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    2025 Japanese J1 League
    Albirex
    Albirex Niigata

    Albirex Niigata

    0-2-2, 2 PTS
    2
    Cerezo Osaka
    Cerezo Osaka

    Cerezo Osaka

    1-1-2, 4 PTS
    2
    • Ken Yamura - 17'
    • Motoki Hasegawa - 62'
    • Motohiko Nakajima - 28'
    • Rafael Ratão - 90'+1'
    • Summary
    • Commentary
    • Statistics
    • Line-Ups
    Albirex Niigata4-4-2
    • 1
      Fujita
    • 31
      Horigome
    • 3
      Inamura
    • 5
      James
    • 25
      Fujiwara
    • 7
      Taniguchi
    • 19
      Hoshi
    • 22
      Arai
    • 28
      Ota
    • 9
      Yamura
    • 41
      Hasegawa
    No.Name
    1Kazuki Fujita
    3Hayato Inamura
    5Michael James
    31Yuto Horigome
    25Soya Fujiwara
    19Yuji Hoshi
    33Yoshiaki Takagi
    22Taiki Arai
    7Kaito Taniguchi
    30Jin Okumura
    28Shusuke Ota
    11Danilo Gomes
    9Ken Yamura
    2Jason Geria
    41Motoki Hasegawa
    16Yota Komi
    Substitutes
    38Kodai Mori
    18Yamato Wakatsuki
    13Riku Ochiai
    23Daisuke Yoshimitsu
    Cerezo Osaka4-3-3
    • 21
      Jin-Hyeon
    • 14
      Kakeru
    • 44
      Hatanaka
    • 33
      Nishio
    • 16
      Okuda
    • 38
      Kitano
    • 10
      Tanaka
    • 55
      Bueno
    • 11
      Andrade
    • 13
      Nakajima
    • 77
      Fernandes
    No.Name
    21Kim Jin-Hyeon
    44Shinnosuke Hatanaka
    33Ryuya Nishio
    14Funaki Kakeru
    22Niko Takahashi
    16Hayato Okuda
    9Rafael Ratão
    10Shunta Tanaka
    38Sota Kitano
    55Vitor Bueno
    5Hinata Kida
    13Motohiko Nakajima
    11Thiago
    17Reiya Sakata
    77Lucas Fernandes
    48Masaya Shibayama
    Substitutes
    8Shinji Kagawa
    2Takumi Nakamura
    1Koki Fukui
    7Satoki Uejo

    Game Information

    Niigata Stadium Big Swan
    12:00 AM, March 2, 2025
    Niigata, Japan
    Attendance: 22,933
    • Referees:
    • Atsushi Kamimura

    Japanese J.League Standings

    TeamGPWDLGDP
    Vissel Kobe241446+1246
    Kashima Antlers241428+1244
    Kashiwa Reysol241284+1044
    Kyoto Sanga241266+1142
    Sanfrecce Hiroshima241338+1142
    Machida Zelvia241248+940
    Kawasaki Frontale241086+1238
    Urawa Red Diamonds231076+837
    Cerezo Osaka24978+434
    Gamba Osaka2410410-234
    Avispa Fukuoka23878-231
    Fagiano Okayama248610-230
    Shimizu S-Pulse248610-330
    FC Tokyo248511-729
    Nagoya Grampus247710-528
    Tokyo Verdy 1969247710-928
    Shonan Bellmare246612-1724
    Yokohama F. Marinos245613-921
    Yokohama FC245415-1619
    Albirex Niigata244713-1719
    Full Table

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    In the span of three years, Kōta Takai has gone from making his professional debut to signing for Tottenham.
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