2019 Balestier Khalsa FC season

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Balestier Khalsa
2019 season
ChairmanDarwin Jalil
Head coach
StadiumBishan Stadium
Singapore Cup-
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The 2019 season is Balestier Khalsa's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

Squad[]

Sleague Squad[]

As of 21 September 2018.
Squad No. Name Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 (1994-08-12) 12 August 1994 (age 27)
13 Zacharial Leong U23 (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 23)
19 Zaiful Nizam (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 34) Gombak United
24 Faris Danial U23 (1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 24) Geylang International
Defenders
2 Fadli Kamis (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 29) Garena Young Lions
4 U23 (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 25) Home United
6 Nurullah Hussein (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 28) Garena Young Lions
10 Sufianto Salleh (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 29) Home United
15 Sheikh Abdul Hadi (1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 (age 30) Garena Young Lions
18 (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 29)
20 U23 (1997-04-20) 20 April 1997 (age 24) Geylang International
21 U23 (1997-06-06) 6 June 1997 (age 24) Jungfrau Punggol FC
26 Illyas Lee (1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 26) Hougang United
Midfielders
5 Max Goh Yi Qi U23 (1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 24) Project Vaults FC
7 Hazzuwan Halim (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 28)
8 Raihan Rahman (1991-02-07) 7 February 1991 (age 31) Hougang United
11 Huzaifah Aziz (1994-06-24) 24 June 1994 (age 27) Hougang United
12 Jonathan Tan (1995-12-13) 13 December 1995 (age 26)
14 (1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 26)
16 U23 (1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 26) Home United
17 U23 (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 25)
25 Croatia Kristijan Krajcek (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 28) Croatia NK BSK Bijelo Brdo
27 Austria Sanjin Vrebac U19 (2000-02-25) 25 February 2000 (age 22) Germany
Jordan Chan U23 (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 24) Hougang United
Strikers
9 Croatia Sime Zuzul (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 26) Croatia NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac
22 Daniel Goh U23 (1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 22) Hougang United
23 Akbar Shah U23 (1996-05-29) 29 May 1996 (age 25) Home United
Player who left during season
3 Shaqi Sulaiman U23 (1998-11-10) 10 November 1998 (age 23) Hougang United

U19 Squad[]

As of 9 March 2019.
Squad No. Name Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
45 Singapore Amirul Halim U19
51 Singapore Haziq Roslan U19
Defenders
36 Singapore Adil Izzudin U19
42 Singapore Fiqry Ady U19
43 Singapore Nauffal Shah U19 Singapore Tampines Rovers U19
50 Singapore Dinie Syazani U19
52 Singapore Keshav Kumar U19
55 Singapore U19
60 Singapore U19
65 Singapore U19
Midfielders
37 Singapore Suzairhe Fadly U19
41 Singapore Aravindhan Ramanathan U19
43 Singapore Nauffal Shah U19
44 Singapore Mali Sameer Alassane U19 (2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 (age 21)
54 Singapore Larry Sim U19
63 Singapore Arif Saiyadi U19
64 Singapore Azri Manap U19
66 Singapore Hadi Danial U19
68 Singapore U19 (2001-12-13) 13 December 2001 (age 20) Singapore NFA U17
69 Singapore Elston Lo U19
70 Singapore N.Sakthivelchezhian U19
Strikers
57 Singapore Kenny Kamil U19
62 Singapore Suriya Ramesh U19
67 Singapore Dhiraj Rai U19

Coaching staff[]

[1]

Position Name
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach Serbia Sead Muratović
Goalkeeping Coach /
Fitness Coach Rosman Sulaiman
Team Chairman
Physiotherapist Mohamed Nasser
Kitman

Transfer[]

Pre-season transfer[]

In[]

Position Player Transferred From Ref
Coach Singapore Free Agent
GK Singapore Free Agent
GK Singapore Faris Danial Singapore Geylang International Free
DF Singapore Illyas Lee Singapore Hougang United [2][3]
DF Singapore Singapore Geylang International Free [4]
DF Singapore Singapore Free
MF Croatia Kristijan Krajcek Croatia NK BSK Bijelo Brdo [5]
MF Croatia Šime Žužul Croatia NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac [6]
MF Singapore Singapore
MF Singapore Jordan Chan Singapore Hougang United
FW Singapore Daniel Goh Singapore Hougang United

