2022 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Balestier Khalsa
2022 season
Chairman	S Thavaneson
Head coach	Akbar Nawas
Stadium	Bishan Stadium
Singapore Premier League	7th
Singapore Cup	4th
Top goalscorer	League: Shuhei Hoshino (18 goals); All: Shuhei Hoshino (20 goals)
	← 2021 2023 →

Last updated September 23, 2024

The 2022 season is Balestier Khalsa's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

Squad

Singapore Premier League

As of 4 January 2022

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Hairul Syirhan	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 29)	Geylang International	2022	2022
18	Kimura Riki ^U23	(2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 23)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2022
20	Rudy Khairullah	(1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 (age 30)	Lion City Sailors	2022	2022
Defenders
3	Keshav Kumar ^U23	(2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 23)	Youth Team	2020	2022
4	Delwinder Singh	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 32)	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2022
5	Ensar Brunčević	(1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 25)	FK Spartak Subotica II (T2)	2020	2022
13	Amer Hakeem	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 25)	Young Lions FC	2021	2022
15	Khalili Khalif ^U23	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27)	SAFSA (NFL)	2022	2022
16	Darren Teh	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 28)	Geylang International	2022	2023
24	Ho Wai Loon	(1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 31)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2023
27	Akmal Azman ^U23	(2000-11-21) 21 November 2000 (age 23)	Tampines Rovers	2021	2021
29	Aidil Johari ^U23	(2003-04-05) 5 April 2003 (age 21)	Youth Team	2021	2022
33	Madhu Mohana ^>30	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33)	Tampines Rovers	2022	2022
39	Aiman Zavyan ^U23	(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 22)	Geylang International U19	2020	2022
Midfielders
6	Aarish Kumar ^U23	(1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 25)	Warriors FC	2020	2022
7	Daniel Goh ^U23	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 25)	Young Lions FC	2022	2022
8	Ammirul Emmran	(1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 29)	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2022
14	Hariysh Krishnakumar ^U23	(2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 21)	Geylang International U19	2021	2022
17	Naufal Azman	(1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 26)	Hougang United	2022	2022
19	Asshukrie Wahid	(1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 (age 26)	Geylang International	2022	2022
28	Gareth Low	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 27)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2022
30	Ignatius Ang	(1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 31)	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2022
Forwards
9	Shuhei Hoshino	(1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 (age 28)	Busan Transportation CFC	2020	2022
10	Ryoya Tanigushi	(1999-08-31) 31 August 1999 (age 25)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2022	2022
11	Kuraba Kondo	(2002-07-06) 6 July 2002 (age 22)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2022	2022
22	Puvan Raj Sivalingam ^U23	(2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 23)	Youth Team	2020	2022
23	Syukri Noorhaizam ^U23	(1999-12-14) 14 December 1999 (age 24)	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	2020	2022
Players who left during season
12	Martyn Mun ^U23	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24)	Young Lions FC	2020	2022

U21

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
68	Suffian Abdullah ^U21	(2004-04-12) 12 April 2004 (age 20)		2022	2022
75	Syazani Hashari ^U21			2022
Defenders
55	Akmal Danial ^U21			2022
61	Herwandy ^U21			2022
62	Darren Teo ^U21			2022
63	Akmal T^U21			2022
64	Aadil^U21			2022
65	Irfan Mika'il Abdullah ^U21	(2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 (age 21)		2022
80	Aqil Yazid ^U21	(2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 20)	Singapore Sports School	2021	2022
Midfielders
54	Larry Lim Chee Keat ^U21	(2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 22)	Project Vaults FC	2022	2022
60	Lewis Lee Chih Yuan ^U21	(2005-10-21) 21 October 2005 (age 18)		2022
67	Iftiqar Parizan ^U21	(2003-04-21) 21 April 2003 (age 21)	Project Vaults FC	2021	2022
69	Bryan Sim ^U21			2022
70	Asraf Rilwan ^U21	(2003-12-03) 3 December 2003 (age 20)		2022	2022
71	Shameer ^U21			2022
73	Farhan Sahlan ^U21			2022
74	Yann Weishaupt ^U21	(2004-01-02) 2 January 2004 (age 20)	Project Vaults FC	2021	2022
78	Faisz ^U21			2022
	Conor MacKay ^U21			2022
Forwards
66	Ryan Praveen ^U21	(2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 (age 22)	Youth Team	2020	2022
79	N.Sakthivelchezhian ^U21	(2002-12-09) 9 December 2002 (age 21)	Youth Team	2020	2022
Players who left during the season
72	Max McCoy ^U21	(2004-04-03) 3 April 2004 (age 20)	Tampines Rovers U21	2022	2022
77	Hari McCoy ^U21	(2002-09-11) 11 September 2002 (age 22)	ASD San Luca (I4)	2022	2022

