2021 Tanjong Pagar United FC season

Tanjong Pagar United FC
2021 season
Chairman	Raymond Tang
Coach	Hasrin Jailani
Ground	Jurong East Stadium
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020 2022 →

Last updated November 01, 2025

The 2021 season is Tanjong Pagar United FC's 16th season at the top level of Singapore football. The club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.^[1]^[2]

Squad

Singapore Premier League

As of 18 Dec 2020

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Last club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
18	Fashah Iskandar	(1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 (age 30)	Warriors FC	2020	2021
23	Hariz Farid	(1997-10-19) 19 October 1997 (age 28)	Police SA (NFL)	2021	2021
28	Zharfan Rohaizad	(1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 28)	Young Lions FC	2021	2021
Defenders
2	Faritz Abdul Hameed (Captain) ^>30	(1990-01-16) 16 January 1990 (age 35)	Home United	2020	2021
3	Shahrin Saberin	(1995-02-14) 14 February 1995 (age 30)	Geylang International	2021	2021
4	Delwinder Singh	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 33)	Warriors FC	2020	2021
5	Emmeric Ong	(1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 (age 34)	Hougang United	2021	2021
7	Rusyaidi Salime ^U23	(1998-04-25) 25 April 1998 (age 27)	Young Lions FC	2021	2021
8	Prakash Raj ^U23	(1998-06-11) 11 June 1998 (age 27)	Hougang United U21	2021	2021
11	Shahib Masnawi ^U23	(2000-08-04) 4 August 2000 (age 25)	Young Lions FC	2021	2021
14	Julian Tan Jian Tang ^U23	(1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 26)	Youth Team	2020	2021
26	Shakir Hamzah	(1992-10-20) 20 October 1992 (age 33)	Perak F.C.	2021	2021
Midfielders
6	Ridhuan Muhammad ^>30	(1984-05-06) 6 May 1984 (age 41)	Borneo F.C.	2021	2021
15	Shodai Nishikawa	(1993-09-21) 21 September 1993 (age 32)	OFK Petrovac	2020	2021
16	Raihan Rahman	(1991-02-07) 7 February 1991 (age 34)	Balestier Khalsa	2020	2021
17	Ammirul Emmran	(1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 30)	Warriors FC	2020	2021
20	Blake Ricciuto	(1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 (age 33)	Vélez CF	2021	2021
21	Suhairi Sabri	(1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 (age 29)	Home United	2020	2021
22	Hadiputradila Saswadimata ^U23	(2000-02-05) 5 February 2000 (age 25)	Home United U19	2020	2021
Forwards
9	Reo Nishiguchi	(1997-08-21) 21 August 1997 (age 28)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2021
10	Luiz Júnior	(1990-04-23) 23 April 1990 (age 35)	Sabah FA	2020	2021
12	Anaqi Ismit ^U23	(2001-08-24) 24 August 2001 (age 24)	Lion City Sailors FC	2021	2021
19	Khairul Amri ^>30	(1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 (age 40)	FELDA United	2021	2021
25	Daniel Martens ^U23	(1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 26)	Hougang United	2021	2021
Players loaned out / left during season
1	Joey Sim ^>30	(1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 (age 38)	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	2020	2021

U21 Squad

As of 14 Mar 2021

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Last club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
	Ameer Fiqr ^U21		Youth Team	2021	2021
Defenders
51	Fathullah Rahmat ^U21	(2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 23)	Tampines Rovers	2021	2021
Midfielders
54	Naufal Ilham ^U21	(2002-08-16) 16 August 2002 (age 23)	Lion City Sailors U21	2021	2021
56	Efly Danish ^U21	(2002-10-15) 15 October 2002 (age 23)		2020
	Dylan Choo ^U21	(2004-05-04) 4 May 2004 (age 21)		2021	2021
Forwards
60	Indera Iskandar ^U21	(2003-04-02) 2 April 2003 (age 22)		2020

