# 2019 Urawa Red Diamonds season

The 2019 season was Urawa Red Diamonds's 19th consecutive season in J1 League, after finishing 5th in the 2018 J1 League. The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup, J.League Cup, Japanese Super Cup and AFC Champions League. They reached the final of the latter competition, losing to Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia by a 0–3 aggregate score.

## Squad

As of 16 January 2019.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Shusaku Nishikawa |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Maurício Antônio |
| 3 | MF | JPN | Tomoya Ugajin |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Daisuke Suzuki |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Tomoaki Makino (Vice-captain) |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Ryosuke Yamanaka |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Kazuki Nagasawa |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Ewerton (on loan from Porto) |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Yuki Muto |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Yōsuke Kashiwagi (Captain) |
| 11 | FW | CUW | Quenten Martinus |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Fabrício |
| 14 | FW | JPN | Kenyu Sugimoto |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Takuya Aoki |
| 17 | DF | JPN | Rikiya Motegi |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Naoki Yamada |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Andrew Nabbout |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Yuki Abe |
| 23 | GK | JPN | Nao Iwadate |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Koya Yuruki |
| 25 | GK | JPN | Haruki Fukushima |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Takuya Ogiwara |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Daiki Hashioka |
| 28 | DF | JPN | Katsuya Iwatake |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Kai Shibato |
| 30 | FW | JPN | Shinzo Koroki |
| 31 | DF | JPN | Takuya Iwanami |
| 32 | GK | JPN | Ryo Ishii |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Nobuki Iketaka |
| 34 | DF | JPN | Kei Oshiro |
| 46 | DF | JPN | Ryota Moriwaki |

## Competitions
### J1 League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 45 | 69 | −24 | 39 | |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 37 | |
| 14 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 37 | |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 53 | −21 | 36 | |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare (O) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 36 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |

#### Results
### J. League Cup

| Match | Date | Team | Score | Team | Venue | Attendance |
| QF1 | 2019.09.04 | Urawa Reds | 2-3 | Kashima Antlers | Saitama Stadium 2002 | 21,148 |
| QF2 | 2019.09.08 | Kashima Antlers | 2-2 | Urawa Reds | Kashima Soccer Stadium | 14,887 |

### Emperor's Cup

| Match | Date | Team | Score | Team | Venue | Attendance |
| 2R | 2019.07.03 | Urawa Reds | 2-1 | Ryutsu Keizai University FC | Urawa Komaba Stadium | 6,691 |
| 3R | 2019.08.14 | Mito HollyHock | 1-2 | Urawa Reds | K's denki Stadium Mito | 8,537 |
| 4R | 2019.09.25 | Urawa Reds | 0-2 | Honda FC | Saitama Stadium 2002 | 11,953 |

### AFC Champions League
#### Group standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JEO | URA | BJG | BUR |
| 1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Beijing FC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Buriram United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — |

#### Quarter-finals

3–3 on aggregate. Urawa Red Diamonds won on away goals.

#### Semi-finals

Urawa Red Diamonds won 3–0 on aggregate.