2022 Urawa Red Diamonds season

The 2022 Urawa Red Diamonds season was the club's 72nd season in existence and the 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Urawa Red Diamonds participated in this season's editions of the Emperor's Cup, the J.League Cup, the Japanese Super Cup and the AFC Champions League.

Urawa Red Diamonds
2022 season
ChairmanKeizo Fuchita
Head coachRicardo Rodríguez
StadiumSaitama Stadium 2002
J1 League9th
Emperor's CupThird round
J.League CupSemi-finals
Japanese Super CupWinners
AFC Champions LeagueWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
David Moberg Karlsson (8)

All:
David Moberg Karlsson (13)
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Players edit

First-team squad edit

The team squad as of the end of the season.[1][2] 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 Shusaku Nishikawa (captain)
2 DF   JPN Hiroki Sakai
3 MF   JPN Atsuki Ito
4 DF   JPN Takuya Iwanami
6 DF   JPN Kazuaki Mawatari
7 FW   DEN Kasper Junker
8 MF   JPN Yoshio Koizumi
9 FW   NED Bryan Linssen
10 FW   SWE David Moberg Karlsson
11 MF   JPN Yusuke Matsuo
12 GK   JPN Zion Suzuki
13 DF   JPN Tomoya Inukai
14 MF   JPN Takahiro Sekine
15 MF   JPN Takahiro Akimoto
16 GK   JPN Ayumi Niekawa
17 FW   NED Alex Schalk
19 MF   JPN Ken Iwao (on loan from Tokushima Vortis)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF   JPN Tetsuya Chinen
21 MF   JPN Tomoaki Okubo
22 MF   JPN Kai Shibato
24 DF   JPN Yuta Miyamoto
25 MF   JPN Kaito Yasui
26 FW   JPN Rei Kihara
27 MF   JPN Kai Matsuzaki
28 DF   DEN Alexander Scholz
33 MF   JPN Ataru Esaka
40 MF   JPN Yuichi Hirano
42 DF   JPN Kota Kudo
44 DF   JPN Ayumu Ohata
45 DF   JPN Atsushi Inagaki Type 2
46 FW   JPN Jumpei Hayakawa Type 2
47 GK   JPN Shogo Neyama Type 2
48 GK   JPN Yuto Ebashi Type 2

Out on loan edit

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 Ryo Ishii (On loan at YSCC Yokohama)
DF   JPN Yudai Fujiwara (On loan at SC Sagamihara)
DF   JPN Takuya Ogiwara (On loan at Kyoto Sanga)
DF   JPN Ryuya Fukushima (On loan at SC Sagamihara)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   JPN Daiki Kaneko (On loan at Kyoto Sanga)
MF   JPN Hidetoshi Takeda (On loan at Omiya Ardija)
FW   JPN Shinzo Koroki (On loan at Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
FW   JPN Kenyu Sugimoto (On loan at Júbilo Iwata)

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

30 January 2022 Training match Urawa Red Diamonds   6–5   Sagan Tosu Kin, Japan
12:00 JST (UTC+9)
Urawa report
Sagan report
Stadium: Kin Town Football Center
23 July 2022 Friendly Paris Saint-Germain   3–0   Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama, Japan
19:00 JST (UTC+9)
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
16 November 2022 Friendly Urawa Red Diamonds   4–2   Eintracht Frankfurt Saitama, Japan
19:30 JST (UTC+9)
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
J1 League 19 February 2022 5 November 2022 Matchday 1 9th 34 10 15 9 48 39 +9 029.41
Emperor's Cup 1 June 2022 22 June 2022 Second round Third round 2 1 0 1 1 1 +0 050.00
J.League Cup 3 August 2022 24 September 2022 Quarter-finals Semi-finals 4 1 2 1 5 6 −1 025.00
Japanese Super Cup 12 February 2022 Final Winners 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
AFC Champions League 15 April 2022 6 May 2023 Group stage Winners 11 7 3 1 33 5 +28 063.64
Total 52 20 20 12 89 51 +38 038.46

Source: Soccerway

J1 League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Kashiwa Reysol 34 13 8 13 43 44 −1 47
8 Nagoya Grampus 34 11 13 10 30 35 −5 46
9 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 10 15 9 48 39 +9 45 Qualification for the AFC Champions League play-off round[a]
10 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 34 11 12 11 45 55 −10 45
11 Sagan Tosu 34 9 15 10 45 44 +1 42
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.
  1. ^ Qualified as 2022 AFC Champions League champions.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 10 15 9 48 39  +9 45 7 8 2 32 17  +15 3 7 7 16 22  −6

Source: Soccerway

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAAHAH
ResultLLWLWDDDDLDDDDLDWWDDWWWLWLDDWDLWLD
Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The league fixtures were announced on 21 January 2022.[3]