Women Team

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Nur Izyan Ahmad		Simei United	2022	2022
25	Hazel Lim Ya Ting	(2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 22)		2022	2022
36	Erlinawaty Dewi			2022	2022
Defenders
3	Nur Saibah		Simei United FC	2022	2022
5	Nur Syahirah Rahman			2022	2022
15	Nur Fathimah Syaakirah			2022	2022
16	Siti Nurerwadah Erwan	(2004-06-26) 26 June 2004 (age 20)		2022	2022
17	Sharifah Nuratuhasikin			2022	2022
18	Nur Syafiqah Peer	(1996-10-04) 4 October 1996 (age 27)	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2022
19	Nur Azima Ahmad			2022	2022
22	Nasriah Ibrahim			2022	2022
23	Nur Aniqah Imana		Simei United FC	2022	2022
Midfielders
4	Atiqah Wahab		Simei United FC	2022	2022
6	Nai'mi Nur Batrisyia			2022	2022
7	Nurfathin Ardila		Simei United FC	2022	2022
8	Nadhirah Farid		Simei United FC	2022	2022
10	Seri Nurhidayah		Simei United FC	2022	2022
11	Mastura Jeilani	(1992-07-10) 10 July 1992 (age 32)	Simei United FC	2022	2022
20	Nur Syafiqah		Simei United FC	2022	2022
24	Nur Azureen		Police SA	2023	2023
Strikers
15	Tanya Dominique			2022	2022

Project Vaults Oxley SC (SFL1)

(Deputy Chairman, Darwin Jalil is the President for the club)

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Siddiq Durimi	(1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 (age 36)	GFA Victoria FC	2022	2022
19	Amirul Ramli			2022	2022
25	Syahrul Nizam		Jungfrau Punggol FC	2022	2022
Defenders
2	Dinies Firas			2019	2022
3	Syazni Ramlee		Sporting Westlake FC		2022
4	Ruzree Rohzaini	(1997-10-19) 19 October 1997 (age 26)	Warriors FC		2022
5	Jorazly Darin			2019	2022
11	Nordine Talhi	(1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 38)	Admiralty FC	2019	2022
16	Haziq Sudhir	(1989-01-05) 5 January 1989 (age 35)	Admiralty FC	2019	2022
18	Hairudin Dahlan		Keppel Bay FC	2019	2022
	Salihin Shafiee		Yishun Sentek Mariners FC	2019	2020
Midfielders
6	Nazrul Isnin	(1997-02-22) 22 February 1997 (age 27)	Eunos Crescent FC	2019	2022
7	Sheikh Faris		Home United Prime League		2022
8	Safwan Ramlan	(1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 33)	Geylang International Prime League	2019	2022
10	Maziz Rahman		Yishun Sentek Mariners FC	2020	2022
12	John Peter			2022	2022
14	Helmi Mohd		Bukit Timah Juniors	2020	2022
15	Nurisham Jupri	(1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 28)	Balestier Khalsa	2019	2022
17	Max Goh Yi Qi	(1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 26)	Balestier Khalsa	2021	2022
20	Milton Yeong				2022
23	Nashrul Amin	(1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 (age 27)	Tanjong Pagar United	2020	2022
24	Ganesan Devadas	(1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 33)	Tanjong Pagar United	2020	2022
	Xavier Boey		Eunos Crescent FC	2020	2020
Forwards
9	Jo Kagitani			2022	2022
13	Adam Xu	(1983-09-07) 7 September 1983 (age 41)	Balestier Khalsa	2019	2022
21	Shaharul Roslan		GFA Victoria FC		2022
22	Afiq Tan	(1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 28)	Balestier Khalsa	2022	2022
26	Amirul Walid		Tiong Bahru FC	2022	2022
	Osman Shainin		Sporting Westlake FC	2019	2020
	Fareez Rahman			2019	2020
	Roy Tan		Free Agent	2020

Balestier United RC (SFL2)

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards

Coaching staff

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Position	Name	Ref.
Team Manager	Darwin Jalil
General Manager	Tim Nee Cheng
Head Coach	Akbar Nawas	2 years contract till 2023
Head Coach (Women)	Ratna Suffian
Academy Manager
Assistant Coach	Nasaruddin Jalil
Assistant Coach	Nasruldin Baharuddin
U21 Coach	Haris Sumri
Goalkeeping Coach	Yazid Yasin
Fitness Coach	Rosman Sulaiman
Fitness Coach	Rory Winters
Analyst	Razif Ariff
Physiotherapist	Mohamed Nasser
Kitman

