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Post by sandman on Feb 10, 2011 10:47:11 GMT 1
As some may know I am a big fan of the J-League and in particular Urawa Red Diamonds. In the coming days, weeks, and months I hope to update this thread with the history of the club - starting from is roots as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club - to the current 2011 season which starts March 6th.
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Post by sandman on Feb 10, 2011 11:17:15 GMT 1
From www.urawa-reds.co.jp/english/club-history.html: Official webiste (in english) of Urawa Reds: Before the J. LeagueLike most other J. League clubs, Urawa Reds started out as a company-based team run for the benefit of company staff. It all began in 1950 with the formation of a football club at Kobe-based Shin-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The club relocated to Tokyo together with the company in 1958. The company changed its name to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 1964. Before long, they had developed to become one of the powerhouses of Japanese company football, a status that was maintained for the next three decades. When Japan's first non-professional national league, the Japan Soccer League (JSL), was launched in 1965, Mitsubishi were one of the eight founding members. Four Mitsubishi players were regular members of the team that won Japan's historic bronze medal at the Mexico Olympics of 1968, including goalkeeper Kenzo Yokoyama and midfielder Takaji Mori. That success gave a great spur to football's popularity in Japan, a change symbolised by a match between Mitsubishi and Yanmar at the National Stadium in Tokyo on November 17, 1968, that featured several Olympic stars and attracted a record JSL crowd of 40,000. Mitsubishi's greatest period was from 1969 to 1982, when they won the league championship 4 times, came second 6 times, and also took the Emperor's Cup on 4 occasions. In 1978, Mitsubishi won Japan's first ever treble (the league, Emperor's Cup and League Cup). For the League Cup, the first of those three trophies, the team colour was changed from blue to red, and it has stayed that way ever since. The 1980's included a difficult patch and the team were even relegated to Division 2 at the end of the 1988/89 season. A young striker named Masahiro Fukuda arrived at the club the following year and they bounced straight back by winning Division 2. The club changed umbrellas from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Mitsubishi Motors for the 1990/91 season in preparation for joining the J. League -- the nation's first professional football league -- again as founding members.
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Post by sandman on Feb 10, 2011 18:47:17 GMT 1
1992 #Birth of Urawa RedsThe name was changed from Mitsubishi to Urawa Red Diamonds and the first Reds team played in the inaugural J. League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup -- in effect, the pre-J. League tournament -- in 1992. They were guided by former Mitsubishi player Takaji Mori, who had since also managed the Japan national team. The team featured two players from Argentina, Osvaldo Escudero and Marcelo Trivisonno, and a Japanese-Peruvian, Edwin Uehara. Reds finished fifth in the first-round group stage and did not advance to the semi-finals. They did, however, reach the Emperor's Cup semi-finals, and approached the J. League's opening season with high expectations. Yamazaki Nabisco Cup : 5th in the Group Emperor's Cup : Semi-finals I would post each years summarisation but there's a lot.....So here is the link to the history page if you want to know a little more. Alternatively just ask me, if you like. www.urawa-reds.co.jp/english/club-history.html
