| 2021 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | S Thavaneson |
| Head coach | |
| Stadium | Bishan Stadium |
| Singapore Cup | - |
The 2021 season is Balestier Khalsa's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||
| 1 | Kimura Riki U23 | | 14 November 2000 | | 2021 | 2021 | |
| 25 | Zacharial Leong U23 | | 6 April 1998 | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 | |
| Defenders | |||||||
| 2 | Fadli Kamis | | 7 November 1992 | | 2016 | 2021 | |
| 5 | Ensar Brunčević | | 13 February 1999 | | 2020 | 2022 | |
| 13 | Amer Hakeem U23 | | 8 November 1998 | | 2021 | 2022 | |
| 17 | Sameer Alassane U23 | | 24 December 2000 | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 | |
| 18 | Ahmad Syahir | | 10 April 1992 | Youth Team | 2013 | 2021 | |
| 22 | Khalili Khalif | | 3 January 1997 | | 2021 | 2021 | |
| 24 | Ho Wai Loon | | 20 August 1993 | | 2021 | 2021 | |
| 39 | Aiman Zavyan U23 | | 7 June 2002 | | 2020 | 2021 | |
| Midfielders | |||||||
| 3 | Max Goh Yi Qi U23 | | 6 March 1998 | | 2021 | 2021 | |
| 4 | Faizal Raffi | | 20 January 1996 | | 2020 | 2021 | |
| 6 | Aarish Kumar U23 | | 19 May 1999 | | 2020 | 2021 | |
| 8 | Kristijan Krajcek | | 1 October 1993 | | 2019 | 2021 | |
| 14 | Hariysh Krishnakumar U23 | | 23 October 2002 | | 2021 | 2021 | |
| 15 | Gautam Selvamany | | 10 November 1996 | | 2021 | 2021 | |
| 28 | Gareth Low | | 28 February 1997 | | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Forwards | |||||||
| 7 | Hazzuwan Halim | | 2 February 1994 | | 2015 | 2021 | |
| 9 | Shuhei Hoshino | | 19 December 1995 | | 2020 | 2021 | |
| 10 | Šime Žužul | | 10 January 1996 | | 2019 | 2021 | |
| 11 | Iqbal Hussain | | 6 June 1993 | | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Players who left during season | |||||||
| 12 | Jordan Emaviwe U23 | | 9 April 2001 | | 2020 | 2021 | |
| 19 | Zaiful Nizam (Captain) >30 | | 24 July 1987 | | 2013 | 2021 | |
| 61 | Martyn Mun U21 | | 7 January 2000 | | 2020 | 2021 | |
| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||
| Oliver Sim U21 | | 9 June 2001 | | 2020 | |||
| Defenders | |||||||
| 46 | Aqil Yazid U21 | | 9 January 2004 | | 2021 | 2021 | |
| 52 | Keshav Kumar U21 | | 6 February 2001 | Youth Team | 2020 | 2021 | |
| 55 | Aidil Johari U21 | | 5 April 2003 | Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 | |
| Syed Harun Alsagaff U21 | | 28 August 2000 | 2020 | 2020 | |||
| Azhar Manap U21 | | 22 July 1999 | | 2020 | 2020 | ||
| Faris Fazlee U21 | | 31 March 2000 | 2020 | 2020 | |||
| Midfielders | |||||||
| 44 | Aravindan Ramanathan U21 | | 29 May 2000 | Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 | |
| 50 | Seng Hong Kai U21 | | 10 August 2004 | | 2021 | 2021 | |
| 67 | Iftiqar Parizan U21 | | | 2021 | 2021 | ||
| Suriya Ramesh U21 | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2020 | |||
| Art Faizal U21 | | Youth Team | 2020 | 2020 | |||
| Azizi Rahman U21 | | 30 November 2000 | Youth Team | 2020 | 2020 | ||
| Yann Weishaupt U21 | | | 2021 | 2021 | |||
| Forwards | |||||||
| 45 | Joshua De Souza U21 | | 10 October 2000 | | 2021 | 2021 | |
| 53 | Ryan Praveen U21 | | 28 May 2002 | Youth Team | 2020 | 2021 | |
| 66 | Puvan Raj Sivalingam U21 | | 29 August 2001 | Youth Team | 2020 | 2021 | |
(Deputy Chairman, Darwin Jalil is the President for the club)
| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||
| 25 | Ameerul Shafiq | | 9 March 1992 | | 2020 | 2020 | |
| Nazri Sabri | | 20 September 1989 | | 2021 | 2021 | ||
| Hafiz Ahmad | | 30 December 1998 | | 2021 | 2021 | ||
