2019 Warriors FC season

Warriors
season
Chairman	Philip Lam Tin Sing
Head coach	Mirko Grabovac
Stadium	Jurong West Stadium
S.League	7th
Singapore Cup	Runner up
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 season is Warriors' 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 Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.

Squad[]

S.League squad[]

As of 11 February 2019

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Start	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Kimura Riki ^U23	(2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 21)	FFA Under-17	2019
13	Shahul Rayyan	(1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 (age 26)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2019
18	Fashah Iskandar	(1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 (age 26)	Young Lions FC	2018
Defenders
2	^U23	(1998-11-22) 22 November 1998 (age 23)	Youth Team	2018
3	Yeo Hai Ngee	(1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 26)	Geylang International	2019	2019
4	Delwinder Singh	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 29)	Hougang United	2018
5	Kento Fukuda (Captain)	(1990-05-15) 15 May 1990 (age 31)	Geylang International	2016
8	Emmeric Ong	(1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 (age 30)	LionsXII	2015
16	Ryhan Stewart ^U23	(2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 (age 21)	Tampines Rovers	2019
21	R Aaravin ^U23	(1996-02-24) 24 February 1996 (age 25)	Young Lions FC	2019
25	Shameer Aziq	(1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 25)	Tampines Rovers	2019	2019
27	Tajeli Salamat	(1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 (age 27)	(NFL D1)	2018
Midfielders
6	Ammirul Emmran	(1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 26)	Young Lions FC	2018
10	Poh Yi Feng ^>30	(1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 (age 35)	Balestier Khalsa	2016
11	Ignatius Ang	(1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 29)	(NFL D1)	2018
22	Gabriel Quak	(1990-12-22) 22 December 1990 (age 31)	Royal Thai Navy F.C.	2019	2019
23	Suria Prakash	(1993-12-23) 23 December 1993 (age 28)	(NFL D1)	2018
24	^U23	(2000-01-25) 25 January 2000 (age 21)	FFA Under-17	2019
26	Faizal Raffi ^U23	(1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 25)	Tampines Rovers	2019	2019
28	Aarish Kumar ^U23	(1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 22)	Youth Team	2019	2019
Strikers
7	Sahil Suhaimi	(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 29)	Sarawak FA	2018
9	Jonathan Béhé	(1989-01-13) 13 January 1989 (age 32)	Negeri Sembilan FA	2018	2019
12	Khairul Nizam	(1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 30)	Home United	2018
15	Fadhil Noh	(1989-03-04) 4 March 1989 (age 32)	Balestier Khalsa	2017
17	Zulkiffli Hassim	(1986-03-26) 26 March 1986 (age 35)	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (NFL D1)	2019
19	^U23		Youth Team	2019
20	Fairoz Hassan	(1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 (age 33)	Geylang International	2019
29	Ryosuke Nagasawa	(1998-09-25) 25 September 1998 (age 23)	Phuket City F.C.	2019	2019
Players left club during season
14	^U23	(1997-10-19) 19 October 1997 (age 24)	Youth Team	2019

U19 Squad[]

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Start	Contract End
Goalkeepers
36	Prima Eldriq ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
40	Rifqi Kamarruzaman ^U19	(2001-09-25) 25 September 2001 (age 20)	NFA U17	2019	2019
Defenders
38	Jorazly Darin ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
42	Suriya Balakrishnan ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
43	Anjasmara Hakim ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
45	Danial Scott Crichton ^U19	(2003-04-11) 11 April 2003 (age 18)	Youth Team	2019	2019
51	Zayani Jamaludin ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
55	Raihan Awiezan ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
56	Afiq Basheer ^U19		Hougang United U19	2019	2019
57	Karl Imaly Ikmal ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
60	Ilyas Hairi ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
Midfielders
37	Saifie Hasby ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
41	Faresh Firdaus ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
46	Rifqi Aniq ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
47	Fahmy Hakeem ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
48	Danial Roslan ^U19	(2001-05-22) 22 May 2001 (age 20)	NFA U17	2019	2019
49	Aqil Shazali ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
52	Jared Tan ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
60	Ilyas Hairi ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
Strikers
53	Syafiq Rafi ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
54	Bowyer Francis ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019
58	Nashrul Iman ^U19	(2001-05-12) 12 May 2001 (age 20)	NFA U17	2019	2019
59	Aiman Hazim ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2019

Coaching staff[]

Position	Name	Ref.
General Manager	Paul Poh
Head Coach
Assistant Coach	Ismadi Mukhtar
Goalkeeping Coach
Team Manager
Fitness Trainer	Syaqir Sulaiman
Sports Trainer
Kitman

Transfers[]

Pre-Season transfers[]

In[]

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Shahul Rayyan	Albirex Niigata (S)	^[1]
GK		Admiralty FC (NFL D1)	Loan Return
GK	Kimura Riki	FFA Under-17
DF		Admiralty FC (NFL D1)	Loan Return
DF	R Aaravin	Young Lions FC
DF	Ryhan Stewart	Tampines Rovers
DF	Shameer Aziq	Tampines Rovers
DF	Yeo Hai Ngee	Geylang International
MF		Admiralty FC (NFL D1)	Loan Return
MF		Young Lions FC	Loan Return
MF		FFA Under-17
MF	Gabriel Quak	Royal Thai Navy F.C.	^[2]
MF	Faizal Raffi	Tampines Rovers
FW	Fairoz Hassan	Geylang International
FW	Zulkiffli Hassim	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (NFL D1)
FW	Ryosuke Nagasawa	Phuket City F.C.

Note 1: Bryan Quek returned to the team after the loan and subsequently released.

Note 2: Fazli Shafie returned to the team after the loan and move to NFL club, Jungfrau Punggol FC.

Note 3: Zuhaili Mazli returned to the team after the loan and subsequently released.

Note 4: Aniq Iskandar returned to the team after the loan and subsequently released.

Out[]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
Coach	Mirko Grabovac	End of Contract
GK	Hyrulnizam Juma'at	Albirex Niigata (S)	^[3]
GK
GK	Mukundan Maran
DF	Ho Wai Loon	Home United	^[4]
DF	Ismadi Mukhtar	Retired
DF		(NFL D1)	Free ^[5]
DF		(NFL D1)	Free ^[6]
MF	Firdaus Kasman	Geylang International	^[7]
MF
MF	Nur Luqman	Garena Young Lions
MF		(NFL D1)	Free ^[8]
MF		(NFL D1)	NS
MF	Shamil Sharif	Retired

Extension[]

Position	Player	Ref
DF	Kento Fukuda	^[9]
DF
DF	Emmeric Ong
MF	Ammirul Emmran
MF	Poh Yi Feng
MF	Suria Prakash
MF	Shamil Sharif
FW	Sahil Suhaimi
FW	Ignatius Ang
FW	Fadhil Noh
FW	Tajeli Salamat
FW	Khairul Nizam
FW	Sahil Suhaimi

Promoted[]

Position	Player	Ref
DF
MF	Aarish Kumar
FW

Trial[]

Position	Player	Trial @	Ref

Mid-Season Transfer[]

Out[]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF		Garena Young Lions	Season loan

Friendly[]

Pre-Season Friendly[]

Win Draw Loss

8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) 1	(NFL)	0-4	Warriors FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
7pm

Tour of Malaysia (9 to 18 January)

9 January 2019 (2019-01-09) 1	Melaka United	5-1	Warriors FC	Hang Jebat Stadium
2045 hours	15,34' 27' Luka Milunovic 39' Nurshamil Abd Ghani 53'	Report	Sahil Suhaimi 83'

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 2	Negeri Sembilan FA	2-1	Warriors FC	Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
2045 hours		Report		Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

14 January 2019 (2019-01-14) 3	UiTM F.C.	2-1	Warriors FC	Bukit Jelutong, Selangor
1645 hours				Stadium:

17 January 2019 (2019-01-17) 4	PKNP F.C.	2-0	Warriors FC	Manjung District, Perak
2045 hours	Hafiz Ramdan 23' Hafiz Kamal 72'			Stadium: Manjung Municipal Council Stadium

Team statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of 29 September 2018

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Kimura Riki	2	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF		11	0	0	0	11	0
3	DF	Yeo Hai Ngee	4(2)	1	1(1)	0	8	1
4	DF	Delwinder Singh	13(3)	0	2	0	18	0
5	DF	Kento Fukuda	21	1	6	0	27	1
6	MF	Ammirul Emmran	2(12)	0	0(2)	0	16	0
7	FW	Sahil Suhaimi	17(4)	5	2(3)	4	26	9
8	DF	Emmeric Ong	11(4)	0	0	0	15	0
9	FW	Jonathan Béhé	21(2)	12	5(1)	1	29	13
10	MF	Poh Yi Feng	12(3)	0	6	0	21	0
11	MF	Ignatius Ang	3(16)	1	1(1)	0	21	1
12	FW	Khairul Nizam	7(3)	0	4(1)	4	15	4
13	GK	Shahul Rayyan	6	0	2	0	8	0
15	FW	Fadhil Noh	4(1)	0	0	0	5	0
16	DF	Ryhan Stewart	22	0	6	0	28	0
17	FW	Zulkiffli Hassim	4(5)	2	0(2)	0	11	2
18	GK	Fashah Iskandar	16	0	2(1)	0	19	0
19	FW		3	0	0	0	3	0
20	FW	Fairoz Hasan	5(3)	3	0(3)	1	11	4
21	DF	R Aaravin	10(3)	0	1	0	14	0
22	MF	Gabriel Quak	22(1)	9	6	2	29	11
23	MF	Suria Prakash	0(5)	1	0(1)	0	6	1
24	MF		1	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF	Shameer Aziq	4(2)	0	3	0	9	0
26	MF	Faizal Raffi	21	3	6	0	27	3
27	DF	Tajeli Salamat	20(1)	0	6	1	27	1
28	MF	Aarish Kumar	2	0	5	0	7	0

Note 1: Jonathan Behe scored an own goal in SPL match against Home United.

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Singapore Premier League	24	6	5	13	40	56	−16	025.00
Singapore Cup	6	2	2	2	12	13	−1	033.33
Total	30	8	7	15	52	69	−17	026.67

Singapore Premier League[]

Win Draw Loss

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 1	Hougang United	5-1	Warriors FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Stipe Plazibat 12' (pen) 14' Faris Ramli 37' Amir Zalani 42' 55' Fazrul Nawaz 78' Zulfahmi Arifin 71'		94' Poh Yi Feng 15' Sahil Suhaimi 64'	Referee: Lim Liang Yi

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 2	Warriors FC	0-3	Home United	Jurong East Stadium
	Poh Yi Feng 7' Fadhil Noh 32' Gabriel Quak 42' Sahil Suhaimi 71' Ryhan Stewart 90'		Hami Syahin 51' Song Ui-young 71' Oliver Puflett 83' 72' Izzdin Shafiq 34'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar

5 April 2019 (2019-04-05) 3	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' 27' Poh Yi Feng 62' Suria Prakash 79'	Referee: G. Letchman

17 May 2019 (2019-05-17) 4 (Rescheduled)	Warriors FC	2-0	Young Lions FC	Jurong East Stadium
	Gabriel Quak 55' Jonathan Béhé 64' Fairoz Hasan 48'			Referee: Abirami Naidu

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 5	Warriors FC	1-2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong East Stadium
	Jonathan Béhé 37' Kento Fukuda 53' Faizal Raffi 64'		Daizo Horikoshi 25' Kyoga Nakamura Hiroyoshi Kamata 49'	Referee: Nathan Chan

