Tanjong Pagar United FC

Tanjong Pagar United

Full name	Tanjong Pagar United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Jaguars
Short name	TPU
Founded	1974;50 years ago (1974) as Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club 1996;28 years ago (1996) as Tiong Bahru United 1998;26 years ago (1998) as Tanjong Pagar United
Ground	Jurong East Stadium
Capacity	2,700
Chairman	Raymond Tang
Manager	Hasrin Jailani
League	Singapore Premier League
2023	Singapore Premier League, 8th of 9
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Tanjong Pagar United Football Club is a professional football club based in Queenstown, Singapore. The club competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singaporean football.

Tanjong Pagar United took part in the S.League from 1996 to 2004, and from 2011 to 2014. The club withdrew from the league after the 2004 season because of financial problems, but returned in 2011, with several similar breaks meanwhile. The club has since returned from 2020 onwards. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

Early years and formation (1974–1996)

Prior to the formation of the S.League, the club were formed as Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club in 1975 and debuted in Division III of the National Football League, from which they were promoted as champions in 1978. This was followed by a second successive promotion in 1979, bringing the Jaguars to Division I. In 1982, they won the President's Cup and the following year, they were national league champions. They represented Singapore in the 1984 ASEAN Club Games, finishing third, then captured The Double in 1987.

The early 1990s saw further successes, as they were Pools Cup winners in 1991 and 1993, finished runners-up in the FAS Premier League from 1991 to 1993 and bagged the FA Cup in 1994.

S. League era (1996–2004)

Their strong performances led to their selection as one of eight clubs to compete in the newly 1996 S.League season, so they were renamed to Tiong Bahru Football Club and obtained a permanent home at the Queenstown Stadium. ^[4]

In 1998, the club changed it named to Tanjong Pagar United and Lim Tong Hai captained the club in its debut season to a Singapore Cup and Singapore FA Cup double.

Dissolvement (2004–2010)

In the 2004 season, Tanjong Pagar United went through a period of difficult times where they sit at the bottom of the league table throughout the entire season. They manage to record a total of 4 wins, 5 draws and 18 losses thus seeing the club being dissolved at the end of the season due to financial problems where France defender Gimmy Bade was converted to the play in the forward position for some matches. At the end of the season, All of the club foreign players, Gimmy Bade and Jean-Marc Audemar, Benoît Salviat and Nicodeme Boucher eventually left the club.

Return of the club (2011–2013)

In the 2011 season, Tanjong Pagar United replaced Beijing Guoan Talent for the S.League spot and therefore returned to action after a six years hiatus. The Jaguars signed Korean duo Kim Seong-kyu and Kim Jong-oh, Japanese Takaya Kawanabe from J1 League side, Omiya Ardija and France player, Cyril Bagnost. The Jaguars finished the season with 3 wins, 5 draws and 27 losses finishing in 11th out of 12th position in the league.

In the 2012 season. Tanjong Pagar United bought in Gilbert Bayonne, Carlos Delgado and Anthony Aymard in which they ended their season without any slight improvement finishing in the season at the same spot.

In 2017, the owners of Tanjong Pagar United stated their intent to return to Singapore Premier League for the 2019 season, ^[5] and in November 2017 applied to FAS to rejoin the league. ^[6] On the same month, the team also appeals to continue their jackpot operations, which is the source of club's income, after new regulations by the Ministry of Home Affairs forced the club to wind down their operations. ^[7] But after their appeals were rejected by Ministry of Home Affairs and were ordered to shut down their jackpot operations in April 2018, ^[8] as of September 2019, there were no further updates from the club regarding this intent.

Returned to action (2020–present)

On 16 January 2020, the Football Association of Singapore confirms Tanjong Pagar United's participation in the 2020 Singapore Premier League season. ^[1] Tanjong Pagar United went on to have their best finished in the league finishing in fifth place during the 2021 season. In the 2023 season, Singaporean star player, Khairul Amri received the "Goal of the Year" award while playing for the club which he scored an scissors kick against Hougang United in a 2–1 away win on 6 April 2023.

the club was known as Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club, and won Singapore's National Football League in 1983 and 1987., and then to Tanjong Pagar United in 1998. The team's mascot is a Jaguar.