| Defenders | |||||||
| 5 | Zairul Rahmat | | 2019 | 2020 | |||
| 11 | Nordine Talhi | | 22 July 1986 | | 2019 | 2020 | |
| 16 | Haziq Sudhir | | | 2019 | 2020 | ||
| 18 | Hairudin Dahlan | | | 2019 | 2020 | ||
| 22 | Salihin Shafiee | | | 2019 | 2020 | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||
| 6 | Nazrul Isnin | | 22 February 1997 | | 2019 | 2020 | |
| 8 | Safwan Ramlan | | 31 December 1990 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
| 10 | Maziz Rahman | | Free Agent | 2020 | |||
| 14 | Helmi Mohd | | | 2020 | 2020 | ||
| 15 | Nurisham Jupri | | 14 December 1995 | | 2019 | 2020 | |
| 21 | Xavier Boey | | | 2020 | 2020 | ||
| 24 | Ganesan Devadas | | Free Agent | 2020 | |||
| Forwards | |||||||
| 7 | Osman Shainin | | | 2019 | 2020 | ||
| 9 | Roy Tan | | Free Agent | 2020 | |||
| 13 | Adam Xu | | 7 September 1983 | | 2019 | 2020 | |
| 23 | Fareez Rahman | | 2019 | 2020 | |||
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Team Manager | Darwin Jalil |
| General Manager | Tim Nee Cheng |
| Head Coach | |
| Academy Manager | Syed Azmir |
| Assistant Coach | Nasaruddin Jalil |
| Assistant Coach | Nasruldin Baharuddin |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Yazid Yasin |
| Fitness Coach | Rosman Sulaiman |
| Physiotherapist | Mohamed Nasser |
| Kitman |
Pre-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| DF | | | 2 years contract signed in 2020 [3] |
| MF | | | [4] |
| MF | | | [5] |
| MF | | Free Agent | [6] |
| MF | | | [7] |
| FW | | Free Agent | |
Mid-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| MF | | Free agent | [8] |
| FW | | | Free [9] |
Pre-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | | | |
| DF | | Retired | [10] |
| DF | | | |
| DF | | | |
| DF | | | |
| DF | | | |
| MF | | | |
| MF | | | |
| MF | | | Free |
Mid-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | | | Terminated [11] [12] |
Pre-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | | | Season loan [13] |
Mid-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| DF | | | Season loan [14] |
Mid-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| DF | | | Loan Return |
Pre-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| DF | | | NS till 2022 |
| DF | | | NS till 2021 |
| FW | | | NS till 2022 |
Mid-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | | | Season loan |
| MF | | | NS till 2023 [15] [16] |
| Position | Player | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| FW | | 2 years contract signed in 2019 [18] |
| FW | | 2 year contract signed in 2019 [19] |
| FW | | 1 years contract signed in 2020 [20] |
| DF | | 2 years contract signed in 2020 [21] |
| MF | | 1 year contract signed in 2020 [22] |
| DF | | 1 year contract signed in 2020 [23] |
| GK | | 1 year contract signed in 2020 [24] |
| DF | | |
| DF | | |
| MF | | |
| MF | | |
| MF | | |
| GK | | |
Win Draw Loss
| 6 March 20211 | Geylang International | 2-1 | | Our Tampines Hub |
| Christopher van Huizen Zikos Vasileios Chua | Joshua De Souza | Attendance: 0 [note 1] |
Win Draw Loss
| 30 April 20211 | Lion City Sailors | 4-0 | | Jalan Besar Stadium |
| Amiruldin Asraf Faris Ramli | Attendance: 0 [note 1] |
| 25 June 20213 | Lion City Sailors | 4-2 | | Jalan Besar Stadium |
| Stipe Plazibat Song Ui-young Hariss Harun | Shuhei Hoshino Gareth Low | Attendance: 0 [note 1] |
| 2 July 20214 | Tanjong Pagar United | 1-2 | | Jurong East Stadium |
| Shuhei Hoshino | Attendance: 0 [note 1] |
