Ryoya Taniguchi
, better known as Taniguchi, is a Japanese professional footballer who currently plays either as an attacking-midfielder or central-midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Geylang International. Club career Zweigen Kanazawa Ryoya got promoted to the senior squad of Zweigen Kanazawa ahead of the 2018 J2 League season. Japan Soccer College In 2019, Ryoya was loaned to fifth tier league club, Japan Soccer College. Albirex Niigata (S) In early February 2020, Ryoya moved to Singapore to sign with Albirex Niigata (S) ahead of the 2020 Singapore Premier League season. On 29 February 2020, he scored his first goal for the club in his debut against Geylang International. Ryoya would then help the club to win the 2020 league title in his debut season. After making 33 appearances and scoring 14 goals in his two years stay at club, Ryoya would then signed a pre-contract agreement for Singapore Premier League side Balestier Khalsa on 27 October 2021. Balestier Khalsa On 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kanazawa
is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Etymology The name "Kanazawa" (, ), which literally means "marsh of gold", is said to derive from the legend of the peasant Imohori Togoro (literally "Togoro Potato-digger"), who was digging for potatoes when flakes of gold washed up. The well in the grounds of Kenroku-en is known as to acknowledge these roots. The area where Kanazawa is was originally known as Ishiura, whose name is preserved at the Ishiura Shrine near Kenrokuen. The area around Kanazawa was part of ancient Kaga Province. History Muromachi period During the Muromachi period (1336 to 1573), as the power of the central shōguns in Kyoto was waning, Kaga Province came under the control of the Ikkō-ikki, followers of the teachings of priest Rennyo, of the sect, who displaced the official ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tanjong Pagar United FC
Tanjong Pagar United Football Club is a professional football club based in Queenstown, Singapore. The club currently competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singaporean football. Tanjong Pagar United took part in the S.League from 1996 to 2004, and from 2011 to 2014. The club withdrew from the league after the 2004 season because of financial problems, but returned in 2011, with several similar breaks meanwhile. The club has since returned from 2020. History Early years and formation (1974–1996) Prior to the formation of the S.League, the club were formed as Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club in 1975 and debuted in Division III of the National Football League, from which they were promoted as champions in 1978. This was followed by a second successive promotion in 1979, bringing the Jaguars to Division I. In 1982, they won the President's Cup and the following year, they were national league champions. They represented Singapore in the 1984 ASEAN Cl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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1999 Births
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA. * January 25 – The 6.2 Colombia earthquake hits western Colombia, killing at least 1,900 people. February * February 7 – Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King Hussein. * February 11 – Pluto moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than Neptune. It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979, and will become again in 2231. * February 12 – U.S. President Bill Clinton is acquitted in impeachment proceedings in the United States Senate. * February 16 ** In Uzbekistan, an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov takes place at government headquarters. ** Across Europe, Kurdish protestors take over embassies and hold hostages ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2024–25 Singapore Premier League
The 2024–25 Singapore Premier League (also known as the AIA Singapore Premier League due to sponsorship reasons) is the 7th season of the Singapore Premier League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs, since its rebranding in 2018. Format The following key changes were made to the rules for the 2024–25 season: # Each club squad must consist of a minimum 18 professional players and a maximum of 25 players. # Clubs must field a minimum of five local players, which is in line with the quota set by the AFC for its club competitions with the exception of Young Lions. # The requirement for local clubs to field a minimum of one Under-23 player of Singaporean nationality during the entire first half of a match has been lifted. # The mandatory fitness tests for SPL players will transition to a more data-driven approach, facilitated through technical GPS tracking. # Quadruple round-robin format where each club will play each other four times in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2023 Singapore Premier League
The 2023 Singapore Premier League (also known as the AIA Singapore Premier League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 6th season of the Singapore Premier League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs, since its rebranding in 2018. Format The following key changes were made to the rules for the 2023 season: # Young Lions will be allowed to register between 20 and 40 players, three of whom may be foreign or overaged Singaporean players. # Young Lions and Hougang United to play their home games at Jalan Besar Stadium while Lion City Sailors and Balestier Khalsa will play at Bishan Stadium. Other stadiums used are: (1) Our Tampines Hub (Tampines Rovers and Geylang International), (2) Jurong East Stadium (Albirex Niigata and Tanjong Pagar United), and (3) Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium (DPMM). DPMM will play their 1st three home matches in Jalan Besar Stadium as their home ground is undergoing renovation. # For Brunei DPMM, they are required ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2022 Singapore Premier League