Sponsors

Kit Supplier	Main Sponsors	Back Sponsors
FBT	Tokyo Century	Komoco Motors

Stadium

The Jaguars initially played their home games at the Queenstown Stadium since 1970 which can held up to a total of 3,800 spectators however as the Queenstown Stadium was occupied since 2010 by French club Étoile FC, Tanjong Pagar United was temporarily based at Clementi Stadium for the duration of the 2011 season. However, due to Étoile FC's withdrawal from the league by the end of the 2011 season, Tanjong Pagar United shifted back to Queenstown Stadium for the 2012 season. Ever since they reinstalled back into the league in 2020, they will share the Jurong East Stadium with Albirex Niigata (S) instead.

Players

First-team squad

As of 27 March 2024 ^[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   SGP Prathip Ekamparam U23 3 DF   SGP Shahrin Saberin 4 DF   FRA Pathy Malumandsoko 5 DF   SGP Syed Akmal 6 MF   SGP Azim Akbar U23 7 FW   SGP Zahil Rahman U23 8 MF   SGP Rezza Rezky (on loan from BG Tampines Rovers) 9 FW   FRA Salif Cissé 10 MF   JPN Tomoki Wada

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF   SGP Anaqi Ismit U23 15 DF   SGP Faizal Roslan 17 FW   SGP Syahadat Masnawi U23 18 GK   SGP Fashah Iskandar 19 DF   UZB Timur Talipov 22 DF   SGP Akram Azman (Captain) — DF   SGP Farid Jafri U23 — MF   SGP Daniel Elfian U23 — FW   IDN Fariz Fadilla Lubis FP U21

Under-21s and Academy

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 51 DF   IDN Febryan PradanaU21 52 GK   SGP Travis AngU21 53 MF   SGP Saiful Azhar SaifuddinU21 56 MF   SGP Rian Haziq RosleyU21 57 DF   SGP PrinceU21 58 DF   SGP Ahmad DzulfaqarU21 59 GK   SGP ZaheerU21 60 DF   SGP IzzanU21 61 DF   SGP HerwandyU21 62 MF   SGP Syahmi IndallahU21

No. Pos. Nation Player 64 DF   SGP Jeevesh HarikumarU21 65 MF   ENG George Thomas U21 66 MF   SGP Ahmad DanialU21 67 DF   SGP Nifail NoorhaizamU21 68 MF   AUS Charlie TraynorU21 69 DF   SGP Haziq RiduanU21 70 FW   SGP MiqdadU21 71 FW   SGP ItharU21 72 FW   SGP RisviU21 73 GK   SGP RyanU21 74 FW   SGP Daniel HerdyU21

On Loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 56 MF   SGP Elfy Danish (National Service till 2023) 22 MF   SGP Hadiputradila Saswadimata (National Service till 2024) 62 DF   SGP Ikram Mikhail Mustaqim (National Service till 2025, to Young Lions FC) 6 MF   SGP Naufal Ilham (National Service till 2025) 8 MF   SGP Fathullah Rahmat (National Service till 2025)

Management and staff

Management

Position	Name
Chairman	Raymond Tang
Vice-Chairman	Andrew Chua
Honorary Secretary	Zen Tay
Honorary Treasurer	Chan Kok Hock
Club Supervisor	Richard Woon

Technical staff

Position	Name
Team Manager	Noh Alam Shah
Manager	Hasrin Jailani
Goalkeeping Coach	Fajar Sarib
Fitness Coach	Hafiz Osman
Youth Coach	Jaslee Hatta
Head of first team football	Noh Alam Shah
Physiotherapist	Fadhli Hussein
Kitman	Azwan Hishamuddin

Former managers

• PN Sivaji
• Robert Alberts (1996–98)
• Tohari Paijan (1998–2002)
• Moey Yoke Ham (2003–04)
• Karim Bencherifa (2004)
• Terry Pathmanathan (2011–2012)
• Patrick Vallée (2012–2014)
• Hairi Su'ap (2020)
• Hasrin Jailani (2020–Present)