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Chairman	Raymond Tang
General manager	Desmund Khusnin
Team manager	Noh Alam Shah
Head coach	Hasrin Jailani
Assistant coach	Herman Zailani
Fitness Coach	Hafiz Osman
Goalkeeping coach	Fajar Sarib
Physiotherapist	Mukhlis Sawit
Kitman	Azwan Hishamuddin

Transfers

In

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Hariz Farid	Police SA (NFL D1)	^[3]
DF	Shahib Masnawi	Young Lions FC	Free^[4]
DF	Rusyaidi Salime	Free Agent	^[5]
DF	Emmeric Ong	Hougang United	Free^[6]
DF	Shahrin Saberin	Geylang International	Free^[7]
DF	Fathullah Rahmat	Tampines Rovers	Free
MF	Ridhuan Muhammad	Free Agent	Free^[8]
MF	Naufal Ilham	Lion City Sailors U21	Free
MF	Blake Ricciuto	Velez CF (Tier 4)	Free^[9]
FW	Reo Nishiguchi	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free^[10]
FW	Daniel Martens	Hougang United	Free^[11]
FW	Khairul Amri	FELDA United	Free^[12]

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Zharfan Rohaizad	Police SA	Free ^[13]
DF	Prakash Raj	Hougang United U21	Free ^[14]
DF	Shakir Hamzah	Tanjong Pagar United	Free ^[15]

Loan In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
FW	Anaqi Ismit	Lion City Sailors U21	Season loan^[16]

Out

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Yann Motta	Persija Jakarta	Free^[17]
DF	Takahiro Tanaka	FC Kariya (J4)	Free^[18]
DF	Syabil Hisham	Young Lions FC	Free^[19]
DF	Ariyan Shamsuddin
DF	Syariful Haq Sapari
MF	Ignatius Ang
MF	Ribiyanda Saswadimata
MF	Suria Prakash
FW	Nashrul Amin
FW	Zulkiffli Hassim

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Joey Sim		Free ^[20]

Loan Out

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Kenji Syed Rusydi	SAFSA	NS till 2022^[21]
FW	Syahadat Masnawi	SAFSA	NS till 2022
FW	Syukri Bashir	SAFSA	NS till 2022

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Efly Danish	SAFSA	NS till 2023 ^[22]

Extension / Retained

^[23]

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Fashah Iskandar	^[24]
GK	Joey Sim	^[25]
DF	Delwinder Singh	^[26]
DF	Faritz Hameed	^[27]
MF	Raihan Rahman	^[28]
MF	Suhairi Sabri	^[29]
MF	Ammirul Emmran	^[30]
MF	Farihin Farkhan	^[31]
MF	Shodai Nishikawa	^[32]
MF	Hadiputradila Saswadimata
FW	Luiz Júnior	^[33]

Promoted

Position	Player	Ref
DF	Julian Tan Jian Tang	^[34]

Friendlies

Pre-Season Friendly

Win Draw Loss

6 March 20211	Tanjong Pagar United	0-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong East Stadium
		Report	Nicky Melvin Singh 15'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 26 Sept 2021

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
2	DF	Faritz Hameed	19	0	19	0
3	DF	Shahrin Saberin	17+1	0	18	0
4	DF	Delwinder Singh	11+1	0	12	0
5	DF	Emmeric Ong	4+2	0	6	0
6	MF	Ridhuan Muhammad	2+4	0	6	0
7	DF	Rusyaidi Salime	18	0	18	0
8	DF	Prakash Raj	2	0	2	0
9	FW	Reo Nishiguchi	21	9	21	9
10	FW	Luiz Júnior	15+4	11	19	11
11	DF	Shahib Masnawi	1	0	1	0
12	FW	Anaqi Ismit	11+1	4	12	4
13	MF	Farihin Farkhan	0	0	0	0
14	DF	Julian Tan Jian Tang	0+1	0	1	0
15	MF	Shodai Nishikawa	21	3	21	3
16	MF	Raihan Rahman	3+5	0	8	0
17	MF	Ammirul Emmran	2+8	0	10	0
18	GK	Fashah Iskandar	7	0	7	0
19	FW	Khairul Amri	4+14	5	18	5
20	MF	Blake Ricciuto	20	2	20	2
21	MF	Suhairi Sabri	0+6	0	6	0
22	MF	Hadiputradila Saswadimata	3+1	0	4	0
25	FW	Daniel Martens	7	0	7	0
26	DF	Shakir Hamzah	9	1	9	1
28	GK	Zharfan Rohaizad	13	0	13	0
51	DF	Fathullah Rahmat	11	1	11	1
54	MF	Naufal Ilham	9+1	0	10	0
56	MF	Efly Danish	0+2	0	2	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
1	GK	Joey Sim	1	0	1	0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %

Singapore Premier League

^[35]

Win Draw Loss

14 March 20211	Geylang International	2-1	Tanjong Pagar United	Our Tampines Hub
	Matheus Moresche 18' (pen.)74' Amy Recha 49'	Report	Blake Ricciuto 21' 41' Delwinder Singh 38' Luiz Júnior 39' Ammirul Emmran 62'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Lim Liang Yi

17 March 20212	Tanjong Pagar United	0-5	Lion City Sailors	Jurong East Stadium
		Report	Stipe Plazibat 47' (pen.)59' Song Ui-young 54'70' 21' Faris Ramli 84' (pen.)	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Zulfiqar Mustaffa

21 March 20213	Tampines Rovers	3-1	Tanjong Pagar United	Our Tampines Hub
	Madhu Mohana 5' Yasir Hanapi 61' Taufik Suparno 85' Irwan Shah 69' Irfan Najeeb 71'		Luiz Júnior 80' (pen.) Fashah Iskandar 33' Rusyaidi Salime 59'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

4 April 20214	Balestier Khalsa	4-0	Tanjong Pagar United	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Faizal Raffi 24' Kristijan Krajcek 41'89' Šime Žužul 55' Fadli Kamis 51'	Report	Khairul Amri 67' Faritz Abdul Hameed 90'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Muhammad Taqi

7 April 20215	Tanjong Pagar United	3-3	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Shodai Nishikawa 6' Luiz Júnior 60' Reo Nishiguchi 84' Shahrin Saberin 31' Fashah Iskandar 36' Naufal Ilham 54' Ammirul Emmran 74'	Report	Idraki Adnan 27' Tomoyuki Doi 61'90+6' Farhan Zulkifli 16' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 39' Fabian Kwok 80' Anders Aplin 86'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Syarqawi Buhari

10 April 20216	Young Lions FC	0-4	Tanjong Pagar United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Hami Syahin 24' Amir Syafiz 73'	Report	Reo Nishiguchi 5' Luiz Júnior 61'63' Blake Ricciuto 66' Daniel Martens 31' Emmeric Ong 36' Suhairi Sabri 90+2'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Jansen Foo

17 April 20217	Tanjong Pagar United	0-6	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong East Stadium
	Blake Ricciuto 23' Shahrin Saberin 44' Ammirul Emmran 45' Faritz Hameed 70'	Report	Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 32'37'41' Kuraba Kondo 62'88' Ryoya Tanigushi 68' Shuya Yamashita 80'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Abirami Naidu

17 July 20218 (Rescheduled)	Tanjong Pagar United	1-1	Young Lions FC	Jurong East Stadium
	Luiz Júnior 65'	Report	Hami Syahin 21' (pen.) Jacob Mahler 87' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 90+3'	Attendance: 227 Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

16 May 20219	Lion City Sailors	3-1	Tanjong Pagar United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Jorge Fellipe 55' Gabriel Quak 59' Diego Lopes 80' Saifullah Akbar 31' Amirul Adli 84'	Report	Shodai Nishikawa 47' Daniel Martens 37' Suhairi Sabri 67'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Abirami Naidu

24 April 202110 (Rescheduled)	Tanjong Pagar United	2-2	Tampines Rovers	Jurong East Stadium
	Reo Nishiguchi 21' 86' Luiz Júnior 60' (pen.) Anaqi Ismit 37' Suhairi Sabri 78' Rusyaidi Salime 78' Fashah Iskandar 88'	Report	Armin Bosnjak 38' Daniel Bennett 45+4' Madhu Mohana 52' Taufik Suparno 89'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Juherman Zaiton

