2011 Urawa Red Diamonds season
# 2011 Urawa Red Diamonds season

The 2011 Urawa Red Diamonds season was Urawa Red Diamonds' eleventh consecutive season in J. League Division 1, 18th season overall in the J. League, and 45th overall in the Japanese top flight. It also includes the Emperor's Cup, and the J. League Cup.

## Transfers

### Winter transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Matthew Špiranović (from 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Marcio Richardes (from Albirex Niigata) |
| 12 | DF | JPN | Koji Noda (loan return from Fagiano Okayama) |
| 17 | DF | JPN | Mitsuru Nagata (from Albirex Niigata) |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Shunsuke Tsutsumi (loan return from Roasso Kumamoto) |
| 21 | FW | JPN | Kazuki Hara (from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Jun Aoyama (from Tokushima Vortis) |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Shuto Kojima (from Maebashi Ikuei High School) |
| 28 | DF | JPN | Takuya Okamoto (from Urawa Reds Youth) |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Mazola (loan from São Paulo FC) |
| — | GK | JPN | Ryota Tsuzuki (loan return from Shonan Bellmare) |
| — | DF | JPN | Masato Hashimoto (loan return from Tochigi S.C.) |
| — | MF | JPN | Yoshiya Nishizawa (loan return from Thespa Kusatsu) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | MF | JPN | Hajime Hosogai (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen) |
| 5 | MF | BFA | Wilfried Sanou (loan return to 1. FC Köln) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Robson Ponte (released) |
| 21 | MF | JPN | Takuya Nagata (on loan to Thespa Kusatsu) |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Yusuke Hayashi (to Thespa Kusatsu) |
| — | GK | JPN | Ryota Tsuzuki (retired) |
| — | DF | JPN | Masato Hashimoto (to V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| — | MF | JPN | Yoshiya Nishizawa (to Tochigi S.C.) |

### Summer transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 31 | FW | SRB | Ranko Despotović (from Girona FC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Edmilson (to Al-Gharafa) |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Shunsuke Tsutsumi (on loan to Tochigi S.C.) |

## Goals and appearances

    As of 28 August 2011

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | J. League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Norihiro Yamagishi | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Keisuke Tsuboi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | JPN | Tomoya Ugajin | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Matthew Špiranović | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Shunki Takahashi | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Nobuhisa Yamada | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Tsukasa Umesaki | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Yosuke Kashiwagi | 23 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Edmilson | 13 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Márcio Richardes | 23 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Tatsuya Tanaka | 20 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | JPN | Koji Noda | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Keita Suzuki | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | JPN | Tadaaki Hirakawa | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | JPN | Sergio Escudero | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | JPN | Hiroyuki Takasaki | 14 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | JPN | Mitsuru Nagata | 26 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | JPN | Nobuhiro Kato | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Shunsuke Tsutsumi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | JPN | Satoshi Horinouchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | JPN | Kazuki Hara | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Naoki Yamada | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Jun Aoyama | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | JPN | Genki Haraguchi | 22 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | JPN | Koki Otani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Mizuki Hamada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Shuto Kojima | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | JPN | Takuya Okamoto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Mazola | 20 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | JPN | Ryota Mikami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | SRB | Ranko Despotović | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Masaya Nozaki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Shinya Yajima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Results

### J. League Division 1

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Omiya Ardija | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 42 | |
| 14 | Albirex Niigata | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 39 | |
| 15 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 36 | |
| 16 | Ventforet Kofu (R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 33 | Relegation to 2012 J. League Division 2 |
| 17 | Avispa Fukuoka (R) | 34 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 34 | 75 | −41 | 22 | Relegation to 2012 J. League Division 2 |

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss

Scores are given with Urawa Reds score listed first.

