2017 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season

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S.League
1st (champions)
Singapore CupWinners
League CupWinners

The 2017 season is

S.League, having joined the Sleague in 2004. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup
. They are the defending champions in 2017.

Squad

As of 25 January 2017.
No. Name Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Japan Shuhei Yamada (1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 (age 31) Japan Fujieda MYFC
21
Yosuke Nozawa
(1979-11-09) 9 November 1979 (age 44) Japan Matsumoto Yamaga FC
22 Japan Junpei Yamada (1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 29) Japan Yamanashi Gakuin University
Defenders
2 Japan Tomoki Menda (1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 30) Japan Doshisha University
3 Japan Takuya Akiyama (1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 29) Japan Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences
4 Japan Yuki Yamanouchi (1994-09-18) 18 September 1994 (age 29) Japan Oita Trinita
5 Japan Naofumi Tanaka (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 31) Japan Osaka Kyoiku University
13 Japan Yasutaka Yanagi (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 (age 29) Japan Senshu University
15 Japan Shoma Kondo (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 26) Japan Japan Soccer College
16 Japan Rui Kumada (1992-09-05) 5 September 1992 (age 31) JapanOsaka Gakuin University
17 Japan Satoru Matsuki (1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 (age 27) JapanJapan Soccer College
Japan Seiya Kato (1994-05-19) 19 May 1994 (age 29) Japan Tokyo University of Agriculture
Midfielders
6 Japan Shuto Inaba (1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 30) JapanFukuoka University
7 Japan Ryota Nakai (1995-01-16) 16 January 1995 (age 29) Japan Momoyama Gakuin University
10 Japan Kento Nagasaki (1990-06-05) 5 June 1990 (age 33) Japan Shizuoka Sangyo University
14 Japan Ryuya Motoda (1994-09-02) 2 September 1994 (age 29) Japan Mito HollyHock
19 Japan Kenya Kodama (1997-02-25) 25 February 1997 (age 27) Japan Japan Soccer College
20 Japan Yuki Kataoka (1998-03-10) 10 March 1998 (age 26) Japan Japan Soccer College
23
Kouki Sato
(1996-09-03) 3 September 1996 (age 27) Japan Japan Soccer College
Forwards
8 Japan Hiroyoshi Kamata (1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 (age 27) Japan Albirex Niigata U-18
9 Japan Tsubasa Sano (1994-10-18) 18 October 1994 (age 29) Japan Juntendo University
11 Japan Shoichiro Sakamoto (1995-08-18) 18 August 1995 (age 28) Japan Tegevajaro Miyazaki
18 Japan Minoru Iwaki (1997-10-11) 11 October 1997 (age 26) Japan Japan Soccer College
24 Japan Yusuke Yamazaki (1997-10-03) 3 October 1997 (age 26) Japan Japan Soccer College

[1]

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head Coach Japan Kazuaki Yoshinaga
Coach Japan Takafumi Mizuno
Coach Japan Shuhei Ogawa
Team Manager Japan
Physiotherapist Japan
Kitman Japan

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

[2]

In

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK Japan Shuhei Yamada Japan Fujieda MYFC [3]
GK Japan Junpei Yamada Japan Yamanashi Gakuin University [4]
DF Japan Seiya Kato Japan Tokyo University of Agriculture [5]
DF Japan Takuya Akiyama Japan Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences [6]
DF Japan Shoma Kondo Japan Japan Soccer College
DF Japan Satoru Matsuki Japan Japan Soccer College
DF Japan Yasutaka Yanagi Japan Senshu University [7]
MF Japan Yuki Yamanouchi Japan Oita Trinita [8]
MF Japan Ryuya Motoda
Mito Hollyhock
[9] Loan
MF Japan Yuki Kataoka Japan Japan Soccer College
MF
Kouki Sato
Japan Japan Soccer College
FW Japan Shoichiro Sakamoto Japan Tegevajaro Miyazaki [10]
FW Japan Ryota Nakai Japan Momoyama Gakuin University [11]
FW Japan Tsubasa Sano Japan Juntendo University [12]
FW Japan Minoru Iwaki Japan Japan Soccer College
FW Japan Yusuke Yamazaki Japan Japan Soccer College

