# Saitama derby

The Saitama derby (さいたまダービー, Saitama dābī) is the local derby in Saitama, Japan, between fierce city rivals Urawa Red Diamonds and RB Omiya Ardija.

## Honours

    As of 6 May 2023
| Competition | Urawa | Omiya |
| JSL Division 1 / J1 League | 5 | 0 |
| JSL Division 2 / JFL (1992–1998) / J2 League | 1 | 1 |
| Emperor's Cup | 8 | 0 |
| JSL Cup / J.League Cup | 4 | 0 |
| Japanese Super Cup | 5 | 0 |
| All Japan Senior Football Championship | 0 | 1 |
| Japanese Regional Football League Competition | 0 | 1 |
| Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League | 3 | 0 |
| J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 27 | 3 |

## Statistics

    As of 5 August 2017, competitive matches only
| Competition | Played | Urawa wins | Draws | Omiya wins | Urawa goals | Omiya goals |
| J1 League | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 23 |
| J2 League | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Emperor's Cup | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| J.League Cup | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| Total | 37 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 65 | 33 |

## Matches
### J1 League

| # | Date | Home scorers | Home | Result | Away | Away scorers | Report |
| 1 | 9 July 2005 | Tulio | Urawa | 1–2 | Omiya | Toninho, Sakurai | Report |
| 2 | 22 October 2005 | Sakurai | Omiya | 1–3 | Urawa | Santos, Tulio, Marić | Report |
| 3 | 29 April 2006 | Washington, Nagai | Urawa | 2–0 | Omiya | | Report |
| 4 | 10 September 2006 | | Omiya | 0–2 | Urawa | Washington, Nagai | Report |
| 5 | 6 May 2007 | Kobayashi | Omiya | 1–1 | Urawa | Washington | Report |
| 6 | 1 September 2007 | | Urawa | 0–1 | Omiya | Morita | Report |
| 7 | 20 April 2008 | | Urawa | 0–0 | Omiya | | Report |
| 8 | 21 September 2008 | | Omiya | 0–1 | Urawa | Takahara | Report |
| 9 | 24 May 2009 | Park | Omiya | 1–1 | Urawa | Hosogai | Report |
| 10 | 25 October 2009 | | Urawa | 0–3 | Omiya | Rafael (2), Ishihara | Report |
| 11 | 31 July 2010 | | Urawa | 0–1 | Omiya | Rafael | Report |
| 12 | 2 October 2010 | Rafael | Omiya | 1–2 | Urawa | Takasaki, Kashiwagi | Report |
| 13 | 11 June 2011 | Rafael, Fukaya | Omiya | 2–2 | Urawa | Edmílson, Haraguchi | Report |
| 14 | 15 October 2011 | | Urawa | 0–1 | Omiya | Rafael | Report |
| 15 | 21 April 2012 | Cho, Rafael | Omiya | 2–0 | Urawa | | Report |
| 16 | 1 September 2012 | Haraguchi | Urawa | 1–1 | Omiya | Higashi | Report |
| 17 | 20 April 2013 | Zlatan | Omiya | 1–0 | Urawa | | Report |
| 18 | 5 October 2013 | Abe, Haraguchi, Koroki, Sekiguchi | Urawa | 4–0 | Omiya | | Report |
| 19 | 10 May 2014 | | Omiya | 0–2 | Urawa | Koroki, Kashiwagi | Report |
| 20 | 30 August 2014 | Umesaki, Koroki, Moriwaki, Ugajin | Urawa | 4–0 | Omiya | | Report |
| 21 | 8 May 2016 | | Omiya | 0–1 | Urawa | Kashiwagi | Report |
| 22 | 17 July 2016 | Kashiwagi, Muto | Urawa | 2–2 | Omiya | Esaka, Mateus | Report |
| 23 | 30 April 2017 | Barada | Omiya | 1–0 | Urawa | | Report |
| 24 | 5 August 2017 | Koroki, Kashiwagi | Urawa | 2–2 | Omiya | Mateus, Segawa | Report |

### J2 League

| # | Date | Home scorers | Home | Result | Away | Away scorers | Report |
| 1 | 25 March 2000 | Ono | Urawa | 1–0 | Omiya | | Report |
| 2 | 22 May 2000 | | Omiya | 0–6 | Urawa | Nagai, Oshiba, Kubica, unknown (o.g.), Miyazawa, unknown (o.g.) | Report |
| 3 | 16 September 2000 | | Urawa | 0–1 | Omiya | Jorginho | Report |
| 4 | 16 November 2000 | | Omiya | 0–1 | Urawa | Oshiba | Report |