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Post by sandman on Feb 10, 2011 18:55:29 GMT 1
2011 team1. GK Norihiro YAMAGISHI 2. DF Keisuke TSUBOI 3. MF Tomoya UGAJIN 4. DF Matthew SPIRANOVIC 5. MF Shunki TAKAHASHI 6. DF Nobuhisa YAMADA 7. MF Tsukasa UMESAKI 8. MF Yosuke KASHIWAGI 9. FW EDMILSON Dos Santos Silva 10. MF. Marcio RICHARDES* 11. FW Tatsuya TANAKA 12. DF Koji NODA* 13. MF Keita SUZUKI 14. MF Tadaaki HIRAKAWA 15. FW Sergio ESCUDERO 16. FW Hiroyuki TAKASAKI 17. DF Mitsuru NAGATA* 18. GK Nobuhiro KATO 19. DF Shunsuke TSUTSUMI* 20. DF Satoshi HORINOUCHI 21. FW Kazuki HARA* 22. MF Naoki YAMADA 23. MF Jun AOYAMA* 24. FW Genki HARAGUCHI 25. GK Koki OTANI 26. DF Mizuki HAMADA 27. MF Shuto KOJIMA* 28. DF Takuya OKAMOTO* 29. FW MAZOLA* Team Manager: Zeljko PETROVIC Head Coach: Adrie BOGERS Coach: Osamu HIROSE GK Coach: Hisashi TSUCHIDA Asst. Coach: Hiroaki NAGAMINE For a little player profile use this link, or just Wiki them at will: www.the-rising-sun-news.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107&Itemid=83(players with * are new signings for the 2011 season)
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Post by sandman on Feb 10, 2011 19:01:55 GMT 1
Pre-season games so far 28th Jan, against National Institute of Fitness and Sports. Urawa 7 - 1 N.I.F.S. Players who scored goals: Tsuboi (23 minutes), Tatsuya (43 minutes), Takasaki (49, 51, 57 and 76 minutes), Naoki Yamada (85 minutes) N.I.F.S. scored on 24 minutes [First Half] GK: Yamagishi DF: Hirakawa, Nobuhisa Yamada, Tsuboi, Ugajin MF: Suzuki, Aoyama, Tatsuya, Marcio, Haraguchi FW: Edmilson [Second Half] GK: Kato DF: Takahashi, Hamada, Tsutumi, Noda MF: Okamoto, Kojima, Sergio, Naoki Yamada, Hara FW: Takasaki
2nd Feb, against Ryutsu Keizai University. Urawa 1 - 1 Ryutsu Keizai Uni Players who scored goals: Sergio (53 minutes), Ryutsu Keizai University (70 minutes) [First half] GK: Yamagishi DF: Hirakawa, Nobuhisa Yamada, Tsuboi, Noda MF: Suzuki, Hamada, Umesaki, Marcio Richardes, Haraguchi FW: Edmilson [Second half] GK: Otani DF: Takahashi, Keita Koide (Youth team), Tsutsumi, Shintaro Kosaka (Youth team) MF: Naoto Kitoku (Youth), Masaya Nozaki (Youth), Sergio, Shinya Yazaki (Youth), Hara FW: Takasaki
5th Feb, against Tokai University. Urawa 5 - 1 Tokai Uni Players who scored goals: Mazora (4 minutes), Sergio (19 minutes), Tatsuya (29 minutes), Marcio Richardes (38 minutes, 44 minutes-PK), Tokai University (62 minutes) [First half] GK: Kato DF: Hirakawa, Tsuboi (left the pitch after receiving injury at 44 minutes into the match), Tsutsumi, Ugajin MF: Suzuki, Nobuhisa Yamada, Tatsuya (replaced by Marcio Richardes at 32 minutes into the match), Sergio, Mazora (replaced by Haraguchi at 32 minutes into the match) FW: Takasaki [Second half] GK: Otani DF: Hirakawa (replaced by Junpei Arai (Youth team) at 65 minutes into the match), Nobuhisa Yamada (replaced by Shintaro Kosaka (Youth team) at 65 minutes into the match Keita Koide (Youth team), Tsutsumi, Noda MF: Keita (replaced by Masaya Nozaki (Youth team) at 65 minutes into the match), Kojima, Sergio (replaced by Umesaki at 65 minutes into the match), Marcio Richardes, Haraguchi (replaced by Hara at 65 minutes into the match) FW: Takasaki (replaced by Edmilson at 65 minutes into the match) Video Highlights
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Post by sandman on Feb 12, 2011 14:01:53 GMT 1
Yesterday the new home shirt sold out of small, medium and large in a day. I should hopefully get my top by the end of the week (fingers crossed).
