2021 Hougang United FC season

The 2021 season is Hougang United's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.

Hougang United
2021 season
ChairmanBill Ng
Head coachClement Teo
StadiumHougang Stadium
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Squad edit

Singapore Premier League edit

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Mukundan Maran U23   (1998-07-21) 21 July 1998 (age 25)   Warriors FC 2021 2021
13 Ridhuan Barudin >30   (1987-03-23) 23 March 1987 (age 37)   Tampines Rovers 2015 2021
25 Aizil Yazid U23   (2004-12-24) 24 December 2004 (age 19)   Albirex Niigata (S) 2021 2021
30 Izwan Mahbud >30   (1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 33)   Samut Prakan City F.C. 2021 2021
Defenders
2 Anders Aplin     (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 32)  Geylang International 2020 2021
5 Lionel Tan   (1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 (age 26)   SAFSA (NFL) 2020 2021
8 Hafiz Sujad >30   (1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 (age 33)   Tampines Rovers 2019 2021
11 Nazrul Nazari   (1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 33)   LionsXII 2016 2021
14 Maksat Dzhakybaliev   (2000-02-18) 18 February 2000 (age 24)   Sivasspor U-21 2020 2021
16 Faiz Salleh   (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 31)   Young Lions FC 2014 2021
20 Muhaimin Suhaimi   (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29)   Young Lions FC 2018 2021
26 Kishon Philip U23   (1999-11-26) 26 November 1999 (age 24) Youth Team 2021 2021
Midfielders
4 Afiq Noor   (1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 30)   Tiong Bahru FC (NFL) 2019 2021
6 Kaishu Yamazaki   (1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 (age 26)   Lion City Sailors 2021 2021
12 Fabian Kwok (Captain) >30   (1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 35)   Tampines Rovers 2017 2021
15 Farhan Zulkifli U23   (2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 21)   Home United U19 2019 2021
18 Idraki Adnan U23   (1999-03-13) 13 March 1999 (age 25)   Young Lions FC 2021 2021
21 Nikesh Singh Sidhu U23   (1999-02-24) 24 February 1999 (age 25)   Home United U19 2019 2021
24 Naufal Azman U23   (1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 25)   Young Lions FC 2020 2021
Zulfahmi Arifin   (1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 (age 32)   Suphanburi F.C. 2021 2021
Strikers
7 Shahfiq Ghani   (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 32)   Geylang International 2018 2021
9 Tomoyuki Doi   (1997-09-24) 24 September 1997 (age 26)   Albirex Niigata (S) 2021 2021
10 Shawal Anuar   (1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33)   Geylang International 2020 2021
17 Shahril Ishak >30   (1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 40)   Warriors FC 2021 2021
19 Gilberto Fortunato   (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 36)   FC Drita 2021 2021
22 Khairul Nizam   (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 32)   Geylang International 2021 2021
23 Sahil Suhaimi   (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 31)   Warriors FC 2020 2021
29 Amir Zalani   (1996-12-04) 4 December 1996 (age 27)   Home United 2021 2021
Players who left during the season
3 Afiq Yunos >30   (1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 33)   Trat F.C. 2019 2021

U21 Squad edit

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
53 Jarrel Ong Jia Wei U21   (2002-10-26) 26 October 2002 (age 21)  
55 Josiah Phua Yong Qi U21   (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 23)  
Firas Irwan U21   (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)   Albirex Niigata (S) 2021 2021
Strikers
57 Hairil Sufi U21   (2000-05-27) 27 May 2000 (age 23)   Tampines Rovers U21

Tiong Bahru FC edit

(Chairman, Bill Ng is also the chairman for the club)

