Omiya Ardija

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Omiya Ardija
大宮アルディージャ
Saitama, Saitama
Capacity15,500
OwnerNTT Group
ChairmanMasashi Mori
Head coachMasato Harasaki
LeagueJ3 League
2023J2 League, 21st of 22 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Omiya Ardija (大宮アルディージャ, Ōmiya Arudīja) is a Japanese professional association football club based in Ōmiya, Saitama Prefecture. Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds. The team currently competes in the J3 League from 2024, the Japanese third tier of professional football. After relegation from 2023 in second tier.

Their home field is Nack5 Stadium Ōmiya (Nack5スタジアム大宮, Nakku-faibu Sutajiamu Ōmiya): Ōmiya Football Stadium by the naming rights with occasional games being played at the Kumagaya Athletic Stadium.

Crest

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 famous Nakasendō, which runs to the Hikawa Shrine, right near Nack5 Stadium.[1][2]

History

The team were founded in 1968 as

former Japan Football League.[3]

In 1998 it was separately incorporated as NTT Sport Community

J. League. The name "Ardija" is a transcription of the Spanish language ardilla (squirrel) which is the mascot of Ōmiya and the park in which their home stadium is located.[3][4]

Their matches against Urawa Red Diamonds have been called the "Saitama derby".[5]

In 2005–2007 most of Omiya's home matches were held at

Ōita Trinita (1–2).[6]

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 J1

2004
as the second placed team.

In 2023, Omiya were relegated to J3 League after six seasons stint in second division due to worst performance and will play third division football for the first time since 1993.

Mascots

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.[7][3]

Record as a J. League member

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
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 TBD 38
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 by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic.
  • Source: J. League Data Site

Honours

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

Players

As of 7 March 2024.[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Takashi Kasahara
3 DF Japan JPN Shuto Okaniwa (on loan from FC Tokyo)
4 DF Japan JPN Rion Ichihara
5 DF Japan JPN Niki Urakami
6 MF Japan JPN Toshiki Ishikawa
7 MF Japan JPN Masato Kojima
8 MF Japan JPN Fumiya Takayanagi
10 FW Poland POL Jakub Świerczok
11 FW Japan JPN Seiya Nakano
13 MF Japan JPN Rin Yamazaki
14 MF Japan JPN Toya Izumi (on loan from Vissel Kobe)
16 DF Japan JPN
Kyoto Sanga
)
17 MF Japan JPN Katsuya Nakano
20 DF Japan JPN Wakaba Shimoguchi
21 GK Japan JPN
Yuki Kato
22 DF Japan JPN Rikiya Motegi
23 FW Japan JPN Kenyu Sugimoto (on loan from Júbilo Iwata)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF Japan JPN Mizuki Hamada
28 FW Japan JPN Takamitsu Tomiyama
30 MF Brazil BRA Arthur Silva
31 MF Japan JPN Raisei Abe
34 DF Japan JPN Yosuke Murakami
35 MF Japan JPN Yusuke Shimizu
37 DF Japan JPN Kaishin Sekiguchi
38 DF Japan JPN Shunya Suzuki
39 MF Japan JPN Jin Izumisawa
40 GK Japan JPN Ko Shimura
42 FW Japan JPN Kazushi Fujii
43 MF Japan JPN Kota Nakayama DSP
45 MF Japan JPN Haruhi Taneda
46 DF Japan JPN Masato Nuki
47 DF Japan JPN Hideki Saito Type 2
49 FW Japan JPN Tomoya Osawa
50 GK Japan JPN Manafu Wakabayashi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Japan JPN Soya Takada (at Tokushima Vortis)
  • Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here

Omiya Ardija U-18

As of 15 April 2024.

The main U-18 team of Omiya Ardija currently plays in the Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League, the top-flight league for U-18 clubs in the country.[9]

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

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

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Japan Tetsu Nagasawa
Assistant coach Japan Tetsuhiro Kina
First-team coach Japan Naomichi Wakamiya
Japan Yusuke Shimada
Goalkeeping coach Japan Norio Takahashi
Physical coach Japan Takuma Okumura
Technical staff Japan Yuki Fukuro
Chief manager Japan Yosuke Hakamada
Side manager Japan Yuichi Goto
Interpreter Japan Leonardo Uehara
Japan Minori Sato
Chief athletic trainer Japan Takafumi Kazama
Athletic trainer Japan Kenichi Sekido
Japan Natsuya Yashiro
Physiotherapist Japan Ryohei Ikuta

Managerial history

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[10]  Japan 19 May 2023 present

Kit evolution

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 -
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 -
Special Kits – 3rd
2018 3rd
2018
20th anniversary
2023
25th anniversary

References

  1. ^ Every J.League club badge explained | The meaning behind every J.League team crest, retrieved 31 May 2022
  2. ^ a b "相馬直樹 監督 就任のお知らせ" (in Japanese). 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Omiya Ardija Club Profile". J. League. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Club Profile". Omiya Ardija. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  5. ^ "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. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  6. ^ "オレンジの聖地一新 NACK5スタジアム大宮". Saitama Shimbun (in Japanese). 47news. 23 October 2007.
  7. ^ "大宮アルディージャ公式サイト". www.ardija.co.jp. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  8. ^ "TOPTEAM". Omiya Ardija. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  9. ^ "ACADEMY" (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  10. ^ "監督交代のお知らせ" (in Japanese). 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

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