Albirex Niigata is a professional football club based in Niigata, Japan. Formed in 1955 as Niigata Eleven SC, it was renamed Albireo Niigata FC in 1995, and Albirex Niigata in 1997. From 2023, Albirex will be playing on the J1 League, coming back to the first division after five seasons.
The Singapore Premier League, commonly abbreviated as SPL, officially known as the AIA Singapore Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional football league sanctioned by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), which represents the sport's highest level in the Singapore football league system.
Tampines Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singapore football league system. Founded in 1945. The club have won 5 league titles, 4 Singapore Cups, a record of 5 Community Shields and 1 ASEAN Club Championship.
Balestier Khalsa Football Club is a Singaporean professional football club based in Toa Payoh, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League. Founded in 1898, the club is considered as the oldest football club in the country. The club have won the Singapore Cup, Singapore League Cup and the Singapore FA Cup once.
Albirex Niigata (S) is a professional football club based in Jurong East, Singapore, which plays in the Singapore Premier League. The club is a satellite team of Albirex Niigata of Japan. The club have won 6 league titles (including one unbeaten title), 4 Singapore Cup, 4 Singapore League Cup and 4 Community Shield.
Tadanari Lee is a Japanese former footballer who played as a striker or attacking-midfielder. He has made 11 appearances for the Japanese national team. He is sometimes known as Chung, in reference to his Korean name, Lee Chung-sung.
Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies, known for sponsorship reasons as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies, is a professional women's football club playing in Japan's football league, WE League. Its hometown is the city of Saitama in Saitama Prefecture.
Gōtoku Sakai is a professional footballer who plays as a full back for Vissel Kobe. Born in the United States but raised in Japan, where he represented internationally.
Nahomi Kawasumi is a Japanese footballer who plays for Japanese club Albirex Niigata. A full international since 2008, she won gold at the 2011 World Cup as well as silver at the 2012 London Olympics and 2015 World Cup. During the 2011 World Cup, she scored two goals—including a lob at 35 yards away against Sweden during the semifinals—helping Japan eventually win the tournament for the first time in its history.
Mynavi Sendai Ladies (マイナビ仙台レディース) is a women's football club playing in Japan's football league, WE League. Its hometown is the city of Sendai.
Yuika Sugasawa is a Japanese football player. She plays for Urawa Reds. She also plays for Japan national team.
Japan Soccer College is a Japanese football academy from Kitakanbara, Niigata. Its main football team is currently playing in the Hokushinetsu Football League's 1st Division and has played in the Emperor's Cup in the past.
Albirex Niigata Phnom Penh, professional football club based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia which competed in the Cambodian League, the top division of Cambodian football. The club is a satellite team of Albirex Niigata of Japan.
Kyoga Nakamura is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a central-midfielder, defensive-midfielder, attacking-midfielder or right-midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers. Born in Japan, he hopes to represent the Singapore national team after fulfiling the residency requirements.
Teruki Hara is a Japanese football player who plays as a right back or a defensive midfielder for J2 League club Shimizu S-Pulse. He has also represented Japan at various levels and is a current Japan U20's international.
Chika Hirao is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for WE League club Albirex Niigata and the Japan women's national team.
The 2021–22 WE League, also known as the 2021–22 Yogibo WE League for sponsorship reasons, was the 1st season of the WE League, the top Japanese women's professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2020. The league began on 2 September 2021 and ended on 21 May 2022.
The 2022 Singapore Premier League was the 5th season of the Singapore Premier League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs, since its rebranding in 2018. The champions of the 2022 Singapore Premier League should have qualified for the AFC Champions League. The season began in March and ended on 15 October.
The 2022–23 WE League, also known as the 2022–23 Yogibo WE League for sponsorship reasons, was the 2nd season of the WE League, the top Japanese women's professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2020.
The 2022–23 WE League Cup is the 1st season of the WE League Cup, a women's football cup tournament that will be contested annually between WE League clubs. As the league have as of the 2022–23 season only 11 clubs featuring in the tournament and the plan was to make a group stage between the knockouts, it was necessary that six teams featured in a group, and five in another. The winner of each group got a ticket to the final, which will be contested by Urawa Red Diamonds and Tokyo Verdy Beleza. Despite the tournament refers to itself as if it was played between two different years, the tournament starts and ends on 2022, as the "–23" refers to the Japan professional women's football season on the WE League, which starts in 2022 and (actually) ends on 2023. The final of this edition will be played on 1 October 2022.
