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GREAT EASTERN-YEO’S S.LEAGUE 2014 MATCHDAY #6
ALBIREX NIIGATA FC (S) VS TANJONG PAGAR UNITED FRIDAY, 4 APRIL 2014 7.30PM, JALAN BESAR STADIUM
MATCH PRESS KIT
CONTENTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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OPPONENT PROFILE CURRENT SEASON STATISTICS FIXTURES AND RESULTS (LAST 5 MATCHES) PREVIOUS MEETINGS COACH PROFILE MATCH FACTS MILESTONES ANNEX A: SQUAD STATISTICS
OPPONENT PROFILE ALBIREX NIIGATA FC (SINGAPORE) Founded: 2004 Honours (S.League era): Singapore League Cup (2011) rd Last season: 3 Nickname: White Swans Key Staff Chairman: Daisuke Korenaga Team Manager: Yeo Jun Xian Coach: Tatsuyuki Okuyama Club Captain: Itsuki Yamada Team Facts •
Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) are a satellite club of J-League Division 1 club Albirex Niigata. Not all its players come from the Niigata-based club’s youth system though; Most of its players are picked from the JAPAN SOCCER COLLEGE.
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The White Swans are the first team to be entirely made up of foreign players to play in the S.League. Its participation in the league was intended to raise the level of competition in the S.League
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The White Swans’ overall best performing season thus far was in 2011, when they defeated Hougang United 54 on penalties to win the Singapore League Cup, finished runners-up to Home United in the Singapore Cup and finished fourth in the S.League. They have finished third in 2012 and 2013 respectively, but failed to replicate their Cup exploits in both seasons.
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CURRENT SEASON STATISTICS
LEAGUE STANDINGS No. 8 9
Club
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
ALBIREX NIIGATA (S) TANJONG PAGAR UNITED FC
5 5
2 2
1 0
2 3
6 6
5 7
1 -1
7 6
GOALSCORERS TANJONG PAGAR UNITED
ALBIREX NIIGATA (S)
11. Monsef Zerka 17. Masrezwan Masturi 6. Sébastien Etiemble
3 1 1 (1)
11. Kazuki Sakamoto 2. Taiyo Nishida 6. Itsuki Yamada 9. Kazuya Okazaki
3 1 1 1
DISCIPLINARY RECORD TANJONG PAGAR UNITED 19. Nor Azli Yusoff 13. Ruzaini Zainal 17. Masrezwan Matsuri 3. Hafiz Osman 7. Asraf Rashid
3.
ALBIREX NIIGATA (S) 3 3 2
1 1 1 -
1. Kenjiro Ogino 8. Kosuke Matsuda 9. Kazuya Okazaki 11. Kazuki Sakamoto
1 1 1 1 -
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FIXTURES AND RESULTS (LAST 5 MATCHES)
TANJONG PAGAR UNITED FC (WLLLW) Date
Comp
24/2/14
SL
27/2/14 13/3/14 21/3/14 26/3/14
Result
Venue
Harimau Muda B – TPUFC
1-2
Pasir Gudang
SL
TPUFC – Hougang United
1-2
Queenstown
SL SL
Balestier Khalsa – TPUFC TPUFC – Woodlands Wellington
1-0 0-1
Toa Payoh Queenstown
SL
Courts Young Lions – TPUFC
2-3
Jalan Besar
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Match
Goalscorers Akhir 23’; Masrezwan 30’, Azrul Nizam (O.G.) 65’ Etiemble 28’ (pen); Cerina 36’, Moura 89’ Ljubojević 4’ Taufiq 64’ Recha 18’, Muhaiymin 51’; Zerka 36’, 47’, 54’
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ALBIREX NIIGATA (S) (LWLWD) Date
Comp
22/2/14
SL
27/2/14
SL
12/3/14
SL
21/3/14
SL
26/3/14
SL
4.
