Gombak United FC

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Gombak United
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Full nameGombak United Football Club
Nickname(s)The Bulls
Founded1960; 61 years ago (as Redhill Rangers FC)
1998; 23 years ago (as Gombak United)
Dissolved2012
Ground Bukit Gombak Stadium
Capacity3,000
League S.League
2012 S.League, 9th of 13
Former club crest Gombak United FC.png
Former club crest

Gombak United Football Club was a professional football club based in Bukit Gombak, Singapore that competes in the top tier of Singapore football league system. The club took part in S.League from 1998 to 2002, and from 2006 to 2012. During the early years of the S. League, Gombak United played their home games at Bukit Gombak Stadium. They have won the Singapore League Cup once.

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History

Prior to joining the S.League, the club was known as Redhill Rangers FC. The club than changed its name to Gombak United in 1998.

From 1998 to 2002, the club played their S.League home games at the Bukit Gombak Stadium before pulling out of the S.League at the end of the 2002 season due to financial difficulties.

Gombak United rejoined the S.League in 2006 and moved their home games to Jurong West Stadium, but they pulled out of the S.League again during the 2013 season after seven seasons due to reduced takings. At the end of 2017, Chairman John Yap applied to the Football Association of Singapore to return to the Singapore Premier League for the 2019 season but the application was not successful.

2008 Singapore League Cup Winners

En route to the League cup final, Gombak United has beaten favourite to win the cup, Home United in the quarter-final and Young Lions in the semi-final. They face Korean Super Reds in the final where O. J. Obatola score a 90' min goal to secure the win for the club first ever silverware in their history

Seasons

Season S.League Singapore Cup Singapore League Cup
PosPWDLFAPts
1998 10203413255213Group stage
1999 522886353532Quarter-finals
2000 5221147332637Quarter-finals
2001 10338421367228Group stage
2002 12332625338312Group stage
2003
2004
2005
2006 8308814485432Round of 16
2007 43313911544048Quarter-finals 2nd Runners-up
2008 53314109473954 Round of 16 Winners
2009 33014115523253 Round of 16 Quarter-finals
2010 633121011332546 Round of 16 Semi-finals
2011 63314613434148 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals
2012 924789232929 2nd Runners-up Quarter-finals
2013
2014

Last updated on 25 February 2014

Managers

Honours

Domestic

Cup

Records and statistics

Top 10 all-time appearances

RankPlayerYearsClub appearances
1 Flag of Singapore.svg Bah Mamadou 2001–2002

2008–2010

160
2 Flag of Singapore.svg Ruhaizad Ismail 2006–2011158
3 Flag of Singapore.svg Jaslee Hatta 2006–2011153
4 Flag of Nigeria.svg Obadin Aikhena 2006–2007

2010–2012

125
5 Flag of Nigeria.svg O. J. Obatola 2006–2009117
6 Flag of Singapore.svg Jeremy Chiang 2008–2012102
7 Flag of Singapore.svg Agu Casmir 2007

2008–2010

83
8 Flag of Singapore.svg Zaiful Nizam 2006–201281
9 Flag of Singapore.svg Ridhwan Jamaludin 2008–201289
10 Flag of Singapore.svg Hamqaamal Shah 2009–201278

Top 10 all-time scorers

RankPlayerClub appearancesTotal goals
1 Flag of Nigeria.svg O. J. Obatola 11762
2 Flag of Singapore.svg Agu Casmir 8334
3 Flag of Singapore.svg Fazrul Nawaz 4625
4 Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Jo-yoon 6016
5 Flag of Singapore.svg Ruhaizad Ismail 15813
6 Flag of Nigeria.svg Alfred Emuejeraye 1811
7 Flag of Nigeria.svg Obadin Aikhena 12510
Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Hee-bong 47
9 Flag of Nigeria.svg Kingsley Njoku 278
10 Flag of France.svg Julien Durand 297

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