Out[]

Position Player Transferred To Ref
Coach Croatia Marko Kraljević Malaysia Kelantan FA [7]
GK Singapore Nazri Sabri Singapore Home United [8]
GK Singapore Singapore [9]
DF Singapore Singapore
DF Singapore
DF Singapore
MF Singapore Noor Akid Nordin Singapore Albirex Niigata (S) Undisclosed [10]
MF Croatia Vedran Mesec Croatia NK Sesvete (Tier 2)
FW New Zealand Keegan Linderboom New Zealand Auckland City FC (Tier 1)
FW Serbia Dusan Marinkovic

Extension[]

Position Player Ref
DF
DF Sufianto Salleh
DF

Retained[]

Position Player Ref
GK
GK Zaiful Nizam 2 years contract signed in 2018[11]
DF Fadli Kamis 2 years contract signed in 2018[12]
DF Sheikh Abdul Hadi 2 years contract signed in 2018[13]
DF Sufianto Salleh 2 Years Contract signed in 2018[14][15]
DF Nurullah Hussein 2 Years Contract signed in 2018[16]
DF Shaqi Sulaiman 2 Years Contract signed in 2018[17]
MF Raihan Rahman 2 years contract signed in 2018[18]
MF Huzaifah Aziz 2 years contract signed in 2018 [19]
MF Hazzuwan Halim 2 years contract signed in 2018[20]
MF 2 Years Contract signed in 2018[21]
MF 2 Years Contract signed in 2018[22]
MF Noor Akid Nordin 2 Years Contract signed in 2018[23]
MF 2 Years Contract signed in 2018[24]
FW Akbar Shah 2 Years Contract signed in 2018[25]
MF Austria Sanjin Vrebac

Note 1: Noor Akid Nordin moved to Albirex Niigata (S) despite signing a 2 years contract in 2018.

[]

Position Player Ref

Mid-season transfers[]

In[]

Position Player Transferred From Ref
Coach Croatia Marko Kraljević Malaysia Kelantan FA
MF Singapore Jonathan Tan Singapore loan return

Out[]

Position Player Transferred From Ref
Coach Singapore Sacked
DF Singapore Shaqi Sulaiman NS till 2021

Friendly[]

Pre-Season Friendly[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 1 Singapore (NFL) 1-5 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium
5pm 89' Akbar Shah 5,18,26'
Hazzuwan Halim 22'
75'
19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 2 Yishun Sentek Mariners FC Singapore (NFL) 1-9 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium
5pm 28' Šime Žužul 11'
Kristijan Krajček 16,18,34,67'
Hazzuwan Halim 20,29,37'
80'
26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 3 Singapore (NFL) 0-4 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium
5pm Hazzuwan Halim 1'
Šime Žužul 17'
Kristijan Krajček 60' 76' (pen)
9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 4 Balestier United Singapore (NFL) 0-9 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium
5pm Kristijan Krajček 14,40,67'
Illyas Lee 21'
Huzaifah Aziz 35'
Šime Žužul 39,48'
44'
Hazzuwan Halim 90' (pen)
16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 5 Singapore (NFL) 0-9 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium
5pm Sameer Alassane 42,50'
55'
56,75'
80'
Kristijan Krajček 83'
20 February 2019 (2019-02-20) 6  Singapore U19 2-6 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Report Huzaifah Aziz 7'
Hazzuwan Halim 8'
Šime Žužul 41,47'
Akbar Shah 59,62'

Team statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of 15 September 2018

