Saitama City Cup

The Saitama City Cup is an International Friendly 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.

2013 Saitama City Cup

Urawa Red Diamonds v Arsenal F.C.

26 July 2013 19:30 (UTC+9)

Urawa Red Diamonds	1 – 2	Arsenal F.C.
Abe  59'	Report	Podolski  49' Akpom  82'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama Attendance: 40,769 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

2011 Saitama City Cup

Omiya Ardija v Urawa Red Diamonds

20 February 2011 13:34 (UTC+9)

Omiya Ardija	3 – 0	Urawa Red Diamonds
Kim  53' Rafael  74' Higashi  93'	(Report) (Report2)

NACK5 Stadium Ōmiya, Saitama Attendance: 11,362 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

2010 Saitama City Cup

Omiya Ardija v Suwon Samsung Bluewings

13 February 2010 13:30 (UTC+9)

Omiya Ardija	5 – 0	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Hashimoto  14'  68' Rafael  20' Ishihara  48'  54'	(Report)

NACK5 Stadium Ōmiya, Saitama Attendance: 6,053 Referee: Masaki Nabeshima

2008 Saitama City Cup

Urawa Red Diamonds v Bayern Munich

31 July 2008 19:32 (UTC+9)

Urawa Red Diamonds	2 – 4	Bayern Munich
Umesaki  56' Abe  80'	(Report)	Klose  15' Podolski  20'  42'  62'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama Attendance: 27,292 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

2007 Saitama City Cup

Urawa Red Diamonds v Manchester United

17 July 2007 19:05 (UTC+9)

Urawa Red Diamonds	2 – 2	Manchester United
Uchidate  25' Ono  78'	(Report)	Fletcher  47' Ronaldo  51'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama Attendance: 58,716 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

2006 Saitama City Cup

Urawa Red Diamonds v Bayern Munich

31 July 2006 19:04 (UTC+9)

Urawa Red Diamonds	1 – 0	Bayern Munich
Kurobe  88'	(Report)

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama Attendance: 29,019 Referee: Tsutomu Anazawa

2005 Saitama City Cup

Urawa Red Diamonds v Barcelona

15 June 2005 19:04 (UTC+9)

Urawa Red Diamonds	0 – 3	Barcelona
	(Report)	Xavi  11' Larsson  39'  77'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama Attendance: 57,143 Referee: Joji Kashihara

2004 Saitama City Cup

Urawa Red Diamonds v Internazionale

27 July 2004 19:05 (UTC+9)

Urawa Red Diamonds	1 – 0	Internazionale
Emerson  50'	(Report)

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama Attendance: 57,633 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

2003 Saitama City Cup

Urawa Red Diamonds v Feyenoord

4 June 2003 19:10 (UTC+9)

Urawa Red Diamonds	2 – 2	Feyenoord
Tanaka  61' Emerson  62'		Bombarda  17'  57'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama Attendance: 52,247