2019 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season

The 2019 season is Albirex Niigata Singapore FC's 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football [1][2] and in the S.League, having joined the Sleague in 2004. Along with the 2019 Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup. They are the defending champions in 2018.[3]

Albirex Niigata (S)
2019 season
ChairmanDaisuke Korenaga
Head coach Keiji Shigetomi
StadiumJurong East Stadium
S.League4th
Singapore CupGroup Stage
Charity ShieldRunners-up

Key events

Pre-season

Players and Staff
  1. On 11/12/2018, the club announced the former assistant, Keiji Shigetomi, as its new coach for the season.[4]

New Sponsor
  1. On 18/12/2018, the club announced its first “Jersey Partner” with Reeracoen.[5]
  2. On 20/12/2018, Bridgestone Tyre Sales Singapore Pte Ltd announced that they have come on board joining with Albirex Jersey Partner for 2019 season! [6]
  3. On 27/12/2018, Lensmode announced that they have come on board joining with Albirex Jersey Partner for 2019 season! [7]

Squad

S.League squad
As of 14 December 2017.
Squad No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Start Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Kengo Fukudome >30 (1987-05-14) 14 May 1987 Azul Claro Numazu 2019
21 Hyrulnizam Juma'at (1986-11-14) 14 November 1986 Warriors FC 2019
22 Yusuke Kawagoe (1999-04-28) 28 April 1999 Japan Soccer College 2019
Defenders
2 Gerald Ang (1996-07-10) 10 July 1996 SAFSA (NFL) 2019 2019
3 Shuhei Sasahara (1996-11-22) 22 November 1996 Tokai University 2018
4 Naruki Takahashi (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 Montedio Yamagata 2019
7 Kaishu Yamazaki (1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 Iwaki FC 2018
15 Kodai Sumikawa (1999-04-09) 9 April 1999 Teikyo Nagaoka High School 2018
16 Souta Sugiyama (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 Kaishi Gakuen JSC 2019
18 Gamu Tasaka (1999-07-23) 23 July 1999 Japan Soccer College 2019
19 Shunsuke Fukuda (1999-03-03) 3 March 1999 Japan Soccer College 2019
Tatsuya Morita (1996-06-27) 27 June 1996 Santos FC B (Trainee) 2019
Midfielders
5 Firas Irwan (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 NFA U18 2019 2019
6 Shoki Ohara (1999-08-28) 28 August 1999 Mito HollyHock 2019
10 Kyoga Nakamura (Captain) (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 YSCC Yokohama 2019
14 Ryo Nakano (1999-06-27) 27 June 1999 FC Tiamo Hirakata 2019
17 Noor Akid Nordin <23 (1996-10-28) 28 October 1996 Balestier Khalsa 2019
20 Daichi Tanabe (2001-01-26) 26 January 2001 Japan Soccer College 2019
23 Daniel Martens (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 Hougang United U19 2019 2019
24 Zamani Zamri (2001-05-31) 31 May 2001 F-17 Academy 2019 2019
25 Yosuke Nakagawa (1998-04-28) 28 April 1998 Mito HollyHock 2019
Strikers
8 Daizo Horikoshi (1996-09-14) 14 September 1996 Tokai University 2019
9 Hiroyoshi Kamata (1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 Albirex Niigata U18 2016
11 Yoshikatsu Hiraga (1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 Momoyama Gakuin University 2019
13 Makito Hatanaka (1996-06-07) 7 June 1996 Gainare Tottori 2019

Coaching staff
PositionName
Head Coach Keiji Shigetomi
Coach Jun Hirabayashi
Coach Yuto Inabe
Goalkeeper Coach Scott Starr
Fitness Coach Yi Fei
Team Manager Matthew Sean
Physiotherapist
Kitman Roy Krishnan

[8]

