2015 Hougang United FC season

Hougang United
2015 season
Chairman	Bill Ng
Head coach
Stadium	Hougang Stadium
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The 2015 season is Hougang United's 18th 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 Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.

Squad[]

As of 6 January 2017. ^[1]

Sleague[]

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Ridhuan Barudin	(1987-03-23) 23 March 1987 (age 34)	Tampines Rovers
18	Jasper Chan	(1988-11-07) 7 November 1988 (age 33)	Eunos Crescent FC
22	Ahmadulhaq Che Omar	(1981-02-11) 11 February 1981 (age 40)	Woodlands Wellington
Defenders
3	Delwinder Singh	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 29)	Young Lions
6	Kunihiro Yamashita	(1986-05-29) 29 May 1986 (age 35)	Tampines Rovers
12		(1984-12-23) 23 December 1984 (age 37)
16		(1992-07-07) 7 July 1992 (age 29)	Home United Prime League
17	Faiz Salleh	(1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 29)	Young Lions
21	Lau Meng Meng	(1983-03-29) 29 March 1983 (age 38)	Geylang United
23	Yuki Uchiyama	(1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 26)	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
Midfielders
4	Taufiq Ghani	(1989-11-19) 19 November 1989 (age 32)	Woodlands Wellington
7	Atsushi Shimono	(1988-04-27) 27 April 1988 (age 33)	Woodlands Wellington
8		(1986-01-03) 3 January 1986 (age 35)	Nay Pyi Taw F.C.
13	Ruzaini Zainal	(1988-10-17) 17 October 1988 (age 33)	Tanjong Pagar United
14	Fazli Jaffar	(1983-05-09) 9 May 1983 (age 38)	Warriors FC
15	Tengku Mushadad	(1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 (age 27)	Tanjong Pagar United
19	Nurhilmi Jasni	(1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 35)	Balestier Khalsa
Forwards
2	Fairoz Hasan	(1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 (age 33)	Gombak United
5		(1992-05-05) 5 May 1992 (age 29)	Young Lions
9	Diego Gama de Oliveira	(1990-05-13) 13 May 1990 (age 31)	Pusamania Borneo F.C.
10	Vuk Sotirović	(1982-07-13) 13 July 1982 (age 39)	FK Novi Pazar
11	Fareez Farhan	(1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 27)	Young Lions
Players who left club during season
3	Renshi Yamaguchi	(1992-09-16) 16 September 1992 (age 29)	Hosei University
7	Shunsuke Nakatake	(1990-06-19) 19 June 1990 (age 31)	Eunos Crescent FC
9	Manato Takahashi	(1990-04-07) 7 April 1990 (age 31)	Fujieda MYFC
10	Chupe	(1980-05-09) 9 May 1980 (age 41)	Lanexang United F.C.
14		(1989-03-05) 5 March 1989 (age 32)	Tampines Rovers

Transfers[]

Pre-season transfers[]

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In[]

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Ridhuan Barudin	Tampines Rovers
DF	Kunihiro Yamashita	Tampines Rovers	^[3]
DF	Yuki Uchiyama	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Season loan
DF	Wahyudi Wahid	LionsXII
DF		Balestier Khalsa
MF	Renshi Yamaguchi	Hosei University
MF	Goh Swee Swee	Woodlands Wellington
MF		Young Lions FC
MF	Nur Ridho	Young Lions FC
MF	Ruzaini Zainal	Tanjong Pagar United	^[4]
MF	Tengku Mushadad	Tanjong Pagar United
FW	Fareez Farhan	Young Lions FC
FW	Chupe	Lanexang United F.C.
FW	Manato Takahashi	Fujieda MYFC	^[5]

Out[]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Nazri Sabri	Eunos Crescent FC
GK	Fadhil Salim
DF	Igor Ferreira Alves	Darwin Olympic SC
DF	Igor Čerina	Balestier Khalsa
DF	Syaqir Sulaiman	Warriors FC
MF	Fazli Jaffar	Warriors FC
MF	Sutanto Tan	Mitra Kukar F.C.
MF
MF		Eunos Crescent FC(NFL Club)
MF
FW	Geison Moura	Minnesota United FC	^[6]
FW	Diego Gama de Oliveira	Pusamania Borneo F.C.

