# 2024 Urawa Red Diamonds season

The 2024 Urawa Red Diamonds season was their 74th season in existence and the 23rd consecutive season in the J1 League. As well as the domestic league, they competed in the J.League Cup. However, they did not participated in the 2024 Emperor's Cup due to a ban imposed by the JFA following violence by fans in the previous season. They were the first team to be banned from the tournament.

## Squad
### Season squad

| Squad no. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age at start of season) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Shusaku Nishikawa | GK | (1986-06-18)18 June 1986 (aged 37) |
| 16 | Ayumi Niekawa | GK | (1994-05-12)12 May 1994 (aged 29) |
| 31 | Shun Yoshida | GK | (1996-11-28)28 November 1996 (aged 27) |
| Defenders |||||
| 4 | Hirokazu Ishihara | RB / RM | (1999-02-26)26 February 1999 (aged 24) |
| 5 | Marius Høibråten | CB | (1995-01-23)23 January 1995 (aged 29) |
| 20 | Yota Sato | CB | (1998-09-10)10 September 1998 (aged 25) |
| 23 | Rikito Inoue | CB | (1997-03-09)9 March 1997 (aged 26) |
| 66 | Ayumu Ohata | LB | (2001-04-27)27 April 2001 (aged 22) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 8 | Yoshio Koizumi | AM / CM | (1996-10-05)5 October 1996 (aged 27) |
| 10 | Shoya Nakajima | AM / LW / RW | (1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 29) |
| 11 | Samuel Gustafson | DM / CM | (1995-01-11)11 January 1995 (aged 29) |
| 13 | Ryoma Watanabe | RM | (1996-10-02)2 October 1996 (aged 27) |
| 14 | Takahiro Sekine | LM / RM | (1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 28) |
| 21 | Tomoaki Okubo | RW / LW | (1998-07-23)23 July 1998 (aged 25) |
| 24 | Yusuke Matsuo | LW | (1997-07-23)23 July 1997 (aged 26) |
| 25 | Kaito Yasui | AM / DM | (2000-02-09)9 February 2000 (aged 24) |
| 27 | Ekanit Panya | AM | (1999-10-21)21 October 1999 (aged 24) |
| 29 | Yota Horiuchi | DM | (2004-07-08)8 July 2004 (aged 19) |
| 35 | Tomoya Ugajin | LM / LB | (1988-03-23)23 March 1988 (aged 35) |
| 47 | Hidetoshi Takeda | RM / AM | (2001-09-15)15 September 2001 (aged 22) |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | Hiroki Abe | LW / FW | (1999-01-28)28 January 1999 (aged 25) |
| 9 | Bryan Linssen | FW | (1990-10-08)8 October 1990 (aged 33) |
| 12 | Thiago Santana | FW | (1993-02-04)4 February 1993 (aged 31) |
| 30 | Shinzo Koroki | FW | (1986-07-31)31 July 1986 (aged 37) |
| 38 | Naoki Maeda | RW / SS | (1994-11-17)17 November 1994 (aged 29) |
Last updated: 20 January 2024. Source: Urawa Reds website

## Transfers
### Arrivals

| Date | Position | Player | From | Type |
| 25 December 2023 | DF | Hirokazu Ishihara | Shonan Bellmare | Full |
| 27 December 2023 | DF | Yota Sato | Gamba Osaka | Full |
| 27 December 2023 | DF | Rikito Inoue | Kyoto Sanga | Full |
| 29 December 2023 | MF | Hidetoshi Takeda | Mito Hollyhock | Loan return |
| 29 December 2023 | MF | Samuel Gustafson | BK Häcken | Full |
| 7 January 2024 | DF | Ryoma Watanabe | FC Tokyo | Full |
| 7 January 2024 | FW | Naoki Maeda | Nagoya Grampus | Full |
| 9 January 2024 | MF | Tomoya Ugajin | FC Gifu | Full |
| 12 January 2024 | MF | Ola Solbakken | AS Roma | Loan |
| 13 January 2024 | FW | Thiago Santana | Shimizu S-Pulse | Full |
| 13 January 2024 | MF | Yusuke Matsuo | KVC Westerlo | Loan return |

### Departures

| Date | Position | Player | To | Type |
| 27 November 2023 | FW | Alex Schalk | | Released |
| 27 November 2023 | FW | José Kanté | | Retired |
| 8 December 2023 | DF | Ryuya Fukushima | | Released |
| 26 December 2023 | DF | Tetsuya Chinen | Vegalta Sendai | Full |
| 26 December 2023 | DF | Yuta Miyamoto | Kyoto Sanga | Loan |
| 29 December 2023 | DF | Tomoya Inukai | Kashiwa Reysol | Full |
| 4 January 2024 | MF | Kai Matsuzaki | Shimizu S-Pulse | Full |
| 5 January 2024 | DF | Yudai Fujiwara | Oita Trinita | Loan |
| 7 January 2024 | DF | Kazuaki Mawatari | Matsumoto Yamaga | Full |
| 8 January 2024 | DF | Kota Kudo | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Loan |
| 9 January 2024 | MF | Kai Shibato | FC Machida Zelvia | Loan |
| 9 January 2024 | DF | Takuya Iwanami | Vissel Kobe | Full |
| 11 January 2024 | FW | Kasper Junker | Nagoya Grampus | Full |
| 12 January 2024 | MF | Yuichi Hirano | Cerezo Osaka | Full |
| 20 January 2024 | MF | Takahiro Akimoto | OH Leuven | Loan |
| 1 February 2024 | GK | Zion Suzuki | Sint-Truiden | Full |

## Competitions
### J1 League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Nagoya Grampus | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 50 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 50 |
| 13 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 48 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 47 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 45 |

#### Results by matchday

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

#### Matches

The full league fixtures were released on 23 January 2024.

### J.League Cup

The 2024 J.League Cup was expanded so that all 60 J.League clubs would participate.

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | J1 | JLC | Total |
| 1 | FW | 12 | Thiago Santana | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | 3 | Atsuki Ito | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Shoya Nakajima | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 47 | Hidetoshi Takeda | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 24 | Yusuke Matsuo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Samuel Gustafson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 13 | Ryoma Watanabe | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 21 | Tomoaki Okubo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 25 | Kaito Yasui | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 38 | Naoki Maeda | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 2 | Hiroki Sakai | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 5 | Marius Høibråten | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 9 | Bryan Linssen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 28 | Alexander Scholz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 30 | Shinzo Koroki | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 30 | 5 | 35 |
Last updated: 22 June 2024. Source: jleague.co