MAURICIO DF 26 1992/2/6 183/82 CS Marítimo (Portugal) 3 UGAJIN Tomoya MF 29 1988/3/23 172/71 Ryutsu Keizai University 5 MAKINO Tomoaki DF 30 1987/5/11 182/77 1. FC Köln (Germany) 6 ENDO Wataru DF 25 1993/2/9 178/75 7 TAKETOMI Kosuke MF 27 1990/9/23 173/69 Reysol 9 MUTO Yuki FW 29 1988/11/7 170/68 Vegalta 10 KASHIWAGI Yosuke MF 30 1987/12/15 176/73 11 MARTINUS MF 26 1991/3/7 183/70 F. Marinos 14 HIRAKAWA Tadaaki DF 38 1979/5/1 172/72 Tsukuba University 15 NAGASAWA Kazuki MF 26 1991/12/16 172/68 JEF United Ichihara-Chiba 16 AOKI Takuya MF 28 1989/9/16 179/77 18 YAMADA Naoki MF 27 1990/7/4 168/66 Shonan Bellmare 19 MF 25 1992/12/17 178/83 Newcastle Jets (Australia) 20 LEE Tadanari FW 32 1985/12/19 182/73 Southampton FC (England) 21 Zlatan LJUBIJANKIC FW 34 1983/12/15 186/80 Omiya Ardija 22 ABE Yuki MF 36 1981/9/6 178/77 Leicester City FC (England) 23 IWADATE Nao GK 29 1988/8/17 183/78 Mito Hollyhock 25 ENOMOTO Tetsuya GK 34 1983/5/2 180/76 Yokohama F. Marinos 26 OGIWARA Takuya DF 18 1999/11/23 175/69 Urawa Reds Youth 27 HASHIOKA Daiki DF 18 1999/5/17 182/73 Urawa Reds Youth 28 FUKUSHIMA Haruki GK 24 1993/4/8 182/78 29 SHIBATO Kai MF 22 1995/11/24 180/70 Meiji University 30 KOROKI Shinzo FW 31 1986/7/31 175/72 31 IWANAMI Takuya DF 23 1994/6/18 186/72 Vissel 38 KIKUCHI Daisuke MF 26 1991/4/12 172/68 Shonan Bellmare 46 MORIWAKI Ryota DF 31 1986/4/6 177/75 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Out on loan OKAMOTO Takuya (25) to Shonan Bellmare／MOTEGI Rikiya (21) to ／ ITO Ryotaro (20) to Mito Hollyhock／KOMAI Yoshiaki (25) to Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo／ ONAIWU Ado(22) to Renofa Yamaguchi／IZAWA Haruki (18) to 10 11 URAWA REDS PLAYER PROFILES URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL ENGLISH GUIDE 2018 Goalkeeper Defender NISHIKAWA Shusaku UGAJIN Tomoya 1 西川 周作 3 宇賀神 友弥 Nationality: Japanese Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: June 18, 1986 Date of birth: March 23, 1988 Place of birth: Usa, Oita Pref. Place of birth: Toda, Saitama Pref. Height / Weight: 183cm / 81kg Height / Weight: 172cm / 71kg Previous clubs: , Sanfrecce Hiroshima Previous club: Ryutsu Keizai University Joined Reds: February, 2014 Joined Reds: February, 2010 Reds debut: March 1, 2014 v Gamba (A) Reds debut: March 6, 2010 v Kashima Antlers (A) J1 appearances (goals): J1 appearances (goals): 205 (12) 136 (0) /389 (0) [at Reds / Overall] First team appearances (goals): 275 (19) First team appearances (goals): as of February 1, 2018 179 (0) / 485 (0) [at Reds / Overall] Personal Honours: J. League Individual Fair Play award [2014] J. League Best Eleven [2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016] International caps (goals): 31 (0) as of February 1, 2018

Defender Defender MAURICIO MAKINO Tomoaki 2 Mauricio de Carvalho ANTÕNIO 5 槙野 智章 Nationality: Brazilian Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: February 6, 1992 Date of birth: May 11, 1987 Place of birth: São Paulo, Brazil Place of birth: Hiroshima, Hiroshima Pref. Height / Weight: 183cm / 82kg Height / Weight: 182cm / 77kg Previous clubs: Grêmio Osasco Audax, EC Pelotas, Previous clubs: Sanfrecce Hiroshima, CA Penapolense, CA Juventus (Brazil), 1. FC Köln (Germany) Portimonense SC, FC Porto B, CS Marítimo (Portugal) Joined Reds: February, 2012 Joined Reds: August, 2017 Reds debut: Reds debut: August 15, 2017 v Chapecoense / March 10, 2012 v Sanfrecce Hiroshima (A) Brazil (H) [Suruga Bank Championship] J1 appearances (goal): J1 appearances (goals): 9 (1) 192 (24) / 278 (37) [at Reds / Overall] First team appearances (goals) in Japan: 17 (3) First team appearances (goals) in Japan: Portuguese league appearances (goals): 256 (28) / 413 (52) [at Reds / Overall] 98 (7) [2014/15-2015/16] German appearances (goals): as of February 1, 2018 8 (0) [10/11–11/12] Personal Honours: J. League Individual Fair Play award [2010] J. League Best Eleven [2010 / 2015 / 2016] International caps (goals): 28 (3) as of February 1, 2018

12 13 URAWA REDS PLAYER PROFILES URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL ENGLISH GUIDE 2018 Defender Forward ENDO Wataru MUTO Yuki 6 遠藤 航 9 武藤 雄樹 Nationality: Japanese Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: February 9, 1993 Date of birth: November 7, 1988 Place of birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Pref. Place of birth: Zama, Kanagawa Pref. Height / Weight: 178cm / 75kg Height / Weight: 170cm / 68kg Previous club: Shonan Bellmare Previous club: Joined Reds: February, 2016 Joined Reds: February, 2015 Reds debut: Februay 24, 2016 v Sydney FC (H) / Reds debut: February 28, 2015 v Australia [AFC Champions League] [Fuji Xerox Super Cup] J1 appearances (goals): J1 appearances (goals): 57 (3) / 111 (11) [at Reds / Overall] 97 (31) / 167 (37) [at Reds / Overall] First team appearances (goals) First team appearances (goals): 87 (4) / 254 (27) [at Reds / Overall] 142 (41) / 241 (54) [at Reds / Overall] International caps: 11 (0) International caps (goals): 2 (2) as of February 1, 2018 as of February 1, 2018

Midfielder Midfielder TAKETOMI Kosuke 10 KASHIWAGI Yosuke 7 武富 孝介 柏木 陽介 Nationality: Japanese Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: September 23, 1990 Date of birth: December 15, 1987 Place of birth: Saitama, Saitama Pref. Place of birth: Kobe, Hyogo Pref. Height / Weight: 173cm / 69kg Height / Weight: 176cm / 73kg Previous clubs: , Previous club: Sanfrecce Hiroshima Mogi Mirim EC (Brazil), Kashiwa Reysol, Joined Reds: February, 2010 (on loan), Reds debut: March 6, 2010 v Kashima Antlers (A) Shonan Bellmare (on loan), Kashiwa Reysol J1 appearances (goals): Joined Reds: February, 2018 255 (41) / 336 (55) [at Reds / Overall] Reds debut: February 24, 2018 v FC Tokyo (A) First team appearances (goals): J1 appearances (goals): 337 (48) / 476 (71) [at Reds / Overall] 101 (17) [Overall] Personal Honours: FIrst team appearances (goals) J. League Best Eleven [2016] 248 (53) [Overall] International caps (goals): 11 (0) as of February 1, 2018 as of February 1, 2018

14 15 URAWA REDS PLAYER PROFILES URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL ENGLISH GUIDE 2018 Midfielder Midfielder MARTINUS NAGASAWA Kazuki 11 Quentin Geordie Felix MARTINUS 15 長澤 和輝 Nationality: Curaçao Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: March 7, 1991 Date of birth: December 16, 1991 Place of birth: Willemstad, Curaçao Place of birth: Ichihara, Chiba Pref. Height / Weight: 183cm / 70kg Height / Weight: 172cm / 68kg Previous club: SC Heerenveen, Previous club: Yokohama F.Marinos, (Netherlands), Ferencvárosi TC (Hungary), 1. FC Köln (Germany), Urawa Reds, FC Emmen (Netherlands), FC Botoşani (), JEF United Ichihara-Chiba (on loan, 2016) Yokohama F.Marinos Joined Reds: February, 2016 / February, 2017 Joined Reds: February, 2018 Reds debut: February 18, 2017 v Kashima Antlers (N) Reds debut: February 24, 2018 v FC Tokyo (A) J1 [Fuji Xerox Super Cup] appearances (goals): 53 (9) [at Marinos] J1 appearances (goals): 8 (1) [at Reds] First team appearances (goals) in Japan: First team appearances (goals) in Japan: 20 (1) / 65 (6) 66 (9) [at Marinos] [at Reds / Overall] Dutch league appearances (goals): German league appearances (goals): 56 (4) [2011/12-2013/14] 21 (0) [13/14–15/16] International caps (goals): 6 (0) International caps (goals): 1 (0) as of February 1, 2018 as of February 1, 2018

Defender Midfielder HIRAKAWA Tadaaki AOKI Takuya 14 平川 忠亮 16 青木 拓矢 Nationality: Japanese Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: May 1, 1979 Date of birth: September 16, 1989 Place of birth: Shizuoka, Shizuoka Pref. Place of birth: Takasaki, Gunma Pref. Height / Weight: 172cm / 72kg Height / Weight: 179cm / 77kg Previous club: Tsukuba University (Ibaraki) Previous clubs: Omiya Ardija Joined Reds: February, 2002 Joined Reds: February, 2014 Reds debut: April 30, 2002 v Kashima Antlers (H) Reds debut: April 2, 2014 v Omiya Ardija (H) [Yamazaki Nabisco Cup] [Yamazaki Nabisco Cup] J1 appearances (goals): 333 (9) J1 appearances (goals): First team appearances (goals): 454 (10) 88 (1) / 215 (12) [at Reds / Overall] as of February 1, 2018 First team appearances (goals): 140 (3) / 296 (15) [at Reds / Overall] as of February 1, 2018

16 17 URAWA REDS PLAYER PROFILES URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL ENGLISH GUIDE 2018 Midfielder Forward 18 YAMADA Naoki LEE Tadanari 山田 直輝 20 李 忠成 Nationality: Japanese Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: July 4, 1990 Date of birth: December 19, 1985 Place of birth: Hiroshima, Hiroshima Pref. Place of birth: Nishitokyo, Tokyo Height / Weight: 168cm / 66kg Height / Weight: 182cm / 73kg Previous clubs: Urawa Reds, Previous clubs: Shonan Bellmare (on loan, 2015-17) FC Tokyo, Kashiwa Reysol, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Joined Reds: February, 2009 / February 2018 Southampton FC (England), FC Tokyo (on loan), Reds debut: April 26, 2008 v Kyoto Sanga (A) Southampton FC J1 appearances (goals): Joined Reds: February, 2014 50 (2) / 78 (5) [at Reds / Overall] Reds debut: March 1, 2014 Gamba Osaka (A) First team appearances (goals): J1 appearances (goals): 73 (4) / 152 (16) [at Reds / Overall] 111 (21) / 271 (67) [at Reds / Overall] International caps (goals): 2 (0) First team appearances (goals) in Japan: as of February 1, 2018 158 (37) / 391 (102) [at Reds / Overall] English appearances (goals): 7 (1) [11/12–12/13, 13/14] International caps (goals): 11 (2) as of February 1, 2018

Forward Forward Andrew NABBOUT ZLATAN 19 アンドリュー ナバウト 21 Zlatan LJUBIJANKIC Nationality: Australian Nationality: Slovene Date of birth: December 17, 1992 Date of birth: December 15, 1983 Place of birth: Melborn, Australia Place of birth: Ljubljana, Height / Weight: 178cm / 83kg Height / Weight: 186cm / 80kg Previous clubs: Melborn Victory FC (Australia), Previous clubs: NK Domzale (Slovenia), Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia), K.A.A. Gent (Belgium), Omiya Ardija Newcastle United Jets FC (Australia) Joined Reds: February, 2015 Joined Reds: February, 2018 Reds debut: Reds debut: ---- February 25, 2015 v FC Australian A-League appearances (goals): / (A) 22 (10) [2017/18] [AFC Champions League] as of February 1, 2018 J1 appearances (goals): 76 (14) / 147 (31) [at Reds / Overall] First team appearances (goals) in Japan: 119 (23) / 196 (44) [at Reds / Overall] Slovenian first division appearances (goals): 155 (40) [02/03–07/08] Belgian first division appearances (goals): 125 (27) [07/08–11/12] International caps (goals): 48 (6) as of February 1, 2018 18 19 URAWA REDS PLAYER PROFILES URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL ENGLISH GUIDE 2018 Midfielder Goalkeeper ABE Yuki ENOMOTO Tetsuya 22 阿部 勇樹 25 榎本 哲也 Nationality: Japanese Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: September 6, 1981 Date of birth: May 2, 1983 Place of birth: Ichikawa, Chiba Pref. Place of birth: kawasaki, Kanagawa Pref. Height / Weight: 178cm / 77kg Height / Weight: 180cm / 76kg Previous clubs: JEF United Chiba, Urawa Reds, Previous clubs: Yokohama F.Marinos Leicester City FC (England,2010-11) Joined Reds: February, 2017 Joined Reds: February, 2007 / February, 2012 Reds debut: May 1, 2017 v FC Seoul / Reds debut: February 24, 2007 v Gamba Osaka South Korea (A) [AFC Champions League] [Fuji Xerox Super Cup] appearances (goals): 238 (0) [at Marinos] J1 appearances (goals): First team appearances (goals): 322 (48) / 536 (71) [at Reds / Overall] 5 (0) / 335 (0) [at Reds / Overall] First team appearances (goals) in Japan: as of February 1, 2018 422 (48) / 688 (95) [at Reds / Overall] English Football League Championship appearances (goals): 52 (2) [10/11–11/12] Personal Honours: Yamazaki Nabisco Cup New Hero Prize [2005] J. League Best Eleven [2005/2006/2007/2016] International caps (goals): 53 (3) as of February 1, 2018

