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Albirex Niigata (S)
2024–25 season
Chairman	Daisuke Korenaga
Head coach	Kazuaki Yoshinaga
Stadium	Jurong East Stadium
Singapore Cup	TBA
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The 2024–25 season is Albirex Niigata Singapore FC's 21st 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 2024–25 Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup. The team is in transition to a local outfit from the 2024 season, which mean that they will have to abide by the same competition rules as local teams, including the foreign player quota.^[3] ^[4]

The female team will be playing in the Women's Premier League (Singapore).

Season Overview

Heading into the new season, the team faced a void left by the retirement of veteran ex-Japan International Tadanari Lee. ^[5] To shore up their title defense, they brought in seasoned campaigner Yojiro Takahagi, who boasts 3 caps for the Japan national team, and promising youngster SteviaEgbus Mikuni, a former Japan youth international. ^[6] ^[7]

They also welcomed back some faces, which include Daniel Goh, a Singapore international, and Shuhei Hosinho, who both bring a wealth of experience and a connection to the club's past. ^[8]

Squad

Singapore Premier League

As of 25 Dec 2023

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Start	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Dylan Pereira	(2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 24)	Police SA	2024	2025
18	Hassan Sunny ^O30	(1984-04-02) 2 April 1984 (age 40)	Lion City Sailors	2023	2026
25	Zainol Gulam ^O30	(1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32)	Hougang United	2024	2025
Defenders
4	Koki Kawachi	(2000-05-10) 10 May 2000 (age 24)	Chukyo University	2023	2025
	SteviaEgbus Mikuni	(1998-05-31) 31 May 1998 (age 26)	FC Gifu (J3)	2024	2025
	Harhys Stewart ^U23	(2001-03-20) 20 March 2001 (age 23)	Young Lions FC	2024	2025
	Madhu Mohana ^O30	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33)	Balestier Khalsa	2024	2025
Midfielders
8	Yojiro Takahagi	(1986-08-02) 2 August 1986 (age 38)	Tochigi SC (J2)	2024	2025
10	Yohei Otake	(1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 35)	V-Varen Nagasaki (J2)	2024	2025
26	Jarrel Ong Jia Wei ^U23	(2002-10-26) 26 October 2002 (age 21)	Hougang United U21	2023	2023
	Arshad Shamim	(1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 24)	Geylang International	2024	2025
	Ho Wai Loon ^O30	(1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 31)	Balestier Khalsa	2024	2025
	Arya Igami Tarhani	(2003-02-24) 24 February 2003 (age 21)	CF Badalona (S5)	2024	2025
Strikers
7	Amy Recha ^O30	(1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 32)	Hougang United	2024	2025
9	Shuhei Hoshino	(1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 (age 28)	Balestier Khalsa	2024	2025
11	Daniel Goh	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 25)	Balestier Khalsa	2024	2025
	Idraki Adnan	(1999-03-13) 13 March 1999 (age 25)	Hougang United	2024	2025
Players who left club for NS during season
22	Nicky Melvin Singh ^U23	(2002-06-13) 13 June 2002 (age 22)	Tampines Rovers U19	2021	2023
27	Shakthi Vinayagavijayan ^U23	(2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 (age 21)	Albirex Niigata U19	2022	2023

U21 Squad

As of 23 Mar 2022.

