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. They currently play in J1 League after being promoted from J2 League as champions in 2022.
The Singapore Premier League, commonly abbreviated as SPL,, 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.
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 F.C. Singapore (アルビレックス新潟ＦＣシンガポール), simply known as 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. Mostly the team is made up of university students from Japan and also academy players from J1 League.
Tadanari Lee is a Japanese former footballer who played as a striker or attacking-midfielder. He has made 11 appearances for the Japan national team. He is sometimes known as Chung, in reference to his Korean name, Lee Chung-song.
Atomu Tanaka, nicknamed Atom, is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki.
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.
Yojiro Takahagi is a Japanese professional footballer who plays primarily as a attacking-midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Albirex Niigata (S), whom he vice-captains and the Japan national team. Mainly an attacking-midfielder, he is also capable of playing as a central-midfielder, defensive-midfielder or occasionally as a striker and winger.
Gōtoku Sakai is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Vissel Kobe. He was born in the United States but raised in Japan, where he represented internationally.
Bruno Junichi Suzuki Castanheira, commonly referred to as Bruno Suzuki or Bruno Castanheira, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Malaysia Football League club PDRM.
Yuika Sugasawa is a Japanese football player, who played as a forward. She plays for Urawa Reds. She also plays for Japan national team.
Albirex Niigata FC Phnom Penh (アルビレックス新潟ＦＣプノンペン) was a professional football club based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia which competed in the Cambodian League, the top division of Cambodian football. The club was a satellite team of Albirex Niigata of Japan.
Kana Kitahara is a Japanese footballer who played as defender for Mynavi Sendai. She has also played for the Japan national team.
Ronielson da Silva Barbosa, commonly known as Rony, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Palmeiras and the Brazil national team.
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 2020 Singapore Premier League was the 3rd 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 2020 Singapore Premier League qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage automatically.
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 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.
