2021 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season

The 2021 season is Albirex Niigata Singapore FC's 18th 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 2021 Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.

Albirex Niigata (S)
2021 season
ChairmanDaisuke Korenaga
Head coach Keiji Shigetomi
StadiumJurong East Stadium
Singapore CupTBA

Squad

SPL Squad

As of 17 January 2021
Squad No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Start Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Takahiro Koga (1999-03-11) 11 March 1999 V-Varen Nagasaki 2021 2021
21 Hyrulnizam Juma'at <23 (1986-11-14) 14 November 1986 Warriors FC 2019 2021
40 Sunny Tia Yang Guang U21 (2004-02-25) 25 February 2004 Singapore Sports School 2021 2021
Defenders
3 Takahiro Tezuka (1998-06-25) 25 June 1998 Tsukuba University 2021 2021
4 Shuya Yamashita (1998-04-16) 16 April 1998 Tokoha University (J5) 2021 2021
5 Kazuki Hashioka (Captain) <23 (1997-01-20) 20 January 1997 Tokyo 23 FC (J5) 2020 2021
6 Yu Tokiwa (1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 Niigata University of Health and Welfare 2021 2021
14 Yasuhiro Hanada (1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 Japan Soccer College 2020 2021
25 Reo Kunimoto (2001-09-01) 1 September 2001 Renofa Yamaguchi FC (J2) 2021 2021
30 Kohga Tsuruhara (2000-07-30) 30 July 2000 Ritsumeikan Moriyama HS 2021 2021
Midfielders
7 Ryoya Tanigushi (1999-08-31) 31 August 1999 Zweigen Kanazawa (J2) 2020 2021
8 Kosuke Chiku (1999-02-03) 3 February 1999 Tsukuba University 2021 2021
10 Ryosuke Nagasawa (1998-09-25) 25 September 1998 Phuket City F.C. 2020 2021
13 Mahiro Takahashi (2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 Albirex Niigata U18 2020 2021
16 Makoto Ito (2000-02-10) 10 February 2000 Chukyo University (J5) 2021 2021
23 Tsubasa Kawanishi (2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 Kyushu International University HS 2021 2021
24 Hilman Norhisam U21 (2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 Singapore Sports School 2021 2021
27 Ong Yu En U21 (2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 FFA U16 2020 2021
29 Nicky Melvin Singh U21 (2002-06-13) 13 June 2002 Tampines Rovers U19 2021 2021
Strikers
9 Kiyoshiro Tsuboi (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 Tokushima Vortis (J1) 2021 2021
17 Fikri Junaidi U21 (2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 Young Lions FC 2021 2021
18 Fumiya Suzuki (1998-04-29) 29 April 1998 Waseda University 2021 2021
20 Fairoz Hassan <23 (1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 Tiong Bahru FC (NFL) 2020 2021
31 Morrison Hashii (2001-05-21) 21 May 2001 Al Hilal United (U2) 2021 2021
32 Kuraba Kondo (2002-07-06) 6 July 2002 Cerezo Osaka U-23 (J3) 2021 2021
Players who left club during season
24 Nathanael Chin U21 (1999-04-26) 26 April 1999 Police SA 2021 2021

U17 Squad

As of 10 January 2020.
Squad No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Start Contract End
Goalkeepers
Defenders
44 Ameer Maricar U21 (2004-07-15) 15 July 2004 Youth Team 2021 2021
45 Junki Kenn Yoshimura U21 (2004-07-20) 20 July 2004 Singapore Sport School 2021 2021
Midfielders
41 Kenji Austin U21 (2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 Active SG 2020 2021
Mikhail Danial Lum GFA Victoria FC 2020 2021
Ahmad Dzulfaqar (2004-03-19) 19 March 2004 2019 2021
Strikers
42 Ali Manaf U21 (2005-01-06) 6 January 2005 Youth Team 2021 2021
43 Irsyad Azarudin U21 (2004-07-16) 16 July 2004 Youth Team 2021 2021

Coaching staff

[3]

PositionName
Technical Director Kazuaki Yoshinaga[4]
Head Coach Keiji Shigetomi
Asst Coach and U17 Coach Yuki Fujimoto
Coach Tomoya Ueta
U15 Coach Masayuki Kato
Goalkeeper Coach Hyrulnizam Juma'at
Fitness Coach Jaswinder Singh
Team Manager Suzanna Foo
Physiotherapist Kikue Honda
Kitman Roy Krishnan

[5]

Transfer

In

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK Takahiro Koga V-Varen Nagasaki (J2) [6]
GK Sunny Tia Yang Guang Singapore Sports School [7]
DF Kohga Tsuruhara Ritsumeikan Moriyama High School [8]
DF Yu Tokiwa Niigata University of Health and Welfare [9]
DF Shuya Yamashita Tokoha University [10]
DF Takahiro Tezuka Tsukuba University [11]
MF Makoto Ito Chukyo University [12]
MF Tsubasa Kawanishi Kyushu International University High School [13]
MF Kosuke Chiku Tsukuba University [14]
MF Fumiya Suzuki Waseda University [15]
FW Morrison Hashii Al Hilal United (U2) [16]
FW Nathanael Chin Police SA (NFL) [17]
FW Fikri Junaidi Geylang International [18]
FW Kuraba Kondo Cerezo Osaka U-23 (J3) [19]

Mid-season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
MF Hilman Norhisam Singapore Sports School [20]


Loan In

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
DF Reo Kunimoto Renofa Yamaguchi FC (J2) Season loan [21][22]
MF Nicky Melvin Singh Tampines Rovers U19 Season loan [23]
FW Kiyoshiro Tsuboi Tokushima Vortis (J1) Season loan [24]

Out

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK Kei Okawa [25]
GK Aizil Yazid Hougang United [26][27]
DF Rio Sakuma Tiffy Army FC (C1) [28][29]
DF Hiromasa Ogino [30]
DF Kotaro Takeda FC Tiamo Hirakata (J4) [31][32]
DF Shoma Sato [33]
DF Toshihiko Masuda [34]
MF Ren Ishihara Tokushima Vortis (J1) [35]
MF Kenta Kurishima Iwate Grulla Morioka (J3) [36][37]
MF Hiroyoshi Kamata Fukui United FC (J6) [38][39]
MF Iman Hakim Tampines Rovers [40][41]
MF Gareth Low Jun Kit Balestier Khalsa [42]
MF Ryuya Mitsuzuka SC Sagamihara (J2) Loan Return [43]
FW Reo Nishiguchi Tanjong Pagar United [44][45]
FW Tomoyuki Doi Hougang United [46][47]
FW Yohei Osada [48]

Mid-season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
FW Nathanael Chin [49]

Loan Out

Position Player Transferred To Ref
MF Zamani Zamri Young Lions FC NS till 2022 [50]
MF Daniel Goh SAFSA NS till 2022 [51]

Retained / Extension / Promoted

[52]

Position Player Ref
GK Hyrulnizam Juma'at [53]
DF Kazuki Hashioka [54]
DF Yasuhiro Hanada [55]
DF Ameer Maricar Promoted from U17 squad
DF Junki Kenn Yoshimura Promoted from U17 squad [56]
MF Kenji Austin Promoted from U17 squad
MF Ong Yu En [57]
MF Ryoya Tanigushi Season loan from Zweigen Kanazawa[58][59]
MF Mahiro Takahashi Season loan from Albirex Niigata U18[60][61]
FW Ryosuke Nagasawa [62]
FW Fairoz Hassan [63]
FW Ali Manaf Promoted from U17 squad
FW Irsyad Azarudin Promoted from U17 squad

Friendly

Pre-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

6 March 2021 1 Tanjong Pagar United 0-1 Albirex Niigata (S) Jurong East Stadium
Report Nicky Melvin Singh 15' Attendance: 0 [note 1]

