2019 Urawa Red Diamonds season

Urawa Red Diamonds
2019 season
Chairman	Keizo Fuchita
Manager	Oswaldo de Oliveira
Stadium	Saitama Stadium 2002
J1 League	14th
Emperor's Cup	Fourth round
J.League Cup	Quarter-finals
Japanese Super Cup	Runners-up
AFC Champions League	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Shinzo Koroki (12); All: Shinzo Koroki (21)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 season was Urawa Red Diamonds's 19th consecutive season in J1 League, after finishing 5th in the 2018 J1 League.^[1] The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup, J.League Cup, Japanese Super Cup and AFC Champions League. They reached the final of the latter competition, losing to Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia by a 0–3 aggregate score.^[2]

Squad

As of 16 January 2019.^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Shusaku Nishikawa
2	DF	BRA	Maurício Antônio
3	MF	JPN	Tomoya Ugajin
4	DF	JPN	Daisuke Suzuki
5	DF	JPN	Tomoaki Makino (Vice-captain)
6	DF	JPN	Ryosuke Yamanaka
7	MF	JPN	Kazuki Nagasawa
8	MF	BRA	Ewerton (on loan from Porto)
9	FW	JPN	Yuki Muto
10	MF	JPN	Yōsuke Kashiwagi (Captain)
11	FW	CUW	Quenten Martinus
12	FW	BRA	Fabrício
14	FW	JPN	Kenyu Sugimoto
16	MF	JPN	Takuya Aoki
17	DF	JPN	Rikiya Motegi
18	MF	JPN	Naoki Yamada


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	AUS	Andrew Nabbout
22	MF	JPN	Yuki Abe
23	GK	JPN	Nao Iwadate
24	MF	JPN	Koya Yuruki
25	GK	JPN	Haruki Fukushima
26	DF	JPN	Takuya Ogiwara
27	DF	JPN	Daiki Hashioka
28	DF	JPN	Katsuya Iwatake
29	MF	JPN	Kai Shibato
30	FW	JPN	Shinzo Koroki
31	DF	JPN	Takuya Iwanami
32	GK	JPN	Ryo Ishii
33	DF	JPN	Nobuki Iketaka
34	DF	JPN	Kei Oshiro
46	DF	JPN	Ryota Moriwaki

Competitions

Super Cup

16 February 2019	Kawasaki Frontale	1 – 0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Saitama Stadium 2002
13:35^[4]	Leandro Damião 27' 52' Taniguchi 67'	Report	Makino 33'	Attendance: 52,587 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto Toma

J1 League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	11	6	17	45	69	−24	39
13	Nagoya Grampus	34	9	10	15	45	50	−5	37
14	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	9	10	15	34	50	−16	37
15	Sagan Tosu	34	10	6	18	32	53	−21	36
16	Shonan Bellmare (O)	34	10	6	18	40	63	−23	36	Qualification for the Relegation play-off

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners

Results

23 February 2019 1	Vegalta Sendai	0 – 0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
14:04 JST^[5]	Hiraoka 57' Hyodo 60'	Report	Ugajin 43' Iwanami 89'	Attendance: 18,567 Referee: Ryuji Sato

2 March 2019 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	0 – 2	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Saitama Stadium 2002
16:04 JST^[6]	Iwanami 80' Martinus 85'	Report	Suzuki 2', 27' Anderson Lopes 36' Shindo 88'	Attendance: 41,109 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

9 March 2019 3	Matsumoto Yamaga	0 – 1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Naganoken Matsumotodaira Wide Area Park General Stadium
16:04 JST^[7]	Paulinho 68'	Report	Koroki 72' (pen.) Abe 82'	Attendance: 18,922 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

17 March 2019 4	Cerezo Osaka	1–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yanmar Stadium Nagai
15:00	Souza 64'	Report	Moriwaki 63' Koroki 76' Sugimoto 82' (pen.) Hashioka 90+3'	Attendance: 21,022 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

30 March 2019 5	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	FC Tokyo	Saitama
14:00	Moriwaki 90+4'	Summary	Takahagi 69' Diego Oliveira 75' 76'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 39,055 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

