2009 Albirex Niigata season

Albirex Niigata

2009 season
Chairman	Mitsugu Tamura
Manager	Jun Suzuki
Stadium	Big Swan
J. League 1	8th
Emperor's Cup	Quarterfinals
J. League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Pedro Júnior (10) Marcio Richardes (10) All: Kisho Yano (13)
Highest home attendance	40,268 (vs Júbilo Iwata, 5 May 2009) [1]
Lowest home attendance	24,392 (vs Oita Trinita, 19 September 2009) [1]
Average home league attendance	33,446 [2]
Home colours Away colours
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The 2009 Albirex Niigata season was Albirex Niigata's sixth consecutive season in J. League Division 1. It also included the 2009 J. League Cup, and the 2009 Emperor's Cup.

Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2009 J.League Division 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	16	4	14	43	43	0	52
7	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	13	12	9	44	41	+3	51
8	Albirex Niigata	34	13	11	10	42	31	+11	50
9	Nagoya Grampus	34	14	8	12	46	42	+4	50
10	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	11	13	10	43	37	+6	46

Updated to match(es) played on December 5, 2009. 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	13	11	10	42	31	+11	50	4	8	5	22	22	0	9	3	5	20	9	+11

Last updated: 1 February 2012.
Source: "J. League". Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2012-02-05.

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D
Position	2	2	1	1	3	3	2	3	6	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	7	8	8

Source: "J. League". Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

J. League Cup

Main article: 2009 J. League Cup

Group stage

Omiya Ardija v Albirex Niigata

25 March 20091	Omiya Ardija	2 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Saitama
19:00 JST	Neretljak 24' Ishihara 82'	Report	58' Gilton	Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Attendance: 5,435

Albirex Niigata v Júbilo Iwata

29 March 20092	Albirex Niigata	0 – 0	Júbilo Iwata	Niigata
14:00 JST		Report		Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 20,162

Urawa Reds v Albirex Niigata

30 May 20094	Urawa Reds	2 – 0	Albirex Niigata	Saitama
15:01 JST	Nishizawa 28' Escudero 56'	Report		Stadium: Saitama Stadium Attendance: 27,446

Albirex Niigata v Yokohama F. Marinos

3 June 20095	Albirex Niigata	0 – 3	Yokohama F. Marinos	Niigata
19:00 JST		Report	38' Hyodo 45' Chima 77' Yūsuke Tanaka (football defender)	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 19,011

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Albirex Niigata

7 June 20096	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Hiroshima
13:00 JST	Takayanagi 7' Nakajima 13' Kashiwagi 44' Satō 72' Osaki 86'	Report	4' Matsushita	Stadium: Big Arch Attendance: 9473

Albirex Niigata v Oita Trinita

13 June 20097	Albirex Niigata	1 – 2	Oita Trinita	Niigata
14:00 JST	Matsushita 44'	Report	00' Umeda 73' Edmilson	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 20,560

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2009 Emperor's Cup

Nara Club v Albirex Niigata

10 October 20092nd round	Nara Club	0 – 3	Albirex Niigata	Sakai
13:00 JST		Report	Everton Santos 6', 15' Yano 43'	Stadium: Techno Port Attendance: 3,865 Referee: Jouji Kashihara

Albirex Niigata v Yokohama FC

31 October 20093rd round	Albirex Niigata	3 – 1	Yokohama FC	Niigata
19:00 JST	Matsuo 17' Yano 28' Marcio Richardes 89'	Report	8' Namba	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 7,733 Referee: Takuto Okabe

Meiji University v Albirex Niigata

15 November 20094th round	Meiji University	1 – 3	Albirex Niigata	Tendō
13:00 JST	Yamamoto 46'	Report	16' Oshima 40', 64' Yano	Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Attendance: 3,313 Referee: Junpei Iida

Shimizu S-Pulse v Albirex Niigata

12 December 2009Quarterfinal	Shimizu S-Pulse	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Albirex Niigata	Shizuoka
13:00 JST	Okazaki 12' Johnsen 86' Kodama 104'	Report	Matsushita 16' (pen.) Yano 88'	Stadium: Nihondaira Stadium Attendance: 7,905 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Players

First team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   JPN Takashi Kitano 2 DF   JPN Hiroshi Nakano 3 MF   JPN Kazuhiko Chiba 4 MF   JPN Jun Marques Davidson 5 DF   JPN Mitsuru Chiyotanda 6 DF   JPN Mitsuru Nagata 7 MF   JPN Toshihiro Matsushita 8 FW   BRA Everton Santos 9 FW   BRA Pedro Júnior 10 MF   BRA Marcio Richardes 11 FW   JPN Kisho Yano 13 MF   JPN Fumiya Kogure 14 MF   JPN Yuta Mikado 15 MF   JPN Isao Homma

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW   JPN Hideo Ōshima 17 DF   JPN Jun Uchida 18 FW   JPN Kengo Kawamata 19 MF   JPN Kazuya Myodo 20 FW   KOR Cho Young-Cheol 21 GK   JPN Masaaki Higashiguchi 22 GK   JPN Takaya Kurokawa 23 MF   JPN Atomu Tanaka 24 MF   JPN Gotoku Sakai 25 DF   JPN Kazunari Ono 26 DF   JPN Daisuke Suzuki 27 MF   JPN Hidetoshi Nakata 28 DF   JPN Naoto Matsuo 29 DF   BRA Gilton 30 MF   JPN Musashi Okuyama

* Players in bold have senior international caps.

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   NZL Michael Fitzgerald (to Japan Soccer College) — FW   JPN Kazuhisa Kawahara (to Tochigi S.C.) — FW   BRA Bruno Castanheira (to Machida Zelvia)

Starting XI

Last updated on 3 February 2012. ^[3]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK		Takashi Kitano	34
17	RB		Jun Uchida	32
5	CB		Mitsuru Chiyotanda	33
6	CB		Mitsuru Nagata	33
29	LB		Gilton	21	Hiroshi Nakano had 6 starts
15	DM		Isao Homma	32
10	RM		Marcio Richardes	29
7	LM		Toshihiro Matsushita	32
11	RW		Kisho Yano	33
16	CF		Hideo Ōshima	33
9	LW		Pedro Júnior	21

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	J. League 1		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Takashi Kitano	(1982-10-04)October 4, 1982 (aged 26)	34	0	4	0	4	0	42	0
2	DF	Hiroshi Nakano	(1983-10-23)October 23, 1983 (aged 25)	8	0	1	0	2	0	11	0
3	MF	Kazuhiko Chiba	(1985-06-21)June 21, 1985 (aged 23)	13	0	2	0	2	0	17	0
4	MF	Jun Marques Davidson	(1983-06-07)June 7, 1983 (aged 25)	8	0	0	0	2	0	10	0
5	DF	Mitsuru Chiyotanda	(1980-06-01)June 1, 1980 (aged 28)	33	1	3	0	5	0	41	1
6	DF	Mitsuru Nagata	(1983-04-06)April 6, 1983 (aged 25)	33	0	2	0	6	0	42	0
7	MF	Toshihiro Matsushita	(1983-10-17)October 17, 1983 (aged 25)	34	4	3	1	6	2	43	7
8	FW	Éverton Santos	(1986-10-14)October 14, 1986 (aged 22)	11	0	2	2	0	0	13	2
9	FW	Pedro Júnior	(1987-01-29)January 29, 1987 (aged 22)	21	10	0	0	3	0	24	10
10	MF	Marcio Richardes	(1981-11-30)November 30, 1981 (aged 27)	29	10	3	1	5	0	37	11
11	FW	Kisho Yano	(1984-04-05)April 5, 1984 (aged 24)	33	8	4	5	1	0	38	13
13	MF	Fumiya Kogure	(1989-06-28)June 28, 1989 (aged 19)	3	0	1	0	4	0	8	0
14	MF	Yuta Mikado	(1986-12-26)December 26, 1986 (aged 22)	8	0	4	0	1	0	13	0
15	MF	Isao Homma	(1981-04-19)April 19, 1981 (aged 27)	32	0	4	0	6	0	42	0
16	FW	Hideo Ōshima	(1980-03-07)March 7, 1980 (aged 29)	33	4	4	1	6	0	43	5
17	DF	Jun Uchida	(1977-10-14)October 14, 1977 (aged 31)	32	0	3	0	3	0	38	0
18	FW	Kengo Kawamata	(1989-10-14)October 14, 1989 (aged 19)	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
19	MF	Kazuya Myodo	(1986-04-04)April 4, 1986 (aged 22)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	Cho Young-Cheol	(1989-05-31)May 31, 1989 (aged 19)	25	1	3	0	6	0	34	1
21	GK	Masaaki Higashiguchi	(1986-05-12)May 12, 1986 (aged 22)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
22	GK	Takaya Kurokawa	(1981-04-07)April 7, 1981 (aged 27)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
23	MF	Atomu Tanaka	(1987-10-04)October 4, 1987 (aged 21)	5	0	2	0	3	0	10	0
24	DF	Gotoku Sakai	(1991-03-14)March 14, 1991 (aged 17)	18	0	1	0	4	0	23	0
25	DF	Kazunari Ono	(1989-08-04)August 4, 1989 (aged 19)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
26	DF	Daisuke Suzuki	(1990-01-29)January 29, 1990 (aged 19)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
27	FW	Bruno Castanheira	(1990-05-20)May 20, 1990 (aged 18)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Naoto Matsuo	(1979-09-10)September 10, 1979 (aged 29)	13	1	2	0	5	0	20	1
29	DF	Gilton Ribeiro	(1989-03-25)March 25, 1989 (aged 19)	25	2	3	0	4	1	32	3

References

1. "Aggregate Attendances by Club (J1)". J. League. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
2. "Aggregate Attendances by Club (J1) 2005-2010 (Size: 449KB)" (PDF). J. League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
3. "Match results and prayer statistics". J. League. Archived from the original on 2012-12-19. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

External links

• (in Japanese) J. League official site