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
	← 2022 2024 →

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.

Players[edit]

As of 25 March 2024.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Shusaku Nishikawa
2	DF	JPN	Hiroki Sakai (captain)
3	MF	JPN	Atsuki Ito
4	DF	JPN	Hirokazu Ishihara
5	DF	NOR	Marius Høibråten
6	MF	JPN	Ken Iwao
7	FW	JPN	Hiroki Abe
8	MF	JPN	Yoshio Koizumi
9	FW	NED	Bryan Linssen
10	MF	JPN	Shoya Nakajima
11	MF	SWE	Samuel Gustafson
12	FW	BRA	Thiago Santana
13	MF	JPN	Ryoma Watanabe
14	MF	JPN	Takahiro Sekine
16	GK	JPN	Ayumi Niekawa
17	FW	NOR	Ola Solbakken (on loan from Roma)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	JPN	Yota Sato
21	MF	JPN	Tomoaki Okubo
23	DF	JPN	Rikito Inoue
24	MF	JPN	Yusuke Matsuo
25	MF	JPN	Kaito Yasui
27	MF	THA	Ekanit Panya (on loan from Muangthong United)
28	DF	DEN	Alexander Scholz (vice-captain)
29	MF	JPN	Yota Horiuchi
30	FW	JPN	Shinzo Koroki
31	GK	JPN	Shun Yoshida
35	MF	JPN	Tomoya Ugajin
38	FW	JPN	Naoki Maeda
39	MF	JPN	Jumpei Hayakawa
47	MF	JPN	Hidetoshi Takeda
66	DF	JPN	Ayumu Ohata

Out on loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	JPN	Yudai Fujiwara (On loan at Machida Zelvia)
—	DF	JPN	Kota Kudo (On loan at Fujieda MYFC)
—	DF	JPN	Ryuya Fukushima (On loan at Kochi United)
—	MF	JPN	Kai Matsuzaki (On loan at Vegalta Sendai)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	JPN	Hidetoshi Takeda (On loan at Mito HollyHock)
—	FW	DEN	Kasper Junker (On loan at Nagoya Grampus)
—	FW	JPN	Rei Kihara (On loan at Nagano Parceiro)

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in^[2]
Join on	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Transfer type
3 Jul	MF	Hiroki Abe	FC Barcelona B	Free transfer
1 Jun	DF	Yuta Miyamoto	KMSK Deinze	Loan return
13 Mar	FW	José Kanté	Cangzhou Mighty Lions	Free transfer
Pre-season	GK	Shun Yoshida	Oita Trinita	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Marius Høibråten	FK Bodø/Glimt	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Takuya Ogiwara	Kyoto Sanga	Loan return
Pre-season	MF	Ken Iwao	Tokushima Vortis	Full transfer; Loan made permanent
Pre-season	MF	Yota Horiuchi	Urawa Reds U18s	Promotion
Pre-season	FW	Toshiki Takahashi	Roasso Kumamoto	Full transfer
Pre-season	FW	Shinzo Koroki	Consadole Sapporo	Loan return

Transfers out
Leave on	Pos.	Player	Moving to	Transfer type
3 Jul	MF	Kai Matsuzaki	Vegalta Sendai	Loan transfer
Pre-season	GK	Ryo Ishii	Thespakusatsu Gunma	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Yuta Miyamoto	KMSK Deinze	Loan transfer
Pre-season	DF	Yudai Fujiwara	Machida Zelvia	Loan transfer
Pre-season	DF	Kota Kudo	Fujieda MYFC	Loan transfer
Pre-season	DF	Ryuya Fukushima	Kochi United	Loan transfer
Pre-season	MF	Ataru Esaka	Ulsan Hyundai	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Daiki Kaneko	Kyoto Sanga	Full transfer; Loan made permanent
Pre-season	MF	Hidetoshi Takeda	Mito HollyHock	Loan transfer
Pre-season	FW	Kenyu Sugimoto	Júbilo Iwata	Full transfer; Loan made permanent
Pre-season	FW	Kasper Junker	Nagoya Grampus	Loan transfer
Pre-season	FW	Rei Kihara	Nagano Parceiro	Loan transfer

Pre-season friendlies[edit]

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.

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

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

Last updated: 15 December 2023
Source: Competitions

J1 League[edit]

League table[edit]

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 2 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

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points.

