2023 Urawa Red Diamonds season

Urawa Red Diamonds
2023 season
Manager	Maciej Skorża
Stadium	Saitama Stadium 2002 and Urawa Komaba Stadium; Saitama, Saitama
J1 League	4th
Emperor's Cup	Third round
J.League Cup	Runners-up
AFC Champions League	Group stage
FIFA Club World Cup	Fourth place
Top goalscorer	League: ; José Kanté (8); All: ; José Kanté (14)
Highest home attendance	45,575 vs Kashima Antlers; (4 June; J1 League)
Lowest home attendance	5,351 vs Kansai University; (7 June; Emperor's Cup)
Average home league attendance	26,836
Biggest win	6–0 vs Hanoi FC; (4 October; AFC Champions League)
Biggest defeat	3–0 vs Nagoya Grampus; (2 August;Third Round Emperor's Cup) ; 3–0 vs Manchester City (19 December; Semifinal Club World Cup)
Home colours	Away colours
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ManagerMaciej Skorża

StadiumSaitama Stadium 2002 and Urawa Komaba Stadium
Saitama, Saitama

J1 League4th

Emperor's CupThird round

The 2023 Urawa Red Diamonds season was their 73rd season in existence and the 23rd consecutive season in the J1 League. In addition to the league, the club competed in the Emperor's Cup, the J. League Cup, the 2023–24 AFC Champions League and the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup.

15 January Okinawa Training Camp	Urawa Red Diamonds	5–1	Okinawa SV	Kin
15:30 JST	Sekine 4' Moberg 26' Yasui 45' Koroki 46' Takahashi 82'	Report	Ichiki 61'	Stadium: Kin Town Football Center
Note: The match was played with two halves lasting 45 minutes each.

21 January Okinawa Training Camp	Urawa Red Diamonds	7–0	Okinawa International University	Kin
14:30 JST	Okubo 5', 9' Ito 51' Schalk 72' Hayakawa 86' Horiuchi 90' Takahashi 120'	Report		Stadium: Kin Town Football Center
Note: The match was played with two halves lasting 45 minutes each and one half lasting 30 minutes.

25 January Okinawa Training Camp	Urawa Red Diamonds	4–1	Omiya Ardija	Kin
15:00 JST	Koizumi 13', 32' Akimoto 45+1' Sekine 57'	Report	Tomiyama 73'	Stadium: Kin Town Football Center
Note: The match was played with two halves lasting 45 minutes each.

29 January Okinawa Training Camp	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–4	Sagan Tosu	Kin
11:30 JST	Linssen 7', 35' Koroki 62'	Report	Naganuma 7' Fujihara 106', 129' Kabayama 116'	Stadium: Kin Town Football Center
Note: The match was played with three halves lasting 45 minutes each.

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J1 League	18 February	2 December	Matchday 1	4th	34	15	12	7	42	27	+15	044.12
Emperor's Cup	7 June	2 August	Second round	4th Round	3	2	0	1	2	3	−1	066.67
J.League Cup	8 March	4 November	Group stage	Runners-up	10	3	5	2	7	7	+0	030.00
2022 AFC Champions League	29 April	6 May	Final	Winner	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
2023 AFC Champions League	22 August	6 December	Play-off Round	Group Stage	6	2	1	3	12	9	+3	033.33
FIFA Club World Cup	15 December	December	Second round		3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	033.33
Total					58	24	19	15	66	50	+16	041.38

2023 Urawa Red Diamonds season

Out on loan

Transfers

Pre-season friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

J1 League

League table

Results summary

Matches

Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2023–24 AFC Champions League

Group Stage

2022 AFC Champions League

FIFA World Club Cup

Goalscorers

References

External links

Related Articles

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	19	7	8	63	40	+23	64	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	17	7	10	42	28	+14	58	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
4	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	15	12	7	42	27	+15	57
5	Kashima Antlers	34	14	10	10	43	34	+9	52
6	Nagoya Grampus	34	14	10	10	41	36	+5	52

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	10	6	3	27	15	+12	36	6	2	1	18	9	+9	4	4	2	9	6	+3

18 February 1	FC Tokyo	2–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tokyo
14:00 JST	Higashi 4' Koizumi 66' (o.g.) Watanabe 73'	Report	Moberg 25' Sakai 29'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 38,051 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

25 February 2	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama
14:00 JST	Anderson Lopes 18' Yan Matheus 89'	Report	Sakai 68' Akimoto 81'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 34,035 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

4 March 3	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Cerezo Osaka	Saitama
15:00 JST	Scholz 61' (pen.) Yasui 82'	Report	Iwao 33' (o.g.) Kagawa 86'	Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium Attendance: 18,437 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

