2024–25 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season

Albirex Niigata (S)
2024–25 season
Chairman	Daisuke Korenaga
Head coach	Kazuaki Yoshinaga
Stadium	Jurong East Stadium
Singapore Cup	TBA
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 2024–25 season is Albirex Niigata Singapore FC's 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football^[1]^[2] and in the S.League, having joined the Sleague in 2004. Along with the 2024–25 Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup. The team is in transition to a local outfit from the 2024 season, which mean that they will have to abide by the same competition rules as local teams, including the foreign player quota.^[3]^[4]

The female team will be playing in the Women's Premier League (Singapore).

Season Overview

Heading into the new season, the team faced a void left by the retirement of veteran ex-Japan International Tadanari Lee.^[5] To shore up their title defense, they brought in seasoned campaigner Yojiro Takahagi, who boasts 3 caps for the Japan national team, and promising youngster SteviaEgbus Mikuni, a former Japan youth international.^[6]^[7]

They also welcomed back some faces, which include Daniel Goh, a Singapore international, Gareth Low and Shuhei Hosinho, who bring a wealth of experience and a connection to the club's past.^[8]

In addition, current Singapore internationals, Idraki Adnan & Ho Wai Loon join former Singapore youth internationals, Dylan Pereira, Arshad Shamim, Haziq Kamarudin, Syukri Bashir & Idraki Adnan in the ranks. ^[9]

Squad

Singapore Premier League

As of 25 Dec 2023

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Start	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Dylan Pereira	(2000-07-31) 31 July 2000	Police SA	2024	2025
18	Hassan Sunny ^O30	(1984-04-02) 2 April 1984	Lion City Sailors	2023	2026
25	Zainol Gulam ^O30	(1992-02-04) 4 February 1992	Hougang United	2024	2025
Defenders
4	Koki Kawachi	(2000-05-10) 10 May 2000	Chukyo University	2023	2025
	SteviaEgbus Mikuni	(1998-05-31) 31 May 1998	FC Gifu (J3)	2024	2025
	Harhys Stewart ^U23	(2001-03-20) 20 March 2001	Young Lions FC	2024	2025
	Madhu Mohana ^O30	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991	Balestier Khalsa	2024	2025
Midfielders
6	Gareth Low	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997	Geylang International	2024	2025
8	Yojiro Takahagi	(1986-08-02) 2 August 1986	Tochigi SC (J2)	2024	2025
10	Yohei Otake	(1989-05-02) 2 May 1989	V-Varen Nagasaki (J2)	2024	2025
15	Syed Firdaus Hassan	(1998-05-30) 30 May 1998	Tampines Rovers	2024	2025
20	Arshad Shamim	(1999-12-09) 9 December 1999	Geylang International	2024	2025
24	Ho Wai Loon ^O30	(1993-08-20) 20 August 1993	Balestier Khalsa	2024	2025
26	Jarrel Ong Jia Wei ^U23	(2002-10-26) 26 October 2002	Hougang United U21	2023	2023
	Haziq Kamarudin ^U23	(2001-03-06) 6 March 2001	Young Lions FC	2024	2025
	Arya Igami Tarhani	(2003-02-24) 24 February 2003	CF Badalona (S5)	2024	2025
	Syafi’ie Redzuan	(2003-10-25) 25 October 2003	Young Lions FC	2024	2025
Strikers
7	Amy Recha ^O30	(1992-05-13) 13 May 1992	Hougang United	2024	2025
9	Shuhei Hoshino	(1995-12-19) 19 December 1995	Balestier Khalsa	2024	2025
11	Daniel Goh	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999	Balestier Khalsa	2024	2025
13	Idraki Adnan	(1999-03-13) 13 March 1999	Hougang United	2024	2025
	Syukri Bashir	(1998-04-11) 11 April 1998	Tanjong Pagar United	2024	2025
Players who left club for NS during season
22	Nicky Melvin Singh ^U23	(2002-06-13) 13 June 2002	Tampines Rovers U19	2021	2023
27	Shakthi Vinayagavijayan ^U23	(2003-05-28) 28 May 2003	Albirex Niigata U19	2022	2023
	Ashvin Vela ^U21	(2005-03-03) 3 March 2005	Hougang United U21	2024	2026

U21 Squad

As of 23 Mar 2022.

