The time is almost upon us for the Albirex Niigata vs Vissel Kobe J1 League clash which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the team line-ups are in.
First off, the starting XI for Albirex Niigata which has been officially confirmed as:
Albirex Niigata
Ryuga Tashiro #21
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Kento Hashimoto #42
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Fumiya Hayakawa #15
Defender
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Jason Geria #2
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Australia
Place of birth: Canberra, Australia
Eiji Shirai
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Motoki Hasegawa #41
Midfielder
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Soya Fujiwara #25
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Yamaguchi, Japan
Jin Okumura #30
Midfielder
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Takuya Shimamura #28
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 59kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Okayama, Japan
Abdelrahman Boudah
Forward
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Sweden
Place of birth: Sweden
Kaito Taniguchi #7
Forward
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Mie, Japan
The starting line-up for Vissel Kobe has also been confirmed as follows:
Vissel Kobe
Daiya Maekawa #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Katsuya Nagato
Defender
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Matheus Soares Thuler #3
Also known as Thuler
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Brazil
Tetsushi Yamakawa #4
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Nanasei Iino #2
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Niigata, Japan
Takahiro Ohgihara #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Yuya Kuwasaki #25
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Nagasaki, Japan
Haruya Ide #18
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Taisei Miyashiro #9
Forward
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Yuya Osako #10
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Kaseda, Japan
Yoshinori Muto #11
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Setagaya, Japan
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