Transfer

In

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Martyn Mun	Young Lions FC	Loan Return ^[2]
GK	Kimura Riki	Lion City Sailors	1 year contract till 2022 ^[3]
GK	Hairul Syirhan	Geylang International	1 year contract till 2022 ^[4]
DF	Darren Teh	Geylang International	2 years contract till 2023 ^[5]
DF	Ho Wai Loon	Lion City Sailors	2 years contract till 2023 ^[6]
DF	Delwinder Singh	Tanjong Pagar United	1 year contract till 2022 ^[7]
DF	Akmal bin Azman	Free Agent
MF	Naufal Azman	Hougang United	1 year contract till 2022 ^[8]
MF	Ammirul Emmran	Tanjong Pagar United	1 year contract till 2022 ^[9]
MF	Ignatius Ang	Free Agent	1 year contract till 2022 ^[10]
MF	Asshukrie Wahid	Geylang International	1 year contract till 2022 ^[11]
MF	Ryoya Tanigushi	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free ^[12]
FW	Kuraba Kondo	Albirex Niigata (S)	1 year contract till 2022 ^[13]
FW	Max McCoy	Tampines Rovers U21	Free
FW	Hari McCoy	ASD San Luca (I4)	Free

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Madhu Mohana	Tampines Rovers	Free
DF	Khalili Khalif		Loan Return
FW	Syukri Noorhaizam		Loan Return

Loan In

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Rudy Khairullah	Lion City Sailors	Season loan ^[14]

Out

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Zacharial Leong	Singapore Cricket Club (SFL)	Free
DF	Ahmad Syahir	Geylang International	Free ^[15]
DF	Fadli Kamis	Geylang International	Free ^[16]
MF	Max Goh Yi Qi	Project Vaults FC (SFL)	Free
MF	Faizal Raffi	Tanjong Pagar United	Free
MF	Gautam Selvamany	Tiong Bahru FC (SFL)	Free
MF	Kristijan Krajček	Hougang United	Free ^[17]^[18]
FW	Šime Žužul	Geylang International	Free ^[19]
FW	Hazzuwan Halim	Geylang International	Free ^[20]^[21]
FW	Iqbal Hussain	Geylang International	Free ^[22]
FW	Joshua De Souza		Free

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
FW	Yann Weishaupt	Royale Union sportive Givry (B3)	Free
FW	Hari McCoy	Weymouth F.C. (E6)	Free ^[23]
FW	Max McCoy	Weymouth F.C. (E6)	Free ^[24]

Loan Return

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Kimura Riki	Lion City Sailors	Loan Return ^[25]
DF	Ho Wai Loon	Lion City Sailors	Loan Return ^[26]

Note: Both Kimura Riki and Ho Wai Loon returned to the club permanently after their contract ended.

Loan Out

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Shaqi Sulaiman		NS till 2022
FW	Syukri Noorhaizam		NS till 2022
MF	Jordan Emaviwe	SAFSA	NS till 2023 ^[27]^[28]
DF	Sameer Alassane	Police SA	NS till 2023

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Martyn Mun		NS till 2024

Extension / Retained

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Position	Player	Ref
GK	Martyn Mun	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Ensar Brunčević	2 years contract signed in 2020 ^[30]
DF	Aiman Zavyan	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Aqil Yazid	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Keshav Kumar	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Aidil Johari	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Amer Hakeem	2 years contract signed in 2020
MF	Aarish Kumar	1 year contract signed in 2021
MF	Gareth Low	1 year contract signed in 2021
MF	Hariysh Krishnakumar	1 year contract signed in 2021
FW	Shuhei Hoshino	1 year contract signed in 2021 ^[31]
FW	Puvan Raj Sivalingam	1 year contract signed in 2021 (Promoted)

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

Win Draw Loss

5 February 2022	Albirex Niigata (S)	7–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East, Singapore
17:30 SST	K. Kobayashi 7' Lee 24' Sugita 29', 51' Matsuura 75' Omori 88' Ochiai 117'	Report		Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

10 February 2022	Tanjong Pagar United	8-1	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

Mid-Season Friendly

10 June 2022 (2022-06-10) Friendly	Terengganu F.C. I	4-0	Balestier Khalsa	Terengganu
	Habib Haroon 9' Nik Sharif Haseefy 28' Ridzuan Razali Engku Nur Shakir			Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 18 Nov 2022

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	SPL		Singapore Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Hairul Syirhan	16	0	6	0	22	0
3	DF	Keshav Kumar	0+4	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF	Delwinder Singh	14+8	1	6	0	28	1
5	DF	Ensar Brunčević	20+1	2	6	0	27	2
6	MF	Aarish Kumar	3+5	0	0	0	8	0
7	FW	Daniel Goh	8+8	5	6	3	22	8
8	MF	Ammirul Emmran	15+7	0	3+2	0	27	0
9	FW	Shuhei Hoshino	26	18	6	2	32	20
10	MF	Ryoya Tanigushi	28	10	4+1	2	33	12
11	MF	Kuraba Kondo	27	7	6	4	33	11
13	DF	Amer Hakeem	7+1	0	0+4	0	12	0
15	DF	Khalili Khalif	1	0	0	0	1	0
16	DF	Darren Teh	25+1	0	6	0	32	0
17	MF	Naufal Azman	2+11	0	0+4	0	17	0
18	GK	Kimura Riki	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Asshukrie Wahid	2+7	0	0+1	0	10	0
20	GK	Rudy Khairullah	12	0	0	0	12	0
22	FW	Puvan Raj	1+1	0	0+1	0	3	0
23	FW	Syukri Noorhaizam	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	Ho Wai Loon	24	0	6	0	30	0
27	DF	Akmal bin Azman	7+6	0	0	0	13	0
28	MF	Gareth Low	20	1	3+2	0	25	1
29	DF	Aidil Johari	14+7	0	0+1	0	22	0
30	MF	Ignatius Ang	13+7	1	3	0	23	1
33	DF	Madhu Mohana	17	0	6	0	23	0
39	DF	Aiman Zavyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
66	MF	Ryan Praveen	0+4	0	0	0	4	0
67	MF	Iftiqar Parizan	1	0	0	0	1	0
74	MF	Yann Weishaupt	1	0	0	0	1	0
77	MF	Hari McCoy	1	0	0	0	1	0
80	DF	Aqil Yazid	2	0	0	0	2	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club

Competitions (SPL)

Overview

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

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

26 February 20221	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh
	Shuhei Hoshino 46' Ensar Brunčević 57'	Report	Boris Kopitović 37' Taufik Suparno 45+1' Shuya Yamashita 28' Syed Firdaus Hassan 82'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Muhammad Taqi

5 March 20222	Albirex Niigata (S)	6-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
	Kodai Tanaka 33'54'60'68' Tadanari Lee 57' Jun Kobayashi 67' Masahiro Sugita 61'	Report		Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Hilmi Fuad

12 March 20223	Balestier Khalsa	3-5	Tanjong Pagar United	Toa Payoh
	Kuraba Kondo 23' Ryoya Tanigushi 27' Shuhei Hoshino 32'	Report	Khairul Amri 10' Blake Ricciuto 18' Mario Sugic 50'59' 14' Reo Nishiguchi 82' Faritz Hameed 19'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Clarence Leow Hong Wei

19 March 20224	Balestier Khalsa	4-3	Young Lions FC	Toa Payoh
	Ryoya Tanigushi 41' Kuraba Kondo 44'62' Shuhei Hoshino 85'	Report	Zikos Vasileios Chua 16' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 53' Ilhan Fandi 89'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Taufik Thana

1 April 20225	Lion City Sailors	4-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
	Kim Shin-wook 6'30'55' Song Ui-young 27' 22'	Report	Ryoya Taniguchi 87'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

5 April 20226	Balestier Khalsa	2-1	Hougang United	Toa Payoh
	Shuhei Hoshino 24' Ensar Brunčević 52' Aidil Johari 75' Ammirul Emmran 88' Rudy Khairullah 89'	Report	Sahil Suhaimi 81' André Moritz 44'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Abirami Naidu

10 April 20227	Geylang International	0-1	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
	Ahmad Syahir 30' Zaiful Nizam 55' Kieran Teo 85'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino 61' Ensar Brunčević 27' Rudy Khairullah 58'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Taufik Thana

8 May 20228	Tampines Rovers	2-1	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
	Zehrudin Mehmedović 32' 90+5' Boris Kopitović 59' Amirul Hakia 61'	Report	Gareth Low 15' 48' Delwinder Singh 90+5' 90+6'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Clarence Leow Hong Wei

13 May 20229	Balestier Khalsa	1-2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Toa Payoh
	Shuhei Hoshino 49' Ho Wai Loon 9' Gareth Low 10' Puvan Raj Sivalingam 22'	Report	Jun Kobayashi 10' Tadanari Lee 86' Reo Kunimoto 32'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

20 May 202210	Tanjong Pagar United	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
	Reo Nishiguchi 37' Fathullah Rahmat 20' Faizal Raffi 90'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino 18' Ammirul Emmran 62'	Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Hilmi Fuad

28 May 202211	Hougang United	3-1	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang
	Kaishu Yamazaki 22' Hafiz Sujad 59' 67' Kristijan Krajcek 85' Anders Aplin 86'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino 30' Delwinder Singh 50' Aidil Johari 83'	Stadium: Hougang Stadium Referee: Jansen Foo

