2019 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Balestier Khalsa
2019 season
Chairman	Darwin Jalil
Head coach	Khidhir Khamis
Stadium	Bishan Stadium
Singapore Cup	-
	← 2018 2020 →

Last updated November 01, 2025

The 2019 season is Balestier Khalsa's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

Squad

Sleague Squad

As of 21 September 2018.

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Naqiuddin Nodin	(1994-08-12) 12 August 1994 (age 31)
13	Zacharial Leong ^U23	(1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 27)
19	Zaiful Nizam	(1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 38)	Gombak United
24	Faris Danial ^U23	(1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 28)	Geylang International
Defenders
2	Fadli Kamis	(1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 32)	Garena Young Lions
4	Khalili Khalif ^U23	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 28)	Home United
6	Nurullah Hussein	(1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 32)	Garena Young Lions
10	Sufianto Salleh	(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 32)	Home United
15	Sheikh Abdul Hadi	(1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 (age 33)	Garena Young Lions
18	Ahmad Syahir Sahimi	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 33)
20	Ahmad Zaki ^U23	(1997-04-20) 20 April 1997 (age 28)	Geylang International
21	Fazli Shafie ^U23	(1997-06-06) 6 June 1997 (age 28)	Jungfrau Punggol FC
26	Illyas Lee	(1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 29)	Hougang United
Midfielders
5	Max Goh Yi Qi ^U23	(1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 27)	Project Vaults FC
7	Hazzuwan Halim	(1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 31)
8	Raihan Rahman	(1991-02-07) 7 February 1991 (age 34)	Hougang United
11	Huzaifah Aziz	(1994-06-24) 24 June 1994 (age 31)	Hougang United
12	Jonathan Tan	(1995-12-13) 13 December 1995 (age 29)	SAFSA
14	Afiq Salman Tan	(1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 29)
16	Khairuddin Omar ^U23	(1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 29)	Home United
17	Fariz Faizal ^U23	(1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 29)
25	Kristijan Krajcek	(1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 32)	NK BSK Bijelo Brdo
27	Sanjin Vrebac ^U19	(2000-02-25) 25 February 2000 (age 25)	VfR Fischeln
	Jordan Chan ^U23	(1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 27)	Hougang United
Strikers
9	Sime Zuzul	(1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 29)	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac
22	Daniel Goh ^U23	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 26)	Hougang United
23	Akbar Shah ^U23	(1996-05-29) 29 May 1996 (age 29)	Home United
Player who left during season
3	Shaqi Sulaiman ^U23	(1998-11-10) 10 November 1998 (age 26)	Hougang United

U19 Squad

As of 9 March 2019.

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
45	Amirul Halim ^U19
51	Haziq Roslan ^U19
Defenders
36	Adil Izzudin ^U19
42	Fiqry Ady ^U19
43	Nauffal Shah ^U19		Tampines Rovers U19
50	Dinie Syazani ^U19
52	Keshav Kumar ^U19
55	Rudy Taufiq ^U19
60	Aqil Rahmat ^U19
65	Hadi Danial ^U19
Midfielders
37	Suzairhe Fadly ^U19
41	Aravindhan Ramanathan ^U19
43	Nauffal Shah ^U19
44	Sameer Alassane ^U19	(2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 (age 24)
54	Larry Sim ^U19
63	Arif Saiyadi ^U19
64	Azri Manap ^U19
66	Hadi Danial ^U19
68	Danie Shahil ^U19	(2001-12-13) 13 December 2001 (age 23)	NFA U17
69	Elston Lo ^U19
70	N.Sakthivelchezhian ^U19
Strikers
57	Kenny Kamil ^U19
62	Suriya Ramesh ^U19
67	Dhiraj Rai ^U19

Coaching staff

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Position	Name
Head Coach	Khidhir Khamis
Assistant Coach	Haris Sumri
Assistant Coach	Sead Muratović
Goalkeeping Coach	Koh Chuan Hwee/ Rizal Abdul Rahman
Fitness Coach	Rosman Sulaiman
Team Chairman	Darwin Jalil
Physiotherapist	Mohamed Nasser
Kitman	Abdul Latiff