Out

Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF Japan Kento Fujihara Cambodia Nagaworld FC [13]
DF Japan Atsushi Shirota
Hougang United
[14]
MF Japan Masaya Jitozono
Sabah FA
[15]
MF Japan Tatsuro Inui Thailand Thai Honda [16]
FW Japan Kazuki Mine
Kyoto Sanga
[17]
FW Japan Atsushi Kawata Japan Albirex Niigata [18]
DF Japan Tadaaki Yazawa Released [19]
GK Japan Eita Kasagawa Retired
GK Japan Shunkun Tani Spain Estudiantes de Murcia
DF Japan Mikiya Yamada
Surfers Paradise Apollo SC
[20]
DF Japan Ryo Kurihara Released [19]
DF Japan Teppei Harashima Released [19]
MF Japan Daichi Ishiyama Released [19]
MF Japan Ryuki Matsuya Released [19]
MF Japan Kouki Mukai Released [19]
FW Japan Shuma Miyata Released [19]

Mid-season transfers

[2]

Trial

Position Player Trial At Ref
DF Japan Yasutaka Yanagi Japan Albirex Niigata [21]
MF Japan Shuto Inaba Japan Albirex Niigata [21]

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 February 2017 Friendly
Ceres–Negros
Jurong East Stadium
9am Ryota Nakai 5'
Hiroyoshi Kamata 17'
15 February 2017 Friendly
Balestier Khalsa
Toa Payoh Stadium
Ryota Nakai 28' Report Sheikh Abdul HadiRed card 0'
Marko KraljevićRed card 0'
18 February 2017 Friendly
Hougang United
Hougang Stadium
Hiroyoshi Kamata 43'
Shuto Inaba 58'
Report

In Season Friendlies

24 March 2017 Friendly
Geylang International
Bedok Stadium
8 April 2017 Friendly
Home United
Prime League
Jurong East Stadium
Kouki Sato 16'
Kenya Kodama 63'
Ryuya Motoda
67'
12 May 2017 Friendly
Balestier Khalsa
Jurong East Stadium
3 June 2017 Friendly
Singapore U22 Team
Jurong East Stadium
7 October 2017 Friendly
Geylang International
Jurong East Stadium
Shoichiro Sakamoto 1'
Tsubasa Sano 23'

Match cancelled after 1st half due to lightning warning signal

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup League Cup Total
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals
1 GK Japan Shuhei Yamada 1 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1(1) 0
2 DF Japan Tomoki Menda 12(3) 0 3 0 0 0 15(3) 0
3 DF Japan Takuya Akiyama 24 1 4 0 5 1 33 1
4 DF Japan Yuki Yamanouchi 4(5) 0 1(1) 0 0(1) 0 5(7) 0
5 DF Japan Naofumi Tanaka 24 5 5 1 5 0 34 6
6 MF Japan Shuto Inaba 24 2 5 0 5 0 34 2
7 MF Japan Ryota Nakai 20(2) 11 5 1 5 1 30(2) 13
8 FW Japan Hiroyoshi Kamata 24 4 5 1 5 0 34 5
9 MF Japan Tsubasa Sano 21 26 3 1 5 4 29 31
10 MF Japan Kento Nagasaki 24 11 5 5 5 1 34 16
11 FW Japan Shoichiro Sakamoto 15(8) 5 3(1) 1 5 1 23(9) 7
13 FW Japan Yasutaka Yanagi 22 1 5 1 5 0 32 2
14 MF Japan Ryuya Motoda 10(9) 3 2(1) 1 0(4) 0 12(14) 4
15 DF Japan Shoma Kondo 1(4) 0 0(3) 1 0(1) 0 1(8) 1
16 DF Japan Rui Kumada 13(11) 1 3(2) 1 1(4) 0 17(17) 2
17 DF Japan Satoru Matsuki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Japan Minoru Iwaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Japan Kenya Kodama 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0
20 MF Japan Yuki Kataoka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK
Yosuke Nozawa (captain
)
22 0 5 0 5 0 32 0
22 GK Japan Junpei Yamada 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 MF
Kouki Sato
3(9) 0 0(3) 0 4(1) 0 7(13) 0
24 FW Japan Yusuke Yamazaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
S.League 24 20 2 2 70 16 +54 083.33
Singapore Cup 5 4 1 0 14 5 +9 080.00
League Cup 5 4 1 0 8 0 +8 080.00
Total 34 28 4 2 92 21 +71 082.35