19 June 202212	Balestier Khalsa	1-6	Lion City Sailors	Toa Payoh
	Daniel Goh 90+3' (pen)	Report	Shahdan Sulaiman 10'41' Song Ui-young 19' Hariss Harun 26' Gabriel Quak 74' Faris Ramli 81'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Taufik Thana

25 June 202213	Young Lions FC	0-1	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
	Danish Qayyum 36' Syed Akmal 73'	Report	Ryoya Tanigushi 69' Ensar Brunčević 29' Shuhei Hoshino 36' Darren Teh 60' Akmal Azman 70' Hairul Syirhan 90'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

2 July 202214	Balestier Khalsa	0-2	Geylang International	Toa Payoh
	Ensar Brunčević 61'	Report	Šime Žužul 49' (pen) Hazzuwan Halim 78' Faizal Roslan 77'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Clarence Leow Hong Wei

9 July 202215	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh
	Ignatius Ang 7' Shuhei Hoshino 39' Ho Wai Loon 24' Ensar Bruncevic 86' Delwinder Singh 90' Ryoya Taniguchi 90+4'	Report	Boris Kopitović 52' Taufik Suparno 63' Shuya Yamashita 64'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Hilmi Fuad

16 July 202216	Albirex Niigata (S)	4-1	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
	Ilhan Fandi 11'22'62' Kodai Tanaka 13'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino 41'	Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Shadiq Al-Hussain

23 July 202217	Balestier Khalsa	0-2	Tanjong Pagar United	Toa Payoh
	Daniel Goh 4' Ryoya Tanigushi 54' Ensar Brunčević 90'	Report	Reo Nishiguchi 28'78' Rusyaidi Salime 32' Raihan Rahman 54' Fathullah Rahmat 62'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Muhammad Taqi

31 July 202218	Balestier Khalsa	2-0	Young Lions FC	Toa Payoh
	Shuhei Hoshino 45' 23' Kuraba Kondo 75' (pen) Hairul Syirhan 39' Ho Wai Loon 73' Akmal Bin Azman 90'	Report	Harith Kanadi 65'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

6 August 202219	Lion City Sailors	4-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
	Kim Shin-wook 5' (pen) Maxime Lestienne 70' Saifullah Akbar 72' 89' Song Ui-young 77' Amirul Adli 55' Diego Lopes 62'	Report	Kuraba Kondo 89	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

12 August 202220	Balestier Khalsa	6-1	Hougang United	Toa Payoh
	Shuhei Hoshino 5'67'85' 78' Delwinder Singh 21' Ryoya Tanigushi 33' Kuraba Kondo 73'	Report	Shahfiq Ghani 16' 61' Pedro Bortoluzo 50' Nazrul Nazari 76' Shahril Ishak 81' Afiq Noor 86'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Andrea Verolino

21 August 202221	Geylang International	3-0	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
	Šime Žužul 37' (pen)80' Ariffin Noor 90+3' Rio Sakuma 76' Takahiro Tezuka 88'	Report	Ensar Brunčević 61' Delwinder Singh 61' Asshukrie Wahid 68'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Shadiq Al-Hussain

28 August 202222	Tampines Rovers	2-1	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
	Boris Kopitović 37'90' (pen) Syed Firdaus 41' Irwan Shah 84'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino 48' Madhu Mohana 21' Ensar Brunčević 26' Akmal bin Azman 49'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Farhad Mohamed

2 September 202223	Balestier Khalsa	3-5	Albirex Niigata (S)	Toa Payoh
	Shuhei Hoshino 31'54' Kuraba Kondo 56' Ryoya Taniguchi 89 Gareth Low 50' Ammirul Emmran 61' Ho Wai Loon 76'	Report	Kodai Tanaka 50'62'75'85' (pen) Masaya Idetsu 81' Daichi Omori 88' Reo Kunimoto 89'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Hilmi Fuad

9 September 202224	Tanjong Pagar United	3-1	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
	Mirko Šugić 28' Blake Ricciuto 61' Khairul Amri 71'	Report	Ryoya Tanigushi 82' Madhu Mohana 57' Ammirul Emmran 60' Gareth Low 90+2'	Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Andrea Verolino

20 October 202225 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	4-1	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang
	Pedro Bortoluzo 7'90+6' Kristijan Krajcek 21' André Moritz 37'	Report	Daniel Goh 86' Darren Teh 66'	Stadium: Hougang Stadium Referee: Shadiq Al-Hussain

2 October 202226	Balestier Khalsa	5-3	Lion City Sailors	Toa Payoh
	Ryoya Tanigushi 44'48'75' Daniel Goh 50' 70' Shuhei Hoshino 58'68	Report	Song Ui-young 30'31' Hariss Harun 62' 88' Adam Swandi 61' Maxime Lestienne 90+1'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Shadiq Al-Hussain