Transfer

Pre-season transfer

In
Position Player Transferred From Ref
Coach Keiji Shigetomi Promoted [9]
GK Kengo Fukudome Azul Claro Numazu (J3) [10]
GK Hyrulnizam Juma'at Warriors FC Free [11]
GK Yusuke Kawagoe Japan Soccer College [12]
DF Gamu Tasaka Japan Soccer College [13]
DF Shunsuke Fukuda Japan Soccer College [14]
DF Souta Sugiyama Kaishi Gakuen JSC [15]
DF Naruki Takahashi Montedio Yamagata (J2) Season loan [16]
DF Tatsuya Morita Santos FC B (Trainee) [17]
DF Gerald Ang SAFSA Undisclosed [18]
MF Zamani Zamri F-17 Academy Free [19]
MF Firas Irwan NFA U18 Free [20]
MF Martens Daniel Jordan Rowsing Hougang United U19 Season loan [21]
MF Noor Akid Nordin Balestier Khalsa Undisclosed [22]
MF Kyoga Nakamura YSCC Yokohama (J3) [23]
MF Ryo Nakano FC Tiamo Hirakata (J6) [24]
MF Daichi Tanabe Japan Soccer College [25]
MF Shoki Ohara Mito HollyHock (J2) Season loan [26]
FW Makito Hatanaka Gainare Tottori (J3) [27]
FW Yoshikatsu Hiraga Momoyama Gakuin University [28]
FW Daizo Horikoshi Tokai University [29]

Note 1: Tatsuya Morita was released before the season start.

Out
Position Player Transferred To Ref
Coach Kazuaki Yoshinaga Albirex Niigata [30]
GK Yosuke Nozawa Albirex Niigata [31][32]
GK Shahul Rayyan Warriors FC [33]
GK Taiki Itsukaichi Free Agent
DF Riku Moriyasu FC Tiamo Hirakata (J6)
DF Kazuki Sumiishi Free Agent
DF Ryujiro Yamanaka Okinawa SV (J5) Free
MF Daiki Asaoka Tokyo United FC (J5)
MF Wataru Murofushi York 9 FC (T1) Free [34]
MF Ryuji Yamauchi Free Agent
MF Kazuya Kojima Free Agent
MF Ryutaro Shibanoki Free Agent
MF Adam Swandi Home United Free [35]
FW Shuhei Hoshino Busan TC (T3) Free
FW Kenya Takahashi Free Agent
FW Taku Morinaga FK Rudar Pljevlja (T1)
FW Ibuki Inoue Free Agent
FW Shun Kumagai National Police Commissary (T1) Free

Retained
Position Player Ref
DF Kaishu Yamazaki [36]
DF Kodai Sumikawa [37]
DF Shuhei Sasahara [38]
MF Hiroyoshi Kamata [39]

Extension
Position Player Ref

Mid-season transfer

In
Position Player Transferred From Ref
MF Yosuke Nakagawa Mito HollyHock Season loan [40]

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 1Albirex Niigata (S) 2-0 Hougang UnitedJalan Besar Stadium
Hiroyoshi Kamata 44'
Daizo Horikoshi 86'
7 February 2019 (2019-02-07) 2Albirex Niigata (S) 0-6 Hougang UnitedHougang Stadium
13 February 2019 (2019-02-13) 3Albirex Niigata (S) 6-0 Singapore U19Jalan Besar Stadium
Kaishu Yamazaki 27,49'
Makito Hatanaka 71'
Yoshikatsu Hiraga 77,82'
Kyoga Nakamura 87'		 Report
16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 4Albirex Niigata (S) 0-4 Tampines RoversOur Tampines Hub
Khairul Amri
Jordan Webb
Zehrudin Mehmedović
Shahdan Sulaiman pen'

In-Season Friendly

Tour of Myanmar (6 to 10 March)

7 March 2019 (2019-03-07) 1 Myanmar U191-3 Albirex Niigata (S)
Daizo Horikoshi 14'
Hiroyoshi Kamata 26,78'
9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 2 Myanmar U220-0 Albirex Niigata (S)
Report

Team statistics

Appearances and goals
No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup Charity Shield Total
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals
1GK Kengo Fukudome 2303010270
3DF Shuhei Sasahara 200300(1)0240
4DF Naruki Takahashi 17(4)10(2)010241
5MF Firas Irwan 8(1)03010130
6MF Shoki Ohara 2123010252
7DF Kaishu Yamazaki 2433010283
8FW Daizo Horikoshi 18(1)63210238
9FW Hiroyoshi Kamata 2473010287
10MF Kyoga Nakamura 2373010277
11FW Yoshikatsu Hiraga 1(20)40(1)000224
13FW Makito Hatanaka 0(6)00(2)00080
14MF Ryo Nakano 1(2)0001040
15DF Kodai Sumikawa 1(5)00(1)01080
16DF Souta Sugiyama 21(2)1300(1)0271
17MF Noor Akid Nordin 61001071
18DF Gamu Tasaka 0(2)0000020
19DF Shunsuke Fukuda 0(2)0000020
20MF Daichi Tanabe 8(12)00(3)100231
21GK Hyrulnizam Juma'at 10000010
23MF Martens Daniel 1312000151
24MF Zamani Zamri 2011010221
25MF Yosuke Nakagawa 1423000172

