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	Position	Pld	Pts	W	D	L	Attendance/G	J. League Cup	Emperor's Cup	Name	Goals
1986	Hokushin'etsu (III)	1st	9	17	8	1	0	–	–	DNQ
1987	Hokushin'etsu (III)	3rd	9	10	3	4	2	–	–	R1
1988	Hokushin'etsu (III)	4th	9	10	4	2	3	–	–	DNQ
1989	Hokushin'etsu (III)	8th	9	5	2	1	6	–	–	DNQ
1990	Hokushin'etsu (III)	3rd	9	10	4	2	3	–	–	DNQ
1991	Hokushin'etsu (III)	3rd	9	13	5	3	1	–	–	DNQ
1992	Hokushin'etsu (III)	2nd	9	14	6	2	1	–	–	DNQ
1993	Hokushin'etsu (III)	4th	9	9	4	1	4	–	–	DNQ
1994	Hokushin'etsu (III)	4th	9	9	4	1	4	–	–	DNQ
1995	Hokushin'etsu (III)	3rd	9	22	7	1	1	–	–	DNQ
1996	Hokushin'etsu (III)	1st	9	25	8	1	0	–	–	R1
1997	Hokushin'etsu (III)	1st	9	27	9	0	0	–	–	R2
1998	JFL (II)	11th	30	34	12	0	18	2,696[1]	–	R3
1999	J. League 2 (II)	4th	36	58	22	2	14	4,211[2]	R1	R3	Shingo Suzuki	8[1]
2000	J. League 2 (II)	7th	45	46	15	5	20	4,007[2]	R1	R3	Naoki Naruo	17[1]
2001	J. League 2 (II)	4th	44	78	26	4	14	16,659[2]	R1	R4	Hisashi Kurosaki	21[1]
2002	J. League 2 (II)	3rd	44	82	23	13	8	21,478[2]	–	R3	Marcus	19[3]
2003	J. League 2 (II)	1st	44	88	27	7	10	30,339[2]	–	R4	Marcus	32[4]
2004	J. League 1 (I)	10th	30	37	10	7	13	37,689[5]	GS	R4	Edmilson	15[6]
2005	J. League 1 (I)	12th	34	42	11	9	14	40,114[5]	GS	R5	Edmilson	18[7]
2006	J. League 1 (I)	14th	34	42	12	6	16	38,709[5]	GS	R5	Edmilson	10[8]
2007	J. League 1 (I)	6th	34	51	15	6	13	38,276[5]	GS	R4	Edmilson	19[9]
2008	J. League 1 (I)	13th	34	42	11	9	14	34,490[5]	GS	R5	Alessandro	13[10]
2009	J. League 1 (I)	8th	34	50	13	11	10	33,446[5]	GS	QF	Pedro Júnior Márcio Richardes	10[11]
2010	J. League 1 (I)	9th	34	49	12	13	9	30,542[5]	GS	R4	Márcio Richardes	16[12]
2011	J. League 1 (I)	14th	34	39	10	9	15	26,049[13]	QF	R3	Bruno Lopes	13[14]
2012	J. League 1 (I)	15th	34	40	10	10	14	25,018[15]	GS	R3	Bruno Lopes	7[16]
2013	J. League 1 (I)	7th	34	55	17	4	13	26,112[17]	GS	R3	Kengo Kawamata	23[18]
2014	J. League 1 (I)	12th	34	44	12	8	14	22,979[19]	GS	R3	Léo Silva	6[20]
2015	J1 League (I)	15th	34	34	8	10	16	23,444	SF	R3	Hiroshi Ibusuki	8

Key

(I) = 1st division (II) = 2nd division (III) = 3rd division GS = Group stage DNQ = Did not qualify

R1 = 1st round R2 = 2nd round R3 = 3rd round R4 = 4th round R5 = 5th round QF = Quarter-finals

References

1. The 11-year History of Albirex Niigata (in Japanese). Albirex Niigata. 2007. ISBN 4861322219.
2. "Average attendances by Club (J2)" (PDF). J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
3. "Scorers: 2002 J. League Division 2". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
4. "Scorers: 2003 J. League Division 2". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
5. "Average attendances by Club (J1) 2000-2010" (PDF). J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
6. "Scorers: 2004 J. League Division 1". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
7. "Scorers: 2005 J. League Division 1". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
8. "Scorers: 2006 J. League Division 1". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
9. "Scorers: 2007 J. League Division 1". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
10. "Scorers: 2008 J. League Division 1". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
11. "Scorers: 2009 J. League Division 1". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
12. "Scorers: 2010 J. League Division 1". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
13. "Attendance: 2011 J. League Division 1". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
14. "Scorers: 2011 J. League Division 1". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
15. "Attendance: 2012 J. League Division 1". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
16. "Scorers: 2012 J. League Division 1". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
17. "Attendance: 2013 J. League Division 1". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
18. "Scorers: 2013 J. League Division 1". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
19. "Attendance: 2014 J. League Division 1". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
20. "Scorers: 2014 J. League Division 1". J. League. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

General

• The 11-year History of Albirex Niigata (in Japanese). Albirex Niigata. 2007. ISBN 4861322219.
• J. League data (Japanese)