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Omiya Ardija
Đại cung アルディージャ
Full nameOmiya Ardija
Nickname(s)Risu(The Squirrels)
Founded1969;55 years ago(1969)
StadiumNACK5 Stadium Ōmiya
Omiya-ku,Saitama,Saitama
Capacity15,500
OwnerRed Bull GmbH
ChairmanMasashi Mori
ManagerTetsu Nagasawa
LeagueJ3 League
2023J2 League,21st of 22 (relegated)
Websitewww.ardija.co.jp
Current season

Omiya Ardija(Đại cung アルディージャ,Ōmiya Arudīja)is a Japanese professionalassociation footballclub based inŌmiya,Saitama Prefecture.Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighboursUrawa Red Diamonds.The team set to competes in theJ2 Leaguefrom 2025, the Japanese second tier of professional football. After promotion from2024in third tier.

Crest

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Omiya Ardija's crest features a squirrel on the right, which is the animal of Omiya. On the left, there are 5 lines, which reference the historic roads that run through Omiya, including the famousNakasendō,which runs to theHikawa Shrine,right near Nack5 Stadium.[1][2]

On 6 November 2024, Omiya Ardija announcement officially change crest and name toRB Omiya Ardijaafter acquiring Red Bull GmbH from 2025.[3]Logo colour is Orange and Blue.

History

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The team were founded in 1968 asNTTSaitama Soccer Selection inUrawa, Saitamaand later known as the NTTKantōSoccer Club in 1969. They were first promoted to theJapan Soccer League(JSL) Division 2 in1987/88,and when the JSL folded, joined theformer Japan Football League.[4]

In 1998 it was separately incorporated as NTT Sport CommunityK.K.based in Ōmiya to participate in theJ. League.The name "Ardija" is atranscriptionof theSpanish languageardilla(squirrel) which is themascotof Ōmiya and the park in which their home stadium is located.[4][5]

Their matches againstUrawa Red Diamondshave been called the "Saitama derby".[6]

In 2005–2007 most of Omiya's home matches were held atSaitama Stadium 2002andUrawa Komaba Stadiumdue to expansion works at their home ground. In October 2007 the expansion was complete. On November 11, the re-opening match was held as a J. League season match between the Ardija andŌita Trinita(1–2).[7]

Omiya competed in the J1 League following an immediate promotion in 2015 after being relegated in 2014. Omiya was relegated again following the 2017 season. They competed in J12005and continued to remain until 2014, following promotion from J2 in2004as the second placed team.

In2023,Omiya were relegated toJ3 Leagueafter six seasons stint in second division due to worst performance and will play third division football for the first time since1993.

On 15 February 2024, before the start of the season, Sports Nippon reported that Austrian energy drink maker Red Bull may buy a J.League club, and that Omiya Ardija was the leading candidate.[8]On July 26 of the same year, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported that Red Bull had reached an agreement in principle to buy Omiya Ardija.[9]

In August 2024, Omiya Ardija announcedRed Bullas their new owner, after acquiring 100% of the club shares, formerly owned byNTT,becoming part of their multi-club ownership.[10]This will be the first time that a foreign company has become the sole owner of a major Japanese professional sports team, including the J.League.[11]Red Bull began by acquiring management rights to Austrian first division clubSalzburgin 2005 and now owns six clubs:LeipziginBundesliga,New York Red Bullsin the United StatesMLS,LieferinginAdmiral 2. Liga,BragantinoinCampeonato Brasileiro Serie Aand Red Bull Brasil (nowRed Bull Bragantino II) in the Sao Paulo State Championship. In the past, they also ownedRed Bull Ghanain Africa and Omiya will be the eighth club they own.

NTT East will continue to support the company as a sponsor even after the transfer of shares.[12]

On 13 October 2024, Omiya secure promotion to J2 League after defeatFukushima United3-2 and return to second tier after one year absence. Six days later, Omiya secure first title of J3 League after draw againstFC Imabari1-1 on matchweek 33.

Stadiums

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Their home field is Nack5 Stadium Ōmiya(Nack5スタジアム đại cung,Nakku-faibu Sutajiamu Ōmiya):Ōmiya Football Stadiumby thenaming rightswith occasional games being played at theKumagaya Athletic Stadium.

