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is a professional football (soccer) club in the J. League, based in Ōmiya-ku in Saitama, Saitama, Japan. (Its "hometown" designated by the league is the whole Saitama city, which is shared with Urawa Red Diamonds (the Reds).)
It competes in the J1 premiership from 2005, promoted from the runner-up in the J2 in 2004.
Although its home field is Ōmiya Park Soccer Stadium, most of its home matches are to be held in Saitama Stadium 2002 and Urawa Komaba Stadium (they are also home stadiums for the Reds.)
until expansion of spectator capacity of its permanent home in Ōmiya to satisfy J1 requirements can be completed.
It started in 1964 as NTT Saitama Soccer Selection in Urawa and founded as the NTT Kantō Soccer Club in 1969, then became NTT Sport Community K.K. based in Ōmiya in 1998 to participate in the J. League. The nickname "Ardija" is a transcription of the Spanish language ''ardilla'' (squirrel) which is the mascot of Ōmiya and the Park.
Its match with the Urawa Red Diamonds has been called the "Saitama Derby" by the mass media. However, Urawa's enthusiasm towards soccer which lured Mitsubishi Motors that had little local connection there to franchise is not found in Ōmiya. Stadium attendance for the Ardija is much lower than that of the Reds.

Contents

Team Record

J. League

Other Domestic Competitions

Current players

Managers

Former players

External links

Team Record

J. League

Year League Place GP Pts Win Draw Lose Average Crowd '1999' J2 '6 / 10' 36 51 18 1 7 2,674 '2000' J2 '4 / 11' 40 68 23 1 16 3,477 '2001' J2 '5 / 12' 44 78 26 6 12 3,864 '2002' J2 '6 / 12' 44 59 14 17 13 5,266 '2003' J2 '6 / 12' 44 61 18 7 19 5,058 '2004' J2 'Runners-up / 12' 44 87 26 9 9 6,108 '2005' J1 '13 / 18' 34 41 12 5 17 9,980 '2006' J1 '12 / 18' 34 44 13 5 16 10,234 '2007' J1

Key to colors                Played in '1st' division league                Played in '2nd' division league

Other Domestic Competitions

''See other domestic competitions record''

Current players

''As of August 14, 2007''

Managers

Manager	Nat.	Tenure
Takashi Shimizu		1992-1996
Norio Sasaki		1997-1998
Pim Verbeek		1998-1999
Toshiya Miura		2000-2001
Henk Duut		2002
Masaaki Kanno		2003
Eijun Kiyokumo		2003
Toshiya Miura		2004-2006
Robert Verbeek		2007
Satoru Sakuma		2007-present

Former players

★ Rodrigo Gral

★ Christian

★ Saul Martinez

★ Jeroen Boere

★ Jan Veenof

★ Jorge Dely Valdes

★ Eiji Kawashima

★ Yoshiteru Yamashita

★ Hideyuki Ujiie

External links

★ Omiya Ardija Homepage

★ Go! Go! Omiya Ardija (FanBlog)