2008 Urawa Red Diamonds season

{{Infobox football club season

|club = Urawa Red Diamonds

|season = 2008

|chairman =

|manager = Holger Osieck (until 16 March 2008)
Gert Engels (from 16 March 2008)

|stadium = Saitama Stadium 2002

|league = J. League 1

|league result = 7th

|cup1 = Emperor's Cup

|cup1 result = Fifth round

|cup2 = J. League Cup

|cup2 result = Group stage

|league topscorer = Marcus Tulio Tanaka (11)
Edmilson (11)

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During the 2008 season, Urawa Red Diamonds competed in the J. League 1, the top tier of Japanese football, in which they finished 7th. The club also competed in two domestic cup competitions, the Emperor's Cup and the J. League Cup, being eliminated in the fifth round of the former, and at the group stage in the latter competition.

Manager Holger Osieck was sacked two matches into Urawa's J1 League campaign on 16 March 2008, and was succeeded by Gert Engels.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/aus-fuer-osieck-376325/artikel|title=Aus für Osieck | Int. Fußball - kicker}}

Competitions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Competitions!!Position
J. League 1	7th / 18 clubs
Emperor's Cup	5th Round
J. League Cup	GL-A 4th / 4 clubs

=J. League 1=

==League table==

==Results==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" \|+ J.League Division 1 results{{Cite web\|url=https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS01/search?competition_years=2008&competition_frame_ids=1&competition_ids=250&team_ids=3&home_away_select=0\|title=J. League Data Site\|website=data.j-league.or.jp}}{{Cite web\|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/urawa-red-diamonds/2008/3/\|title=Urawa Red Diamonds - Fixtures & Results 2007/2008\|date=15 December 2023\|website=worldfootball.net}} !Date!!Time!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result F–A!!Attendance
bgcolor="#ffd0e3" \|8 March 2008	14:05	Yokohama F. Marinos	A	0–1	61,246
bgcolor="#ffd0e3" \|15 March 2008	14:04	Nagoya Grampus	H	0–2	54,482
bgcolor="#d0ffe3" \|30 March 2008	16:03	Albirex Niigata	H	3–0	46,962
bgcolor="#d0ffe3" \|2 April 2008	19:03	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	2–1	15,223
bgcolor="#d0ffe3" \|5 April 2008	13:04	Júbilo Iwata	A	2–1	27,866
bgcolor="#d0ffe3" \|13 April 2008	16:04	Kashima Antlers	H	2–0	54,450
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|20 April 2008	14:01	Omiya Ardija	H	0–0	50,997
bgcolor="#d0ffe3" \|26 April 2008	16:04	Kyoto Sanga	A	4–0	19,680
bgcolor="#d0ffe3" \|29 April 2008	16:00	Consadole Sapporo	H	4–2	48,031
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|3 May 2008	19:04	Vissel Kobe	A	1–1	23,088
bgcolor="#d0ffe3" \|6 May 2008	16:00	JEF United Chiba	H	3–0	52,008
bgcolor="#d0ffe3" \|10 May 2008	14:05	Kawasaki Frontale	A	1–0	20,335
bgcolor="#ffd0e3" \|17 May 2008	14:04	Gamba Osaka	H	2–3	57,050
bgcolor="#ffd0e3" \|28 June 2008	19:03	Kashiwa Reysol	A	1–2	36,785
bgcolor="#d0ffe3" \|5 July 2008	19:04	FC Tokyo	H	2–0	49,218
bgcolor="#ffd0e3" \|12 July 2008	18:05	Oita Trinita	A	0–2	28,214
bgcolor="#d0ffe3" \|17 July 2008	19:31	Tokyo Verdy	H	3–2	35,080
bgcolor="#ffd0e3" \|21 July 2008	18:01	Kawasaki Frontale	H	1–3	51,168
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|27 July 2008	18:34	Kashima Antlers	A	1–1	36,412
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|9 August 2008	19:34	Kashiwa Reysol	H	2–2	46,981
bgcolor="#d0ffe3" \|16 August 2008	18:34	FC Tokyo	A	1–0	37,154
bgcolor="#d0ffe3" \|23 August 2008	18:34	Júbilo Iwata	H	3–1	45,253
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|27 August 2008	19:03	Tokyo Verdy	A	1–1	26,275
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|13 September 2008	14:04	Oita Trinita	H	0–0	45,831
bgcolor="#d0ffe3" \|21 September 2008	18:00	Omiya Ardija	A	1–0	11,530
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|28 September 2008	19:03	Nagoya Grampus	A	1–1	19,811
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|1 October 2008	19:01	Kyoto Sanga	H{{Efn\|name=komaba\|Match played at Urawa Komaba Stadium.}}	2–2	16,225
bgcolor="#ffd0e3" \|5 October 2008	14:05	JEF United Chiba	A	2–3	16,718
bgcolor="#ffd0e3" \|18 October 2008	15:01	Vissel Kobe	H	0–1	47,325
bgcolor="#d0ffe3" \|26 October 2008	14:04	Albirex Niigata	A	1–0	40,359
bgcolor="#d0ffe3" \|8 November 2008	14:04	Consadole Sapporo	A	2–1	28,901
bgcolor="#ffd0e3" \|23 November 2008	13:01	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	1–2	54,709
bgcolor="#ffd0e3" \|29 November 2008	14:03	Gamba Osaka	A	0–1	19,605
bgcolor="#ffd0e3" \|6 December 2008	14:31	Yokohama F. Marinos	H	1–6	53,583

=Emperor's Cup=

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|+Emperor's Cup results

!Round!!Date!!Time!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Scorers!!Ref.