Transfer

Pre-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
Coach	Khidhir Khamis	Free Agent
GK	Naqiuddin Nodin	Free Agent
GK	Faris Danial	Geylang International	Free
DF	Illyas Lee	Hougang United	^[2]^[3]
DF	Ahmad Zaki	Geylang International	Free ^[4]
DF	Fazli Shafie	Jungfrau Punggol FC	Free
MF	Kristijan Krajcek	NK BSK Bijelo Brdo	^[5]
MF	Šime Žužul	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac	^[6]
MF	Max Goh	Project Vaults Oxley Sports Club
MF	Jordan Chan	Hougang United
FW	Daniel Goh	Hougang United

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
Coach	Marko Kraljević	Kelantan FA	^[7]
GK	Nazri Sabri	Home United	^[8]
GK	Syahrul Nizam	Jungfrau Punggol FC	^[9]
DF	Nurisham Jupri	Project Vaults Oxley Sports Club
DF	Zakir Samsudin
DF	Sharin Majid
MF	Noor Akid Nordin	Albirex Niigata (S)	Undisclosed ^[10]
MF	Vedran Mesec	NK Sesvete (Tier 2)
FW	Keegan Linderboom	Auckland City FC (Tier 1)
FW	Dusan Marinkovic

Extension

Position	Player	Ref
DF	Khalili Khalif
DF	Sufianto Salleh
DF	Ahmad Syahir Sahimi

Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Zacharial Leong
GK	Zaiful Nizam	2 years contract signed in 2018^[11]
DF	Fadli Kamis	2 years contract signed in 2018^[12]
DF	Sheikh Abdul Hadi	2 years contract signed in 2018^[13]
DF	Sufianto Salleh	2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[14]^[15]
DF	Nurullah Hussein	2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[16]
DF	Shaqi Sulaiman	2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[17]
MF	Raihan Rahman	2 years contract signed in 2018^[18]
MF	Huzaifah Aziz	2 years contract signed in 2018 ^[19]
MF	Hazzuwan Halim	2 years contract signed in 2018^[20]
MF	Fariz Faizal	2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[21]
MF	Khairuddin Omar	2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[22]
MF	Noor Akid Nordin	2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[23]
MF	Afiq Salman Tan	2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[24]
FW	Akbar Shah	2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[25]
MF	Sanjin Vrebac

Note 1: Noor Akid Nordin moved to Albirex Niigata (S) despite signing a 2 years contract in 2018.

Promoted

Position	Player	Ref

Mid-season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
Coach	Marko Kraljević	Kelantan FA
MF	Jonathan Tan	SAFSA	loan return

Out

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
Coach	Khidhir Khamis	Sacked
DF	Shaqi Sulaiman		NS till 2021

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

Win Draw Loss

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12)1	Admiralty CSC (NFL)	1-5	Balestier Khalsa	Toa Payoh Stadium
5pm	89'		Akbar Shah 5,18,26' Hazzuwan Halim 22' Daniel Goh Ji Xiong 75'

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19)2	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (NFL)	1-9	Balestier Khalsa	Toa Payoh Stadium
5pm	Azlan Razak 28'		Šime Žužul 11' Kristijan Krajček 16,18,34,67' Hazzuwan Halim 20,29,37' Fariz Faizal 80'

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26)3	Projects Vault Oxley FC (NFL)	0-4	Balestier Khalsa	Toa Payoh Stadium
5pm			Hazzuwan Halim 1' Šime Žužul 17' Kristijan Krajček 60'76' (pen.)

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09)4	Balestier United (NFL)	0-9	Balestier Khalsa	Toa Payoh Stadium
5pm			Kristijan Krajček 14,40,67' Illyas Lee 21' Huzaifah Aziz 35' Šime Žužul 39,48' Fariz Faizal 44' Hazzuwan Halim 90' (pen.)

