2020 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season

Albirex Niigata (S)
2020 season
Chairman	Daisuke Korenaga
Head coach	Keiji Shigetomi
Stadium	Jurong East Stadium
Premier League	1st

The 2020 season is Albirex Niigata Singapore FC's 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football^[1]^[2] and in the Singapore Premier League, having joined the league in 2004. The club competed only in 2020 Singapore Premier League after the Singapore Cup has been annulled.^[3]

Squad

SPL Squad

As of 10 January 2020.

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Start	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Kei Okawa	(1998-03-27) 27 March 1998	Tsukuba University	2020	2020
21	Hyrulnizam Juma'at ^<23	(1986-11-14) 14 November 1986	Warriors FC	2019	2020
26	Aizil Yazid	(2004-12-24) 24 December 2004	Greenridge Secondary School	2020	2020
Defenders
2	Shoma Sato	(1999-10-16) 16 October 1999	SC Sagamihara U21	2020	2020
3	Kotaro Takeda	(1997-08-26) 26 August 1997	Chukyo University	2020	2020
4	Rio Sakuma	(1997-04-14) 14 April 1997	Ryutsu Keizai University	2020	2020
5	Kazuki Hashioka (Captain)	(1997-01-20) 20 January 1997	Tokyo 23 FC	2020	2020
19	Hiromasa Ogino	(2001-03-10) 10 March 2001	Naval 1893	2020	2020
20	Yasuhiro Hanada	(1999-05-22) 22 May 1999	Japan Soccer College	2020	2020
22	Toshihiko Masuda	(2001-03-20) 20 March 2001	Japan Soccer College	2020	2020
Midfielders
6	Gareth Low ^U21	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997	Young Lions FC	2020	2020
7	Kenta Kurishima	(1997-04-19) 19 April 1997	Waseda University	2020	2020
8	Hiroyoshi Kamata	(1997-04-04) 4 April 1997	Albirex Niigata U18	2016	2020
13	Ryoya Tanigushi	(1999-08-31) 31 August 1999	Zweigen Kanazawa	2020	2020
14	Ryuya Mitsuzuka	(1999-02-17) 17 February 1999	SC Sagamihara U21	2020	2020
17	Iman Hakim ^U21	(2002-03-09) 9 March 2002	FFA U16	2020	2020
18	Mahiro Takahashi	(2001-06-26) 26 June 2001	Albirex Niigata U18	2020	2020
25	Ren Ishihara	(2001-05-31) 31 May 2001	Japan Soccer College	2020	2020
27	Ong Yu En ^U21	(2003-10-03) 3 October 2003	FFA U16	2020	2020
36	Kenji Austin ^U21	(2004-02-24) 24 February 2004	FFA U16	2020	2020
Strikers
9	Reo Nishiguchi	(1997-08-21) 21 August 1997	Chukyo University	2020	2020
10	Tomoyuki Doi	(1997-09-24) 24 September 1997	Tokoha University	2020	2020
16	Fairoz Hassan ^<23	(1988-11-26) 26 November 1988	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	2020
23	Yohei Osada	(1999-11-28) 28 November 1999	Japan Soccer College	2020	2020
28	Ryosuke Nagasawa	(1998-09-25) 25 September 1998	Phuket City F.C.	2020	2020
Players who left club during season
11	Daniel Goh ^U21	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999	Balestier Khalsa	2020	2020
15	Sharul Nizam ^U21	(1997-06-02) 2 June 1997	Young Lions FC	2020	2020
15	Noor Akid Nordin ^<23	(1996-10-28) 28 October 1996	Balestier Khalsa	2019
24	Zamani Zamri ^U21	(2001-05-31) 31 May 2001	F-17 Academy	2019	2020

U17 Squad

As of 10 January 2020.

Squad No.	Name	Previous Club	Contract Start	Contract End
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
	Mikhail Danial Lum	GFA Victoria FC	2020	2021
Strikers

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Keiji Shigetomi
Asst Coach and U17 Coach	Yuki Fujimoto
Coach	Tomoya Ueta
U15 Coach	Masayuki Kato
Goalkeeper Coach	Scott Starr
Fitness Coach	Jaswinder Singh
Team Manager	Matthew Sean
Physiotherapist
Kitman	Roy Krishnan