### Emperor's Cup

| # | Date | Home scorers | Home | Result | Away | Away scorers | Report |
| 1 | 17 November 1996 | Okano (2), Iwase | Urawa | 3–0 | NTT Kanto | | Report |
| 2 | 14 December 1997 | Petrović, Fukunaga | Urawa | 2–1 | NTT Kanto | Hiramoto | Report |
| 3 | 29 December 2005 | Kataoka, Tomita | Omiya | 2–4 (a.e.t.) | Urawa | Marić, Hasebe (2), No. Yamada | Report |

### J.League Cup

| # | Date | Home scorers | Home | Result | Away | Away scorers | Report |
| 1 | 26 March 2005 | Tanaka, Emerson | Urawa | 2–1 | Omiya | Tomita | Report |
| 2 | 4 June 2005 | Tuto | Omiya | 1–3 | Urawa | Suzuki, Emerson, Tanaka | Report |
| 3 | 13 June 2009 | Na. Yamada, Edmílson (2), Takahara, Haraguchi, No. Yamada | Urawa | 6–2 | Omiya | Tokita, Fujita | Report |
| 4 | 14 September 2011 | Márcio Richardes, Haraguchi | Urawa | 2–0 | Omiya | | Report |
| 5 | 28 September 2011 | Kanazawa | Omiya | 1–2 | Urawa | Despotović (2) | Report |
| 6 | 2 April 2014 | Lee, Aoki | Urawa | 2–1 | Omiya | Hashimoto | Report |

## Goalscorers

    As of 5 August 2017, competitive matches only
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Rafael | Omiya | 7 |
| 2 | Genki Haraguchi | Urawa | 5 |
| 2 | Yosuke Kashiwagi | Urawa | 5 |
| 4 | Shinzo Koroki | Urawa | 4 |
| 5 | Edmílson | Urawa | 3 |
| 5 | Yuichiro Nagai | Urawa | 3 |
| 5 | Washington | Urawa | 3 |
| 8 | Ranko Despotović | Urawa | 2 |
| 8 | Emerson | Urawa | 2 |
| 8 | Makoto Hasebe | Urawa | 2 |
| 8 | Tomislav Marić | Urawa | 2 |
| 8 | Mateus | Omiya | 2 |
| 8 | Masayuki Okano | Urawa | 2 |
| 8 | Kenji Oshiba | Urawa | 2 |
| 8 | Naoto Sakurai | Urawa Omiya | 2 |
| 8 | Naohiro Takahara | Urawa | 2 |
| 8 | Marcus Tulio Tanaka | Urawa | 2 |
| 8 | Tatsuya Tanaka | Urawa | 2 |
| 8 | Daisuke Tomita | Omiya | 2 |
| 8 | Nobuhisa Yamada | Urawa | 2 |

## Players who played for both clubs

| Player | Urawa | Omiya |
| Akihiro Kameda | 1992 | 1989–1991 |
| Yuki Takita | 1992–2000 | 1990–1992 |
| Seiichi Makita | 1993 | 1991–1992 |
| Hiroki Aratani | 1994–1997 | 1999–2008 |
| Ken Iwase | 1994–1998 | 1998–2002 |
| Naoto Sakurai | 1994–1999 | 2005–2008 |
| Tomoyasu Ando | 1997, 1998–2002 | 2002–2006 |
| Kohei Morita | 1999–2000 | 2002–2004 |
| Tuto | 2001–2002 | 2004–2005 |
| Takuro Nishimura | 2001–2004 | 2004–2008 |
| Nobuhiro Kato | 2003–2014 | 2015–2018 |
| Mizuki Hamada | 2009–2012, 2014 | 2024– |
| Shinya Yajima | 2011–2014, 2017 | 2022 |
| Takuya Aoki | 2014–2020 | 2008–2013 |
| Rikiya Motegi | 2015, 2018–2019 | 2022– |
| Naoki Ishihara | 2015–2016 | 2009–2011 |
| Zlatan Ljubijankić | 2015–2018 | 2012–2014 |
| Kenyu Sugimoto | 2019–2021 | 2024– |
| Hidetoshi Takeda | 2020–2021, 2024 | 2022 |
| Hitoshi Shiota | 2021 | 2015–2019 |
| Ataru Esaka | 2021–2022 | 2016–2017 |
| Kazuaki Mawatari | 2022–2023 | 2021 |
| Tetsuya Chinen | 2022–2023 | 2024 |