# 2003 Albirex Niigata season

This page lists statistics from the 2003 season of the Albirex Niigata football team.

## Competitions

| Competitions | Position |
| J. League 2 | 1st / 12 clubs |
| Emperor's Cup | 4th Round |

## Domestic results
### J. League 2

| Match | Date | Venue | Opponents | Score |
| 1 | 2003.3.16 | Saitama Stadium 2002 | Omiya Ardija | 4-1 |
| 2 | 2003.3.22 | Niigata City Athletic Stadium | Avispa Fukuoka | 4-0 |
| 3 | 2003.3.29 | Mitsuzawa Stadium | Yokohama F.C. | 0-1 |
| 4 | 2003.4.5 | Niigata City Athletic Stadium | Consadole Sapporo | 0-1 |
| 5 | 2003.4.9 | Kose Sports Stadium | Ventforet Kofu | 3-1 |
| 6 | 2003.4.12 | Niigata City Athletic Stadium | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1-2 |
| 7 | 2003.4.20 | Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium | Shonan Bellmare | 2-1 |
| 8 | 2003.4.26 | Niigata City Athletic Stadium | Kawasaki Frontale | 1-0 |
| 9 | 2003.4.29 | Yamagata Park Stadium | Montedio Yamagata | 0-1 |
| 10 | 2003.5.5 | Niigata Stadium | Mito HollyHock | 2-2 |
| 11 | 2003.5.10 | Tosu Stadium | Sagan Tosu | 1-0 |
| 12 | 2003.5.14 | Niigata City Athletic Stadium | Omiya Ardija | 4-0 |
| 13 | 2003.5.17 | Hakata no mori stadium | Avispa Fukuoka | 2-1 |
| 14 | 2003.5.24 | Niigata City Athletic Stadium | Yokohama F.C. | 2-1 |
| 15 | 2003.5.31 | Sapporo Dome | Consadole Sapporo | 0-2 |
| 16 | 2003.6.7 | Kasamatsu Stadium | Mito HollyHock | 1-0 |
| 17 | 2003.6.14 | Niigata Stadium | Sagan Tosu | 2-1 |
| 18 | 2003.6.18 | Todoroki Athletics Stadium | Kawasaki Frontale | 4-0 |
| 19 | 2003.6.21 | Niigata Stadium | Shonan Bellmare | 1-0 |
| 20 | 2003.6.28 | Hiroshima Big Arch | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0-0 |
| 21 | 2003.7.2 | Niigata Stadium | Ventforet Kofu | 0-0 |
| 22 | 2003.7.5 | Niigata Stadium | Montedio Yamagata | 1-1 |
| 23 | 2003.7.19 | Tosu Stadium | Sagan Tosu | 1-0 |
| 24 | 2003.7.26 | Niigata Stadium | Avispa Fukuoka | 3-2 |
| 25 | 2003.7.30 | Ōmiya Park Soccer Stadium | Omiya Ardija | 2-0 |
| 26 | 2003.8.2 | Niigata Stadium | Consadole Sapporo | 5-1 |
| 27 | 2003.8.10 | Niigata Stadium | Mito HollyHock | 0-0 |
| 28 | 2003.8.16 | Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium | Shonan Bellmare | 0-0 |
| 29 | 2003.8.23 | Niigata Stadium | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3-1 |
| 30 | 2003.8.30 | Matsumoto Stadium | Ventforet Kofu | 1-2 |
| 31 | 2003.9.3 | Niigata City Athletic Stadium | Kawasaki Frontale | 3-2 |
| 32 | 2003.9.6 | Yamagata Park Stadium | Montedio Yamagata | 2-1 |
| 33 | 2003.9.13 | Fukushima (ja:福島県営あづま陸上競技場) | Yokohama F.C. | 7-1 |
| 34 | 2003.9.20 | Niigata Stadium | Shonan Bellmare | 2-1 |
| 35 | 2003.9.23 | Hiroshima Big Arch | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0-1 |
| 36 | 2003.9.27 | Niigata Stadium | Sagan Tosu | 2-1 |
| 37 | 2003.10.4 | Todoroki Athletics Stadium | Kawasaki Frontale | 0-3 |
| 38 | 2003.10.11 | Niigata Stadium | Montedio Yamagata | 4-1 |
| 39 | 2003.10.18 | Kasamatsu Stadium | Mito HollyHock | 0-1 |
| 40 | 2003.10.26 | Niigata Stadium | Ventforet Kofu | 2-0 |
| 41 | 2003.11.1 | Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium | Consadole Sapporo | 2-2 |
| 42 | 2003.11.8 | Niigata Stadium | Yokohama F.C. | 4-2 |
| 43 | 2003.11.15 | Hakata no mori stadium | Avispa Fukuoka | 1-2 |
| 44 | 2003.11.23 | Niigata Stadium | Omiya Ardija | 1-0 |

