2019 Balestier Khalsa FC season

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Balestier Khalsa
2019 season
ChairmanDarwin Jalil
Head coach Khidhir Khamis
Stadium Bishan Stadium
Singapore Cup-
  2018
2020  

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.

Contents

Squad

Sleague Squad

As of 21 September 2018.
Squad No.NameDate of Birth (Age)Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Naqiuddin Nodin 12 August 1994 (age 30)
13Zacharial Leong U236 April 1998 (age 26)
19 Zaiful Nizam 24 July 1987 (age 37) Gombak United
24Faris Danial U2323 May 1997 (age 27) Geylang International
Defenders
2 Fadli Kamis 7 November 1992 (age 31) Garena Young Lions
4 Khalili Khalif U233 January 1997 (age 27) Home United
6 Nurullah Hussein 9 May 1993 (age 31) Garena Young Lions
10 Sufianto Salleh 9 March 1993 (age 31) Home United
15 Sheikh Abdul Hadi 24 March 1992 (age 32) Garena Young Lions
18 Ahmad Syahir Sahimi 10 April 1992 (age 32)
20 Ahmad Zaki U2320 April 1997 (age 27) Geylang International
21 Fazli Shafie U236 June 1997 (age 27)Jungfrau Punggol FC
26 Illyas Lee 1 December 1995 (age 28) Hougang United
Midfielders
5Max Goh Yi Qi U236 March 1998 (age 26)Project Vaults FC
7 Hazzuwan Halim 2 February 1994 (age 30)
8 Raihan Rahman 7 February 1991 (age 33) Hougang United
11 Huzaifah Aziz 24 June 1994 (age 30) Hougang United
12 Jonathan Tan 13 December 1995 (age 28) SAFSA
14 Afiq Salman Tan 28 November 1995 (age 28)
16 Khairuddin Omar U238 March 1996 (age 28) Home United
17 Fariz Faizal U2317 October 1996 (age 27)
25 Flag of Croatia.svg Kristijan Krajcek 1 October 1993 (age 30) Flag of Croatia.svg NK BSK Bijelo Brdo
27 Flag of Austria.svg Sanjin Vrebac U1925 February 2000 (age 24) Flag of Germany.svg VfR Fischeln
Jordan Chan U235 March 1998 (age 26) Hougang United
Strikers
9 Flag of Croatia.svg Sime Zuzul 10 January 1996 (age 28) Flag of Croatia.svg NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac
22 Daniel Goh U2313 August 1999 (age 25) Hougang United
23 Akbar Shah U2329 May 1996 (age 28) Home United
Player who left during season
3 Shaqi Sulaiman U2310 November 1998 (age 25) Hougang United

U19 Squad

As of 9 March 2019.
Squad No.NameDate of Birth (Age)Previous Club
Goalkeepers
45 Flag of Singapore.svg Amirul Halim U19
51 Flag of Singapore.svg Haziq Roslan U19
Defenders
36 Flag of Singapore.svg Adil Izzudin U19
42 Flag of Singapore.svg Fiqry Ady U19
43 Flag of Singapore.svg Nauffal Shah U19 Flag of Singapore.svg Tampines Rovers U19
50 Flag of Singapore.svg Dinie Syazani U19
52 Flag of Singapore.svg Keshav Kumar U19
55 Flag of Singapore.svg Rudy Taufiq U19
60 Flag of Singapore.svg Aqil Rahmat U19
65 Flag of Singapore.svg Hadi Danial U19
Midfielders
37 Flag of Singapore.svg Suzairhe Fadly U19
41 Flag of Singapore.svg Aravindhan Ramanathan U19
43 Flag of Singapore.svg Nauffal Shah U19
44 Flag of Singapore.svg Flag of Mali.svg Sameer Alassane U1924 December 2000 (age 23)
54 Flag of Singapore.svg Larry Sim U19
63 Flag of Singapore.svg Arif Saiyadi U19
64 Flag of Singapore.svg Azri Manap U19
66 Flag of Singapore.svg Hadi Danial U19
68 Flag of Singapore.svg Danie Shahil U1913 December 2001 (age 22) Flag of Singapore.svg NFA U17
69 Flag of Singapore.svg Elston Lo U19
70 Flag of Singapore.svg N.Sakthivelchezhian U19
Strikers
57 Flag of Singapore.svg Kenny Kamil U19
62 Flag of Singapore.svg Suriya Ramesh U19
67 Flag of Singapore.svg Dhiraj Rai U19

