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OMIYA ARDIJA


is a professional football (soccer) club in the J. League, based in ÅŒmiya-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 ÅŒmiya 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 ÅŒmiya to satisfy J1 requirements can be completed.
It started in 1964 as NTT Saitama Soccer Selection in Urawa and founded as the NTT KantÅ Soccer Club in 1969, then became NTT Sport Community K.K. based in ÅŒmiya 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 ÅŒmiya 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 ÅŒmiya. 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

YearLeaguePlaceGPPtsWinDrawLoseAverage Crowd
'1999'J2'6 / 10'365118172,674
'2000'J2'4 / 11'4068231163,477
'2001'J2'5 / 12'4478266123,864
'2002'J2'6 / 12'44591417135,266
'2003'J2'6 / 12'4461187195,058
'2004'J2'Runners-up / 12'448726996,108
'2005'J1'13 / 18'3441125179,980
'2006'J1'12 / 18'34441351610,234
'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


ManagerNat.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)

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