5 April 2019 6	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–3	Yokohama F. Marinos	Saitama
20:30		Summary	Marcos Júnior 7' 61' Hirose 70'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 32,555 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

14 April 2019 7	Gamba Osaka	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Suita
17:00	Higashiguchi 21' Kurata 60'	Summary	Kashiwagi 21' Ewerton 87'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 27,870 Referee: Jumpei Iida

20 April 2019 8	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Vissel Kobe	Saitama
14:00	Koroki 9' (pen.) Yamanaka 87'	Summary	Dankler 10' Sergi Samper 17'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 54,599 Referee: Ryuji Sato

28 April 2019 9	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Shizuoka
17:00		Report	Maurício 72' Koroki 90+7'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 18,246 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

3 May 2019 10	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–1	Júbilo Iwata	Saitama
14:00 JST		Report	Rodrigues 90+2'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 53,361 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

12 May 2019 11	Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Toyota
13:00 JST	Mateus 16' Jô 41'	Report	Kashiwagi 47' Muto 59' Ogiwara 89'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 30,839 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

17 May 2019 12	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–3	Shonan Bellmare	Saitama
19:30 JST	Nagasawa 22' Nabbout 25' Fabrício 73'	Report	Sugioka 41' Kikuchi 47' 79' Yamane 53' 90+4' Yamasaki 67' Leandro Freire 72'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 23,221 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

26 May 2019 13	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Saitama
14:00 JST	Ugajin 47' Yamanaka 73' Fabrício 75' Ewerton 89'	Report	Morishima 6' Douglas Vieira 25' Rhayner 63' Watari 80'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 33,235 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

1 June 2019 14	Kawasaki Frontale	1 – 1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Leandro Damião 54' Maguinho 81'	Report	Ugajin 71' Moriwaki 90+5'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 24,578 Referee: Yusuke Araki

15 June 2019 15	Urawa Red Diamonds	2 – 1	Sagan Tosu	Saitama
19:00 JST	Ugajin 31' Maurício Antônio 51' Shibato 75' Martinus 86' Koroki 90+3'	Report	An Yong-woo 18' 65'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 28,081 Referee: Koei Koya

30 June 2019 16	Oita Trinita	2 – 0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Ōita
19:00 JST	Maeda 13' Fujimoto 51' Kobayashi 73' Hasegawa 88'	Report	Hashioka 67' Maurício Antônio 90'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 14,519 Referee: Ryuji Sato

6 July 2019 17	Urawa Red Diamonds	1 – 0	Vegalta Sendai	Saitama
19:00 JST	Koroki 42'	Report	Shiihashi 45' 51' Oiwa 49' Simão Mate 77'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 28,904 Referee: Jumpei Iida

13 July 2019 18	Yokohama F. Marinos	3 – 1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama
19:00 JST	Endo 38' Nakagawa 59' Edigar Junio 86' (pen.)	Report	Ugajin 28' Hirose 69' (o.g.) Martinus 90+8'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 33,673 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

20 July 2019 19	Júbilo Iwata	1 – 3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Fukuroi
19:00 JST	Uehara 69'	Report	Koroki 10' Hashioka 22' Nagasawa 32' Shibato 76' 85'	Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium Attendance: 23,060 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

31 July 2019 20	Urawa Red Diamonds	1 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Saitama
19:30 JST	koroki 88'	Report	Ito 77'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 37,265 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

4 August 2019 21	Urawa Red Diamonds	2 – 2	Nagoya Grampus	Saitama
19:00 JST	Koroki 45+2' Sekine 90+3'	Report	Izumi 2' Maeda 25'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 37,238 Referee: Massaki Iemoto

10 August 2019 22	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	v	Urawa Red Diamonds	Sapporo
14:00 JST				Stadium: Sapporo Dome

J. League Cup

Match	Date	Team	Score	Team	Venue	Attendance
QF1	2019.09.04	Urawa Reds	2-3	Kashima Antlers	Saitama Stadium 2002	21,148
QF2	2019.09.08	Kashima Antlers	2-2	Urawa Reds	Kashima Soccer Stadium	14,887

Emperor's Cup

Match	Date	Team	Score	Team	Venue	Attendance
2R	2019.07.03	Urawa Reds	2-1	Ryutsu Keizai University FC	Urawa Komaba Stadium	6,691
3R	2019.08.14	Mito HollyHock	1-2	Urawa Reds	K's denki Stadium Mito	8,537
4R	2019.09.25	Urawa Reds	0-2	Honda FC	Saitama Stadium 2002	11,953

AFC Champions League

Group standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JEO	URA	BJG	BUR
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	3–1	0–0
2	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	10	Advance to knockout stage	0–1	—	3–0	3–0
3	Beijing FC	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7		0–1	0–0	—	2–0
4	Buriram United	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	4		1–0	1–2	1–3	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Results

6 March 2019 (2019-03-06) Group G	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Buriram United	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
19:30 UTC+9	Makino 50' Hashioka 75', 88'	Live Report Stats Report		Attendance: 20,056 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

13 March 2019 (2019-03-13) Group G	Beijing FC	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Workers' Stadium, Beijing
20:00 UTC+8		Live Report Stats Report		Attendance: 43,112 Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) Group G	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
19:30 UTC+9	Ewerton 74'	Live Report Stats Report	Adriano 77'	Attendance: 20,118 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

24 April 2019 (2019-04-24) Group G	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju
19:00 UTC+9	Ricardo Lopes 12' Kim Shin-wook 48' Son Jun-ho 50' Shin Hyung-min 63'	Live Report Stats Report	Koroki 58'	Attendance: 8,096 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

7 May 2019 (2019-05-07) Group G	Buriram United	1–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Chang Arena, Buriram
18:00 UTC+7	Pedro Júnior 13' 16'	Live Report Stats Report	Koroki 3' Muto 23' Nagasawa 42' Nishikawa 90+3'	Attendance: 10,970 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

21 May 2019 (2019-05-21) Group G	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Beijing FC	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
19:00 UTC+9	Nagasawa 34' 74' Muto 41' Makino 78' Koroki 81'	Live Report Stats Report	Liu Huan 66'	Attendance: 22,885 Referee: Ali Sabah

Round of 16

19 June 2019 Round of 16 First Leg	Urawa Red Diamonds	1 – 2	Ulsan Hyundai	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
19:30	Sugimoto 37' Moriwaki 69'	Report	Joo Min-kyu 42' Hwang Il-su 80' Park Yong-woo 83'	Attendance: 20,741 Referee: Turki Al Khudair

26 June 2019 Round of 16 Second Leg	Ulsan Hyundai	0 – 3 (2 – 4 agg.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Ulsan
19:00	Park Yong-woo 66' Bulthuis 82'	Report	Fabrício 3' Koroki 41' 80' Maurício Antônio 70' Ewerton 70'	Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Attendance: 3,140 Referee: Khamis Mohamed Al Kuwari

Quarter-finals

27 August 2019 (2019-08-27)	Shanghai SIPG	2–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
19:30 UTC+8	Hulk 49' (pen.), 71' (pen.)	Live Report Stats Report	Makino 3' Koroki 30'	Attendance: 24,573 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

17 September 2019 (2019-09-17)	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Shanghai SIPG	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
19:30 UTC+9	Koroki 39'	Live Report Stats Report	Wang Shenchao 60'	Attendance: 28,533 Referee: Mohanad Qassim (Iraq)

3–3 on aggregate. Urawa Red Diamonds won on away goals.

Semi-finals

2 October 2019 (2019-10-02)	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	Guangzhou Evergrande	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
19:30 UTC+9	Fabrício 19' Sekine 75'	Live Report Stats Report		Attendance: 30,068 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)	Guangzhou Evergrande	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8		Live Report Stats Report	Koroki 50'	Attendance: 39,999 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Urawa Red Diamonds won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) First leg	Al-Hilal	1–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
19:30 UTC+3	Al-Bulaihi 38' Carrillo 60'	Live Report Stats Report		Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 22,549 Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

24 November 2019 (2019-11-24) Second leg	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–2	Al-Hilal	Saitama, Japan
19:00 UTC+9	Sekine 43' Aoki 53' Iwanami 57' Makino 76'	Live Report Stats Report	Al-Dawsari 74' Gomis 90+3'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 58,109 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

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