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps. | | Apps. | | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | 18+3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | | 8+6 | 2 | 14 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | | 18+2 | 3 | 20 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | | 17 | 6 | 17 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | | 20+1 | 3 | 21 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 10 | FW | | 15+5 | 15 | 20 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | | 1+5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 13 | DF | | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 14 | MF | | 2+7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 15 | MF | | 0+6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 17 | DF | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 18 | DF | | 15+3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 22 | DF | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 24 | DF | | 7+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 25 | GK | | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 28 | MF | | 17+3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 39 | DF | | 1+6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 44 | DF | | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 45 | FW | | 2+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 46 | DF | | 4+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 55 | MF | | 11+3 | 1 | 14 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 66 | FW | | 10+2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 19 | GK | | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 61 | GK | | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Competition | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
Win Draw Loss
| 14 March 20211 | Young Lions FC | 3-3 | | Jalan Besar Stadium |
| Ilhan Fandi Khairin Nadim Hami Syahin Ryhan Stewart Harhys Stewart | Report | Hazzuwan Halim Shuhei Hoshino Gareth Low | Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Ahmad A'qashah |
| 17 March 20212 | Balestier Khalsa | 1-2 | | Toa Payoh Stadium |
| Amer Hakeem Kristijan Krajcek Hazzuwan Halim Faizal Raffi Ensar Brunčević | Report | Taufik Suparno Boris Kopitović Madhu Mohana | Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Abirami Naidu |
| 21 March 20213 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 0-0 | | Jurong East Stadium |
| Sime Zuzul | Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Syarqawi Buhari |
| 4 April 20214 | Balestier Khalsa | 4-0 | | Toa Payoh Stadium |
| Faizal Raffi Kristijan Krajcek Šime Žužul Fadli Kamis | Report | Khairul Amri Faritz Abdul Hameed | Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Muhammad Taqi |
| 7 April 20215 | Balestier Khalsa | 2-1 | | Toa Payoh Stadium |
| Kristijan Krajcek Ensar Brunčević Amer Hakeem Ahmad Syahir Shuhei Hoshino Hazzuwan Halim | Report | Amy Recha | Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Taufik Thana |
| 10 April 20216 | Balestier Khalsa | 0-1 | | Toa Payoh Stadium |
| Ensar Brunčević Ahmad Syahir Aarish Kumar | Report | Tomoyuki Doi Maksat Dzhakybaliev | Attendance: 0 Referee: Y.Sathyakumar |
| 18 April 20217 | Lion City Sailors | 4-1 | | Jalan Besar Stadium |
| Gabriel Quak Shahdan Sulaiman Stipe Plazibat Saifullah Akbar | Report | Kristijan Krajcek Hazzuwan Halim | Referee: Muhd Syarqawi |
| 9 May 20218 | Hougang United | 4-3 | | Hougang Stadium |
| Kaishu Yamazaki Lionel Tan Idraki Adnan Hafiz Sujad Ridhuan Barudin Muhaimin Suhaimi Nazrul Nazari | Report | Šime Žužul Faizal Raffi Kristijan Krajcek Marko Kraljević | Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Ahmad A'qasyah |
