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Before the J. League |
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1992 #Birth of Urawa Reds |
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![]() Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : 5th in the Group Emperor's Cup : Semi-finals |
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1993 #Hesitant Beginnings |
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![]() Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : 5th in the Group Emperor's Cup : Semi-finals |
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1994 #Buchwald Arrives! |
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![]() J. League Suntory Series : 12th/12 J. League Nicos Series : 11th/12 Overall : 12th/1 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Second round Emperor's Cup : Quarter-finals |
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1995 #Reds Rising |
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![]() J. League Suntory Series : 3rd/14 J. League Nicos Series : 8th/14 Overall : 4th/14 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : not held Emperor's Cup : Quarter-finals |
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1996 #Aiming for the Title |
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![]() J. League : 6th/16 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Qualifying league Emperor's Cup : Semi-finals |
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1997 #Times of Trial and Error |
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![]() J. League First Stage : 9th/17 J. League Second Stage : 7th/17 Overall : 10th/17 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Second round Emperor's Cup : Fourth round |
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1998 #New Star: Shinji Ono |
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![]() J.League First Stage : 7th/18 J.League Second Stage : 3rd/18 Overall : 6th/18 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Qualifying league Emperor's Cup : Quarter-finals |
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1999 #Relegation |
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![]() J. League First Stage : 13th/16 J. League Second Stage : 14th/16 Overall : 15th/16 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Qualifying league Emperor's Cup : Fourth round |
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2000 #Straight back |
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![]() J. League Division 2 : 2nd/11 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : First round Emperor's Cup : Fourth round |
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2001 #Farewell to Ono |
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![]() J. League First Stage : 7th/16 J. League Second Stage : 12th/16 Overall : 10th/16 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Quarter-finals Emperor's Cup : Semi-finals |
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2002 #Getting Close |
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![]() J. League First Stage : 11th/16 J. League Second Stage : 8th/16 Overall : 11th/16 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Runners-up Emperor's Cup : Third round |
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2003 #A Trophy at Last! |
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![]() J. League First Stage : 6th/16 J. League Second Stage : 6th/16 Overall : 6th/16 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Winners Emperor's Cup : Third round |
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2004 #Second Stage Champions |
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![]() J. League First Stage : 3rd/16 J. League Second Stage : 1st/16 Overall : 2nd/16 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Runners Up Emperor's Cup : Semi-finals |
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2005 #Emperor's Cup Winners |
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![]() J. League : 2nd/18 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Semi-finals Emperor's Cup : Winners |
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2006 #J. League Champions |
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![]() J. League : Campions Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Best 8 Emperor's Cup : Winners |
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2007 #Asian Champions |
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![]() AFC Champions League : Champions FIFA Club World Cup : Third place J. League : Runners-up Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Quarter-finals Emperor's Cup : Fourth round |
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2008 #A Season of Disappointments |
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![]() AFC Champions League : Semi-finals J. League : 7th/18 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Qualifying group Emperor's Cup : Fifth round |
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2009 #Rebuilding |
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![]() J. League : 6th/18 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Quarter-finals Emperor's Cup : Second round |
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2010 #Sliding down |
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![]() J. League : 10th/18 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Qualifying group Emperor's Cup : Quarter-finals |
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2011 #Survival |
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![]() J. League : 15th/18 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Finalists Emperor's Cup : Quarter-finals |
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2012 #Rediscovering the trust | |