Competitions

Overview
Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Singapore Premier League 24 12 5 7 36 25 +11 050.00
Singapore Cup 3 1 0 2 3 3 +0 033.33
Total 27 13 5 9 39 28 +11 048.15

Charity Shield

  Win   Draw   Loss

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) Charity ShieldAlbirex Niigata (S) 0-0
(4-5 p)		 Home UnitedJalan Besar Stadium
18:00 Souta Sugiyama 85' Izzdin Shafiq 60'
Hami Syahin 77'		 Referee: G. Letchman
Penalties
Kyoga Nakamura
Hiroyoshi Kamata
Daizo Horikoshi
Ryo Nakano
Kaishu Yamazaki
Shoki Ohara
Naruki Takahashi 		Adam Swandi
Aqhari Abdullah
Faritz Abdul Hameed
Izzdin Shafiq
Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib
Faizal Roslan
Hami Syahin

Singapore Premier League
Main article: 2019 Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 1Geylang International 1-0 Albirex Niigata (S)Our Tampines Hub
Yuki Ichikawa 86'
Danish Irfan 41'
Umar Akhbar 47'
Zainol Gulam 90'		 Report Referee: Jansen Foo
15 March 2019 (2019-03-15) 2Albirex Niigata (S) 0-0 Brunei DPMMJurong East Stadium
Shuhei Sasahara 90+1' Report Azwan Ali Rahman 24'
Hendra Azam Idris 38'
Najib Tarif 45'  53'
Charlie Clough 68'		 Referee: Farhan Mohamed
29 March 2019 (2019-03-29) 3Tampines Rovers 0-0 Albirex Niigata (S)Our Tampines Hub
Irwan Shah 49' Kodai Sumikawa 90' Referee: Juherman Zaiton
6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 4Albirex Niigata (S) 2-1 Balestier KhalsaJurong East Stadium
Shoki Ohara 85'
Yoshikatsu Hiraga 90+2'
Daizo Horikoshi 71'
Kyoga Nakamura 72'		 Huzaifah Aziz 4' 75'
Akbar Shah 22'
Fazli Shafie  25'
Raihan Rahman 68'		 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 5Warriors FC 1-2 Albirex Niigata (S)Jurong East Stadium
Jonathan Béhé 37'
Kento Fukuda 53'
Faizal Raffi 64'		 Daizo Horikoshi 25'
Kyoga Nakamura
Hiroyoshi Kamata 49'		 Referee: Nathan Chan
21 April 2019 (2019-04-21) 6Albirex Niigata (S) 2-1 Young Lions FCJurong East Stadium
Naruki Takahashi 14'
Hiroyoshi Kamata 90+5'
Kengo Fukudome 30'
Kyoga Nakamura 88'		 Haiqal Pashia 31' (pen) 76'
Syed Akmal 82'
Syahrul Sazali 90+7'		 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
24 April 2019 (2019-04-24) 7Hougang United 4-2 Albirex Niigata (S)Jalan Besar Stadium
Faris Ramli 9,28'
Nikesh Singh Sidhu 56'
Shahfiq Ghani 70'		 Daizo Horikoshi 67'
Yoshikatsu Hiraga 90+2'		 Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar
27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 8Albirex Niigata (S) 4-0 Home UnitedJurong East Stadium
Kyoga Nakamura 2' (pen) 45+4' 66'
Daizo Horikoshi 22'
Martens Daniel 38'
Souta Sugiyama 67'		 Hami Syahin 52'
Adam Swandi 74'		 Referee: Edwin Lee / G. Letchman
5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 9Albirex Niigata (S) 2-0 Geylang InternationalJurong East Stadium
Kyoga Nakamura 85' 90' Umar Akhbar 54'
Darren Teh 62'
Noor Ariff 70'  79'		 Referee: Jansen Foo
24 May 2019 (2019-05-24) 10Albirex Niigata (S) 0-0 Brunei DPMMJurong East Stadium
Yura Indera Putera Yunos 70' Referee: Juherman Zaiton
15 June 2019 (2019-06-15) 11Albirex Niigata (S) 3-1 Tampines RoversJurong East Stadium
Hiroyoshi Kamata 5'
Daizo Horikoshi 41'
Shah Shahiran 69' (o.g.)
Shoki Ohara 36'
Kyoga Nakamura 70'		 Shahdan Sulaiman 81'
Joel Chew 35'
Zehrudin Mehmedovic 55'
Zulfadhmi Suzliman 70'
Irwan Shah 75'
Yasir Hanapi 82'		 Referee: G. Letchman
21 June 2019 (2019-06-21) 12Balestier Khalsa 1-3 Albirex Niigata (S)Bishan Stadium
Sime Zuzul 1'
Huzaifah Aziz 33'
Ahmad Syahir 45+2'
Raihan Rahman 58'
Nurullah Hussein 80'		 Kaishu Yamazaki 75'
Noor Akid Nordin 78' 25'
Yosuke Nakagawa 90+4'		 Referee: Juherman Zaiton
