2022 Albirex Niigata (S) Women season

Albirex Niigata (S)
2022 season
Chairman	Daisuke Korenaga
Head coach	Nahar Daud
	2023 →

The 2022 season is Albirex Niigata (S) Women's 1st season in the top flight of Singapore football.^[1]^[2]

Their marquee player is former Japan international Kana Kitahara.^[3]

Squad edit

Women Squad edit

As of 5 February 2022

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Start	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Nurul Radiatul	(2001-03-18) 18 March 2001 (age 23)	Tampines Changkat CSC	2022	2022
25	Maisarah Ramat	(1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 (age 30)		2022	2022
96	Lynse Ann Sng			2022	2022
Defenders
3	Kana Kitahara	(1988-12-07) 7 December 1988 (age 35)	MyNavi Sendai	2022	2022
5	Cynthia Taye Shi Ya	(1984-02-17) 17 February 1984 (age 40)		2022	2022
6	Nur Shaahidah	(1999-05-31) 31 May 1999 (age 24)	Arion Women's FC	2022	2022
10	Irsalina Irwan	(2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 (age 17)		2022	2022
15	Dini Danisha	(2003-04-06) 6 April 2003 (age 21)		2022	2022
17	Nur Emilia Natasha	(1999-01-15) 15 January 1999 (age 25)	Police SA	2022	2022
18	Wee Xin Yi	(2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 24)		2022	2022
23	Marilou Bautista Rubio	(1975-09-28) 28 September 1975 (age 48)	Far Eastern University	2022	2022
Midfielders
4	Noridah Abdullah	(1986-12-20) 20 December 1986 (age 37)		2022	2022
8	Noralinda Wahab	(1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 (age 30)	Kaki Bukit SC	2022	2022
9	Nadhra Aqilah	(1994-04-12) 12 April 1994 (age 30)	Tanjong Pagar United Women	2022	2022
12	Chloe Poh Yee Fang	(1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 (age 29)		2022	2022
14	Suriati Soony	(1993-06-26) 26 June 1993 (age 30)	Kaki Bukit SC	2022	2022
16	Nadya Zah	(1985-12-31) 31 December 1985 (age 38)		2022	2022
19	Nur Maisarah	(1998-11-10) 10 November 1998 (age 25)	Home United Women	2022	2022
20	Nurul Unaisah	(2003-07-12) 12 July 2003 (age 20)		2022	2022
21	Amirah Syahirah	(1997-07-28) 28 July 1997 (age 26)	Kaki Bukit SC	2022	2022
22	Siti Nor Aqilah	(2001-10-17) 17 October 2001 (age 22)	Tampines Changkat CSC	2022	2022
24	Nur Sarah Zu'risqha	(2006-07-24) 24 July 2006 (age 17)		2022	2022
30	Wan Nashirah	(2005-08-04) 4 August 2005 (age 18)		2022	2022
73	Siti Erma Ellyana	(1989-06-20) 20 June 1989 (age 34)		2022	2022
97	Lauren Reese	(1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 (age 26)	Wrexham AFC Women	2022	2022
Strikers
2	Nurhidayah Shah	(1991-04-16) 16 April 1991 (age 33)		2022	2022
7	Huraizah Ismail	(1984-06-02) 2 June 1984 (age 39)	Police SA	2022	2022
11	Tina Afrida Nasmi	(1982-04-05) 5 April 1982 (age 42)		2022	2022
13	Nuur Fitri Ardilla	(1999-02-03) 3 February 1999 (age 25)	Lion City Sailors Women	2022	2022
Players who left club during season
15	Nur Danisyah	(1999-05-17) 17 May 1999 (age 24)		2022	2022

Coaching staff edit

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Position	Name
Technical Director	Kazuaki Yoshinaga^[5]
Head Coach (Men)	Kazuaki Yoshinaga^[6]
Head Coach (Women)	Nahar Daud
Assistant Coach	Keiji Shigetomi Jaswinder Singh
Goalkeeper Coach	Fadhil Salim
Sports Trainer	Tomoya Ueta
Fitness Coach & U15 Coach	Masayuki Kato
Fitness Coach & U19 Coach
Team Manager (Men)	Dominic Wong
Team Manager (Women)	Tyrus Soo
Physiotherapist	Karen Koh Alison Soh
Kitman	Roy Krishnan
Interpreter	Ayumi Nagami

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Transfer edit

In edit

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Team	Ref

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Team	Ref
MF	Kana Kitahara	MyNavi Sendai	Women	Free ^[8]
MF	Dini Danisha	NA	Women	Free
MF	Wan Nashirah	NA	Women	Free
MF	Siti Erma Ellyana	NA	Women	Free
MF	Lauren Reese	Wrexham AFC Women	Women	Free ^[9]

Note 1: .

Loan In edit

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref

Loan Return edit

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To / From	Ref

Out edit

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref

Loan Out edit

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref

Friendly edit

Pre-season edit

Win Draw Loss

Team statistics edit

Appearances and goals (Women) edit

As of 10 Sept 2022

No.	Pos.	Player	WPL		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Nurul Radiatul Ain	2+2	0	4	0
2	FW	Nurhidayah Shah	3+7	2	10	2
3	DF	Kana Kitahara	4	4	4	4
4	MF	Noridah Abdullah	5+1	0	6	0
5	DF	Cynthia Taye Shi Ya	5+2	0	7	0
6	DF	Nur Shaahidah	10+1	0	11	0
7	MF	Huraizah Ismail	9	5	9	5
8	FW	Noralinda Wahab	4+6	5	10	5
9	FW	Nadhra Aqilah	5	3	5	3
10	DF	Irsalina Irwan	11	1	11	1
11	MF	Tina Afrida Nasmi	10+2	3	12	3
13	MF	Nuur Fitri Ardilla	0+4	0	4	0
14	MF	Suriati Soony	7+4	0	11	0
15	MF	Dini Dannisha	4+1	0	5	0
16	MF	Nadya Zah	2+2	0	4	0
17	DF	Nur Emilia Natasha	7	1	7	1
18	DF	Wee Xin Yi	6	0	6	0
19	MF	Nur Maisarah	0+2	0	2	0
20	DF	Nurul Unaisah	1+6	0	7	0
21	MF	Amirah Syahirah	1+3	1	4	1
22	MF	Siti Nor Aqilah	8+2	3	10	3
23	DF	Marilou Bautista Rubio	4+2	0	1	0
24	MF	Nur Sarah Zu'risqha	6+1	1	7	1
25	GK	Maisarah Ramat	10	0	10	0
30	MF	Wan Nashirah	0+1	1	1	1
73	MF	Siti Erma Ellyana	5+1	0	6	0
96	GK	Lynse Ann Sng	0+1	1	1	1
97	MF	Lauren Reese	2+4	0	6	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club

Competition (Women's Premier League) edit

Women's Premier League edit

Win Draw Loss

28 May 2022 1	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-2	Tanjong Pagar United	Yishun
	Nadhra Aqilah 67'	Report	Manami Fukuzawa 33' Farah Nurzahirah 55'	Stadium: Yishun Stadium

5 June 2022 2	Lion City Sailors	4-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Yishun
	Nur Izzati Rosni 45' 87' Dorcas Chu 49' Madison Telmer 64'	Report	Nadhra Aqilah 77'	Stadium: Yishun Stadium

19 June 2022 3	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-1	Balestier Khalsa	Yishun
	Nadhra Aqilah 87'	Report	Nasriah Ibrahim 71'	Stadium: Yishun Stadium

16 July 2022 4	Hougang United	1-5	Albirex Niigata (S)	Yishun
	Elizabeth Ong 15'	Report	Amirah Syahirah 17' Irsalina Irwan 22' Emilia Natasha 48' Nurhidayah Shah 74' Noralinda Wahab 84'	Stadium: Yishun Stadium