Goalkeeper Defender IWADATE Nao OGIWARA Takuya 23 岩舘 直 26 荻原 拓也 Nationality: Japanese Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: August 17, 1988 Date of birth: November 23, 1999 Place of birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Pref. Place of birth: Kawagoe, Saitama Pref. Height / Weight: 183cm / 78kg Height / Weight: 175cm / 69kg Previous club: Arte Takasaki, Mito Hollyhock Previous club: Urawa Reds Youth Joined Reds: June, 2014 Joined Reds: February, 2018 Reds debut: --- Reds debut: March 7, 2018 v Grampus J1 appearances (goals): --- [YBC Levain Cup] Total first team appearances (goals): J1 appearances (goals): --- 4 (0) [at Takasaki] as of February 1, 2018 as of February 1, 2018

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Defender Midfielder HASHIOKA Daiki SHIBATO Kai 27 橋岡 大樹 29 柴戸 海 Nationality: Japanese Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: May 17, 1999 Date of birth: November 24, 1995 Place of birth: Saitama, Saitama Pref. Place of birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Pref. Height / Weight: 182cm / 73kg Height / Weight: 180cm / 70kg Previous club: Urawa Reds Youth Previous club: Meiji University Joined Reds: February, 2018 Joined Reds: February, 2018 Reds debut: August 30, 2017 v (A) Reds debut: --- [YBC Levain Cup] J1 appearances (goals): --- J1 appearances (goals): --- as of February 1, 2018 First team appearances (goals): 2 (0) as of February 1, 2018

Forward Goalkeeper KOROKI Shinzo FUKUSHIMA Haruki 30 興梠 慎三 28 福島 春樹 Nationality: Japanese Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: July 31, 1986 Date of birth: April 8, 1993 Place of birth: Miyazaki, Miyazaki Pref. Place of birth: Seto, Aichi Pref. Height / Weight: 175cm / 72kg Height / Weight: 182cm / 78kg Previous club: Kashima Antlers Previous clubs: Senshu University, Urawa Reds, Joined Reds: February, 2013 Gainare Tottori (on loan, June-December, 2016) Reds debut: Joined Reds: February, 2016 / February, 2017 March 2, 2013 v Sanfrecce Hiroshima (A) Reds debut: --- J1 appearances (goals): J1 league appearances (goals): 0 153 (71) / 345 (120) [at Reds / Overall] First team appearances (goals): 16 (0) [at Tottori] First team appearances (goals): as of February 1, 2018 207 (96) / 490 (167) [at Reds / Overall] International caps (goals): 16 (0) as of February 1, 2018

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Defender Defender IWANAMI Takuya MORIWAKI Ryota 31 岩波 拓也 46 森脇 良太 Nationality: Japanese Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: June 18, 1994 Date of birth: April 6, 1986 Place of birth: Kobe, Hyogo Pref. Place of birth: Fukuyama, Hiroshima Pref. Height / Weight: 186cm / 72kg Height / Weight: 177cm / 75kg Previous clubs: Previous clubs: Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Ehime FC (on loan), Joined Reds: February, 2018 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Reds debut: March 7, 2018 v (A) Joined Reds: February, 2013 [YBC Levain Cup] Reds debut: J1 league appearances (goals): 106 (4) [at Kobe] February 26, 2013 v Guangzhou Evergrande FC First team appearances (goals): 178 (9) [at Kobe] / China (A) [AFC Champions League] as of February 1, 2018 J1 appearances (goals): 155 (9) / 275 (17) [at Reds / Overall] First team appearances (goals): 213 (12) / 469 (31) [at Reds / Overall] International caps (goals): 3 (0) as of February 1, 2018

Midfielder KIKUCHI Daisuke 38 菊池 大介 Nationality: Japanese Date of birth: April 12, 1991 Place of birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Pref. Height / Weight: 172cm / 68kg Previous clubs: Shonan Bellmare, Thespa Kusatsu (on loan), Shonan Bellmare Joined Reds: February, 2017 Reds debut: February 18, 2017 v Kahima Antlers (N) [Fuji Xerox Super Cup] J1 league appearances (goals): 8 (0) / 104 (8) [at Reds / Overall] First team appearances (goals): 17 (0) / 299 (33) [at Reds / Overall] as of February 1, 2018

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COACHING STAFF Team Staff Team Manager Medical Director NIGA Sadao 仁賀 定雄 Doctor SEKI Yoshiei 関 芳衛 HORI Takafumi Athletic Trainer NOZAKI Nobuyuki 野崎 信行 堀 孝史 Trainer SAITO Hideto 齋藤 秀人 Date of birth September 10, 1967 Athletic Trainer NISHIGAKI Terumitsu 西垣 輝光 Place of birth Atsugi, Kanagawa Pref. 鈴木 仁 Playing career , Trainer SUZUKI Hitoshi Urawa Reds, Interpreter Rodrigo SIMOES ロドリゴ シ モ エス Bellmare Hiratsuka (current Shonan Bellmare) Team Secretary MIZUKAMI Hirofumi 水上 裕文 Assistant Team Secretary SEKI Toshihiro 関 敏浩 Managing career Assistant Team Secretary TSUKAGOSHI Kentaro 塚越 健太郎 2002-2003 Shonan Bellmare junior and youth teams coach 2003-2004 Shonan Bellmare coach 2005-2006 Urawa Reds Youth coach 2007-2011Oct. Urawa Reds coach 2011 Oct.-Dec. Urawa Reds team manager 2012-2017 July Urawa Reds coach Team Mascot 2017 August- Urawa Reds team manager