30 June 2019 (2019-06-30) 13Albirex Niigata (S) 1-0 Warriors FCBishan Stadium
Hiroyoshi Kamata 30'
Naruki Takahashi 54'
Kengo Fukudome 83'		 Daniel Shafiq 17' Referee: Muhammad Taqi
6 July 2019 (2019-07-06) 14Young Lions FC 1-2 Albirex Niigata (S)Jalan Besar Stadium
Syahrul Sazali 56'
Joshua Pereira 17'
Haiqal Pashia 34'  90+4'
Abdul Rasaq Akeem 58'
Syahrul Sazali 89'		 Kyoga Nakamura 19'
Yoshikatsu Hiraga 62'
Sota Sugiyama 55'		 Referee: Syahir Ahmadi
13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) 15Albirex Niigata (S) 1-2 Hougang UnitedJurong East Stadium
Zamani Zamri 53'
Kyoga Nakamura 71'		 Stipe Plazibat 25' 31'
Nikesh Singh Sidhu 5'
Timothy David Yeo 29'
Ridhuan Barudin 86'		 Referee: Farhan Mohd
18 July 2019 (2019-07-18) 16 (Rescheduled)Home United 3-3 Albirex Niigata (S)Bishan Stadium
Amiruldin Asraf 32'
Song Ui-young 81'
Shahril Ishak 84'
Aqhari Abdullah 75'		 Yosuke Nakagawa 36' 63'
Hiroyoshi Kamata 56'
Kyoga Nakamura 79'		 Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar
26 July 2019 (2019-07-26) 17Geylang International 1-0 Albirex Niigata (S)Our Tampines Hub
Zikos Vasileios Chua 90+5'
Umar Akhbar 24'
Yuki Ichikawa 37'
Christopher Van Huizen 56'		 Sota Sugiyama 12'
Daichi Tanabe 76'
Kyoga Nakamura 78'
Makito Hatanaka 85'		 Referee: Lim Liang Yi
10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 18 (Rescheduled)Brunei DPMM 2-0 Albirex Niigata (S)Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Razimie Ramlli  67'
Adi  77'
18 August 2019 (2019-08-18) 19 (Rescheduled)Tampines Rovers 2-0 Albirex Niigata (S)Our Tampines Hub
Shadan Sulaiman 2'
Jordan Webb 22'		 Referee: Farhan Mohamed
18 September 2019 (2019-09-18) 20 (Rescheduled)Albirex Niigata (S) 2-0 Balestier KhalsaJurong East Stadium
Hiroyoshi Kamata 19' (pen)
Kyoga Nakamura 90+3'
31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 21Warriors FC 2-1 Albirex Niigata (S)Jurong East Stadium
Kento Fukuda 40'
Jonathan Béhé 59'		 Daizo Horikoshi 58' Referee: Muhammad Taqi
15 September 2019 (2019-09-15) 22Albirex Niigata (S) 4-1 Young Lions FCJurong East Stadium
Kaishu Yamazaki 44' 53'
Shoki Ohara 57'
Daizo Horikoshi 77'		 Ilhan Fandi 2' Referee: Jansen Foo
27 August 2019 (2019-08-27) 23 (Rescheduled)Hougang United 1-1 Albirex Niigata (S)Jalan Besar Stadium
Faris Ramli 40' Souta Sugiyama 20' Referee: Juherman Zaiton
29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) 24Albirex Niigata (S) 1-0 Home UnitedJurong East Stadium
Hiroyoshi Kamata 15' Referee: Nathan Chan
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Tampines Rovers 24 12 8 4 52 29 +23 44 Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 1
3 Hougang United 24 13 4 7 58 45 +13 43 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
4 Albirex Niigata (S)[lower-alpha 1] 24 12 5 7 36 25 +11 41
5 Geylang International 24 10 3 11 41 48 −7 33
6 Home United 24 9 3 12 34 46 −12 30
Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
  1. The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup
Main article: 2019 Singapore Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25) Match 1Albirex Niigata (S) 1-2 Hougang UnitedJurong East Stadium
Daizo Horikoshi 29' Kong Ho-won 28'
Faris Ramli 90' (pen)		 Referee: G. Letchman
19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) Match 2Geylang International 0-2 Albirex Niigata (S)Our Tampines Hub
Daizo Horikoshi 81'
Daichi Tanabe 85'		 Referee: Abirami Naidu
23 October 2019 (2019-10-23) Match 3Albirex Niigata (S) 0-1 Brunei DPMMJurong East Stadium
Azwan Ali Rahman 12' Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar
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See also

