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

Women Squad

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 31)		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 25)	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 49)	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 31)	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 26)	Home United Women	2022	2022
20	Nurul Unaisah	(2003-07-12) 12 July 2003 (age 21)		2022	2022
21	Amirah Syahirah	(1997-07-28) 28 July 1997 (age 27)	Kaki Bukit SC	2022	2022
22	Siti Nor Aqilah	(2001-10-17) 17 October 2001 (age 23)	Tampines Changkat CSC	2022	2022
24	Nur Sarah Zu'risqha	(2006-07-24) 24 July 2006 (age 18)		2022	2022
30	Wan Nashirah	(2005-08-04) 4 August 2005 (age 19)		2022	2022
73	Siti Erma Ellyana	(1989-06-20) 20 June 1989 (age 35)		2022	2022
97	Lauren Reese	(1997-05-03) 3 May 1997 (age 27)	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 40)	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 25)		2022	2022

Coaching staff

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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

In

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

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref

Loan Return

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To / From	Ref

Out

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref

Loan Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref

Friendly

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

Team statistics

Appearances and goals (Women)

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)

Women's Premier League

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

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

^ "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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