Mascots

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Omiya Ardija has two squirrels as its mascots, named Ardi and Miya. Both wear the team kits. According to the club website, Miya is one size smaller than Ardi, being then, slightly shorter than him.[13][4]

Record as a J. League member

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Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
League J. League
Cup
Emperor's
Cup
Season Div. Teams Pos. P W(OTW) D L(OTL) F A GD Pts Attendance/G
asOmiya Ardija
1999 J2 10 6th 36 14(4) 1 15 (2) 47 44 3 51 2,674 1st round 3rd round
2000 11 4th 40 21(2) 1 14(2) 55 49 6 68 3,477 1st round 3rd round
2001 12 5th 44 20(6) 6 11(1) 73 43 30 78 3,864 1st round 1st round
2002 12 6th 44 14 17 13 52 42 10 59 5,266 Not eligible 4th round
2003 12 6th 44 18 7 19 52 61 -9 61 5,058 3rd round
2004 12 2nd 44 26 9 9 63 38 25 87 6,108 5th round
2005 J1 18 13th 34 12 5 17 39 50 -11 41 9,980 Quarter final Semi final
2006 18 12th 34 13 5 16 43 55 -12 44 10,234 Group stage 5th round
2007 18 15th 34 8 11 15 24 40 -16 35 11,465 Group stage 4th round
2008 18 12th 34 12 7 15 36 45 -9 43 9,350 Group stage 5th round
2009 18 13th 34 9 12 13 40 47 -7 39 13,707 Group stage 3rd round
2010 18 12th 34 11 9 14 39 45 -6 42 11,064 Group stage 4th round
2011 18 13th 34 10 12 12 38 48 -10 42 12,221 2nd round 2nd round
2012 18 13th 34 11 11 12 38 45 -7 44 10,637 Group stage 4th round
2013 18 14th 34 14 3 17 45 48 -3 45 11,138 Group stage 2nd round
2014 18 16th 34 9 8 17 44 60 -16 35 10,811 Group stage Quarter final
2015 J2 22 1st 42 26 8 8 72 37 35 86 9,490 Not eligible 3rd round
2016 J1 18 5th 34 15 11 8 41 36 5 56 11,814 Quarter final Semi final
2017 18 18th 34 5 10 19 28 60 -32 25 11,464 Group stage Quarter final
2018 J2 22 5th 42 21 8 13 65 48 17 71 9,224 Not eligible 3rd round
2019 22 3rd 42 20 15 7 62 40 22 75 9,478 3rd round
2020 22 15th 42 14 11 17 43 52 -9 53 2,515 Did not qualify
2021 22 16th 42 9 15 18 51 56 -5 42 4,311 2nd round
2022 22 19th 42 10 13 19 48 64 -16 43 5,272 3rd round
2023 22 21st 42 11 6 25 37 71 -49 39 6,862 3rd round
2024 J3 20 1st 38 25 10 3 72 32 40 85 7,472 2nd round 2nd round
asRB Omiya Ardija
2025 J2 20 TBD 38 TBD round
Key
  • Pos.= Position in league;P= Games played;W= Games won;D= Games drawn;L= Games lost;F= Goals scored;A= Goals conceded;GD= Goals difference;Pts= Points gained
  • Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
  • 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced byCOVID-19worldwide pandemic.
  • Source:J. League Data Site

Honours

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Omiya Ardija Honours
Honour No. Years
Shakaijin Cup 1 1981
Regional League promotion series 1 1986
J2 League 1 2015
J3 League 1 2024