Coaching staff

[1]

PositionName
Head Coach Khidhir Khamis
Assistant Coach Haris Sumri
Assistant Coach Flag of Serbia.svg Sead Muratović
Goalkeeping Coach Koh Chuan Hwee/ Rizal Abdul Rahman
Fitness Coach Rosman Sulaiman
Team Chairman Darwin Jalil
PhysiotherapistMohamed Nasser
Kitman Abdul Latiff

Transfer

Pre-season transfer

In

PositionPlayerTransferred FromRef
Coach Flag of Singapore.svg Khidhir Khamis Free Agent
GK Flag of Singapore.svg Naqiuddin Nodin Free Agent
GK Flag of Singapore.svg Faris Danial Flag of Singapore.svg Geylang International Free
DF Flag of Singapore.svg Illyas Lee Flag of Singapore.svg Hougang United [2] [3]
DF Flag of Singapore.svg Ahmad Zaki Flag of Singapore.svg Geylang International Free [4]
DF Flag of Singapore.svg Fazli Shafie Flag of Singapore.svg Jungfrau Punggol FC Free
MF Flag of Croatia.svg Kristijan Krajcek Flag of Croatia.svg NK BSK Bijelo Brdo [5]
MF Flag of Croatia.svg Šime Žužul Flag of Croatia.svg NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac [6]
MF Flag of Singapore.svg Max Goh Flag of Singapore.svg Project Vaults Oxley Sports Club
MF Flag of Singapore.svg Jordan Chan Flag of Singapore.svg Hougang United
FW Flag of Singapore.svg Daniel Goh Flag of Singapore.svg Hougang United

Out

PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef
Coach Flag of Croatia.svg Marko Kraljević Flag of Malaysia.svg Kelantan FA [7]
GK Flag of Singapore.svg Nazri Sabri Flag of Singapore.svg Home United [8]
GK Flag of Singapore.svg Syahrul Nizam Flag of Singapore.svg Jungfrau Punggol FC [9]
DF Flag of Singapore.svg Nurisham Jupri Flag of Singapore.svg Project Vaults Oxley Sports Club
DF Flag of Singapore.svg Zakir Samsudin
DF Flag of Singapore.svg Sharin Majid
MF Flag of Singapore.svg Noor Akid Nordin Flag of Singapore.svg Albirex Niigata (S) Undisclosed [10]
MF Flag of Croatia.svg Vedran Mesec Flag of Croatia.svg NK Sesvete (Tier 2)
FW Flag of New Zealand.svg Keegan Linderboom Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City FC (Tier 1)
FW Flag of Serbia.svg Dusan Marinkovic

Extension

PositionPlayerRef
DF Khalili Khalif
DF Sufianto Salleh
DF Ahmad Syahir Sahimi

Retained

PositionPlayerRef
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 Flag of Austria.svg Sanjin Vrebac

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

PositionPlayerRef

Mid-season transfers

In

PositionPlayerTransferred FromRef
Coach Flag of Croatia.svg Marko Kraljević Flag of Malaysia.svg Kelantan FA
MF Flag of Singapore.svg Jonathan Tan Flag of Singapore.svg SAFSA loan return

Out

PositionPlayerTransferred FromRef
Coach Flag of Singapore.svg Khidhir Khamis Sacked
DF Flag of Singapore.svg Shaqi Sulaiman NS till 2021

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

  Win  Draw  Loss

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12)1 Admiralty CSC Flag of Singapore.svg (NFL) 1-5 Flag of Singapore.svg Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium
5pmSoccerball shade.svg89' Akbar Shah Soccerball shade.svg5,18,26'
Hazzuwan Halim Soccerball shade.svg22'
Daniel Goh Ji Xiong Soccerball shade.svg75'

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 15 September 2018

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.Pos.PlayerSleagueSingapore CupTotal
Apps. Soccerball shade.svg GoalsApps. Soccerball shade.svg GoalsApps. Soccerball shade.svg Goals
1GK Naqiuddin Nodin 800000
2DF Fadli Kamis 2413000
4DF Khalili Khalif 18(1)02000
5MFMax Goh Yi Qi100000
6DF Nurullah Hussein 16(1)02(1)000
7MF Hazzuwan Halim 16(2)103000
8MF Raihan Rahman 17(3)11(1)000
9FW Flag of Croatia.svg Sime Zuzul 16(1)92100
10DF Sufianto Salleh 7(6)02000
11MF Huzaifah Aziz 18(3)22(1)000
12MF Jonathan Tan 1(2)00(2)000
13GK Zacharial Leong 602000
14MF Afiq Salman Tan 0(1)00000
15DF Sheikh Abdul Hadi 903000
16MF Khairuddin Omar 0(1)00000
17MF Fariz Faizal 9(5)02000
18DF Ahmad Syahir Sahimi 17(1)01000
19GK Zaiful Nizam 501000
20DF Ahmad Zaki Bagharib 0(2)00000
21DF Fazli Shafie 6(1)00000
22FW Daniel Goh Ji Xiong 16(4)22000
23FW Akbar Shah 3(1)00000
24GKFaris Danial300000
25MF Flag of Croatia.svg Kristijan Krajcek 15(2)53200
26DF Illyas Lee 10(5)00000
27MF Flag of Austria.svg Sanjin Vrebac 11(10)51(1)000
44MF Flag of Singapore.svg Flag of Mali.svg Sameer Alassane10(3)11000
62FW Suriya Ramesh 0(3)00000

Competitions

Overview

CompetitionRecord
PWDLGFGAGDWin %
Singapore Premier League 2445153758−21016.67
Singapore Cup 311133+0033.33
Total2756164061−21018.52