19 February 2022 1 Kyoto Sanga 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Kameoka
14:03 JST (UTC+9)
Report Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera
Attendance: 11,701
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
23 February 2022 9 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 Vissel Kobe Saitama
16:04 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 19,446
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
26 February 2022 2 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Gamba Osaka Saitama
15:01 JST (UTC+9) Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 16,121
Referee: Jumpei Iida
2 March 2022 10 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Kawasaki
19:03 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 14,696
Referee: Ryuji Sato
6 March 2022 3 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Shonan Bellmare Saitama
15:04 JST (UTC+9)
Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 19,144
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
13 March 2022 4 Sagan Tosu 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Tosu
15:03 JST (UTC+9)
Report Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
Attendance: 9,627
Referee: Hayato Shimizu
19 March 2022 5 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–1 Júbilo Iwata Saitama
15:04 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 24,207
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
2 April 2022 6 Consadole Sapporo 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Sapporo
19:03 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 11,345
Referee: Tomohiro Inoue
6 April 2022 7 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Shimizu S-Pulse Saitama
19:33 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 18,757
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
10 April 2022 8 FC Tokyo 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Chofu
14:02 JST (UTC+9) Report Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 22,429
Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya
8 May 2022 12 Kashiwa Reysol 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa
16:03 JST (UTC+9) Report Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium
Attendance: 13,418
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
13 May 2022 13 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Saitama
19:33 JST (UTC+9) Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 16,030
Referee: Jumpei Iida
18 May 2022 11 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–3 Yokohama F. Marinos Saitama
19:34 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 19,425
Referee: Yusuke Araki
21 May 2022 14 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kashima Antlers Saitama
17:04 JST (UTC+9)
Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 37,144
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
25 May 2022 15 Cerezo Osaka 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Osaka
19:03 JST (UTC+9)
Report Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium
Attendance: 7,346
Referee: Ryuji Sato
28 May 2022 16 Avispa Fukuoka 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Fukuoka
17:03 JST (UTC+9) Report Stadium: Best Denki Stadium
Attendance: 9,136
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
18 June 2022 17 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Nagoya Grampus Saitama
19:04 JST (UTC+9)
Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 28,699
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
26 June 2022 18 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Kobe
18:03 JST (UTC+9) Report
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 21,456
Referee: Tomohiro Inoue
2 July 2022 19 Gamba Osaka 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Suita
19:03 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita
Attendance: 18,741
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
6 July 2022 20 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 Kyoto Sanga Saitama
19:33 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 15,921
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
10 July 2022 21 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 FC Tokyo Saitama
19:03 JST (UTC+9)
Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 26,293
Referee: Hayato Shimizu
16 July 2022 22 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds Shizuoka
18:03 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira
Attendance: 11,776
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
30 July 2022 23 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Kawasaki Frontale Saitama
19:04 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 35,451
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
6 August 2022 24 Nagoya Grampus 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Toyota
19:03 JST (UTC+9)
Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 33,005
Referee: Jumpei Iida
13 August 2022 25 Júbilo Iwata 0–6 Urawa Red Diamonds Fukuroi
18:33 JST (UTC+9) Report
Stadium: Ecopa Stadium
Attendance: 12,462
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
3 September 2022 28 Kashima Antlers 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds Kashima
18:04 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 20,664
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara
10 September 2022 29 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–1 Kashiwa Reysol Saitama
19:04 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 28,632
Referee: Ryuji Sato
14 September 2022 26 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Cerezo Osaka Saitama
19:34 JST (UTC+9) Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 17,390
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
17 September 2022 30 Shonan Bellmare 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Hiratsuka
19:03 JST (UTC+9) Report Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka
Attendance: 11,594
Referee: Takuto Okabe
1 October 2022 31 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Hiroshima
15:03 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 17,421
Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya
8 October 2022 32 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sagan Tosu Saitama
15:03 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 26,503
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita
12 October 2022 27 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Consadole Sapporo Saitama
19:34 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 18,510
Referee: Ryo Tanimoto
29 October 2022 33 Yokohama F. Marinos 4–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Yokohama
15:03 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 46,387
Referee: Ryuji Sato
5 November 2022 34 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Avispa Fukuoka Saitama
14:03 JST (UTC+9)
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 33,816
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Source: J.League

Emperor's Cup edit

1 June 2022 Second round Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Fukushima United Saitama, Saitama
19:00 JST
Report Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 6,812
Referee: Takuto Okabe
22 June 2022 Third round Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Thespakusatsu Gunma Maebashi, Gunma
19:00 JST Report
Stadium: Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma
Attendance: 1,151
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

J.League Cup edit

Quarter-finals edit

3 August 2022 First leg Nagoya Grampus 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Aichi
19:33 Morishita   59' JLeague.co (EN)
JLeague.jp (JA)
Matsuo   36' Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 6,179
Referee: Ryo Tanimoto
10 August 2022 Second leg Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Nagoya Grampus Saitama
19:33
JLeague.co (EN)
JLeague.jp (JA)
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 23,435
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Semi-finals edit

