2012 Albirex Niigata season

Albirex Niigata
2012 season
Chairman Mitsugu Tamura
Manager Masaaki Yanagishita
from June 12
Hisashi Kurosaki
until May 21
J. League Division 1 15th
Emperor's Cup 3rd Round
J. League Cup Group Stage
Top goalscorer League: Bruno Lopes (7)
All: Bruno Lopes (9)
Highest home attendance 35,506 (vs. Kashima Antlers, June 30)
Lowest home attendance 15,854 (vs. Yokohama F. Marinos, April 7)
Average home league attendance 25,018
Home colours
Away colours
2011
2013

The 2012 Albirex Niigata season is Albirex Niigata's 9th consecutive season in J. League Division 1. It also includes the 2012 J. League Cup, and the 2012 Emperor's Cup.

Match results

Pre-season

J. League

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C) 34 19 7 8 63 34+29 64 Qualification to 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage 1,2
13 Omiya Ardija 34 11 11 12 38 457 44
14 Cerezo Osaka 34 11 9 14 47 536 42
15 Albirex Niigata 34 10 10 14 29 345 40
16 Vissel Kobe (R) 34 11 6 17 41 509 39 Relegation to 2013 J. League Division 2
17 Gamba Osaka (R) 34 9 11 14 67 65+2 38

Updated to games played on 1 December 2012.
Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 10 10 14 29 34 −5 40 3 6 8 15 21 −6 7 4 6 14 13 +1

Last updated: 1 December 2012.
Source: "J. League".

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAH
Result L L L D D W L L W L D L L W L D W D W D L L W L D D W D D L W L W W
Position 14 17 17 16 15 13 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 17 17 16 16 14 15 17 17 16 16 17 17 17 16 17 17 17 17 17 15

Last updated: 1 December 2012.
Source: "J. League".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

J. League Cup

Main article: 2012 J. League Cup
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Shimizu S-Pulse 6501124+815
Kashima Antlers 6501105+515
Albirex Niigata 631265+110
Yokohama F. Marinos 61237925
Omiya Ardija 612371035
Consadole Sapporo 612361155
Vissel Kobe 611461084

Emperor's Cup

Players

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Japan GK Takaya Kurokawa
3 Japan DF Kentaro Ohi
4 Japan DF Daisuke Suzuki (vice-captain)
5 Japan DF Naoki Ishikawa
6 Japan MF Yuta Mikado
7 Japan MF Seiya Fujita
8 Japan MF Fumiya Kogure
9 Japan FW Kisho Yano
10 Brazil MF Michael
11 Brazil FW Bruno Lopes
13 Japan MF Taisuke Nakamura
14 Japan FW Shoki Hirai
15 Japan MF Isao Homma (captain)
16 South Korea MF Kim Young-Geun
17 Japan DF Jun Uchida
No. Position Player
18 Brazil MF Alan Mineiro
19 South Korea DF Kim Jin-Su
20 Japan DF Shigeto Masuda
21 Japan GK Masaaki Higashiguchi
22 Japan GK Yasuhiro Watanabe
23 Japan MF Atomu Tanaka
25 Japan DF Yusuke Murakami
26 Japan MF Kenji Koyano
27 Japan FW Bruno Castanheira
28 Japan FW Musashi Suzuki
29 Japan FW Noriyoshi Sakai
30 Japan GK Hideaki Ozawa
32 Japan MF Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
36 Japan DF Naoya Kikuchi (vice-captain)

Pre-season transfers

In:

No. Position Player
3 Japan DF Kentaro Ohi (from Júbilo Iwata)
9 Japan FW Kisho Yano (from SC Freiburg)[1]
13 Japan MF Taisuke Nakamura (on loan from Kyoto Sanga)
14 Japan FW Shoki Hirai (on loan from Gamba Osaka)
16 South Korea MF Kim Young-Geun (from Soongsil University)[2]
18 Brazil MF Alan Mineiro (on loan from Paulista)
19 South Korea DF Kim Jin-Su (from Kyung Hee University)
26 Japan MF Kenji Koyano (from Kashima Antlers)[3]
27 Japan FW Bruno Castanheira (loan return from Albirex Niigata Singapore)[4]
28 Japan FW Musashi Suzuki (from Kiryū Daiichi High School)[5]
33 Japan DF Ryoma Nishimura (from youth academy)[6]

Out:

No. Position Player
Japan DF Kazuhiko Chiba (to Sanfrecce Hiroshima)[7]
New Zealand DF Michael Fitzgerald (on loan to V-Varen Nagasaki)
Japan DF Ayato Hasebe (to Ganju Iwate)[8]
Japan DF Yohei Iwasaki (to Ganju Iwate)[8]
Japan DF Ryoma Nishimura (on loan to Mauaense)[9]
Japan DF Kazunari Ono (on loan to Shonan Bellmare)[10]
Japan DF Gotoku Sakai (on loan to VfB Stuttgart)[11][12]
Japan MF Masaru Kato (on loan to Ehime FC)[13]
Japan MF Musashi Okuyama (on loan to Albirex Niigata Singapore)[14]
Japan MF Hidetoshi Nakata (to Yokohama F. Marinos)[8]
Brazil FW Anderson (on loan to Fagiano Okayama)
South Korea FW Cho Young-Cheol (to Omiya Ardija)[15][16]
Japan FW Kengo Kawamata (on loan to Fagiano Okayama)[17]
Japan FW Hideo Ōshima (to Consadole Sapporo)[18]

References

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  2. "キム ヨングン選手 新加入のお知らせ". Albirex Niigata. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  3. "鹿島アントラーズから小谷野 顕治選手 移籍加入のお知らせ". Albirex Niigata. 24 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  4. "ブルーノ カスタニェイラ 選手 アルビレックス新潟に来シーズン復帰のお知らせ". Albirex Niigata. 26 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
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  7. "千葉 和彦選手 サンフレッチェ広島へ完全移籍のお知らせ". Albirex Niigata. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
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  11. "Stuttgart holt Abwehr-Japaner Gotoku ++ Köln kauft Schweden-Stürmer". bild.de. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  12. "酒井高徳選手 VfBシュツットガルト(ドイツ・ブンデスリーガ)へ期限付き移籍のお知らせ". Albirex Niigata. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  13. "加藤 大選手 愛媛FCへ期限付き移籍のお知らせ". Albirex Niigata. 26 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  14. "奥山 武宰士 選手 アルビレックス新潟・Sへ期限付き移籍延長のお知らせ". Albirex Niigata. 26 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  15. "大宮 1億円で争奪戦勝利!チョ・ヨンチョル獲得決定的に". SPORTS NIPPON NEWSPAPERS. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  16. "チョ ヨンチョル選手 大宮アルディージャへ完全移籍のお知らせ". Albirex Niigata. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  17. "川又 堅碁選手 ファジアーノ岡山へ期限付き移籍のお知らせ". Albirex Niigata. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  18. "大島 秀夫選手 コンサドーレ札幌へ完全移籍のお知らせ". Albirex Niigata. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

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