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup Total
Apps. Soccerball shade.svgGoals Apps. Soccerball shade.svgGoals Apps. Soccerball shade.svgGoals
1 GK 8 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Fadli Kamis 24 1 3 0 0 0
4 DF 18(1) 0 2 0 0 0
5 MF Max Goh Yi Qi 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Nurullah Hussein 16(1) 0 2(1) 0 0 0
7 MF Hazzuwan Halim 16(2) 10 3 0 0 0
8 MF Raihan Rahman 17(3) 1 1(1) 0 0 0
9 FW Croatia Sime Zuzul 16(1) 9 2 1 0 0
10 DF Sufianto Salleh 7(6) 0 2 0 0 0
11 MF Huzaifah Aziz 18(3) 2 2(1) 0 0 0
12 MF Jonathan Tan 1(2) 0 0(2) 0 0 0
13 GK 6 0 2 0 0 0
14 MF 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Sheikh Abdul Hadi 9 0 3 0 0 0
16 MF 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF 9(5) 0 2 0 0 0
18 DF 17(1) 0 1 0 0 0
19 GK Zaiful Nizam 5 0 1 0 0 0
20 DF 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF 6(1) 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW Daniel Goh Ji Xiong 16(4) 2 2 0 0 0
23 FW Akbar Shah 3(1) 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK Faris Danial 3 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Croatia Kristijan Krajcek 15(2) 5 3 2 0 0
26 DF Illyas Lee 10(5) 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Austria Sanjin Vrebac 11(10) 5 1(1) 0 0 0
44 MF SingaporeMali Sameer Alassane 10(3) 1 1 0 0 0
62 FW 0(3) 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Singapore Premier League 24 4 5 15 37 58 −21 016.67
Singapore Cup 3 1 1 1 3 3 +0 033.33
Total 27 5 6 16 40 61 −21 018.52

Singapore Premier League[]