Head Coach Coach Coach AMANO Kenichi IKEDA Nobuyasu KOSAKA Yuki 天野 賢一 池田 伸康 小坂 雄樹 Date of birth April 3, 1975 Date of birth May 18, 1970 Date of birth August 6, 1977 Place of birth Yuki, Ibaraki Pref. Place of birth Saitama, Saitama Pref. Place of birth Fukushima, Fukushima Pref. Redia Nationality Uncertain Date of birth March 31, 1992 Place of birth Saitama, Saitama Pref. Since his J. League debut in 1993, Redia has Height / Weight 220cm / 100kg been ever-present at home matches in the Satel- lite League and various other events as well. He also takes an active part every year in Reds Festa, the annual get together for players and supporters. He married Friendia at a heart- GK Coach Coach in charge of analysis warming ceremony attended by many fans in TSUCHIDA Hisashi YAMADA Eiichiro 土田 尚史 山田 栄一郎 1997. They were blessed with twins, a boy and a Date of birth February 1, 1967 Date of birth June 15, 1971 girl, on Decemner 2nd, 2006, the very day that Place of birth Okayama, Okayama Pref. Place of birth Hofu,Yamaguchi Pref. Reds won their first league championship. 26 27 URAWA RED DIAMONDS OFFICIAL ENGLISH GUIDE 2018

SPORTS FOR PEACE! Urawa Red Diamonds For A Stadium We Can Be Proud Of! Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific Urawa Reds are aiming to spread peace and happiness through sport under the United Nations SPORTS FOR PEACE! Project in association with the Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific. “Sport is a battle. But a battle with rules.” The players are expected to fight by the rules and the club as a whole is aiming to build the Reds Won- derland as a non-everyday space. The SPORTS FOR PEACE! Project has become known to many people through such activities as the assistance provided to the disas- ter zone since the Great East Japan Earthquake and also the SPORTS FOR PEACE! logo on the players’ shirts. Starting in 2014, ‘Creating a Safer Stadium’ has been highlighted as an important Sharing Joy Through Sport activity theme under the concept, ‘For A Stadium We Can Be Proud Of!’ with calls to all fans and supporters for their participation and understanding. We believe that passion- Sport is about the happiness of joys, thrills and encounters. ate, rule-based support both firms up bonds among friends and helps the team to win. Urawa Reds’ ultimate goal is to realise the J. League’s 100 Year We want to fight altogether with the help of everyone’s passionate, rule-based support Vision of the Sports Community for All. to create a safer, more agreeable stadium. That means sharing the happiness of sport with the entire community. Creating a safer stadium depends on maintaining the valued dialogue we already have with all fans and supporters. There is no change in our respect for everyone’s We believe that the greatest happiness also produces peace. autonomy and no intention to impose unnecessary restrictions that could obstruct the Urawa Reds are participating in the United Nations’ official Sports freedom of support. for Development and Peace Programme through Seeking also to protect the environment for spontaneous support, we have tightened the Sports for Peace! Project. up our Six Prohibitions that especially have to be respected in security and other mat- ters in order to achieve that safety. In the case of smoking at Saitama Stadium, for Sport is Fighting by the Rules example, people are requested to smoke only in designated smoking areas but the smoking areas on the concourse behind the stands have been expanded. Sport is a battle. But a battle with rules. The stadium we can be proud of cannot be achieved by tightening up rules and secu- The players must play by the rules. rity measures alone. This needs the agreement of the fans and supporters. We ear- Fair Play nurtures the hearts of our children. nestly request the voluntary participation and understanding of all. Urawa Reds are trying to build the Reds Wonderland as a safe and agreeable, non-everyday space. 1.Project Outline Rule-abiding support by all fans and supporters deepens bonds (1)Title: SPORTS FOR PEACE! Project (SfP) with friends and helps the team win as well. Urawa Reds implements SfP in partnership with a non-governmental organisation, the We want our stadium to be a place where everyone can feel Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific, under the official United Nations Sports for all of the happiness; a stadium where we can all feel pride. Development and Peace Programme to connect sporting activities with the causes of Let’s build that stadium together! health, children’s education and peace. 28 29

(2)Concept: For A Stadium We Can Be Proud Of!

①To play fairly from start to finish. ②To make Reds Wonderland an agreeable place where human bonds are valued. Among the various prohibited behaviours, the Six Prohibitions have been singled out ③To build a safer stadium arm-in-arm with the fans and supporters. as being especially important. They are:

The players and staff are expected to understand SPORTS FOR PEACE! and realise “Play Based on the Spirit of Fair Play” , “Reds Wonderland” and “The Safe Stadium” . The club presents the SPORTS FOR PEACE! Project’s activities in the stadium and on the official website and calls for everyone’s understanding and participation through voluntary initiatives.

(1) International Grassroots Activities

The Heart-full Club visits countries across Asia with its Heart-full Soccer in Asia activity for conveying the joys of football and friendship to local children.

(2) Great East Japan Earthquake Assistance Project

Players, coaches and the Heart-full Club have been visiting areas of the Iwate Prefec- ture coast devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake to provide emotional and The players and staff cooperate with and participate in a wide range of social enlight- other forms of support to the children. Donations collected at the stadium etc. have enment activities organised by the Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific, local been used in partnership with the Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific to deliver government organisations etc. materials etc., together with the heartfelt wishes of all who contributed, to the people who suffered in the disaster.

(3) Activities at the Stadium

A booth has been set up on the South Plaza outside the stadium and the Aurora Vision and other facilities are also used to introduce the SPORTS FOR PEACE! videos, photo- graphs, banners, posters etc. Children of season ticket holders bearing the SPORTS FOR PEACE! flag lead the players onto the pitch at home games and the various activi- ties to promulgate the safe stadium concept to all fans and supporters also include special campaigns on designated SPORTS FOR PEACE! Days. Urawa Reds are aiming to spread peace and happiness through sport under the United Nations SPORTS FOR PEACE! Project in association with the Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific. “Sport is a battle. But a battle with rules.” The players are expected to fight by the rules and the club as a whole is aiming to build the Reds Won- derland as a non-everyday space. The SPORTS FOR PEACE! Project has become known to many people through such activities as the assistance provided to the disas- ter zone since the Great East Japan Earthquake and also the SPORTS FOR PEACE! logo on the players’ shirts. Starting in 2014, ‘Creating a Safer Stadium’ has been highlighted as an important activity theme under the concept, ‘For A Stadium We Can Be Proud Of!’ with calls to all fans and supporters for their participation and understanding. We believe that passion- ate, rule-based support both firms up bonds among friends and helps the team to win. We want to fight altogether with the help of everyone’s passionate, rule-based support to create a safer, more agreeable stadium. Creating a safer stadium depends on maintaining the valued dialogue we already have with all fans and supporters. There is no change in our respect for everyone’s autonomy and no intention to impose unnecessary restrictions that could obstruct the freedom of support. Seeking also to protect the environment for spontaneous support, we have tightened up our Six Prohibitions that especially have to be respected in security and other mat- ters in order to achieve that safety. In the case of smoking at Saitama Stadium, for example, people are requested to smoke only in designated smoking areas but the smoking areas on the concourse behind the stands have been expanded. The stadium we can be proud of cannot be achieved by tightening up rules and secu- rity measures alone. This needs the agreement of the fans and supporters. We ear- nestly request the voluntary participation and understanding of all.

