The 2024 season was Albirex Niigata (S) Women's third consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football, the Women's Premier League.
Review Kana Kitahara doubled up as a player-head coach for Albirex.
First-team transfers Albirex signed 17 players, including Ernie Sontaril, Nur Izzati Rosni and Lila Tan from Lion City Sailors. 2022 WPL Player of the Year Manami Fukuzawa, 2022 Young Player of the Year Haziqah Haszman, Singapore national skipper Siti Rosnani Azman and 2023 Young Player of the Year Dhaniyah Qasimah also joined the team. Ernie, Izzati and Fukuzawa expressed that new head coach Kitahara was the reason for joining Albirex, to be trained by her and learn from her international experience.
Squad
Women squad
Squad No. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Previous club Contract start Contract end Goalkeepers 20 Nurul Haziqah Tanjong Pagar United (W) 2024 2024 21 Lutfiah Hannah JSSL Tampines 2024 2024 Eng Chiu Balestier Khalsa (W) 2024 2024 Defenders 3 Nabilla Aina Home United (W) 2024 2024 5 Irsalina Irwan IMG Academy 2024 2024 13 Sun Jie 2023 2024 23 Rebecca Harding Mattar Sailors (W) 2024 2024 54 Dini Danisha Home United (W) 2022 2024 99 Rosnani Azman Hougang United (W) 2024 2024 Midfielders 8 Noralinda Wahab Kaki Bukit SC (W) 2022 2024 10 Izzati Rosni Lion City Sailors (W) 2024 2024 14 Kana Kitahara MyNavi Sendai 2022 2024 15 Janet Tan Turf City FC 2024 2024 17 Dhaniyah Qasimah Tanjong Pagar United (W) 2024 2024 19 Nur Dawisyah Noor Haidi Royal Arion WFC 2024 2024 22 Nurul Unaisah Euro Soccer Academy 2022 2024 29 Mulan Ayliffe Turf City Academy 2024 2024 30 Nurzaherra Maisarah Police SA (W) 2024 2024 32 Afiqah Omar JSSL Tampines 2024 2024 88 Ernie Sulastri Lion City Sailors (W) 2024 2024 Strikers 2 Yuki Monden Tanjong Pagar United (W) 2024 2024 6 Lila Tan Hui Ying Lion City Sailors (W) 2024 2024 7 Huraizah Ismail Police SA (W) 2022 2024 18 Manami Fukuzawa Tanjong Pagar United (W) 2024 2024 Players who left club during season 25 Maisarah Ramat Ottawa Serpent FC 2022 2024 4 Faradila Rafidi Tanjong Pagar United (W) 2024 2024 5 Cynthia Taye Shi Ya GFA Football 2022 2024 9 Nadhra Aqilah Tanjong Pagar United (W) 2022 2024 11 Nahwah Aidilreza JSSL Tampines 2024 2024 45 Rabi'atul Ardawiyah JSSL Tampines 2024 2024
Coaching staff
First Team Position NameTechnical Director Kazuaki YoshinagaTeam Manager (Men) Dominic WongTeam Manager (Women) Head Coach (Men) Kazuaki YoshinagaHead Coach (Women) Kana KitaharaAssistant Coach (Men) Keiji Shigetomi Jaswinder Singh Assistant Coach (Women) Toni Teo Melisa YeGoalkeeper Coach (Men) Fadhil SalimGoalkeeper Coach (Women) Bryan QuekFitness Coach (Men) Masayuki KatoFitness Coach (Women) Sports Trainer Kyler Wong YimingPhysiotherapist Karen Koh Alison SohKitman Roy Krishnan Muhammad TaufikInterpreter Masayuki Kato
Academy Position NameHead of Youth Marcal TrullsUnder-21 Head Coach Jaswinder Singh Under-17 Head Coach Marcal TrullsUnder-15 Head Coach Masayuki KatoUnder-21 Asst Coach NasUnder-17 Asst Coach Keiji Shigetomi Under-15 Asst Coach Tyrus Soo Nurhalis AzmiGoalkeeper Coach (Under-21) Fadhil SalimGoalkeeper Coach (Under-17 & Under-15) Hyrulnizam Juma'atUnder-21 Fitness Coach SufianUnder-21 Trainer Xin Yu
Transfer In
Preseason PositionPlayerTransferred fromTeamRef Nurul Haziqah Tanjong Pagar United (W) Women Free Lutfiah Hannah JSSL Tampines Women Free Rabi'atul Ardawiyah JSSL Tampines Women Free Rosnani Azman Hougang United (W) Women Free Rebecca Jane Harding Mattar Sailors (W) Women Free Ernie Sulastri Sontaril Lion City Sailors (W) Women Free Nabilla Aina N.A. Women Free Mulan Ayliffe Turf City Academy Women Free Nurzaherra Maisarah Police SA Women Free Afiqah Omar JSSL Tampines Women Free Dhaniyah Qasimah Tanjong Pagar United (W) Women Free Faradila Rafidi Tanjong Pagar United (W) Women Free Manami Fukuzawa Tanjong Pagar United (W) Women Free Yuki Monden Tanjong Pagar United (W) Women Free Nahwah Aidilreza JSSL Tampines Women Free Nur Izzati Rosni Lion City Sailors (W) Women Free Lila Tan Lion City Sailors (W) Women Free
Note 1:
Mid-season PositionPlayerTransferred fromTeamRef Eng Chiu Balestier Khalsa (W) Women Free Nur Dawisyah Noor Haidi JSSL Tampines Women Free Janet Tan Turf City FC Women Free
Loan in Preseason PositionPlayerTransferred fromTeamRef Irsalina Irwan IMG Academy First Team Season loan
Loan return Preseason PositionPlayerTransferred To / FromRef
Out Preseason PositionPlayerTransferred ToTeamRef Nur Izzati Women Free Wee Xin Yi Women Free Nur Emilia Natasha Women Free Marilou Bautista Rubio Women Free Marina Asada Women Free Sierra Castles Women Free Sarah Zu’risqha Zul’kepli Lion City Sailors (W) Women Free Suriati Soony Women Free Jill Quek Chwee Peng Women Free Siti Erma Ellyana Geylang International Women Free Noriko Farahsyazwani Women Free Siti Nor Aqilah Women Free Lauren Reese Still Aerion WFC Women Free Nurhidayah Shah Women Free Tina Afrida Nasmi Eastern Thunder FC Women Free
Mid-season PositionPlayerTransferred ToTeamRef Maisarah Ramat Women Free Faradila Rafidi Women Free Cynthia Taye Shi Ya Women Free Nahwah Aidilreza Women Free Rabi'atul Ardawiyah Women Free Nahwah Aidilreza Geylang International Women Free
Loan out PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef
Extended PositionPlayerRef Maisarah Ramat Sun Jie Dini Danisha Cynthia Taye Shi Ya Kana Kitahara Nadhra Aqilah Noralinda Wahab Huraizah Ismail Nurul Unaisah
Friendly Pre-season
Team statistics
Appearances and goals (Women)
Player WPL TotalApps. GoalsApps. Goals2FW Yuki Monden3+11003DF Nabilla Aina 00004DF Faradila Rafidi0+10005DF Irsalina Irwan20006FW Lila Tan8+13007FW Huraizah Ismail10+21008MF Noralinda Wahab 8+14009MF Nadhra Aqilah000010MF Izzati Rosni2+130011MF Nahwah Aidilreza0+110013DF Sun Jie1200014MF Kana Kitahara8+1110017MF Dhaniyah Qasimah 1230018FW Manami Fukuzawa11160020GK Nurul Haziqah500021GK Lutfiah Hannah700022MF Nurul Unaisah0+110023DF Rebecca Harding000025GK Maisarah Ramat000029MF Mulan Ayliffe440030MF Nurzaherra Maisarah10+130032MF Afiqah Omar6+160045MF Rabi'atul Ardawiyah000054DF Dini Danisha200088DF Ernie Sulastri1200099DF Rosnani Azman10100
Competitions Women's Premier League
League table
References