Saitama derby
Local derby in Saitama
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The Saitama derby (さいたまダービー, Saitama dābī) is the local derby in Saitama, Japan, between fierce city rivals Urawa Red Diamonds and RB Omiya Ardija.[1]
Emperor's Cup
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 1–0 NTT Kanto
J1 League
Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 Omiya Ardija
Saitama derby, 21 April 2012 | |
| Location | Saitama |
|---|---|
| Teams | Urawa Red Diamonds RB Omiya Ardija |
| First meeting | 19 December 1987 Emperor's Cup Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 1–0 NTT Kanto |
| Latest meeting | 5 August 2017 J1 League Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 Omiya Ardija |
| Stadiums | Saitama Stadium 2002 Urawa Komaba Stadium NACK5 Stadium Omiya |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 38 |
| Most wins | Urawa Red Diamonds (22) |
| Top scorer | Rafael (7) |
| All-time series | Urawa Red Diamonds: 22 Draw: 7 RB Omiya Ardija: 9 |
| Largest victory | 22 May 2000 J.League Division 2 Omiya Ardija 0–6 Urawa Red Diamonds |
History
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries SC was founded in 1950 by the employees of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Kobe, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Kanto SC was founded in 1969 by the employees of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone in Urawa.[2][3] Mitsubishi SC moved to Tokyo in 1958, and was sold to group company Mitsubishi Motors in 1990.[2] Mitsubishi and NTT Kanto first faced each other in 1987 but at the time it was a match between clubs from Tokyo and Saitama and not a derby match, and they had to wait until 1996 for their first Saitama derby. Mitsubishi moved to Urawa that the same place as NTT Kanto in 1992 and went professional as Urawa Red Diamonds, and NTT Kanto moved to Omiya in 1998 and went professional as Omiya Ardija.[2][3] The cities of Urawa and Omiya merged to form the city of Saitama in 2001.[2]
The Saitama derby is known as one of the most intense derby matches in Japan. The stronger rivalry between Urawa and Omiya began with Omiya's promotion to the 2005 J.League Division 1. On the 17 July 2016 derby, the Omiya's ultras displayed insulting banners for Urawa.[4] On the 30 April 2017 derby, the Urawa's ultras kicked the buffer zone fence, destroyed the mesh covering and threw objects onto the pitch after the defeat.[5]
Honours
- As of 6 May 2023
| Competition | Urawa | Omiya |
|---|---|---|
| JSL Division 1 / J1 League | 5 | 0 |
| JSL Division 2 / JFL (1992–1998) / J2 League | 1 | 1 |
| Emperor's Cup | 8 | 0 |
| JSL Cup / J.League Cup | 4 | 0 |
| Japanese Super Cup | 5 | 0 |
| All Japan Senior Football Championship | 0 | 1 |
| Japanese Regional Football League Competition | 0 | 1 |
| Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League | 3 | 0 |
| J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 27 | 3 |
Statistics
- As of 5 August 2017, competitive matches only
| Competition | Played | Urawa wins | Draws | Omiya wins | Urawa goals | Omiya goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J1 League | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 23 |
| J2 League | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Emperor's Cup | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| J.League Cup | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| Total | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 66 | 33 |
Matches
J1 League
| # | Date | Home scorers | Home | Result | Away | Away scorers | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 July 2005 | Tulio | Urawa | 1–2 | Omiya | Toninho, Sakurai | Report |
| 2 | 22 October 2005 | Sakurai | Omiya | 1–3 | Urawa | Santos, Tulio, Marić | Report |
| 3 | 29 April 2006 | Washington, Nagai | Urawa | 2–0 | Omiya | Report | |
| 4 | 10 September 2006 | Omiya | 0–2 | Urawa | Washington, Nagai | Report | |
| 5 | 6 May 2007 | Kobayashi | Omiya | 1–1 | Urawa | Washington | Report |
| 6 | 1 September 2007 | Urawa | 0–1 | Omiya | Morita | Report | |
| 7 | 20 April 2008 | Urawa | 0–0 | Omiya | Report | ||
| 8 | 21 September 2008 | Omiya | 0–1 | Urawa | Takahara | Report | |