Trial[]

Position	Player	From	Ref

Mid-season transfers[]

In[]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Delwinder Singh	Young Lions FC	^[7]
MF	Fazli Jaffar	Warriors FC	^[8]
MF	Atsushi Shimono	Woodlands Wellington	^[9]
MF		Nay Pyi Taw F.C.	^[10]
FW	Diego Gama de Oliveira	Pusamania Borneo F.C.	^[11]
FW	Nicolas Vitorović	FK Nevėžis	^[12]

Out[]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF			^[13]
MF	Renshi Yamaguchi	Lao Toyota F.C.	^[14]
MF	Shunsuke Nakatake	Kuantan FA	^[15]
MF		Yishun Sentek Mariners FC	^[16]
FW	Manato Takahashi		^[17]
FW	Chupe	Għajnsielem F.C.	^[18]

Friendlies[]

Coaching staff[]

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Position	Name	Ref.
Head Coach	Philippe Aw
Assistant Coach	Clement Teo
Prime League Coach
Fitness Coach
Goalkeeping Coach
Team Manager	Clement Teo
Sports Trainer	Thomas Pang
Kitman

Team statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Ridhuan Barudin	24	0	1	0	3	0	28	0
2	FW	Fairoz Hasan	19	2	1	0	4	0	24	2
3	DF	Delwinder Singh	15	1	0	0	2	0	17	1
4	MF	Taufiq Ghani	9	0	1	0	1	0	11	0
5	FW		15	0	1	0	2	0	18	0
6	DF	Kunihiro Yamashita	24	6	0	0	2	0	26	6
7	MF	Atsushi Shimono	14	0	0	0	4	0	18	0
8	MF		13	0	0	0	4	1	17	1
9	FW	Diego Gama de Oliveira	15	1	0	0	4	2	19	3
10	FW	Vuk Sotirović	14	6	0	0	3	1	17	7
11	FW	Fareez Farhan	21	1	1	0	3	1	25	2
12	DF		15	0	1	0	2	0	18	0
13	MF	Ruzaini Zainal	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Fazli Jaffar	12	0	0	0	4	0	16	0
15	MF	Tengku Mushadad	12	0	1	0	4	0	17	0
16	DF		10	0	0	0	4	1	14	1
17	DF	Faiz Salleh	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	Jasper Chan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19	MF	Nurhilmi Jasni	25	5	1	0	4	0	30	5
21	DF	Lau Meng Meng	16	0	1	0	1	0	18	0
22	GK	Ahmadulhaq Che Omar	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
23	DF	Yuki Uchiyama	17	2	1	0	1	0	19	2
30	MF		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
3	DF	Renshi Yamaguchi	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF	Shunsuke Nakatake	11	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
8	MF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Manato Takahashi	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Chupe	11	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
14	MF		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Competitions[]

S.League[]

Win Draw Loss

Round 1

2 March 2015 (2015-03-02) Round 1	Hougang United	1–1	Young Lions FC	Hougang Stadium
	Chupe 19'		Iqbal Hussain 16'	Referee: Sukhbir Singh

6 March 2015 (2015-03-06) Round 2	Hougang United	1-1	Home United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Yuki Uchiyama 34'		Ken Ilsø 42' (pen)	Referee:

12 March 2015 (2015-03-12) Round 3	Geylang International	0-0	Hougang United	Bedok Stadium
				Referee:

18 March 2015 (2015-03-18) Round 4	Tampines Rovers	2-0	Hougang United	Jurong West Stadium
	Ridhuan Muhamad 33' Fahrudin Mustafić 71'			Referee: Nathan Chan

4 April 2015 (2015-04-04) Round 5	Hougang United	2-3	DPMM FC	Hougang Stadium
	Kunihiro Yamashita 1' Chupe 87'		Paulo Sérgio 13' 19' Brian McLean 57'	Referee:

9 April 2015 (2015-04-09) Round 6	Warriors FC	1-0	Hougang United	Woodlands Stadium
	Fazrul Nawaz 68'			Referee:

18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) Round 7	Hougang United	0-1	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
			Miroslav Krištić 81'	Referee:

23 April 2015 (2015-04-23) Round 8	Hougang United	3-3	Harimau Muda B	Hougang Stadium
	Nurhilmi Jasni 10' Kunihiro Yamashita 17' Fairoz Hasan 68'		45' (pen) Shahrul Igwan 80' Adam Nor Azlin 85'	Referee: Nathan Chan

1 May 2015 (2015-05-01) Round 9	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-1	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Rui Kumada 20' Hikaru Mizuno 51'		Kunihiro Yamashita 33'	Referee:

Round 2

14 May 2015 (2015-05-14) Round 10	Home United	4-0	Hougang United	Yishun Stadium
	Yasir Hanapi 20' Kamel Ramdani 26' Yuki Uchiyama 31' (o.g.) Azhar Sairudin 58'			Referee:

19 May 2015 (2015-05-19) Round 11	Hougang United	1–0	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
	Chupe 73'			Referee: Nathan Chan

20 July 2015 (2015-07-20) Round 12	Young Lions FC	1-3	Hougang United	Hougang Stadium
	Adam Swandi 70'		Delwinder Singh 10' Kunihiro Yamashita 20' Fairoz Hasan 90+5'	Referee: Sukhbir Singh

24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) Round 13	Hougang United	0-3	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Mateo Roskam 66' 80' Fahrudin Mustafić 73' (pen)	Referee:

29 July 2015 (2015-07-29) Round 14	Brunei DPMM	1-1	Hougang United	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Azwan Ali Rahman 33'		Vuk Sotirović 68'	Referee: Sukhbir Singh

4 August 2015 (2015-08-04) Round 15	Hougang United	4-1	Warriors FC	Hougang Stadium
	Kunihiro Yamashita 11' Vuk Sotirović 63' 78' Diego Gama de Oliveira 86'		Fazrul Nawaz 28'	Referee:

7 August 2015 (2015-08-07) Round 16	Balestier Khalsa	3-2	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Jonathan Xu 2' Ignatius Ang 24' Tarik Čmajčanin 58'		Emir Lotinac 47' (o.g.) Kunihiro Yamashita 90'	Referee:

19 August 2015 (2015-08-19) Round 17	Harimau Muda B	0-1	Hougang United	Hang Jebat Stadium
			Vuk Sotirović 24'	Referee:

28 August 2015 (2015-08-28) Round 18	Hougang United	1-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Nurhilmi Jasni 34'		Itsuki Yamada 90'	Referee:

Round 3

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27) Round 19	Hougang United	0-1	Home United	Hougang Stadium
			Ken Ilsø 63' (pen)	Referee: Nathan Chan

1 October 2015 (2015-10-01) Round 20	Hougang United	2–2	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Nurhilmi Jasni 1' 74'		Afiq Noor 47' Shameer Aziq 49'	Referee:

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) Round 21	Tampines Rovers	1-0	Hougang United	Jurong West Stadium
	Jamil Ali 45'			Referee:

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) Round 22	Hougang United	1-2	DPMM FC	Hougang Stadium
	Vuk Sotirović 51'		31' (o.g.) Rafael Ramazotti 72'	Referee:

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26) Round 23	Warriors FC	2-0	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Fazrul Nawaz 42' (pen) 61'			Referee:

1 November 2015 (2015-11-01) Round 24	Hougang United	1-1	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Yuki Uchiyama 73'		Fadhil Noh 89'	Referee: Nathan Chan

6 November 2015 (2015-11-06) Round 25	Hougang United	1-2	Harimau Muda B	Hougang Stadium
	Nurhilmi Jasni 1'		Syafwan Syahlan 35' 89'	Referee:

9 November 2015 (2015-11-09) Round 26	Geylang International	2-2	Hougang United	Bedok Stadium
	Shawal Anuar 72' Bruno Castanheira 90+3'		Vuk Sotirović 76' Fareez Farhan 90'	Referee:

20 November 2015 (2015-11-20) Round 27	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-0	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Fumiya Kogure 2' (pen)			Referee:

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Home United	27	9	9	9	38	34	+4	36
7	Harimau Muda B^[a]	27	9	6	12	29	40	−11	33
8	Geylang International	27	7	7	13	36	44	−8	28
9	Young Lions^[a]	27	7	6	14	30	43	−13	27
10	Hougang United	27	4	9	14	28	42	−14	21

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

^ ^a ^b The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and Harimau Muda – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-23 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup[]

Win Draw Loss

Singapore TNP League Cup[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Geylang International	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	7	Advance to semi-final
2	Hougang United	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to semi-final
3	DPMM FC	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	3
4	Singapore Recreation Club	3	0	1	2	1	10	−9	1

Source: S.League

Group matches[]

Win Draw Loss

References[]

[table_note_ALB0.44333160316727-20] The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and Harimau Muda – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-23 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

[1] "Hougang United Football Club".

[2] "Transfers".

[3] "Kunihiro Yamashita who makes the shorter journey from Tampines Rovers, having started his S-League career with Albirex Niigata S."

[4] "Ruzaini Zainal from Tanjong Pagar join Cheetah".

[5] "Japanese striker Takahashi Manato, 22 signs from J3 club Fujieda MYFC".

[6] "Geison Moura out to use Minnesota United switch as springboard to MLS". 29 October 2015.

[7] "Delwinder Singh goes to Hougang after GYL".

[8] "Jaffar returns after leaving during off season".

[9] "Shimono joins Salim Moin in Hougang".

[10] "Delgado joins Salim Moin in Hougang to fight for higher position".

[11] "Diego rejoins Cheetah".

[12] "Vitorović joins Cheetah".

[13] "Matthew-Abraham-released/".

[14] "Renshi Yamaguchi released by Cheetah".

[15] "Nakate released by Cheetah to savage season".

[16] "Matthew-Abraham-released/".

[17] "Manato released by Cheetah".

[18] "Chupe released by Cheetah to savage season".

[19] "MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE – Hougang United Football Club".

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