Main article: 2019 Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 1 Young Lions FC Singapore 1-4 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Haiqal Pashia 32' Sime Zuzul 10' 45'
Hazzuwan Halim 73'
Huzaifah Aziz 90'		 Referee: Edwin Lee
9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 2 Balestier Khalsa Singapore 0-1 Singapore Hougang United Bishan Stadium
Kristijan KrajcekYellow card 42'
Huzaifah AzizYellow card 45'
Illyas LeeYellow card 61'
Nurullah HusseinYellow card 78'		 Faris Ramli 60'
Afiq NoorYellow card 18'		 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
17 March 2019 (2019-03-17) 3 Home United Singapore 0-0 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Bishan Stadium
Juma'at JantanYellow card 26' Raihan RahmanYellow card 53'
Huzaifah AzizYellow card 55'		 Referee: Y.Sathyakumar
31 March 2019 (2019-03-31) 4 Balestier Khalsa Singapore 3-0 Singapore Geylang International Bishan Stadium
Darren Teh 59' (o.g.)
Hazzuwan Halim 64'
Kristijan Krajcek 84'
Fadli KamisYellow card 45'
Nurullah HusseinYellow card 45'
Yellow card 59'		 Barry MaguireYellow card 45' Referee: Muhammad Taqi
6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 5 Albirex Niigata (S) Singapore 2-1 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Jurong East Stadium
Shoki Ohara 85'
Yoshikatsu Hiraga 90+2'
Daizo HorikoshiYellow card 71'
Kyoga NakamuraYellow card 72'		 Huzaifah Aziz 4'Yellow card 75'
Akbar ShahYellow card 22'
Yellow card 25'
Raihan RahmanYellow card 68'		 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 6 Balestier Khalsa Singapore 1-7 Brunei Brunei DPMM Bishan Stadium
Sanjin Vrebac 79'
Yellow card 53'
Illyas LeeYellow card 63'
Sufianto SallehYellow card 70'		 14' 39' 59' 71' (pen) 83'
Blake Ricciuto 27' 31'Yellow card 84'
Abdul Azizi Ali RahmanYellow card 49'
Nur Ikhwan OthmanYellow card 53'		 Referee: Muhammad Taqi
21 April 2019 (2019-04-21) 7 Balestier Khalsa Singapore 1-1 Singapore Tampines Rovers Bishan Stadium
Hazzuwan Halim 74'
Raihan RahmanYellow card 63'
Sufianto SallehYellow card 81'
Yellow card 89'		 Zehrudin Mehmedović 76'
Shah ShahiranYellow card 66'
Shahdan SulaimanYellow card 90+3'		 Referee: G. Letchman
28 April 2019 (2019-04-28) 8 Balestier Khalsa Singapore 2-1 Singapore Warriors FC Bishan Stadium
Hazzuwan Halim 46'
Sanjin Vrebac 60'
Nurullah HusseinYellow card 56'
Yellow card 88'		 Jonathan Béhé 77'Yellow card 51'
Gabriel QuakYellow card 26'		 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
3 May 2019 (2019-05-03) 9 Balestier Khalsa Singapore 0-1 Singapore Young Lions FC Bishan Stadium
Sanjin VrebacYellow card 1'
Raihan RahmanYellow card 3'
Sufianto SallehRed card 89'		 68'
Yellow card 83'		 Referee: Lim Liang Yi
12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 10 Hougang United Singapore 1-0 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Faris Ramlisoccer ball with red X45
Anumanthan Kumar 84' Yellow card 74'
Jordan Nicolas VesteringYellow card 33'
Stipe PlazibatYellow card 49'
Muhaimin SuhaimiYellow card 63,81' Yellow-red card		 Huzaifah AzizYellow card 19'
Nurullah HusseinYellow card 45'
Sime ZuzulYellow card 47'
Illyas LeeYellow card 50'		 Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar
26 May 2019 (2019-05-26) 11 Balestier Khalsa Singapore 2-4 Singapore Home United Bishan Stadium
Sime Zuzul 42'
Sameer Alassane 45'
Raihan RahmanYellow card 44'
Nurullah HusseinYellow card 65'
Fadli KamisYellow card 90'		 Hafiz Nor 51' 79'
Song Ui-young 73'
Oliver Puflett 75'
Juma'at JantanYellow card 65'		 Referee: G. Letchman
16 June 2019 (2019-06-16) 12 Geylang International Singapore 5-0 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
Shawal Anuar 17' 45'
Barry Maguire 44' 48'
Yuki IchikawaYellow card 76'
Yellow card 54'		 Referee: Nathan Chan
21 June 2019 (2019-06-21) 13 Balestier Khalsa Singapore 1-3 Singapore Albirex Niigata (S) Bishan Stadium
Sime Zuzul 1'
Huzaifah AzizYellow card 33'
Ahmad SyahirYellow card 45+2'
Raihan RahmanYellow card 58'
Nurullah HusseinYellow card 80'		 Kaishu Yamazaki 75'
Noor Akid Nordin 78'Yellow card 25'
Yosuke Nakagawa 90+4'		 Referee: Juherman Zaiton
28 June 2019 (2019-06-28) 14 Brunei DPMM Brunei 2-1 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman 5'
Blake Ricciuto 52'		 Sime Zuzul 47'Yellow card 59'
Sufianto SallehYellow card 11'
Yellow card 39'		 Referee: Lim Liang Yi
7 July 2019 (2019-07-07) 15 Tampines Rovers Singapore 4-2 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
Zehrudin Mehmedovic 15' 44'
Jordan Webb 17'
Ryutaro Megumi 31'		 Raihan Rahman 47'
Sime Zuzul 87' (pen)		 Referee: Muhd Taqi
19 July 2019 (2019-07-19) 16 (Rescheduled) Warriors FC Singapore 3-3 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Jurong East Stadium
Jonathan Béhé 3'
Ignatius Ang 68'
75'		 Sanjin Vrebac 5'
Sime Zuzul 40' 85'soccer ball with red X88		 Referee: Syahir Ahmadi
28 July 2019 (2019-07-28) 17 Young Lions FC Singapore 1-0 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Nur Luqman 28'
Sharul NizamYellow card 33'		 Huzaifah AzizYellow card 60' Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar
4 August 2019 (2019-08-04) 18 Balestier Khalsa Singapore 3-4 Singapore Hougang United Bishan Stadium
Fadli Kamis 14'
Hazzuwan Halim 36' 75'
Yellow card 62'		 Stipe Plazibat 43'
Shahfiq Ghani 58' 66'
Faris Ramli 78'
Afiq YunosYellow card 84'		 Referee: Abirami Naidu
14 August 2019 (2019-08-14) 19 Home United Singapore 1-3 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Bishan Stadium
Faritz Abdul Hameed 70' Kristijan Krajcek 14' 84'
Hazzuwan Halim 66'		 Referee: Farhan Mohamed
18 August 2019 (2019-08-18) 20 Balestier Khalsa Singapore 3-4 Singapore Geylang International Bishan Stadium
Daniel Goh 65,72'
Sime Zuzul 75'		 7'
Shawal Anuar 57'
Fareez Farhan 90+1'
Amy Recha 90+4'		 Referee: Syarqawi Buhari
18 September 2019 (2019-09-18) 21 (Rescheduled) Albirex Niigata (S) Singapore 2-0 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Jurong East Stadium
Hiroyoshi Kamata 19' (pen)
Kyoga Nakamura 90+3'
1 September 2019 (2019-09-01) 22 Balestier Khalsa Singapore 1-4 Brunei Brunei DPMM Bishan Stadium
Hazzuwan Halim 44' Charlie Clough 3'
Andrei Varankou 13' 90+1'
Azizi 69'		 Referee: Lim Liang Yi
14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 23 Tampines Rovers Singapore 3-3 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
Taufik Suparno 6'
Yasir Hanapi 31'
Jordan Webb 91'		 Hazzuwan Halim 21'
Sanjin Vrebac 29'
Kristijan Krajcek 81'		 Referee: Farhan Mohamed
29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) 24 (Rescheduled) Balestier Khalsa Singapore 3-3 Singapore Warriors FC Bishan Stadium
Sanjin Vrebac 67'
Hazzuwan Halim 81' (pen)
Kristijan Krajcek 86'		 Zulkiffli Hassim 41' 45'
Faizal Raffi 73'		 Referee: Syahir Ahmadi
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
8 Young Lions[a] 24 6 4 14 21 38 −17 22
9 Balestier Khalsa 24 4 5 15 37 58 −21 17
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[]