Singapore Premier League

  Win  Draw  Loss

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09)2 Balestier Khalsa Flag of Singapore.svg 0-1 Flag of Singapore.svg Hougang United Bishan Stadium
Kristijan Krajcek Yellow card.svg 42'
Huzaifah Aziz Yellow card.svg 45'
Illyas Lee Yellow card.svg 61'
Nurullah Hussein Yellow card.svg 78'
Faris Ramli Soccerball shade.svg60'
Afiq Noor Yellow card.svg 18'
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
17 March 2019 (2019-03-17)3 Home United Flag of Singapore.svg 0-0 Flag of Singapore.svg Balestier Khalsa Bishan Stadium
Juma'at Jantan Yellow card.svg 26' Raihan Rahman Yellow card.svg 53'
Huzaifah Aziz Yellow card.svg 55'
Referee: Y.Sathyakumar
13 April 2019 (2019-04-13)6 Balestier Khalsa Flag of Singapore.svg 1-7 Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei DPMM Bishan Stadium
Sanjin Vrebac Soccerball shade.svg79'
Daniel Goh Ji Xiong Yellow card.svg 53'
Illyas Lee Yellow card.svg 63'
Sufianto Salleh Yellow card.svg 70'
Andrei Varankou Soccerball shade.svg14'Soccerball shade.svg39'Soccerball shade.svg59'Soccerball shade.svg71' (pen)Soccerball shade.svg83'
Blake Ricciuto Soccerball shade.svg27'Soccerball shade.svg31'Yellow card.svg 84'
Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman Yellow card.svg 49'
Nur Ikhwan Othman Yellow card.svg 53'
Referee: Muhammad Taqi
28 April 2019 (2019-04-28)8 Balestier Khalsa Flag of Singapore.svg 2-1 Flag of Singapore.svg Warriors FC Bishan Stadium
Hazzuwan Halim Soccerball shade.svg46'
Sanjin Vrebac Soccerball shade.svg60'
Nurullah Hussein Yellow card.svg 56'
Fazli Shafie Yellow card.svg 88'
Jonathan Béhé Soccerball shade.svg77'Yellow card.svg 51'
Gabriel Quak Yellow card.svg 26'
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
26 May 2019 (2019-05-26)11 Balestier Khalsa Flag of Singapore.svg 2-4 Flag of Singapore.svg Home United Bishan Stadium
Sime Zuzul Soccerball shade.svg42'
Sameer AlassaneSoccerball shade.svg45'
Raihan Rahman Yellow card.svg 44'
Nurullah Hussein Yellow card.svg 65'
Fadli Kamis Yellow card.svg 90'
Hafiz Nor Soccerball shade.svg51'Soccerball shade.svg79'
Song Ui-young Soccerball shade.svg73'
Oliver Puflett Soccerball shade.svg75'
Juma'at Jantan Yellow card.svg 65'
Referee: G. Letchman
19 July 2019 (2019-07-19)16 (Rescheduled) Warriors FC Flag of Singapore.svg 3-3 Flag of Singapore.svg Balestier Khalsa Jurong East Stadium
Jonathan Béhé Soccerball shade.svg3'
Ignatius Ang Soccerball shade.svg68'
Fairoz Hassan Soccerball shade.svg75'
Sanjin Vrebac Soccerball shade.svg5'
Sime Zuzul Soccerball shade.svg40'Soccerball shade.svg85'Soccerball shade cross.svg88
Referee: Syahir Ahmadi
28 July 2019 (2019-07-28)17 Young Lions FC Flag of Singapore.svg 1-0 Flag of Singapore.svg Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Nur Luqman Soccerball shade.svg28'
Sharul Nizam Yellow card.svg 33'
Huzaifah Aziz Yellow card.svg 60'Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar
4 August 2019 (2019-08-04)18 Balestier Khalsa Flag of Singapore.svg 3-4 Flag of Singapore.svg Hougang United Bishan Stadium
Fadli Kamis Soccerball shade.svg14'
Hazzuwan Halim Soccerball shade.svg36'Soccerball shade.svg75'
Fariz Faizal Yellow card.svg 62'
Stipe Plazibat Soccerball shade.svg43'
Shahfiq Ghani Soccerball shade.svg58'Soccerball shade.svg66'
Faris Ramli Soccerball shade.svg78'
Afiq Yunos Yellow card.svg 84'
Referee: Abirami Naidu
14 August 2019 (2019-08-14)19 Home United Flag of Singapore.svg 1-3 Flag of Singapore.svg Balestier Khalsa Bishan Stadium
Faritz Abdul Hameed Soccerball shade.svg70' Kristijan Krajcek Soccerball shade.svg14'Soccerball shade.svg84'
Hazzuwan Halim Soccerball shade.svg66'
Referee: Farhan Mohamed
18 September 2019 (2019-09-18)21 (Rescheduled) Albirex Niigata (S) Flag of Singapore.svg 2-0 Flag of Singapore.svg Balestier Khalsa Jurong East Stadium
Hiroyoshi Kamata Soccerball shade.svg19' (pen)
Kyoga Nakamura Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
1 September 2019 (2019-09-01)22 Balestier Khalsa Flag of Singapore.svg 1-4 Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei DPMM Bishan Stadium
Hazzuwan Halim Soccerball shade.svg44' Charlie Clough Soccerball shade.svg3'
Andrei Varankou Soccerball shade.svg13'Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Azizi Soccerball shade.svg69'
Referee: Lim Liang Yi
29 September 2019 (2019-09-29)24 (Rescheduled) Balestier Khalsa Flag of Singapore.svg 3-3 Flag of Singapore.svg Warriors FC Bishan Stadium
Sanjin Vrebac Soccerball shade.svg67'
Hazzuwan Halim Soccerball shade.svg81' (pen)
Kristijan Krajcek Soccerball shade.svg86'
Zulkiffli Hassim Soccerball shade.svg41'Soccerball shade.svg45'
Faizal Raffi Soccerball shade.svg73'
Referee: Syahir Ahmadi

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
5 Geylang International 24103114148733
6 Home United 24931234461230
7 Warriors 24651340561623
8 Young Lions [lower-alpha 1] 24641421381722
9 Balestier Khalsa 24451537582117
Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
  1. 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 Flag of Singapore.svg 1-3 Flag of Singapore.svg Balestier Khalsa Bishan Stadium
Song Ui-young Soccerball shade.svg45' (pen) Sime Zuzul Soccerball shade.svg35'
Kristijan Krajcek Soccerball shade.svg52'Soccerball shade.svg60'
Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar
19 October 2019 (2019-10-19)Match 2 Balestier Khalsa Flag of Singapore.svg 0-2 Flag of Singapore.svg Tampines Rovers Bishan Stadium
Jordan Webb Soccerball shade.svg59'
Ryutaro Megumi Soccerball shade.svg79'
Referee: Muhd Taqi
23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)Match 3 Balestier Khalsa Flag of Singapore.svg 0-0 Flag of Singapore.svg Warriors FC Bishan Stadium
Referee: Farhan Mohamad

See also

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References

  1. "Staff for Balestier". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Illyas Lee left Hougang United".
  3. "Singapore U-23 defender Illyas Lee to join Balestier Khalsa from Hougang".
  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!".