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Mihailo Petrovic moved across from Sanfrecce Hiroshima to become Reds' new manager. Midfielder Abe Yuki returned from Leicester and national team defender Makino Tomoaki on loan from 1. FC Köln.Petrovic also brought his trademark 3-4-2-1 formation from Hiroshima and the players needed a while to adjust at the start of the season. The spirit was strong, though, with the whole team determined not to disappoint the supporters again.Reds climbed to second place after the sixth round of games and continued high in the table. The tactical understanding rose, too, in the second half and, with the title race close, Reds remained well in contention until a 2-1 loss to already relegated Consadole Sapporo in the 28th round.Even so, they carried on to defeat eventual champions Hiroshima 2-0 and a third place finish secured their return to AFC Champions League football after a four-year gap. J. League : 3rd/18 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Qualifying group Emperor's Cup : Fourth round |
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2013 #Chasing Three Titles | |
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Returning to the AFC Champions League after a gap of five seasons, Reds acquired national team quality players in defenders Daisuke Nasu from Kashiwa Reysol and Ryota Moriwaki from Sanfrecce Hiroshima, midfielder Kunimitsu Sekiguchi from Vegalta Sendai and striker Shinzo Koroki from Kashima Antlers. Reds handed eventual Champions League winners Guangzhou Evergrande of China their only defeat of the tournament, 3-2 at Saitama Stadium, to finish the group on 10 points but a draw and loss to South Korean club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors weighed heavily and Reds missed out on advancing to the knock-out stage.Reds went all of the way to the final of the J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, where they took the game fiercely to Kashiwa Reysol only to concede a goal themselves on Reysol's second shot of the match in first half additional time. Unable to hit back, Reds were runners-up again as they had been in 2011.Manager Petrovic's attacking style undoubtedly progressed in his second season in charge and striker Koroki's arrival, especially, gave a huge boost to their scoring power. Reds scored 66 goals in 34 league games, an increase of 40% from the 47 scored in the previous season. Though no Reds player ended near the top of the scoring rankings, the consolidation of Reds' playing style was proven by the fact that no fewer than 12 players found the net, led by Koroki on 13, midfielder Genki Haraguchi on 11, defender Daisuke Nasu on 9 and midfielder Yosuke Kashiwagi with 8 goals. Reds also conceded 56, however, a 33% increase from the 42 of the previous season. Reds held onto to second or third place for much of the season but dropped to sixth at the finish after losing theirlast three games. It was clear that they had let in too many. AFC Champions League : Qualifying group J. League : 6th/18 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : Finalists Emperor's Cup : Third round |
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2014 #Disappointment in the Last Three Matches | |
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For Misha's third season in charge, Reds strengthened the squad for their title challenge with thesigning of Japan keeper Shusaku Nishikawa from Sanfrecce Hiroshima,striker Tadanari Lee, hero of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup final, from English club Southampton, and midfielder Takuya Aoki from Omiya Ardija. The club was rocked early in the season by having to play the first ever J.League match behind closed doors but the players quickly resolved to reunite the club and supporters through their own power. Learning the lessons of the previous season, greater defensive awareness reduced the tally of goals conceded and Reds rose to the top of the table eleven matches into the season. Young star forward Genki Haraguchi was transferred to Hertha Berlin after the 14th Section but Reds regrouped and stayed top on the foundations of the playing combinations now practised for three seasons and also tremendous performances from 19-year old midfielder Takahiro Sekine, just inducted from the youth team this season.Striker Shinzo Koroki, who spearheaded the attack with his fine technique, was then injured in the 30th Section, however, and Reds struggled for goals at the finish. Reds could still have clinched the title in the 32nd Section at home to Gamba Osaka in front of 56,758 fans, the J.League's largest crowd of the season, at Saitama Stadium. Reds controlled much of that game with sparkling attacking play but could not translate their chances into goals and then lost after conceding a goal in the 88th minute when Gamba counterattacked from a free kick in their own half. Reds led 1-0 in the next match at Tosu until conceding at a corner in the 4th minute of additional time. That 1-1 dropped Reds into second place. Reds secured their berth at the 2015 AFC Champions League but, after having led the J.League table for 20 matches of the 34 game season, were bitterly disappointed to see the championship slip from their grasp at the last. J.League: 2nd/18 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup: Quarter finals Emperor's Cup: Third Round |
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2015 #A Fine Start not Sustained | |
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Reds brought in six reinforcements, including Slovenia national team striker Zlatan LJUBIJANKIC, and started the season with the declaration they were going to win titles this year. Reds finished bottom of their Asian Champions League group with only one win but then moved into gear in mid-April. The J. League reverted to a two-stage system in 2015. Reds had learned the lessons of the previous season and focussed well at the back, and splendid play by Takahiro Sekine, in his second season at the club, and Yuki Muto, newly signed from Vegalta Sendai, added fresh vigour up front. The victories piled up and Reds swept the First Stage undefeated with 12 wins and 5 draws in 17 matches. The pace dropped off in the Second Stage but Reds nonetheless advanced to the championship play-offs in second place in the overall table only to lose 3-1 in extra-time to Gamba Osaka in the semi-final. Reds lost again to Gamba, 2-1, in the Emperor’s Cup Final at the end of the season to finish the season empty-handed again. |