23 May 202111	Tanjong Pagar United	2-2	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Šime Žužul 61'87'	Report	Reo Nishiguchi 32' Khairul Amri 85' (pen.) Anaqi Ismit 77' Raihan Rahman 81'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Juherman Zaiton

24 July 202112 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	1-4	Tanjong Pagar United	Hougang Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi 62' Gilberto Fortunato 63' Rusyaidi Salime 76'	Report	Anaqi Ismit 48' Luiz Júnior 67' Reo Nishiguchi 88' Khairul Amri 90+4'	Referee: Jansen Foo

1 August 202113 (Rescheduled)	Tanjong Pagar United	1-3	Geylang International	Jurong East Stadium
	Luiz Júnior 62' 78' Shakir Hamzah 8' Fathullah Rahmat 47'	Report	Ilhan Noor 14'38' Shakir Hamzah 35' (o.g) Afiq Yunos 18' Faizal Roslan 68' Izzdin Shafiq 78' Yuki Ichikawa 78'	Referee: Farhad Mohamed

6 August 202114 (Rescheduled)	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-2	Tanjong Pagar United	Jurong East Stadium
	Shuya Yamashita 80'	Report	Reo Nishiguchi 34' Luiz Júnior 84' Anaqi Ismit 50'	Referee: Taufik Thana

14 August 202115 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	2-4	Tanjong Pagar United	Our Tampines Hub
	Anaqi Ismit 15' (o.g.) Amy Recha 18' Harith Kanadi 45' Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib 90+4'	Report	Shodai Nishikawa 43' Reo Nishiguchi 49' Khairul Amri 78'90' Faritz Abdul Hameed 42' Shakir Hamzah 56' Blake Ricciuto 70'	Referee: Y Sathyakumar

20 August 202116 (Rescheduled)	Tanjong Pagar United	1-2	Lion City Sailors	Jurong East Stadium
	Luiz Júnior 77' Rusyaidi Salime 52' Shakir Hamzah 57' Ammirul Emmran 90+2'	Report	Haiqal Pashia 42' Jorge Fellipe 53' Faris Ramli 70' Hassan Sunny 82'	Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

29 August 202117 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	2-2	Tanjong Pagar United	Our Tampines Hub
	Irfan Najeeb 17' Marc Ryan Tan 35' Irwan Shah 73' 90+3'	Report	Shakir Hamzah 29' Anaqi Ismit 45' Khairul Amri 70' Rusyaidi Salime 89' Shahrin Saberin 90+4'	Referee: Jansen Foo

12 September 202118 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	1-0	Tanjong Pagar United	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 47' Puvan Raj 55' Ahmad Syahir 62' Ho Wai Loon 65'	Report	Blake Ricciuto 71' Rusyaidi Salime 90+7'	Referee: Taufik Thana

18 September 202119 (Rescheduled)	Tanjong Pagar United	1-1	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Khairul Amri 53' Raihan Rahman 70' Faritz Hameed 85'	Report	Gilberto Fortunato 8' Fabian Kwok 21'	Referee: Shadiq Al-Hussain

26 September 202120 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	1-2	Tanjong Pagar United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Glenn Kweh 23' Joel Chew 45+1' Ridhwan Fikri 45+1' Syahrul Sazali 67' Ryhan Stewart 85'	Report	Reo Nishiguchi 5' Luiz Júnior 67' (pen.) Rusyaidi Salime 45+1' Raihan Rahman 45+1'	Referee: Leow Hong Wei Clarence

10 October 202121 (Rescheduled)	Tanjong Pagar United	4-4	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong East Stadium
	Anaqi Ismit 12'73' Fathullah Rahmat 59' 63' Reo Nishiguchi 87' Shakir Hamzah 20' Shahrin Saberin 23'	Report	Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 20'23' (pen.)44'45+2'	Referee: Jansen Foo

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Hougang United	21	10	4	7	48	40	+8	34	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
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

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins

Singapore Cup

Win Draw Loss

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.
1 2 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this match was played behind closed doors.

References

[closed-35] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.

[closed_door-36] 1 2 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this match was played behind closed doors.

[1] "Sit-out club Tanjong Pagar United targeting return to Singapore Premier League".

[2] "Tanjong Pagar United to replace Warriors FC in Singapore Premier League 2020". Archived from the original on January 20, 2020.

[3] "Hariz Farid has joined the Jaguars' stable of goalkeepers".

[4] "Tanjong Pagar United has secured the services of Shahib Masnawi for the 2021 @sgpremierleague season".

[5] "Rusyaidi Salime has made the switch to Tanjong Pagar United".

[6] "Tanjong Pagar United has further reinforced its defence with the signing of Emmeric Ong".

[7] "Tanjong Pagar United is delighted to present our next new signing - Shahrin Saberin".

[8] "Ridhuan Muhammad comes out of retirement to join Tanjong Pagar".

[9] "Tanjong Pagar United is happy to announce the signing of Blake Ricciuto".

[10] "Announcement of Nishiguchi Reo's transfer to Tanjong Pagar United FC".

[11] "The club is pleased to announce the signing of Daniel Martens".

[12] "Khairul Amri to give Tanjong Pagar United extra firepower".

[13] "Tanjong Pagar United is delighted to add Zharfan Rohaizad".

[14] "Tanjong Pagar United is delighted to add Prakash Raj".

[15] "Shakir Hamzah joins Tanjong Pagar United".

[16] "The Jaguars are pleased to have secured the loan signing of Anaqi Ismit from the @lioncitysailors.fc".

[17] "Motta, who is back in Brazil for a holiday, will join Indonesian giants Persija next year".

[18] "Taka is released for the new season".

[19] "Syabil joins the GYL project".

[20] "Tanjong Pagar United would like to record its thanks to Joey Sim, who will leave the club by mutual consent".

[21] "Kenji going for ns".

[22] "Kenji going for ns".

[23] "2020 Singapore Premier League Retained and Released List".

[24] "Fashah Iskandar will stay at Tanjong Pagar United for a second year in 2021".

[25] "Joey Sim has extended his contract with Tanjong Pagar United!".

[26] "Tanjong Pagar United has retained the services of Delwinder Singh".

[27] "Faritz Hameed will remain a key part of Tanjong Pagar United for 2021".

[28] "Raihan Rahman will stay with Tanjong Pagar United for the 2021".

[29] "Suhairi Sabri will don the colours of Tanjong Pagar United once more in the 2021".

[30] "Ammirul Emmran will continue to play for Tanjong Pagar United in the 2021 @sgpremierleague season".

[31] "Farihin Farkhan will continue to play for Tanjong Pagar United in the 2021 @sgpremierleague season".

[32] "Shodai Nishikawa left for his home city of Osaka this afternoon".

[33] "Brazilian striker Luiz Junior will continue to sprinkle his samba magic for the Jaguars in 2021".

[34] "Julian Tan has been promoted from Tanjong Pagar United's Under-21 team to the club's SPL squad".

[37] "New season fixture released".

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2021 Tanjong Pagar United FC season

Contents

Squad

Singapore Premier League

U21 Squad

Coaching staff

Transfers

In

Loan In

Out

Loan Out

Extension / Retained

Promoted

Friendlies

Pre-Season Friendly

Mid-season friendlies

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

Singapore Cup

See also

Notes

References

1 May 20211	Tanjong Pagar United	v	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong East Stadium
				Attendance: 0 ^{[note 2]}

18 June 20212	Tanjong Pagar United	v	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong East Stadium
				Attendance: 0 ^{[note 2]}

2 July 20213	Tanjong Pagar United	1-2	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
			Shuhei Hoshino	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}

10 July 20214	Lion City Sailors	v	Tanjong Pagar United	Jalan Besar Stadium
				Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}