Urawa Red Diamonds, abbreviated as "Urawa Reds" (Japanese: 浦和レッズ), is a professional football club based in Urawa, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, founded in 1950.
Founded in 1950 as the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Football Club, it joined the Japan Soccer League in 1965 and contributed 4 players to the Japan men's national football team that won the bronze medal at the 1968 Olympics. It reached its peak starting in 1969, winning 4 league titles and 6 cup titles. In 1993, it was reorganized into a professional club, initially named "Mitsubishi Urawa," and was renamed "Urawa Red Diamonds" due to J.League regulations. In 1999, it became one of the first teams to be relegated to J2, and in 2000, it returned to J1 as the J2 runner-up. In 2002, it lost to Kashima Antlers in the league cup final, missing out on its first title.
In the 2003 League Cup, they won 4-0 against Kashima Antlers, claiming their first title after professionalization. In 2005, they won the Emperor's Cup for the first time. In 2006, they won the J.League championship for the first time, and that same year, they defended their Emperor's Cup title, achieving the "double crown." In 2007, they won the AFC Champions League for the first time, and finished third in the FIFA Club World Cup (the first Asian team to achieve a top-three finish). From 2014 to 2016, they attempted to win the J.League championship for three consecutive years but were unsuccessful. In 2017, they focused on the AFC Champions League, defeating Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal in the final to win the AFC Champions League again, and in 2018, they reclaimed the Emperor's Cup.