The Saitama City Cup is an International friendly football tournament held in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It has been hosted by Urawa Red Diamonds annually since 2003 at Saitama Stadium 2002 until 2008 edition. 2009 event was also planned and announced but cancelled later due to 2009 flu pandemic. 2010 and 2011 edition were hosted by Omiya Ardija thus held at NACK5 Stadium Ōmiya. After absence in 2012, 2013 event will be hosted by Urawa again and Arsenal F.C. will be non-Japanese invitees, while previous edition in 2011 was competed by Omiya and Urawa, without non-Japanese invitees first time.
Urawa Red Diamonds | 4–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
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Report |
Omiya Ardija | 0–1 | Nacional |
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Vecino 52' |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 1–1 | FC Seoul |
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Nagasawa 83' | Report | Lee Sang-ho 38' |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 1–2 | Arsenal F.C. |
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Abe 59' | Report | Podolski 49' Akpom 82' |
Omiya Ardija | 3–0 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Kim 53' Rafael 74' Higashi 93' | Report Report |
Omiya Ardija | 5–0 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
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Hashimoto 14'68' Rafael 20' Ishihara 48'54' | Report Report |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–4 | Bayern Munich |
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Umesaki 56' Abe 80' | Report | Klose 15' Podolski 20'42'62' |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–2 | Manchester United |
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Uchidate 25' Ono 78' | Report | Fletcher 47' Ronaldo 51' |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 1–0 | Bayern Munich |
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Kurobe 88' | Report |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 0–3 | Barcelona |
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Report | Xavi 11' Larsson 39'77' |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–2 | Feyenoord |
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Tanaka 61' Emerson 62' | Bombarda 17'57' |
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