The time is almost upon us for the Albirex Niigata vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima J1 League game which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the teams have now been announced.
We can reveal that the starting eleven for Albirex Niigata which is confirmed as follows:
Albirex Niigata
Kazuki Fujita #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Niigata, Japan
Yuto Horigome #31
Defender
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hokkaido, Japan
Kazuhiko Chiba #35
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 40
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hokkaido, Japan
Michael Fitzgerald #5
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 36
Eiji Shirai #33
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Taiki Arai #22
Midfielder
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Keisuke Kasai #46
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Chiba, Japan
Motoki Hasegawa #41
Midfielder
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Hiroto Uemura #50
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Jin Okumura #30
Midfielder
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Yuji Ono #99
Forward
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
The starting line-up for Sanfrecce Hiroshima has also been confirmed as:
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Keisuke Osako #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kagoshima, Japan
Shunki Higashi #24
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Shuto Nakano #15
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Sho Sasaki #19
Defender
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Zama, Japan
Hayato Araki #4
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kadoma, Japan
Tsukasa Shiotani #33
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 36
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Komatsushima, Japan
Satoshi Tanaka #14
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Nagano, Japan
Hayao Kawabe #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Hiroshima, Japan
Kosuke Kinoshita
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Sota Nakamura #39
Forward
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 64kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Takasaki, Japan
Ryo Germain #9
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
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