# 2009 Albirex Niigata season

The 2009 Albirex Niigata season was Albirex Niigata's sixth consecutive season in J. League Division 1. It also included the 2009 J. League Cup, and the 2009 Emperor's Cup.

## Competitions
### J. League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 52 |
| 7 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 51 |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 50 |
| 9 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 50 |
| 10 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 46 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 February 2012. Source: "J. League". Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2012-02-05.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 |

### Emperor's Cup
## Players
### First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Takashi Kitano |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Hiroshi Nakano |
| 3 | MF | JPN | Kazuhiko Chiba |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Jun Marques Davidson |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Mitsuru Chiyotanda |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Mitsuru Nagata |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Toshihiro Matsushita |
| 8 | FW | BRA | Everton Santos |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Pedro Júnior |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Marcio Richardes |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Kisho Yano |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Fumiya Kogure |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Yuta Mikado |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Isao Homma |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | JPN | Hideo Ōshima |
| 17 | DF | JPN | Jun Uchida |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Kengo Kawamata |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Kazuya Myodo |
| 20 | FW | KOR | Cho Young-Cheol |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Masaaki Higashiguchi |
| 22 | GK | JPN | Takaya Kurokawa |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Atomu Tanaka |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Gotoku Sakai |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Kazunari Ono |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Daisuke Suzuki |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Hidetoshi Nakata |
| 28 | DF | JPN | Naoto Matsuo |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Gilton |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Musashi Okuyama |
* Players in bold have senior international caps.

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | NZL | Michael Fitzgerald (to Japan Soccer College) |
| — | FW | JPN | Kazuhisa Kawahara (to Tochigi S.C.) |
| — | FW | BRA | Bruno Castanheira (to Machida Zelvia) |

### Starting XI

    Last updated on 3 February 2012.
| No. | Pos. | Name | MS | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Takashi Kitano | 34 | |
| 17 | RB | Jun Uchida | 32 | |
| 5 | CB | Mitsuru Chiyotanda | 33 | |
| 6 | CB | Mitsuru Nagata | 33 | |
| 29 | LB | Gilton | 21 | Hiroshi Nakano had 6 starts |
| 15 | DM | Isao Homma | 32 | |
| 10 | RM | Marcio Richardes | 29 | |
| 7 | LM | Toshihiro Matsushita | 32 | |
| 11 | RW | Kisho Yano | 33 | |
| 16 | CF | Hideo Ōshima | 33 | |
| 9 | LW | Pedro Júnior | 21 | |

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | J. League 1 | J. League 1 | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | J. League Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Takashi Kitano | (1982-10-04)October 4, 1982 (aged 26) | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Hiroshi Nakano | (1983-10-23)October 23, 1983 (aged 25) | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Kazuhiko Chiba | (1985-06-21)June 21, 1985 (aged 23) | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Jun Marques Davidson | (1983-06-07)June 7, 1983 (aged 25) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Mitsuru Chiyotanda | (1980-06-01)June 1, 1980 (aged 28) | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Mitsuru Nagata | (1983-04-06)April 6, 1983 (aged 25) | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Toshihiro Matsushita | (1983-10-17)October 17, 1983 (aged 25) | 34 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 7 |
| 8 | FW | Éverton Santos | (1986-10-14)October 14, 1986 (aged 22) | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Pedro Júnior | (1987-01-29)January 29, 1987 (aged 22) | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 10 |
| 10 | MF | Marcio Richardes | (1981-11-30)November 30, 1981 (aged 27) | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 11 |
| 11 | FW | Kisho Yano | (1984-04-05)April 5, 1984 (aged 24) | 33 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 13 |
| 13 | MF | Fumiya Kogure | (1989-06-28)June 28, 1989 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Yuta Mikado | (1986-12-26)December 26, 1986 (aged 22) | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Isao Homma | (1981-04-19)April 19, 1981 (aged 27) | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Hideo Ōshima | (1980-03-07)March 7, 1980 (aged 29) | 33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 5 |
| 17 | DF | Jun Uchida | (1977-10-14)October 14, 1977 (aged 31) | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Kengo Kawamata | (1989-10-14)October 14, 1989 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Kazuya Myodo | (1986-04-04)April 4, 1986 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Cho Young-Cheol | (1989-05-31)May 31, 1989 (aged 19) | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| 21 | GK | Masaaki Higashiguchi | (1986-05-12)May 12, 1986 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Takaya Kurokawa | (1981-04-07)April 7, 1981 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Atomu Tanaka | (1987-10-04)October 4, 1987 (aged 21) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Gotoku Sakai | (1991-03-14)March 14, 1991 (aged 17) | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Kazunari Ono | (1989-08-04)August 4, 1989 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Daisuke Suzuki | (1990-01-29)January 29, 1990 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Bruno Castanheira | (1990-05-20)May 20, 1990 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Naoto Matsuo | (1979-09-10)September 10, 1979 (aged 29) | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | Gilton Ribeiro | (1989-03-25)March 25, 1989 (aged 19) | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 3 |