Omiya Ardija
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is a professional football (soccer) club in the J. League, based in Omiya-ku in Saitama, Saitama, Japan.It competes in the J1 premiership from 2005, promoted from the runner-up in the J2 in 2004. Although its home field is Omiya 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 Urawa Red Diamonds) until expansion of spectator capacity of its permanent home in Omiya to satisfy J1 requirements can be completed.
It started in 1964 as NTT Saitama Soccer Selection in Urawa and founded as the NTT Kanto Soccer Club in 1969, then became NTT Sport Community K.K. based in Omiya 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 Omiya 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 Omiya. Stadium attendance for the Ardija is much lower than that of the Reds.
Current Stars
- Chikara Fujimoto () 2005 -
- Yukio Ttsuchiya () 2006 -
- Yasuhiro Hato () 2006 -
- Saul Martinez () 2006
- Rodrigo Gral () 2006 -
Managers
- 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
Former players
- Jorge Dely Valdes () 2001 - 2002
- Christian Correa Dionísio () 2005
- Saul Martinez () 2006
External links
- #redirect [[Template:Ja icon]] [Omiya Ardija Homepage]
- () [Go! Go! Omiya Ardija (FanBlog)]
| Japan Professional Football League Members in 2006 season |
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| Division 1 (J1) | |
| Niigata | Kashima | Chiba | Omiya | Urawa | FC Tokyo | Kawasaki | Yokohama FM | |
| Kofu | Shimizu | Iwata | Nagoya | Kyoto | G.Osaka | C.Osaka | Hiroshima | Fukuoka | Oita | |
| Division 2 (J2) | |
| Sapporo | Sendai | Yamagata | Mito | Kusatsu | Kashiwa Tokyo V. | Yokohama FC | Shonan | Kobe | Tokushima | Ehime | Tosu | |
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