The 2019 season was Albirex Niigata Singapore FC's 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League, having joined the league in 2004. Along with the 2019 Singapore Premier League, the club also competed in the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup. They were the defending champions.
Key events Pre-season
Players and Staff On 11/12/2018, the club announced the former assistant, Keiji Shigetomi, as its new coach for the season.
New Sponsor On 18/12/2018, the club announced its first “Jersey Partner” with Reeracoen. On 20/12/2018, Bridgestone Tyre Sales Singapore Pte Ltd announced that they have come on board joining with Albirex Jersey Partner for 2019 season! On 27/12/2018, Lensmode announced that they have come on board joining with Albirex Jersey Partner for 2019 season!
Squad S.League squad
Squad No. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Previous club Contract Start Contract end Goalkeepers 1 Kengo Fukudome >30 Azul Claro Numazu2019 21 Hyrulnizam Juma'at Warriors FC2019 22 Yusuke Kawagoe Japan Soccer College2019 Defenders 2 Gerald Ang SAFSA (NFL)20192019 3Shuhei Sasahara Tokai University2018 4 Naruki Takahashi Montedio Yamagata2019 7 Kaishu Yamazaki Iwaki FC2018 15 Kodai Sumikawa Teikyo Nagaoka High School2018 16 Souta Sugiyama Kaishi Gakuen JSC2019 18 Gamu Tasaka Japan Soccer College2019 19 Shunsuke Fukuda Japan Soccer College2019 Tatsuya Morita Santos FC B (Trainee) 2019 Midfielders 5 Firas Irwan NFA U1820192019 6 Shoki Ohara Mito HollyHock2019 10 Kyoga Nakamura (Captain) YSCC Yokohama2019 14 Ryo Nakano FC Tiamo Hirakata2019 17 Noor Akid Nordin <23 Balestier Khalsa2019 20 Daichi Tanabe Japan Soccer College2019 23 Daniel Martens Hougang United U1920192019 24 Zamani Zamri F-17 Academy20192019 25 Yosuke Nakagawa Mito HollyHock2019 Strikers 8 Daizo Horikoshi Tokai University 2019 9 Hiroyoshi Kamata Albirex Niigata U182016 11 Yoshikatsu Hiraga Momoyama Gakuin University 2019 13 Makito Hatanaka Gainare Tottori2019
Coaching staff
Position NameHead Coach Keiji ShigetomiCoach Jun Hirabayashi Coach Yuto InabeGoalkeeper Coach Scott StarrFitness Coach Yi FeiTeam Manager Matthew Sean Physiotherapist Kitman Roy Krishnan
Transfer Pre-season transfer
In PositionPlayerTransferred FromRefPromoted Azul Claro Numazu (J3) Warriors FC Free Japan Soccer College Japan Soccer College Japan Soccer College Kaishi Gakuen JSC Montedio Yamagata (J2)Season loan Santos FC B (Trainee) SAFSA Undisclosed F-17 Academy Free NFA U18 Free Hougang United U19 Season loan Balestier Khalsa Undisclosed YSCC Yokohama (J3) FC Tiamo Hirakata (J6) Japan Soccer College Mito HollyHock (J2)Season loan Gainare Tottori (J3) Momoyama Gakuin University Tokai University
Note 1: Tatsuya Morita was released before the season start.
Out PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef Albirex Niigata Albirex Niigata Warriors FCFree Agent FC Tiamo Hirakata (J6)Free Agent Okinawa SV (J5)Free Tokyo United FC (J5) York 9 FC (T1)Free Free Agent Free Agent Free Agent Home UnitedFree Busan TC (T3)FreeFree Agent FK Rudar Pljevlja (T1)Free Agent National Police Commissary (T1)Free
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Mid-season transfer
In PositionPlayerTransferred FromRef Mito HollyHockSeason loan
Friendly Pre-Season Friendly
In-Season Friendly Tour of Myanmar (6 to 10 March)
Team statistics
Appearances and goals Player Sleague Singapore Cup Charity Shield TotalApps.GoalsApps.GoalsApps.GoalsApps.Goals1GK Kengo Fukudome23030102703DF Shuhei Sasahara200300(1)02404DF Naruki Takahashi17(4)10(2)0102415MF Firas Irwan8(1)030101306MF Shoki Ohara21230102527DF Kaishu Yamazaki24330102838FW Daizo Horikoshi18(1)632102389FW Hiroyoshi Kamata247301028710MF Kyoga Nakamura237301027711FW Yoshikatsu Hiraga1(20)40(1)00022413FW Makito Hatanaka0(6)00(2)0008014MF Ryo Nakano1(2)000104015DF Kodai Sumikawa1(5)00(1)0108016DF Souta Sugiyama21(2)1300(1)027117MF Noor Akid Nordin6100107118DF Gamu Tasaka0(2)000002019DF Shunsuke Fukuda0(2)000002020MF Daichi Tanabe8(12)00(3)10023121GK Hyrulnizam Juma'at1000001023MF Martens Daniel131200015124MF Zamani Zamri201101022125MF Yosuke Nakagawa1423000172
Competitions
Overview CompetitionRecord Singapore Premier League Singapore Cup Total
Charity Shield
Singapore Premier League
Singapore Cup
See also 2014 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season 2015 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season 2017 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season 2018 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season
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