The 2022 Singapore Premier League (also known as the AIA Singapore Premier League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 5th season of the Singapore Premier League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs, since its rebranding in 2018. The champions of the 2022 Singapore Premier League should have qualified for the AFC Champions League. The season began in March and ended on 15 October. Lion City Sailors were the defending champions, having won their third Singapore Premier League title in the previous season. Albirex Niigata (S) won their fifth title. Format The following key changes were made to the rules since the 2022 season: # Each team is able to register up to 25 players in their squad, a reduction of 3 players as compared from 2020. # Albirex is allowed to have a minimum squad of eighteen (18) Players under non-amateur (Professional) contract, as at the pre-season minimum registration deadline and a maximum of twenty-five (25) Play ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 Singapore Premier League
The 2021 Singapore Premier League (also known as the AIA Group, AIA Singapore Premier League due to sponsorship reasons) was the 4th season of the Singapore Premier League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football, association football clubs, since its rebranding in 2018. The champions of the 2021 Singapore Premier League, Lion City Sailors, qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage automatically. The season began on 13 March and ended on 10 October. In the first part of the season, all matches were played behind closed doors in light of the COVID-19 situation. Format The following key changes were made to the rules since the 2020 season: # Local SPL clubs are required to have a minimum of six U-23 players for a squad size of 19 to 25 players; this increases to seven (squad size 26), eight (27) and nine (28). New rules for 2021: # All SPL teams will play each other thrice. # Each team is able to register up to 25 players in their squa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hokushinetsu Football League
is a soocer league based in five prefectures in the Hokushinetsu region, which comprises Hokuriku and Shin'etsu in Japan. They are ( Nagano, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, and Fukui). It is a league of club teams registered in Class 1. Its name is abbreviated HFL. Overview The Hokushi'netsu Football League, one of nine Japanese regional leagues, it began in 1975 and if the JFL is considered as the fourth tier in the league structure of Japanese football, then the Hokushin'etsu's first division is the fifth tier, and the second division is the sixth tier. In 2004, the name was changed to the current Hokushin'etsu Football League. With the addition of the top clubs from each prefecture's first division, the system became a two-division system. The teams compete for promotion to the Japan Football League and try to avoid relegation to the Prefectural Leagues. The current champions of Division 1 and Division 2 are Fukui United and Sakai Phoenix, respectively As of the end of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2019 Japanese Regional Leagues
The 2019 Japanese Regional Leagues were a competition between parallel association football leagues ranking at the fifth and sixth tiers of the Japan Football League. Statistics of Japanese Regional Leagues in the 2019 season. Champions list Hokkaido Tohoku Kantō Hokushinetsu Tōkai Kansai Promotion/relegation playoff ---- * Kyoto City Fire Department was promoted to the Kansai 2nd Division, while the defeated Biwako Seikei Sports University HIRA was relegated to the Shiga Prefecture League. Chūgoku Shikoku Kyushu Promotion/relegation playoff ---- *Kyushu Mitsubishi Motors won, therefore stayed in Kyushu league. ReferencesRSSSF {{2019 in Japanese football 2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ... 2019 in Japanese fo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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J2 League
The or simply J2 is the second division of the and the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The top tier is represented by the J1 League. It (along with the rest of the J.League) is currently sponsored by Meiji Yasuda Life and it is thus officially known as the . Until the 2014 season it was named the J.League Division 2. Second-tier club football has existed in Japan since 1972 during the Japan Soccer League era; however, it was only professionalized during the 1999 season with ten clubs. The league took one relegating club from the top division and nine clubs from the second-tier semi-professional Japan Football League (1992–98), former JFL to create the J2 League. The remaining seven clubs in the Japan Football League, the newly formed Yokohama FC, and one promoting club from the Japanese Regional Leagues, Regional Leagues, formed the nine-club Japan Football League, JFL, then the third tier of Japanese football. The third tier is now represented ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2019 J2 League
The season was the 48th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 21st season since the establishment of J2 League. Clubs Following eight successful seasons, Kashiwa Reysol bid farewell to the first division. A similar fate befell V-Varen Nagasaki, who returned to J2 after their inaugural season in the top tier. Matsumoto Yamaga and Oita Trinita, having earned promotion, filled their vacancies, while Tokyo Verdy missed out on promotion after losing the play-off against Júbilo Iwata. In addition, four teams experienced changes in their league status: Roasso Kumamoto and Kamatamare Sanuki exited J2, paving the way for the newly-promoted FC Ryukyu and Kagoshima United, both set to embark on their inaugural J2 season. The participating clubs are listed in the following table: Personnel and kits Managerial changes Foreign players The total number of foreign players is limitless, but clubs can only register up to five foreign players for a single match-day ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |