2012 Urawa Red Diamonds season

Urawa Red Diamonds

2012 season
Chairman	Mitsuo Hashimoto
Manager	Mihailo Petrović
J. League Division 1	-
Emperor's Cup	-
J. League Cup	-
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2012 Urawa Red Diamonds season is Urawa Red Diamonds' 12th consecutive season in J. League Division 1, and 46th overall in the Japanese top flight. Urawa Red Diamonds are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J. League Cup.

Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2012 J. League Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C)	34	19	7	8	63	34	+29	64	Qualification to 2012 Club World Cup and 2013 Champions League
2	Vegalta Sendai	34	15	12	7	59	43	+16	57	Qualification to 2013 Champions League
3	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	15	10	9	47	42	+5	55
4	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	13	14	7	44	33	+11	53
5	Sagan Tosu	34	15	8	11	48	39	+9	53
6	Kashiwa Reysol	34	15	7	12	57	52	+5	52	Qualification to 2013 Champions League 1
7	Nagoya Grampus	34	15	7	12	46	47	−1	52
8	Kawasaki Frontale	34	14	8	12	51	50	+1	50
9	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	14	7	13	39	40	−1	49
10	F.C. Tokyo	34	14	6	14	47	44	+3	48
11	Kashima Antlers	34	12	10	12	50	43	+7	46
12	Júbilo Iwata	34	13	7	14	57	53	+4	46
13	Omiya Ardija	34	11	11	12	38	45	−7	44
14	Cerezo Osaka	34	11	9	14	47	53	−6	42
15	Albirex Niigata	34	10	10	14	29	34	−5	40
16	Vissel Kobe (R)	34	11	6	17	41	50	−9	39	Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2
17	Gamba Osaka (R)	34	9	11	14	67	65	+2	38
18	Consadole Sapporo (R)	34	4	2	28	25	88	−63	14

Updated to games played on 1 December 2012.
Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Urawa Red Diamonds

10 March 2012 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1 - 0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hiroshima Big Arch Stadium
Saturday 14:06	Sato  49'	Report		Attendance: 29,603 Referee: Matsuo

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kashiwa Reysol

17 March 2012 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	1 - 0	Kashiwa Reysol	Saitama Stadium
Saturday 14:04	Despotović  36'	Report		Attendance: 41,069 Referee: Tojo

Consadole Sapporo v Urawa Red Diamonds

24 March 2012 3	Consadole Sapporo	1 - 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Sapporo Dome
Saturday 16:03	Yamamoto  32'	Report	45+1', 63' Kashiwagi	Attendance: 20,192 Referee: Murakami

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kawasaki Frontale

31 March 2012 4	Urawa Red Diamonds	1 - 1	Kawasaki Frontale	Saitama Stadium 2002
Saturday 15:03	Popó  10'	Report	59' Yajima	Attendance: 25,743 Referee: Iemoto

Kashima Antlers v Urawa Red Diamonds

7 April 2012 5	Kashima Antlers	1 - 3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kashima Soccer Stadium
18:00 JST - Japan Standard Time	Koroki  2' Araiba  24' Umebachi  27' Endo  67'	Report	Marcio Richardes  3', 26' (pen.) Popó  5' Kashiwagi  67' Makino  84'	Attendance: 23,507 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Urawa Red Diamonds v Vissel Kobe

14 April 2012 6	Urawa Red Diamonds	2 - 0	Vissel Kobe	Saitama Stadium 2002
16:00 JST - Japan Standard Time	Abe  53' Marcio Richardes  77'	Report	Ōkubo  27' Okui  42'	Attendance: 25,894 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Omiya Ardija v Urawa Red Diamonds

21 April 2012 7	Omiya Ardija	2 - 0	Urawa Red Diamonds	NACK5 Stadium Omiya
19:30 JST - Japan Standard Time	Cho Young-Cheol  8' Rafael Mariano  27'	Report	Haraguchi  76' Kashiwagi  86'	Attendance: 12,709 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Nagoya Grampus v Urawa Red Diamonds

28 April 2012 8	Nagoya Grampus	1 - 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Mizuho Athletic Stadium
14:00 JST	Kanazaki  27' Tanaka  48', 67' Ogawa  55'	Report	Marcio Richardes  23', 69' (pen.)  37' Tsuboi  52' Hamada  90'	Attendance: 18,138 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Urawa Red Diamonds v Yokohama F. Marinos

3 May 2012 9	Urawa Red Diamonds	1 - 2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Saitama Stadium 2002
20:00 JST	Kojima  58' Makino  78'	Report	Saito  12' Andrew Kumagai  17' Nakazawa  67' Ono  73' Hyodo  76' Marquinhos  88'	Attendance: 44,422 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Júbilo Iwata v Urawa Red Diamonds