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Post by sandman on Feb 13, 2011 13:33:03 GMT 1
Urawa lost 2-1 today in its first official pre-season friendly. They were beaten by J2 side Sagan Tosu (http://www.the-rising-sun-news.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=597&Itemid=133)
Edmilson scored for the Red Diamonds in the first half after going 1-0 down.
Video highlights:
Got to be honest the team set up for the game looked shite and I am not at all suprised we lost, with Petrovic at the helm. Didn't he get sacked as assistant from West Ham in December?
Heres hoping for a better result, in the Saitama Cup, on the 20th against Omiya Ardija.
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Post by sandman on Feb 14, 2011 15:31:22 GMT 1
Urawa played a training match today against Kyoto Sagan FC (relegated in 2010 from J1 to J2)
The game ended a 1-1 draw, with a goal in each half.
Team for each half is a s follows: [First Half] Kato, GK DF Tsutsumi, Nagata, Supiranobitchi, Noda MF Kojima, Yamada Tadashi (Kashiwagi → 38 min), Sergio FW Umezaki, Hara, Mazora
[Second Half] Kato, GK (→ Ooya 7 minutes) DF Tsutsumi Supiranobitchi, Nagata, Noda MF Kojima (→ Horinouti 23 minutes), Kashiwagi, raw FW Sergio, Takasaki, Mazora (off after 28 minutes)
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Post by sandman on Feb 19, 2011 12:03:20 GMT 1
SHIRT UPDATE: Is on a van waiting to be delivered. It got posted on the 17th. You got to love time difference.
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Post by sandman on Feb 20, 2011 12:47:14 GMT 1
Urawa Reds got dicked 3-0 today in the Saitama Cup. -Omiya Ardija Scored their first goal in the 53rd minute. -On 72 minutes Reds had vertrain defender Yamada Tooru sent off. -74 minutes and Omiya score again (probably due to the loss of a defender at the back). -93rd minute of the game and Omiya kill it by scoring again. I will put some pictures up when they update the website and maybe highlights when they eventially get on youtube. This is a dark day indeed...plus Parcel Force are saying they won't deliver my shirt till sometime tomorrow
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Post by sandman on Feb 21, 2011 10:21:04 GMT 1
Urawa played again today in a training match against...guess who, come on...no? Omiya Ardija. Good news is Urawa won the game 3-1. They won the the first half 1-0 and the second, obviously, 2-1 (in training matches they play halves usually playing a different team in the second half - should have explained this before). Fisrt half team: Kato, GK DF Takahashi, Hamada, Tsuboi, Noda MF Okamoto, Yamada Tadashi, Aoyama FW Sergio Hara Mazora Second half team: GK Ooya DF Okamoto, Tsuboi, Tsutsumi, Noda MF Kojima, Yamada Tadashi, Aoyama (71 minutes → Youth Special Contributions), Takahashi FW Takasaki, Hara (→ Horinouti 61 minutes) Should have some higlights of this one sometime mid-week.
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Post by sandman on Feb 21, 2011 13:27:52 GMT 1
My shirt has arrived. I will try and get some photos up if people are interested, otherwise I will bring it along on Saturday.
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Post by sandman on Feb 21, 2011 19:18:13 GMT 1
On next months list of purchases? Bought and on its way shortly ;D
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Post by sandman on Feb 24, 2011 17:03:13 GMT 1
Kazuki Hara, Forward, is out for three weeks due to, as far as I can tell, a hand injury. Namely a fracture. Happened in one of the games against Omiya Ardija (Sunday and Monday).
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Post by sandman on Feb 25, 2011 18:20:09 GMT 1
Sunday see's Urawa Reds take on Tochigi SC (Soccer Club) in their last pre-season friendly before the season kicks off on 6th March at Kobe. Considering Urawa have lost the other 2 pre-season games, and have only been success full against university or prefecture (county) teams I don't hold out much hope of a win. But I have been proved wrong before in the carzy world of football, so who knows.
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