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Start	Contract End
Goalkeepers
56	Firman Nabil ^U21	(2005-03-27) 27 March 2005 (age 19)	Mattar Sailors (SFL1)	2023	2023
Defenders
52	Junki Kenn Yoshimura ^U21	(2004-07-20) 20 July 2004 (age 20)	Singapore Sport School	2021	2025
54	Kenji Austin ^U21	(2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 (age 20)	Queensway Secondary School	2020	2025
57	Irfan Azahar ^U21	(2004-11-13) 13 November 2004 (age 19)	Tampines Rovers U17	2022	2023
58	Adam Norkhalis ^U21	(2004-04-24) 24 April 2004 (age 20)	Tanjong Pagar United U21	2023	2023
59	Firwen Anaqin ^U21	(2004-12-31) 31 December 2004 (age 19)	GFA Singapore	2023	2023
60	Oswald Tan ^U21	(2006-08-12) 12 August 2006 (age 18)		2022	2023
64	Wong Jun Kai ^U21	(2003-10-21) 21 October 2003 (age 20)	Balestier Khalsa U21	2022	2023
68	Raihan Ramlee ^U21	(2004-03-23) 23 March 2004 (age 20)	Hougang United U21	2023	2023
71	Mustaqim Mulyadi Ihsan ^U21	(2003-08-01) 1 August 2003 (age 21)	Hougang United U21	2023	2023
74	Daniyal Lynn Rasor ^U21	(2004-01-07) 7 January 2004 (age 20)	NFDP JOHOR	2023	2023
	Gabriel Goh ^U21	(2004-03-29) 29 March 2004 (age 20)	Lion City Sailors U17	2024	2025
Midfielders
53	Hilman Norhisam ^U21	(2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 (age 20)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2025
61	Okada Ryusei ^U21	(2005-09-25) 25 September 2005 (age 19)	Albirex Junior - JSSL	2022	2023
62	Ilhan Azahar ^U21	(2005-12-16) 16 December 2005 (age 18)	Albirex U15	2022	2023
63	Asraf Rilwan ^U21	(2003-12-03) 3 December 2003 (age 20)	Balestier Khalsa U21	2023	2023
69	Ukaishah Ilhan ^U21	(2003-10-08) 8 October 2003 (age 21)	Tanjong Pagar United U21	2023	2023
70	Ilhanz Yazid ^U21	(2005-01-12) 12 January 2005 (age 19)		2022	2023
73	Rayson Goh Hong Yu ^U21	(2005-07-03) 3 July 2005 (age 19)		2023	2023
75	Danish Harith ^U21	(2005-01-08) 8 January 2005 (age 19)	Geylang International U17	2023	2023
76	Danish Adam Abdullah ^U21	(2005-02-13) 13 February 2005 (age 19)	Nasri Nasir Academy	2023	2023
Strikers
65	Firman Shah Roslani ^U21	(2004-05-29) 29 May 2004 (age 20)	Tampines Rovers U15	2022	2023
66	Preston Heng Yu Hng ^U21	(2005-01-08) 8 January 2005 (age 19)	Active SG	2023	2023
67	Darwisy Hanis ^U21	(2005-06-23) 23 June 2005 (age 19)	Geylang International U17	2023	2023
72	Irsyad Azarudin ^U21	(2004-07-16) 16 July 2004 (age 20)	Tanjong Pagar United U21	2023	2023
Players who left during mid-season

Coaching staff

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Position	Name
Technical Director	Kazuaki Yoshinaga^[10]
Team Manager (Men)	Dominic Wong
Team Manager (Women) & Assistant Coach (U15)	Tyrus Soo
Head Coach (Men)	Kazuaki Yoshinaga^[11]
Head Coach (Women)	Kana Kitahara ^[12]
Head of Youth & U17 Head Coach	Marcal Trulls
U19 Head Coach & Assistant Coach (Men)	Jaswinder Singh
Under-15 Head Coach & Fitness Coach (Men)	Masayuki Kato
Assistant Coach (Men & U17)	Keiji Shigetomi
Assistant Coach (U17)	Kana Kitahara
Goalkeeper Coach (Men & U19)	Fadhil Salim
Goalkeeper Coach (U17 & U15)	Hyrulnizam Juma'at
Sports Trainer
Physiotherapist	Karen Koh Alison Soh
Kitman	Roy Krishnan
Interpreter	Ayumi Nagami

^[13]

Transfer

In

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Team	Ref
GK	Dylan Pereira	Police SA	First Team	Free ^[14]
GK	Zainol Gulam	Hougang United	First Team	Free ^[15] ^[16]
DF	SteviaEgbus Mikuni	FC Gifu (J3)	First Team	Free ^[17]
DF	Christopher van Huizen	Lion City Sailors	First Team	Free
DF	Madhu Mohana	Balestier Khalsa	First Team	Free
DF	Gabriel Goh	Lion City Sailors U21	U21	Free
MF	Ho Wai Loon	Balestier Khalsa	First Team	Free
MF	Harhys Stewart	Young Lions FC	First Team	Free
MF	Arya Igami Tarhani	CF Badalona (S5)	First Team	Free ^[18]
MF	Yohei Otake	V-Varen Nagasaki (J2)	First Team	Free ^[19] ^[20]
MF	Yojiro Takahagi	Tochigi SC (J2)	First Team	Free ^[21]
MF	Arshad Shamim	Lion City Sailors	First Team	Free ^[22]
MF	Idraki Adnan	Hougang United	First Team	Free ^[23] ^[24]
FW	Amy Recha	Hougang United	First Team	Free ^[25]
FW	Daniel Goh	Balestier Khalsa	First Team	Free ^[26]
FW	Shuhei Hoshino	Balestier Khalsa	First Team	Free ^[27]

Note 1: .

