2021 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Balestier Khalsa
2021 season
Chairman	S Thavaneson
Head coach	Marko Kraljević
Stadium	Bishan Stadium
Singapore Cup	-
	← 2020 →

The 2021 season is Balestier Khalsa's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

Squad[]

Singapore Premier League[]

As of 21 September 2018.

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Kimura Riki ^U23	(2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 20)	Lion City Sailors FC	2021	2021
25	^U23	(1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 23)	Youth Team	2019	2021
Defenders
2	Fadli Kamis	(1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 28)	Young Lions FC	2016	2021
5	Ensar Brunčević	(1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 22)	FK Spartak Subotica II (T2)	2020	2022
13	Amer Hakeem ^U23	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 22)	Young Lions FC	2021	2022
17	Sameer Alassane ^U23	(2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 (age 20)	Youth Team	2019	2021
18	Ahmad Syahir	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 29)	Youth Team	2013	2021
22		(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 24)		2021	2021
24	Ho Wai Loon	(1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 28)	Lion City Sailors FC	2021	2021
39	^U23	(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 19)	Geylang International U19	2020	2021
Midfielders
3	Max Goh Yi Qi ^U23	(1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 23)		2021	2021
4	Faizal Raffi	(1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 25)	Warriors FC	2020	2021
6	Aarish Kumar ^U23	(1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 22)	Warriors FC	2020	2021
8	Kristijan Krajcek	(1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 27)	NK BSK Bijelo Brdo (T2)	2019	2021
14	^U23	(2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 18)	Geylang International U19	2021	2021
15		(1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 24)	Warriors Prime League	2021	2021
28	Gareth Low	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 24)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2021
Forwards
7	Hazzuwan Halim	(1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 27)	Tanjong Pagar United	2015	2021
9	Shuhei Hoshino	(1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 (age 25)	Busan Transportation FC (T3)	2020	2021
10	Šime Žužul	(1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 25)	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac (T2)	2019	2021
11	Iqbal Hussain	(1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 28)	Chennai City FC	2021	2021
Players who left during season
12	Jordan Emaviwe ^U23	(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 20)	F.C. Castiglione (I3)	2020	2021
19	Zaiful Nizam (Captain) ^>30	(1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 34)	Gombak United	2013	2021
61	^U21	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 21)	(NFL)	2020	2021

U21[]

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
	Oliver Sim ^U21	(2001-06-09) 9 June 2001 (age 20)	Home United U19	2020
Defenders
46	Aqil Yazid ^U21	(2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 17)	Singapore Sports School	2021	2021
52	^U21	(2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 20)	Youth Team	2020	2021
55	^U21	(2003-04-05) 5 April 2003 (age 18)	Youth Team	2021	2021
	^U21	(2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 (age 21)		2020	2020
	^U21	(1999-07-22) 22 July 1999 (age 22)	Hougang United	2020	2020
	^U21	(2000-03-31) 31 March 2000 (age 21)		2020	2020
Midfielders
44	^U21	(2000-05-29) 29 May 2000 (age 21)	Youth Team	2021	2021
50	^U21	(2004-08-10) 10 August 2004 (age 17)		2021	2021
67	^U21			2021	2021
	^U21		Youth Team	2019	2020
	^U21		Youth Team	2020	2020
	^U21	(2000-11-30) 30 November 2000 (age 20)	Youth Team	2020	2020
	^U21			2021	2021
Forwards
45	^U21	(2000-10-10) 10 October 2000 (age 20)	Warriors FC U19	2021	2021
53	^U21	(2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 (age 19)	Youth Team	2020	2021
66	^U21	(2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 20)	Youth Team	2020	2021

Project Vaults Oxley SC[]

(Deputy Chairman, Darwin Jalil is the President for the club)