20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 6	Brunei DPMM	4-2	Warriors FC	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Azwan Ali Rahman 1' Andrey Varankow 43' (pen) 90' Blake Ricciuto 82' Charlie Clough 63'		Gabriel Quak 52' Sahil Suhaimi 68'	Referee: Lim Liang Yi

24 April 2019 (2019-04-24) 7	Warriors FC	1-1	Tampines Rovers	Jurong East Stadium
	Sahil Suhaimi 53' Poh Yi Feng 47' Jonathan Béhé 91' Khairul Nizam 90+3'		Shahdan Sulaiman 26' Yasir Hanapi 91' Irwan Shah 90+6'	Referee: Lim Liang Yi

28 April 2019 (2019-04-28) 8	Balestier Khalsa	2-1	Warriors FC	Bishan Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 46' Sanjin Vrebac 60' Nurullah Hussein 56' 88'		Jonathan Béhé 77' 51' Gabriel Quak 26'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 9	Young Lions FC	0-2	Warriors FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Gabriel Quak 45' Jonathan Béhé 81'	Referee: Jansen Foo

25 May 2019 (2019-05-25) 10	Warriors FC	3-2	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Gabriel Quak 8' Jonathan Béhé 52' 86' Delwinder Singh 90'		38' Hafiz Sujad 76' Anumanthan Kumar 14,89'	Referee: Nathan Chan

15 June 2019 (2019-06-15) 11	Home United	4-4	Warriors FC	Bishan Stadium
	Song Ui-young 10' 49' Shahril Ishak 87' (pen) Faizal Roslan 90'		Sahil Suhaimi 19' Gabriel Quak 45' 52' Jonathan Béhé 54'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

23 June 2019 (2019-06-23) 12	Warriors FC	1-2	Geylang International	Jurong East Stadium
	Jonathan Béhé 37'		Zikos Vasileios Chua 79' 81'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton

30 June 2019 (2019-06-30) 13	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-0	Warriors FC	Bishan Stadium
	Hiroyoshi Kamata 30' Naruki Takahashi 54' Kengo Fukudome 83'		17'	Referee: Muhammad Taqi

6 July 2019 (2019-07-06) 14	Warriors FC	3-3	Brunei DPMM	Jurong East Stadium
	Gabriel Quak 12' 65' (pen) Jonathan Béhé19 Sahil Suhaimi 77' 27' Tajeli Salamat 53' Poh Yi Feng 69'		Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman 29' Azwan Ali Rahman 38' Blake Ricciuto 55' 25' Nur Ikhwan Othman 62'	Referee: Farhan Mohamed

14 July 2019 (2019-07-14) 15	Tampines Rovers	1-2	Warriors FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Jordan Webb 90+6' (pen) Amirul Adli 17'		Yeo Hai Ngee 22' Sahil Suhaimi 60'	Referee: Jansen Foo

19 July 2019 (2019-07-19) 16 (Rescheduled)	Warriors FC	3-3	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Jonathan Béhé 3' Ignatius Ang 68' 75'		Sanjin Vrebac 5' Sime Zuzul 40' 85'88	Referee: Syahir Ahmadi

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 17	Warriors FC	2-0	Young Lions FC	Jurong East Stadium
	Jonathan Béhé 61' 79'			Referee: Nathan Chan

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) 18	Hougang United	3-1	Warriors FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Mahathir Azeman 12' Stipe Plazibat 68' Faris Ramli 90+2' Nikesh Singh Sidhu 28' Afiq Noor 38' Jordan Nicolas Vestering 45' Fabian Kwok 82'		Suria Prakash 85' R Aaravin 44' Gabriel Quak 45'	Referee: Lim Liang Yi

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 19	Warriors FC	1-3	Home United	Jurong East Stadium
	Gabriel Quak 10'		Shahril Ishak 12,71' Hafiz Nor 68'	Referee: Jansen Foo