References
  1. "Albirex to play in 2018".
  2. "Albirex confirmed 2019 season participation".
  3. "Albirex won 2nd title in a row".
  4. "Contract with Head Coach Keiji Shigetomi".
  5. "2019 Season Jersey Partnership Contract with Reeracoen".
  6. "Jersey Partnership Contract with Bridgestone Tyre Sales Singapore Pte Ltd".
  7. "Jersey Partnership Contract with Lens Mode PTE, Ltd".
  8. "Players & Staff".
  9. "Keiji Shigetomi promoted".
  10. "31year old keeper from Azul Claro Numazu for the squad".
  11. "Hyrulnizam Juma'at signed for Japanese club".
  12. "Yusuke Kawagoe join from JSC".
  13. "Gamu Tasaka join from JSC".
  14. "Shunsuke Fukuda join from JSC".
  15. "1st signing for Season 2019".
  16. "Naruki Takahashi joins White Swans for 2019 season".
  17. "Tatsuya Morita joins White Swans for 2019 season". Archived from the original on 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  18. "Gerald Ang signed for Japanese club".
  19. "Gerald Ang signed for Japanese club".
  20. "F17 Zamani signed for Japanese club".
  21. "Hougang player signed for Japanese club".
  22. "Noor Akid Nordin signed for Japanese club".
  23. "Kyoga Nakamura joins White Swans for 2019 season".
  24. "Ryo Nakano (FC Tiamo Hirakata) joins White Swans for 2019 season".
  25. "Daichi Tanabe join from JSC".
  26. "Shoki Ohara (Mito Holly Hock) joins White Swans for 2019 season".
  27. "Makito Hatanaka (Gainare Tottori) joins White Swans for 2019 season".
  28. "Yoshikatsu Hiraga joins White Swans for 2019 season".
  29. "Daizo Horikoshi joins White Swans for 2019 season".
  30. "Yoshinaga's Leaving Club upon Completion of Contract".
  31. "Yosuke Nozawa leaves the club after 2018 season".
  32. "Announcement of Yosuke Nozawa's transfer to Albirex Niigata (Japan)".
  33. "Rayyan move to Warriors FC".
  34. "York9 FC signs Japanese midfielder Wataru Murofushi from Albirex Niigata Singapore FC".
  35. "Albirex's Singapore star Adam Swandi rejoins Home United".
  36. "Yamazaki extends contract for 2019".
  37. "Sumikawa extends contract for 2019".
  38. "Sasahara extends contract for 2019".
  39. "Kamata extends contract for 2019".
  40. "Yosuke Nakagawa (Mito Holly Hock) has joined Albirex Singapore for 2019 season".
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