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16)5	Singapore Khalsa Association Football (NFL)	0-9	Balestier Khalsa	Toa Payoh Stadium
5pm			Sameer Alassane42,50' Fariz Faizal 55' Vrebac Sanjin 56,75' Afiq Tan 80' Kristijan Krajček 83'

20 February 2019 (2019-02-20)6	Singapore U19	2-6	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
		Report	Huzaifah Aziz 7' Hazzuwan Halim 8' Šime Žužul 41,47' Akbar Shah 59,62'

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 15 September 2018

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Naqiuddin Nodin	8	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Fadli Kamis	24	1	3	0	0	0
4	DF	Khalili Khalif	18(1)	0	2	0	0	0
5	MF	Max Goh Yi Qi	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Nurullah Hussein	16(1)	0	2(1)	0	0	0
7	MF	Hazzuwan Halim	16(2)	10	3	0	0	0
8	MF	Raihan Rahman	17(3)	1	1(1)	0	0	0
9	FW	Sime Zuzul	16(1)	9	2	1	0	0
10	DF	Sufianto Salleh	7(6)	0	2	0	0	0
11	MF	Huzaifah Aziz	18(3)	2	2(1)	0	0	0
12	MF	Jonathan Tan	1(2)	0	0(2)	0	0	0
13	GK	Zacharial Leong	6	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	Afiq Salman Tan	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Sheikh Abdul Hadi	9	0	3	0	0	0
16	MF	Khairuddin Omar	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Fariz Faizal	9(5)	0	2	0	0	0
18	DF	Ahmad Syahir Sahimi	17(1)	0	1	0	0	0
19	GK	Zaiful Nizam	5	0	1	0	0	0
20	DF	Ahmad Zaki Bagharib	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	Fazli Shafie	6(1)	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	Daniel Goh Ji Xiong	16(4)	2	2	0	0	0
23	FW	Akbar Shah	3(1)	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK	Faris Danial	3	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Kristijan Krajcek	15(2)	5	3	2	0	0
26	DF	Illyas Lee	10(5)	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Sanjin Vrebac	11(10)	5	1(1)	0	0	0
44	MF	Sameer Alassane	10(3)	1	1	0	0	0
62	FW	Suriya Ramesh	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Singapore Premier League	24	4	5	15	37	58	−21	016.67
Singapore Cup	3	1	1	1	3	3	+0	033.33
Total	27	5	6	16	40	61	−21	018.52

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02)1	Young Lions FC	1-4	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Haiqal Pashia 32'		Sime Zuzul 10'45' Hazzuwan Halim 73' Huzaifah Aziz 90'	Referee: Edwin Lee

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09)2	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Hougang United	Bishan Stadium
	Kristijan Krajcek 42' Huzaifah Aziz 45' Illyas Lee 61' Nurullah Hussein 78'		Faris Ramli 60' Afiq Noor 18'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

17 March 2019 (2019-03-17)3	Home United	0-0	Balestier Khalsa	Bishan Stadium
	Juma'at Jantan 26'		Raihan Rahman 53' Huzaifah Aziz 55'	Referee: Y.Sathyakumar

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31)4	Balestier Khalsa	3-0	Geylang International	Bishan Stadium
	Darren Teh 59' (o.g.) Hazzuwan Halim 64' Kristijan Krajcek 84' Fadli Kamis 45' Nurullah Hussein 45' Daniel Goh Ji Xiong 59'		Barry Maguire 45'	Referee: Muhammad Taqi

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06)5	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-1	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Shoki Ohara85' Yoshikatsu Hiraga90+2' Daizo Horikoshi 71' Kyoga Nakamura 72'		Huzaifah Aziz 4' 75' Akbar Shah 22' Fazli Shafie 25' Raihan Rahman 68'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13)6	Balestier Khalsa	1-7	Brunei DPMM	Bishan Stadium
	Sanjin Vrebac 79' Daniel Goh Ji Xiong 53' Illyas Lee 63' Sufianto Salleh 70'		Andrei Varankou 14'39'59'71' (pen.)83' Blake Ricciuto 27'31' 84' Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman 49' Nur Ikhwan Othman 53'	Referee: Muhammad Taqi

21 April 2019 (2019-04-21)7	Balestier Khalsa	1-1	Tampines Rovers	Bishan Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 74' Raihan Rahman 63' Sufianto Salleh 81' Daniel Goh Ji Xiong 89'		Zehrudin Mehmedović 76' Shah Shahiran 66' Shahdan Sulaiman 90+3'	Referee: G. Letchman

28 April 2019 (2019-04-28)8	Balestier Khalsa	2-1	Warriors FC	Bishan Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 46' Sanjin Vrebac 60' Nurullah Hussein 56' Fazli Shafie 88'		Jonathan Béhé 77' 51' Gabriel Quak 26'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

3 May 2019 (2019-05-03)9	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Young Lions FC	Bishan Stadium
	Sanjin Vrebac 1' Raihan Rahman 3' Sufianto Salleh 89'		Syukri Bashir 68' Syed Akmal 83'	Referee: Lim Liang Yi

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12)10	Hougang United	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Faris Ramli 45 Anumanthan Kumar 84' 74' Jordan Nicolas Vestering 33' Stipe Plazibat 49' Muhaimin Suhaimi 63,81'		Huzaifah Aziz 19' Nurullah Hussein 45' Sime Zuzul 47' Illyas Lee 50'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar

26 May 2019 (2019-05-26)11	Balestier Khalsa	2-4	Home United	Bishan Stadium
	Sime Zuzul 42' Sameer Alassane45' Raihan Rahman 44' Nurullah Hussein 65' Fadli Kamis 90'		Hafiz Nor 51'79' Song Ui-young 73' Oliver Puflett 75' Juma'at Jantan 65'	Referee: G. Letchman

16 June 2019 (2019-06-16)12	Geylang International	5-0	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	Shawal Anuar 17'45' Barry Maguire 44'48' Yuki Ichikawa 76' Umar Akhbar 54'			Referee: Nathan Chan

21 June 2019 (2019-06-21)13	Balestier Khalsa	1-3	Albirex Niigata (S)	Bishan Stadium
	Sime Zuzul 1' Huzaifah Aziz 33' Ahmad Syahir 45+2' Raihan Rahman 58' Nurullah Hussein 80'		Kaishu Yamazaki 75' Noor Akid Nordin 78' 25' Yosuke Nakagawa 90+4'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton

28 June 2019 (2019-06-28)14	Brunei DPMM	2-1	Balestier Khalsa	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman 5' Blake Ricciuto 52'		Sime Zuzul 47' 59' Sufianto Salleh 11' Ahmad Syahir Sahimi 39'	Referee: Lim Liang Yi

7 July 2019 (2019-07-07)15	Tampines Rovers	4-2	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	Zehrudin Mehmedovic 15'44' Jordan Webb 17' Ryutaro Megumi 31'		Raihan Rahman 47' Sime Zuzul 87' (pen.)	Referee: Muhd Taqi

19 July 2019 (2019-07-19)16 (Rescheduled)	Warriors FC	3-3	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Jonathan Béhé 3' Ignatius Ang 68' Fairoz Hassan 75'		Sanjin Vrebac 5' Sime Zuzul 40'85'88	Referee: Syahir Ahmadi

28 July 2019 (2019-07-28)17	Young Lions FC	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Nur Luqman 28' Sharul Nizam 33'		Huzaifah Aziz 60'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar

4 August 2019 (2019-08-04)18	Balestier Khalsa	3-4	Hougang United	Bishan Stadium
	Fadli Kamis 14' Hazzuwan Halim 36'75' Fariz Faizal 62'		Stipe Plazibat 43' Shahfiq Ghani 58'66' Faris Ramli 78' Afiq Yunos 84'	Referee: Abirami Naidu

14 August 2019 (2019-08-14)19	Home United	1-3	Balestier Khalsa	Bishan Stadium
	Faritz Abdul Hameed 70'		Kristijan Krajcek 14'84' Hazzuwan Halim 66'	Referee: Farhan Mohamed

18 August 2019 (2019-08-18)20	Balestier Khalsa	3-4	Geylang International	Bishan Stadium
	Daniel Goh 65,72' Sime Zuzul 75'		Christopher Van Huizen 7' Shawal Anuar 57' Fareez Farhan 90+1' Amy Recha 90+4'	Referee: Syarqawi Buhari

