# 2022 Urawa Red Diamonds season

The 2022 Urawa Red Diamonds season was the club's 72nd season in existence and the 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Urawa Red Diamonds participated in this season's editions of the Emperor's Cup, the J.League Cup, the Japanese Super Cup and the AFC Champions League.

## Players
### First-team squad

The team squad as of the end of the season.
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 (captain) |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Sakai |
| 3 | MF | JPN | Atsuki Ito |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Takuya Iwanami |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Kazuaki Mawatari |
| 7 | FW | DEN | Kasper Junker |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Yoshio Koizumi |
| 9 | FW | NED | Bryan Linssen |
| 10 | FW | SWE | David Moberg Karlsson |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Yusuke Matsuo |
| 12 | GK | JPN | Zion Suzuki |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Tomoya Inukai |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Takahiro Sekine |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Takahiro Akimoto |
| 16 | GK | JPN | Ayumi Niekawa |
| 17 | FW | NED | Alex Schalk |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Ken Iwao (on loan from Tokushima Vortis) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | JPN | Tetsuya Chinen |
| 21 | MF | JPN | Tomoaki Okubo |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Kai Shibato |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Yuta Miyamoto |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Kaito Yasui |
| 26 | FW | JPN | Rei Kihara |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Kai Matsuzaki |
| 28 | DF | DEN | Alexander Scholz |
| 33 | MF | JPN | Ataru Esaka |
| 40 | MF | JPN | Yuichi Hirano |
| 42 | DF | JPN | Kota Kudo |
| 44 | DF | JPN | Ayumu Ohata |
| 45 | DF | JPN | Atsushi Inagaki $^{Type2}$ |
| 46 | FW | JPN | Jumpei Hayakawa $^{Type2}$ |
| 47 | GK | JPN | Shogo Neyama $^{Type2}$ |
| 48 | GK | JPN | Yuto Ebashi $^{Type2}$ |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | GK | JPN | Ryo Ishii (On loan at YSCC Yokohama) |
| — | DF | JPN | Yudai Fujiwara (On loan at SC Sagamihara) |
| — | DF | JPN | Takuya Ogiwara (On loan at Kyoto Sanga) |
| — | DF | JPN | Ryuya Fukushima (On loan at SC Sagamihara) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | JPN | Daiki Kaneko (On loan at Kyoto Sanga) |
| — | MF | JPN | Hidetoshi Takeda (On loan at Omiya Ardija) |
| — | FW | JPN | Shinzo Koroki (On loan at Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo) |
| — | FW | JPN | Kenyu Sugimoto (On loan at Júbilo Iwata) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J1 League | 19 February 2022 | 5 November 2022 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 029.41 |
| Emperor's Cup | 1 June 2022 | 22 June 2022 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 050.00 |
| J.League Cup | 3 August 2022 | 24 September 2022 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 025.00 |
| Japanese Super Cup | 12 February 2022 | 12 February 2022 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| AFC Champions League | 15 April 2022 | 6 May 2023 | Group stage | Winners | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 5 | +28 | 063.64 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 89 | 51 | +38 | 038.46 |
Source: Soccerway

### J1 League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 47 | |
| 8 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 46 | |
| 9 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 45 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 10 | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 45 | |
| 11 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 42 | |
* ↑ Urawa Red Diamonds won the Champions League but did not qualify for the Champions League via league position. As a result, the last spot distributed to the third-placed team was transferred to Urawa Red Diamonds pursuant to the rules that Champions League winners would guaranteed a Champions League spot.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | D |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 21 January 2022.
Source: J.League

### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DAE | URA | LCS | SDT |
| 1 | Daegu FC | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | Advance to Round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 13 | Advance to Round of 16 | 0–0 | — | 6–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Lion City Sailors | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 7 | | 1–2 | 1–4 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Shandong Taishan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 1 | | 0–7 | 0–5 | 0–0 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Daegu FC 4, Urawa Red Diamonds 1.

#### Knockout stage
### Final
## Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | J1 League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC CL | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | David Moberg Karlsson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Kasper Junker | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Yusuke Matsuo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | DF | 28 | Alexander Scholz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | MF | 3 | Atsuki Ito | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 4 | Takuya Iwanami | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Yoshio Koizumi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 33 | Ataru Esaka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | FW | 17 | Alex Schalk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | DF | 20 | Tetsuya Chinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | 15 | Takahiro Akimoto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | 22 | Kai Shibato | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 6 | Kazuaki Mawatari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 25 | Kaito Yasui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | 19 | Ken Iwao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 21 | Tomoaki Okubo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 27 | Kai Matsuzaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 39 | Tomoya Inukai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 41 | Takahiro Sekine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |