page_title: Urawa Red Diamonds
section_title: Stadium
hierarchical_section_title: Urawa Red Diamonds / Stadium
caption_attribution_description: manchester united vs urawa red diamonds at Saitama stadium, urawa
context_page_description: Urawa Red Diamonds, colloquially Urawa Reds, are a Japanese professional football club based in Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Its name comes from the former city of Urawa, which is now a part of Saitama City.
  The name Red Diamonds alludes to the club's pre-professional era parent company Mitsubishi. The corporation's logo consists of three red diamonds, one of which remains within the current club badge.
context_section_description: Since the establishment of J.League in 1992, the team had used tracked Urawa Komaba Stadium as its home stadium. Due to the increasing popularity of the matches, Saitama City, owner of the stadium, expanded the seat capacity some times. The team used Ōmiya Park Soccer Stadium until the works were complete. In spite of the poor performance of the team, the stadium was filled with faithful supporters, drawing an average audience of twenty thousand people.
  In October 2001, Saitama Prefecture built new football-specific Saitama Stadium in Saitama city. This stadium was used as a venue for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. After the World Cup the club gradually increased home games in Saitama Stadium and in 2003 the stadium was formally designated as the home stadium. In 2008, only two games were held at Komaba Stadium.
caption: International friendly match against Manchester United, July 30, 2005, Saitama Stadium
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