Niigata Albirex BB

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Niigata Albirex BB
Leagues	B.League
Founded	1954; 68 years ago (1954)
Arena	City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka
Location	Nagaoka, Niigata
Team colors	Orange and Blue
Main sponsor	Sanko Seika
Championships	None
Website	www.albirex.com
Home Away

Active departments of Albirex
Football (Men's) Football (Women's) Football (Singapore) Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's) Skiing Baseball Snowboarding Football (Affiliate)

Niigata Albirex BB, formally Niigata Albirex Basketball, is a Japanese basketball club. It is based in Nagaoka, Niigata.^[1]

Outline[]

The club was founded in 1954 as the company team of Daiwa Securities, a Tokyo-based securities brokerage. In 1991, it joined the Japan Basketball League. In 2000, the company club was dissolved after NSG purchased it, and the club was moved before the 2000–2001 season to Niigata and renamed Albirex.

In 2004, it joined the bj league along with five other clubs.

Team name transition[]

• 1954: The Daiwa Securities basketball club
• 1994: The Daiwa Securities Hotblizzards
• 2000: Niigata Albirex
• 2006: Niigata Albirex basketball

Roster[]

Niigata Albirex BB roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name G 0 Hiryu Okamoto F 1 F 3 C 4 Jeff Ayres F 6 Kobe Paras G 14 C 15 Tshilidzi Nephawe G 17 G 21 SG 23 Kimitake Sato F 25 Rosco Allen SF 32 Yuichi Ikeda G 34	Head coach Fujitaka Hiraoka Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster

Notable players[]

Coaches[]

• Osamu Kuraishi
• Matt Garrison
• Fujitaka Hiraoka
• Kazuo Nakamura
• Kazuhiro Shoji
• Shogo Fukuda

Honors[]

• Japan Basketball League Div.2
  • Champions (2) : 2000/2001, 2001/2002
• bj league
  • Runners-up (1) : 2005/2006
• Asia Professional Basketball Invitation Tournament
  • 4th Place (1) : 2006

Season-by-season records[]

Year	League	Division	Regular Season			Semifinal		Final		Finish
			Win	Lose	Place	Win	Lose	Win	Lose
2000	JBL	2	12	2	2nd	1	0	1	0	Champions
2001/2002	JBL		14	0	1st	2	0	2	1	Champions
2002/2003	JBL Super League		2	9	6th	---				6th
2003/2004			9	19	8th	---				8th
2004/2005			8	20	7th	---				7th
Season	League		Regular Season					Finish		Average Crowd
			Win	Lose	Win%	GB	Place
2005/2006	bj league		29	11	.725	2.0	2nd	Runners-up		-
2006/2007			25	15	.625	4.0	2nd	4th		3,008
2007/2008			26	18	.591	3.0	East 3rd	6th		3,259
2008/2009			24	28	.462	12.0	East 4th			-

Key:

• Win%: Winning percentage
• GB: Games behind

Arenas[]

• City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka
• Niigata City Higashi General Sports Center
• Region Plaza Joetsu

Practice facilities[]

• Nakanoshima Gymnasium

References[]

External links[]

• Official web site (in Japanese)