In-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As at 17 Sept 2021

No. Pos. Player Sleague Total
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals
1GK Takahiro Koga 210210
3DF Takahiro Tezuka 20+15215
4DF Shuya Yamashita 213213
5DF Kazuki Hashioka 210210
6DF Yu Tokiwa 20+10210
7MF Ryoya Tanigushi 199199
8MF Kosuke Chiku 211211
9FW Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 10+3151315
10MF Ryosuke Nagasawa 13+12142
13MF Mahiro Takahashi 0+9090
14DF Yasuhiro Hanada 0+141141
16MF Makoto Ito 0+5151
17FW Fikri Junaidi 3131
18MF Fumiya Suzuki 0+6161
20FW Fairoz Hassan 7+1080
21GK Hyrulnizam Juma'at 0000
23MF Tsubasa Kawanishi 0+1010
24MF Hilman Norhisam 0+1010
25DF Reo Kunimoto 202202
27MF Ong Yu En 180180
29MF Nicky Melvin Singh 131131
30DF Kohga Tsuruhara 0+1010
31FW Morrison Hashii 0+1010
32FW Kuraba Kondo 3+138168
40GK Sunny Tia Yang Guang 0000
41MF Kenji Austin 0000
42FW Ali Manaf 0000
43FW Irsyad Azarudin 0000
44DF Ameer Maricar 0000
45DF Junki Kenn Yoshimura 1010
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
24FW Nathanael Chin 0000

Competitions

Charity Shield

Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

17 March 2021 2 Young Lions FC 0-3 Albirex Niigata (S) Jalan Besar Stadium
Syed Akmal 4'
Zamani Zamri 65'
Report Ryoya Tanigushi 17'
Makoto Ito 51'
Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 79' 65'
Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Taufik Thana
21 March 2021 3 Albirex Niigata (S) 0-0 Balestier Khalsa Jurong East Stadium
Sime Zuzul 90+5' Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Syarqawi Buhari
25 April 2021 9 (Rescheduled) Balestier Khalsa 1-4 Albirex Niigata (S) Toa Payoh Stadium
Šime Žužul 57'
Ensar Brunčević 27'
Report Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 28' (pen) 47' 87'
Kuraba Kondo 53'
Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Zulfiqar Mustaffa
8 May 2021 11 (Rescheduled) Tampines Rovers 2-2 Albirex Niigata (S) Our Tampines Hub
Boris Kopitović 53' 90+6' (pen)
Zehrudin Mehmedović 74'
Baihakki Khaizan 79'
Daniel Bennett 90+6'  90+7'
Report Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 35' 49'
Ryoya Tanigushi 31'
Yu Tokiwa 56'
Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Farhad Mohamed
23 July 2021 12 (Rescheduled) Albirex Niigata (S) 1-1 Lion City Sailors Jurong East Stadium
Ryoya Tanigushi 45' (pen)
Reo Kunimoto 70'
Report Stipe Plazibat 72' Attendance: 100
Referee: Nathan Chan
22 August 2021 16 (Rescheduled) Young Lions FC 0-1 Albirex Niigata (S) Jalan Besar Stadium
Rezza Rezky  38'
Jacob Mahler  52'
Report Ryosuke Nagasawa 3' (pen)
Ong Yu En  45'
Shuya Yamashita 59'
Referee: Abirami Naidu
17 September 2021 19 (Rescheduled) Lion City Sailors 1-1 Albirex Niigata (S) Jalan Besar Stadium
Haiqal Pashia 25' Report Ryoya Tanigushi 90+4'
Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 61'
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Zulfiqar Mustaffa
24 September 2021 20 (Rescheduled) Albirex Niigata (S) 0-0 Tampines Rovers Jurong East Stadium
Report Zehrudin Mehmedovic  44' Referee: Juherman Zaiton
10 October 2021 21 (Rescheduled) Tanjong Pagar United 4-4 Albirex Niigata (S) Jurong East Stadium
Anaqi Ismit 12' 73'
Fathullah Rahmat 59' 63'
Reo Nishiguchi 87'
Shakir Hamzah 20'
Shahrin Saberin 23'
Report Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 20' 23' (pen) 44' 45+2' Referee: Jansen Foo
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lion City Sailors 21 14 6 1 59 21 +38 48 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Albirex Niigata (S)[lower-alpha 1] 21 13 7 1 50 19 +31 46
3 Hougang United 21 10 4 7 48 40 +8 34 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
4 Tampines Rovers 21 7 6 8 48 51 3 27
5 Tanjong Pagar United 21 5 7 9 36 49 13 22
Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
  1. The foreign club – Albirex Niigata (S) – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Notes

  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this match was played behind closed doors.
  2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this match was played behind closed doors.

