2019 Geylang International FC season

The 2019 season is Geylang International's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League. Along with the Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.

Geylang International
2019 season
ChairmanBen Teng
Head coachSingapore Mohd Noor Ali
StadiumOur Tampines Hub
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Key events edit

Pre-season edit

  1. On 26/9/2018, it was reported that Geylang International is interested in bringing Song Ui-young to Bedok Stadium together with their former coach, Lee Lim Saeng for Season 2019. Joining the Eagles to express interest is Indonesian giants Persija Jakarta.[1]
  2. On 30/10/2018, the team announced their 1st signing of the 2019 season. Shahrin Saberin officially joined from Home United after his contract ended.[2]
  3. On 31/10/2018, the team announced that Zainol Gulam is the 1st player to sign an extension to their contract.[3]

In-season edit

  1. On 24/4/2019, Syahiran Miswan was banned for 3 matches for committing an act of violent conduct on opponent at the 64th minute of play against Warriors FC.[4]

Squad edit

Sleague edit

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Hairul Syirhan   (1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 28)   Young Lions FC 2019 2019
25 Zainol Gulam   (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32)   Warriors FC 2018 2019
Defenders
2 Anders Aplin     (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 32)  SRC (Ex NFL) 2016
3 Jufri Taha >30   (1985-03-04) 4 March 1985 (age 39)   Tampines Rovers 2018 2019
4 Shahrin Saberin   (1995-02-14) 14 February 1995 (age 29)   Home United 2019 2019
5 Darren Teh U23 (Captain)   (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 27)   SAFSA (NFL D1) 2017 2019
14 Danish Irfan U23   (1999-03-10) 10 March 1999 (age 25)   NFA U18 2018 2019
21 Yuki Ichikawa   (1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 36)   Albirex Niigata (S) 2014 2019
Midfielders
6 Syahiran Miswan   (1994-01-22) 22 January 1994 (age 30)   Hougang United 2019 2019
8 Barry Maguire    (1989-10-27) 27 October 1989 (age 34)   Limerick F.C. 2019 2019
9 Noor Ariff U23   (1998-09-06) 6 September 1998 (age 25) Youth Team 2017 2019
15 Bryan Tan U23   (1996-05-07) 7 May 1996 (age 28) 2019 2019
16 Umar Ramle U23   (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 28) Youth Team 2016 2019
17 Firdaus Kasman >30   (1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 (age 36)   Warriors FC 2019 2019
19 Asshukrie Wahid U23   (1997-02-27) 27 February 1997 (age 27)   Young Lions FC 2019 2019
22 Christopher van Huizen   (1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 31)   Home United 2019
Forwards
7 Amy Recha     (1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 32)   Home United 2019 2019
10 Shawal Anuar   (1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33)   Keppel Monaco (Ex NFL) 2014 2019
11 Fareez Farhan   (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 29)   Hougang United 2019 2019
13 Matthew Palmer U19   (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 24)   Vejle Boldklub U19 2019 2019
23 Ifwat Ismail U23   (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 27)   Young Lions FC 2019 2019
Players loaned out / placed on injury list / left during season
20 Corey Warren U19   (2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 (age 24)   Australasian Soccer Academy 2019 2019

U19 edit

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
50 Wayne Chew U19   (2001-10-22) 22 October 2001 (age 22) Youth Team 2019 2019
51 Nicholas Ong U19   (2002-08-28) 28 August 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2019 2019
52 Izz Raziq U19   (2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2019 2019
Defenders
43 Ilhan Noor U19   (2002-08-13) 13 August 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2019 2019
46 Aiman Zavyan U19   (2002-08-28) 28 August 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2019 2019
55 Nasrul Pujiyono U19   (2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2019 2019
58 Rizqullah Baharudin U19   Youth Team 2019 2019
59 Haifi Azlan U19   Youth Team 2019 2019
Midfielders
38 Azri Suhaili U19   (2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2019 2019
39 Danish Qayyum U19   (2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 22) Youth Team 2019 2019
40 Harith Kanadi U19   (2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 21)   Tampines Rovers U19 2019 2019
42 Gabriel Myong U19     Youth Team 2019 2019
48 Shafiq Asaraf U19   Youth Team 2019 2019
49 Furqan Raoff U19   (2002-11-09) 9 November 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2019 2019
53 Syahmi Samsudin U19   Youth Team 2019 2019
54 Ihsan Fahmi U19   Youth Team 2019 2019
56 Hariysh Krishnakumar U19   Youth Team 2019 2019
57 Faezudin Jamaludain U19   Youth Team 2019 2019
60 Tan Yee Kern U19   Youth Team 2019 2019
Forwards
36 Fikri Junaidi U19   (2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 24)   Home United U19 2019 2019
37 Zikos Vasileios Chua U19     (2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 22)   NFA U16 2018 2019
41 Danial Hakim U19   Youth Team 2019 2019
45 Danish Haziq U19   (2002-07-05) 5 July 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2019 2019
47 Ariffin Noor U19   (2001-02-15) 15 February 2001 (age 23)   Home United U19 2019 2019

