2010 ALBIREX NIIGATA SEASON

Albirex Niigata
2010 season
Chairman	Mitsugu Tamura
Manager	Hisashi Kurosaki
Stadium	Big Swan
J.League 1	9th
Emperor's Cup	4th Round
J.League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Márcio Richardes (16); All: Márcio Richardes (20)
Highest home attendance	41,002 (vs Yokohama F. Marinos, 5 May 2010)
Lowest home attendance	19,152 (vs Vissel Kobe, 14 November 2010)
Average home league attendance	30,542
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 Albirex Niigata season is Albirex Niigata's seventh consecutive season in J.League Division 1. It also includes the 2010 J.League Cup, and the 2010 Emperor's Cup.

Competitions

J.League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	14	9	11	45	38	+7	51
8	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	15	6	13	43	39	+4	51
9	Albirex Niigata	34	12	13	9	48	45	+3	49
10	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	14	6	14	48	41	+7	48
11	Júbilo Iwata	34	11	11	12	38	49	−11	44

Updated to match(es) played on December 4, 2010. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	12	13	9	48	45	+3	49	8	7	2	30	19	+11	4	6	7	18	26	−8

Last updated: 1 February 2012.
Source: "J.League". Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2012-02-04.

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	D	W
Position	12	12	13	15	18	18	18	18	15	13	8	7	10	8	9	7	5	7	7	6	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	9

Source: "J.League". Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

J.League Cup

Group stage

31 March 2010 1	Albirex Niigata	0 – 0	Vegalta Sendai	Niigata
19:00 JST		Report		Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 16,234

14 April 2010 2	Cerezo Osaka	0 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Osaka
19:00 JST		Report	76' Michael	Stadium: Kincho Stadium Attendance: 4,774

22 May 2010 3	FC Tokyo	1 – 0	Albirex Niigata	Chōfu
19:00 JST	Otake 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 13,098

26 May 2010 4	Albirex Niigata	1 – 4	Kyoto Sanga	Niigata
19:00 JST	Suzuki 81'	Report	32', 40' Yanagisawa 63' Dutra 74' Diego	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 14,278

29 May 2010 4	Albirex Niigata	1 – 0	Omiya Ardija	Niigata
19:00 JST	Márcio Richardes 82'	Report		Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 21,916

9 June 2010 7	Nagoya Grampus	0 – 2	Albirex Niigata	Nagoya
19:00 JST		Report	20' Márcio Richardes 56' Michael	Stadium: Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 3,909

Emperor's Cup

5 September 2010 2nd round	Albirex Niigata	3 – 0	Zweigen Kanazawa	Niigata
18:00 JST	Márcio Richardes 53', 90+2' Suzuki 86'	Report		Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 5,664 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

9 October 2010 3rd round	Albirex Niigata	2 – 1	Machida Zelvia	Niigata
13:00 JST	Tanaka 23', 45+2'	Report	49' Ota	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 5,645 Referee: Joji Kashihara

17 November 2010 4th round	Nagoya Grampus	1 – 1 ( a.e.t.) (5 – 4 p)	Albirex Niigata	Nagoya
19:00 JST	Alex Santos 7'	Report	68' Tanaka	Stadium: Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Yasuro Imamura
	Penalties
	Alex Santos Y. Maki Taguchi K. Hashimoto Isomura		Chiba D. Nishi Homma Kato Michael

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Takaya Kurokawa
2	DF	JPN	Kazunari Ōno
3	MF	JPN	Kazuhiko Chiba
4	DF	JPN	Daisuke Suzuki
6	DF	JPN	Mitsuru Nagata
7	MF	BRA	João Paulo
8	MF	BRA	Michael
9	FW	KOR	Cho Young-Cheol
10	MF	BRA	Márcio Richardes
11	FW	JPN	Kisho Yano
13	MF	JPN	Fumiya Kogure
14	MF	JPN	Yuta Mikado
15	MF	JPN	Isao Homma ( captain)
16	FW	JPN	Hideo Ōshima
17	DF	JPN	Jun Uchida


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	JPN	Kengo Kawamata
19	MF	JPN	Kazuya Myodo
20	FW	JPN	Kazuhisa Kawahara
21	GK	JPN	Masaaki Higashiguchi
22	MF	JPN	Daigo Nishi
23	MF	JPN	Atomu Tanaka
24	DF	JPN	Gotoku Sakai
25	MF	JPN	Musashi Okuyama
26	DF	JPN	Hiroshi Nakano
27	MF	JPN	Hidetoshi Nakata
28	GK	JPN	Takahiro Takagi
29	MF	JPN	Masaru Kato
30	FW	BRA	Fagner
31	GK	JPN	Yasuhiro Watanabe (youth)
32	MF	JPN	Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
34	DF	JPN	Yohei Iwasaki

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	NZL	Michael Fitzgerald (to Zweigen Kanazawa)
—	MF	JPN	Ayato Hasebe (to Zweigen Kanazawa)
—	FW	JPN	Bruno Castanheira (to Machida Zelvia)