8 October 202227	Young Lions FC	4-4	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
	Khairin Nadim 23' Shah Shahiran 58' (pen) Elijah Lim Teck Yong 73' Jordan Emaviwe 90+5' (pen) Harith Kanadi 50' Harhys Stewart 90'	Report	Daniel Goh 4' Shuhei Hoshino 6' Ryoya Tanigushi 15' Kuraba Kondo 41' Ho Wai Loon 66'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Abirami Naidu

14 October 202228 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	2-4	Geylang International	Toa Payoh
	Ryoya Tanigushi 40' Daniel Goh 90+4' Kuraba Kondo 32' Ignatius Ang 71'	Report	Šime Žužul 21' Ilhan Noor 44' Tajeli Salamat 47'90' Hazzuwan Halim 80' Zulfairuuz Rudy 83'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Farhad Mohamed

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Geylang International	28	10	9	9	48	46	+2	39
5	Hougang United	28	10	9	9	65	71	−6	39	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage (Cup Winner)
6	Tanjong Pagar United	28	10	7	11	59	69	−10	37
7	Balestier Khalsa	28	7	3	18	45	78	−33	24
8	Young Lions ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	28	2	2	24	34	103	−69	8

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

↑ The game was played as three periods of 45 minutes
↑ 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Albirex Niigata (S) (Q)	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Semi-finals
2	Balestier Khalsa (Q)	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	4	Semi-finals
3	Lion City Sailors	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
4	Young Lions FC	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1

Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2019. Source: FAS
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Win Draw Loss

Group

27 October 2022 (2022-10-27)Match 1	Lion City Sailors	3-3	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
	Faris Ramli 14' Maxime Lestienne 47'57' Adam Swandi 22'	Report	Kuraba Kondo 22'55' Shuhei Hoshino 66' Darren Teh 59'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

31 October 2022 (2022-10-31)Match 2	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
	Kodai Tanaka 74' (pen) Masahiro Sugita 81 Masaya Idetsu 55' Jun Kobayashi 87' 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Hilmi Fuad

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05)Match 3	Balestier Khalsa	5-2	Young Lions FC	Toa Payoh
	Daniel Goh 9' Kuraba Kondo 11'30' Shuhei Hoshino 21' Ryoya Tanigushi 38' 88'	Report	Rasaq Akeem 41' Jordan Emaviwe 48' Jared Gallagher 45'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Andrea Verolino

Semi-final

11 November 2022 (2022-11-11)	Tampines Rovers	8-1	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
	Taufik Suparno 26' Yasir Hanapi 27' Boris Kopitović 31'71'73' 72' Joel Chew 52' Zehrudin Mehmedović 78'90+1' Irwan Shah 80'	Report	Daniel Goh 81' Hairul Syirhan 37' Ensar Brunčević 85'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Shadiq Al-Hussain

15 November 2022 (2022-11-15)	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh
	Ryoya Taniguchi 61 Ho Wai Loon 50' Kuraba Kondo 57' Madhu Mohana 90'	Report	Hairul Syirhan 12' (o.g.) Syed Firdaus 30' Taufik Suparno 42' Christopher van Huizen 73' Shameer Aziq 90+3'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Hilmi Fuad

Balestier Khalsa lost 9-1 on aggregate.

3rd/4th placing

18 November 2022 (2022-11-18)	Albriex Niigata (S)	3-2	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
	Ilhan Fandi 32'39' Reo Kunimoto 61' Mahiro Takahashi 61' Jun Kobayashi 64' Takahiro Koga 90+2'	Report	Daniel Goh 63' Ryoya Tanigushi 72' Delwinder Singh 89'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Abirami Naidu

Competition (U21)

Stage 1

All 8 teams will be each other in a round-robin format before breaking into 2 groups for another 3 matches. A total of 10 matches will be played thru the season.

Win Draw Loss

18 July 20221	Geylang International	3-1	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
	Danish Haziq Danish Siregar			Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

25 July 20222	Tanjong Pagar United	1-2	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
	Syukri Bashir		Max McCoy Hari McCoy	Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

1 August 20223	Young Lions B	5-1	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
			Max McCoy	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

8 August 20224	Balestier Khalsa	3-3	Albirex Niigata (S)	Toa Payoh
	Hari McCoy 40'78' Puvan Raj 56'		Firman Shah Roslani 29'89' Satsuki Mori 51'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

15 August 20225	Tampines Rovers	5-2	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
	Matthias Koesno ?' Amir Mirza ?' Neel Manoj Nannat ?' Ali Manaf ?' Anton Yen Goh ?'			Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

22 August 20226	Balestier Khalsa	4-2	Lion City Sailors	Toa Payoh
	Hari McCoy 7' Max McCoy 15'87' N.Sakthivelchezhian 77' (pen)		Haiqal Pashia 11' (pen) Bill Mamadou 90+4'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