Coaching staff edit

[5]

Position Name Ref.
Head Coach   Mohd Noor Ali
Assistant Coach   Syed Azmir
Goalkeeping Coach   Sarong Naiket
Goalkeeping Coach   Shahril Jantan
Team Manager   Andrew Ang
Physiotherapist  
Kitman

Transfers edit

Pre-season transfers edit

In edit

Position Player Transferred From Ref
Coach   Mohd Noor Ali   Matsumoto Yamaga End of Exchange[6]
GK   Hairul Syirhan   Young Lions FC [7]
DF   Anders Aplin   Matsumoto Yamaga Loan Return [8]
DF   Shahrin Saberin   Home United [2]
MF   Syahiran Miswan   Hougang United [9]
MF   Chris van Huizen   Home United [10]
MF   Firdaus Kasman   Warriors FC [11]
MF   Asshukrie Wahid   Young Lions FC Loan Return [12]
MF    Barry Maguire   Limerick F.C. [13]
MF   Mortaza Safdari   Australasian Soccer Academy Season loan [14]
FW   Amy Recha   Home United [15]
FW   Ifwat Ismail   Young Lions FC Loan Return [16]
FW   Fareez Farhan   Hougang United [17]

Out edit

Position Player Transferred To Ref
Coach   Hirotaka Usui Redesignated End of Exchange[6]
GK   Jasper Chan
GK   Faris Danial   Balestier Khalsa Free
GK   Syed Syazwan
DF   Afiq Yunos   Tampines Rovers Loan Return [18]
DF   Ahmad Zaki   Balestier Khalsa Free [19]
DF   Zulfadli Zainal Abidin   Tiong Bahru FC (NFL D1)
DF   Yeo Hai Ngee   Warriors FC
MF   Azhar Sairudin   Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (NFL D1)
MF   Sadiq Rahim   Balestier United (NFL D1)
MF   Fuad Ramli   Bishan Barx FC (NFL D1)
MF   Ryson Yap   Police SA (NFL D1)
MF   Farish Khan
MF   Fumiya Kogure   Soltilo Angkor FC [20]
MF   Ryan Syaffiq   Tiong Bahru FC (NFL D1)
FW   Cameron Ayrton Bell   Tiong Bahru FC (NFL D1)
FW   Fairoz Hassan   Warriors FC

Retained edit

Position Player Ref

Extension edit

Position Player Ref
GK   Zainol Gulam [3]
DF   Darren Teh [21]
DF   Danish Irfan Azman [22]
DF   Jufri Taha [23]
MF   Yuki Ichikawa [24]
MF   Noor Ariff [25]
FW   Shawal Anuar [26]

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Position Player Ref

Trial edit

Position Player Trial From Ref
FW   Víctor Coto Ortega Free Agent [27]
MF   Parham Khosravi   Australasian Soccer Academy
DF   Morteza Safdari   Australasian Soccer Academy

Mid-season transfer edit

In edit

Position Player Transferred From Ref
FW   Matthew Palmer Free Agent [28]
MF   Bryan Tan   SAFSA (NFL D1) [29]

Out edit

Position Player Transferred To Ref
FW   Corey Warren   FC Vilniaus Vytis

Friendlies edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 January 2019 (2019-01-09) 2 Hibernians FC   (Cosmo League) 0-6   Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
7pm
12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 3 SAFSA   (NFL) 1-1   Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
7pm
13 January 2019 (2019-01-13) 4 PKNS FC   2-0   Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
7pm K. Gurusamy  76'
Faizat Ghazli  80'
19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 6 Admiralty FC   (NFL) 2-12   Geylang International Bedok Stadium
5pm

Tour of Malaysia (20 to 27 January)

24 January 2019 (2019-01-24) 2 Selangor FA   cancelled   Geylang International Shah Alam, Selangor
2045hours Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium

Mid-season friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of 29 September 2018.
No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup Total
Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals
1 GK   Hairul Syirhan 9(1) 0 0 0 10 0
2 DF   Anders Aplin 16(3) 0 6 0 22 0
3 DF   Jufri Taha 11(3) 0 1(2) 1 17 1
4 DF   Shahrin Saberin 6 0 4 0 10 0
5 DF   Darren Teh 23 0 6 0 29 0
6 MF   Syahiran Miswan 7(1) 0 0 0 8 0
7 FW   Amy Recha 14(9) 6 3(2) 0 28 6
8 MF    Barry Maguire 21 5 6 0 27 5
9 MF   Noor Ariff 9(8) 2 5 0 22 2
10 FW   Shawal Anuar 12(2) 8 2 1 16 9
11 FW   Fareez Farhan 14(10) 9 4(1) 2 29 11
13 FW   Matthew Palmer 0(6) 0 1(4) 0 11 0
14 DF   Danish Irfan 19 0 0 0 19 0
16 MF   Umar Ramle 14(2) 0 4(2) 0 22 0
17 MF   Firdaus Kasman 18(2) 1 4 0 24 1
21 DF   Yuki Ichikawa 24 4 5 0 29 4
22 MF   Christopher van Huizen 16(5) 1 4(1) 0 26 1
23 FW   Ifwat Ismail 4(6) 0 0(2) 1 12 1
25 GK   Zainol Gulam 15 0 3 0 18 0
36 MF   Fikri Junaidi 2(2) 0 0 0 4 0
37 FW    Zikos Vasileios Chua 7(3) 5 0 0 10 5
38 MF   Azri Suhaili 1(1) 0 0 0 2 0
39 MF   Danish Qayyum 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
40 DF   Harith Kanadi 1 0 3(2) 0 6 0
42 MF    Gabriel Myong 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
20 MF   Corey Warren 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0

Note 1: Darren Teh scored an own goal against Balestier Khalsa on 31/3/2019.

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Singapore Premier League 24 10 3 11 41 48 −7 041.67
Singapore Cup 6 1 2 3 6 9 −3 016.67
Total 30 11 5 14 47 57 −10 036.67