| 9 | 24 May 2009 | Park | Omiya | 1–1 | Urawa | Hosogai | Report |
| 10 | 25 October 2009 | Urawa | 0–3 | Omiya | Rafael (2), Ishihara | Report | |
| 11 | 31 July 2010 | Urawa | 0–1 | Omiya | Rafael | Report | |
| 12 | 2 October 2010 | Rafael | Omiya | 1–2 | Urawa | Takasaki, Kashiwagi | Report |
| 13 | 11 June 2011 | Rafael, Fukaya | Omiya | 2–2 | Urawa | Edmílson, Haraguchi | Report |
| 14 | 15 October 2011 | Urawa | 0–1 | Omiya | Rafael | Report | |
| 15 | 21 April 2012 | Cho, Rafael | Omiya | 2–0 | Urawa | Report | |
| 16 | 1 September 2012 | Haraguchi | Urawa | 1–1 | Omiya | Higashi | Report |
| 17 | 20 April 2013 | Zlatan | Omiya | 1–0 | Urawa | Report | |
| 18 | 5 October 2013 | Abe, Haraguchi, Koroki, Sekiguchi | Urawa | 4–0 | Omiya | Report | |
| 19 | 10 May 2014 | Omiya | 0–2 | Urawa | Koroki, Kashiwagi | Report | |
| 20 | 30 August 2014 | Umesaki, Koroki, Moriwaki, Ugajin | Urawa | 4–0 | Omiya | Report | |
| 21 | 8 May 2016 | Omiya | 0–1 | Urawa | Kashiwagi | Report | |
| 22 | 17 July 2016 | Kashiwagi, Muto | Urawa | 2–2 | Omiya | Esaka, Mateus | Report |
| 23 | 30 April 2017 | Barada | Omiya | 1–0 | Urawa | Report | |
| 24 | 5 August 2017 | Koroki, Kashiwagi | Urawa | 2–2 | Omiya | Mateus, Segawa | Report |
J2 League
Emperor's Cup
| # | Date | Home scorers | Home | Result | Away | Away scorers | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 December 1987 | unknown | Mitsubishi | 1–0 | NTT Kanto | unknown | Report |
| 2 | 17 November 1996 | Okano (2), Iwase | Urawa | 3–0 | NTT Kanto | Report | |
| 3 | 14 December 1997 | Petrović, Fukunaga | Urawa | 2–1 | NTT Kanto | Hiramoto | Report |
| 4 | 29 December 2005 | Kataoka, Tomita | Omiya | 2–4 (a.e.t.) | Urawa | Marić, Hasebe (2), No. Yamada | Report |
J.League Cup
| # | Date | Home scorers | Home | Result | Away | Away scorers | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 March 2005 | Tanaka, Emerson | Urawa | 2–1 | Omiya | Tomita | Report |
| 2 | 4 June 2005 | Tuto | Omiya | 1–3 | Urawa | Suzuki, Emerson, Tanaka | Report |
| 3 | 13 June 2009 | Na. Yamada, Edmílson (2), Takahara, Haraguchi, No. Yamada | Urawa | 6–2 | Omiya | Tokita, Fujita | Report |
| 4 | 14 September 2011 | Márcio Richardes, Haraguchi | Urawa | 2–0 | Omiya | Report | |
| 5 | 28 September 2011 | Kanazawa | Omiya | 1–2 | Urawa | Despotović (2) | Report |
| 6 | 2 April 2014 | Lee, Aoki | Urawa | 2–1 | Omiya | Hashimoto | Report |
Goalscorers
- As of 5 August 2017, competitive matches only
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rafael |
Omiya | 7 |
| 2 |  Genki Haraguchi |
Urawa | 5 |
| Yosuke Kashiwagi |
Urawa | ||
| 4 | Shinzo Koroki |
Urawa | 4 |
| 5 | Edmílson |
Urawa | 3 |
| Yuichiro Nagai |
Urawa | ||
| Washington |
Urawa | ||
| 8 |  Ranko Despotović |
Urawa | 2 |
| Emerson |
Urawa | ||
| Makoto Hasebe |
Urawa | ||
 Tomislav Marić |
Urawa | ||
| Mateus |
Omiya | ||
| Masayuki Okano |
Urawa | ||
| Kenji Oshiba |
Urawa | ||
| Naoto Sakurai |
Urawa Omiya | ||
| Naohiro Takahara |
Urawa | ||
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka |
Urawa | ||
| Tatsuya Tanaka |
Urawa | ||
| Daisuke Tomita |
Omiya | ||
| Nobuhisa Yamada |
Urawa |
Players who played for both clubs
| Player | Urawa | Omiya |
|---|---|---|
| Akihiro Kameda |
1992 | 1989–1991 |
| Yuki Takita |
1992–2000 | 1990–1992 |
| Seiichi Makita |
1993 | 1991–1992 |
| Hiroki Aratani |
1994–1997 | 1999–2008 |
| Ken Iwase |
1994–1998 | 1998–2002 |
| Naoto Sakurai |
1994–1999 | 2005–2008 |
| Tomoyasu Ando |
1997, 1998–2002 | 2002–2006 |
| Kohei Morita |
1999–2000 | 2002–2004 |
| Tuto |
2001–2002 | 2004–2005 |
| Takuro Nishimura |
2001–2004 | 2004–2008 |
| Nobuhiro Kato |
2003–2014 | 2015–2018 |
| Mizuki Hamada |
2009–2012, 2014 | 2024– |
| Shinya Yajima |
2011–2014, 2017 | 2022 |
| Takuya Aoki |
2014–2020 | 2008–2013 |
| Rikiya Motegi |
2015, 2018–2019 | 2022– |
| Naoki Ishihara |
2015–2016 | 2009–2011 |
 Zlatan Ljubijankić |
2015–2018 | 2012–2014 |
| Kenyu Sugimoto |
2019–2021 | 2024– |
| Hidetoshi Takeda |
2020–2021, 2024 | 2022 |
| Hitoshi Shiota |
2021 | 2015–2019 |
| Ataru Esaka |
2021–2022 | 2016–2017 |
| Kazuaki Mawatari |
2022–2023 | 2021 |
| Tetsuya Chinen |
2022–2023 | 2024 |