2024 Urawa Red Diamonds season

Urawa Red Diamonds

2024 season
Manager	Per-Mathias Høgmo
Stadium	Saitama Stadium 2002 and Urawa Komaba Stadium Saitama, Saitama
J1 League	11th
Emperor's Cup	Disqualified
J.League Cup	Round 1
Top goalscorer	League: Thiago Santana (7 goals) All: Thiago Santana (8 goals)
Average home league attendance	37,519[1]

The 2024 Urawa Red Diamonds season is their 74th season in existence and the 23rd consecutive season in the J1 League. As well as the domestic league, they are competing in the J.League Cup. However, they will not be participating in the 2024 Emperor's Cup due to a ban imposed by the JFA following violence by fans in the previous season. They are the first team to be banned from the tournament.[2]

Squad

Season squad

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age at start of season)
Goalkeepers
1	Shusaku Nishikawa		GK	(1986-06-18)18 June 1986 (aged 37)
16	Ayumi Niekawa		GK	(1994-05-12)12 May 1994 (aged 29)
31	Shun Yoshida		GK	(1996-11-28)28 November 1996 (aged 27)
Defenders
4	Hirokazu Ishihara		RB / RM	(1999-02-26)26 February 1999 (aged 24)
5	Marius Høibråten		CB	(1995-01-23)23 January 1995 (aged 29)
20	Yota Sato		CB	(1998-09-10)10 September 1998 (aged 25)
23	Rikito Inoue		CB	(1997-03-09)9 March 1997 (aged 26)
66	Ayumu Ohata		LB	(2001-04-27)27 April 2001 (aged 22)
Midfielders
8	Yoshio Koizumi		AM / CM	(1996-10-05)5 October 1996 (aged 27)
10	Shoya Nakajima		AM / LW / RW	(1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 29)
11	Samuel Gustafson		DM / CM	(1995-01-11)11 January 1995 (aged 29)
13	Ryoma Watanabe		RM	(1996-10-02)2 October 1996 (aged 27)
14	Takahiro Sekine		LM / RM	(1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 28)
21	Tomoaki Okubo		RW / LW	(1998-07-23)23 July 1998 (aged 25)
24	Yusuke Matsuo		LW	(1997-07-23)23 July 1997 (aged 26)
25	Kaito Yasui		AM / DM	(2000-02-09)9 February 2000 (aged 24)
27	Ekanit Panya		AM	(1999-10-21)21 October 1999 (aged 24)
29	Yota Horiuchi		DM	(2004-07-08)8 July 2004 (aged 19)
35	Tomoya Ugajin		LM / LB	(1988-03-23)23 March 1988 (aged 35)
47	Hidetoshi Takeda		RM / AM	(2001-09-15)15 September 2001 (aged 22)
Forwards
7	Hiroki Abe		LW / FW	(1999-01-28)28 January 1999 (aged 25)
9	Bryan Linssen		FW	(1990-10-08)8 October 1990 (aged 33)
12	Thiago Santana		FW	(1993-02-04)4 February 1993 (aged 31)
30	Shinzo Koroki		FW	(1986-07-31)31 July 1986 (aged 37)
38	Naoki Maeda		RW / SS	(1994-11-17)17 November 1994 (aged 29)

Last updated: 20 January 2024.
Source: Urawa Reds website

Transfers

Arrivals

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Source
25 December 2023	DF	Hirokazu Ishihara	Shonan Bellmare	Full	[3]
27 December 2023	DF	Yota Sato	Gamba Osaka	Full	[4]
27 December 2023	DF	Rikito Inoue	Kyoto Sanga	Full	[5]
29 December 2023	MF	Hidetoshi Takeda	Mito Hollyhock	Loan return	[6]
29 December 2023	MF	Samuel Gustafson	BK Häcken	Full	[7]
7 January 2024	DF	Ryoma Watanabe	FC Tokyo	Full	[8]
7 January 2024	FW	Naoki Maeda	Nagoya Grampus	Full	[9]
9 January 2024	MF	Tomoya Ugajin	FC Gifu	Full	[10]
12 January 2024	MF	Ola Solbakken	AS Roma	Loan	[11]
13 January 2024	FW	Thiago Santana	Shimizu S-Pulse	Full	[12]
13 January 2024	MF	Yusuke Matsuo	KVC Westerlo	Loan return	[13]