Urawa Reds implements SfP in partnership with a non-governmental organisation, the Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific, under the official United Nations Sports for Development and Peace Programme to connect sporting activities with the causes of health, children’s education and peace.

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(2)Concept: For A Stadium We Can Be Proud Of! The Six Prohibitions at the stadium have also been reinforced. ①To play fairly from start to finish. ②To make Reds Wonderland an agreeable place where human bonds are valued. Among the various prohibited behaviours, the Six Prohibitions have been singled out ③To build a safer stadium arm-in-arm with the fans and supporters. as being especially important. They are: 2.Main Activities ① Discriminatory The players and staff are expected to understand SPORTS FOR PEACE! and realise ② Violent behaviour expressions “Play Based on the Spirit of Fair Play” , “Reds Wonderland” and “The Safe Stadium” . The club presents the SPORTS FOR PEACE! Project’s activities in the stadium and on the official website and calls for everyone’s understanding and participation through voluntary initiatives. ③ Throwing things ④ Vandalism into the pitch (1) International Grassroots Activities

The Heart-full Club visits countries across Asia with its Heart-full Soccer in Asia activity ⑤ Trespassing into for conveying the joys of football and friendship to local children. ⑥ Smoking in the stands prohibited zones (2) Great East Japan Earthquake Assistance Project (4) Coordination with Related Organisations Players, coaches and the Heart-full Club have been visiting areas of the Iwate Prefec- ture coast devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake to provide emotional and The players and staff cooperate with and participate in a wide range of social enlight- other forms of support to the children. Donations collected at the stadium etc. have enment activities organised by the Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific, local been used in partnership with the Friends of the United Nations Asia-Pacific to deliver government organisations etc. materials etc., together with the heartfelt wishes of all who contributed, to the people who suffered in the disaster. Message from Dr. Noel J. Brown, President & C.E.O. of the Friends of UN (3) Activities at the Stadium At the general assembly of the United Nations in 2005 established the 'Sport for Development and Peace' project. A booth has been set up on the South Plaza outside the stadium and the Aurora Vision This program utilizes sports as a method to bring the world together and teach the and other facilities are also used to introduce the SPORTS FOR PEACE! videos, photo- importance of each country's culture, but above all focuses primarily on showing how sports are wonderful as they have proper rules but are still delightful. graphs, banners, posters etc. Children of season ticket holders bearing the SPORTS The United Nations recognizes it is noble sportsmanship to show your opponents FOR PEACE! flag lead the players onto the pitch at home games and the various activi- compassion while competing under and abiding by a set of rules. ties to promulgate the safe stadium concept to all fans and supporters also include It is our hope that the Urawa Reds and your supporters can transmit from the special campaigns on designated SPORTS FOR PEACE! Days. stadium the message of fair play mentality and open-mindedness to proud lovers of sports all across the world.

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URAWA REDS 2017 - STATISTICS URAWA REDS MANAGEMENT DATA Unit: millions of yen Competition Results P W D L F A Pts 2012 FY 2013FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY J. League Division 1 7th 34 14 7 13 64 54 49 Operating income 5,353 5,786 5,854 6,088 6,606 Emperor's Cup Round 16 3 2 0 1 6 6 Gate receipts 1,988 2,132 1,982 2,174 2,375 YBC Levain Cup Quarter Final 2 0 2 0 2 2 Advertising income 2,121 2,319 2,380 2,549 2,593 Sale of goods 558 705 788 687 778 Xerox Super Cup 1 0 0 1 2 3 Home Distribution from J. League 267 258 263 270 319 AFC Champions League Champions 14 8 2 4 30 15 Attendance Others 419 372 441 408 541

FIFA Club Wordl Cup 5th 2 1 0 1 3 3 Aggregate: 570,215 Business costs 5,202 5,633 5,642 5,961 6,426 Suruga Bank Championship Winners 1 1 0 0 1 0 Average: 33,542 Operating costs 4,654 5,050 5,025 5,301 5,749 Administration costs 2,231 2,499 2,460 2,805 URAWA REDS 2017 MATCH RESULTS 2,677 Team administration costs 2,423 2,552 2,565 2,624 2,944 Date Competition Opponents H/A Result Date Competition Opponents H/A Result [portion of this for remuneration of players, manager & coaching staff] （1,910） (2,016) (2,054) （2,100） （2,381） 2/18 Xerox SC Kashima N 2-3 7/22 J1-22 C. Osaka A 2-4 General administration costs 548 582 617 660 676 2/21 ACL-1 Western Sydney A 4-0 7/29 J1-19 Sapporo A 0-2 Operating profit 150 153 212 127 180 2/25 J1-1 Yokohama FM A 2-3 8/5 J1-20 Omiya H 2-2 Pretax profit 152 161 204 126 184 2/28 ACL-2 FC Seoul H 5-2 8/9 J1-21 Kofu A 1-0 Net Profit this term 151 92 118 51 173 3/4 J1-2 C. Osaka H 3-1 8/15 Suruga Bank CS Chapecoense N 1-0 2-1 3/10 J1-3 Kofu H 4-1 8/19 J1-23 FC Tokyo H Financial status of club Unit: millions of yen 3/15 ACL-3 Shanghai SIPG A 2-3 8/23 ACL QF-1 Kawasaki A 1-3 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY

3/19 J1-4 G. Osaka A 1-1 8/27 J1-24 Shimizu A 2-1 Total assets 1,130 1,279 1,309 1,549 2,015

4/1 J1-5 Kobe A 3-1 8/30 LC QF-1 C. Osaka A 0-0 Total liabilities 603 659 571 760 828

4/7 J1-6 Sendai H 7-0 9/3 LC QF-2 C. Osaka H 2-2 Net assets 527 620 738 789 1,187

4/11 ACL-4 Shanghai SIPG H 1-0 9/9 J1-25 Kashiwa H 1-2 Capital 160 160 160 160 386 4/16 J1-7 FC Tokyo A 1-0 9/13 ACL QF-2 Kawasaki H 4-1 4/22 J1-8 Sapporo H 3-2 9/17 J1-26 Iwata A 1-1 4/26 ACL-5 Western Sydney H 6-1 9/20 EC R16 Kashima N 2-4 Trends in club income (breakdowns & totals) Unit: millions of yen 4/30 J1-9 Omiya A 0-1 9/23 J1-27 Tosu H 2-2 Operating income 3 main sources of income 5/4 J1-10 Kashima H 0-1 9/27 ACL SF-1 Shanghai SIPG A 1-1 5/10 ACL-6 FC Seoul A 0-1 10/1 J1-28 Sendai A 3-2 7,000 7,000 5/14 J1-11 A 6-1 10/14 J1-29 Kobe H 1-1 6,606 5/20 J1-12 Shimizu H 3-3 10/18 ACL SF-2 Shanghai SIPG H 1-0 6,088 5/24 ACL R16-1 Jeju United A 0-2 10/22 J1-30 G. Osaka H 3-3 6,000 5,854 6,000 5,786 5/31 ACL R16-2 Jeju United H 3-0 10/29 J1-31 Hiroshima A 1-0 5,746

6/4 J1-14 Kashiwa A 0-1 11/5 J1-32 Kashima A 0-1 5,553 5,410 6/18 J1-15 Iwata H 2-4 11/18 ACL Final-1 Al-Hilal A 1-1 5,156 5,150 5,000 5,000 6/21 EC-2 Morioka N 3-2 11/25 ACL Final-2 Al-Hilal H 1-0 4,667 6/25 J1-16 Tosu A 1-2 11/29 J1-33 Kawasaki H 0-1 7/1 J1-17 Hiroshima H 4-3 12/2 J1-34 Yokohama FM H 0-1 7/5 J1-13 Kawasaki A 1-4 12/9 FCWC QF Al Jazira N 0-1 4,000 4,000 2012FY 2013FY 2014FY 2015FY 2016FY 7/9 J1-18 Niigata H 2-1 12/12 FCWC 5th Place Wydad Casalanca N 3-2 ・The 3 main sources of income are gate receipts, advertising income and the sale of goods. 7/12 EC-3 Kumamoto N 1-0

32 33 CLUB HISTORY 1993 #Hesitant Beginnings Reds struggled in their first J. League sea- Before the J. League crowd of 40,000. son. Pre-season problems at the prepara- J. League Suntory Series : 10th/10 J. League Nicos Series : 10th/10 Overall : 10th/10 Like most other J. League clubs, Urawa Mitsubishi’s tory level were compounded by the early Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Qualifying league Reds started out as a company-based team greatest period departure of two Argentine signings, Victor Emperor’s Cup : Second round run for the benefit of company staff. was from 1969 Ferreyra and Marcelo Morales. The club It all began in 1950 with the formation to 1982, when brought in Germans of a football club at Kobe-based Shin-Mit- they won the and , and Slovak keeper Miroslav subishi Heavy Industries. The club relocat- league champi- Mentel in mid-season, but with injuries, too, ed to Tokyo together with the company in onship 4 times, finished last in both the First and Second 1958. The company changed its name to came second 6 Stages. On the bright side, Reds drew sell- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 1964. Before times, and also out crowds at every home game. Mori long, they had developed to become one of took the Emperor’s Cup on 4 occasions. In Takaji stepped down as manager at the the powerhouses of Japanese company 1978, Mitsubishi won Japan’s first ever tre- end of the season. football, a status that was maintained for ble (the league, Emperor’s Cup and League the next three decades. When Japan’s first Cup). For the League Cup, the first of non-professional national league, the Japan those three trophies, the team colour was 1994 #Buchwald Arrives! Soccer League ( JSL ) , was launched i n changed from blue to red, and it has stayed Guido Buchwald and Uwe Bein joined Reds 1965, Mitsubishi were one of the eight that way ever since. in July to give the team more stability in de- J. League Suntory Series : 12th/12 founding members. The 1980’s included a difficult patch J. League Nicos Series : 11th/12 Overall : 12th/12 fence and new attacking options. Reds, Four Mitsubishi players were regular and the team were even relegated to Divi- Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Second round now under Yokoyama Kenzo , were looking Emperor’s Cup : Quarter-finals members of the team that won Japan’s his- sion 2 at the end of the 1988/89 season. A better and new winger Okano Masayuk i was toric bronze medal at the Mexico Olympics young striker named Fukuda Masahiro ar- entertaining the fans with extraordinary dis- of 1968, including goalkeeper Yokoyama rived at the club the following year and they plays of speed. But the results still were Kenzo and midfielder Mori Takaji. That bounced straight back by winning Division 2. not coming and Reds wound up bottom success gave a great spur to football’s The club changed umbrellas from Mit- again in the First Stage for the third stage popularity in Japan, a change symbolised subishi Heavy Industries to Mitsubishi Mo- in a row. Bein was injured for the Second by a match between Mitsubishi and Yanmar tors for the 1990/91 season in preparation Stage, but this time Reds climbed up one at the National Stadium in Tokyo on No- for joining the J. League -- the nation’s first place from the bottom. vember 17, 1968, that featured several professional football league -- again as Olympic stars and attracted a record JSL founding members.

1992 #Birth of Urawa Reds 1995 #Reds Rising

The name was changed from Mitsubishi to nals, and approached the J. League’s New German manager Holger Osieck dis- renovated to hold 21,500. Urawa Red Diamonds and the first Reds opening season with high expectations. covered superior balance with Buchwald at team played in the inaugural J. League Ya- Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : 5th in the Group the back, Bein in midfield and strikers mazaki Nabisco Cup -- in effect, the pre-J. Emperor’s Cup : Semi-finals Fukuda and Okano leading the attack. Reds League tournament -- in 1992. They were even had a chance to win the First Stage guided by former Mitsubishi player Mori but eventually ended third behind Yoko- Takaj, who had since also managed the hama Marinos and Verdy Kawasaki. Fuku- Japan national team. The team featured da, with 32 goals, became the young two players from , Osvaldo Escud- league's first Japanese top scorer and ero and Marcelo Trivisonno, and a Japan- Reds finished a highly creditable fourth in ese-Peruvian, Edwin Uehara. Reds finished the overall standings. Komaba Stadium was fifth in the first-round group stage and did J. League Suntory Series : 3rd/14 not advance to the semi-finals. They did, J. League Nicos Series : 8th/14 Overall : 4th/14 however, reach the Emperor’s Cup semi-fi- Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : not held Emperor’s Cup : Quarter-finals 34 35 1996 #Aiming for the Title 1999 #Relegation

France defender teamed up with on November 2. Osieck and Bein left at the The J. League introduced a two-division Buchwald to add further security at the end of the season. format in 1999, and Reds were one of the J. League First Stage : 13th/16 back. Okano and new forward Oshiba Kenji first two clubs to go down. Ono was ab- J. League Second Stage : 14th/16 Overall : 15th/16 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Qualifying league kept opponents on their toes despite the sent, first on FIFA U-20 World Youth Cham- Emperor’s Cup : Fourth round frequent absence of Fukuda through injury. pionship duty and then due to a serious 1996 was the year when the J. League was knee injury suffered in June. Hara was dis- played without stages as a single, season- missed after Reds finished 13th out of 16 in long tournament, and Reds’ consistency the first stage, but his replacement, Dutch- took them close to the title. Only a penalty man , could not turn the tide. shoot-out separated Reds and the champi- Reds eventually went down on goal differ- ons, Kashima Antlers, in the decisive match ence. Even an extra time winner by Fukuda

J. League : 6th/16 in the final match was not quite enough. Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Qualifying league Emperor’s Cup : Semi-finals