6 May 2012 10	Júbilo Iwata	2 - 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yamaha Stadium
17:00 JST	Baek Sung-Dong  25', 71'  43'	Report	Marcio Richardes  21' Makino  52' Haraguchi  66'	Attendance: 22,193 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

Urawa Red Diamonds v Albirex Niigata

12 May 2012 11	Urawa Red Diamonds	1 - 1	Albirex Niigata	Saitama Stadium 2002
17:00 JST	Marcio Richardes  11' Abe  84'	Report	Bruno Lopes  29'  36' Kikuchi  45+2' Tanaka  73'	Attendance: 31,818 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Urawa Red Diamonds v Shimizu S-Pulse

19 May 2012 12	Urawa Red Diamonds	1 - 0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Saitama Stadium 2002
16:30 JST	Abe  42' Umesaki  72'	Report	Brosque  20', 54' Takagi  62'	Attendance: 35,877 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

F.C. Tokyo v Urawa Red Diamonds

26 May 2012 13	F.C. Tokyo	1 - 1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Ajinomoto Stadium
20:00 JST	Jang Hyun-Soo  33' Morishige  90+1'	Report	Marcio Richardes  89'	Attendance: 33,836 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Gamba Osaka v Urawa Red Diamonds

16 June 2012 14	Gamba Osaka	1 - 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
20:00 JST	Sato  16'	Report	Haraguchi  29' Umesaki  90+2'	Attendance: 14,977 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Urawa Red Diamonds v Vegalta Sendai

23 June 2012 15	Urawa Red Diamonds	0 - 0	Vegalta Sendai	Saitama Stadium 2002
20:00 JST	Ugajin  39'	Report		Attendance: 39,545 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Cerezo Osaka v Urawa Red Diamonds

30 June 2012 16	Cerezo Osaka	1 - 1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kincho Stadium
20:00 JST	Kakitani  90+1'	Report	Suzuki  20' Marcio Richardes  80' Kato  83' Despotović  89'	Attendance: 36,723 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Urawa Red Diamonds v Sagan Tosu

7 July 2012 17	Urawa Red Diamonds	4 - 3	Sagan Tosu	Saitama Stadium 2002
19:00 JST	Umesaki  7' Hirakawa  50' Haraguchi  52', 54'	Report	Kim Kun-Hoan  45' Fujita  67', 71' Tozin  67'	Attendance: 30,047 Referee: Itaru Hirose

Albirex Niigata v Urawa Red Diamonds

14 July 2012 18	Albirex Niigata	0 - 0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium
20:00 JST	Tanaka  85' Ohi  90'	Report	Hirakawa  16' Umesaki  74'	Attendance: 33,998 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Urawa Red Diamonds v Júbilo Iwata

28 July 2012 19	Urawa Red Diamonds	2 - 0	Júbilo Iwata	Saitama Stadium 2002
19:00 JST	Kashiwagi  36'  50' Abe  78'	Report	Cho Byung-Kuk  44' Kobayashi  66'	Attendance: 28,142 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Urawa Red Diamonds v F.C. Tokyo

4 August 2012 20	Urawa Red Diamonds	2 - 2	F.C. Tokyo	Saitama Stadium 2002
19:00 JST	Ugajin  12' Marcio Richardes  36'	Report	Mukuhara  3'  60' Takahashi  63' Hasegawa  72' Kaga  81'	Attendance: 34,267 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Vissel Kobe v Urawa Red Diamonds

11 August 2012 21	Vissel Kobe	1 - 0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Home's Stadium Kobe
20:00 JST	Ōkubo  23' (pen.) Ogawa  48', 63'	Report	Kato  22' Marcio Richardes  80'	Attendance: 14,161 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kashima Antlers

18 August 2012 22	Urawa Red Diamonds	2 - 1	Kashima Antlers	Saitama Stadium 2002
20:00 JST	Ugajin  26' Haraguchi  39'	Summary	Iwamasa  55'	Attendance: 44,131 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Shimizu S-Pulse v Urawa Red Diamonds

25 August 2012 23	Shimizu S-Pulse	0 - 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
19:00 JST		Report	Umesaki  11' Abe  20'	Attendance: 23,188 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

Urawa Red Diamonds v Omiya Ardija

1 September 2012 24	Urawa Red Diamonds	1 - 1	Omiya Ardija	Saitama Stadium 2002
19:00 JST	Haraguchi  11' Nagata  57'	Summary	Novaković  15', 18' Carlinhos Paraíba  37' Higashi  45+1' Kikuchi  90+4' Ueda  90+5'	Attendance: 39,814 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Yokohama F. Marinos v Urawa Red Diamonds

15 September 2012 25	Yokohama F. Marinos	1 - 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	International Stadium Yokohama
20:00	Marquinhos  5'		Kashiwagi  23' Makino  64'	Attendance: 34,954 Referee: Yuichi Nishimuri