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2016 #Another Cruel Experience in the Championship Play-offs | |
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Reds signed a number of promising young players, including defender Wataru Endo from Shonan Bellmare and midfielder Yoshiaki Komai from Kyoto Sanga. Misha (Mihailo Petrovic) declared that Reds would chase every title and achieve better results than last season. As promised, the team connected even better this season on the field. Reds showed they had what it took to compete in the Asian Champions League by drawing 2-2 away and winning 1-0 at home against the defending champions, Guangzhou Evergrande (China), before falling unluckily on penalties to FC Seoul(South Korea) in the Round of 16. The KLM Trio of Shinzo Koroki, Tadanari Lee and Yuki Muto notched up the goals in the J. League, leading Reds to third place in the First Stage. Reds then raced away with the Second Stage, including big wins against such clubs as Sanfrecce Hiroshima(3-0) and Gamba Osaka (4-0), and equalled the all-time record of 74 points in a season in the overall table, two points ahead of Kawasaki Frontale. In the meantime, Reds also won the re-named Levain Cup (formerly the Yamazaki-Nabisco Cup) 5-4 on penalties after drawing 1-1 with Gamba Osaka in the final. Reds’ opponents in the championship final were Kashima Antlers, who finished third on 59 points but overcame Frontale in the semi-final. A penalty by captain Yuki Abe secured a 1-0 advantage from the away leg and Shinzo Koroki extended that by scoring first in the home leg as well. Antlers equalised before half-time, however, and reversed the score on the night with a 79th minute penalty to level at 2-2 on aggregate and take the title on away goals. AFC Champions League: Round of 16 J. League First Stage: 3rd/18 J. League Second Stage: 1st/18 Overall: 2nd/18 YBC Levain Cup: Winners Emperor’s Cup: Fourth round |
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2017 #Second ACL Triumph | |
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Reds signed forward Rafael Silva from Albirex Niigata and the attack was on fire with 18 goals in 6 games in the group stage of their third consecutive AFC Champions League and sixth overall. Reds lost the away leg of the Round of 16 2-0 to Jeju of South Korea but fought back to a 3-0 win at home to advance to the last eight for the first time in 9 years. This was Misha's 6th year in charge and the team's mature combination and Rafael Silva's superb shooting prowess initially lifted Reds to the top of the J. League table. The exhaustion began to show, however, after those gruelling games against Jeju. The defence leaked goals, the losses piled up, and Reds slid down the rankings. With no recovery in sight, Misha was released at the end of July and head coach Takafumi Hori took over. Soon after, Reds won the Suruga Bank Championship 1-0 against Chapecoense of Brazil and then, in September, Hori switched from Misha's established 3-4-2-1 playing formation to 4-1-4-1. Brazilian defensive signing Mauricio from Portuguese club Maritimo had an impact, too, in restoring stability at the back. Reds staged a mighty recovery against fellow Japanese club Kawasaki Frontale in the ACL quarter-final, losing the first leg 3-1 away and conceding the first goal in the home leg, too, before winning the tie with four straight goals. Reds then drew 1-1 away and won 1-0 at home in both the semi-final and final, against Shanghai SIPG (China) and Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia), respectively, to secure their second Asian title after a gap of 10 years. Reds wound up 7th in the J. League and finished 5th at the FIFA Club World Cup in the UAE after defeating Casablanca of Morocco 3-2. AFC Champions League: Winners FIFA Club World Cup: Fifth place J. League: 7th/18 YBC Levain Cup: Quarter finals Emperor’s Cup: Round of 16 FUJI XEROX SUPER CUP: Runners-Up Suruga Bank Championship: Winners |
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2018 #A Year of Ever Closer Ties with the Supporters | |
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Reds made a slow start to the season. Takafumi Hori was released and academy director Tsuyoshi Otsuki took over as caretaker for 6 games until Brazilian manager Oswaldo Oliveira's appointment on April 25th. The J. League broke off from May through July for the FIFA World Cup and Oliveira used the time to build up the players' physical strength, especially. With the arrival also of Brazilian forward Fabricio from Portuguese club Portimonense, Reds rose rapidly up the table. Fabricio, though, was eventually sidelined by injury and Reds failed to achieve their target of a top-three position. Instead, Oliveira’s new-look attack shone from the restart in the Emperor’s Cup and Reds continued all of the way in that competition by overcoming Kashima Antlers in the semi-final and Vegalta Sendai 1-0 in the final to lift the trophy for the first time in 12 years. Oliveira invited supporters to watch the players train on the day before both matches to achieve the perfect fusion between players and fans. J.League:5th/18 YBC Levain Cup:Play-Off Stage Emperor’s Cup:Winners |
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2019 | |
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AFC Champions League: Runners-Up J.League:14th/18 YBC Levain Cup:Quarter finals FUJI XEROX SUPER CUP: Runners-Up Emperor’s Cup:Round of 16 |
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2020 | |
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J.League:10th/18 YBC Levain Cup:Qualifying group |
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2021 | |
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J.League:6th/20 YBC Levain Cup:Semi finals Emperor’s Cup:Winners |
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2022 | |
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AFC Champions League: Advance to the final J.League:9th/18 YBC Levain Cup:Semi finals FUJIFILM SUPER CUP: Winners Emperor’s Cup:Third Round |
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