2012 Albirex Niigata season

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.

Albirex Niigata
2012 season
ChairmanMitsugu Tamura
ManagerMasaaki Yanagishita
from June 12
Hisashi Kurosaki
until May 21
J.League Division 115th
Emperor's Cup3rd Round
J.League CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Bruno Lopes (7)
All: Bruno Lopes (9)
Highest home attendance35,506 (vs. Kashima Antlers, June 30)
Lowest home attendance15,854 (vs. Yokohama F. Marinos, April 7)
Average home league attendance25,018
← 2011
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Match results

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Pre-season

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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

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 Júbilo Iwata 34 13 7 14 57 53 +4 46
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
18 Consadole Sapporo (R) 34 4 2 28 25 88 −63 14
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2012. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results summary

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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.
Source: "J.League". Archived from the original on 2012-01-24.

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAH
ResultLLLDDWLLWLDLLWLDWDWDLLWLDDWDDLWLWW
Position14171716151317171717171717161717161614151717161617171716171717171715
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2012. Source: "J.League". Archived from the original on 2012-01-24.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
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 FC 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 Márcio 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 FC 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

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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

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9 September 2012 Round 2 Albirex Niigata 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Saurcos Fukui 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
19:00 Report Yoshihiro Masuko   63' Stadium: Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 3,460
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Players

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First team squad

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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 Takaya Kurokawa
3 DF   JPN Kentaro Ohi
4 DF   JPN Daisuke Suzuki (vice-captain)
5 DF   JPN Naoki Ishikawa
6 MF   JPN Yuta Mikado
7 MF   JPN Seiya Fujita
8 MF   JPN Fumiya Kogure
9 FW   JPN Kisho Yano
10 MF   BRA Michael
11 FW   BRA Bruno Lopes
13 MF   JPN Taisuke Nakamura
14 FW   JPN Shoki Hirai
15 MF   JPN Isao Homma (captain)
16 MF   KOR Kim Young-Geun
17 DF   JPN Jun Uchida
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   BRA Alan Mineiro
19 DF   KOR Kim Jin-Su
20 DF   JPN Shigeto Masuda
21 GK   JPN Masaaki Higashiguchi
22 GK   JPN Yasuhiro Watanabe
23 MF   JPN Atomu Tanaka
25 DF   JPN Yusuke Murakami
26 MF   JPN Kenji Koyano
27 FW   JPN Bruno Castanheira
28 FW   JPN Musashi Suzuki
29 FW   JPN Noriyoshi Sakai
30 GK   JPN Hideaki Ozawa
32 MF   JPN Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
36 DF   JPN Naoya Kikuchi (vice-captain)

Pre-season transfers

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References

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