References

  1. "Albirex to play in 2018".
  2. "Albirex confirmed 2019 season participation".
  3. "Staff 2021".
  4. "Yoshinaga Kazuaki will be coming back to Singapore as a our Technical Director".
  5. "Players & Staff".
  6. "Koga Takahiro (V Varen Nagasaki) will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  7. "Sunny Tia (Singapore Sports School) will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  8. "Kohga Tsuruharawill join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  9. "Tokiwa Yu (Niigata University of Health and Welfare) Will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  10. "Shuya Yamashita joins for 2021".
  11. "Tezuka Takahiro (Tsukuba University) will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  12. "Ito Makoto (Chukyo University) will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  13. "Kawanishi Tsubasa (Kyushu International University High School) will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  14. "Chiku Kosuke (Tsukuba University) will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  15. "Fumiya Suzuki (Waseda University) will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  16. "Hashii Morison (Al Hilal United, UAE) will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  17. "Nathanael (Police SA) will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  18. "Fikri Junaidi (Young Lions) will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  19. "Among their new signings is former Japan youth international winger Kuraba Kondo".
  20. "Hilman join Albirex as a new squad!".
  21. "Announcement of Loan Transfer to Albirex Niigata Singapore - Reo Kunimoto".
  22. "Kunimoto Reo (Renofa Yamaguchi FC) Will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  23. "Nicky Melvin Singh (Tampines Rovers FC U-21) will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  24. "Tsuboi Kiyoshiro (Tokushima Vortis) Will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  25. "Kei Okawa confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".
  26. "Aizil confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".
  27. "Aizil Yazid commits to Cheetahs! ✔️".
  28. "Rio Sakuma confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".
  29. "Sakuma Rio has completed his transfer to TIFFY ARMY FC (Cambodia)".
  30. "OGINO Hiromasa (NAVAL1893) confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".
  31. "Kotaro Takeda confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".
  32. "Takeda Kotaro has completed his transfer to FC Tiamo Hirakata (Japan)".
  33. "Sato joins from White Swan for 2020".
  34. "Masuda joins from JSC for 2020".
  35. "Ishihara joins from JSC for 2020".
  36. "Kenta Kurishima confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".
  37. "Kenta Kurishima Announcement of full transfer from Albirex Niigata Singapore".
  38. "Kamata extends contract for 2020".
  39. "Kamata Hiroyoshi has completed his transfer to Fukui United FC (Japan)".
  40. "Iman Hakim Ibrahim confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".
  41. "Iman Hakim announced as new signing for 2021". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
  42. "Gareth Low has completed his transfer to Balestier Khalsa".
  43. "MITSUZUKA Ryuya (SC Sagamihara U21) confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".
  44. "Reo Nishiguchi confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".
  45. "Announcement of Nishiguchi Reo's transfer to Tanjong Pagar United FC".
  46. "Tomoyuki Doi confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".
  47. "Doi Tomoyuki has completed his transfer to Hougang United FC".
  48. "Yohei Osada joins from JSC for 2020".
  49. "Nathanael has left the team with mutual agreement".
  50. "Zamani Zamri leave the team to Serve the Country".
  51. "Daniel Goh leave the team to Serve the Country".
  52. "2020 Singapore Premier League Retained and Released List".
  53. "Signing with Hyrulnizam Juma'at for 2021 season!".
  54. "Signing with Hashioka Kazuki for 2021 season!".
  55. "Signing with Hanada Yasuhiro for 2021 season!".
  56. "Junki from ANFC(S) U-17 joins the training with our SPL Team for 2021!".
  57. "Ong Yu En extended for 2021 season!".
  58. "TANIGUSHI Ryoya (Zweigen Kanazawa) confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".
  59. "Signing with Taniguchi Ryoya for 2021 season!".
  60. "TAKAHASHI Mahiro (Albirex Niigata U-18) confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".
  61. "Signing with Takahashi Mahiro for 2021 season!".
  62. "Signing with Nagasawa Ryosuke for 2021 season!".
  63. "Signing with Fairoz Hasan for 2021 season!".
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