Match
Result
Venue
Goalscorers
0-1
Jurong East
Tosi 15’ (pen)
3-0
Jurong East
3-1
Hougang
1-0
Jalan Besar
Sakamoto 44’
1-1
Woodlands
Chang J.Y. 47’; Nishida 90’
Albirex Niigata (S) – DPMM FC Albirex Niigata (S) – Harimau Muda B Hougang United – Albirex Niigata (S) Albirex Niigata (S) – Balestier Khalsa Woodlands Wellington – Albirex Niigata (S)
Yamada 59’, Sakamoto 68’, Okazaki 76’ Gama 47’, Geison 89’, 90’; Sakamoto 15’
PREVIOUS MEETINGS
HEAD-TO-HEAD (LAST 5 MEETINGS IN S.LEAGUE) Date
Comp
17/2/12
SL
21/6/12
Match
Result
Venue
Goalscorers
Albirex Niigata (S) – TPUFC
4-1
Jurong East
Sato 38, Yamakoshi 76’, 87’, Soya 89’; Hafiz O 3’
SL
TPUFC – Albirex Niigata (S)
0-2
Queenstown
Sato 31’, Yamashita 49’
2/4/13
SL
Albirex Niigata (S) – TPUFC
1-1
Jurong East
Zerka 52’; Sakamoto 55’
16/7/13
SL
TPUFC – Albirex Niigata (S)
0-0
Queenstown
24/9/13
SL
TPUFC – Albirex Niigata (S)
0-2
Queenstown
Sakamoto 9’, Suzuki 36’ (pen)
HEAD-TO-HEAD (LAST 5 MEETINGS IN ALL COMPETITIONS) Date
Comp
17/2/12
SL
21/6/12
Match
Result
Venue
Goalscorers
Albirex Niigata (S) – TPUFC
4-1
Jurong East
Sato 38, Yamakoshi 76’, 87’, Soya 89’; Hafiz O 3’
SL
TPUFC – Albirex Niigata (S)
0-2
Queenstown
Sato 31’, Yamashita 49’
2/4/13
SL
Albirex Niigata (S) – TPUFC
1-1
Jurong East
Zerka 52’; Sakamoto 55’
16/7/13
SL
TPUFC – Albirex Niigata (S)
0-0
Queenstown
24/9/13
SL
TPUFC – Albirex Niigata (S)
0-2
Queenstown
Sakamoto 9’, Suzuki 36’ (pen)
ALL-TIME RECORDS Opponent Albirex (S)
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Overall
Home
Away
P
W
D
L
F
A
P
W
D
L
F
A
P
W
D
L
F
A
11
0
3
8
4
24
6
0
1
5
1
12
5
0
2
3
3
12
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COACH PROFILE PATRICK VALLÉE DOB: 4 October 1962 (Age 51) Nationality: French Teams formerly coached: DR Congo, AS Beauvais-Oise B, Pacy Vallée-d'Eure Football, Étoile FC, AFC Compiègne Honours (as senior coach): S.League (2010), Singapore League Cup (2010) •
Hailing from Rouen, France, Vallée began his coaching career as a youth coach at his hometown club FC Rouen in 1988.
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He then joined Pacy Vallée-d'Eure Football and was promoted to Assistant Coach in 1998. He later had coaching stints in DR Congo, Qatar SC and AS Beauvais-Oise B before returning to Pacy Vallée-d'Eure in 2007.
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Vallée was first introduced to Singapore football after being appointed as head coach of newly-formed Étoile FC rd in 2010, where he famously led the team to the S.League title and League Cup, and came in 3 in the Singapore Cup.
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Returning to France, he led AFC Compiègne to the Round of 32 of the Coupe de France, where he encountered Ligue 1 side and then-defending champions Lille OSC. Despite dragging the tie to extra time, th Compiègne eventually succumbed to a 114 minute Gianni Bruno goal. Current Jaguars Aurélien Hérisson and Sébastien Etiemble were part of the Compiègne first eleven.
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The Lille OSC starting lineup for the match featured French internationals Mickaël Landreau, Mathieu Debuchy, Lucas Digne, Dmitri Payet and Belgian international Eden Hazard. Former England international Joe Cole also featured in the same match.
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Vallée made a comeback to Singapore football in 2013 with Tanjong Pagar United, and was handed the task of bringing the club back to the upper echelons of Singapore football. In the same season, he led the club to its first top six finish since 2001 and first Singapore Cup Final appearance since 1998.
HEAD-TO-HEAD (LAST 5 MEETINGS IN S.LEAGUE) Date
Comp
6/7/10
SL
10/11/10
Match
Result
Venue
Goalscorers
Étoile – Albirex Niigata (S)
0-1
Queenstown
Kobayashi 56’
SL
Albirex Niigata (S) – Étoile
2-4
Jalan Besar
Kobayashi 2’, 46’; Leclercq 31’, Mendy 64’, 77’, Verschave 81’
2/4/13
SL
Albirex Niigata (S) – TPUFC
1-1
Jurong East
Zerka 52’; Sakamoto 55’
16/7/13
SL
TPUFC – Albirex Niigata (S)
0-0
Queenstown
24/9/13
SL
TPUFC – Albirex Niigata (S)
0-2
Queenstown
Sakamoto 9’, Suzuki 36’ (pen)
HEAD-TO-HEAD (LAST 5 MEETINGS IN ALL COMPETITIONS) Date
Comp
6/7/10
SL
10/11/10
Result
Venue
Goalscorers
Étoile – Albirex Niigata (S)
0-1
Queenstown
Kobayashi 56’
SL
Albirex Niigata (S) – Étoile
2-4
Jalan Besar
Kobayashi 2’, 46’; Leclercq 31’, Mendy 64’, 77’, Verschave 81’
2/4/13
SL
Albirex Niigata (S) – TPUFC
1-1
Jurong East
Zerka 52’; Sakamoto 55’
16/7/13
SL
TPUFC – Albirex Niigata (S)
0-0
Queenstown
24/9/13
SL
TPUFC – Albirex Niigata (S)
0-2
Queenstown
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Match
Sakamoto 9’, Suzuki 36’
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(pen)
RECORDS AGAINST CLUB (S.LEAGUE) Overall
Coached
Home
Away
P
W
D
L
F
A
P
W
D
L
F
A
P
W
D
L
F
A
TPUFC
3
0
2
1
1
3
2
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
All-time
6
1
2
3
5
6
3
0
1
2
0
3
3
1
2
0
5
3
RECORDS AT JALAN BESAR STADIUM (S.LEAGUE) Coached
P
W
D
L
F
A
TPUFC
8
4
2
2
17
12
All-time
22
16
3
3
44
15
RECORDS AGAINST COACH (TATSUYUKI OKUYAMA) Overall
Coached
Home
Away
P
W
D
L
F
A
P
W
D
L
F
A
P
W
D
L
F
A
TPUFC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
All-time
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
ALL-TIME RECORDS Opponent
Home
Away
P
W
D
L
F
A
P
W
D
L
F
A
P
W
D
L
F
A
TPUFC
32
11
9
12
42
41
16
4
5
7
12
17
16
7
4
5
30
24
All-time
65
32
16
18
96
64
33
15
9
9
41
25
32
17
7
8
55
39
OUR PARTNERS
Overall
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MATCH FACTS th
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This will be the 12 meeting between both sides in S.League history.