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Start	Contract End
Goalkeepers
56	Firman Nabil ^U21	(2005-03-27) 27 March 2005	Mattar Sailors (SFL1)	2023	2023
Defenders
52	Junki Kenn Yoshimura ^U21	(2004-07-20) 20 July 2004	Singapore Sport School	2021	2025
54	Kenji Austin ^U21	(2004-02-24) 24 February 2004	Queensway Sec School	2020	2025
57	Irfan Azahar ^U21	(2004-11-13) 13 November 2004	Tampines Rovers U17	2022	2023
58	Adam Norkhalis ^U21	(2004-04-24) 24 April 2004	Tanjong Pagar United U21	2023	2023
59	Firwen Anaqin ^U21	(2004-12-31) 31 December 2004	GFA Singapore	2023	2023
60	Oswald Tan ^U21	(2006-08-12) 12 August 2006		2022	2023
64	Wong Jun Kai ^U21	(2003-10-21) 21 October 2003	Balestier Khalsa U21	2022	2023
68	Raihan Ramlee ^U21	(2004-03-23) 23 March 2004	Hougang United U21	2023	2023
71	Mustaqim Mulyadi Ihsan ^U21	(2003-08-01) 1 August 2003	Hougang United U21	2023	2023
74	Daniyal Lynn Rasor ^U21	(2004-01-07) 7 January 2004	NFDP JOHOR	2023	2023
	Gabriel Goh ^U21	(2004-03-29) 29 March 2004	Lion City Sailors U17	2024	2025
Midfielders
53	Hilman Norhisam ^U21	(2004-05-05) 5 May 2004	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2025
61	Okada Ryusei ^U21	(2005-09-25) 25 September 2005	Albirex Junior - JSSL	2022	2023
62	Ilhan Azahar ^U21	(2005-12-16) 16 December 2005	Albirex U15	2022	2023
63	Asraf Rilwan ^U21	(2003-12-03) 3 December 2003	Balestier Khalsa U21	2023	2023
69	Ukaishah Ilhan ^U21	(2003-10-08) 8 October 2003	Tanjong Pagar United U21	2023	2023
70	Ilhanz Yazid ^U21	(2005-01-12) 12 January 2005		2022	2023
73	Rayson Goh Hong Yu ^U21	(2005-07-03) 3 July 2005		2023	2023
75	Danish Harith ^U21	(2005-01-08) 8 January 2005	Geylang International U17	2023	2023
76	Danish Adam Abdullah ^U21	(2005-02-13) 13 February 2005	Nasri Nasir Academy	2023	2023
Strikers
65	Firman Shah Roslani ^U21	(2004-05-29) 29 May 2004	Tampines Rovers U15	2022	2023
66	Preston Heng Yu Hng ^U21	(2005-01-08) 8 January 2005	Active SG	2023	2023
67	Darwisy Hanis ^U21	(2005-06-23) 23 June 2005	Geylang International U17	2023	2023
72	Irsyad Azarudin ^U21	(2004-07-16) 16 July 2004	Tanjong Pagar United U21	2023	2023
Players who left during mid-season

Coaching staff

^[10]

First Team

Position	Name
Technical Director	Kazuaki Yoshinaga^[11]
Team Manager (Men)	Dominic Wong
Team Manager (Women)	Tyrus Soo
Head Coach (Men)	Kazuaki Yoshinaga^[12]
Head Coach (Women)	Kana Kitahara^[13]
Assistant Coach (Men)	Keiji Shigetomi Jaswinder Singh
Assistant Coach (Women)	Toni Teo Melisa Ye
Goalkeeper Coach (Men)	Fadhil Salim
Goalkeeper Coach (Women)	Bryan Quek
Fitness Coach (Men)	Masayuki Kato
Fitness Coach (Women)
Sports Trainer
Physiotherapist	Karen Koh Alison Soh
Kitman	Roy Krishnan
Interpreter	Ayumi Nagami

Academy

Position	Name
Head of Youth	Marcal Trulls
Under-21 Head Coach	Jaswinder Singh
Under-17 Head Coach	Marcal Trulls
Under-15 Head Coach	Masayuki Kato
Under-21 Asst Coach	Nas
Under-17 Asst Coach	Keiji Shigetomi
Under-15 Asst Coach	Tyrus Soo Nurhalis Azmi
Goalkeeper Coach (Under-21)	Fadhil Salim
Goalkeeper Coach (Under-17 & Under-15)	Hyrulnizam Juma'at
Under-21 Fitness Coach	Sufian
Under-21 Trainer	Xin Yu

^[14]

Transfer

In

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Team	Ref
GK	Dylan Pereira	Police SA	First Team	Free ^[15]
GK	Zainol Gulam	Hougang United	First Team	Free ^[16]^[17]
DF	SteviaEgbus Mikuni	FC Gifu (J3)	First Team	Free ^[18]
DF	Christopher van Huizen	Lion City Sailors	First Team	Free
DF	Madhu Mohana	Balestier Khalsa	First Team	Free
DF	Gabriel Goh	Lion City Sailors U21	U21	Free
MF	Harhys Stewart	Young Lions FC	First Team	Free
MF	Ho Wai Loon	Balestier Khalsa	First Team	Free ^[19]
MF	Arya Igami Tarhani	CF Badalona (S5)	First Team	Free ^[20]
MF	Yohei Otake	V-Varen Nagasaki (J2)	First Team	Free ^[21]^[22]
MF	Yojiro Takahagi	Tochigi SC (J2)	First Team	Free ^[23]
MF	Arshad Shamim	Lion City Sailors	First Team	Free ^[24]
MF	Gareth Low	Geylang International	First team	Free ^[25]
MF	Syafi’ie Redzuan	Young Lions FC	First Team	Free ^[26]
MF	Haziq Kamarudin	Young Lions FC	First Team	Free ^[27]
MF	Idraki Adnan	Hougang United	First Team	Free ^[28]^[29]
MF	Ashvin Vela	Hougang United U21	First Team	Free ^[30]
FW	Amy Recha	Hougang United	First Team	Free ^[31]
FW	Daniel Goh	Balestier Khalsa	First Team	Free ^[32]
FW	Shuhei Hoshino	Balestier Khalsa	First Team	Free ^[33]
FW	Syukri Bashir	Tanjong Pagar United	First team	Free ^[34]

Note 1: .

Loan In

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Team	Ref
MF	Syed Firdaus Hassan	Tampines Rovers	First Team	Season loan till May 2025 ^[35]

Loan Return

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To / From	Ref

Out

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref
GK	Hyrulnizam Juma'at	Retired	First Team	N.A.^[36]
GK	Yoshihiko Kobayashi		First Team	Free
DF	Shunsaku Kishimoto	Reilac Shiga FC (J4)	First Team	Free ^[37]
DF	Sho Fuwa		First Team	Free
DF	Ryo Takahashi		First Team	Free
DF	Keito Hariya		First Team	Free
MF	Asahi Yokokawa		First Team	Free
MF	Shuto Komaki		First Team	Free
MF	Kaisei Ogawa		First Team	Free
MF	Riku Fukashiro	Balestier Khalsa	First Team	Free
MF	Masaya Watanabe		First Team	Free
MF	Shodai Yokoyama		First Team	Free
MF	Marina Asada		Women	Free ^[38]
MF	Sarah Zu’risqha Zul’kepli	Lion City Sailors (W)	Women	Free ^[39]
FW	Seia Kunori	Balestier Khalsa	First Team	Free
FW	Tadanari Lee	Retired	First Team	N.A.^[40]
FW	Keito Komatsu	Retired	First Team	N.A.
FW	Zamani Zamri		First Team	Free

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref

Loan Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Nicky Melvin Singh	SAFSA	NS till July 2025 ^[41]
MF	Shakthi Vinayagavijayan	SAFSA	NS till December 2025 ^[42]

Retained / Extension / Promoted

^[43]

Position	Player	Ref
DF	Koki Kawachi	1.5 year contract till June 2025 ^[44]
DF	Kenji Austin	1.5 year contract till June 2025 (Promoted) ^[45]
DF	Junki Kenn Yoshimura	1.5 year contract till June 2025 (Promoted) ^[46]
MF	Hilman Norhisam	2.5 years contract till June 2025 ^[47]^[48]
GK	Hassan Sunny	2 years contract till 2026 ^[49]

Rumours

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref

Friendly

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

First Team

Notes

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As at 26 Nov 2023

No.	Pos.	Player	SPL		Singapore Cup		Charity Shield		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Dylan Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Koki Kawachi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Gareth Low	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Amy Recha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Yojiro Takahagi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Shuhei Hoshino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Yohei Otake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Daniel Goh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW	Idraki Adnan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Syed Firdaus Hassan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	Hassan Sunny	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Arshad Shamim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	Ho Wai Loon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	Zainol Gulam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	MF	Junki Kenn Yoshimura	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
53	MF	Hilman Norhisam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	MF	Kenji Austin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
??	DF	SteviaEgbus Mikuni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
??	DF	Arya Igami Tarhani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
??	MF	Syafi’ie Redzuan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
??	MF	Haziq Kamarudin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
??	FW	Syukri Bashir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club

Competitions

Overview

Results summary (SPL)


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Charity Shield

2024 Charity Shield	Albirex Niigata (S)	v	Lion City Sailors	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Qualification for 2025–26 AFC Champions League 2 Group Stage
2	Balestier Khalsa
3	Brunei DPMM^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Hougang United
5	Geylang International
6	Lion City Sailors
7	BG Tampines Rovers
8	Tanjong Pagar United
9	Young Lions^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

1 2 Two clubs – DPMM FC and the FAS under-23 team Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup

2024–25 Singapore Cup

Competition (U21)

Win Draw Loss

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Albirex Niigata (S) U19	Group A
2	Balestier Khalsa U21
3	Geylang International U21
4	Hougang United U21
5	Lion City Sailors U21	Group B
6	Tampines Rovers U21
7	Tanjong Pagar United U21 (C)
8	Young Lions B
9	SAFSA

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
(C) Champions

Competition (U17)

Win Draw Loss

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Geylang International U17 (C)	League champions
2	Balestier Khalsa U17
3	Lion City Sailors U17
4	Tampines Rovers U17
5	Hougang United U17
6	Albirex Niigata (S) U17
7	Tanjong Pagar United U17
8	Woodlands Lions U17

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
(C) Champions

Competition (U15)

Win Draw Loss

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Singapore Sports School (C)	League champions
2	Lion City Sailors U15
3	Active SG
4	Geylang International U15
5	Tampines Rovers U15
6	Balestier Khalsa U15
7	Tanjong Pagar United U15
8	Albirex Niigata (S) U15
9	Hougang United U15

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
(C) Champions

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[table_note_YLI0.74911375285551-50] 1 2 Two clubs – DPMM FC and the FAS under-23 team Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

[1] "Albirex to play in 2018".

[2] "Albirex confirmed 2019 season participation".

[3] "Six-time champions Albirex Niigata to become local Singapore Premier League side from 2024".

[4] "Localisation - Moving Forward to the Next Stage".

[5] "Tadanari Lee will retire at the end of this season".

[6] "Yojiro Takahagi is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[7] "Stevia Egbus Mikuni is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[8] "Daniel Goh is coming back to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[9] "Singapore Premier League champions Albirex Niigata mull over name change".

[10] "Staff 2021".

[11] "Yoshinaga Kazuaki will be coming back to Singapore as a our Technical Director".

[12] "Kazuaki Yoshinaga, Head Coach has renewed his contract and will continue to lead the top team in 2023".

[13] "Kana Kitahara to Assume Dual Roles as Player and Head Coach for the 2024 Season!".

[14] "Players & Staff".

[15] "Dylan Pereira is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[16] "Thank you , Zainol 🩵".

[17] "Zainol Gulam is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[18] "Stevia Egbus Mikuni is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[19] "Ho Wai Loon is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[20] "Arya Igami Tarhani is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore".

[21] "Yohei Otake is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[22] "大竹洋平選手移籍先決定のお知らせ!".

[23] "Yojiro Takahagi is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[24] "Arshad Shamim is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[25] "Gareth Low is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[26] "Syafiie Basheer is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[27] "Haziq Kamarudin is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[28] "Thank you , Idraki Adnan 🧡".

[29] "Idraki Adnan is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[30] "Ashvin Vela is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season before returning after NS".

[31] "Amy Recha is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[32] "Daniel Goh is coming back to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[33] "Shuhei Hoshino returns after 6 years".

[34] "Syukri Bashir is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[35] "Syed Firdaus is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore on loan transfer for 2024 season!".

[36] "Hyrulnizam Juma'at will retire at the end of this season".

[37] "Shunsaku Kishimoto will be joining Reilac Shiga (Japan) in 2024 season".

[38] "Marina Asada will leave the club and return to Japan".

[39] "Sarah Zu'risqha will be joining Lion City Sailors FC in 2024 season".

[40] "Tadanari Lee will retire at the end of this season".

[41] "Nicky Melvin Singh leave the team to Serve the Country".

[42] "Shakthi leaves the team to serve the country".

[43] "2020 Singapore Premier League Retained and Released List".

[44] "Koki Kawachi signs for 2024 season!".

[45] "Kenji Austin signs and promoted for 2024 season!".

[46] "Junki Kenn Yoshimura signs for 2024 season!".

[47] "Hilman Norhisam signs for 2023 season!".

[48] "Hilman Norhisam signs for 2024 season!".

[49] "2 more seasons with Hassan Sunny!".

[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]

[35]

[36]

[37]

[38]

[39]

[40]

[41]

[42]

[43]

[44]

[45]

[46]

[47]

[48]

[49]

[lower-alpha 1]

Season Overview

Squad

Singapore Premier League

U21 Squad

Coaching staff

Transfer

In

Loan In

Loan Return

Out

Loan Out

Retained / Extension / Promoted

Rumours

Friendly

Pre-season

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Charity Shield

Singapore Premier League

Singapore Cup

Competition (U21)

Competition (U17)

Competition (U15)

See also

References