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Albirex Niigata(アルビレックス tân tả,Arubirekkusu Nīgata)is a professionalfootballclub based inNiigata,Japan. Formed in 1955 asNiigata Eleven SC,it was renamed Albireo Niigata FC in 1995, and Albirex Niigata in 1997. They currently play inJ1 Leagueafter being promoted fromJ2 Leagueas champions in2022.
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| Full name | Albirex Niigata | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Albi | ||
| Founded | 1955as Niigata Eleven SC | ||
| Ground | Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata | ||
| Capacity | 42,300 | ||
| Chairman | Daisuke Korenaga | ||
| Manager | Rikizo Matsuhashi | ||
| League | J1 League | ||
| 2023 | J1 League, 10th of 18 | ||
| Website | http:// albirex.co.jp/ | ||
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History
editFor many years it had been a local autonomous amateur club,Niigata 11,that could never hope to see the light of day in an oldJapan Soccer Leaguedominated almost entirely by company teams. The creation of the J. League spurred the club to rise, and in the 1990s it began climbing fast through the divisions.[1]
In 1998, Albirex Niigata joined theJapan Football League,and was merged into theJ2 Leagueafter its creation in 1999. The team gradually became competitive and in 2001 and 2002 it came close to getting promoted to J1 and in 2003,[2]it became the champion of J2 and finally joined the top flight.
Name changed
editThe team name is made from combining the starAlbireoof the constellationCygnus(the Swan) and theLatinwordRexmeaning 'king'.[3]In 1997, due to copyright issues, the team name was changed fromAlbireo Niigatato the currentAlbirex Niigata.
Team name transition
edit- Niigata Eleven SC(Soccer Club)(1955)
- Albireo Niigata FC (1995)
- Albirex Niigata (1997)
Home stadium
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Joining the J. League in 1999, its hometowns areNiigataandSeiro.Until 2003, it used Niigata Perfectural Sport Ground as the home ground but since 2004, the team began usingNiigata Stadium Big Swanas well and now plays most of its games there. In 2003,[4]it set a record for highest attendance in the J. League with the cumulative total of around 660,000.[5]Its practice grounds are Albirex's training facilities inSeiro Albillageand the Ijimino Sports Park(50 công dã vận động công viên,Ijimino Undō Kōen)inShibata.
The club plays its home games in the Niigata Stadium "Big Swan",which is currently called Denka Big Swan Stadium through a sponsorship deal. The stadium was opened in 2001 and has a capacity of 42,300. Prior to this the club had played its matches in theNiigata City Athletic Stadiumconstructed in 1938 with a capacity of 18,000.
The stadium was the site of two first round matches and one Round of 16 match in the past2002 FIFA World Cup.It was also the venue for the 2009National Sports Festival.
Current squad
edit- As of 30 July 2024.[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
editClub officials
editClub officials 2024[7]
| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Rikizo Matsuhashi
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| Head coach | Yusuke Ogura
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| Coaches | Toru IrieMotoharu Watanabe
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| Assistant coach | Tatsuya Tanaka
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| Technical coach | Mirai MoritaNamito Ikezawa
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| Physical coach | Tsutomu Anno
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| Goalkeeping coach | Ryuji Ishizue
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| Assistant goalkeeping coach | Yasuhiro Watanabe
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| Chief doctor | Satoshi Watanabe
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| Chief trainer | Seiichi Narahara
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| Training coaches | Tetsuo HasegawaKoji Okamoto
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| Physiotherapist | Takeshi Iokawa
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| Interpreter | Yu Kusayanagi Yoshio Silvio Kanashiro Cantao
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| Competent | Takaaki Onozaki
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| Deputy officer | Ryo Doi
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| Equipment manager | Kota Tamakawa
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Managerial history
editCorrect as of 23 October 2022
| Manager | Nationality | Tenure | Managerial Record League | |||||
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| Start | Finish | P | W | D | L | W % | ||
| Frans van Balkom |  Netherlands |
1 February 1995 | 31 January 1998[8] | 36 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 77.78 |
| Yoshikazu Nagai | Japan |
1 February 1998 | 31 December 2000[8] | 76 | 35 | 7 | 34 | 46.05 |
| Yasuharu Sorimachi | Japan |