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Transfer

Pre-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Kei Okawa	Tsukuba University	^[5]
GK	Aizil Yazid	Greenridge Secondary School	^[6]
DF	Rio Sakuma	Ryutsu Keizai University	^[7]
DF	Kazuki Hashioka	Tokyo 23 FC (J5)	^[8]
DF	Kotaro Takeda	Chukyo University	^[9]
DF	Shoma Sato	SC Sagamihara U21 (J3)	^[10]
DF	Hiromasa Ogino	Naval 1893 (P3)	^[11]
DF	Yasuhiro Hanada	Japan Soccer College	^[12]
DF	Toshihiko Masuda	Japan Soccer College	^[13]
MF	Ren Ishihara	Japan Soccer College	^[14]
MF	Mahiro Takahashi	Albirex Niigata U18	^[15]
MF	Kenta Kurishima	Waseda University	^[16]
MF	Iman Hakim	Singapore Sports School	^[17]
MF	Ong Yu En	Singapore Sports School	^[18]
MF	Gareth Low Jun Kit	Young Lions FC	^[19]
MF	Tomoyuki Doi	Tokoha University	^[20]
MF	Ryoya Tanigushi	Zweigen Kanazawa (J2)	Season loan ^[21]
MF	Ryuya Mitsuzuka	SC Sagamihara U21 (J3)	^[22]
MF	Daniel Goh	Balestier Khalsa	Free ^[23]
MF	Noor Akid Nordin	Balestier Khalsa	Free
FW	Sharul Nizam	Young Lions FC	^[24]
FW	Reo Nishiguchi	Chukyo University	^[25]
FW	Yohei Osada	Japan Soccer College	^[26]
FW	Ryosuke Nagasawa	Phuket City F.C.	^[27]

Note 1: Shahrul Nizam left the club before the season start due to personal reason.

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Kengo Fukudome	Gainare Tottori (J3)	Free ^[28]
GK	Yusuke Kawagoe	Vertfee Takahara Nasu (J5)	Free
DF	Gerald Ang
DF	Shuhei Sasahara	DPMM FC II (Brunei League)
DF	Kaishu Yamazaki	Home United
DF	Naruki Takahashi	Montedio Yamagata (J2)	Loan return ^[29]
DF	Kodai Sumikawa	Saturday Football Intl. FC (T2)
DF	Souta Sugiyama	Okinawa SV (J5)	Free
DF	Gamu Tasaka
DF	Shunsuke Fukuda
MF	Kyoga Nakamura	Tampines Rovers	Free ^[30]
MF	Noor Akid Nordin	Balestier Khalsa	Loan return ^[31]
MF	Shoki Ohara	Mito HollyHock (J2)	Loan return ^[32]
MF	Yosuke Nakagawa	Mito HollyHock (J2)	Loan return ^[33]
MF	Firas Irwan
MF	Ryo Nakano
MF	Daichi Tanabe
FW	Yoshikatsu Hiraga	Lagend Shiga FC (J5)	^[34]
FW	Daizo Horikoshi	Kaya F.C.–Iloilo	Free
FW	Makito Hatanaka
FW	Daniel Martens	Hougang United U19	Loan return ^[35]
FW	Sharul Nizam	Young Lions FC	^[36]

Note 1: Yosuke Nakagawa returned to Mito HollyHock after the loan and subsequently released. He joined Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth for the season.

Note 2: Naruki Takahashi moved to Box Hill United SC who is playing in the NPL (Victoria) 2 after his contract with Montedio Yamagata ended.

Retained / Extension

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Hyrulnizam Juma'at	^[37]
MF	Zamani Zamri	^[38]
FW	Hiroyoshi Kamata	^[39]

Mid-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
FW	Fairoz Hassan	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	^[40]
MF	Kenji Austin	Active SG	^[41]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Zamani Zamri	Young Lions FC	NS ^[42]
MF	Daniel Goh	SAFSA	NS ^[43]

Note 1: Zamani Zamri was enlisted to NS in April 2020.

Note 2: Daniel Goh was enlisted to NS in June 2020.

Friendly

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

23 January 2020 (2020-01-23) 1	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-0	Singapore Khalsa Association	Jurong East Stadium
	Ryoya Tanigushi 77' Iman Hakim 88'

30 January 2020 2

Albirex Niigata (S)

cancelled

Balestier Khalsa

Jurong East Stadium

2 February 2020 (2020-02-02) 3	Albirex Niigata (S)	3-0	SAFSA	Jurong East Stadium
	Rio Sakuma Reo Nishiguchi

13 February 2020 (2020-02-13) 4	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Ryoya Tanigushi 70'

16 February 2020 (2020-02-16) 5	Albirex Niigata (S)	3-1	Young Lions FC	Jurong East Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi Ryoya Tanigushi

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 6	Albirex Niigata (S)	6-0	Tanjong Pagar United	Jurong East Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi pen' Ryoya Tanigushi Ryuya Mitsuzuka pen'

