Albirex Niigata Ladies

Albirex Niigata Ladies is a professional women's football club based in Niigata and affiliated with Albirex Niigata, founded in 2002. The club currently plays in the WE League, the highest division of women's football in Japan.

This article is about the women's football club based in Japan. For the men's team, see Albirex Niigata.

Albirex Niigata Ladies
アルビレックス新潟レディース

Full name	Albirex Niigata Ladies
Nickname(s)	Niigata L Albi Ladies
Founded	2002
Ground	Niigata City Athletic Stadium
Capacity	18,671
Chairman	Hideaki Yamamoto
Manager	Daisuke Muramatsu[1]
League	WE League
Website	http://www.albirex.co.jp/substructure/ladies.html
Home colours Away colours

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
2021–2022	X-girl	Kameda Seika	None
2022–2023
2023–2024

Staff

As of 15 October 2022.^[1]

Role	Name
Manager	Daisuke Muramatsu
Assistant Manager	Tomoaki Sasaki
First-Team coach	Yuri Saito
First-Team coach	Mok Seonjeong
Goalkeeper coach	Shinichi Shuto
Doctor	Kayo Yamanaka
Physiotherapists	Katsuya Furukawa
Physiotherapists	Yuya Hoshino

Managerial history

Dates	Name
2008–2012	Tatsuyuki Okuyama
2013–20xx	Futoshi Nonaka
20xx–present	Daisuke Muramatsu

Players

Current squad

As of 13 May 2023.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JPN Chika Hirao 2 DF  JPN Riko Urakawa 3 DF  JPN Hisui Haza 4 DF  JPN Satsuki Miura 5 MF  JPN Yuri Kawamura 6 MF  JPN Saki Yanagisawa 7 MF  JPN Mizuki Sonoda 8 FW  JPN Moemi Ishibuchi 9 FW  JPN Fuka Kono 10 MF  JPN Megumi Kamionobe 11 FW  JPN Ayaka Michigami 13 MF  JPN Shiori Kato

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  JPN Yuna Sonoda 17 MF  JPN Yume Takikawa 19 MF  JPN Sian Brough 20 MF  JPN Ruka Yamaya 21 GK  JPN Tomoko Takahashi 22 GK  JPN Akari Goda 23 FW  JPN Yuina Yamamoto 26 FW  JPN Asumi Takeda 27 MF  JPN Keito Numao 28 MF  JPN Rina Morinaka 31 MF  JPN Himeno Shirai 32 MF  JPN Yurie Shirasawa

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Empress's Cup
  • Runners-up (4): 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016
• WE League Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2023–24

Season-by-season record

Seasons of Albirex Niigata Ladies

Season	Domestic League				Empress's Cup	WE League Cup
	League	Level	Place	Tms.
2003	Hokushinetsu	3	Champions	9	Second round	—
2004	L2	2	2nd	6	Second round	—
2005			2nd	7	Second round	—
2006	Nadeshiko Div.2		Champions	8	Second round	—
2007	Nadeshiko Div.1	1	6th	8	Quarter-finals	Group stage
2008			7th	8	Quarter-finals	—
2009			7th	8	Quarter-finals	—
2010	Nadeshiko		6th	10	Semi-finals	Group stage
2011			5th	9	Runners-up	—
2012			5th	10	Third round	Semi-finals
2013			8th	10	Runners-up	Group stage
2014	Nadeshiko Div.1		3rd	10	Quarter-finals	—
2015			4th	10	Runners-up	—
2016			5th	10	Runners-up	Group stage
2017			5th	10	Quarter-finals	Group stage
2018			5th	10	Quarter-finals	Group stage
2019			6th	10	Quarter-finals	Group stage
2020			5th	10	Semi-finals	Cancelled
2021–22	WE League		8th	11	Quarter-finals	—
2022–23			10th	11	Semi-finals	Group stage
2023–24			TBD	12	TBD	Runners-up

See also

• Japan Football Association (JFA)
• List of women's football clubs in Japan
• 2022–23 in Japanese football