Loan In

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref

Loan Return

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To / From	Ref

Out

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref
GK	Hyrulnizam Juma'at	Retired	First Team	N.A. ^[28]
GK	Yoshihiko Kobayashi		First Team	Free
DF	Shunsaku Kishimoto	Reilac Shiga FC (J4)	First Team	Free ^[29]
DF	Sho Fuwa		First Team	Free
DF	Ryo Takahashi		First Team	Free
DF	Keito Hariya		First Team	Free
MF	Asahi Yokokawa		First Team	Free
MF	Shuto Komaki		First Team	Free
MF	Kaisei Ogawa		First Team	Free
MF	Riku Fukashiro		First Team	Free
MF	Masaya Watanabe		First Team	Free
MF	Shodai Yokoyama		First Team	Free
MF	Marina Asada		Women	Free ^[30]
FW	Seia Kunori	Balestier Khalsa	First Team	Free
FW	Tadanari Lee	Retired	First Team	N.A. ^[31]
FW	Keito Komatsu	Retired	First Team	N.A.
FW	Zamani Zamri		First Team	Free

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref

Loan Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Nicky Melvin Singh	SAFSA	NS till July 2025 ^[32]
MF	Shakthi Vinayagavijayan	SAFSA	NS till December 2025 ^[33]

Retained / Extension / Promoted

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Position	Player	Ref
DF	Koki Kawachi	1.5 year contract till June 2025 ^[35]
DF	Kenji Austin	1.5 year contract till June 2025 (Promoted) ^[36]
DF	Junki Kenn Yoshimura	1.5 year contract till June 2025 (Promoted) ^[37]
MF	Hilman Norhisam	2.5 years contract till June 2025 ^[38] ^[39]
FW	Zamani Zamri	1-year contract till 2023 ^[40]
GK	Hassan Sunny	2 years contract till 2026 ^[41]

Rumours

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref

Friendly

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

First Team

Notes

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As at 26 Nov 2023

No.	Pos.	Player	SPL		Singapore Cup		Charity Shield		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Dylan Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Koki Kawachi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Yojiro Takahagi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Shuhei Hoshino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Yohei Otake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	Hassan Sunny	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	Zainol Gulam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	MF	Junki Kenn Yoshimura	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
53	MF	Hilman Norhisam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	MF	Kenji Austin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
??	DF	SteviaEgbus Mikuni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
??	DF	Arya Igami Tarhani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
??	MF	Arshad Shamim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
??	FW	Daniel Goh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
??	FW	Amy Recha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club

Competitions

Overview

Results summary (SPL)


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Charity Shield

2024 Charity Shield	Albirex Niigata (S)	v	Lion City Sailors	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lion City Sailors	16	11	3	2	54	20	+34	36	Qualification for Champions League Two group stage
2	BG Tampines Rovers	16	9	6	1	47	22	+25	33	Qualification for Champions League Two playoff
3	Geylang International	16	7	7	2	59	32	+27	28
4	Balestier Khalsa	16	6	5	5	49	43	+6	23
5	Albirex Niigata (S)	16	6	1	9	29	42	−13	19	Ineligible for AFC competition spots
6	DPMM^[a]	16	4	6	6	27	33	−6	18	Ineligible for AFC competition spots
7	Hougang United	16	3	7	6	27	41	−14	16
8	Young Lions^[a]	16	4	3	9	28	49	−21	15	Ineligible for AFC competition spots
9	Tanjong Pagar United	16	2	2	12	19	57	−38	8

Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2024. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Two clubs – DPMM FC and the FAS under-23 team Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup

2024–25 Singapore Cup

Competition (U21)

Win Draw Loss

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Albirex Niigata (S) U19	Group A
2	Balestier Khalsa U21
3	Geylang International U21
4	Hougang United U21
5	Lion City Sailors U21	Group B
6	Tampines Rovers U21
7	Tanjong Pagar United U21 (C)
8	Young Lions B
9	SAFSA

