2020 Warriors FC season

Warriors

2020 season
Chairman	Philip Lam Tin Sing
Head coach	Azlan Alipah
Stadium	Jurong West Stadium
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Warriors FC sat out the 2020 Singapore Premier League season due to financial and legal troubles. ^[1]

In November 2019, they were charged on court with 107 counts of not paying their staff salaries. ^[2] In total, they failed to pay more than S$350,000 in salaries to about 30 employees, including players, sports trainers and support staff.

2 days after the incident being reported, ST reported that there were 2 parties that were interested to take over Warriors FC. ^[3]

On 2 December 2019, the club's management committee said they had paid a total of S$150,000 in salaries to half of its football squad to settle arrears. ^[4]

On 31 December 2019, FAS had instructed Warriors FC to sit out the 2020 Singapore Premier League season due to their financial issue and legal troubles. ^[1]

Squad

S.League squad

As of 11 February 2019

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Start	Contract End
Goalkeepers
13	Shahul Rayyan		(1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 (age 28)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2019
Defenders
25	Shameer Aziq		(1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 27)	Tampines Rovers	2019	2019
Midfielders
10	Poh Yi Feng >30		(1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 (age 36)	Balestier Khalsa	2016	2020
Strikers
15	Fadhil Noh >30		(1989-03-04) 4 March 1989 (age 34)	Balestier Khalsa	2017
Players left club during season

U19 Squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Start	Contract End
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Strikers

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
General Manager	Paul Poh
Head Coach	Azlan Alipah
Assistant Coach	Ismadi Mukhtar
Goalkeeping Coach	Lee Bee Seng	[5]
Team Manager	Yeo Jun Xian
Fitness Trainer
Sports Trainer	Narasiman Sathivelu
Kitman

Transfers

Pre-Season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Illyas Lee	Balestier Khalsa	Free
DF	Ruzree Rohzaini	Garena Young Lions	Loan Return
FW	Fazrul Nawaz	Hougang United

Note 1: Illyas Lee moves to Tiong Bahru FC after the club was excluded from the 2020 Singapore Premier League season. Note 2: Fazrul Nawaz moves to Tampines Rovers after the club was excluded from the 2020 Singapore Premier League season.

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Fashah Iskandar	Tanjong Pagar United
GK	Kimura Riki	Lion City Sailors U21
DF	Kento Fukuda		[6]
DF	Delwinder Singh	Tanjong Pagar United
DF	Tajeli Salamat	Home United
DF	Yeo Hai Ngee	Balestier Khalsa
DF	Danial Scott Crichton	Garena Young Lions
DF	Ryhan Stewart	Garena Young Lions
DF	Illyas Lee	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)
MF	Suria Prakash	Tanjong Pagar United
MF	Ignatius Ang	Tanjong Pagar United
MF	Gabriel Quak	Home United	[7] [8]
MF	Faizal Raffi	Balestier Khalsa
MF	C. Aarish Kumar	Balestier Khalsa
FW	Sahil Suhaimi	Hougang United	[9]
FW	Khairul Nizam	Geylang International	[10]
FW	Fairoz Hassan	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)
FW	Jonathan Behe	Al-Nahda Club	[11]

Note 1: Fairoz Hassan moved to Tiong Bahru FC after being released from the club. He subsequently moved to Albirex Niigata (S) during the mid season transfer window

Extension / Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Shahul Rayyan
DF	Emmeric Ong
DF	R Aaravin
DF	Shameer Aziq
MF	Ammirul Emmran
MF	Poh Yi Feng
FW	Fadhil Noh

Promoted

Position	Player	Ref

Trial

Position	Player	Trial With	Ref
FW	Jonathan Behe	Penang FA	[12]
		Terengganu F.C. II	[13] [14]

Mid-Season Transfer

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Emmeric Ong	Hougang United	[15]
FW	Zulkiffli Hassim	Tanjong Pagar United	[16]
MF	Ammirul Emmran	Tanjong Pagar United	[17]
FW	Fazrul Nawaz	Tampines Rovers	[18]
DF	R Aaravin	Balestier Khalsa

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

  Win  Draw  Loss

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 29 September 2018

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		Total
			Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %

Singapore Premier League

Main article: 2020 Singapore Premier League

  Win  Draw  Loss

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Albirex Niigata (S) [lower-alpha 1] (C)	14	10	2	2	32	14	+18	32
2	Tampines Rovers	14	8	5	1	27	11	+16	29	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
3	Lion City Sailors	14	8	3	3	44	18	+26	27	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
4	Geylang International	14	6	2	6	18	22	−4	20
5	Balestier Khalsa	14	5	4	5	22	28	−6	19
6	Hougang United	14	4	3	7	19	24	−5	15
7	Young Lions [lower-alpha 1]	14	3	0	11	12	38	−26	9
8	Tanjong Pagar United	14	0	5	9	14	33	−19	5

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

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

Singapore Cup

Main article: 2020 Singapore Cup

  Win  Draw  Loss

See also

• 2015 Warriors FC season
• 2016 Warriors FC season
• 2017 Warriors FC season
• 2018 Warriors FC season
• 2019 Warriors FC season

References

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