1997 #Times of Trial and Error 2000 #Straight back

Reds’ new passing game under Horst Kop- Saito Kazuo took charge with the brief to lift pel never quite gelled and the German man- J. League First Stage : 9th/17 the club back into the top flight in only one J. League Second Stage : 7th/17 Overall : 10th/17 ager stayed only one season. New Austrian season. Beguiristain had left, but Reds J. League Division 2 : 2nd/11 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Second round Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : First round signing Michael Baur had difficulty adjusting Emperor’s Cup : Fourth round signed Polish forward Andrzej Kubica. It Emperor’s Cup : Fourth round to life in Japan and left soon after the start. was a gruelling 44-game season and the The new signings for the Second Stage final run in a hard uphill struggle. Saito was were Spain midfielder Aitor Beguiristain and assisted from mid-season by former Reds Dutch defender Alfred Nijhuis. Yugoslavia manager Yokoyama Kenzo , now general international Zeljko Petrovic also arrived in manager, and Brazilian physical coach Luis time for the Emperor’s Cup but the overall Flavio also joined for the finishing stretch. consistency had slipped away and Buch- Reds clinched promotion with a golden goal wald, too, left after the finish. in extra time of the very last match.

1998 #New : Ono Shinji 2001 #Farewell to Ono

An 18-year-old midfielder, Ono Shinji , be- 2001 was Reds’ Brazilian year. The new came the pride of Reds and then all Japan J.League First Stage : 7th/18 signings included Brazil national team mid- J. League First Stage : 7th/16 when called up by manager Okada Takeshi J.League Second Stage : 3rd/18 Overall : 6th/18 fielder Donizete, Adriano and , plus J. League Second Stage : 12th/16 Overall : 10th/16 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Qualifying league Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Quarter-finals to join the squad for Japan’s first ever Emperor’s Cup : Quarter-finals Ihara Masami, the most capped player in Emperor’s Cup : Semi-finals World Cup at France ’98. Reds, under new Japanese football history with 123 interna- coach Hara Hiromi , had their nose in front tional “A” caps. Ono returned to top condi- in the second stage but the form fell while tion and performed wonders in the First Ono was away at the Asian Youth Champi- Stage, but the team slumped again after he onship. Reds finished third, but Ono was left for in the summer. Brazilian named the J. League’s best new player of manager was replaced by compatriot the year and voted onto the league’s Best and assistant, . Reds staved off relega- XI. He was also the AFC’s Asian Player of tion with the help of two more Brazilians the year. signed in mid-season, forward Emerson and midfielder Harison. 36 37 2002 #Getting Close 2005 #Emperor’s Cup Winners

Former Japan manager Hans Ooft re-laid The J. League introduced the 34-match club’s young stars made a great contribu- the foundations to turn Reds into title con- J. League First Stage : 11th/16 league season with no separation into tion to that victory. tenders. Fukuda was pulled back into mid- J. League Second Stage : 8th/16 Overall : 11th/16 stages from this year. Alpay and Emerson J. League : 2nd/18 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Runners-up Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Semi-finals field to feed the Brazilian attacking duo of left during the season and were replaced by Emperor’s Cup : Third round Emperor’s Cup : Winners Emerson and Tuto. In October, Reds Brazilian midfielder and reached the League Cup final and briefly Croatian striker Tomislav Maric. Despite led the league’s Second Stage. But they challenging strongly from May, a poor start bowed to Kashima Antlers in the cup, de- to the season cost Reds dearly and they feated by an unfortunate deflection, and eventually wound up second to Gamba went on to lose their last 6 league matches. Osaka in the league. Reds finished the Defender Tsuboi Keisuke was named the season on a high by winning the Emperor’s J. League’s best new player. Fukuda and Cup, which ran from December to New Ihara both retired at the end of the season. Year’s Day, 2006, qualifying thereby to play in the 2007 Asian Champions League. The 2003 #A Trophy at Last! 2006 #J. League Champions

Brazil international was briefly on Reds performed well from the kick-off, went match in charge. Alex left on loan to Red the books at the start of the season. His J. League First Stage : 6th/16 top in September and won their first ever J. Bull Salzburg at the end of the season. sudden departure unsettled Reds’ early J. League Second Stage : 6th/16 Overall : 6th/16 League championship. New signing Wash- Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Winners league campaign but the rise of young play- Emperor’s Cup : Third round ington scored a rate of a game and the ers such as Yamase Koji and Hasebe firmness of Reds defence was also much Makoto brought new quality to the side. admired. Tulio was named MVP at the J. Australia defender and Russia League Awards, shared the top defender Yuri Nikiforov came in at the back, scorer Prize. With 7 players also selected and Emerson discovered a goal-scoring for the Japan national team, this was the hotline in partnership with Tanaka Tatsuya. year that Reds became Japan’s undisputed In the League Cup, Reds won their first top club. Making full use of the richly talent- J. League : Campions ever J. League title 4-0 against Antlers in a ed squad, victory in the Emperor’s Cup also Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Best 8 rematch of the 2002 final. Ooft left at the followed. The final was a wonderful send-off Emperor’s Cup : Winners end of the season. for manager Guido Buchwald in his last 2004 #Second Stage Champions 2007 #Asian Champions

Guido Buchwald took charge and Reds Osieck returned to the helm and led the AFC Champions League : Champions made unprecedented signings for their J. League First Stage : 3rd/16 team to a historic victory in the AFC Cham- FIFA Club World Cup : Third place J. League : Runners-up league championship campaign: national J. League Second Stage : 1st/16 Overall : 2nd/16 pions League. New signing Abe Yuki soon Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Runners Up Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Quarter-finals team players Alex, Okano Masayuki and Sakai Emperor’s Cup : Semi-finals became indispensable to the team. Reds Emperor’s Cup : Fourth round Tomoyuki, and Olympic defender Tulio. became the first Japanese club to play at Turkey defender Alpay Ozalan and Nene the FIFA Club World Cup and won third from Brazil also joined midway. Reds place in that competition. Reds narrowly stayed top from game two of the Second failed to retain the J. League title but the Stage, which started in August, and won name of Urawa Reds became much better the Second Stage title in overwhelming known around Asia and the world. Nagai form. The Suntory Championship, however, and Ponte were named MVP at the ACL ended 1-1 on aggregate and Yokohama and J. League Awards, respectively. Wash- F.Marinos took the penalty shootout 4-2. ington, Nene, Ono and Hasebe left at the The overall title slipped from Reds’ grasp. end of the season. 38 39 2008 # A Season of Disappointments 2011#Survival

