The Saitama City Cup is an International friendly football tournament held in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It has been hosted by Urawa Red Diamonds annually since 2003 at Saitama Stadium 2002 until 2008 edition. 2009 event was also planned and announced but cancelled later due to 2009 flu pandemic. 2010 and 2011 edition were hosted by Omiya Ardija thus held at NACK5 Stadium Ōmiya. After absence in 2012, 2013 event will be hosted by Urawa again and Arsenal F.C. will be non-Japanese invitees, while previous edition in 2011 was competed by Omiya and Urawa, without non-Japanese invitees first time.

Matches

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2022 international club friendly

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Urawa Red Diamonds  4–2  Eintracht Frankfurt
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Attendance: 24,027

2020 international club friendly

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Omiya Ardija  0–1  Nacional
Vecino   52'
Attendance: 7,442
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto  

2017 international club friendly

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Urawa Red Diamonds  1–1  FC Seoul
Nagasawa   83' Report Lee Sang-ho   38'
Attendance: 11,444
Referee: Minoru Tōjō  

2013 international club friendly

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Urawa Red Diamonds  1–2  Arsenal F.C.
Abe   59' Report Podolski   49'
Akpom   82'
Attendance: 40,769
Referee: Kenji Ogiya  

2011 international club friendly

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Omiya Ardija  3–0  Urawa Red Diamonds
Kim   53'
Rafael   74'
Higashi   93'
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Attendance: 11,362
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura  

2010 Surprise Cup

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Omiya Ardija  5–0  Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Hashimoto   14'   68'
Rafael   20'
Ishihara   48'   54'
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Attendance: 6,053
Referee: Masaki Nabeshima  

2008 Phonna Cup

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Urawa Red Diamonds  2–4  Bayern Munich
Umesaki   56'
Abe   80'
Report Klose   15'
Podolski   20'   42'   62'
Attendance: 27,292
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura  

2007 Mohan Cup

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Urawa Red Diamonds  2–2  Manchester United
Uchidate   25'
Ono   78'
Report Fletcher   47'
Ronaldo   51'
Attendance: 58,716
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura  

2006 Saitama City Cup

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Urawa Red Diamonds  1–0  Bayern Munich
Kurobe   88' Report
Attendance: 29,019
Referee: Tsutomu Anazawa  

2005 Saitama City Cup

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Urawa Red Diamonds  0–3  Barcelona
Report Xavi   11'
Larsson   39'   77'
Attendance: 57,143
Referee: Joji Kashihara  

2004 Saitama City Cup

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Urawa Red Diamonds  1–0  Internazionale
Emerson   50' Report
Attendance: 57,633

2003 Saitama City Cup

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Urawa Red Diamonds  2–2  Feyenoord
Tanaka   61'
Emerson   62'
Bombarda   17'   57'
Attendance: 52,247