21 September 2022 First leg Cerezo Osaka 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Osaka
19:03
JLeague.co (EN)
JLeague.jp (JA)
Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium
Attendance: 10,399
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
25 September 2022 Second leg Urawa Red Diamonds 0–4 Cerezo Osaka Saitama
17:03 JLeague.co (EN)
JLeague.jp (JA)
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 26,899
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Japanese Super Cup edit

12 February 2022 Final Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds Yokohama
13:35 JST JLeague.co (EN)
JLeague.jp (JA)
Esaka   7', 81' Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 18,558
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

AFC Champions League edit

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DAE URA LCS SDT
1   Daegu FC 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13[a] Advance to Round of 16 1–0 0–3 4–0
2   Urawa Red Diamonds 6 4 1 1 20 2 +18 13[a] 0–0 6–0 5–0
3   Lion City Sailors 6 2 1 3 8 14 −6 7 1–2 1–4 3–2
4   Shandong Taishan 6 0 1 5 2 24 −22 1 0–7 0–5 0–0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Daegu FC 4, Urawa Red Diamonds 1.
15 April 2022 (2022-04-15) 1 Lion City Sailors   1–4   Urawa Red Diamonds Buriram, Thailand
21:00 UTC+7 Karlsson   43' (o.g.) Report
Stadium: Buriram Stadium
Attendance: 394
Referee: Salman Ahmad Falahi (Qatar)
18 April 2022 (2022-04-18) 2 Urawa Red Diamonds   5–0   Shandong Taishan Buriram, Thailand
21:00 UTC+7
Report Stadium: Buriram Stadium
Attendance: 321
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
21 April 2022 (2022-04-21) 3 Daegu FC   1–0   Urawa Red Diamonds Buriram, Thailand
21:00 UTC+7
Report Stadium: Buriram Stadium
Attendance: 375
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)
24 April 2022 (2022-04-24) 4 Urawa Red Diamonds   0–0   Daegu FC Buriram, Thailand
18:00 UTC+7 Report Stadium: Buriram City Stadium
Attendance: 436
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
27 April 2022 (2022-04-27) 5 Urawa Red Diamonds   6–0   Lion City Sailors Buriram, Thailand
18:00 UTC+7
Report Stadium: Buriram City Stadium
Attendance: 313
Referee: Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates)
30 April 2022 (2022-04-30) 6 Shandong Taishan   0–5   Urawa Red Diamonds Buriram, Thailand
18:00 UTC+7 Report
Stadium: Buriram City Stadium
Attendance: 393
Referee: Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)

Knockout stage edit

19 August 2022 (2022-08-19) Round of 16 Johor Darul Ta'zim   0–5   Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama
20:00 UTC+9 Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 20,691
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
22 August 2022 (2022-08-22) Quarter-finals Urawa Red Diamonds   4–0   BG Pathum United Saitama
20:00 UTC+9
Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 16,210
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)
25 August 2022 (2022-08-25) Semi-finals Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors   2–2 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)
  Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama
19:30 UTC+9
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 23,277
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Penalties

Final edit

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29) Final (1st Leg) Al-Hilal   1–1   Urawa Red Diamonds Riyadh
20:30 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Attendance: 50,881
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Note: 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.
6 May 2023 (2023-05-06) Final (2nd Leg) Urawa Red Diamonds   1–0
(2–1 agg.)
  Al-Hilal Saitama
18:00 UTC+9
Report
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 53,374
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Note: Open the 1st leg final box above to see the note

Goalscorers edit

Rank Pos. No. Player J1 League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup AFC CL Super Cup Total
1 FW 10   David Moberg Karlsson 8 0 0 5 0 13
2 FW 7   Kasper Junker 7 0 0 4 0 11
FW 11   Yusuke Matsuo 4 0 1 6 0 11
4 DF 28   Alexander Scholz 6 0 0 2 0 8
5 MF 3   Atsuki Ito 4 0 2 0 0 6
MF 4   Takuya Iwanami 3 0 0 1 0 4
MF 8   Yoshio Koizumi 3 0 1 2 0 6
MF 33   Ataru Esaka 2 0 1 1 2 6
8 FW 17   Alex Schalk 1 0 0 3 0 4
10 DF 20   Tetsuya Chinen 1 0 0 2 0 3
MF 15   Takahiro Akimoto 0 1 0 2 0 3
12 MF 22   Kai Shibato 2 0 0 0 0 2
DF 6   Kazuaki Mawatari 1 0 0 1 0 2
MF 25   Kaito Yasui 0 0 0 2 0 2
15 MF 19   Ken Iwao 1 0 0 0 0 1
MF 21   Tomoaki Okubo 1 0 0 0 0 1
MF 27   Kai Matsuzaki 1 0 0 0 0 1
DF 39   Tomoya Inukai 1 0 0 0 0 1
MF 41   Takahiro Sekine 1 0 0 0 0 1

References edit

  1. ^ "TOP TEAM". Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. ^ "浦和レッズ 日程" (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ "2022年シーズンのJ1日程が決定!! 国立で8年ぶりJリーグ開催も". ゲキサカ.

External links edit