Results summary[edit]


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

Last updated: 2 July 2023.
Source: Soccerway

Matches[edit]

The full league fixtures were released on 20 January 2023.^[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

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

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

22 September 28	Gamba Osaka	1–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Suita
17:00 JST	Usami 17'	Report	Kanté 29' 59' Takahashi 68' Linssen 85'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 30,135 Referee: Yusuke Araki

29 September 29	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Yokohama FC	Saitama
19:30 JST	Scholz 74' (pen.)	Report	Marcelo 15'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 22,379 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

20 October 30	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	Kashiwa Reysol	Saitama
19:00 JST	Koizumi 53' Ogiwara 57'	Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 25,991 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

27 October 31	Kashima Antlers	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kashima
14:00 JST		Report	Takahashi 49' Sakai 66' Scholz 67' Akimoto 88'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 29,305 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

10 November 32	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–2	Vissel Kobe	Saitama
15:00 JST	Kanté 90+1'	Report	Thuler 62' Osako 90+6'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 48,144 Referee: Yusuke Araki

24 November 33	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–3	Avispa Fukuoka	Saitama
14:00 JST	Scholz 18' (pen.) Akimoto 75'	Report	Konno 32', 62' Oda 54'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 34,826 Referee: Masuya Ueda

2 December 34	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	0–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Sapporo
18:00 JST	Miyazawa 56' Arano 90+5'		Scholz 18', 58' (pen.) Nakajima 72'	Stadium: Sapporo Dome

Emperor's Cup[edit]

As Urawa is a J1 club, it starts the competition at the second round.

7 June Second round	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Kansai University	Saitama
19:00	Ito 105'	Report	Yoshinaga 2'	Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium Attendance: 5,351 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

12 July Third round	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Montedio Yamagata	Tendo
	Ito 64' Iwanami 77'	Report		Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata Attendance: 6,520 Referee: Jumpei Iida

2 August Fourth round	Nagoya Grampus	3–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Nagoya
	Castro 25' Junker 75' Izumi 84'	Report		Stadium: CS Asset Minato Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,975 Referee: Takuto Okabe

J.League Cup[edit]

The club started the competition at the group stage.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	1	5	0	5	4	+1	8^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Shimizu S-Pulse	6	2	2	2	8	15	−7	8^[a]
3	Kawasaki Frontale	6	2	2	2	12	7	+5	8^[a]
4	Shonan Bellmare	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	6

Source: JLeague.co (EN), JLeague.jp (JA)
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Urawa Red Diamonds 6, Shimizu S-Pulse 5, Kawasaki Frontale 4.

8 March	Shonan Bellmare	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiratsuka
19:03		Report	Shibato 10' Mawatari 90+3'	Stadium: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 8,856 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

26 March	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Saitama
15:00	Linssen 38'	Report	Kololli 71'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 10,125 Referee: Koei Koya

5 April	Kawasaki Frontale	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kawasaki
19:03		Report	Schalk 72'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 18,332 Referee: Shu Kawamata

19 April	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Shonan Bellmare	Saitama
19:33	Hayakawa 43' Iwanami 69'	Report	Yamada 3' Okamoto 48' Yamamoto 87'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 11,222 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

24 May	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Saitama
19:33	Kanté 51' João Schmidt 89' (o.g.)	Report	Segawa 3' Kozuka 47' Ienaga 88'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 12,366 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita

18 June	Shimizu S-Pulse	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Shizuoka
18:03	Kitagawa 33' 56'	Report	Akimoto 49'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 10,229 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Quarter-finals[edit]

6 September First leg	Gamba Osaka	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Suita
19:03 JST		JLeague.co (EN) JLeague.jp (JA)	Schalk 46'	Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita Attendance: 9,363 Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya

10 September Second leg	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Gamba Osaka	Saitama
19:00 JST	Linssen 8', 62' Schalk 86'	JLeague.co (EN) JLeague.jp (JA)		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Note: Urawa won 4-0 on aggregate

Semi-finals[edit]

11 October First Leg	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama
19:00 JST	Lopes 60' (pen.)		Sakai 90+5'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 13,337 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

15 October Second Leg	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Saitama
17:00 JST	Scholz 53' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.)			Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 29,504 Referee: Ryu Tanimoto
Note: Urawa won 2-1 on aggregate

Final[edit]

3 November	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–2	Avispa Fukuoka	Shinjuku, Tokyo
15:05 JST	Akimoto 67'		Mae 5' Miya 45+5'	Stadium: Japan National Stadium Attendance: 61,683

2023–24 AFC Champions League[edit]

Urawa qualified to the play-off round of the competition because they are the defending champions and would not qualify to the Champions League by their national competitions. This is due to the club not being able to finish in a sufficiently high position in the J1 League and in the Emperor's Cup during the 2022 season.

