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
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2008 2010 →

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

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

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

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.^[3]

No.	Pos.	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
No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	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

^ ^a ^b "Aggregate Attendances by Club (J1)". J. League. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
^ "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.
^ "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

[attendance-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.

[match-3] "Match results and prayer statistics". J. League. Archived from the original on 2012-12-19. Retrieved 3 February 2012.

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