The 2020 season was Albirex Niigata Singapore FC's 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League, having joined the league in 2004. The club competed only in 2020 Singapore Premier League after the Singapore Cup has been annulled.
Squad
SPL Squad
Squad No. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Previous Club Contract Start Contract End Goalkeepers 1 Kei Okawa Tsukuba University 20202020 21 Hyrulnizam Juma'at <23 Warriors FC20192020 26 Aizil Yazid Greenridge Secondary School20202020 Defenders 2 Shoma Sato SC Sagamihara U21 20202020 3 Kotaro Takeda Chukyo University 20202020 4 Rio Sakuma Ryutsu Keizai University 20202020 5 Kazuki Hashioka (Captain) Tokyo 23 FC 20202020 19 Hiromasa Ogino Naval 1893 20202020 20 Yasuhiro Hanada Japan Soccer College 20202020 22 Toshihiko Masuda Japan Soccer College 20202020 Midfielders 6 Gareth Low U21 Young Lions FC20202020 7 Kenta Kurishima Waseda University 20202020 8 Hiroyoshi Kamata Albirex Niigata U1820162020 13 Ryoya Tanigushi Zweigen Kanazawa 20202020 14 Ryuya Mitsuzuka SC Sagamihara U21 20202020 17 Iman Hakim U21 FFA U1620202020 18 Mahiro Takahashi Albirex Niigata U18 20202020 25 Ren Ishihara Japan Soccer College 20202020 27 Ong Yu En U21 FFA U1620202020 36 Kenji Austin U21 FFA U1620202020 Strikers 9 Reo Nishiguchi Chukyo University 20202020 10 Tomoyuki Doi Tokoha University 20202020 16 Fairoz Hassan <23 Tiong Bahru FC (NFL) 2020 23 Yohei Osada Japan Soccer College 20202020 28 Ryosuke Nagasawa Phuket City F.C. 20202020 Players who left club during season 11 Daniel Goh U21 Balestier Khalsa20202020 15 Sharul Nizam U21 Young Lions FC20202020 15 Noor Akid Nordin <23 Balestier Khalsa2019 24 Zamani Zamri U21 F-17 Academy20192020
Coaching staff
Position NameHead Coach Keiji ShigetomiAsst Coach and U17 Coach Yuki Fujimoto Coach Tomoya UetaU15 Coach Masayuki KatoGoalkeeper Coach Scott StarrFitness Coach Jaswinder SinghTeam Manager Matthew Sean Physiotherapist Kitman Roy Krishnan
Transfer Pre-season transfer
In PositionPlayerTransferred FromRef Tsukuba University Greenridge Secondary School Ryutsu Keizai University Tokyo 23 FC (J5) Chukyo University SC Sagamihara U21 (J3) Naval 1893 (P3) Japan Soccer College Japan Soccer College Japan Soccer College Albirex Niigata U18 Waseda University Singapore Sports School Singapore Sports School Young Lions FC Tokoha University Zweigen Kanazawa (J2)Season loan SC Sagamihara U21 (J3) Balestier Khalsa Free Balestier Khalsa Free Young Lions FC Chukyo University Japan Soccer College Phuket City F.C.
Note 1: Shahrul Nizam left the club before the season start due to personal reason.
Out PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef Gainare Tottori (J3)Free Vertfee Takahara Nasu (J5)Free DPMM FC II (Brunei League) Home United Montedio Yamagata (J2)Loan return Saturday Football Intl. FC (T2) Okinawa SV (J5)Free Tampines RoversFree Balestier Khalsa Loan return Mito HollyHock (J2)Loan return Mito HollyHock (J2)Loan return Lagend Shiga FC (J5) Kaya F.C.–Iloilo Free Hougang United U19 Loan return Young Lions FC
Note 1: Yosuke Nakagawa returned to Mito HollyHock after the loan and subsequently released. He joined Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth for the season.
Note 2: Naruki Takahashi moved to Box Hill United SC who is playing in the NPL (Victoria) 2 after his contract with Montedio Yamagata ended.
Retained / Extension PositionPlayerRef
Mid-season transfer
In PositionPlayerTransferred FromRef Tiong Bahru FC (NFL) Active SG
Out PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef Young Lions FCNS SAFSANS
Note 1: Zamani Zamri was enlisted to NS in April 2020.
Note 2: Daniel Goh was enlisted to NS in June 2020.
Friendly Pre-season friendlies
Team statistics
Appearances and goals Player Sleague Singapore Cup League Cup TotalApps.GoalsApps.GoalsApps.GoalsApps.Goals1GK Kei Okawa14000001403DF Kotaro Takeda14100001414DF Rio Sakuma13(1)100001415DF Kazuki Hashioka14100001416MF Gareth Low600000607MF Kenta Kurishima14100001418MF Hiroyoshi Kamata13(1)200001429FW Reo Nishiguchi6(5)5000011510FW Tomoyuki Doi14110000141113MF Ryoya Tanigushi9(5)4000014414MF Ryuya Mitsuzuka0(10)0000010016FW Fairoz Hassan9100009117MF Iman Hakim9000009018MF Mahiro Takahashi0(9)000009020DF Yasuhiro Hanada1(10)1000011125MF Ren Ishihara0(1)000001027MF Ong Yu En2(2)100004128FW Ryosuke Nagasawa1430000143Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club11MF Daniel Goh20000020
Competitions Singapore Premier League
Singapore Cup
Due to COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 Singapore Cup has been annulled in order to facilitate the League's completion.
Notes
References