Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies

Urawa Reds Ladies
浦和レッドダイヤモンズ・レディース

Full name	Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies
Nickname(s)	Urawa Reds Ladies
Founded	1998
Ground	Urawa Komaba Stadium
Capacity	21,500
Owner	Urawa Red Diamonds
Chairman	Mitsuo Hashimoto (橋本光夫)
Manager	Yasushi Yoshida (吉田靖)
League	Nadeshiko Div.1 / Div.1
2015	6th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies (浦和レッドダイヤモンズ・レディース Urawa Reddo Daiyamonzu Redhisu) is a women's football club playing in Japan's football league, Nadeshiko League. Its hometown is the city of Saitama in Saitama Prefecture.

Squad

Current squad

As of Feb. 6 2015^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Sakiko Ikeda (池田咲紀子) 2 DF Kana Osafune (長船加奈) 3 DF Shiho Kōhata (高畑志帆) 4 DF Rie Usui (臼井理恵) 5 MF Natsuki Kishikawa (岸川奈津希) 6 DF Ruka Norimatsu (乗松瑠華) 7 MF Nozomi Fujita (藤田のぞみ) 8 MF Hikaru Naomoto (猶本光) 10 FW Chinatsu Kira (吉良知夏) 11 FW Michi Gotō (後藤三知) (c) 12 DF Saki Ishii (石井咲希) 13 MF Naoko Wada (和田奈央子)

No. Position Player 14 MF Sayaka Mitani (三谷沙也加) 15 DF Nozomi Takeuchi (竹内希) 16 GK Yumi Tajiri (田尻有美) 17 DF Haruka Ohto (大戸遥可) 18 MF Hanae Shibata (柴田華絵) 19 DF Rina Suzuki (鈴木里奈) 20 FW Chika Katō (加藤千佳) 22 MF Akari Kurishima (栗島朱里) 23 DF Minori Chiba (千葉望愛) 24 FW Kiko Seike (清家貴子) 25 FW Akari Shiraki (白木星) 26 GK Chika Hirao (平尾知佳)

Former notable players

GK

• Nozomi Yamago (2005-2012)

DF

• Kyoko Yano (2007-2012)
• Saki Kumagai (2009-2011)

MF

• Kozue Ando (2002-2009)

Honors

Domestic Competitions

• Nadeshiko League Division 1
  • Champions (3) : 2004, 2009, 2014
  • Runners-up (2) : 2006, 2010
• Empress's Cup All-Japan Women's Football Tournament
  • Runners-up (4) : 2004, 2009, 2010, 2014
• Nadeshiko League Cup
  • Runners-up (2) : 2007, 2010
• Nadeshiko Super Cup
  • Runners-up (1) : 2005

International Competitions

• Japan/Korea Women's League Championship
  • Champions (1) : 2010

Results

Season	Domestic League				National Cup	League Cup	League Note
	League	Level	Place	Tms.
1999	L	1	7th	8	Quarter-finals	Group Stage	1st Stage : 8th / 2nd Stage : 7th
2000			6th	9	Quarter-finals	-	1st Stage : (EAST)3rd
2001			5th	10	Quarter-finals	-	1st Stage : (EAST)3rd
2002			3rd	11	Semi-finals	-	1st Stage : (EAST)2nd
2003			4th	13	Semi-finals	-	1st Stage : (EAST)2nd
2004	L1		1st	8	Runners-up	-
2005			5th	8	Semi-finals	-
2006	Nadeshiko Div.1		2nd	8	Semi-finals	-
2007			3rd	8	Semi-finals	Runners-up
2008			3rd	8	Quarter-finals	-
2009			1st	8	Runners-up	-
2010	Nadeshiko		2nd	10	Runners-up	Runners-up
2011			3rd	9	Quarter-finals	-
2012			4th	10	Semi-finals	Group Stage
2013			6th	10	3rd Stage	Group Stage
2014			1st	10	Runners-up	-	1st Stage : 3rd
2015	Nadeshiko Div.1		6th	10	Quarter-finals	-	1st Stage : 6th
2016				10

Transition of team name

• Urawa Reinas F.C. : 1999 - 2001
• Saitama Reinas F.C. : 2002 - 2004
• Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies : 2005 – Present

Academy

• Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies Youth (Under-18) playing in Kantō League.
• Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies Junior Youth (Under-14) playing in Saitama League.

References

1. (Players )

External links

• (Japanese) Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies Official Site
• (English) Japanese Club Teams