1 February 2001 | 31 January 2006[8] | 196 | 97 | 40 | 59 | 49.49 |
| Jun Suzuki | Japan |
1 February 2006 | 31 January 2010[8][9][10][11] | 136 | 51 | 32 | 53 | 37.50 |
| Hisashi Kurosaki | Japan |
1 February 2010 | 21 May 2012[12][13][14][15] | 80 | 24 | 25 | 31 | 30.00 |
| Nobuhiro Ueno(caretaker) | Japan |
22 May 2012 | 10 June 2012[15][16] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Masaaki Yanagishita | Japan |
11 June 2012 | 31 January 2016[14][15][17] | 68 | 20 | 18 | 30 | 29.41 |
| Tatsuma Yoshida | Japan |
1 February 2016 | 27 September 2016[18] | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23.33 |
| Koichiro Katafuchi(caretaker) | Japan |
27 September 2016 | 31 January 2017[18] | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25.00 |
| Fumitake Miura | Japan |
1 February 2017 | 7 May 2017 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10.00 |
| Koichiro Katafuchi(caretaker) | Japan |
8 May 2017 | 10 May 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wagner Lopes | Japan |
11 May 2017 | 31 December 2017 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26.09 |
| Masakazu Suzuki | Japan |
1 February 2018 | 7 August 2018 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 29.63 |
| Koichiro Katafuchi | Japan |
8 August 2018 | 13 April 2019 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 41.67 |
| Kazuaki Yoshinaga | Japan |
14 April 2019 | 31 January 2020 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 42.42 |
| Albert Puig Ortoneda |  Spain |
1 February 2020 | 31 January 2022 | 84 | 32 | 29 | 23 | 38.10 |
| Rikizo Matsuhashi | Japan |
1 February 2022 | Current | 43 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 58.14 |
Record as J.League member
edit| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
| League | J.League Cup |
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| Season | Div. | Teams | Pos. | P | W(OTW) | D | L(OTL) | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance/G | ||
| 1999 | J2 | 10 | 4th | 36 | 16(4) | 2 | 13(1) | 46 | 40 | 6 | 58 | 4,211 | 1st round | 3rd round |
| 2000 | 11 | 7th | 40 | 11(4) | 5 | 18(2) | 54 | 63 | 9 | 46 | 4,007 | 1st round | Round of 16 | |
| 2001 | 12 | 4th | 44 | 22(4) | 4 | 7(7) | 79 | 47 | 32 | 78 | 16,659 | 1st round | Round of 16 | |
| 2002 | 12 | 7th | 44 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 75 | 47 | 28 | 82 | 21,478 | Not eligible | 3rd round | |
| 2003 | 12 | 1st | 44 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 80 | 40 | 40 | 88 | 30,339 | Round of 16 | ||
| 2004 | J1 | 16 | 10th | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 47 | 58 | -11 | 37 | 37,689 | Group stage | 4th round |
| 2005 | 18 | 12th | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 62 | -15 | 42 | 40,114 | Group stage | Round of 16 | |
| 2006 | 18 | 14th | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 46 | 65 | -19 | 42 | 38,709 | Group stage | Round of 16 | |
| 2007 | 18 | 6th | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 51 | 38,276 | Group stage | 4th round | |
| 2008 | 18 | 13th | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 46 | -14 | 37 | 34,490 | Group stage | Round of 16 | |
| 2009 | 18 | 8th | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 50 | 33,446 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | |
| 2010 | 18 | 9th | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 48 | 45 | 3 | 49 | 30,542 | Group stage | Round of 16 | |
| 2011 | 18 | 14th | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 46 | -8 | 39 | 26,049 | Quarter-finals | 3rd round | |
| 2012 | 18 | 15th | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 34 | -5 | 40 | 25,018 | Group stage | 3rd round | |
| 2013 | 18 | 7th | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 42 | 6 | 55 | 26,112 | Group stage | 3rd round | |
| 2014 | 18 | 12th | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 36 | -6 | 44 | 22,979 | Group stage | 3rd round | |
| 2015 | 18 | 15th | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 41 | 58 | -17 | 34 | 21,936 | Semi-finals | 3rd round | |
| 2016 | 18 | 15th | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 49 | -16 | 30 | 21,181 | Group stage | Round of 16 | |
| 2017 | 18 | 17th | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 60 | -32 | 28 | 22,034 | Group stage | 3rd round | |
| 2018 | J2 | 22 | 16th | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 48 | 56 | -8 | 53 | 14,913 | Group stage | 3rd round |
| 2019 | 22 | 10th | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 71 | 52 | -19 | 62 | 14,497 | Not eligible | 2nd round | |
| 2020† | 22 | 11th | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 57 | 5,361 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2021† | 22 | 6th | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 61 | 40 | 21 | 68 | 10,879 | 3rd round | ||
| 2022 | 22 | 1st | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 73 | 35 | 38 | 84 | 14,954 | 2nd round | ||
