FC Barcelona vs Urawa Reds June 15

FC Barcelona will play against my football team here in Saitama, Urawa Reds, on June 15. There is a nice photo of the huge World Cup Stadium on their website, with fighter jets in formation. I can see that stadium from where I live... I do hope Henke Larsson, who is from my hometown Malmo, Sweden, will play really well!

This information I shamelessly quote from the FC Barcelona website:

Urawa Red Diamonds was founded in 1950 and turned professional in 1992 along with the other Japanese clubs. The club originated in the town of Urawa, which was then annexed to the city of Saitama. However, as the name of Urawa is extremely popular in Japan, the Club decided to maintain the name.

A team with tradition

Urawa Red Diamonds has a long and impressive list of honours: 1 Japan League Yamazaki-Nabisco Cup (2003), 4 Japan Soccer League championships (1969, 1973, 1978 and 1982), 4 Emperor's Cup championships (1971, 1973, 1978 and 1980), 2 JSL Cup championships (1978 and 1981), finalists in the Japan League Yamazaki-Nabisco Cup (2002 and 2004), finalists in the Japan League Suntory Championship (2004), finalists in the Japan Soccer League (1970, 1971, 1975, 1976 and 1977), finalists in the Emperor's Cup (1967, 1968 and 1979) and second place in the Japan League (2004). FC Barcelona Director of Football Txiki Begiristain played for Urawa.

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