Seasons

Season	S.League								Singapore Cup	Singapore League Cup
	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1996-1	5th	14	4	5	5	20	19	17
1996-2	2nd*	14	8	3	3	35	18	27
1997	2nd	16	10	4	2	33	16	34
1998	2nd	20	14	4	2	39	15	46	Winners
1999	3rd	22	11	8	3	40	25	41	Round of 16
2000	2nd	22	12	7	3	50	23	43	Quarter-finals
2001	4th	33	18	6	9	68	47	60	Semi-finals
2002	9th	33	11	4	18	49	72	37	Quarter-finals
2003	10th	33	8	2–0	23	36	78	28	Group stage
2004	10th	27	4	5	18	29	72	17	Preliminary
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011	11th	33	3	5	25	21	77	14	Round of 16	Preliminary
2012	12th	24	5	5	14	17	41	20	Round of 16	Group stage
2013	6th	27	9	9	9	36	34	36	Runners-up	Quarter-finals
2014	9th	27	8	5	14	35	44	29	Quarter-finals	Runners-up
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020	8th	14	0	5	9	14	33	5
2021	5th	21	5	7	9	36	49	22
2022	6th	28	10	7	11	59	69	37
2023	8th	24	6	3	15	39	62	21

• The 1996 season of the S.League was split into two series. Tiger Beer Series winners Geylang United defeated Pioneer Series winners Singapore Armed Forces in the Championship playoff to clinch the S.League title.
• 2003 saw the introduction of penalty shoot-outs if a match ended in a draw in regular time. Winners of penalty shoot-outs gained two points instead of one.
• Tanjong Pagar United sat out the S.League from 2005 to 2010, and withdrew from the competition between 2015 and 2019.

Statistics and records

As of 12 December 2023.

Top 10 all-time appearances

Rank	Player	Years	Club appearances
1	Asraf Rashid	2012–2015	82
2	Delwinder Singh	2011–2012, 2020–2021	77
3	Hanafi Salleh	2012–2015	74
4	Blake Ricciuto	2021–2023	72
5	Aurélien Hérisson	2013–2015	68
6	Raihan Rahman	2020–2023	67
7	Monsef Zerka	2013–2014	65
8	Shodai Nishikawa	2020–2022	64
	Zahid Ahmad	1997, 2012–2014
	Khairul Amri	2021–2023

Top 10 all-time scorers

Rank	Player	Club appearances	Total goals
1	Reo Nishiguchi	51	39
2	Monsef Zerka	65	33
3	Kamel Ramdani	57	20
4	Luiz Júnior	32	18
5	Takaya Kawanabe	58	15
6	Khairul Amri	61	14
7	Blake Ricciuto	70	13
8	Sébastien Etiemble	32	11
	Ismaël Benahmed	34
10	Shodai Nishikawa	64	10

• Biggest Wins: 8–1 vs Young Lions (1 October 2022)
• Heaviest Defeats: 9–0 vs Tampines Rovers (16 March 2004)
• Youngest Goal scorers: Arisman Arman ~ 18 years 10 months 17 days old (On 19 June 2011 vs Young Lions)
• Oldest Goal scorers: Daniel Bennett ~ 44 years 7 months 27 days old (On 3 September 2022vs Hougang United)
• Youngest ever debutant: George Thomas ~ 16 years 9 months 29 days old (On 10 April 2023 vs Albirex Niigata S)

Honours

Domestic

League

• National Football League Division One
  • Champions (2): 1983, 1987

Cups

• Singapore Cup
  • Champions (1): 1998
  • Runners up (1): 2013
• Singapore League Cup
  • Runners up (1): 2014
• President's Cup
  • Champions (4): 1982, 1985, 1987, 1994

Reserves

• Singapore FA Cup
  • Champions (1): 1998

References

1. "FAS confirms Tanjong Pagar United's participation in the 2020 SPL season | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
2. Ong, Terence (4 November 2014). "Jaguars to sit out next S-League season, Rams to merge with Hougang". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
3. Low, Lin Fhoong (5 November 2014). "Uncertainty over S-League's changes for 2015". Today . Retrieved 5 November 2014.
4. Malathi Das and Palakrishnan (1996), "S.League: the kick-off", Singapore Professional Football League Pte Ltd, p. 56
5. "Football: Jaguars confident of S-League return by 2019". The Straits Times. 26 June 2017.
6. Osman, Shamir (10 November 2017). "Gombak, Tanjong Pagar apply to rejoin S.League in 2019". The New Paper.
7. "Seven clubs with jackpot machines to wind down operations by April 2018 - CNA". Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
8. "Football: Tanjong Pagar and Gombak United will soon exist only on paper as appeals fail". The Straits Times. 25 July 2018.
9. "SPL 2023 Transfer Centre: Tanjong Pagar United". Singapore Premier League. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

External links

• Official club website
• Official club Facebook site
• Official club Twitter site
• S.League website page on Tanjong Pagar United FC Archived 12 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine