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Albirex Niigata ( アルビレックス新潟, Arubirekkusu Nīgata ) 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. Since 2018, the first gear division team has competed in the J2 League, the moment tier of japanese football.

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history [edit ]

For many years it had been a local autonomous amateurish club, Niigata 11, that could never hope to see the light of day in an honest-to-god Japan Soccer League dominated about wholly by company teams. The creation of the J. League spurred the club to rise, and in the 1990s it began climbing fast through the divisions. [ 1 ] In 1998, Albirex Niigata joined the Japan Football League, and was merged into the J2 league after its initiation in 1999. The team gradually became competitive and in 2001 and 2002 it came close to getting promoted to J1 and in 2003, [ 2 ] it became the supporter of J2 and last joined the exceed flight. The team name is made from combining the leading Albireo of the constellation Cygnus ( the Swan ) and the Latin word Rex meaning ‘king ‘. [ 3 ] In 1997, due to copyright issues, the team name was changed from Albireo Niigata to the current Albirex Niigata. In 2007, the uniform color changed. Until 2006, the consistent was orange – blasphemous – orange, but in 2007 the color became orange – orange – orange. This coordinate has not been adopted since 1996 when the team professionalized. The achiever of Albirex Niigata had a bad shock on the stallion japanese sport world, including professional baseball. It showed people were more delirious than expected for sports in local cities without the population of the metropolitan area in the past, and local citizens feelings influenced many other sports in the region. [ 4 ]

team list transition [edit ]

  • Niigata Eleven SC (Soccer Club) (1955)
  • Albireo Niigata FC (1995)
  • Albirex Niigata (1997)

stadium [edit ]

The Big Swan Joining the J. League in 1999, its home towns are Niigata and Seiro. Until 2003, it used Niigata Perfectural Sport Ground as the home ground but since 2004, the team began using Niigata Stadium Big Swan as well and now plays most of its games there. In 2003, [ 5 ] it set a record for highest attendance in the J. League with the accumulative total of around 660,000. [ 4 ] Its practice grounds are Albirex ‘s train facilities in Seiro Albillage and the Ijimino Sports Park ( 五十公野運動公園, Ijimino Undō Kōen ) in Shibata. The cabaret plays its dwelling games in the Niigata Stadium “ Big Swan “, which is presently called Denka Big Swan Stadium through a sponsorship cover. The stadium was opened in 2001, and has a capacity of 42,300. Prior to this the club had played its matches in the Niigata City Athletic Stadium constructed in 1938 with a capacity of 18,000. The stadium was the site of two first rung matches and one Round of 16 equal in the past 2002 FIFA World Cup. It was besides the venue for the 2009 National Sports Festival .

Players [edit ]

current team [edit ]

Updated 20 November 2021. [ 6 ]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on lend [edit ]

note : Flags indicate home team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

technical staff [edit ]

As of June 2020

noteworthy players [edit ]

Managers [edit ]

Honours [edit ]

Kit Evolution [edit ]

FP 1st

1999 – 2000
2001 – 2002
2003 – 2004
2005 – 2006
2007
2008 – 2009
2010 – 2011
2012 – 2013
2014 – 2015
2016
2017


2018
2019
2020
2021 –

FP 2nd

1999 – 2000


2001 – 2002
2003 – 2004
2005 – 2007
2008 – 2009
2010 – 2011
2012 – 2013
2014 – 2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021 –

FP Other

2015 Cup
2016 3rd
2016 Cup
2017 3rd
2017
Summer

retirement match 2018 Isao Honma retirement pit
2020
ONE NIIGATA
Memorial Blue

Affiliated clubs [edit ]

Since 2004, Albirex Niigata has selected a count of players for its satellite team in the Singapore Premier League. Albirex besides has a women ‘s team and joined L2 league ( an equivalent of J2 ) in 2004. Albirex Ladies won the L2 title in 2006, [ 18 ] and went on to join L1 in 2007. The follow clubs are affiliated with Albirex Niigata :
In addition to the J-1 Albirex Niigata football team, there is a Niigata Albirex basketball baseball club in the B.League, equally well as a ski, snowboard, baseball, and track and field team. Though the teams share the like name, management and finances are completely separate for each team .

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