Singapore Premier League edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 2 Brunei DPMM   3-0   Geylang International Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Blake Ricciuto  22'  40'
Andrey Varankow  88' (pen)
Razimie Ramlli  90'
Fakharrazi Hassan  17'
Ifwat Ismail  42'
Jufri Taha  64'
Noor Ariff  88'
Darren Teh  90'
Referee: Y.Sathyakumar
16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 3 Geylang International   0-1   Tampines Rovers Our Tampines Hub
Darren Teh   28'
Amy Recha   49'
Khairul Amri   12'
Jordan Webb   18'
Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar
5 April 2019 (2019-04-05) 5 Geylang International   5-2   Warriors FC Our Tampines Hub
Amy Recha  58' (pen)  72'
Yuki Ichikawa  66'
Firdaus Kasman  83'
Fareez Farhan  88'
Shahrin Saberin  44'
Syahiran Miswan  62'
Ignatius Ang  21'
Fairoz Hassan  27'
Poh Yi Feng  62'
Suria Prakash  79'
Referee: G. Letchman
14 April 2019 (2019-04-14) 6 Young Lions FC   0-1   Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
Zikos Vasileios Chua  47'
Danish Irfan  36'
Amy Recha  60'
Referee: Farhan Mohamed
20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 7 Hougang United   4-1   Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
Jordan Nicolas Vestering  7'  43'
Amir Zalani  54'
Afiq Yunos   67'
Fazrul Nawaz   83'  90'
Afiq Noor  51'
Barry Maguire  49'
Darren Teh  18'
Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar
24 April 2019 (2019-04-24) 8 Home United   3-0   Geylang International Bishan Stadium
Oliver Puflett  9,42'
Adam Swandi  58'
Hami Syahin  65'
Izzdin Shafiq  84'
Anders Aplin  24'
Barry Maguire  82'
Referee: Y.Sathyakumar
5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 9 Albirex Niigata (S)   2-0   Geylang International Jurong East Stadium
Kyoga Nakamura  85'  90' Umar Akhbar  54'
Darren Teh  62'
Noor Ariff  70'   79'
Referee: Jansen Foo
25 May 2019 (2019-05-25) 11 Tampines Rovers   1-1   Geylang International Our Tampines Hub
Jordan Webb  21' (pen) Shawal Anuar  30' Referee: Farhan Mohamed
16 June 2019 (2019-06-16) 12 Geylang International   5-0   Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
Shawal Anuar  17'  45'
Barry Maguire  44'  48'
Yuki Ichikawa  76'
Umar Akhbar  54'
Referee: Nathan Chan
23 June 2019 (2019-06-23) 13 Warriors FC   1-2   Geylang International Jurong East Stadium
Jonathan Béhé  37' Zikos Vasileios Chua  79'  81' Referee: Juherman Zaiton
5 July 2019 (2019-07-05) 15 Geylang International   2-2   Hougang United Our Tampines Hub
Fareez Farhan  3'  38' Fazrul Nawaz  14'
Hafiz Sujad  63'
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
12 July 2019 (2019-07-12) 16 Geylang International   2-3   Home United Our Tampines Hub
Noor Ariff  2'  10' Hafiz Nor  5'  24'
Hami Syahin  42'
Faritz Abdul Hameed  79'
Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib  90'
Referee: Muhd Taqi
18 August 2019 (2019-08-18) 20 Balestier Khalsa   3-4   Geylang International Bishan Stadium
Daniel Goh  65,72'
Sime Zuzul  75'
Christopher Van Huizen  7'
Shawal Anuar  57'
Fareez Farhan  90+1'
Amy Recha  90+4'
Referee: Syarqawi Buhari
18 September 2019 (2019-09-18) 21 (Rescheduled) Geylang International   4-3   Warriors FC Our Tampines Hub
Shawal Anuar  4'
Barry Maguire  24'
Fareez Farhan  31' (pen)
Amy Recha  85' (pen)
Faizal Raffi  23'  38'
Hairul Syirhan  81' (o.g)
Referee: Farhan Mohamed
31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 22 Young Lions FC   1-2   Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
Rasaq Akeem  90+1' Fareez Farhan  45'
Barry Maguire  63'
Referee: Y.Sathyakumar
15 September 2019 (2019-09-15) 23 Geylang International   4-4   Hougang United Our Tampines Hub
Fareez Farhan  7'  11'  28'
Shawal Anuar  70'
Shahfiq Ghani  41'  75'
Faris Ramli  49'  80'
Referee: Muhammad Taqi
21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 24 Home United   3-2   Geylang International Bishan Stadium
Shahril Ishak  5'  6'
Song Ui-young  85'
Amy Recha 42  42'
Shawal Anuar  86'
Referee: Syarqawi Buhari

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Hougang United 24 13 4 7 58 45 +13 43 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
4 Albirex Niigata (S)[a] 24 12 5 7 36 25 +11 41
5 Geylang International 24 10 3 11 41 48 −7 33
6 Home United 24 9 3 12 34 46 −12 30
7 Warriors 24 6 5 13 40 56 −16 23
Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
  1. ^ The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25) Match 1 Brunei DPMM   1-1   Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
Andrei Varankou  90+3' Shawal Anuar  38' Referee: Syahir Ahmadi
19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) Match 2 Geylang International   0-2   Albirex Niigata (S) Our Tampines Hub
Daizo Horikoshi  81'
Daichi Tanabe  85'
Referee: Abirami Naidu
23 October 2019 (2019-10-23) Match 3 Hougang United   0-2   Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
Amy Recha  74'
Fareez Farhan  84' (pen)
Referee: Juherman Zaiton

Semi-final edit

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) SF Leg 1 Geylang International   0-2   Tampines Rovers Our Tampines Hub
Shahdan Sulaiman  8' (pen)
Yasir Hanapi  78'
Referee: Farhan Mohamad
30 October 2019 (2019-10-30) SF Leg 2 Tampines Rovers   2-1
(4-1 agg.)
  Geylang International Our Tampines Hub
Yasir Hanapi  5'
Shahdan Sulaiman  85' (pen)
Jufri Taha  74' Referee: Nathan Chan

Tampines Rovers won 4-1 on aggregate.


3rd/4th place edit

See also edit

References edit

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  13. ^ "Geylang International sign former Dutch U-20 midfielder Barry Maguire".
  14. ^ "Australasian Soccer Academy". www.facebook.com.
  15. ^ "Amy Recha rejoins Eagles for 2019". Archived from the original on 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
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  18. ^ "Afiq join Eagles on loan".
  19. ^ "Balestier Khalsa Football Club". www.facebook.com.
  20. ^ "S.League star Fumiya Kogure joins Keisuke Honda's Soltilo Angkor FC".
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