The 2018 season was Albirex Niigata Singapore FC's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League (formerly S.League), having joined the league in 2004. Along with the Singapore Premier League, the club also competed in the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup. They were the defending champions.
Key Events Pre-season
On 28/11/2017, the team announced that they had renewed Head Coach Kazuaki Yoshinaga's contract for the S.League 2018 season. On 15/12/2017, the team announced that age restrictions had been imposed by the FAS for the new season. Depending on the squad size (minimum of 19 players), they will have to make do with eight U-21 players, eight U-23 players and one player of any age. This is excluding 2 Singapore U-23 players which they can sign.
Squad S.League squad
Squad No. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Previous club Goalkeepers 1 Shahul Rayyan SAFSA (NFL D1) 21 Yosuke Nozawa Matsumoto Yamaga FC 22 Taiki Itsukaichi Japan Soccer College Defenders 2 Kazuki Sumiishi SG Eintracht Mendig-Bell 3Shuhei Sasahara Tokai University 4 Shun Kumagai Ventforet Kofu 5 Kaishu Yamazaki Iwaki FC 7Riku Moriyasu Kyoto Sangyo University 15 Kodai Sumikawa Teikyo Nagaoka High School 17 Ryujiro Yamanaka Osaka Sangyo University Midfielders 6 Daiki Asaoka University of Tsukuba 8 Wataru Murofushi (Captain) Juntendo University 10 Adam Swandi Home United 16 Ryuji Yamauchi Japan Soccer College 19 Kazuya Kojima Japan Soccer College 20 Ryutaro Shibanoki Japan Soccer College Strikers 9 Shuhei Hoshino Ryutsu Keizai University 11 Kenya Takahashi Yamanashi Gakuin University 13 Hiroyoshi Kamata Albirex Niigata U18 14 Taku Morinaga Ryutsu Keizai University 18 Ibuki Inoue Daisho Gakuen High School
Coaching staff
Position NameHead Coach Kazuaki YoshinagaCoach Keiji ShigetomiCoach Yuto InabeCoach Kouichi MorinagaTeam Manager Koh Mui Tee Physiotherapist Kitman Roy Krishnan
Transfer Pre-season transfer
In PositionPlayerTransferred fromRef SAFSA (NFL D1) University of Tsukuba Kyoto Sangyo University Tokai University Teikyo Nagaoka High School Iwaki FC SG Eintracht Mendig-Bell Juntendo University Osaka Sangyo University Home United Ventforet Kofu (J2) Ryutsu Keizai University Ryutsu Keizai University Yamanashi Gakuin University Daisho Gakuen High School
Out PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef Briobecca Urayasu (J4)Free Transfer RetiredFree Transfer Free Transfer Ventforet Kofu (J2)Free Transfer RetiredFree Transfer Free Transfer Albirex Niigata (J2)Free Transfer Khon Kaen United (T4)Free Transfer Free Transfer Kataller Toyama (J3)Free Transfer Mito Hollyhock (J2)Loan return Thai Honda Ladkrabang F.C. (T2)Free Transfer Roasso Kumamoto (J2)Free Transfer
Extension PositionPlayerRef 1 Year Extension 1 Year Extension
Mid-season transfers
Trial
PositionPlayerTrial AtRef Albirex Niigata Albirex Niigata
Friendly Pre-Season Friendly
In-Season Friendly
Team statistics
Appearances and goals
Player Sleague Singapore Cup TotalApps.GoalsApps.GoalsApps.Goals1GK Shahul Rayyan0000002DF Kazuki Sumiishi1(9)0001003DF Shuhei Sasahara21(2)1502814DF Shun Kumagai11(1)4501745DF Kaishu Yamazaki150301806MF Daiki Asaoka243502937DF Riku Moriyasu241502918MF Wataru Murofushi2295427139FW Shuhei Hoshino23192(1)0261910MF Adam Swandi19(3)24(1)227411FW Kenya Takahashi2464228813FW Hiroyoshi Kamata2455129614FW Taku Morinaga241132271315DF Kodai Sumikawa0(7)1007116MF Ryuji Yamauchi0(1)0001017DF Ryujiro Yamanaka11(13)44(1)029418FW Ibuki Inoue0(2)0002019MF Kazuya Kojima00000020MF Ryutaro Shibanoki0(4)00(2)06021GK Yosuke Nozawa2405029022GK Taiki Itsukaichi000000
Competitions
Overview
CompetitionRecord S.League Singapore Cup Total
Singapore Premier League
Singapore Cup
Albirex Niigata won 3–0 on aggregate.
Albirex Niigata won 4–2 on aggregate.
See also 2017 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season List of unbeaten football club seasons
References