Urawa Red Diamonds v Gamba Osaka

22 September 2012 26	Urawa Red Diamonds	0 - 5	Gamba Osaka	Saitama Stadium 2002
17:00	Makino  40' Suzuki  55'		Abe  19' Ienaga  26' Leandro  36', 60' Omori  69' Paulinho  87', 90+2'	Attendance: 46,046 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Kashiwa Reysol v Urawa Red Diamonds

29 September 2012 27	Kashiwa Reysol	1 - 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
20:00	Kondo  4' Fujita  17'  90'	Summary	Makino  32' Umesaki  39' Popó  90+3'	Attendance: 26,106 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Urawa Red Diamonds v Consadole Sapporo

6 October 2012 28	Urawa Red Diamonds	-	Consadole Sapporo	Saitama Stadium 2002
20:00				Referee:

Vegalta Sendai v Urawa Red Diamonds

20 October 2012 29	Vegalta Sendai	-	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
14:00				Referee:

Urawa Red Diamonds v Cerezo Osaka

27 October 2012 30	Urawa Red Diamonds	-	Cerezo Osaka	Saitama Stadium 2002
15:00				Referee:

Kawasaki Frontale v Urawa Red Diamonds

7 November 2012 31	Kawasaki Frontale	-	Urawa Red Diamonds	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
19:00				Referee:

Urawa Red Diamonds v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

17 November 2012 32	Urawa Red Diamonds	-	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Saitama Stadium 2002
14:00				Referee:

Sagan Tosu v Urawa Red Diamonds

24 November 2012 33	Sagan Tosu	-	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tosu Stadium
14:30				Referee:

Urawa Red Diamonds v Nagoya Grampus

1 December 2012 34	Urawa Red Diamonds	-	Nagoya Grampus	Saitama Stadium 2002
15:30				Referee:

J. League Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cerezo Osaka	6	4	0	2	15	7	+8	12
Vegalta Sendai	6	4	0	2	11	5	+4	12
Jubilo Iwata	6	4	0	2	10	11	−1	12
Urawa Red Diamonds	6	3	0	3	12	10	+2	9
Sagan Tosu	6	3	0	3	8	16	−8	9
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	1	1	4	8	11	−3	4
Kawasaki Frontale	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	4

Urawa Red Diamonds v Vegalta Sendai

20 March 2012 Group A	Urawa Red Diamonds	1 - 0	Vegalta Sendai	Saitama Stadium 2002
Tuesday 15:01	Nagata  49'	Report		Attendance: 23,076 Referee: Okabe

Jubilo Iwata v Urawa Red Diamonds

4 April 2012 Group A	Jubilo Iwata	4 - 3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yamaha Stadium
Wednesday 19:04	Maeda  7' Chiyotanda  57' Matsuura  77' Yamada  82'	Report	34' Kojima  45+1' Own-goal  79' Takahashi	Attendance: 7,824 Referee: Ogiya

Urawa Red Diamonds v Cerezo Osaka

18 April 2012 Group A	Urawa Red Diamonds	1 - 4	Cerezo Osaka	Saitama Stadium 2002
20:30 JST	Kojima  7' Yajima  42' Kashiwagi  85'	Report	Kiyotake  11' Fujimoto  45' Branquinho  49' Sakemoto  65' Bando  81'  83'	Attendance: 16,533 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Kawasaki Frontale v Urawa Red Diamonds

16 May 2012 Group A	Kawasaki Frontale	0 - 3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
20:00 JST		Report	Kashiwagi  32' Ugajin  42'  57', 83' Špiranović  47'	Attendance: 13,608 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Sagan Tosu v Urawa Red Diamonds

6 June 2012 Group A	Sagan Tosu	2 - 1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tosu Stadium
20:00 JST	Toyoda  52'  64' Mizunuma  80'	Report	Tsuboi  56' Marcio Richardes  77'	Attendance: 7,284 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Urawa Red Diamonds v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

27 June 2012 Group A	Urawa Red Diamonds	3 - 0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Saitama Stadium 2002
20:00 JST	Kojima  17' Despotović  43'  90+2' Noda  63' Yajima  80'	Report	Shimizu  67'	Attendance: 14,022 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Emperor's Cup

Urawa Red Diamonds v Volca Kagoshima

8 September 2012 Round 2	Urawa Red Diamonds	2 – 1	Volca Kagoshima	Saitama, Saitama
13:00	Tanaka  30' Popó  48'	Summary	Kuriyama  9'	Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium Attendance: 8,975 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Kamatamare Sanuki v Urawa Red Diamonds

10 October 2012 Round 3	Kamatamare Sanuki	–	Urawa Red Diamonds	Saga, Saga
19:00				Stadium: Saga Stadium