### Emperor's Cup

| Match | Date | Venue | Opponents | Score |
| 1st Round | 2003.. | [] | [] | - |
| 2nd Round | 2003.. | [] | [] | - |
| 3rd Round | 2003.. | [] | [] | - |
| 4th Round | 2003.. | [] | [] | - |

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | J. League 2 | J. League 2 | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Koichi Kidera | (1972-04-04)April 4, 1972 (aged 30) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 2 | DF | Yoshiaki Maruyama | (1974-10-12)October 12, 1974 (aged 28) | cm / kg | 44 | 1 | | | | |
| 3 | DF | Anderson | (1972-12-22)December 22, 1972 (aged 30) | cm / kg | 39 | 2 | | | | |
| 4 | DF | Koichi Sugiyama | (1971-10-27)October 27, 1971 (aged 31) | cm / kg | 6 | 0 | | | | |
| 5 | DF | Katsuo Kanda | (1966-06-21)June 21, 1966 (aged 36) | cm / kg | 17 | 0 | | | | |
| 6 | MF | Tadahiro Akiba | (1975-10-13)October 13, 1975 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 39 | 0 | | | | |
| 7 | MF | Keisuke Kurihara | (1973-05-20)May 20, 1973 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 15 | 0 | | | | |
| 8 | MF | Motohiro Yamaguchi | (1969-01-29)January 29, 1969 (aged 34) | cm / kg | 42 | 4 | | | | |
| 9 | MF | Fabinho | (1973-06-26)June 26, 1973 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 28 | 9 | | | | |
| 10 | MF | Marcus | (1974-02-25)February 25, 1974 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 41 | 32 | | | | |
| 11 | FW | Yusaku Ueno | (1973-11-01)November 1, 1973 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 41 | 13 | | | | |
| 12 | MF | Katsuyuki Miyazawa | (1976-09-15)September 15, 1976 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 31 | 5 | | | | |
| 13 | DF | Kenji Arai | (1978-05-19)May 19, 1978 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| 14 | DF | Naoki Takahashi | (1976-08-08)August 8, 1976 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 6 | 0 | | | | |
| 15 | MF | Isao Homma | (1981-04-19)April 19, 1981 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 15 | 0 | | | | |
| 16 | MF | Ryuji Sueoka | (1979-05-22)May 22, 1979 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 12 | 1 | | | | |
| 17 | MF | An Yong-Hak | (1978-10-25)October 25, 1978 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 29 | 1 | | | | |
| 18 | DF | Masaya Karube | (1979-05-13)May 13, 1979 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 19 | DF | Hikaru Mita | (1981-08-01)August 1, 1981 (aged 21) | cm / kg | 35 | 0 | | | | |
| 20 | GK | Nobuhiro Maeda | (1973-06-03)June 3, 1973 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 21 | GK | Yosuke Nozawa | (1979-11-09)November 9, 1979 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 44 | 0 | | | | |
| 22 | GK | Takashi Kitano | (1982-10-04)October 4, 1982 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 23 | MF | Masahiro Fukazawa | (1977-07-12)July 12, 1977 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 41 | 1 | | | | |
| 24 | FW | Hiroshi Morita | (1978-05-18)May 18, 1978 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 12 | 4 | | | | |
| 25 | MF | Mikito Nishihara | (1980-06-10)June 10, 1980 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 26 | DF | Eiichiro Ozaki | (1984-12-07)December 7, 1984 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 17 | 0 | | | | |
| 27 | FW | Issey Nakajima-Farran | (1984-05-16)May 16, 1984 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 28 | FW | Yuzo Funakoshi | (1977-06-12)June 12, 1977 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 22 | 4 | | | | |
| 29 | FW | Shoji Yamada | (1984-12-06)December 6, 1984 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 30 | FW | Yasuhiro Tanaka | (1984-08-02)August 2, 1984 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 31 | DF | Hayato Mizuki | (1984-11-01)November 1, 1984 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 32 | DF | Tatsunori Yamagata | (1983-10-04)October 4, 1983 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| 33 | FW | Geílson | (1984-04-10)April 10, 1984 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| 34 | MF | Hidetoshi Wakui | (1983-02-12)February 12, 1983 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 35 | DF | Kentaro Suzuki | (1980-06-02)June 2, 1980 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 17 | 2 | | | | |
| 36 | MF | Makoto Atsuta | (1976-09-16)September 16, 1976 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 1 | 0 | | | | |

## Other pages

* (in Japanese) J. League official site
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