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The Jaguars have never won against Albirex Niigata (Singapore) in a competitive fixture.
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Suspensions: There will be no Jaguars players suspended for the match; Masrezwan Masturi returns from his two-game ban.
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The first encounter between both sides took place 10 years ago, on 2 March 2004, when Albirex Niigata (Singapore) beat the Jaguars 3-0 at Queenstown Stadium. Incidentally, it was the White Swans’ first ever S.League match, having just joined the league.
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Later in that same fateful season, the Jaguars earned their first points in a 1-1 draw at Jurong East Stadium, after nine straight defeats.
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In a strange twist of fate, the White Swans dealt the Jaguars a 5-0 loss on our first S.League match since the sit-out.
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Patrick Vallée is four goals away from a 100 S.League goals milestone scored by teams he has coached.
MILESTONES •
Chua Lye Heng, Shafiq Noh and Justin Khiang will make their first senior S.League starts if they are named in the starting lineup on Friday.
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ANNEX A: SQUAD STATISTICS No.
Name
Pos
Nat
Age
Apps
Goals
Assist
YC
RC
Mins
1
Aurélien Hérisson
GK
FRA
24
5
-7
-
-
-
450
2
Anthony Aymard
DF
FRA
25
2
-
-
-
-
143
3
Hafiz Osman ©
DF
SIN
30
5
-
1
3
-
450
5
Hanafi Salleh
DF
SIN
24
4
-
-
1
-
360
6
Sébastien Etiemble
MF
FRA
26
5
1
1
1
-
450
7
Asraf Rashid
MF
SIN
28
5
-
-
2
-
450
8
Ahmad Latiff
MF
SIN
34
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
Chua Lye Heng
GK
SIN
30
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
Kamel Ramdani
MF
FRA
32
1
-
2
-
-
90
11
Monsef Zerka
FW
MOR
32
4
3
-
-
-
360
12
Firdaus Idros
MF
SIN
27
5
-
-
1
-
450
13
Ruzaini Zainal
DF
SIN
25
3
-
-
-
1
249
14
Sazali Salleh
MF
SIN
34
3
-
-
-
-
270
15
Tengku Mushadad
MF
SIN
29
5
-
-
1
-
444
17
Masrezwan Masturi
FW
SIN
33
3
1
-
-
-
234
18
Shamsudin Hashim
GK
SIN
27
-
-
-
-
-
-
19
Nor Azli Yusoff
MF
SIN
30
4
-
-
3
1
360
20
Zahid Ahmad
DF
SIN
36
2
-
-
2
-
96
21
Shafiq Noh
DF
SIN
23
1
-
-
-
-
1
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FW
SIN
22
-
-
-
-
-
-
PRIME LEAGUE SQUAD 23
Seah Si Hao
MF
SIN
23
1
-
-
-
-
37
25
K Selvendhran
DF
SIN
20
-
-
-
-
-
-
27
Jasvinderpal Singh
DF
SIN
20
-
-
-
-
-
-
29
M Arvin
FW
SIN
22
-
-
-
-
-
-
30
Hafiz Rosli
MF
SIN
20
-
-
-
-
-
-
31
Ng Zhi Yi
DF
SIN
22
-
-
-
-
-
-
33
Afiq Tan
FW
SIN
19
-
-
-
-
-
-
37
Lucas Jester
FW
GER
19
1
-
-
-
-
2
38
Firdaus Ali
DF
SIN
21
-
-
-
-
-
-
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