The team was strengthened by several new Zeljko Petrovic, who played in midfield for Reds arrivals including national team forward Takahara in the nineties, took over with the promise of Naohiro and midfielder Alex () improving on the previous season’s results. but Holger Osieck was released after Reds lost J.League play was suspended, though, for a their first two league games of the season and month and a half just after the season kicked off coach took over. Engels moved due to the Great East Japan Earthquake on Tulio into midfield and, with bold use of young March 11th. Reds struggled from the restart and talent, Reds were top of the table after the ninth the confidence melted away. Petrovic was round of games. The form slipped in the second released in October and youth team manager part of the season, though, and they wound up Takafumi Hori took over for the last five league a disappointing seventh. Reds received a bye as matches. Reds only barely stayed up in 15th champions to the quarter-finals of the AFC Asian AFC Champions League: Semi-finals place but did reach their first Yamazaki Nabisco Champions League but fell to Gamba Osaka in J. League: 7th/18 Cup final since 2004. J. League: 15th/18 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Finalists the semi-final, unable to retain their title. Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Qualifying group Emperor’s Cup: Fifth round Emperor’s Cup: Quarter-finals

2009 #Rebuilding 2012 #Rediscovering the trust

Five players were inducted from the youth team Mihailo Petrovic (Misha) arrived after leading as , who had done so much good Sanfrecce Hiroshima until the previous season nurturing work at Freiburg in Germany, took over to take the helm as Reds’ new manager. the helm with the goal of long-term rebuilding. Midfielder returned from Leicester City Yamada Naoki, making his national team debut and national team defender on at the age of 18, and the other youngsters loan signed from 1. FC Köln. Reds rose to learned Finke’s “combination football” well. second place after six games and stayed firmly Reds were a better than anticipated second in in contention until a shock 2-1 home defeat to J1 at the turnaround but the form then dropped already-relegated Consadole Sapporo in the off with injuries to key players and a run of seven 28th section. Reds straight defeats followed in the mid-summer finally wound up heat. Reds were 6th at the finish. third. J. League: 6th/18 J. League: 3rd/18 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Quarter-finals Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Qualifying group Emperor’s Cup: Second round Emperor’s Cup: Fourth round

2010 #Sliding down 2013 #Chasing Three Titles

Finke’s second year at the helm started with the Reds reinforced their squad with the signings of arrival of national team midfielder Kashiwagi national team quality defenders Yosuke as Reds aimed to go higher again. In (Kashiwa Reysol) and (Sanfrecce January, though, key midfielder Yamada Naoki Hiroshima), midfielder Kunimitsu Sekiguchi (Vegalta broke a leg playing for the national team and Sendai) and striker Shinzo Koroki (Kashima Antlers). injuries to other core players followed in the Reds crashed out in Group F of the AFC Champions summer. Abe Yuki, after performing magnifi- League, however, level on points with group cently for Japan at the World Cup in South runners-up (Korea Repub- Africa, then moved to English club Leicester City lic) but third by the head-to-head results. Reds again in August. Reds were creating the chances but reached the J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup Final not putting them away and slid down the table for the second time in three years but finished as to finish the season in tenth. Robson Ponte left runners-up. In the J. League, too many goals were J. League: 10th/18 J. League: 6th/18 at the end of the season. Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Qualifying group conceded and three straight losses at the end saw Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Finalists Emperor’s Cup: Quarter-finals Reds drop out of contention to come sixth. Emperor’s Cup: Third round

40 41 2014#Disappointment in the Last Three Games of the Season 2017#A Roller Coaster Year and Second ACL Triumph

Reds reinforced the squad by acquiring Japan national team goalkeeper from Sanfrecce Hiroshima, striker from Southampton and midfielder from Omiya Ardija. Early in the season, the club had to play the first ever J. League match behind closed doors and Reds also lost forward to Hertha Berlin of Germany in the summer but the team grew increasingly into Misha’s way of playing football and led the table all of the way from the 11th round of games only to see the title slip from their grasp with a draw and two defeats in the J. League: 2nd/18 last three matches. Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Quarter finals Emperor's Cup: Third Round

2015#Gamba Osaka Block Reds’ Title Paths

Slovenian striker Zlatan Ljubijankic was one of 6 new signings and Reds’ reinforced squad targeted both the J. League and AFC Champi- Reds signed forward Rafael ons League titles only for a slow start to see Silva from Reds eliminated from the ACL in the group and the attack was on fire stage. In the J. League, now back to two stages, with 18 goals in 6 games in Reds moved into gear from April to lift the First the group stage of their Stage unbeaten with 12 wins and 5 draws in 17 third consecutive AFC matches. Reds advanced to the championship Champions League and play-offs in second place overall but lost 3-1 to sixth overall. Reds lost the Gamba Osaka in the semi-final. Reds also fell AFC Champions League: Qualifying group away leg of the Round of 16 2-1 to Gamba in the Emperor’ s Cup final. J. League First Stage: 1st/18 2-0 to Jeju of South Korea but fought back to a 3-0 win at home to advance to the last eight for the J. League Second Stage: 4th/18 Overall: 3rd/18 first time in 9 years. This was Misha’s 6th year in charge and the team’s mature combination and Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Quarter finals Rafael Silva’s superb shooting prowess initially lifted Reds to the top of the J. League table. The Emperor’s Cup: Finalists exhaustion began to show, however, after those gruelling games against Jeju. The defence leaked goals, the losses piled up, and Reds slid down the rankings. With no recovery in sight, Misha was 2016#More Pain in the Championship Play-offs released at the end of July and head coach Takafumi Hori took over. Soon after, Reds won the Suruga Bank Championship 1-0 against Chapecoense of Brazil and then, in September, Hori Promising defender joined from switched from Misha’s established 3-4-2-1 playing formation to 4-1-4-1. Brazilian defensive signing Shonan Bellmare and Reds overcame the Mauricio from Portuguese club Maritimo had an impact, too, in restoring stability at the back. defending champions, Guangzhou Ever- Reds staged a mighty recovery against fellow Japanese club in the ACL grande, to advance from the group stage in quarter-final, losing the first leg 3-1 away and conceding the first goal in the home leg, too, before the ACL. Reds stormed to victory in the J. winning the tie with four straight goals. Reds then drew 1-1 away and won 1-0 League Second Stage and in November won at home in both the semi-final and final, against Shanghai SIPG (China) and the J. League Levain Cup against Gamba Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia), respectively, to secure their second Asian title after a Osaka 5-4 on penalties following a 1-1 draw, gap of 10 years. Reds wound up 7th in the J. League and finished 5th at the their first title in 9 years. In the J. League FIFA Club World Cup in the UAE after defeating Casablanca of Morocco 3-2. championship play-offs, however, Reds fell in the final to Kashima Antlers, winning 1-0 away AFC Champions League : Champions FIFA Club World Cup : Fifth place but falling 2-1 in the second leg at home. AFC Champions League: Round of 16 J1 League : 7th/18 J. League First Stage: 3rd/18 YBC Lwvain Cup：Quarter finals J. League Second Stage: 1st/18 Overall: 2nd/18 Emperor’s Cup : Fourth round YBC Levain Cup: Winners Emperor’s Cup: Fourth round Suruga Bank Championship : Winners 42 43