Omiya Ardija
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| Full name | Omiya Ardija |
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| Nickname(s) | Risu (The Squirrels) กระรอกส้ม |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Ground |
NACK5 Stadium Ōmiya Omiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama |
| Capacity | 15,500 |
| Owner | NTT Group |
| Chairman | Shigeru Suzuki |
| Manager | Hiroki Shibuya |
| League | J1 League |
| 2016 | J1 League, 5th |
| Website | Club home page |
Omiya Ardija (大宮アルディージャ Ōmiya Arudīja?) is a professional association football club which play in the J1 League, and are based in Ōmiya in Saitama, Japan. Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds. Omiya currently compete in the J1 League following an immediate promotion in 2015 after being relegated in 2014. They competed in J1 2005 and continued to remain in J1 between 2005 and 2014, following promotion from J2 in 2004 as the second placed team.
Their home field is Nack5 Stadium Ōmiya (Nack5スタジアム大宮 Nakku-faibu Sutajiamu Ōmiya?): Ōmiya Park Soccer Stadium by the naming rights.
The team were founded in 1964 as NTT Saitama Soccer Selection in Urawa, Saitama and later known as the NTT Kantō Soccer Club in 1969. They were first promoted to the Japan Soccer League Second Division in 1987, and when the JSL folded, joined the former Japan Football League.
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