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Kei Okawa	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
3	DF	Kotaro Takeda	14	1	0	0	0	0	14	1
4	DF	Rio Sakuma	13(1)	1	0	0	0	0	14	1
5	DF	Kazuki Hashioka	14	1	0	0	0	0	14	1
6	MF	Gareth Low	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
7	MF	Kenta Kurishima	14	1	0	0	0	0	14	1
8	MF	Hiroyoshi Kamata	13(1)	2	0	0	0	0	14	2
9	FW	Reo Nishiguchi	6(5)	5	0	0	0	0	11	5
10	FW	Tomoyuki Doi	14	11	0	0	0	0	14	11
13	MF	Ryoya Tanigushi	9(5)	4	0	0	0	0	14	4
14	MF	Ryuya Mitsuzuka	0(10)	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
16	FW	Fairoz Hassan	9	1	0	0	0	0	9	1
17	MF	Iman Hakim	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
18	MF	Mahiro Takahashi	0(9)	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
20	DF	Yasuhiro Hanada	1(10)	1	0	0	0	0	11	1
25	MF	Ren Ishihara	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF	Ong Yu En	2(2)	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
28	FW	Ryosuke Nagasawa	14	3	0	0	0	0	14	3
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
11	MF	Daniel Goh	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Competitions

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 1	Albirex Niigata (S)	4-0	Geylang International	Jurong East Stadium
	Reo Nishiguchi 40' Ryosuke Nagasawa 52' Tomoyuki Doi 59' (pen.) Ryoya Tanigushi 74' Gareth Low 38' Rio Sakuma 75'	Report	Fareez Farhan 49' Shahrin Saberin 59' Joshua Pereira 28' Iqbal Hussain 75'	Attendance: 2,522 Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar Man of the Match: Reo Nishiguchi

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 2	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Bishan Stadium
	Ensar Brunčević 26' Shuhei Hoshino 58' Zaiful Nizam 89' Ahmad Syahir 90+2'	Report	Ryoya Tanigushi 52' Reo Nishiguchi 89' Ryosuke Nagasawa 87'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah Man of the Match: Zaiful Nizam

20 March 2020 (2020-03-20) 3 (Rescheduled)	Tanjong Pagar United	2-2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong East Stadium
	Shodai Nishikawa 17' Yann Motta 80' 62' Syahadat Masnawi 22' Delwinder Singh 44'	Report	Reo Nishiguchi 58' Tomoyuki Doi 86' Yasuhiro Hanada 76'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah Man of the Match: Fashah Iskandar

18 October 2020 (2020-10-18) 4 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Young Lions FC	0-4	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong West Stadium
	Khairin Nadim 44' Shahib Masnawi 49'	Report	Ryoya Tanigushi 7' Reo Nishiguchi 12' Ryosuke Nagasawa 65' Tomoyuki Doi 73' Hiroyoshi Kamata 38'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Juherman Zaiton Man of the Match: Ryosuke Nagasawa

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 5 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Albirex Niigata (S)	3-2	Lion City Sailors F.C.	Jurong East Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi 19' Ryosuke Nagasawa 35' Reo Nishiguchi 94'	Report	Song Ui-young 59' Gabriel Quak 88' Stipe Plazibat 90+3' Saifullah Akbar 90+4'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Muhammad Taqi Man of the Match: Kotaro Takeda

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) 6 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Tampines Rovers	2-0	Albirex Niigata (S)	Our Tampines Hub
	Syahrul Sazali 20' 87' Jordan Webb 56' (pen.) Huzaifah Aziz 90+3'	Report	Fairoz Hasan 24' Gareth Low 33' Ryosuke Nagasawa 52' Ryoya Tanigushi 66'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Farhan Mohd Man of the Match: Jordan Webb

8 November 2020 (2020-11-08) 7 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Albirex Niigata (S)	4-0	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Hiroyoshi Kamata 55' Kenta Kurishima 68' Tomoyuki Doi 77' Rio Sakuma 90+1' Ryosuke Nagasawa 53'	Report	Hafiz Sujad 35' Fabian Kwok 50'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Jansen Foo Man of the Match: Hiroyoshi Kamata

13 November 2020 (2020-11-13) 8 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Geylang International	0-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Our Tampines Hub
	Yuki Ichikawa 3' Kamolidin Tashiev 21' Barry Maguire 90+1'	Report	Tomoyuki Doi 10' Ryoya Tanigushi 78' Kotaro Takeda 90'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah Man of the Match: Tomoyuki Doi

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) 9(Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Hiroyoshi Kamata 65' Tomoyuki Doi 80' 90' Reo Nishiguchi 84'	Report	Sameer Alassane 77' Kristijan Krajcek 82' Ahmad Syahir 87' Yeo Hai Ngee 88'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Nathan Chan Man of the Match: Ryosuke Nagasawa

