Beginning and history of the club (2004–2010) Albirex Niigata Singapore, a satellite team of Japanese club
Albirex Niigata, joined the
S. League in
2004. It was in that year the
Football Association of Singapore decided to invite foreign teams in the league in a bid to deal with poor attendance issues. For the first years of the club's participation in the league it has settled in the mid-table in the standings. In 2008, Daisuke Korenaga became chairman of the club who introduced reforms in the club in order to improve its standing in the league. Among these was to secure sponsorship from Japanese companies with presence in Singapore, with the club having as many as 50 sponsors and improved fan engagement by setting up a Cheer Dance School and an academy. as Albirex Niigata Singapore head coach from 2010 to 2013
First silverware in club history (2011–2013) 2011 was a great start for Albirex Niigata (S) as midway throughout 2011, head coach,
Koichi Sugiyama leads them to all the way to final of the
2011 Singapore League Cup and guiding the White Swans to their first ever piece of silverware in the club history. Sugiyama also guided them to the
2011 Singapore Cup but eventually conceded a goal in the very last minute of extra time against
Home United. In August 2014, he left Albirex to signed with Thailand club,
Ayutthaya.
Cup's double and clean sweep (2014–2016) Tatsuyuki Okuyama who had spent his entire career in hometown club,
Albirex Niigata who once coached youth teams of Albirex after his playing career ended and also the
Albirex Niigata Ladies, has decided to signed as the head coach for Albirex Niigata (S). Okuyama was Sugiyama's assistant coach during the
2013 season, which will see Okuyama succeeding him in being the head coach for the White Swans for the upcoming
2014 season. The following season, he guided the team to win the
2015 Singapore League Cup and the
2015 Singapore Cup. After 6 years since his first charge of the club in 2009,
Naoki Naruo re-joined Albirex Niigata (S), replacing
Tatsuyuki Okuyama as head coach. Naruo led the White Swans to being the first club in Singapore football history to achieved all the unprecedented sweep of all four of the possible league's major trophies, the
2016 S.League,
2016 Singapore Cup,
2016 Singapore League Cup and the
2016 Singapore Community Shield which led to him being named the 2016
S.League Coach of the Year. On 3 November 2016, two days after winning the league championship, Naruo announced that he is leaving the newly crowned champions.
Invincible season by Kazuaki Yoshinaga (2017) On 2 December 2016,
Kazuaki Yoshinaga was appointed head coach of
Albirex Niigata (S). In his first year, Yoshinaga guided them to retained the
2017 S.League title and also and also winning the 2017 S.League Coach of the Year. He also extended his contract with the White Swans for another year coaching them for the revamped
2018 Singapore Premier League (SPL) season which saw Yoshinaga guiding them to an invincible season, winning the league title without defeat and also all of the possible titles in Singapore professional football:
2018 Singapore Cup and
2018 Singapore Community Shield, while he also won the league's 2018 Coach of the Year award for the second successive year. Due to Yoshinaga's impressive work with Albirex Niigata (S), he returned to Japan in 2019 as the parent club,
Albirex Niigata appointed him initially as their academy manager before being appointed as a team manager in April the same year.
Consecutive champions (2021–2023) In April 2021, Kazuaki Yoshinaga returned to Albirex Niigata (S) as the club technical director, before becoming the Manager once again in 2022 guiding them to win the
2022 Singapore Premier League title and also winning the league's 2022 Coach of the Year award for the third time. On 28 December 2021, Albirex Niigata (S) announced the signing of former
Southampton forward and Japanese legend,
Tadanari Lee who famously comes on as a substitute in the
2011 AFC Asian Cup Final held in
Qatar and scoring his first international goal to secure a 1–0 win over
Australia which gives Japan their fourth Asian Cup success. Lee had also won the
2017 AFC Champions League with
Urawa Red Diamonds and the
J1 League title with
Yokohama F. Marinos in 2019. It was reported that the one-year contract will see him earn about $12,000 per month. On 1 December 2022, Yoshinaga extended his contract and will continue to lead the team for the upcoming
2023 season. The following season, he help them to win the
2023 Singapore Premier League title and the
2023 Singapore Community Shield Localisation and decline (2024–2025) To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the club, on 13 September 2023, Albirex Niigata (S) announced that from the 2024 season, the club, which has historically featured mainly Japanese players in its senior team, is shifting its focus towards a players mainly composed of predominantly Singaporean players roster which in line with this change, It aims to participate in AFC tournaments such as the
AFC Champions League Two, depending on the club league performances. The club also announced that local brand, Fifty50 which was established in 2023, as their apparel partnership for the season. Albirex Niigata Singapore announced in December 2023 that they have sign veteran,
Yohei Otake from
J2 League side
V-Varen Nagasaki,
Yojiro Takahagi from
FC Tokyo and the club first ever Nigerian-Japanese footballer,
Stevia Egbus Mikuni for their 2024 campaign. Albirex Niigata Singapore also signed U-21 Japanese-Iraqi footballer, Arya Igami Tarhani and former player,
Shuhei Hoshino who returned to the club after six years since the 2018 season. The club suffered their heaviest defeat since 2009 in a 7–1 lost to league rivals
Lion City Sailors on 23 June 2024. They went on to suffered another back-to-back thrashing losing to
Geylang International 6–0 on 6 July 2024. After a string of disappointment results of five losing streaks, head coach
Kazuaki Yoshinaga left the club on 13 July 2024. His assistant,
Keiji Shigetomi will take over as interim head coach. Albirex Niigata (S) also seen their worst defeat to minnows
Young Lions on 28 March 2025 during the
2024–25 Singapore Cup final group stage fixtures losing 7–1 to them. Ahead of the
2025–26 season, Albirex Niigata (S) announced Keiji Shigetomi has signed a permanent contract to stay as the club head coach. The club also announced that Spanish sportswear company,
Kelme as the club apparel partnership for the new season. Apart from signing Singaporean and Japanese players, In June 2025, Albirex Niigata (S) also announced their first foreigner import signing Korean player, Lee Dong Yeol on loan from
FC Osaka. The club also went on to sign two more Korean players;
Kim Tae-uk and
Cho Eun-su. The club also sign former player
Takahiro Koga.
Club revamp (2026–present) On 27 November 2025, Albirex Niigata (S) announced that the club will be changing its club name to
Albirex Jurong Football Club and also their club crest from the 2026–27 season onwards while the club will stick to their original club colours. While the women's and youth team adopt the name name on 1 January, the men's team will change to Albirex Jurong in July 2026 after the end of the
2025–26 Singapore Premier League. In April 2026, the club made a further announcement that they would be known as FC Jurong after the current seasons ends respectively in May and December 2026. The club also signed Japanese player,
Keisuke Honda for the 2026–27 season. ==Affiliated clubs==