3 October 20227	Balestier Khalsa	1-4	Hougang United	Toa Payoh
	Aidil Johari 90+2'			Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1	Young Lions B	7	5	0	2	21	7	+14	15	Group A
2	Tampines Rovers U21	7	4	1	2	17	10	+7	13
3	Hougang United U21	7	4	1	2	16	13	+3	13
4	Geylang International U21	7	4	0	3	15	12	+3	12

5	Lion City Sailors U21	7	3	0	4	15	10	+5	9	Group B
6	Balestier Khalsa U21	7	2	1	4	14	23	−9	7
7	Albirex Niigata (S) U19	7	2	3	2	16	16	0	9
8	Tanjong Pagar United U21	7	1	0	6	4	27	−23	3

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
Notes:

↑ Teams are split into two groups (A and B) after each have played 7 matches.

Stage 2

10 October 2022Stage 2 Rd 1	Balestier Khalsa	1-0	Albirex Niigata (S)	Toa Payoh
	Syukri Noorhaizam 49'			Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

17 October 2022Stage 2 Rd 2	Lion City Sailors	0-2	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

25 October 2022Stage 2 Rd 3	Balestier Khalsa	1-1	Tanjong Pagar United	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Balestier Khalsa U21	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Plate Winner
2	Lion City Sailors U21	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Tanjong Pagar United U21	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Albirex Niigata (S) U19	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League

Competition (U17)

U17 League

Win Draw Loss

8 August 20221	Balestier Khalsa	2-1	Geylang International	Yishun
				Stadium: Yishun Stadium

16 August 20222	Balestier Khalsa	0-3	Hougang United	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

24 August 20223	Balestier Khalsa	2-0	Tanjong Pagar United	Choa Chu Kang
	Abdul Syahmi Kota Leela Karthikeya			Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium

30 August 20224	Balestier Khalsa	2-1	Woodlands Lions	Clementi
				Stadium: Clementi Stadium

6 September 20225	Balestier Khalsa	3-0	ActiveSG Academy	Bedok
				Stadium: Bedok Stadium

13 September 20226	Balestier Khalsa	0-3	Lion City Sailors	Woodlands
				Stadium: Woodlands Stadium

September 20227 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	3-0	Tampines Rovers	Woodlands
				Stadium: Woodlands Stadium

27 September 20228	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Tampines Rovers	Clementi
				Stadium: Clementi Stadium

22 October 20229 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Lion City Sailors	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

18 October 202210	Balestier Khalsa	0-0	ActiveSG Academy	Clementi
				Stadium: Clementi Stadium

27 October 202211	Balestier Khalsa	4-0	Woodlands Lions	Bedok
				Stadium: Bedok Stadium

2 November 202212	Balestier Khalsa	2-1	Tanjong Pagar United	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

8 November 202213	Balestier Khalsa	1-2	Hougang United	Clementi
				Stadium: Clementi Stadium

15 November 202214	Balestier Khalsa	1-2	Geylang International	Clementi
				Stadium: Clementi Stadium

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lion City Sailors U17	14	10	3	1	27	7	+20	33	Champion for 2022
2	Hougang United U17	14	9	5	0	23	10	+13	32
3	Balestier Khalsa U17	14	7	2	5	22	16	+6	23
4	Tampines Rovers U17	14	6	3	5	23	17	+6	21
5	Geylang International U17	14	4	4	6	22	23	−1	16
6	Tanjong Pagar United U17	14	4	3	7	14	18	−4	15
7	ActiveSG Football Academy	13	3	2	8	18	28	−10	11
8	Woodlands Lions U17	15	1	2	12	11	41	−30	5

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League

Competition (SFL)

Singapore Football League D1

Win Draw Loss

5 June 20221	Project Vaults Oxley	1-1	Warwick Knights	Jalan Besar
	Safwan Ramlan 52'		Zul Feshal41'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

11 June 20222	Yishun Sentek Mariners	2-2	Project Vaults Oxley	Jalan Besar
			Safwan Ramlan 70' Afiq Tan 92'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

18 June 20223	Project Vaults Oxley	1-2	GFA Sporting Westlake	Choa Chu Kang
	Max Goh 41'			Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium

26 June 20224	Katong FC	1-2	Project Vaults Oxley	Jalan Besar
			Amirul Walid 5'33'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

2 July 20225	Project Vaults Oxley	1-2	Tiong Bahru FC	Choa Chu Kang
				Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium

17 July 20226	Project Vaults Oxley	1-0	Mattar Sailors	Clementi
	Ruzree Rohzaini 50'			Stadium: Clementi Stadium

23 July 20227	Singapore Khalsa Association	3-1	Project Vaults Oxley	Choa Chu Kang
			Ruzree Rohzaini	Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium

31 July 20228	Warwick Knights	2-3	Project Vaults Oxley	Clementi
	Azhar Sairudin 29' Akhbar Ali 85'		Safwan Ramlan Adam Xu Ganesan Devadas	Stadium: Clementi Stadium

6 August 20229	Project Vaults Oxley	0-2	Yishun Sentek Mariners	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

13 August 202210	GFA Sporting Westlake	3-3	Project Vaults Oxley	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

20 August 202211	Project Vaults Oxley	1-0	Katong FC	Toa Payoh
	John Peter			Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

27 August 202212	Tiong Bahru FC	4-2	Project Vaults Oxley	Toa Payoh
			Adam Xu Nordine Talhi	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

4 September 202213	Mattar Sailors	1-1	Project Vaults Oxley	Clementi
			Ganesan Devadas	Stadium: Clementi Stadium

September 202214	Project Vaults Oxley	1-3	Singapore Khalsa Association	Jalan Besar =
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Singapore Khalsa Association	14	8	4	2	36	18	+18	28	Champion for 2022
2	Yishun Sentek Mariners	14	5	7	2	26	20	+6	22
3	Warwick Knights	14	5	6	3	23	21	+2	21
4	Katong FC	14	6	3	5	19	17	+2	21
5	Tiong Bahru FC	14	5	3	6	27	25	+2	18
6	Project Vaults Oxley	14	4	4	6	20	26	−6	16
7	GFA Sporting Westlake FC	14	3	7	4	20	30	−10	16	Relegated
8	Mattar Sailors	14	1	4	9	10	24	−14	7	Relegated

Updated to match(es) played on 15 Sept 2022. Source: Singapore Premier League

Notes

References

[32] The game was played as three periods of 45 minutes

[table_note_ALB0.56872634942118-33] 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.

[34] Teams are split into two groups (A and B) after each have played 7 matches.

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[2] "Martyn is back with the Tigers for 2022".

[3] "Riki is back! 🧤".

[4] "Hairul has penned a 1-year contract".

[5] "Welcome, Darren Teh! 🐅".

[6] "Ho Wai Loon returned to the Tiger's den".

[7] "Del has penned a 1-year contract".

[8] "Welcome, Naufal to the Tiger's den".

[9] "Welcome, Ammirul! 🐅".

[10] "Iggy makes his return as a Tiger!".

[11] "Welcome, Asshukrie! 🐯".

[12] "Taniguchi Ryoya will be joining Balestier Khalsa FC in 2022 season".

[13] "Kondo Kuraba will be joining Balestier Khalsa FC in 2022 season".

[14] "Rudy joins Balestier on year-long loan".

[15] "Let's welcome Ahmad Syahir who joins the Eagles after a long stint with the Tigers".

[16] "Welcome home 🏠 the defender returns to GIFC".

[17] "Kristijan Krajček leaving Tiger after 3 years".

[18] "The Cheetahs have signed Croat midfielder Kristijan Krajcek from Balestier Khalsa".

[19] "Welcome to the 🦅 nest Sime Zuzul!".

[20] "Hazzuwan would like to announce that he will not extend contract with the club next season ".

[21] "A new Eagle has landed 🦅 Welcome to the family 💚 #geylangboleh".

[22] "Iqbal leaving the Tiger in end of season".

[23] "Weymouth had new signing Hari McCoy, a right winger by trade, in the dugout".

[24] "Max McCoy, named in squad in FA Cup replay".

[25] "riki.kimura joins us on a season-long loan deal from Lion City Sailors".

[26] "Ho Wai Loon leaves Lion City Sailors to complete Balestier loan".

[27] "Jordan Emaviwe joins Young Lions".

[28] "Zaiful finds home in Eagles' nest".

[29] "2020 Singapore Premier League Retained and Released List".

[30] "Boost for the 🐯Gentle giant Bruno signs an extension with us for 2️⃣ years!". Facebook .

[31] "Balestier Khalsa is pleased to have our hardworking Japanese player Shuhei Hoshino put pen to paper for an extension of contract for season 2021". Facebook .

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2022 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Contents

Squad

Singapore Premier League

U21

Women Team

Project Vaults Oxley SC (SFL1)

Balestier United RC (SFL2)

Coaching staff

Transfer

In

Loan In

Out

Loan Return

Loan Out

Extension / Retained

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

Mid-Season Friendly

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions (SPL)

Overview

Singapore Premier League

Singapore Cup

Group

Semi-final

3rd/4th placing

Competition (U21)

Stage 1

Stage 2

Competition (U17)

U17 League

Competition (SFL)

Singapore Football League D1

League table

See also

Notes

Related Research Articles

References