22 November 2020 (2020-11-22) 10 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Lion City Sailors	2-3	Albirex Niigata (S)	Bishan Stadium
	Song Ui-young 22' (pen.) Tajeli Salamat 45' Aqhari Abdullah 58' Saifullah Akbar 78' Shahdan Sulaiman 90' Hafiz Nor 90+1'	Report	Tomoyuki Doi 12' Fairoz Hasan 34' Yasuhiro Hanada 77' Kotaro Takeda 25' Kenta Kurishima 73'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Farhan Mohd Man of the Match: Tomoyuki Doi

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25) 11 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-0	Young Lions FC	Jurong East Stadium
	Ong Yu En 4' 20' Kazuki Hashioka 67'	Report	Bill Mamadou 57' Sahffee Jubpre 59'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Juherman Zaiton Man of the Match: Nurshafiq Zaini

29 November 2020 (2020-11-29) 12 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-4	Tampines Rovers	Jurong East Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi 37' Kenta Kurishima 82'	Report	Boris Kopitović 49' 62' Amirul Adli 57' Taufik Suparno 88' Andrew Aw 24' Zehrudin Mehmedović 64'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Jansen Foo Man of the Match: Kyoga Nakamura

2 December 2020 (2020-12-02) 13 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Albirex Niigata (S)	3-0	Tanjong Pagar United	Jurong East Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi 48' (pen.) 90+3' Kotaro Takeda 89' Ryuya Mitsuzuka 74'	Report		Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar Man of the Match: Tomoyuki Doi

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 14 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Hougang United	0-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang Stadium
	Nikesh Singh 32'	Report	Ryoya Tanigushi 53'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Juherman Zaiton Man of the Match: Ryoya Tanigushi

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Albirex Niigata (S)^[a] (C)	14	10	2	2	32	14	+18	32
2	Tampines Rovers	14	8	5	1	27	11	+16	29	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
3	Lion City Sailors	14	8	3	3	44	18	+26	27	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
4	Geylang International	14	6	2	6	18	22	−4	20	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
5	Balestier Khalsa	14	5	4	5	22	28	−6	19

Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ 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.

Singapore Cup

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 Singapore Cup has been annulled in order to facilitate the League’s completion.^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k The match is postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.

References

[table_note_ALB0.43231878775746-46] 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.

[closed-44] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.

[Covid19postponed-45] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k The match is postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.

[1] "Albirex to play in 2018".

[2] "Albirex confirmed 2019 season participation".

[SC2020-3] "2020 SPL season to resume on 17 October". spl.sg. 21 Jun 2021.

[4] "Players & Staff".

[5] "Kei Okawa confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[6] "Aizil confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[7] "Rio Sakuma confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[8] "Hashioka Kazuki confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[9] "Kotaro Takeda confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[10] "Sato joins from White Swan for 2020".

[11] "OGINO Hiromasa (NAVAL1893) confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[12] "Kanada joins from JSC for 2020".

[13] "Masuda joins from JSC for 2020".

[14] "Ishihara joins from JSC for 2020".

[15] "TAKAHASHI Mahiro (Albirex Niigata U-18) confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[16] "Kenta Kurishima confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[17] "Iman Hakim Ibrahim confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[18] "Ong Yu En confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[19] "Gareth Low (Young Lions) confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[20] "Tomoyuki Doi confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[21] "TANIGUSHI Ryoya (Zweigen Kanazawa) confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[22] "MITSUZUKA Ryuya (SC Sagamihara U21) confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[23] "Daniel Goh (Balestier Khalsa FC) confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[24] "Sharul Nizam (Young Lions) confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[25] "Reo Nishiguchi confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[26] "Yohei Osada joins from JSC for 2020".

[27] "Nagasawa joins the Swans for 2020".

[28] "Announcement of FUKUDOME Kengo's transfer to Gainare Tottori(Japan)".

[29] "Naruki Takahashi joins White Swans for 2019 season".

[30] "Kyoga Nakamura joins Stags for 2020 season".

[31] "Noor Akid Nordin signed for Japanese club".

[32] "Shoki Ohara (Mito Holly Hock) joins White Swans for 2019 season".

[33] "Yosuke Nakagawa (Mito Holly Hock) has joined Albirex Singapore for 2019 season".

[34] "Yoshi joins Japan regional club". Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.

[35] "Hougang player signed for Japanese club".

[36] "Sharul Nizam (Young Lions) confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[37] "Hyrulnizam Juma'at extends contract for 2020".

[38] "Zamani Zamri extends contract for 2019".

[39] "Kamata extends contract for 2020".

[40] "New signing with Fairoz for remaining 2020 season".

[41] "Kenji Austin introduction". Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-10-18.

[42] "Zamani Zamri leave the team to Serve the Country".

[43] "Daniel Goh leave the team to Serve the Country".

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