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
25	Ameerul Shafiq	(1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 29)	Admiralty FC	2020	2020
	Nazri Sabri	(1989-09-20) 20 September 1989 (age 31)	Home United	2021	2021
		(1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 22)	Balestier Khalsa	2021	2021
Defenders
5	Zairul Rahmat			2019	2020
11	Nordine Talhi	(1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 35)	Admiralty FC	2019	2020
16	Haziq Sudhir		Admiralty FC	2019	2020
18	Hairudin Dahlan			2019	2020
22	Salihin Shafiee		Yishun Sentek Mariners FC	2019	2020
Midfielders
6	Nazrul Isnin	(1997-02-22) 22 February 1997 (age 24)	Eunos Crescent FC	2019	2020
8	Safwan Ramlan	(1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 30)		2019	2020
10	Maziz Rahman		Free Agent	2020
14	Helmi Mohd			2020	2020
15		(1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 25)	Balestier Khalsa	2019	2020
21	Xavier Boey		Eunos Crescent FC	2020	2020
24	Ganesan Devadas		Free Agent	2020
Forwards
7	Osman Shainin			2019	2020
9	Roy Tan		Free Agent	2020
13	Adam Xu	(1983-09-07) 7 September 1983 (age 38)	Balestier Khalsa	2019	2020
23	Fareez Rahman			2019	2020

Coaching staff[]

^[1]

Position	Name
Team Manager
General Manager
Head Coach	Marko Kraljević^[2]
Academy Manager
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
Goalkeeping Coach	Yazid Yasin
Fitness Coach	Rosman Sulaiman
Physiotherapist
Kitman

Transfer[]

In[]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Amer Hakeem	Young Lions FC	2 years contract signed in 2020 ^[3]
MF	Gareth Low Jun Kit	Albirex Niigata (S)	^[4]
MF		Geylang International U19	^[5]
MF		Free Agent	^[6]
MF			^[7]
FW		Free Agent

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
MF	Max Goh Yi Qi	Free agent	^[8]
FW	Iqbal Hussain	Chennai City F.C.	Free ^[9]

Out[]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK
DF	R Aaravin	Retired	^[10]
DF	Jufri Taha
DF
DF
DF	Yeo Hai Ngee
MF	Karthik Raj
MF	Zulfadhmi Suzliman
MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	Geylang International	Free

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Zaiful Nizam	Geylang International	Terminated ^[11] ^[12]

Loan In[]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Kimura Riki	Lion City Sailors	Season loan ^[13]

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Ho Wai Loon	Lion City Sailors	Season loan ^[14]

Loan Return[]

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF			Loan Return

Loan Out[]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Ref
DF		NS till 2022
DF	Shaqi Sulaiman	NS till 2021
FW		NS till 2022

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK		Young Lions FC	Season loan
MF	Jordan Emaviwe		NS till 2023 ^[15] ^[16]

Extension / Retained[]

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Position	Player	Ref
FW	Hazzuwan Halim	2 years contract signed in 2019^[18]
FW	Šime Žužul	2 year contract signed in 2019^[19]
FW	Shuhei Hoshino	1 years contract signed in 2020^[20]
DF	Ensar Brunčević	2 years contract signed in 2020^[21]
MF	Kristijan Krajcek	1 year contract signed in 2020 ^[22]
DF	Ahmad Syahir	1 year contract signed in 2020 ^[23]
GK		1 year contract signed in 2020 ^[24]
DF
DF	Fadli Kamis
MF	Jordan Emaviwe
MF	Aarish Kumar
MF	Faizal Raffi
GK	Zaiful Nizam

Friendly[]

Pre-Season Friendly[]

Win Draw Loss

6 March 2021 1	Geylang International	2-1	Balestier Khalsa	showOur Tampines Hub
	Christopher van Huizen Zikos Vasileios Chua			Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}

In-season friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss

30 April 2021 1	Lion City Sailors	4-0	Balestier Khalsa	showJalan Besar Stadium
	Amiruldin Asraf Faris Ramli pen'			Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}

25 June 2021 3	Lion City Sailors	4-2	Balestier Khalsa	showJalan Besar Stadium
	Stipe Plazibat Song Ui-young Hariss Harun		Shuhei Hoshino Gareth Low	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}

2 July 2021 4	Tanjong Pagar United	1-2	Balestier Khalsa	showJurong East Stadium
			Shuhei Hoshino	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}

Team statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of 15 September 2018