Main article: 2019 Singapore Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25) Match 1 Home United Singapore 1-3 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Bishan Stadium
Song Ui-young 45' (pen) Sime Zuzul 35'
Kristijan Krajcek 52' 60'		 Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar
19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) Match 2 Balestier Khalsa Singapore 0-2 Singapore Tampines Rovers Bishan Stadium
Jordan Webb 59'
Ryutaro Megumi 79'		 Referee: Muhd Taqi
23 October 2019 (2019-10-23) Match 3 Balestier Khalsa Singapore 0-0 Singapore Warriors FC Bishan Stadium
Referee: Farhan Mohamad

See also[]

  • 2017 Balestier Khalsa FC season
  • 2018 Balestier Khalsa FC season

References[]

  1. ^ "Staff for Balestier". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  2. ^ "Illyas Lee left Hougang United".
  3. ^ "Singapore U-23 defender Illyas Lee to join Balestier Khalsa from Hougang".
  4. ^ "Zaki from Eagle to Tiger".
  5. ^ "Kristijan Krajcek sign for Tigers".
  6. ^ "Šime Žužul sign for Tigers".
  7. ^ "Kraljevic to take over as Kelantan coach".
  8. ^ "Nazri Sabri keep clean sheet against former club".
  9. ^ "JFPC announce 2019 squad which include former Balestier Khalsa's keeper".
  10. ^ "Noor Akid Nordin signed for Japanese club".
  11. ^ "Zaiful signed for another 2 years".
  12. ^ "Fadli signed for another 2 years".
  13. ^ "Sheikh Abdul Hadi recently penned a two-year extension to his playing contract, which will run until 2019".
  14. ^ "Sufianto switch from Dragons to Tigers". Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  15. ^ "Balestier Khalsa are delighted to confirm the new signing of 25-year-old Sufianto Salleh from Home United on 2 years deal".
  16. ^ "Nurullah Hussein returns to Balestier after serving his National Service!".
  17. ^ "Balestier Khalsa are pleased to confirm the signing of Shaqi Sulaiman from Hougang United FC!".
  18. ^ "Raihan extends till 2019".[permanent dead link]
  19. ^ "Huzaifah Aziz has signed for the Tigers for another two years".
  20. ^ "Hazzuwan extends 2 years of contract".
  21. ^ "Fariz Faizal promoted to main squad in 2018".
  22. ^ "Khairuddin Omar returns to Balestier after serving his National Service!".
  23. ^ "Noor Akid Nordin has returned to Balestier Khalsa after completing his National Service last week!".
  24. ^ "Afiq Salman Tan has rejoined the Tigers after completing his National Service !".
  25. ^ "Akbar Shah Zainudeen has rejoined the Tigers after completing his National Service!".
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