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
Ground Capacity	21,500
Owner	Urawa Red Diamonds
Chairman	Mitsuo Hashimoto (橋本光夫)
Manager	Yasushi Yoshida (吉田靖)
League	Nadeshiko Div.1
2016	8th
Website	Club website
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 Redīsu) 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 21 October 2016^[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 Akari Kurishima (栗島朱里) 6 DF Ruka Norimatsu (乗松瑠華) 7 MF Risa Ikadai 8 MF Hikaru Naomoto (猶本光) 9 FW Kiko Seike (清家貴子) 10 FW Chinatsu Kira (吉良知夏) 11 FW Michi Gotō (後藤三知) (Captain) 13 FW Akari Shiraki (白木星)

No. Position Player 14 MF Sayaka Mitani (三谷沙也加) 15 MF Hikaru Kitagawa 16 GK Chika Hirao (平尾知佳) 17 MF Yu Endo 18 MF Hanae Shibata (柴田華絵) 19 MF Yuzuho Shiokoshi 20 MF Chika Katō (加藤千佳) 21 GK Mamiko Matsumoto 22 DF Hikari Nagashima 23 MF Aoi Kizaki 33 FW Emily Gielnik

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

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

External links

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