1994 Urawa Red Diamonds season
# 1994 Urawa Red Diamonds season

1994 Urawa Red Diamonds season

## Review and events

### League results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Source: J.LEAGUE OFFICIAL 1995 RECORD & DATA. ISBN 4-09-102317-7.

### League results by round

J.League Suntory series (first stage) :

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

J.League NICOS series (second stage) :

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 |

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| - | - |
| J.League | 12th / 12 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | Quarterfinals |
| J.League Cup | Quarterfinals |

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | J-League | J-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 |
| | GK | SVK | Miro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | JPN | Hisashi Tsuchida | 48 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | JPN | Yūki Takita | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | JPN | Norio Takahashi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | JPN | Hiroki Aratani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Kōichi Hashiratani | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Yoshinori Taguchi | 33 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Takeshi Motoyoshi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | KOR | Cho Ki-je | 44 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Yukinori Muramatsu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Futoshi Ikeda | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Makoto Yamazaki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Tsutomu Nishino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Yūta Nakazawa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Kiyonobu Okajima | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Hiroyuki Sawada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Yoshinori Matsuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Tomo Satō | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Kenji Sakaguchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Naohiko Noro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Ken Iwase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Atsushi Natori | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Rummenigge | 29 | 12 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | JPN | Satoru Mochizuki | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Osamu Hirose | 20 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Takafumi Hori | 43 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Akinori Mikami | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Shirō Kikuhara | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | PER | Edwin Uehara | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Nobuyuki Hosaka | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Hideki Kanō | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Kōichi Nakazato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Yasunori Tsukao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Naoto Sakurai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Nobuhisa Yamada | 18 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Hideto Saitō | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Rahn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Masahiro Fukuda | 28 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SVK | Lulu | 16 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Hiroshi Ninomiya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Yoshiaki Satō | 29 | 9 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Shinichi Kawano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Nobuyasu Ikeda | 27 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Kōichi Sugiyama | 35 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Masayuki Okano | 40 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Hideyuki Imakura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Takeshi Mizuuchi | 25 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | JPN | Noriaki Shimura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Yūichi Sonoda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | JPN | Masahiro Sukigara † | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Nobuo Kikuhara † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | JPN | Tetsuya Asano † | 34 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Bein † | 12 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Buchwald † | 25 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | JPN | Akihisa Sonobe † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | JPN | Takeshi Nakashima † | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

* Source:
* † player(s) joined the team after the opening of this season.

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | DF | JPN | Kiyonobu Okajima (from Chuo University) |
| — | DF | JPN | Yoshinori Taguchi (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| — | DF | KOR | Cho Ki-je (from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| — | MF | JPN | Hideki Kanō (from National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya) |
| — | MF | JPN | Nobuyuki Hosaka (from Verdy Kawasaki) |
| — | MF | JPN | Shirō Kikuhara (loan from Verdy Kawasaki) |
| — | DF | JPN | Naohiko Noro (from Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School) |
| — | DF | JPN | Ken Iwase (from Narashino High School) |
| — | MF | JPN | Naoto Sakurai (from Omiya Higashi High School) |
| — | MF | JPN | Nobuhisa Yamada (from Fujieda Higashi High School) |
| — | MF | JPN | Hideto Saitō (from Fukaya High School) |
| — | FW | SVK | Lulu (from Inter Bratislava) |
| — | FW | JPN | Yoshiaki Satō (from Gamba Osaka) |
| — | FW | JPN | Kōichi Sugiyama (from Osaka University of Commerce) |
| — | FW | JPN | Masayuki Okano (from Nihon University) |
| — | DF | JPN | Yūta Nakazawa (from Hosei University) |
| — | FW | JPN | Yūichi Sonoda (from Chukyo High School) |
| — | GK | JPN | Hiroki Aratani (from Toyama Daiichi High school) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | JPN | Akihisa Sonobe (retired) |
| — | GK | JPN | Motohiro Takamura (retired) |
| — | DF | JPN | Shinji Tanaka (to Kyoto Purple Sanga) |
| — | DF | ARG | Trivisonno |
| — | MF | JPN | Seiichi Makita (to Fujitsu) |
| — | MF | JPN | Eiji Satō (Fukushima FC) |
| — | MF | JPN | Hiromichi Satō (retired) |
| — | MF | JPN | Yasuki Hashimoto (Chuo Bohan) |
| — | FW | JPN | Tsuyoshi Kino (retired) |
| — | FW | JPN | Yoshimasa Suda (Kofu soccer club) |
| — | FW | JPN | Yasushi Matsumoto (to Fukuoka Blux) |
| — | FW | JPN | Masato Suzuki (retired) |
| — | FW | JPN | Ichirō Sugiura (retired) |

## Transfers during the season

### In

* Masahiro Sukigara (from Verdy Kawasaki on March)
* Nobuo Kikuhara (from University of Tsukuba on March)
* Tetsuya Asano (loan from Nagoya Grampus Eight on April)
* Uwe Bein (from Eintracht Frankfurt on July)
* Guido Buchwald (from VfB Stuttgart on July)
* Akihisa Sonobe (from Urawa Red Diamonds GK coach)
* Takeshi Nakashima (from Waseda University on September)

### Out

* Kōichi Hashiratani (to Kashiwa Reysol on June)
* Miro (on September)

## Awards

none