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
(C) Champions

Competition (U17)

Win Draw Loss

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Geylang International U17 (C)	League champions
2	Balestier Khalsa U17
3	Lion City Sailors U17
4	Tampines Rovers U17
5	Hougang United U17
6	Albirex Niigata (S) U17
7	Tanjong Pagar United U17
8	Woodlands Lions U17

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
(C) Champions

Competition (U15)

Win Draw Loss

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Singapore Sports School (C)	League champions
2	Lion City Sailors U15
3	Active SG
4	Geylang International U15
5	Tampines Rovers U15
6	Balestier Khalsa U15
7	Tanjong Pagar United U15
8	Albirex Niigata (S) U15
9	Hougang United U15

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
(C) Champions

References

[table_note_YLI0.22914887835698-42] Two clubs – DPMM FC and the FAS under-23 team Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

[1] "Albirex to play in 2018".

[2] "Albirex confirmed 2019 season participation".

[3] "Six-time champions Albirex Niigata to become local Singapore Premier League side from 2024".

[4] "Localisation - Moving Forward to the Next Stage".

[5] "Tadanari Lee will retire at the end of this season".

[6] "Yojiro Takahagi is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[7] "Stevia Egbus Mikuni is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[8] "Daniel Goh is coming back to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[9] "Staff 2021".

[10] "Yoshinaga Kazuaki will be coming back to Singapore as a our Technical Director".

[11] "Kazuaki Yoshinaga, Head Coach has renewed his contract and will continue to lead the top team in 2023".

[12] "Kana Kitahara to Assume Dual Roles as Player and Head Coach for the 2024 Season!".

[13] "Players & Staff".

[14] "Dylan Pereira is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[15] "Thank you , Zainol 🩵".

[16] "Zainol Gulam is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[17] "Stevia Egbus Mikuni is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[18] "Arya Igami Tarhani is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore".

[19] "Yohei Otake is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[20] "大竹洋平選手移籍先決定のお知らせ!".

[21] "Yojiro Takahagi is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[22] "Arshad Shamim is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[23] "Thank you , Idraki Adnan 🧡".

[24] "Idraki Adnan is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[25] "Amy Recha is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[26] "Daniel Goh is coming back to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[27] "Shuhei Hoshino returns after 6 years".

[28] "Hyrulnizam Juma'at will retire at the end of this season".

[29] "Shunsaku Kishimoto will be joining Reilac Shiga (Japan) in 2024 season".

[30] "Marina Asada will leave the club and return to Japan".

[31] "Tadanari Lee will retire at the end of this season".

[32] "Nicky Melvin Singh leave the team to Serve the Country".

[33] "Shakthi leaves the team to serve the country".

[34] "2020 Singapore Premier League Retained and Released List".

[35] "Koki Kawachi signs for 2024 season!".

[36] "Kenji Austin signs and promoted for 2024 season!".

[37] "Junki Kenn Yoshimura signs for 2024 season!".

[38] "Hilman Norhisam signs for 2023 season!".

[39] "Hilman Norhisam signs for 2024 season!".

[40] "Zamani Zamri signs for 2023 season!".

[41] "2 more seasons with Hassan Sunny!".

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 |Head Coach (Men) || {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kazuaki Yoshinaga]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Kazuaki Yoshinaga, Head Coach has renewed his contract and will continue to lead the top team in 2023 |url=https://www.albirex.com.sg/en/news/42995/}}</ref>
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+|Head Coach (Women) || {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kana Kitahara]] <ref>{{cite web |title=Kana Kitahara to Assume Dual Roles as Player and Head Coach for the 2024 Season! |url=https://www.albirex.com.sg/en/news/43655/}}</ref>
-|Head Coach (Women) || {{flagicon|SIN}} Nahar Daud
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 |Head of Youth <br> & U17 Head Coach || {{flagicon|ESP}} Marcal Trulls

Revision as of 09:47, 5 January 2024

Season Overview

Squad

Singapore Premier League

U21 Squad

Coaching staff

Transfer

In

Loan In

Loan Return

Out

Loan Out

Retained / Extension / Promoted

Rumours

Friendly

Pre-season

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Charity Shield

Singapore Premier League

Singapore Cup

Competition (U21)

Competition (U17)

Competition (U15)

See Also

References