# 2024 Albirex Niigata season

The 2024 Albirex Niigata season was the club's 69th season in existence and the club's second season in the J1 League after a five-year absence. As well as the domestic league, they competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup.

## Squad
### Season squad

| Squad no. | Name | Date of birth (age at start of season) |
| Goalkeepers ||||
| 1 | Ryosuke Kojima | (1997-01-30)30 January 1997 (aged 27) |
| 21 | Koto Abe | (1997-08-01)1 August 1997 (aged 26) |
| 23 | Daisuke Yoshimitsu | (1993-02-21)21 February 1993 (aged 31) |
| 39 | Haruki Nishimura | (2003-04-19)19 April 2003 (aged 20) |
| Defenders ||||
| 3 | Thomas Deng | (1997-03-20)20 March 1997 (aged 26) |
| 5 | Michael Fitzgerald | (1988-09-17)17 September 1988 (aged 35) |
| 18 | Fumiya Hayakawa | (1994-01-12)12 January 1994 (aged 30) |
| 24 | Riita Mori | (2001-08-19)19 August 2001 (aged 22) |
| 26 | Ryo Endo | (1998-07-06)6 July 1998 (aged 25) |
| 31 | Yuto Horigome (c) | (1994-09-09)9 September 1994 (aged 29) |
| 32 | Takumi Hasegawa | (1998-10-06)6 October 1998 (aged 25) |
| 35 | Kazuhiko Chiba | (1985-06-21)21 June 1985 (aged 38) |
| 45 | Hayato Inamura | (2002-05-06)6 May 2002 (aged 21) |
| Midfielders ||||
| 6 | Hiroki Akiyama | (2000-12-09)9 December 2000 (aged 23) |
| 8 | Eiji Miyamoto | (1998-08-03)3 August 1998 (aged 25) |
| 14 | Motoki Hasegawa | (1998-12-10)10 December 1998 (aged 25) |
| 17 | Danilo Gomes | (1999-02-05)5 February 1999 (aged 25) |
| 19 | Yuji Hoshi | (2002-07-27)27 July 2002 (aged 21) |
| 20 | Yuzuru Shimada | (1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 33) |
| 22 | Eitaro Matsuda | (2001-05-20)20 May 2001 (aged 22) |
| 25 | Soya Fujiwara | (1995-09-09)9 September 1995 (aged 28) |
| 30 | Jin Okumura | (2001-04-03)3 April 2001 (aged 22) |
| 33 | Yoshiaki Takagi | (1992-12-09)9 December 1992 (aged 31) |
| 40 | Aozora Ishiyama | (2006-01-27)27 January 2006 (aged 18) |
| Forwards ||||
| 7 | Kaito Taniguchi | (1995-09-07)7 September 1995 (aged 28) |
| 9 | Koji Suzuki | (1989-07-25)25 July 1989 (aged 34) |
| 11 | Shusuke Ota | (1996-02-23)23 February 1996 (aged 28) |
| 16 | Yota Komi | (2002-08-11)11 August 2002 (aged 21) |
| 27 | Motoki Nagakura | (1999-10-07)7 October 1999 (aged 24) |
Last updated: 21 March 2024. Source: Albirex Niigata website

### Arrivals

| Date | Positiontk | Player | From | Type |
| 10 August 2023 | DF | Riita Mori | Waseda University | Full |
| 25 September 2023 | MF | Jin Okumura | Kansai University of Social Welfare | Full |
| 8 December 2023 | FW | Yuji Ono | Sagan Tosu | Full |
| 13 December 2023 | MF | Eiji Miyamoto | Iwaki FC | Full |
| 13 December 2023 | DF | Ryo Endo | Iwaki FC | Loan return |
| 23 December 2023 | MF | Motoki Hasegawa | Ventforet Kofu | Full |
| 26 December 2023 | GK | Daisuke Yoshimitsu | Renofa Yamaguchi | Full |
| 29 February 2024 | DF | Hayato Inamura | Toyo University | DSP |

### Departures

| Date | Position | Player | To | Type |
| 30 November 2023 | FW | Gustavo Nescau | | Released |
| 5 December 2023 | MF | Takahiro Ko | FC Tokyo | Full |
| 15 December 2023 | GK | Kazuki Fujita | JEF United Chiba | Loan |
| 15 December 2023 | MF | Yushin Otake | YSCC Yokohama | Loan |
| 22 December 2023 | MF | Shunsuke Mito | Sparta Rotterdam | Full |
| 25 December 2023 | MF | Kazuyoshi Shimabuku | Fujieda MYFC | Loan |
| 27 December 2023 | DF | Daichi Tagami | Fagiano Okayama | Full |
| 27 December 2023 | DF | Taiki Watanabe | Yokohama F. Marinos | Full |
| 5 January 2024 | MF | Jimpei Yoshida | Kamatamare Sanuki | Loan |
| 25 January 2024 | GK | Takuya Seguchi | | Retired |
| 21 March 2024 | DF | Naoto Arai | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Full |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| J1 League | 24 February 2024 | November 2024 | Matchday 1 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 027.78 |
| Emperor's Cup | 12 June 2024 | | Second round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| J.League Cup | 16 April 2024 | | First round | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 27 | +0 | 035.00 |
Last updated: 16 June 2024 Source: Competitions

### J1 League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 47 | |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 45 | |
| 16 | Albirex Niigata | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 42 | |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 41 | |
| 18 | Júbilo Iwata (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 38 | Relegation to the J2 League |

#### 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 June 2024. Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | D |
| Position | 4 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 |

#### Matches

The full league fixtures were released on 23 January 2024.