18 September 2019 (2019-09-18)21 (Rescheduled)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Hiroyoshi Kamata 19' (pen.) Kyoga Nakamura 90+3'

1 September 2019 (2019-09-01)22	Balestier Khalsa	1-4	Brunei DPMM	Bishan Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 44'		Charlie Clough 3' Andrei Varankou 13'90+1' Azizi 69'	Referee: Lim Liang Yi

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14)23	Tampines Rovers	3-3	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	Taufik Suparno 6' Yasir Hanapi 31' Jordan Webb 91'		Hazzuwan Halim 21' Sanjin Vrebac 29' Kristijan Krajcek 81'	Referee: Farhan Mohamed

29 September 2019 (2019-09-29)24 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	3-3	Warriors FC	Bishan Stadium
	Sanjin Vrebac 67' Hazzuwan Halim 81' (pen.) Kristijan Krajcek 86'		Zulkiffli Hassim 41'45' Faizal Raffi 73'	Referee: Syahir Ahmadi

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Geylang International	24	10	3	11	41	48	−7	33
6	Home United	24	9	3	12	34	46	−12	30
7	Warriors	24	6	5	13	40	56	−16	23
8	Young Lions ^[a]	24	6	4	14	21	38	−17	22
9	Balestier Khalsa	24	4	5	15	37	58	−21	17

Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

↑ The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup

Win Draw Loss

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25)Match 1	Home United	1-3	Balestier Khalsa	Bishan Stadium
	Song Ui-young 45' (pen.)		Sime Zuzul 35' Kristijan Krajcek 52'60'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19)Match 2	Balestier Khalsa	0-2	Tampines Rovers	Bishan Stadium
			Jordan Webb 59' Ryutaro Megumi 79'	Referee: Muhd Taqi

23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)Match 3	Balestier Khalsa	0-0	Warriors FC	Bishan Stadium
				Referee: Farhan Mohamad

References

[table_note_ALB0.27890660813027-26] The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

[1] "Staff for Balestier". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-21.

[2] "Illyas Lee left Hougang United".

[3] "Singapore U-23 defender Illyas Lee to join Balestier Khalsa from Hougang". Archived from the original on January 10, 2019.

[4] "Zaki from Eagle to Tiger".

[5] "Kristijan Krajcek sign for Tigers".

[6] "Šime Žužul sign for Tigers".

[7] "Kraljevic to take over as Kelantan coach".

[8] "Nazri Sabri keep clean sheet against former club".

[9] "JFPC announce 2019 squad which include former Balestier Khalsa's keeper".

[10] "Noor Akid Nordin signed for Japanese club".

[11] "Zaiful signed for another 2 years".

[12] "Fadli signed for another 2 years".

[13] "Sheikh Abdul Hadi recently penned a two-year extension to his playing contract, which will run until 2019".

[14] "Sufianto switch from Dragons to Tigers". Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-09-21.

[15] "Balestier Khalsa are delighted to confirm the new signing of 25-year-old Sufianto Salleh from Home United on 2 years deal".

[16] "Nurullah Hussein returns to Balestier after serving his National Service!".

[17] "Balestier Khalsa are pleased to confirm the signing of Shaqi Sulaiman from Hougang United FC!".

[18] "Raihan extends till 2019".^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[19] "Huzaifah Aziz has signed for the Tigers for another two years".

[20] "Hazzuwan extends 2 years of contract".

[21] "Fariz Faizal promoted to main squad in 2018".

[22] "Khairuddin Omar returns to Balestier after serving his National Service!".

[23] "Noor Akid Nordin has returned to Balestier Khalsa after completing his National Service last week!".

[24] "Afiq Salman Tan has rejoined the Tigers after completing his National Service !".

[25] "Akbar Shah Zainudeen has rejoined the Tigers after completing his National Service!".

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2019 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Contents

Squad

Sleague Squad

U19 Squad

Coaching staff

Transfer

Pre-season transfer

In

Out

Extension

Retained

Promoted

Mid-season transfers

In

Out

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

Singapore Cup

See also

References