Albirex
Niigata is a J. League team.
Joining J. League in 1999, its home towns are Niigata, Niigata and Seiro,
Niigata. Until 2003, it used Niigata Perfectural Sport Ground as the home
ground but since 2004, the team is also using Niigata Stadium Big Swan as
well and now play most of its game here. On 2003, it has recorded the most
attendance of all teams in J. League with the total of around 660,000 in its
host games. Its practice grounds are Albirex's training facilities in Seiro
and the Ijimino Sports Park in Shibata.
The team name is made from combining the Albiero of Cygnus and the Latin
word Rex meaning 'king'. In 1997, due to the copyright problem, the team
name was changed from Albireo Niigata to the current Albirex Niigata.
On 1998, the Albirex Niigata joined JFL. After the J2 league was created in
1999, it joined the league. The team gradually became competitive and on
2001 and 2002 it came close to getting promoted to J1 and on 2003, it became
the champion of J2 and finally joined J1.
Since 2004, the Albirex Niigata has selected number of players from its
satellite team and joined the Singapore Professional Football League as
Albirex Niigata Singapore. The Albirex also has a women's team and joined L2
league (an equivalent of J2) since 2004.
Titles
2003 J2 Championship |
