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)
Lowest home attendance 24,392 (vs Oita Trinita, 19 September 2009)
Average home league attendance 33,446

The 2009 Albirex Niigata season is Albirex Niigata's sixth consecutive season in J. League Division 1. It also includes 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 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

25 March 2009 1 Omiya Ardija 2 – 1 Albirex Niigata Saitama
19:00 JST Neretljak 24'
Ishihara 82' 		Report 58' Gilton Stadium: NACK5 Stadium
Attendance: 5,435
29 March 2009 2 Albirex Niigata 0 – 0 Júbilo Iwata Niigata
14:00 JST Report Stadium: Big Swan
Attendance: 20,162
30 May 2009 4 Urawa Reds 2 – 0 Albirex Niigata Saitama
15:01 JST Nishizawa 28'
Escudero 56' 		Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium
Attendance: 27,446
3 June 2009 5 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
7 June 2009 6 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
13 June 2009 7 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
10 October 2009 2nd 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
31 October 2009 3rd 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
15 November 2009 4th 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
12 December 2009 Quarterfinal 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. 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. 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.
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 October 4, 1982 (aged 26) 34 0 4 0 4 0 42 0
2 DF Hiroshi Nakano October 23, 1983 (aged 25) 8 0 1 0 2 0 11 0
3 MF Kazuhiko Chiba June 21, 1985 (aged 23) 13 0 2 0 2 0 17 0
4 MF Jun Marques Davidson June 7, 1983 (aged 25) 8 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
5 DF Mitsuru Chiyotanda June 1, 1980 (aged 28) 33 1 3 0 5 0 41 1
6 DF Mitsuru Nagata April 6, 1983 (aged 25) 33 0 2 0 6 0 42 0
7 MF Toshihiro Matsushita October 17, 1983 (aged 25) 34 4 3 1 6 2 43 7
8 FW Éverton Santos October 14, 1986 (aged 22) 11 0 2 2 0 0 13 2
9 FW Pedro Júnior January 29, 1987 (aged 22) 21 10 0 0 3 0 24 10
10 MF Marcio Richardes November 30, 1981 (aged 27) 29 10 3 1 5 0 37 11
11 FW Kisho Yano April 5, 1984 (aged 24) 33 8 4 5 1 0 38 13
13 MF Fumiya Kogure June 28, 1989 (aged 19) 3 0 1 0 4 0 8 0
14 MF Yuta Mikado December 26, 1986 (aged 22) 8 0 4 0 1 0 13 0
15 MF Isao Homma April 19, 1981 (aged 27) 32 0 4 0 6 0 42 0
16 FW Hideo Ōshima March 7, 1980 (aged 29) 33 4 4 1 6 0 43 5
17 DF Jun Uchida October 14, 1977 (aged 31) 32 0 3 0 3 0 38 0
18 FW Kengo Kawamata October 14, 1989 (aged 19) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
19 MF Kazuya Myodo April 4, 1986 (aged 22) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Cho Young-Cheol May 31, 1989 (aged 19) 25 1 3 0 6 0 34 1
21 GK Masaaki Higashiguchi May 12, 1986 (aged 22) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
22 GK Takaya Kurokawa April 7, 1981 (aged 27) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
23 MF Atomu Tanaka October 4, 1987 (aged 21) 5 0 2 0 3 0 10 0
24 DF Gotoku Sakai March 14, 1991 (aged 17) 18 0 1 0 4 0 23 0
25 DF Kazunari Ono August 4, 1989 (aged 19) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
26 DF Daisuke Suzuki January 29, 1990 (aged 19) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
27 FW Bruno Castanheira May 20, 1990 (aged 18) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Naoto Matsuo September 10, 1979 (aged 29) 13 1 2 0 5 0 20 1
29 DF Gilton Ribeiro March 25, 1989 (aged 19) 25 2 3 0 4 1 32 3