18 September 2019 (2019-09-18) 20 (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) 21	Warriors FC	2-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong East Stadium
	Kento Fukuda 40' Jonathan Béhé 59'		Daizo Horikoshi 58'	Referee: Muhammad Taqi

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 22	Brunei DPMM	3-0	Warriors FC	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Andrei Varankou 31' 49' 67'			Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar

22 September 2019 (2019-09-22) 23	Warriors FC	0-1	Tampines Rovers	Jurong East Stadium
			Amirul Adli 84'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton

29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) 24 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	3-3	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 v t	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:

^ 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[]

Win Draw Loss

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25) Match 1	Tampines Rovers	1-3	Warriors FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Jordan Webb 72' (pen)		Sahil Suhaimi 7' 73' Tajeli Salamat 90+2'	Referee: Farhan Mohamad

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) Match 2	Warriors FC	2-2	Home United	Jurong East Stadium
	Khairul Nizam 46' Gabriel Quak 62'		Iqram Rifqi 16' Song Ui-young 68'	Referee: Syahir Ahmadi

23 October 2019 (2019-10-23) Match 3	Balestier Khalsa	0-0	Warriors FC	Bishan Stadium
				Referee: Farhan Mohamad

Semi Final[]

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) SF Leg 1	Warriors FC	0-1	Brunei DPMM	Jurong East Stadium
	Gabriel Quak		Azwan Ali Rahman 41'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

30 October 2019 (2019-10-30) SF Leg 2	Brunei DPMM	4-5 (a.e.t.) (5-5 agg.) (2-4 p)	Warriors FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman 1' Andrei Varankou 35' 60' Razimie Ramlli 98'		Jonathan Behe 12' (pen)66 Khairul Nizam 29' Sahil Suhaimi 62' 101' Gabriel Quak 90+1'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton
	Penalties
	Andrei Varankou Azwan Ali Rahman Blake Ricciuto Charlie Clough		Khairul Nizam Kento Fukuda Sahil Suhaimi Tajeli Salamat

Warriors FC won 4-2 on penalty after 5-5 aggregate.

Final[]

3 November 2019 (2019-11-03) Final	Warriors FC	3-4	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Khairul Nizam 12' 19' Sahil Suhaimi84 Fairoz Hasan 84' Shameer Aziq 52' Yeo Hai Ngee 61'		Irwan Shah 17' Joel Chew Joon Herng 31' Amirul Adli 57' Zehrudin Mehmedović 65' 90' Yasir Hanapi 46' Jordan Webb 74' 78'	Attendance: 2,952 Referee: Muhammad Taqi

References[]

[table_note_ALB0.30299531077174-10] 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.

[1] "Rayyan move to Warriors FC".

[2] "Second-time father-to-be Gabriel Quak joins Warriors FC and sets AFC Cup target".

[3] "Hyrulnizam Juma'at signed for Japanese club".

[4] "Ho Wai Loon switch uniform group".

[5] "Jungfrau Punggol Football Club are delighted to announce the signing of 22-years-old defender Fazli Shafie".

[6] "Jungfrau Punggol Football Club are delighted to announce the signing of 21-years-old defender Wong Wen Jie".

[7] "Geylang International FC complete signing of Warriors FC's Firdaus Kasman".

[8] "Jungfrau Punggol Football Club are delighted to announce the signing of 22-years-old defender Zuhaili Mazli".

[9] "Ex-Shonan Bellmare defender Kento Fukuda to continue Warriors stint in Singapore".

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2019 Warriors FC season

Contents

Squad[]

S.League squad[]

U19 Squad[]

Coaching staff[]

Transfers[]

Pre-Season transfers[]

In[]

Out[]

Extension[]

Promoted[]

Trial[]

Mid-Season Transfer[]

Out[]

Friendly[]

Pre-Season Friendly[]

Team statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Singapore Premier League[]

Singapore Cup[]

Semi Final[]

Final[]

See also[]

References[]