Departures

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Source
27 November 2023	FW	Alex Schalk		Released	[14]
27 November 2023	FW	José Kanté		Retired	[15]
8 December 2023	DF	Ryuya Fukushima		Released	[16]
26 December 2023	DF	Tetsuya Chinen	Vegalta Sendai	Full	[17]
26 December 2023	DF	Yuta Miyamoto	Kyoto Sanga	Loan	[18]
29 December 2023	DF	Tomoya Inukai	Kashiwa Reysol	Full	[19]
4 January 2024	MF	Kai Matsuzaki	Shimizu S-Pulse	Full	[20]
5 January 2024	DF	Yudai Fujiwara	Oita Trinita	Loan	[21]
7 January 2024	DF	Kazuaki Mawatari	Matsumoto Yamaga	Full	[22]
8 January 2024	DF	Kota Kudo	Giravanz Kitakyushu	Loan	[23]
9 January 2024	MF	Kai Shibato	FC Machida Zelvia	Loan	[24]
9 January 2024	DF	Takuya Iwanami	Vissel Kobe	Full	[25]
11 January 2024	FW	Kasper Junker	Nagoya Grampus	Full	[26]
12 January 2024	MF	Yuichi Hirano	Cerezo Osaka	Full	[27]
20 January 2024	MF	Takahiro Akimoto	OH Leuven	Loan	[28]
1 February 2024	GK	Zion Suzuki	Sint-Truiden	Full	[29]

Competitions

J1 League

Main article: 2024 J1 League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Nagoya Grampus	38	15	5	18	44	47	−3	50
12	Avispa Fukuoka	38	12	14	12	33	38	−5	50
13	Urawa Red Diamonds	38	12	12	14	49	45	+4	48
14	Kyoto Sanga	38	12	11	15	43	55	−12	47
15	Shonan Bellmare	38	12	9	17	53	58	−5	45

Source: J1 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points.

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	D
Position	18	18	12	12	8	10	6	11	12	11	12	9	6	4	6	6	8	10	11

Updated to match(es) played on 22 June 2024. Source: J. League Data Site
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The full league fixtures were released on 23 January 2024.[30]

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Urawa Red Diamonds

23 February 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima
14:00 JST	Ohashi 45', 55'	Report		Stadium: EDION Peace Wing Hiroshima Attendance: 27,545 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Urawa Red Diamonds v Tokyo Verdy

3 March 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Tokyo Verdy	Saitama
16:04 JST	Scholz 89' (pen.)	Report	Kimura 42'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 50,863 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo v Urawa Red Diamonds

10 March 3	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Sapporo
13:05 JST	Arano  59' Kobayashi  65'	Report	Sakai 30'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

Shonan Bellmare v Urawa Red Diamonds

17 March 4	Shonan Bellmare	4–4	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiratsuka
15:03 JST	Lukian 23', 74' Suzuki 32', 46'	Report	Koroki 11' Matsuo 55' Maeda 64' Gustafson 81'	Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Attendance: 12,628 Referee: Lewis Smith

Urawa Red Diamonds v Avispa Fukuoka

30 March 5	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Avispa Fukuoka	Saitama
15:03 JST	Watanabe 65' Thiago Santana 73' (pen.)	Report	Zahedi 28'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 37,826 Referee: Yusuke Araki

FC Tokyo v Urawa Red Diamonds

3 April 6	FC Tokyo	2–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tokyo
19:33 JST	Araki 50' Matsuki 58'	Report	Thiago Santana 24'	Stadium: Japan National Stadium Attendance: 49,005 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Urawa Red Diamonds v Sagan Tosu

7 April 7	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Sagan Tosu	Saitama
15:03 JST	Thiago Santana 5' Matsuo 53' Okubo 83'	Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 28,576 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

Kashiwa Reysol v Urawa Red Diamonds

12 April 8	Kashiwa Reysol	1–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kashiwa
19:03 JST	Kinoshita 72'	Report		Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 14,201 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Urawa Red Diamonds v Gamba Osaka

20 April 9	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–1	Gamba Osaka	Saitama
16:03 JST		Report	Sakamoto 78'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 41,377 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Urawa Red Diamonds v Nagoya Grampus

