List of Albirex Niigata seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Albirex Niigata in Japanese football, from their first competitive to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, as well as the club's average attendance and top scorers for each season since 1999. Players in bold were also top scorers in their league that season.

Seasons

Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated
Season League Cup Top goalscorer(s)
Division Tier Position Pld W D L Pts Attendance/G J.League Cup Emperor's Cup Name Goals
1986 Hokushin'etsu 3 1st 9 8 1 0 17 – – Did not qualify
1987 3rd 9 3 4 2 10 1st round
1988 4th 9 4 2 3 10 Did not qualify
1989 8th 9 2 1 6 5
1990 3rd 9 4 2 3 10
1991 3rd 9 5 3 1 13
1992 2nd 9 6 2 1 14
1993 4th 9 4 1 4 9
1994 4th 9 4 1 4 9
1995 3rd 9 7 1 1 22
1996 1st 9 8 1 0 25 1st round
1997 1st 9 9 0 0 27 2nd round
1998 JFL 2 11th 30 12 0 18 34 2,696[1] 3rd round
1999 J.League 2 2 4th 36 22 2 14 58 4,211[2] 1st round 3rd round Japan Shingo Suzuki 8[1]
2000 7th 45 15 5 20 46 4,007[2] 1st round 3rd round Japan Naoki Naruo 17[1]
2001 4th 44 26 4 14 78 16,659[2] 1st round 4th round Japan Hisashi Kurosaki 21[1]
2002 3rd 44 23 13 8 82 21,478[2] – 3rd round Brazil Marcus 19[3]
2003 1st 44 27 7 10 88 30,339[2] 4th round Brazil Marcus 32[4]
2004 J.League 1 1 10th 30 10 7 13 37 37,689[5] Group stage 4th round Brazil Edmilson 15[6]
2005 12th 34 11 9 14 42 40,114[5] Group stage 5th round Brazil Edmilson 18[7]
2006 14th 34 12 6 16 42 38,709[5] Group stage 5th round Brazil Edmilson 10[8]
2007 6th 34 15 6 13 51 38,276[5] Group stage 4th round Brazil Edmilson 19[9]
2008 13th 34 11 9 14 42 34,490[5] Group stage 5th round Brazil Alessandro 13[10]
2009 8th 34 13 11 10 50 33,446[5] Group stage Quarter final Brazil Pedro Júnior
Brazil Márcio Richardes		 10[11]
2010 9th 34 12 13 9 49 30,542[5] Group stage 4th round Brazil Márcio Richardes 16[12]
2011 14th 34 10 9 15 39 26,049[13] Quarter final 3rd round Brazil Bruno Lopes 13[14]
2012 15th 34 10 10 14 40 25,018[15] Group stage 3rd round Brazil Bruno Lopes 7[16]
2013 7th 34 17 4 13 55 26,112[17] Group stage 3rd round Japan Kengo Kawamata 23[18]
2014 12th 34 12 8 14 44 22,979[19] Group stage 3rd round Brazil Léo Silva 6[20]
2015 15th 34 8 10 16 34 23,444 Semi final 3rd round Japan Hiroshi Ibusuki
Brazil Rafael Silva		 7
2016 18th 34 4 7 23 19 22,625 Group stage 4th round Brazil Rafael Silva 11
2017 17th 34 7 7 20 28 22,034 Group stage 3rd round Brazil Rony 7
2018 J.League 2 2 16th 42 15 8 19 53 14,913 Group stage 3rd round Japan Arata Watanabe 10
2019 10th 42 17 11 14 62 14,402 – 2nd round Brazil Leonardo 28
2020 † 11th 42 14 5 13 57 5,360 – Did not qualify North Korea Chong Tese 9
2021 6th 42 18 14 10 68 10,879 – 3rd round Japan Kaito Taniguici 13
2022 1st 42 – 2nd round
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league; GP = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; Pts = Points gained
  • Attendance/G = Average home league attendance
  • † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J.League Data Site

References

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