# 2015 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season

The 2015 season will be Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore)'s 12th season in the S.League.

## Sponsors

* Main Sponsor: Canon
* Uniform Sponsors for S.League: Yoppy, TDK-Lambda, RAIZZIN, Langrich
* Club Sponsors: COMM Pte Ltd, Mitsubishi Corporation, Kikkoman, Paris Miki, RGF Singapore, Daiho, WINN, SOODE, Kirin, CLEO, Nihon Assist Singapore, Sanpoutei Ramen, aguchi, ProtecA
* Apparel Sponsor: Mafro Sports
* Club Albirex: JTB, TAWARAYA, Shogakukan Asia, Konohana Kindergarten, Niigata Kenjinkai Singapore, Keihin Multi-Trans (S) Pte Ltd, IKYU, Hitachi, Taiyou Kouhatsuden Mura, IPPIN, CROWNLINE Singapore, Samurice, Porterhouse, NIKKEI, Zipan Resort Travel

## S.League

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
| 2 March 2015 | Tampines Rovers | H | 0-1 |
| 7 March 2015 | Brunei DPMM | A | |
| 14 March 2015 | Warriors | A | |
| 20 March 2015 | Balestier Khalsa | A | |
| 3 April 2015 | Harimau Muda | A | |
| 8 April 2015 | Geylang International | H | |
| 15 April 2015 | Courts Young Lions | H | |
| 1 May 2015 | Home United | A | |
| 14 March 2015 | Hougang United | H | |
| 6 May 2015 | Tampines Rovers | A | |
| 14 May 2015 | Brunei DPMM | H | |
| 18 May 2015 | Warriors | H | |
| 23 July 2015 | Balestier Khalsa | H | |
| 30 July 2015 | Harimau Muda | H | |
| 2 August 2015 | Geylang International | A | |
| 6 August 2015 | Courts Young Lions | A | |
| 20 August 2015 | Home United | H | |
| 28 August 2015 | Hougang United | A | |
| 11 September 2015 | Tampines Rovers | H | |
| 16 September 2015 | Brunei DPMM | H | |
| 25 September 2015 | Warriors | A | |
| 18 October 2015 | Balestier Khalsa | A | |
| 21 October 2015 | Harimau Muda | A | |
| 29 October 2015 | Geylang International | H | |
| 1 November 2015 | Courts Young Lions | H | |
| 5 November 2015 | Home United | A | |
| 20 November 2015 | Hougang United | H | |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | DPMM FC | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 26 | +22 | 52 | |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 48 | Qualification to AFC Champions League Qualifying Round 1 or AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 3 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 45 | |
| 4 | Balestier Khalsa | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 44 | Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 5 | Warriors FC | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 37 | |
* 1 2 The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and Harimau Muda – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-23 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

## Singapore Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers |

## Singapore League Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Kenjiro Ogino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Mikiya Yamada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Kento Fujihara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Takahiro Saito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Yusuke Mukai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Itsuki Yamada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Hikaru Mizuno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Fumiya Kogure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Rion Taki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Kento Nagasaki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Shotaro Ihata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Atsushi Kawata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Shun Inaba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ryo Hagiwara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Ryuki Matsuya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Takuya Serizawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Takaya Nojiri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Tetsu Kudo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Yosuke Nozawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Yuki Hidaka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Ryota Nakahara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Taiga Chono | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Ryoya Matsuda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Hikaru Yanagawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | – | Own goals | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 22 December 2014 | MF | Fumiya Kogure | Albirex Niigata | Undisclosed |
| 26 December 2014 | FW | Atsushi Kawata | Hannan University | Undisclosed |
| 26 December 2014 | FW | Rion Taki | Hannan University | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2015 | GK | Yosuke Nozawa | Matsumoto Yamaga | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2015 | DF | Mikiya Yamada | Kansai University | Undisclosed |
| 9 January 2015 | FW | Shotaro Ihata | Southern Myanmar United | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2015 | DF | Takahiro Saito | Vonds Ichihara | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2015 | MF | Hikaru Mizuno | FC Ryukyu | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 November 2014 | DF | Soichiro Tanaka | Albirex Niigata Phnom Penh | Undisclosed |
| 1 November 2014 | MF | Kazuya Okazaki | Fagiano Okayama Next | Loan return |
| 1 December 2014 | MF | Koki Akasaka | Released | Free |
| 1 December 2014 | MF | Koya Yoshida | Released | Free |
| 1 December 2014 | MF | Kazuya Fukuzaki | Kagoshima United FC | Free |
| 1 December 2014 | MF | Hiroki Morisaki | FC Iseshima | Free |
| 1 December 2014 | FW | Ikuma Osaka | Released | Free |
| 1 December 2014 | FW | Niji Sasadaira | Released | Free |
| 1 December 2014 | DF | Shota Muto | Released | Free |
| 1 December 2014 | DF | Kentaro Miyakawa | Released | Free |
| 1 December 2014 | FW | Yoshinaga Arima | Released | Free |
| 1 December 2014 | MF | Kaoru Nishio | Released | Free |
| 1 December 2014 | MF | Seiji Yamaguchi | Released | Free |
| 1 December 2014 | GK | Mizuki Ito | Released | Free |
| 15 December 2014 | MF | Kosuke Matsuda | Saurcos Fukui | Free |
| 4 January 2015 | DF | Taiyo Nishida | Retired | Retired |
| 9 January 2015 | DF | Shuhei Hotta | Songkhla United | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2015 | GK | Kazuki Kishigami | Nara Club | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2015 | DF | Norihiro Kawakami | Trat | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2015 | FW | Kazuki Sakamoto | MIO Biwako Shiga | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2015 | MF | Keisuke Ota | VdS Nievenheim | Undisclosed |

## Team Staff

Team Manager: Yeo Junxian Coach: Tomoaki Sasaki Trainer: Kohei Tanaka