# 2017 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season

The 2017 season is Albirex Niigata Singapore FC's 14th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the 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 | Shuhei Yamada | (1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 (age 31) | Fujieda MYFC |
| 21 | Yosuke Nozawa | (1979-11-09) 9 November 1979 (age 45) | Matsumoto Yamaga FC |
| 22 | Junpei Yamada | (1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 30) | Yamanashi Gakuin University |
| Defenders ||||
| 2 | Tomoki Menda | (1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 31) | Doshisha University |
| 3 | Takuya Akiyama | (1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 30) | Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences |
| 4 | Yuki Yamanouchi | (1994-09-18) 18 September 1994 (age 30) | Oita Trinita |
| 5 | Naofumi Tanaka | (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 31) | Osaka Kyoiku University |
| 13 | Yasutaka Yanagi | (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 (age 30) | Senshu University |
| 15 | Shoma Kondo | (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 27) | Japan Soccer College |
| 16 | Rui Kumada | (1992-09-05) 5 September 1992 (age 32) | Osaka Gakuin University |
| 17 | Satoru Matsuki | (1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 (age 27) | Japan Soccer College |
| | Seiya Kato | (1994-05-19) 19 May 1994 (age 30) | Tokyo University of Agriculture |
| Midfielders ||||
| 6 | Shuto Inaba | (1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 31) | Fukuoka University |
| 7 | Ryota Nakai | (1995-01-16) 16 January 1995 (age 29) | Momoyama Gakuin University |
| 10 | Kento Nagasaki | (1990-06-05) 5 June 1990 (age 34) | Shizuoka Sangyo University |
| 14 | Ryuya Motoda | (1994-09-02) 2 September 1994 (age 30) | Mito HollyHock |
| 19 | Kenya Kodama | (1997-02-25) 25 February 1997 (age 27) | Japan Soccer College |
| 20 | Yuki Kataoka | (1998-03-10) 10 March 1998 (age 26) | Japan Soccer College |
| 23 | Kouki Sato | (1996-09-03) 3 September 1996 (age 28) | Japan Soccer College |
| Forwards ||||
| 8 | Hiroyoshi Kamata | (1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 (age 27) | Albirex Niigata U-18 |
| 9 | Tsubasa Sano | (1994-10-18) 18 October 1994 (age 30) | Juntendo University |
| 11 | Shoichiro Sakamoto | (1995-08-18) 18 August 1995 (age 29) | Tegevajaro Miyazaki |
| 18 | Minoru Iwaki | (1997-10-11) 11 October 1997 (age 27) | Japan Soccer College |
| 24 | Yusuke Yamazaki | (1997-10-03) 3 October 1997 (age 27) | Japan Soccer College |

## Coaching staff

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

## Transfers
### Pre-season transfers
#### In

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

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To |
| DF | Kento Fujihara | Nagaworld FC |
| DF | Atsushi Shirota | Hougang United |
| MF | Masaya Jitozono | Sabah FA |
| MF | Tatsuro Inui | Thai Honda |
| FW | Kazuki Mine | Kyoto Sanga |
| FW | Atsushi Kawata | Albirex Niigata |
| DF | Tadaaki Yazawa | Released |
| GK | Eita Kasagawa | Retired |
| GK | Shunkun Tani | Estudiantes de Murcia |
| DF | Mikiya Yamada | Surfers Paradise Apollo SC |
| DF | Ryo Kurihara | Released |
| DF | Teppei Harashima | Released |
| MF | Daichi Ishiyama | Released |
| MF | Ryuki Matsuya | Released |
| MF | Kouki Mukai | Released |
| FW | Shuma Miyata | Released |

### Mid-season transfers
#### Trial

| Position | Player | Trial At | Ref |
| DF | Yasutaka Yanagi | Albirex Niigata | |
| MF | Shuto Inaba | Albirex Niigata | |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### In Season Friendlies

Match cancelled after 1st half due to lightning warning signal

## Team statistics
### Appearances and goals

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

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | 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
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata (S) (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 | |
* ↑ 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
Albirex won 7-1 on aggregate.

#### Semi-final

Albirex won 5-2 on aggregate.

#### Final

Albirex won on penalty

### Singapore TNP League Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to semi-final |
| 3 | Hougang United | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Home United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | |

#### Group matches

Win  Draw  Loss