| Game | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result F–A | Attendance | Urawa Reds scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 March 2011 | A | Vissel Kobe | 0–1 | 19,913 | |
| 7 | 24 April 2011 | H | Nagoya Grampus | 3–0 | 42,767 | Márcio Richardes 12', Tanaka 25', Haraguchi 78' |
| 8 | 29 April 2011 | A | Vegalta Sendai | 0–1 | 18,456 | |
| 9 | 3 May 2011 | H | Yokohama F. Marinos | 0–2 | 47,056 | |
| 10 | 7 May 2011 | A | Kashiwa Reysol | 1–3 | 24,222 | Haraguchi 90+2' |
| 11 | 15 May 2011 | H | Cerezo Osaka | 1–1 | 31,571 | Haraguchi 8' |
| 12 | 21 May 2011 | H | Kashima Antlers | 2–2 | 37,521 | Takasaki 67', Mazola 69' |
| 13 | 28 May 2011 | H | Albirex Niigata | 1–1 | 25,272 | Edmilson 22' |
| 14 | 11 June 2011 | A | Omiya Ardija | 2–2 | 12,221 | Edmilson 56', Haraguchi 78' |
| 15 | 15 June 2011 | A | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0–0 | 13,707 | |
| 16 | 18 June 2011 | H | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1–3 | 31,921 | Umesaki 80' |
| 17 | 22 June 2011 | H | Avispa Fukuoka | 3–0 | 20,240 | Suzuki 53', Márcio Richardes 73', Edmilson 90+1' |
| 18 | 25 June 2011 | A | Nagoya Grampus | 1–1 | 28,515 | Mazola 90+8' |
| 2 | 2 July 2011 | H | Gamba Osaka | 1–1 | 42,331 | Haraguchi 77' |
| 3 | 6 July 2011 | A | Montedio Yamagata | 0–0 | 8,303 | |
| 4 | 13 July 2011 | H | Kawasaki Frontale | 2–0 | 24,293 | Haraguchi 57', Nagata 79' |
| 5 | 17 July 2011 | A | Júbilo Iwata | 1–1 | 18,623 | Kashiwagi 29' |
| 6 | 23 July 2011 | H | Ventforet Kofu | 2–0 | 31,369 | Hirakawa 53', Kashiwagi 73' |
| 19 | 30 July 2011 | A | Kawasaki Frontale | 1–0 | 20,047 | Komiyama 10' (o.g.) |
| 20 | 6 August 2011 | H | Vissel Kobe | 2–3 | 32,231 | Tanaka 47', Mazola 77' |
| 21 | 14 August 2011 | A | Albirex Niigata | 3–2 | 37,375 | Haraguchi 8', Nagata 38', Naoki Yamada 61' |
| 22 | 20 August 2011 | A | Ventforet Kofu | 2–3 | 21,589 | Kashiwagi 23', Escudero 83' |
| 23 | 24 August 2011 | H | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–1 | 27,947 | Haraguchi 54' |
| 24 | 28 August 2011 | A | Cerezo Osaka | 1–3 | 26,248 | Takasaki 78' |
| 25 | 11 September 2011 | H | Montedio Yamagata | 0–1 | 27,709 | |
| 26 | 17 September 2011 | A | Shimizu S-Pulse | 0–1 | 21,524 | |
| 27 | 24 September 2011 | A | Kashima Antlers | 0–0 | 25,106 | |
| 28 | 2 October 2011 | A | Gamba Osaka | 0–1 | 20,053 | |
| 29 | 15 October 2011 | H | Omiya Ardija | 0–1 | 34,654 | |
| 30 | 22 October 2011 | A | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2–1 | 27,527 | Haraguchi 50', Umesaki 61' |
| 31 | 3 November 2011 | H | Júbilo Iwata | 0–3 | 34,263 | |
| 32 | 19 November 2011 | H | Vegalta Sendai | 0–0 | 30,891 | |
| 33 | 26 November 2011 | A | Avispa Fukuoka | 2–1 | 17,177 | Kashiwagi 45', Márcio Richardes 63' (pen.) |
| 34 | 3 December 2011 | H | Kashiwa Reysol | 1–3 | 54,441 | Kashiwagi 53' |

$^1Game$ postponed because of Tōhoku earthquake.

### Emperor's Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### J. League Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

Scores are given with Urawa Reds score listed first.

| Game | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result F–A | Attendance | Urawa Reds scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 June 2011 | H | Montedio Yamagata | 2–0 | 23,275 | Edmilson 45', Haraguchi 89' |
| 1 | 27 July 2011 | A | Montedio Yamagata | 2–1 | 5,012 | Kashiwagi 48', Despotović 74' |
| 2 | 14 September 2011 | H | Omiya Ardija | | | |
| 2 | 28 September 2011 | A | Omiya Ardija | | | |