28 April 10	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Nagoya Grampus	Saitama
15:03 JST	Yasui 24' Thiago Santana 70' (pen.)	Report	Izumi 78'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 42,265 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Kawasaki Frontale v Urawa Red Diamonds

3 May 11	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kawasaki
16:03 JST	Wakizaka 18' Sasaki 49' Ienaga 90+3'	Report	Okubo 35'	Stadium: Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu Attendance: 23,457 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Urawa Red Diamonds v Yokohama F. Marinos

6 May 12	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Saitama
17:03 JST	Ito 42', 66'	Report	Kato 86'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 40,579 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Albirex Niigata v Urawa Red Diamonds

11 May 13	Albirex Niigata	2–4	Urawa Red Diamonds	Niigata
14:03 JST	Ota 75' Nagakura 87'	Report	Thiago Santana 4', 90+12' (pen.) Gustafson 65' Maeda 69'	Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 24,652 Referee: Hirokia Kasahara

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kyoto Sanga

15 May 14	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Kyoto Sanga	Saitama
19:33 JST	Yasui 42' Watanabe 55' Thiago Santana 77'	Report	Appiah Tawiah  90+5'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 20,737 Referee: Koji Takasaki

Júbilo Iwata v Urawa Red Diamonds

19 May 15	Júbilo Iwata	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Fukuroi
14:03 JST	Kaneko 71'	Report	Høibråten 68'	Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA Attendance: 20,861 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Urawa Red Diamonds v Machida Zelvia

26 May 16	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–2	Machida Zelvia	Saitama
16:03 JST	Ito 54'	Report	Hirakawa 52' Shimoda 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 39,460 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Urawa Red Diamonds v Vissel Kobe

1 June 17	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Vissel Kobe	Saitama
16:03 JST	Nakajima 61'	Report	Ide 15'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 45,976 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Cerezo Osaka v Urawa Red Diamonds

15 June 18	Cerezo Osaka	2–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Osaka
19:03 JST	Lucas Fernandes 42' Okuda 49'	Report	Linssen 77'	Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 19,798 Referee: Darren England

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kashima Antlers

22 June 19	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2	Kashima Antlers	Saitama
19:03 JST	Takeda 77', 90+2'	Report	Suzuki 3', 42'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 48,638 Referee: Jumpei Iida

J.League Cup

Main article: 2024 J.League Cup

The 2024 J.League Cup was expanded so that all 60 J.League clubs would participate.

Gainare Tottori v Urawa Red Diamonds

24 April 2024 (2024-04-24) First round – Match 2	Gainare Tottori	2–5	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tottori
19:33 JST	Tanaka 36' Matsuki 64'	Report	Takeda 13' Thiago Santana 17' (pen.) Ito 52' Nakajima 55', 90+3'	Stadium: Axis Bird Stadium Attendance: 7,677 Referee: Koji Takasaki

V-Varen Nagasaki v Urawa Red Diamonds

22 May 2024 (2024-05-22) First round – Match 3	V-Varen Nagasaki	1–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Isahaya
19:03 JST	Moyo  70' Juanma 78'	Report		Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki Attendance: 7,872 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita

Statistics

Goalscorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	J1	JLC	Total
1	FW	12	Thiago Santana	7	1	8
2	MF	3	Atsuki Ito	3	1	4
3	MF	10	Shoya Nakajima	1	2	3
	MF	47	Hidetoshi Takeda	2	1	3
5	MF	24	Yusuke Matsuo	2	0	2
	MF	11	Samuel Gustafson	2	0	2
	MF	13	Ryoma Watanabe	2	0	2
	MF	21	Tomoaki Okubo	2	0	2
	MF	25	Kaito Yasui	2	0	2
	FW	38	Naoki Maeda	2	0	2
11	DF	2	Hiroki Sakai	1	0	1
	DF	5	Marius Høibråten	1	0	1
	FW	9	Bryan Linssen	1	0	1
	DF	28	Alexander Scholz	1	0	1
	FW	30	Shinzo Koroki	1	0	1
TOTAL				30	5	35

Last updated: 22 June 2024.
Source: jleague.co

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External links

• Official website (in English and Japanese)