| 2023 | J1 | 18 | 10 | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 40 | -4 | 45 | 21,731 | Group stage | Quarter-finals |
| 2024 | 20 | TBA | 38 | Runners-up | 3rd round | |||||||||
- Key
- Pos.= Position in league;P= Games played;W= Games won;D= Games drawn;L= Games lost;F= Goals scored;A= Goals conceded;GD= Goals difference;Pts= Points gained
- Attendance/G= Average league home attendance
- †2020 & 2021 seasons attendance reduced byCOVID-19worldwide pandemic
- Source:J.League Data Site
Honours
edit| Honour | No. | Years |
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| Hokushinetsu Football League | 3 | 1986,1996,1997 |
| J2 League | 2 | 2003,2022 |
Kit and colours
editColours
editOrange represents the sunset of Niigata, and blue represents theSea of Japan.[19]
Kit evolution
edit| Home kits - 1st | ||||
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          1999 - 2000 |
     2001 - 2002 |
     2003 - 2004 |
     2005 - 2006 |
     2007 |
     2008 - 2009 |
    2010 - 2011 |
    2012 - 2013 |
     2014 - 2015 |
     2016 |
     2017 |
  2018 |
     2019 |
     2020 |
     2021 |
     2022 |
   2023 |
     2024 - | ||
| Away kits - 2nd | ||||
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     1999 - 2000 |
     2001 - 2002 |
     2003 - 2004 |
    2005 - 2007 |
     2008 - 2009 |
     2010 - 2011 |
    2012 - 2013 |
     2014 - 2015 |
     2016 |
    2017 |
     2018 |
    2019 |
     2020 |
     2021 |
     2022 |
     2023 |
     2024 - | |||
| 3rd kits - Other | ||||
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    2015 Cup |
   2016 3rd |
2016 Cup |
2017 3rd |
     2017 Summer |
    2018 Isao Honmaretirement match |
     2020 ONE NIIGATA Memorial Blue | |||
Affiliated clubs
editSince 2004, Albirex Niigata has selected a number of players for its satellite team in theSingapore Premier League.Albirex also has a women's team and joined L2 league (an equivalent of J2) in 2004. Albirex Ladies won the L2 title in 2006,[20]and went on to join L1 in 2007.
The following clubs are affiliated with Albirex Niigata
edit- Albirex Niigata Ladies(Japan Women's Football League)
- Japan Soccer College(Hokushinetsu Football League)
Albirex Niigata Singapore(Singapore Premier League)
Former affiliated club
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In addition to the J1 Albirex Niigata football team, there is aNiigata Albirex basketball clubin theB.League,as well as aski,snowboard,baseball,and track and field team. Even though the teams share the same name, the management and finances are completely separate for each team.
References
edit- ^Niigata-Nippo.11 years-History of Albirex Niigata (2007), pp. 2–10.
- ^"Albirex won the promotion slot"Niigata-Nippo:p. 1. 24 November 2003.
- ^"Club guide: Albirex Niigata"(in Japanese). J.League. Archived fromthe originalon 29 June 2011.Retrieved25 July2011.
- ^"History of Niigata stadium"(in Japanese). Albirex Niigata. and Niigata Urban Flowering and Greenery Foundation Group. Archived fromthe originalon 12 September 2011.Retrieved25 July2011.
- ^"Venture spirits, Hiroshi Ikeda interview"(in Japanese). Biz STYLE. 27 December 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 30 October 2012.Retrieved25 July2011.
- ^"TEAM".アルビレックス tân tả công thức サイト｜ALBIREX NIIGATA OFFICIAL WEBSITE(in Japanese).Retrieved18 April2024.
- ^"Club officials".albirex.co.jp.Retrieved9 November2024.
- ^abcdThe 11-year History of Albirex Niigata(in Japanese). Albirex Niigata. 2007.ISBN978-4861322211.
- ^"League Table 2007 J.LEAGUE Division 1".J. League. Archived fromthe originalon 28 June 2011.Retrieved14 December2013.
- ^"League Table 2008 J.LEAGUE Division 1".J. League. Archived fromthe originalon 28 June 2011.Retrieved14 December2013.
- ^"League Table 2009 J.LEAGUE Division 1".J. League. Archived fromthe originalon 28 June 2011.Retrieved14 December2013.
- ^"League Table 2010 J.LEAGUE Division 1".J. League. Archived fromthe originalon 29 September 2012.Retrieved14 December2013.
- ^"League Table 2011 J.LEAGUE Division 1".J. League. Archived fromthe originalon 9 February 2013.Retrieved14 December2013.
- ^ab"League Table 2012 J.LEAGUE Division 1".J. League. Archived fromthe originalon 14 December 2013.Retrieved14 December2013.
- ^abc"Yanagishita named Albirex manager".The Japan Times.Kyodo News.12 June 2012.Retrieved14 December2013.
- ^"SCORESHEET 2012 J.LEAGUE Division 1 2nd Day 13th Sec".J. League. Archived fromthe originalon 14 December 2013.Retrieved14 December2013.
- ^"League Table 2013 J.LEAGUE Division 1".J. League. Archived fromthe originalon 14 December 2013.Retrieved14 December2013.
- ^ab"2016 J.LEAGUE Division 1 Albirex Niigata".J. League. 11 January 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 13 January 2017.Retrieved11 January2017.
- ^"Club colours official profile from J League website".jleague.jp.J League website.
- ^"2006 Nadeshiko League"(PDF)(in Japanese). Nadeshiko League. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 19 May 2011.Retrieved25 July2011.
External links
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