S.League

  Win   Draw   Loss

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26) Round 1
Tampines Rovers
Kallang
Shoichiro Sakamoto 74,82' Report
Son Yong ChanYellow card 90'
Ismadi Mukhtar
Red card 90'
Stadium: National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 15,480
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) Round 2
Albirex Niigata (S)
Jalan Besar Stadium
Tsubasa Sano 16,75'
Takuya Akiyama 18'
Kento Nagasaki 38'
Ryota Nakai 57'
Report Hami SyahinYellow card 30'
Muhelmy SuhaimiYellow card 52'
Attendance: 1,728
Referee: Jansen Foo
9 March 2017 (2017-03-09) Round 3
DPMM FC
Jurong East Stadium
Ryuya Motoda 75'
Ryota Nakai 87'
Yura Indera Putera
Yellow card 30'
Attendance: 1,413
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) Round 4 (Rescheduled)
Albirex Niigata (S)
Bishan Stadium
Stipe Plazibat 33'
Faris Ramli 36'
Izzdin ShafiqYellow card 74'
Sirina CamaraYellow card 87'
Report Tsubasa Sano 45'
Kento Nagasaki 87' (pen)
Ryota NakaiYellow card 90'
Attendance: 2,143
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
14 April 2017 (2017-04-14) Round 5
Hougang United
Jalan Besar Stadium
Tsubasa Sano 56,89'
Naofumi TanakaYellow card 31'
Nazrul NazariYellow card 63'
Fabian KwokYellow card 73'
Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
21 April 2017 (2017-04-21) Round 6
Albirex Niigata (S)
Jalan Besar Stadium
Raihan RahmanYellow card 42'
Shah HirulYellow card 45'
Hiroyoshi Kamata 23'
Tsubasa Sano 64'
Ryota Nakai 70'
Attendance: 802
Referee: Muhd Taqi
11 May 2017 (2017-05-11) Round 8 (Rescheduled)
Albirex Niigata (S)
Jalan Besar Stadium
Nor Azli YusoffYellow card 90' Ryota Nakai 53' Attendance: 1,145
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) Round 9
Jurong West Stadium
Son Yong Chan 71'
Shahdan SulaimanYellow card 29'
Shakir HamzahYellow card 43'Yellow card 53' Yellow-red card
Fazli Ayob
Yellow card 50'
Naofumi Tanaka 27' 90'
Tsubasa Sano 47' (pen) 78'
Shoichiro SakamotoYellow card 53'
Attendance: 1,052
Referee: Nathan Chan
16 June 2017 (2017-06-16) Round 11
DPMM FC
Jurong East Stadium
Tsubasa Sano 9'
Ryota Nakai 34'
Rui Kumada 50'
Naofumi Tanaka 86'
Vincent Reyes
Yellow card 45'
Attendance: 1,024
Referee: Farhad Mohd
23 June 2017 (2017-06-23) Round 12
Home United
Jalan Besar Stadium
Yasutaka YanagiRed card 65'
Ryota NakaiYellow card 90'
Abdil QaiyyimYellow card 24'
Izzdin Shafiq
Yellow card 84'
Attendance: 2,717
Referee: Muhd Taqi
26 July 2017 (2017-07-26) Round 14
Balestier Khalsa
Jurong East Stadium
Tsubasa Sano 59'
Kento Nagasaki 68'
Shuto InabaYellow card 53'
Aung Kyaw Naing 89'
Huzaifah AzizYellow card 49'
Attendance: 1,849
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29) Round 15
Albirex Niigata (S)
Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Andrei Ciolacu 45'
Kento FukudaYellow card 34'
Emmeric OngYellow card 62'
Baihakki KhaizanYellow card 83'
Kento Nagasaki 5'
Shuto Inaba 90'
Attendance: 1,598
Referee: Muhd Taqi
5 August 2017 (2017-08-05) Round 16
Geylang International
Jurong East Stadium
Shoichiro Sakamoto 6'Yellow card 41'
Ryuya Motoda 15' 44' (pen)
Kento Nagasaki 31'
Tsubasa Sano 58'
Al-Qaasimy RahmanYellow card 17'Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card
Gabriel QuakYellow card 41'
Safirul SulaimanYellow card 84'
Attendance: 2,244
Referee: Muhd Zulfiqar
19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) Round 17
Tampines Rovers
Jurong East Stadium
Kento Nagasaki 12'
Ryota Nakai 16, 83'
Yasutaka Yanagi 22'
Fahrudin Mustafic
Yellow card 30'
Attendance: 1,202
Referee: Nathan Chan
8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) Round 18
Albirex Niigata (S)
Jalan Besar Stadium
Shuto Inaba 33'
Tsubasa SanoRed card 51'
Attendance: 1,592
Referee: Farhad Mohd
16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) Round 19
Albirex Niigata (S)
Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Rafael RamazottiYellow card 42'
Adi SaidYellow card 43'
Helmi ZambinYellow card 52'
Azwan AliYellow card 56'
Naofumi Tanaka 26'
Rui KumadaYellow card 50'
Takuya AkiyamaYellow card 53'
Attendance: 781
Referee: G Letchman
19 September 2017 (2017-09-19) Round 20
Albirex Niigata (S)
Bishan Stadium
Adam Swandi 72'
Faris RamliYellow card 40'
Song UiyoungYellow card 77'
Naofumi Tanaka 3' Attendance: 2,258
Referee: Muhd Taqi
19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) Round 21
Hougang United
Jurong East Stadium
Ryota Nakai 81' Nurhilmi JasniYellow card 90' Referee: W Ravisanthiran
26 October 2017 (2017-10-26) Round 22
Albirex Niigata (S)
Toa Payoh Stadium
Tsubasa Sano 13'
Hiroyoshi Kamata 39'
Ryota Nakai 89'
Shuto InabaYellow card 41'
Referee: Muhd Syahir
17 November 2017 (2017-11-17) Round 24
Albirex Niigata (S)
Jalan Besar Stadium
Shahfiq Ghani 45' (pen)
Yuki Ichikawa 78'
Victor CotoYellow card 45'
Ricardo SendraYellow card 59'
Ifwat IsmailYellow card 87'
Kento Nagasaki 14,66'
Hiroyoshi Kamata 29'
Tsubasa Sano 31,44,60'
Yasutaka Yanagi 74'
Referee: Nathan Chan
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1
Albirex Niigata (S)[a]
(C)
24 20 2 2 70 16 +54 62
2
Tampines Rovers
24 17 3 4 48 20 +28 54 Qualification to
AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1
or
AFC Cup Group Stage
3
Home United
24 15 5 4 58 26 +32 50 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
4
Geylang International
24 11 3 10 32 37 −5 36
5 Warriors FC 24 9 7 8 33 36 −3 34
Source: S.League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup

Quarter-final

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 August 2017 (2017-08-10) Quarter Final Leg 1
Albirex Niigata (S)
Tampines Hub
Fahrudin Mustafic
Yellow card 51'
Kento Nagasaki 26, 59'
Rui Kumada 33'
Shoma Kondo 83'
Shoichiro Sakamoto 84'
Naofumi TanakaYellow card 80'
Koki SatoYellow card 81'
Takuya AkiyamaYellow card 90+1'
Referee: Farhad Mohamed
13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) Quarter Final Leg 2
Tampines Rovers
Jurong East Stadium
Naofumi Tanaka 30'
Ryuya Motoda 45'
Referee: Jansen Foo

Albirex won 7-1 on aggregate.

Semi-final

27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) Semi Final Leg 1
Home United
Jurong East Stadium
Ryota Nakai 4'
Hiroyoshi Kamata 58'
Kento Nagasaki 76'
Yasutaka YanagiYellow card 27'
Tomoki MendaYellow card 78'
Faris Ramli 18'Yellow card 34'
Juma'at JantanYellow card 51'
Song UiyoungYellow card 69'
Irfan FandiYellow card 75'
Stipe Plazibatsoccer ball with red X27
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) Semi Final Leg 2
Albirex Niigata (S)
Bishan Stadium
Abdil QaiyyimYellow card 42'
Adam Swandi
Yellow card 61'
Kento Nagasaki 83'
Takuya Akiyama 88'Yellow card 45'

Albirex won 5-2 on aggregate.

Final

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) Final
Global Cebu F.C.
Jalan Besar Stadium
Tsubasa Sano 32'
Kento Nagasaki 95'
Wesley 48'
Paulo Salenga 112'
Referee: Muhd Taqi

Albirex won on penalty

Singapore TNP League Cup

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Albirex Niigata (S) 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 Advance to semi-final
2 Warriors 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
3 Hougang United 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4
Home United
3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source: S.League

Group matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 July 2017 (2017-07-07) Group Stage M1
Albirex Niigata (S)
Hougang Stadium
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
13 July 2017 (2017-07-13) Group Stage M3
Albirex Niigata (S)
Jalan Besar Stadium
Hariss HarunYellow card 26'
Sufianto SallehYellow card 57'
Tsubasa Sano 53' Referee: G Letchman

Knock out Stage

18 July 2017 (2017-07-18) Semi Final
Geylang International
Jurong East Stadium
Takuya Akiyama 28'
Tsubasa Sano 79' 82'
Ryota Nakai 88'
Amy RechaYellow card 13'
Syazwan BuhariYellow card 62'
Isa HalimYellow card 63'
Al-Qaasimy RahmanYellow card 65'
Shawal AnuarYellow card 72'
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

References

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