11 March 4	Vissel Kobe	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kobe
14:00 JST	Sakai 64'	Report	Ito 21' Sekine 71'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 21,223 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

18 March 5	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Albirex Niigata	Saitama
15:00 JST	Sakai 35' Akimoto 45+2' Koizumi 68'	Report	Shusuke Ota 10' Danilo Gomes 83'	Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium Attendance: 15,167 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

31 March 6	Kashiwa Reysol	0–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kashiwa
19:00 JST	Koga 66'	Report	Sekine 25' Koroki 44' Schalk 75' Akimoto 81' Hoibraten 90'	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 11,620 Referee: Tom Bramall (England)

9 April 7	Nagoya Grampus	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Nagoya
15:00 JST		Report	Akimoto 18' Yasui 77'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 22,655 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

15 April 8	Urawa Red Diamonds	4–1	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Saitama
15:00 JST	Ogiwara 5' Scholz 68' Kanté 76' Koroki 83' (pen.) Tanaka 90+5' (o.g.) Høibråten 90+8'		Fukumori 12' Suga 22' 88' Nakamura 34' Kaneko 53' Aoki 82' Nakashima 90+7'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 38,574 Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

23 April 9	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kawasaki
16:00 JST	Wakizaka 48'	Report	Linssen 81'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 22,304 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	10	6	3	27	15	+12	36	6	2	1	18	9	+9	4	4	2	9	6	+3

10 May 10	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–2	Sagan Tosu	Saitama
19:30 JST		Report	Naganuma 70' Tezuka 75'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 17,970 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

14 May 13	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–1	Gamba Osaka	Saitama
16:00 JST	Scholz 45+2' (pen.) Okubo 54' Yasui 59'	Report	Jebali 2' 23' Usami 29'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 31,440 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

20 May 14	Avispa Fukuoka	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Fukuoka
13:00 JST	Shigemi 72'	Report	Yasui 42'	Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 10,417 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

27 May 15	Kyoto Sanga	0–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kameoka
19:00 JST		Report	Ogiwara 15' Iwao 15' Koroki 52' Sekine 72' Kanté 90+3'	Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 15,229 Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

31 May 11	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Saitama
19:30 JST	Sakai 72' Ito 90+2'	Report	Morishima 50' Notsuda 63'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 20,266 Referee: Jumpei Iida

4 June 16	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0	Kashima Antlers	Saitama
17:00 JST	Høibråten 57' Sakai 90+6' Hayakawa 90+7'	Report	Nakama 84' Hayakawa 90+6' Pituca 90+7'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 45,575 Referee: Andrew Madley (England)

11 June 17	Yokohama FC	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama
18:30 JST	Mateus Moraes 44' Yuri Lara 50'	Report	Sakai 24' Høibråten 77'	Stadium: Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium Attendance: 10,086 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

24 June 18	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Saitama
19:30 JST	Iwao 52' Sekine 53'		Nishikawa 58' (o.g.) Kozuka 78'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 35,887 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

28 June 12	Urawa Red Diamonds	4–1	Shonan Bellmare	Saitama
19:30 JST	Koroki 20' Sekine 61', 65' Kanté 90+2'	Report	Ohashi 53'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 18,208 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	10	6	3	27	15	+12	36	6	2	1	18	9	+9	4	4	2	9	6	+3

1 July 19	Sagan Tosu	1–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tosu
19:00 JST	Naganuma 7'	Report	Kanté 11' Iwao 38'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 11,224 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

8 July 20	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0	FC Tokyo	Saitama
19:00 JST	Ohata 53'	Report	Trevisan 61'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 49,108 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri

16 July 21	Cerezo Osaka	2–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Osaka
19:00 JST	Ceará 6' Croux 25'	Report	Okubo 49' Scholz	Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 21,007 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

6 August 22	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Saitama
19:00 JST	Okubo 53' Iwao 56'	Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 42,664 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

13 August 23	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima
18:00 JST	Kato 69' Ben Khalifa 90+3'	Report	Kanté 29'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima Attendance: 21,108 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

18 August 24	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Nagoya Grampus	Saitama
19:30 JST	Kanté 11'	Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 32,578 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

25 August 25	Shonan Bellmare	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiratsuka
19:00 JST		Report	Kanté 64'	Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 10,361 Referee: Jumpei Iida

2 September 26	Albirex Niigata	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Niigata
18:03 JST	Komi 81' Akiyama 90+6'	Report	Scholz 38' (pen.)	Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 27,775 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

15 September 27	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0	Kyoto Sanga	Saitama
19:34 JST	Akimoto 62'	Report	Tawiah 71'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 21,434 Referee: Hayato Shimizu