Former Albirex players who have gone on to forge decent J-League careers include former League Players of the Year, Atsushi Kawata (2016) and Tomoyuki Doi (2021), while Issey Nakajima-Farran even went on to play in Major League Soccer in the United States and Ilhan Fandi who went on to play for the Belgium 2nd division club, Deinze in Europe.

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.

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.

After 6 years since his first charge of the club in 2009, Naoki Naruo re-joined Albirex Niigata Singapore, replacing Tatsuyuki Okuyama as head coach.

On 28 December 2021, Albirex Niigata Singapore 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.

The following season, he help them to win the 2023 Singapore Premier League title and the 2023 Singapore Community Shield To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the club, on 13 September 2023, Albirex Niigata Singapore 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.

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.

After a string of disappointment results of five losing streaks, head coach Kazuaki Yoshinaga left the club on 13 July 2024.

Video assistant referee (VAR) technology will be used for the first time in the 2023 Singapore Premier League season and also at the Jurong East Stadium.