Starting XI

Last updated on 3 February 2012.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
21	GK	Masaaki Higashiguchi	24	Takaya Kurokawa had 10 starts
22	RB	Daigo Nishi	26	Jun Uchida had 8 starts
3	CB	Kazuhiko Chiba	33
6	CB	Mitsuru Nagata	34
24	LB	Gotoku Sakai	28
15	DM	Isao Homma	31
32	DM	Yoshiyuki Kobayashi	23	Yuta Mikado had 10 starts
10	RM	Márcio Richardes	26
9	LM	Cho Young-Cheol	28
8	SS	Michael	23	Hideo Ōshima had 6 starts
11	FW	Kisho Yano	19	Hideo Ōshima had 14 starts

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	J.League 1		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Takaya Kurokawa	(1981-04-07)April 7, 1981 (aged 28)	11	0	1	0	1	0	13	0
2	DF	Kazunari Ono	(1989-08-04)August 4, 1989 (aged 20)	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
3	MF	Kazuhiko Chiba	(1985-06-21)June 21, 1985 (aged 24)	33	0	3	0	5	0	41	0
4	DF	Daisuke Suzuki	(1990-01-29)January 29, 1990 (aged 20)	5	0	2	1	1	1	8	2
6	DF	Mitsuru Nagata	(1983-04-06)April 6, 1983 (aged 26)	34	0	2	0	6	0	42	0
7	MF	Joao Paulo	(1985-02-22)February 22, 1985 (aged 25)	8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
8	MF	Michael	(1982-01-21)January 21, 1982 (aged 28)	27	4	2	0	6	2	35	6
9	FW	Cho Young-Cheol	(1989-05-31)May 31, 1989 (aged 20)	29	11	0	0	6	0	35	11
10	MF	Márcio Richardes	(1981-11-30)November 30, 1981 (aged 28)	26	16	2	2	6	2	34	20
11	FW	Kisho Yano	(1984-04-05)April 5, 1984 (aged 25)	20	3	0	0	2	0	22	3
13	MF	Fumiya Kogure	(1989-06-28)June 28, 1989 (aged 20)	7	0	1	0	4	0	12	0
14	MF	Yuta Mikado	(1986-12-26)December 26, 1986 (aged 23)	32	3	3	0	5	0	40	3
15	MF	Isao Homma	(1981-04-19)April 19, 1981 (aged 28)	32	3	3	0	6	0	41	3
16	FW	Hideo Ōshima	(1980-03-07)March 7, 1980 (aged 29)	28	4	3	0	5	0	36	4
17	DF	Jun Uchida	(1977-10-14)October 14, 1977 (aged 32)	18	0	3	0	4	0	24	0
18	FW	Kengo Kawamata	(1989-10-14)October 14, 1989 (aged 20)	4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
19	MF	Kazuya Myodo	(1986-04-04)April 4, 1986 (aged 23)	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
20	FW	Kazuhisa Kawahara	(1987-01-29)January 29, 1987 (aged 23)	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
21	GK	Masaaki Higashiguchi	(1986-05-12)May 12, 1986 (aged 23)	25	0	2	0	5	0	32	0
22	DF	Daigo Nishi	(1987-08-28)August 28, 1987 (aged 22)	29	1	3	0	6	0	38	1
23	MF	Atomu Tanaka	(1987-10-04)October 4, 1987 (aged 22)	10	1	3	3	3	0	16	4
24	DF	Gotoku Sakai	(1991-03-14)March 14, 1991 (aged 18)	31	0	0	0	4	0	35	0
25	MF	Musashi Okuyama	(1991-05-15)May 15, 1991 (aged 18)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	Hiroshi Nakano	(1983-10-23)October 23, 1983 (aged 26)	8	0	1	0	4	0	13	0
27	FW	Bruno Castanheira	(1990-05-20)May 20, 1990 (aged 19)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	Takahiro Takagi	(1982-07-01)July 1, 1982 (aged 27)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	Masaru Kato	(1991-05-07)May 7, 1991 (aged 18)	4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
30	FW	Fagner	(1990-08-24)August 24, 1990 (aged 19)	9	1	0	0	3	0	12	1
32	MF	Yoshiyuki Kobayashi	(1978-01-27)January 27, 1978 (aged 32)	28	0	2	0	5	0	35	0
33	GK	Daiki Kanei	(1987-12-08)December 8, 1987 (aged 22)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	Yohei Iwasaki	(1987-03-24)March 24, 1987 (aged 22)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ ^a ^b "Match results and prayer statistics". J.League. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Aggregate Attendances by Club (J1)". J.League. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
^ "Match Attendances by Club in 2010 (Size: 259KB)" (PDF). J.League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

External links

(in Japanese) J. League official site

[match-1] "Match results and prayer statistics". J.League. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

[attendance-2] "Aggregate Attendances by Club (J1)". J.League. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

[3] "Match Attendances by Club in 2010 (Size: 259KB)" (PDF). J.League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

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Club	Seasons Players Managers
Stadium	Denka Big Swan Stadium Niigata Athletic Stadium
Seasons	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Related clubs	Albirex Ladies Albirex Singapore Japan Soccer College
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