2012 Albirex Niigata season

Albirex Niigata
	2012 season
Chairman	Mitsugu Tamura
Manager	Masaaki Yanagishita; from June 12; Hisashi Kurosaki; until May 21
J. League Division 1	15th
Emperor's Cup	3rd Round
J. League Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Bruno Lopes (7); All: Bruno Lopes (9)
Highest home attendance	35,506 (vs. Kashima Antlers, June 30)
Lowest home attendance	15,854 (vs. Yokohama F. Marinos, April 7)
Average home league attendance	25,018
Home colours	Away colours
← 2011	2013 →

The 2012 Albirex Niigata season is Albirex Niigata's 9th consecutive season in J. League Division 1. It also includes the 2012 J. League Cup, and the 2012 Emperor's Cup.

Match results

Pre-season

8 February 2012	Albirex Niigata	1 – 1	Kōchi University	Haruno
14:00 JST	M.Suzuki 87'	Report		Stadium: Haruno Stadium

11 February 2012	Albirex Niigata	3 – 3	Kamatamare Sanuki	Haruno
13:30 JST	Kim Young-Geun 1-17' Alan Mineiro 2-18' Fujita 3-18'	Report	Ichihara Morimoto	Stadium: Haruno Stadium

16 February 2012	Albirex Niigata	1 – 2	Tokyo Verdy	Haruno
13:30 JST	trainee 3-35'	Report	1-35' Josimar 2-25' Koike	Stadium: Haruno Stadium

19 February 2012	Vissel Kobe	0 – 3	Albirex Niigata	Haruno
14:00 JST		Report	47' Michael 68' Kim Jin-Su 85' Bruno Lopes (pen)	Stadium: Haruno Stadium Attendance: 4,198 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

26 February 2012	Shimizu S-Pulse	0 – 0	Albirex Niigata	Shimizu
13:04 JST		Report		Stadium: Nihondaira Stadium Attendance: 4,398 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

J. League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C)	34	19	7	8	63	34	+29	64	Qualification to 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage ^1,2
13	Omiya Ardija	34	11	11	12	38	45	−7	44
14	Cerezo Osaka	34	11	9	14	47	53	−6	42
15	Albirex Niigata	34	10	10	14	29	34	−5	40
16	Vissel Kobe (R)	34	11	6	17	41	50	−9	39	Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2
17	Gamba Osaka (R)	34	9	11	14	67	65	+2	38	Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2

Updated to games played on 1 December 2012.
Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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	10	10	14	29	34	−5	40	3	6	8	15	21	−6	7	4	6	14	13	+1

Last updated: 1 December 2012.
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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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W
Position	14	17	17	16	15	13	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	14	15	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	15

Last updated: 1 December 2012.
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Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

10 March 2012 1	Kawasaki Frontale	1 – 0	Albirex Niigata	Kawasaki
17:05 JST	Saneto 11'	Report		Stadium: Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 18,920 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

17 March 2012 2	Albirex Niigata	1 – 2	Omiya Ardija	Niigata
14:00 JST	Bruno Lopes 20'	Report	68' Kikuchi 83' Rafael	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 26,294 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

25 March 2012 3	Nagoya Grampus	2 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Nagoya
16:03 JST	Kanazaki 49' Kennedy 67'	Report	90+4' Bruno Lopes	Stadium: Mizuho Stadium Attendance: 10,603 Referee: Itaru Hirose

31 March 2012 4	Albirex Niigata	1 – 1	Gamba Osaka	Niigata
16:00 JST	Alan Mineiro 5'	Report	22' Rafinha	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 16,836 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

7 April 2012 5	Albirex Niigata	0 – 0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Niigata
15:00 JST		Report		Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 15,854 Referee: Ryuji Sato

14 April 2012 6	Cerezo Osaka	0 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Osaka
19:00 JST		Report	85' Yano	Stadium: Kincho Stadium Attendance: 9,154 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

21 April 2012 7	Sagan Tosu	1 – 0	Albirex Niigata	Tosu
17:00 JST	Tanaka 19' Tozim 81'	Report	Mikado 32' Michael 84'	Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 5,432 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

28 April 2012 8	Albirex Niigata	0 – 1	Vegalta Sendai	Niigata
16:00 JST	Yano 45+1' Bruno Lopes 63', 90' Kikuchi 67' Homma 88' Suzuki 88' Higashiguchi 88'	Report	Park Ju-Sung 44' Wilson 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 24,637 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

3 May 2012 9	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Hiroshima
16:00 JST	Moriwaki 15' Mikić 25' Nakajima 60' Takahagi 79'	Report	Kikuchi 63'	Stadium: Big Arch Attendance: 17,826 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

6 May 2012 10	Albirex Niigata	0 – 2	F.C. Tokyo	Niigata
19:00 JST	Kim Jin-Su 83'	Report	Mukuhara 47' Kajiyama 51' Yazawa 70'	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 21,827 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

12 May 2012 11	Urawa Reds	1 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Saitama
16:00 JST	Marcio Richardes 11' Abe 84'	Report	Bruno Lopes 29' 36' Kikuchi 45+2' Tanaka 73'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium Attendance: 31,818 Referee: Ryuji Sato

19 May 2012 12	Albirex Niigata	1 – 6	Júbilo Iwata	Niigata
15:00 JST	Kim Jin-Su 33', 45+2' Higashiguchi 53' Kobayashi 63' (o.g.)	Report	Cho Byung-Kuk 7' 62' Maeda 15', 79' Kobayashi 48' Matsuura 68' Yamazaki 88' Yamada 90+1'	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 21,920 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

26 May 2012 13	Kashiwa Reysol	1 – 0	Albirex Niigata	Kashiwa
18:30 JST	Kondo 36' Nasu 71' Otani 84' Sawa 86'	Report	Murakami 13' Tanaka 16' Yano 63'	Stadium: Hitachi Soccer Stadium Attendance: 12,931 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

16 June 2012 14	Albirex Niigata	1 – 0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Niigata
19:00 JST	Kim Jin-Su 5' Fujita 39' Michael 61' Bruno Lopes 69' Higashiguchi 89'	Report	Sugiyama 27' Tsujio 59'	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 23,797 Referee: Minoru Tojo

23 June 2012 15	Vissei Kobe	1 – 0	Albirex Niigata	Kobe
19:00 JST	Ogawa 58' Ōkubo 76'	Report		Stadium: Home's Stadium Attendance: 16,727 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

30 June 2012 16	Albirex Niigata	1 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Niigata
19:00 JST	Michael 37' Suzuki 73' Mikado 90+1'	Report	Sergio Dutra Junior 17' Iwamasa 68' Aoki 76' Ogasawara 88'	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 35,506 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

7 July 2012 17	Consadole Sapporo	0 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Sapporo
14:00 JST		Report	Tanaka 5' Mikado 31' Murakami 48'	Stadium: Atsubetsu Park Attendance: 7,673 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

14 July 2012 18	Albirex Niigata	0 – 0	Urawa Reds	Niigata
19:00 JST	Tanaka 85' Ohi 90'	Report	Hirakawa 16' Umesaki 74'	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 33,998 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

28 July 2012 19	F.C. Tokyo	0 – 2	Albirex Niigata	Chōfu
19:30 JST		Report	Mikado 32' Alan Mineiro 67' Michael 85'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 23,430 Referee: Takuya Maeda

4 August 2012 20	Albirex Niigata	1 – 1	Kashiwa Reysol	Niigata
20:00 JST	Bruno Lopes 29' Homma 62', 69' Yano 63' 69'	Report	Leandro Domingues 28' Nasu 41' Jorge Wagner 45' Tanaka 77' Hashimoto 89'	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 25,050 Referee: Haruhiro Otsuka

11 August 2012 21	Yokohama F. Marinos	3 – 2	Albirex Niigata	Yokohama
19:00 JST	Nakazawa 62', 87' Marquinhos 69' Taniguchi 85'	Report	Tanaka 18', 65' Michael 73'	Stadium: Nippatsu Stadium Attendance: 11,992 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

18 August 2012 22	Albirex Niigata	0 – 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Niigata
20:00 JST	Suzuki 82' Yano 83'	Report	Satō 26' Ishihara 55'	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 32,014 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

25 August 2012 23	Kashima Antlers	0 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Kashima
18:30 JST	Shibasaki 24'	Report	Michael 38' Tsubouchi 46'	Stadium: Kashima Stadium Attendance: 12,729 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

1 September 2012 24	Albirex Niigata	0 – 1	Cerezo Osaka	Niigata
19:00 JST	Michael 62'	Summary	Kakitani 81'	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 24,601 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

15 September 2012 25	Gamba Osaka	1 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Suita
20:00	Leandro 15' 17'	Report	Michael 40' Bruno Lopes 90+1' 90+5'	Stadium: Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 17,381 Referee: Ryuji Sato

22 September 2012 26	Júbilo Iwata	0 – 0	Albirex Niigata	Iwata
17:00	Yamazaki 5'	Summary		Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 11,118 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

29 September 2012 27	Albirex Niigata	5 – 0	Nagoya Grampus	Niigata
15:00	Michael 56', 64' Murakami 73' Bruno Lopes 90' Tsubouchi 90+5'	Summary	Nagai 55' Tanaka 70'	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 22,079 Referee: Tomoya Maeda

6 October 2012 28	Albirex Niigata	0 – 0	Vissel Kobe	Niigata
16:00 JST	Murakami 72'	Summary	Kitamoto 54' Ōkubo 68'	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 23,849 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

20 October 2012 29	Omiya Ardija	1 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Saitama
16:00	Aoki 44'	Summary	Murakami 9' Tanaka 38' Suzuki 53' Bruno Lopes 90+2'	Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Attendance: 11,944 Referee: Minoru Tojo

27 October 2012 30	Albirex Niigata	0 – 2	Sagan Tosu	Niigata
18:00	Kim Jin-Su 22' Ohi 63'	Summary	Toyoda 3', 38' Fujita 71' Kim Min-Woo 72' Niwa 78'	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 23,254 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

7 November 2012 31	Shimizu S-Pulse	0 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Shimizu
19:00	Sugiyama 71'	Summary	Bruno Lopes 57' Ishikawa 59'	Stadium: Nihondaira Stadium Attendance: 8,710 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

17 November 2012 32	Albirex Niigata	0 – 1	Kawasaki Frontale	Niigata
14:03 JST		Report	Kobayashi 90+5'	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 25,738 Referee: Hiroshi Yamaguchi

24 November 2012 33	Vegalta Sendai	0 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Sendai
14:34 JST		Report	Kim Jin-Su 17'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 18,526 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

1 December 2012 34	Albirex Niigata	4 – 1	Consadole Sapporo	Niigata
15:33 JST	Tsubouchi 8' Bruno Lopes 43' Alan Mineiro 71' Bruno Lopes 80'	Report	Sakaki 53'	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 28,055 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

J. League Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Shimizu S-Pulse	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	15
Kashima Antlers	6	5	0	1	10	5	+5	15
Albirex Niigata	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
Yokohama F. Marinos	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5
Omiya Ardija	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5
Consadole Sapporo	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5
Vissel Kobe	6	1	1	4	6	10	−8	4

20 March 2012 Group Stage	Consadole Sapporo	0 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Sapporo
13:00 JST		Report	38' Alan Mineiro	Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 7,487 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

4 April 2012 Group Stage	Shimizu S-Pulse	1 – 0	Albirex Niigata	Shimizu
19:04 JST	Kobayashi 16'	Report		Stadium: Nihondaira Stadium Attendance: 7,479 Referee: Masaaki Toma

18 April 2012 Group Stage	Albirex Niigata	1 – 0	Vissel Kobe	Niigata
19:03 JST	Hirai 27'	Report		Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 8,158 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

6 June 2012 Group Stage	Albirex Niigata	0 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Niigata
19:00 JST	Homma 34'	Report	Iwamasa 77' Osako 86'	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 9,986 Referee: Ryuji Sato

9 June 2012 Group Stage	Yokohama F. Marinos	0 – 0	Albirex Niigata	Yokohama
13:00 JST	Nakazawa 69'	Report	Mikado 36' Murakami 45+1' Suzuki 85'	Stadium: Nippatsu Stadium Attendance: 5,345 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

27 June 2012 Group Stage	Albirex Niigata	4 – 3	Omiya Ardija	Niigata
19:00 JST	Kogure 61' Hirai 73' Suzuki 90' Suzuki 90+4'	Report	Shimizu 15', 48' Watanabe 40'	Stadium: Big Swan Attendance: 7,664 Referee: Toshmitsu Yoshida

Emperor's Cup

9 September 2012 Round 2	Albirex Niigata	2 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Saurcos Fukui	Niigata, Niigata
13:00	Bruno Lopes 56', 105+1'	Report	Yusuke Sakai 45+2'	Stadium: Niigata City Athletic Stadium Attendance: 3,116 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

10 October 2012 Round 3	Albirex Niigata	0 - 1	Fukushima United	Niigata, Niigata
19:00		Report	Yoshihiro Masuko 63'	Stadium: Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 3,460 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

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.	Position	Player
1	GK	Takaya Kurokawa
3	DF	Kentaro Ohi
4	DF	Daisuke Suzuki (vice-captain)
5	DF	Naoki Ishikawa
6	MF	Yuta Mikado
7	MF	Seiya Fujita
8	MF	Fumiya Kogure
9	FW	Kisho Yano
10	MF	Michael
11	FW	Bruno Lopes
13	MF	Taisuke Nakamura
14	FW	Shoki Hirai
15	MF	Isao Homma (captain)
16	MF	Kim Young-Geun
17	DF	Jun Uchida

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Alan Mineiro
19	DF	Kim Jin-Su
20	DF	Shigeto Masuda
21	GK	Masaaki Higashiguchi
22	GK	Yasuhiro Watanabe
23	MF	Atomu Tanaka
25	DF	Yusuke Murakami
26	MF	Kenji Koyano
27	FW	Bruno Castanheira
28	FW	Musashi Suzuki
29	FW	Noriyoshi Sakai
30	GK	Hideaki Ozawa
32	MF	Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
36	DF	Naoya Kikuchi (vice-captain)

Pre-season transfers

In:

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Kentaro Ohi (from Júbilo Iwata)
9	FW	Kisho Yano (from SC Freiburg)^[1]
13	MF	Taisuke Nakamura (on loan from Kyoto Sanga)
14	FW	Shoki Hirai (on loan from Gamba Osaka)
16	MF	Kim Young-Geun (from Soongsil University)^[2]
18	MF	Alan Mineiro (on loan from Paulista)
19	DF	Kim Jin-Su (from Kyung Hee University)
26	MF	Kenji Koyano (from Kashima Antlers)^[3]
27	FW	Bruno Castanheira (loan return from Albirex Niigata Singapore)^[4]
28	FW	Musashi Suzuki (from Kiryū Daiichi High School)^[5]
33	DF	Ryoma Nishimura (from youth academy)^[6]

Out:

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Kazuhiko Chiba (to Sanfrecce Hiroshima)^[7]
		DF	Michael Fitzgerald (on loan to V-Varen Nagasaki)
		DF	Ayato Hasebe (to Ganju Iwate)^[8]
		DF	Yohei Iwasaki (to Ganju Iwate)^[8]
		DF	Ryoma Nishimura (on loan to Mauaense)^[9]
		DF	Kazunari Ono (on loan to Shonan Bellmare)^[10]
		DF	Gotoku Sakai (on loan to VfB Stuttgart)^[11]^[12]
		MF	Masaru Kato (on loan to Ehime FC)^[13]
		MF	Musashi Okuyama (on loan to Albirex Niigata Singapore)^[14]
		MF	Hidetoshi Nakata (to Yokohama F. Marinos)^[8]
		FW	Anderson (on loan to Fagiano Okayama)
		FW	Cho Young-Cheol (to Omiya Ardija)^[15]^[16]
		FW	Kengo Kawamata (on loan to Fagiano Okayama)^[17]
		FW	Hideo Ōshima (to Consadole Sapporo)^[18]

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External links

2012 schedule - Albirex Niigata (Japanese)

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2012 Albirex Niigata season

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