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) [1] All: Márcio Richardes (20)
Highest home attendance	41,002 (vs Yokohama F. Marinos, 5 May 2010) [2]
Lowest home attendance	19,152 (vs Vissel Kobe, 14 November 2010) [2]
Average home league attendance	30,542 [3]
Home colours Away colours
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The 2010 Albirex Niigata season was 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

Main article: 2010 J.League Division 1

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

Main article: 2010 J.League Cup

Group stage

Albirex Niigata v Vegalta Sendai

31 March 20101	Albirex Niigata	0 – 0	Vegalta Sendai	Niigata
19:00 JST		Report		Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 16,234

Cerezo Osaka v Albirex Niigata

14 April 20102	Cerezo Osaka	0 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Osaka
19:00 JST		Report	76' Michael	Stadium: Kincho Stadium Attendance: 4,774

FC Tokyo v Albirex Niigata

22 May 20103	FC Tokyo	1 – 0	Albirex Niigata	Chōfu
19:00 JST	Otake 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 13,098

Albirex Niigata v Kyoto Sanga

26 May 20104	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

Albirex Niigata v Omiya Ardija

29 May 20104	Albirex Niigata	1 – 0	Omiya Ardija	Niigata
19:00 JST	Márcio Richardes 82'	Report		Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 21,916

Nagoya Grampus v Albirex Niigata

9 June 20107	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

Main article: 2010 Emperor's Cup

Albirex Niigata v Zweigen Kanazawa

5 September 20102nd 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

Albirex Niigata v Machida Zelvia

9 October 20103rd 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

Nagoya Grampus v Albirex Niigata

17 November 20104th 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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.	Nat.	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
				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

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

External links

• (in Japanese) J. League official site