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|Fourth round

3 November 2008

13:00

Ehime FC

H{{Efn|name=komaba}}

1–0 {{aet}}

Ponte 95'

{{Cite web|url=http://www.jfa.or.jp/match/matches/2008/tennouhai/match_page/m51.html|title=Match No.51　｜第88回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会｜大会・試合｜日本サッカー協会|website=www.jfa.or.jp}}

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|Fifth round

15 November 2008

13:00

Yokohama F. Marinos

2–2 {{aet}} {{pso|5–6}}

Escudero 43', Horinouchi 46'

{{Cite web|url=http://www.jfa.or.jp/match/matches/2008/tennouhai/match_page/m67.html|title=Match No.67　｜第88回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会｜大会・試合｜日本サッカー協会|website=www.jfa.or.jp}}

=J. League Cup=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" \|+J. League Cup results{{Cite web\|url=https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS01/search?competition_years=2008&competition_frame_ids=11&team_ids=3&home_away_select=0\|title=J. League Data Site\|website=data.j-league.or.jp}} !Match!!Date!!Time!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance
bgcolor="#ffd0e3" \|GL-A-1	20 March 2008	16:00	Vissel Kobe	H	0–1	33,392
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|GL-A-2	23 March 2008	17:00	Kyoto Sanga	A	3–3	13,332
bgcolor="#ffffdd" \|GL-A-3	16 April 2008	19:00	Kyoto Sanga	H{{efn\|name=komaba}}	1–1	15,973
bgcolor="#ffd0e3" \|GL-A-4	25 May 2008	19:00	Nagoya Grampus	A	2–4	21,015
bgcolor="#ffd0e3" \|GL-A-5	31 May 2008	19:00	Vissel Kobe	A	1–2	17,453
bgcolor="#ffd0e3" \|GL-A-6	8 June 2008	15:00	Nagoya Grampus	H	1–5	35,417

Player statistics

Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !rowspan="2"\|No.!!rowspan="2"\|Pos.!!rowspan="2"\|Player!!rowspan="2"\|D.o.B. (Age)!!rowspan="2"\|Height / Weight!!colspan="2"\|J. League 1!!colspan="2"\|Emperor's Cup!!colspan="2"\|J. League Cup!!colspan="2"\|Total
1	GK	Norihiro Yamagishi	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1978\|5\|17\|df=y}}	cm / kg	1	0
2	DF	Keisuke Tsuboi	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1979\|9\|16\|df=y}}	cm / kg	21	0
3	MF	Hajime Hosogai	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1986\|6\|10\|df=y}}	cm / kg	26	2
4	DF	Marcus Tulio Tanaka	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1981\|4\|24\|df=y}}	cm / kg	31	11
6	DF	Nobuhisa Yamada	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1975\|9\|10\|df=y}}	cm / kg	28	0
7	FW	Naohiro Takahara	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1979\|6\|4\|df=y}}	cm / kg	27	6
8	MF	Alessandro Santos	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1977\|7\|20\|df=y}}	cm / kg	1	0
9	FW	Yuichiro Nagai	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1979\|2\|14\|df=y}}	cm / kg	26	5
10	MF	Robson Ponte	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1976\|11\|6\|df=y}}	cm / kg	16	1
11	FW	Tatsuya Tanaka	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1982\|11\|27\|df=y}}	cm / kg	15	2
12	DF	Shunsuke Tsutsumi	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1987\|6\|8\|df=y}}	cm / kg	18	0
13	MF	Keita Suzuki	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1981\|7\|8\|df=y}}	cm / kg	23	0
14	DF	Tadaaki Hirakawa	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1979\|5\|1\|df=y}}	cm / kg	31	1
15	FW	Sergio Escudero	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1988\|9\|1\|df=y}}	cm / kg	13	0
16	MF	Takahito Soma	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1981\|12\|10\|df=y}}	cm / kg	27	3
17	FW	Edmilson	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1982\|9\|15\|df=y}}	cm / kg	31	11
18	FW	Junki Koike	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1987\|5\|11\|df=y}}	cm / kg	0	0
19	DF	Hideki Uchidate	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1974\|1\|15\|df=y}}	cm / kg	3	0
20	DF	Satoshi Horinouchi	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1979\|10\|26\|df=y}}	cm / kg	28	0
21	MF	Tsukasa Umesaki	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1987\|2\|23\|df=y}}	cm / kg	22	1
22	MF	Yuki Abe	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1981\|9\|6\|df=y}}	cm / kg	33	6
23	GK	Ryōta Tsuzuki	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1978\|4\|18\|df=y}}	cm / kg	33	0
24	DF	Kazuya Sakamoto	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1987\|9\|2\|df=y}}	cm / kg	0	0
25	DF	Tetsushi Kondo	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1986\|11\|4\|df=y}}	cm / kg	0	0
26	FW	Hiroyuki Takasaki	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1986\|3\|17\|df=y}}	cm / kg	2	0
27	DF	Yoshiya Nishizawa	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1987\|6\|13\|df=y}}	cm / kg	0	0
28	GK	Nobuhiro Kato	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1984\|12\|11\|df=y}}	cm / kg	0	0
29	GK	Koki Otani	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1989\|4\|8\|df=y}}	cm / kg	0	0
30	FW	Masayuki Okano	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1972\|7\|25\|df=y}}	cm / kg	4	0
31	DF	Masato Hashimoto	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1989\|10\|12\|df=y}}	cm / kg	0	0
32	MF	Yusuke Hayashi	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1990\|1\|23\|df=y}}	cm / kg	0	0
34	MF	Naoki Yamada	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1990\|7\|4\|df=y}}	cm / kg	1	0
35	FW	Genki Haraguchi	{{Birth date and age2\|2008\|3\|8\|1991\|5\|9\|df=y}}	cm / kg	0	0

Notes

References

Urawa Red Diamonds

Category:Urawa Red Diamonds seasons