| 25 April 20219 (Rescheduled) | Balestier Khalsa | 1-4 | | Toa Payoh Stadium |
| Šime Žužul Ensar Brunčević | Report | Kiyoshiro Tsuboi Kuraba Kondo | Attendance: 0 [note 2] Referee: Zulfiqar Mustaffa |
| 23 May 202110 | Tanjong Pagar United | 2-2 | | Jurong East Stadium |
| Šime Žužul | Report | Reo Nishiguchi Khairul Amri Anaqi Ismit Raihan Rahman | Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Juherman Zaiton |
| 15 May 202111 (Rescheduled) | Tampines Rovers | 5-1 | | Our Tampines Hub |
| Boris Kopitović Marc Ryan Tan Ryaan Sanizal | Report | Šime Žužul Aqil Yazid Gautam Selvamany Ahmad Syahir | Attendance: 0[ citation needed ] Referee: Jansen Foo |
| 25 July 202112 (Rescheduled) | Geylang International | 3-1 | | Our Tampines Hub |
| Amy Recha Matheus Moresche Harith Kanadi | Report | Šime Žužul Kimura Riki | Referee: Taufik Thana |
| 31 July 202113 (Rescheduled) | Balestier Khalsa | 2-3 | | Toa Payoh Stadium |
| Hazzuwan Halim Šime Žužul Kristijan Krajcek Zulqarnaen Suzliman | Report | Hami Syahin Daniel Goh Harhys Stewart Nazhiim Harman | Referee: Jansen Foo |
| 8 August 202114 (Rescheduled) | Balestier Khalsa | 1-1 | | Toa Payoh Stadium |
| Šime Žužul Shuhei Hoshino Ensar Brunčević Zaiful Nizam | Report | Stipe Plazibat Faris Ramli Saifullah Akbar Jorge Fellipe | Referee: Ahmad A'qashah |
| 14 August 202115 (Rescheduled) | Young Lions FC | 4-2 | | Jalan Besar Stadium |
| Ilhan Fandi Jacob Mahler Khairin Nadim Ryhan Stewart Alif Iskandar | Report | Šime Žužul Fadli Kamis Hazzuwan Halim Ahmad Syahir | Referee: Syarqawi Buhari |
| 19 August 202116 (Rescheduled) | Balestier Khalsa | 5-2 | | Toa Payoh Stadium |
| Kristijan Krajcek Šime Žužul Shuhei Hoshino Gareth Low Aidil Johari | Report | Zehrudin Mehmedović Irwan Shah Armin Bosnjak Baihakki Khaizan | Referee: Nathan Chan |
| 28 August 202117 (Rescheduled) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 4-0 | | Jurong East Stadium |
| Ryoya Tanigushi Kuraba Kondo Kazuki Hashioka | Report | Gareth Low Ho Wai Loon | Referee: Farhad Mohamed |
| 12 September 202118 (Rescheduled) | Balestier Khalsa | 1-0 | | Toa Payoh Stadium |
| Hazzuwan Halim Puvan Raj Ahmad Syahir Ho Wai Loon | Report | Blake Ricciuto Rusyaidi Salime | Referee: Taufik Thana |
| 3 October 202119 (Rescheduled) | Geylang International | 3-0 | | Our Tampines Hub |
| Amy Recha Ensar Brunčević Matheus Moresche Ilhan Noor Christopher van Huizen | Report | Ensar Brunčević Amer Hakeem | Referee: Syarqawi Buhari |
| 6 October 202120 (Rescheduled) | Balestier Khalsa | 3-2 | | Toa Payoh Stadium |
| Puvan Raj Sivalingam Šime Žužul | Report | Gilberto Fortunato Shawal Anuar Muhaimin Suhaimi Maksat Dzhakybaliev | Referee: Hilmi Fuad |
| 10 October 202121 (Rescheduled) | Lion City Sailors | 4-1 | | Jalan Besar Stadium |
| Song Ui-young Gabriel Quak Diego Lopes Nur Adam Abdullah Adam Swandi | Report | Aidil Johari Hazzuwan Halim Ensar Brunčević Hariysh Krishnakumar | Referee: Juherman Zaiton |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Tampines Rovers | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 27 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 5 | Tanjong Pagar United | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 22 | |
| 6 | Geylang International | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 20 | |
| 7 | Balestier Khalsa | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 19 | |
| 8 | Young Lions [a] | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 16 |
Win Draw Loss