22 August Play-off round	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Lee Man	Saitama
19:30 JST	Koizumi 3' Koroki 6' Sekine 90+3' Akimoto 90+5'		José Ángel 45+5'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Note: A win (after 90 minutes, extra-time or penalty shoot-out) qualifies them to the 2023–24 AFC Champions League Group Stage.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POH	RED	HAN	WTT
1	Pohang Steelers	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	16	Advance to round of 16	—	2–1	2–0	3–1
2	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	2	1	3	12	9	+3	7		0–2	—	6–0	2–1
3	Hanoi FC	6	2	0	4	7	16	−9	6		2–4	2–1	—	2–1
4	Wuhan Three Towns	6	1	2	3	8	11	−3	5		1–1	2–2	2–1	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group Stage[edit]

20 September 2023 1	Wuhan Three Towns	2–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Wuhan, China
21:00 CST	Zhang Xiaobin 10' Davidson 62' (pen.)	Report	Linssen 55' Kanté 90+4'	Stadium: Wuhan Sports Center Attendance: 27,600 Referee: Omar Mohammed Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)

4 October 2023 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	6–0	Hanoi	Saitama
19:00 JST	Phạm 9' (o.g.) Scholz 19' (pen.) Takahashi 37' Sekine 65' Kanté , 70' Panya 85'			Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Referee: Adham Mohammed (Jordania)

24 October 2023 3	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–2	Pohang Steelers	Saitama
19:00 JST			Shin 8' Jeong 22' Goh 49' Kim 87'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

8 November 2023 4	Pohang Steelers	2–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Pohang, South Korea
19:00 KST	Zeca 66' (pen.) Park 62' Kim 90+4'		Kanté 36' Ito 54' Iwanami 67' Akimoto 72' Skorża 72'	Stadium: Pohang Steelyard Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

28 November 2023 5	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Wuhan Three Towns	Saitama
19:00 JST	Scholz 37' (pen.) Linssen 64' Høibråten 88' Kanté 90'		He 44' Davidson 68'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

12 December 2023 6	Hanoi	2–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hanoi, Vietnam
19:00 ICT	Đào Văn Nam 53' Phạm Tuấn Hải 87' (pen.)		Scholz Linssen 65'	Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium Referee: Sadullo Gulmorodi (Tajikistan)

2022 AFC Champions League[edit]

The two-legged final was originally scheduled to be played on 19 and 26 February. However, Urawa's main stadium, the Saitama Stadium 2002 was not available due to pitch maintenance around this date, and then, would see Urawa having to host the second leg at the Urawa Komaba Stadium. As a result of this conflict, the AFC decided to rearrange the dates even further on the calendar, rescheduling the matches to late April and early May.

29 April Final (1st Leg)	Al-Hilal	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Riyadh
20:30 UTC+3	Al-Dawsari 13' 86'	Report	Koroki 53' Ito 85' Iwao 86'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 50,881 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

6 May Final (2nd Leg)	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Al-Hilal	Saitama
18:00 UTC+9	Okubo 36' Carrillo 48' (o.g.)	Report	Al-Bulaihi 88'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 53,574 Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Note: Urawa Red Diamonds won 2–1 on aggregate.

FIFA World Club Cup[edit]

Urawa Red Diamonds qualified for the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup as winners of the 2022 AFC Champions League final. They will play the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League winners, Club León, in the quarterfinals.

15 December Quarter-Finals	Club León	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Jeddah
17:30 UTC+03:00	Viñas 51' Tesillo 51', 84'		Okubo 45+1' Schalk 78'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

19 December Semifinals	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–3	Manchester City	Jeddah
21:00 UTC+03:00			Akanji 24' Höibraten 45+1' (o.g.) Kovačić 52' Silva 59' Nunes 83'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Mohammed Khled Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

22 December Match for Third Place	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–4	Al Ahly	Jeddah
17:30 UTC+03:00	Kanté 43', 75' Scholz 54' (pen.) Linssen 55'		Ibrahim 19' Tau 25' Koizumi 60' (o.g.) El Shenawy 90+5' Maâloul , 90+8', 90+9'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

Goalscorers[edit]

Updated as of 2 July 2023.^[4]

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	J1 League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	2022 ACL Final	Total
1	FW	30	Shinzo Koroki	4	0	0	1	5
2	FW	11	José Kanté	3	0	1	0	4
3	MF	14	Takahiro Sekine	3	0	0	0	3
	DF	28	Alexander Scholz	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	3	Atsuki Ito	2	1	0	0	3
	DF	15	Takahiro Akimoto	2	0	1	0	3
7	DF	2	Hiroki Sakai	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	25	Kaito Yasui	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	9	Bryan Linssen	1	0	1	0	2
10	DF	5	Marius Høibråten	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	17	Alex Schalk	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	19	Ken Iwao	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	21	Tomoaki Okubo	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	35	Jumpei Hayakawa	0	0	1	0	1
Total				26	1	4	1	32

References[edit]

^ "TOP TEAM". Retrieved 20 January 2024.
^ "トップチームトピックス". Urawa Red Diamonds (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
^ "2023シーズンの日程が発表【Ｊリーグ】". jleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League.
^ "Goal count". J.League. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Japanese and English)

[table_hth_URD0.80276872720698-4] Head-to-head points: Urawa Red Diamonds 6, Shimizu S-Pulse 5, Kawasaki Frontale 4.

[1] "TOP TEAM". Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[2] "トップチームトピックス". Urawa Red Diamonds (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 December 2022.

[3] "2023シーズンの日程が発表【Ｊリーグ】". jleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League.

[5] "Goal count". J.League. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

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