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
Defenders
3 Syaqir Sulaiman   (1986-08-12) 12 August 1986 (age 37)   Warriors FC 2018 2020
5 Igor Ferreira Alves   (1985-02-21) 21 February 1985 (age 39)   Hougang United 2017 2020
8 Zulfadli Zainal Abidin   (1988-04-26) 26 April 1988 (age 36)   Geylang International 2019 2020
10 Ang Zhiwei   (1989-08-02) 2 August 1989 (age 34)   Warriors FC 2018 2020
14 Kenneth Chang   (1992-07-07) 7 July 1992 (age 31)   Hougang United 2016 2020
26 Illyas Lee   (1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 28)   Balestier Khalsa 2020 2020
Midfielders
12 Jonathan Tan   (1995-12-13) 13 December 1995 (age 28)   Balestier Khalsa 2020 2020
24 Nurhilmi Jasni   (1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 37)   Hougang United 2019 2020
Ryan Syaffiq   (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29)   Geylang International 2019 2020
Forwards
7 Liam Shotton   (1987-05-28) 28 May 1987 (age 36)   Singapore Cricket Club 2018 2020
9 Goh Swee Swee   (1986-06-02) 2 June 1986 (age 37)   Eunos Crescent 2018
13 Hazim Faiz   (1995-09-28) 28 September 1995 (age 28)   Young Lions FC 2017
16 Cameron Ayrton Bell   (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30)   Geylang International 2019 2020

Coaching staff edit

[1]

Position Name Ref.
General Manager   Matthew Tay
Head Coach   Clement Teo
Assistant Coach   Firdaus Kassim
Goalkeeping Coach   Scott Starr
Head of Youth (COE)   Han Yiguang
U17 Coach  
U15 Coach   Winston Yap
Fitness Coach   Hairil Amin
Team Manager    Robert Eziakor
Marketing Media   Liu Jueming
Sports Trainer   Thomas Pang
Sports Trainer   Ryan Wang
Kitman   Wan Azlan

Transfers edit

In edit

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK   Mukundan Maran Free Agent Free [2]
GK   Aizil Yazid   Albirex Niigata (S) Free [3]
DF   Kaishu Yamazaki   Lion City Sailors Free [4] [5]
DF   Kishson Philip   End of NS [6]
FW   Khairul Nizam   Geylang International Free [7]
FW   Shahril Ishak   Lion City Sailors Free [8] [9] [10]
FW   Gilberto Fortunato   FC Drita Free [11]
FW   Tomoyuki Doi   Albirex Niigata (S) Free [12] [13]
MF   Firas Irwan Free Agent NA

Mid-season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK   Izwan Mahbud   Samut Prakan City F.C. [14] [15]
FW   Amir Zalani Free Agent [16]

Loan Return edit

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
DF   Asraf Zahid   Young Lions FC Loan Return
DF   Sahffee Jubpre   Young Lions FC Loan Return
DF    Harhys Stewart   Young Lions FC Loan Return [17]
MF   Nor Hakim Redzuan   Young Lions FC Loan Return
MF   Zulfahmi Arifin   Suphanburi F.C. Loan Return
FW   Idraki Adnan   Young Lions FC Loan Return [18]

Note 1: Zulfahmi Arifin loan to Suphanburi was cancelled before moving to Samut Prakan City on loan.

Note 2: Harhys Stewart loan to Young Lions was extended for another season.

Note 3: Sahffee Jubpre loan to Young Lions was extended for another season.

Note 4: Asraf Zahid left the club after returning to the club.

Mid-season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
MF   Zulfahmi Arifin   Samut Prakan City F.C. Loan Return

Note 1: Zulfahmi Arifin loan to Samut Prakan City was terminated before the agreed date, May 2022.

Out edit

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF   Jordan Vestering   SAFSA NS till 2022 [19]
GK   Heng How Meng   SAFSA NS till 2022
GK   Khairulhin Khalid  
GK   Daniel Ong   Singapore U19 Goalkeeper Coach
DF   Alif Iskandar   Young Lions FC Free [20]
DF   Emmeric Ong   Tanjong Pagar United Free [21]
DF   Zachary Anderson   Olympic FC Free [22]
MF   Charlie Machell   Visakha FC Free [23]
MF   Anumanthan Kumar   Kedah FA Free [24]
MF   Mahathir Azeman   Free
MF   Justin Hui   Lion City Sailors Free [25]
FW   Daniel Martens   Tanjong Pagar United Free [26]
DF   Asraf Zahid   Free

Note 1: Zulfahmi Arifin loan to Suphanburi was cancelled before moving to Samut Prakan City on loan till May 2022 .

Mid-season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF   Afiq Yunos   Geylang International Free, 6 months contract [27]

Loan out edit

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
MF   Zulfahmi Arifin   Suphanburi F.C. Season loan till May 2021 [28] [29]
MF   Zulfahmi Arifin   Samut Prakan City F.C. Season loan till May 2022
DF    Harhys Stewart   Young Lions FC Season loan
DF   Sahffee Jubpre   Young Lions FC Season loan
MF   Nor Hakim Redzuan   Young Lions FC Season loan

Mid-season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
MF   Zulfahmi Arifin   Sukhothai F.C. Season loan till May 2022

Retained / Extension edit

Position Player Ref
Coach   Clement Teo [30]
GK   Ridhuan Barudin [31]
DF   Nazrul Nazari 2 years contract signed in 2019 [32] [33]
DF   Muhaimin Suhaimi 2 years contract signed in 2019 [34] [35]
DF   Anders Aplin [36]
DF   Lionel Tan [37]
DF   Hafiz Sujad [38]
DF   Faiz Salleh [39]
DF   Maksat Dzhakybaliev [40]
DF   Afiq Yunos [41]
MF   Afiq Noor [42]
MF   Fabian Kwok [43]
MF   Farhan Zulkifli [44]
MF   Nikesh Singh Sidhu [45]
FW   Shahfiq Ghani 2 years contract signed in 2019 [46] [47]
FW   Shawal Anuar 2 years contract signed in 2019 [48] [49] [50]
FW   Sahil Suhaimi [51]
FW   Naufal Azman [52]

Friendlies edit

Pre-Season Friendly edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

5 March 2021 (2021-03-05) Tampines Rovers   6-1   Hougang United Singapore
Yasir Hanapi  
Armin Bosnjak 
Taufik Suparno 
Kyoga Nakamura  
Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

Mid-season friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of 13 Aug 2021
No. Pos. Player Sleague Total
Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals
1 GK   Mukundan Maran 4 0 4 0
2 DF    Anders Aplin 11+3 1 14 1
4 MF   Afiq Noor 3+11 1 14 1
5 DF   Lionel Tan 18 3 18 3
6 DF   Kaishu Yamazaki 20 1 20 1
7 FW   Shahfiq Ghani 3+8 1 11 1
8 DF   Hafiz Sujad 7+7 4 14 4
9 FW   Tomoyuki Doi 18+2 19 20 19
10 FW   Shawal Anuar 12+6 3 18 3
11 DF   Nazrul Nazari 9+3 1 12 1
12 MF   Fabian Kwok 15+3 2 18 2
13 GK   Ridhuan Barudin 7 0 7 0
14 DF   Maksat Dzhakybaliev 14 1 14 1
15 MF   Farhan Zulkifli 20 0 20 0
16 DF   Faiz Salleh 6 0 6 0
17 FW   Shahril Ishak 1+7 0 8 0
18 MF   Idraki Adnan 12 4 12 4
19 FW   Gilberto Fortunato 8+3 4 11 4
20 DF   Muhaimin Suhaimi 2+4 0 6 0
22 FW   Khairul Nizam 2+4 0 6 0
23 FW   Sahil Suhaimi 0 0 0 0
24 FW   Naufal Azman 11 0 11 0
26 DF   Kishon Philip 9+1 1 10 1
29 FW   Amir Zalani 0+1 0 1 0
30 GK   Izwan Mahbud 10 0 10 0
53 MF   Jarrel Ong Jia Wei 1 1 1 1
55 MF   Josiah Phua Yong Qi 5 0 5 0
57 MF   Hairil Sufi 1 0 1 0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
3 DF   Afiq Yunos 0 0 0 0

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %


Singapore Premier League edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 October 2021 21 (Rescheduled) Hougang United   1-3   Young Lions FC Hougang Stadium
Fabian Kwok  73'  77'
Kishon Philip  45'
Report Harhys Stewart  15'
Shah Shahiran  32'
Zamani Zamri  55'  80'
Referee: Taufil Thana


Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lion City Sailors 21 14 6 1 59 21 +38 48 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Albirex Niigata (S)[a] 21 13 7 1 50 19 +31 46
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
5 Tanjong Pagar United 21 5 7 9 36 49 −13 22
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
Notes:
  1. ^ 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 edit

  Win   Draw   Loss


See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.
  2. ^ a b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this match was played behind closed doors.
  3. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this match was played behind closed doors.

References edit

  1. ^ "TECHNICAL STAFF".
  2. ^ "Mukundan Maran signs for the Cheetahs! 📝⁣".
  3. ^ "Aizil Yazid commits to Cheetahs! ✔️".
  4. ^ "Our Japanese defender, Kaishu Yamazki, will be leaving the Sailors".
  5. ^ "Kaishu Yamazaki to reinforce Hougang United defence".
  6. ^ "Kishson Philip joins the first team squad!".
  7. ^ "Khairul Nizam is now a Cheetah! 🐆".
  8. ^ "Shahril Ishak – thank you for everything this season, legend".
  9. ^ "Shahril Ishak signs for Hougang United! 📝⁣".
  10. ^ "Singapore stalwart Shahril Ishak joins Hougang United".
  11. ^ "Hougang United sign Brazilian forward Gilberto Fortunato".
  12. ^ "Tomoyuki Doi confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".
  13. ^ "Doi Tomoyuki has completed his transfer to Hougang United FC".
  14. ^ "Izwan Mahbud has signed for Hougang United⁣".
  15. ^ "Izwan Mahbud signs for Hougang United".
  16. ^ "Amir Zalani has rejoined the Cheetahs! 🐆⁣".
  17. ^ "Harhys makes debut for Young Lions".
  18. ^ "Idraki Adnan is back with the Cheetahs! 🐆⁣".
  19. ^ "Jordan's decision to enlist for National Service that saw his time at Hougang United come to an end rather than footballing reasons".
  20. ^ "Another addition to our camp! 🦁 #coyl".
  21. ^ "Tanjong Pagar United has further reinforced its defence with the signing of Emmeric Ong".
  22. ^ "Hougang United defender Zachary Anderson has left Hougang United".
  23. ^ "Hougang United defender Zachary Anderson has left Hougang United".
  24. ^ "M. Anumanthan eyes silverware with new team Kedah".
  25. ^ "our final signing for the new season, Justin Hui 😎".
  26. ^ "The club is pleased to announce the signing of Daniel Martens".
  27. ^ "Afiq to add steel to Eagles' defence".
  28. ^ "Suphanburi FC signs Singaporean midfielder Zulfahmi Arifin on their ASEAN quota".
  29. ^ "Zulfahmi Arifin has joined Thailand Premier League club, Suphanburi F.C. on a season long deal next year. ⁣ ⁣".
  30. ^ "Head Coach Clement Teo signs for another year with the Cheetahs! ⁣".
  31. ^ "Our custodian, Ridhuan Barudin has signed for another season".
  32. ^ "Singapore International, Nazrul Nazari has signed a 2-year contract extension with the club!⁣⁣".
  33. ^ "Another season for Nazrul Nazari!".
  34. ^ "Singapore International, Muhaimin Suhaimi has signed a 2-year contract extension with the club!⁣⁣".
  35. ^ "Muhaimin Suhaimi continues with the Cheetahs! 🤝⁣⁣⁣".
  36. ^ "Anders Aplin continues with the Cheetahs!".
  37. ^ "Lionel signs for the new season".
  38. ^ "Hafiz Sujad stays for 2021! ✔️⁣".
  39. ^ "Faiz Salleh extends his contract!".
  40. ^ "Maksat Dzhakybaliev commits for another season! 🇰🇬⁣".
  41. ^ "0-year-old defender has rejoined the team after his stint with Thai Premier League club, Trat FC in the 2020 season.⁣".
  42. ^ Afiq Noor signs for the Cheetahs! 🖌⁣ ⁣
  43. ^ "Fabian Kwok ties the knot, for another year with the Cheetahs".
  44. ^ "Farhan Zulkifli extends his stay! ✨⁣".
  45. ^ "Nikesh has signed for another term! 💫⁣".
  46. ^ "Singapore International, Shahfiq Ghani has signed a 2-year contract extension with the club!⁣⁣".
  47. ^ "Shahfiq Ghani still a Cheetah! 🐆⁣".
  48. ^ "New cheetah Shawal Anuar joining from Eagles".
  49. ^ "Shawal Anuar joins Hougang United!⁣⁣".
  50. ^ "Another year for Shawal Anuar! 📝⁣ ⁣".
  51. ^ "Sahil Suhaimi extends his stay!".
  52. ^ "Naufal Azman continues with the Cheetahs! 🪄".