23 July 2022 5	Albirex Niigata (S)	5-1	Still Aerion	Yishun
	Siti Nor Aqilah 30' Nurhidayah Shah 35' Tina Afrida Nasmi 45' Noralinda Wahab 62' 68'	Report	Joie Teo 38'	Stadium: Yishun Stadium

30 July 2022 6	Tiong Bahru FC	1-2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Yishun
		Report	Kana Kitahara 38' 38'	Stadium: Yishun Stadium

6 August 2022 7	Tanjong Pagar United	1-2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Yishun
	Nur Adrianna Hazeri 43'	Report	Huraizah Ismail 7' Kana Kitahara 90+3'	Stadium: Yishun Stadium

14 August 2022 8	Albirex Niigata (S)	0-4	Lion City Sailors	Yishun
		Report	Nur Izzati Rosni 1' 57' 64' Miray Hokotate Altun 40'	Stadium: Yishun Stadium

28 August 2022 9	Balestier Khalsa	0-3	Albirex Niigata (S)	Yishun
		Report	Kana Kitahara 38' Huraizah Ismail 45+3' 86'	Stadium: Yishun Stadium

10 September 2022 10 (Rescheduled)	Albirex Niigata (S)	4-1	Hougang United	Yishun
	Nur Sarah Zu'risqha 54' Noralinda Wahab 54' 60' Huraizah Ismail 74'	Report	Khue Tran 5'	Stadium: Yishun Stadium

24 September 2022 11 (Rescheduled)	Still Aerion	0-4	Albirex Niigata (S)	Yishun
		Report	Siti Nor Aqilah 4' 76' Lauren Reese 81' Huraizah Ismail 86'	Stadium: Yishun Stadium

2 October 2022 12 (Rescheduled)	Albirex Niigata (S)	3-0	Tiong Bahru FC	Yishun
	Tina Afrida Nasmi 26' 76' Nurhidayah Shah 90'			Stadium: Yishun Stadium

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lion City Sailors	12	10	2	0	39	3	+36	32	Champion for 2022
2	Albirex Niigata	12	8	1	3	31	16	+15	25
3	Tanjong Pagar United	12	7	2	3	24	11	+13	23
4	Tiong Bahru	12	4	3	5	15	12	+3	15
5	Balestier Khalsa	12	2	5	5	7	19	−12	11
6	Still Aerion Women	12	3	1	8	11	29	−18	10
7	Hougang United	12	0	2	10	8	45	−37	2

Updated to match(es) played on 1 Oct 2022. Source: [1]

References edit

^ "Young footballers to take centrestage in revamped 2018 S-League". TODAY.
^ "Souta Sugiyama (Kaishi Gakuen JSC) confirmed to join White Swans for 2019 Singapore Premier League". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
^ Auto, Hermes (July 6, 2022). "Football: Albirex strengthen women's team with former Japan international Kana Kitahara | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
^ "2021 Season Team Officials". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
^ "Yoshinaga Kazuaki will be coming back to Singapore as a our Technical Director". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
^ "Kazuaki Yoshinaga, Head Coach has renewed his contract and will continue to lead the top team in 2023". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
^ "2019 Season Coaching Staff". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
^ "Former Japan National Kitahara Kana is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".
^ "4 Players are coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[1] "Young footballers to take centrestage in revamped 2018 S-League". TODAY.

[2] "Souta Sugiyama (Kaishi Gakuen JSC) confirmed to join White Swans for 2019 Singapore Premier League". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.

[3] Auto, Hermes (July 6, 2022). "Football: Albirex strengthen women's team with former Japan international Kana Kitahara | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.

[4] "2021 Season Team Officials". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.

[5] "Yoshinaga Kazuaki will be coming back to Singapore as a our Technical Director". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.

[6] "Kazuaki Yoshinaga, Head Coach has renewed his contract and will continue to lead the top team in 2023". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.

[7] "2019 Season Coaching Staff". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.

[8] "Former Japan National Kitahara Kana is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[9] "4 Players are coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

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