Players

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As of 9 August 2024.[14]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK JapanJPN Takashi Kasahara
3 DF JapanJPN Shuto Okaniwa(on loan fromFC Tokyo)
4 DF JapanJPN Rion Ichihara
5 DF JapanJPN Niki Urakami
6 MF JapanJPN Toshiki Ishikawa
7 MF JapanJPN Masato Kojima
9 FW ColombiaCOL Fabián González
13 MF JapanJPN Rin Yamazaki
14 MF JapanJPN Toya Izumi(on loan fromVissel Kobe)
16 DF JapanJPN Yuto Ueda(on loan fromKyoto Sanga)
17 MF JapanJPN Katsuya Nakano
20 DF JapanJPN Wakaba Shimoguchi
21 GK JapanJPN Yuki Kato
22 DF JapanJPN Rikiya Motegi
23 FW JapanJPN Kenyu Sugimoto(on loan fromJúbilo Iwata)
25 DF JapanJPN Tetsuya Chinen(on loan fromVegalta Sendai)
26 DF JapanJPN Mizuki Hamada
28 FW JapanJPN Takamitsu Tomiyama
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 MF BrazilBRA Arthur Silva
31 MF JapanJPN Raisei Abe
33 DF JapanJPN Takuya Wada
34 DF JapanJPN Yosuke Murakami
35 MF JapanJPN Yusuke Shimizu
37 DF JapanJPN Kaishin Sekiguchi
38 DF JapanJPN Shunya Suzuki
39 MF JapanJPN Jin Izumisawa
40 GK JapanJPN Ko Shimura
42 FW JapanJPN Kazushi Fujii
43 MF JapanJPN Kota NakayamaDSP
44 DF JapanJPN Keita FukuiDSP
47 DF JapanJPN Hideki SaitoType 2
48 FW JapanJPN Mark IsozakiType 2
49 FW JapanJPN Tomoya Osawa
50 GK JapanJPN Manafu Wakabayashi
90 FW NigeriaNGA Oriola Sunday

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF JapanJPN Fumiya Takayanagi(atGainare Tottori)
11 FW JapanJPN Seiya Nakano(atAzul Claro Numazu)
No. Pos. Nation Player
46 DF JapanJPN Masato Nuki(atReinMeer Aomori)
MF JapanJPN Soya Takada(atTokushima Vortis)
  • Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be foundhere

Omiya Ardija U-18

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As of 15 April 2024.

The main U-18 team of Omiya Ardija currently plays in thePrince Takamado U-18 Premier League,the top-flight league for U-18 clubs in the country.[15]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK JapanJPN Hirai Shimizu
2 DF JapanJPN Hideki Saito
3 DF JapanJPN Shunya Sakai
4 DF JapanJPN Kairu Onishi
5 DF JapanJPN Yuya Motegi
6 MF JapanJPN Daichi Yamanaka
7 MF JapanJPN Hoga Tanno
8 MF JapanJPN Rikuta Horiuchi
9 FW JapanJPN Mark Isozaki
10 MF JapanJPN Ryo Kikunami
11 MF JapanJPN Fugo Tomaru
13 DF JapanJPN Asahi Fujiwara
14 FW JapanJPN Rikuto Heike
15 FW JapanJPN Soryu Noguchi
17 MF JapanJPN Sora Tanaka
19 DF JapanJPN Otaro Hagiwara
20 MF JapanJPN Kosei Saito
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK JapanJPN Musashi Kaneko
22 FW JapanJPN Shun Ozeki
23 DF JapanJPN Sena Chida
24 MF JapanJPN Taito Kanda
25 MF JapanJPN Yuzuki Kobayashi
26 DF JapanJPN Rin Nakazawa
26 FW JapanJPN Haruto Nakajima
28 FW JapanJPN Matthew Edward
29 DF JapanJPN Sunao Kidera
30 DF JapanJPN Toma Endo
31 GK JapanJPN Taishi Okamura
32 FW JapanJPN Keito Kyuragi
33 DF JapanJPN Masato Kawata
34 MF JapanJPN Shota Ohira
35 MF JapanJPN Seiga Honda
36 MF JapanJPN Masato Kosaka

Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Manager JapanTetsu Nagasawa
Assistant coach JapanTetsuhiro Kina
First-team coach JapanNaomichi Wakamiya
JapanYusuke Shimada
Goalkeeping coach JapanNorio Takahashi
Physical coach JapanTakuma Okumura
Technical staff JapanYuki Fukuro
Chief manager JapanYosuke Hakamada
Side manager JapanYuichi Goto
Interpreter JapanLeonardo Uehara
JapanMinori Sato
Chief athletic trainer JapanTakafumi Kazama
Athletic trainer JapanKenichi Sekido
JapanNatsuya Yashiro
Physiotherapist JapanRyohei Ikuta

Managerial history

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Manager Nationality Tenure
Start Finish
Pim Verbeek Netherlands 1 January 1999 31 December 1999
Toshiya Miura Japan 1 February 2000 31 January 2002
Henk Duut Netherlands 22 December 2001 22 December 2002
Masaaki Kanno Japan 1 February 2003 13 October 2003
Eijun Kiyokumo Japan 10 October 2003 31 December 2003
Toshiya Miura Japan 1 February 2004 31 January 2007
Robert Verbeek Netherlands 1 January 2007 30 June 2007
Satoru Sakuma Japan 1 July 2007 31. December 2007
Yasuhiro Higuchi Japan 1 February 2008 31 January 2009
Chang Woe-ryong South Korea 1. February 2009 26 April 2010
Jun Suzuki Japan 24 April 2010 19 May 2012
Takeyuki Okamoto(interim) Japan 31 Mai 2012 10 June 2012
Zdenko Verdenik Slovenia 10 June 2012 11 August 2013
Takeyuki Okamoto(interim) Japan 11 August 2013 20 August 2013
Tsutomu Ogura Japan 20 August 2013 31 December 2013
Kiyoshi Okuma Japan 1 February 2014 31 August 2014
Hiroki Shibuya Japan 31 August 2014 28 May 2017
Akira Ito Japan 29 Mai 2017 5 November 2017
Masatada Ishii Japan 6 November 2017 31 January 2019
Takuya Takagi Japan 1 February 2019 31 January 2021
Ken Iwase Japan 1 February 2021 25 May 2021
Norio Sasaki Japan 26 May 2021 9 June 2021
Masahiro Shimoda Japan 10 June 2021 26 May 2022
Naoki Soma[2] Japan 28 May 2022 19 May 2023
Masato Harasaki[16] Japan 19 May 2023 present

Kit evolution

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Home Kit – 1st
1999–2000
2001
2002 - 2003
2004 - 2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 -
Away Kit – 2nd
1999–2000
2001
2002 - 2003
2004 - 2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 -
Special Kits – 3rd
2018 3rd
2018
20th anniversary
2023
25th anniversary

References

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  1. ^Every J.League club badge explained | The meaning behind every J.League team crest,5 May 2022,retrieved31 May2022
  2. ^ab"Tương mã trực thụ giam đốc tựu nhậm のお tri らせ"(in Japanese). 26 May 2022.Retrieved26 May2022.
  3. ^"RB đại cung chu thức hội xã クラブプロパティ変 canh のお tri らせ".Đại cung アルディージャ.6 November 2024.Retrieved7 November2024.
  4. ^abc"Omiya Ardija Club Profile".J. League. 24 April 2015.Retrieved6 June2015.
  5. ^"Club Profile".Omiya Ardija.Retrieved6 June2015.
  6. ^"The 13th Saitama derby in the football-mad region comes around this Saturday in Japan's J-League when Urawa Red Diamonds face Omiya Ardija".Goal.com. 11 June 2011.Retrieved6 June2015.
  7. ^"オレンジの thánh địa nhất tân NACK5スタジアム đại cung".Saitama Shimbun(in Japanese). 47news. 23 October 2007.
  8. ^"レッドブルJリーグ tham nhập へ J sơ の ngoại quốc tư bổn xí nghiệp オーナー đản sinh も J3 đại cung が tối hữu lực hầu bổ".スポーツニッポン.15 February 2024.Retrieved8 August2024.
  9. ^"レッドブル, Jリーグ tham nhập J3 đại cung アルディージャを mãi thâu".Nhật bổn kinh tế tân văn.26 July 2024.Retrieved8 August2024.
  10. ^"Red Bull adds first Asian club to soccer portfolio with Omiya Ardija takeover".SportsPro(in Japanese). sportspromedia.com. 8 August 2024.Retrieved9 August2024.
  11. ^"レッドブルがJ3 đại cung アルディージャ mãi thâu phát biểu NTT đông nhật bổn から, Jリーグに tham nhập".Nhật bổn kinh tế tân văn.6 August 2024.Retrieved7 August2024.
  12. ^"Đại cung アルディージャの chu thức, レッドブルに nhượng độ tá dã xã trường “Thành công につなげる” khế ước đế kết, nhượng độ は kim niên 9 nguyệt を dư định NTT đông nhật bổn はスポンサー xí nghiệp に クラブ danh の tồn 続などについても ngôn cập ".Kỳ ngọc tân văn.7 August 2024.Retrieved7 August2024.
  13. ^"Đại cung アルディージャ công thức サイト".www.ardija.co.jp.Retrieved31 May2022.
  14. ^"TOPTEAM".Omiya Ardija.Retrieved4 February2024.
  15. ^"ACADEMY"(in Japanese).Retrieved6 April2023.
  16. ^"Giam đốc giao đại のお tri らせ"(in Japanese). 19 May 2023.Retrieved19 May2023.
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