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Kimura Riki	4	0	0	0
2	DF	Fadli Kamis	15+3	0	0	0
3	MF	Max Goh Yi Qi	0	0	0	0
4	MF	Faizal Raffi	7+5	2	0	0
5	DF	Ensar Brunčević	15	1	0	0
6	MF	Aarish Kumar	8	0	0	0
7	FW	Hazzuwan Halim	15+2	3	0	0
8	MF	Kristijan Krajcek	17	6	0	0
9	FW	Shuhei Hoshino	17+1	3	0	0
10	FW	Šime Žužul	12+5	14	0	0
11	FW	Iqbal Hussain	1+3	0	0	0
13	DF	Amer Hakeem	16	1	0	0
14	MF		2+6	0	0	0
15	MF		0+6	0	0	0
17	DF	Sameer Alassane	0	0	0	0
18	DF	Ahmad Syahir	13+2	0	0	0
22	DF		0	0	0	0
24	DF	Ho Wai Loon	5+1	0	0	0
25	GK		1	0	0	0
28	MF	Gareth Low	14+3	0	0	0
39	DF		1+4	0	0	0
44	DF		0+1	0	0	0
45	FW		2+1	0	0	0
46	DF	Aqil Yazid	4+2	0	0	0
55	MF		9+2	0	0	0
66	FW		7+2	0	0	0
??	MF		0	0	0	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
12	MF	Jordan Emaviwe	0	0	0	0
19	GK	Zaiful Nizam	13	0	13	0
61	GK		0+1	0	1	0

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %

Singapore Premier League[]

Win Draw Loss

14 March 2021 1	Young Lions FC	3-3	Balestier Khalsa	showJalan Besar Stadium
	Ilhan Fandi 13' Khairin Nadim 58' Hami Syahin 85' Ryhan Stewart 83' Harhys Stewart 87'	Report	Hazzuwan Halim 33' (pen) Shuhei Hoshino 45+1' 49' Gareth Low 82'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee:

17 March 2021 2	Balestier Khalsa	1-2	Tampines Rovers	showToa Payoh Stadium
	Amer Hakeem 67' 31' Kristijan Krajcek 38' Hazzuwan Halim 68' Faizal Raffi 73' Ensar Brunčević 82'	Report	Taufik Suparno 55' Boris Kopitović 70' Madhu Mohana 45+2'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee:

21 March 2021 3	Albirex Niigata (S)	0-0	Balestier Khalsa	showJurong East Stadium
			Sime Zuzul 90+5'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee:

4 April 2021 4	Balestier Khalsa	4-0	Tanjong Pagar United	showToa Payoh Stadium
	24' Kristijan Krajcek 41' 89' Šime Žužul 55' Fadli Kamis 51'	Report	Khairul Amri 67' Faritz Abdul Hameed 90'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Muhammad Taqi

7 April 2021 5	Balestier Khalsa	2-1	Geylang International	showToa Payoh Stadium
	Kristijan Krajcek 36' Ensar Brunčević 45+1' 57' Amer Hakeem 39' Ahmad Syahir 81' Shuhei Hoshino 90+1' Hazzuwan Halim 90+3'	Report	Amy Recha 53' 57'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee:

10 April 2021 6	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Hougang United	showToa Payoh Stadium
	Ensar Brunčević 21' Ahmad Syahir 72' Aarish Kumar 72'	Report	Tomoyuki Doi 63' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 74'	Attendance: 0 Referee:

18 April 2021 7	Lion City Sailors	4-1	Balestier Khalsa	showJalan Besar Stadium
	Gabriel Quak 7' Shahdan Sulaiman 18' 63' Stipe Plazibat 47' Saifullah Akbar 51'	Report	Kristijan Krajcek 25' Hazzuwan Halim 75'	Referee:

9 May 2021 8	Hougang United	4-3	Balestier Khalsa	showHougang Stadium
	Kaishu Yamazaki 9' Lionel Tan 29' Idraki Adnan 36' Hafiz Sujad 87' Ridhuan Barudin 56' Muhaimin Suhaimi 61' Nazrul Nazari 88'	Report	Šime Žužul 3' Faizal Raffi 45' Kristijan Krajcek 72' 78' Marko Kraljević 45+2'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee:

25 April 2021 9 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	1-4	Albirex Niigata (S)	showToa Payoh Stadium
	Šime Žužul 57' Ensar Brunčević 27'	Report	Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 28' (pen) 47' 87' Kuraba Kondo 53'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 2]} Referee:

23 May 2021 10	Tanjong Pagar United	2-2	Balestier Khalsa	showJurong East Stadium
	Šime Žužul 61' 87'	Report	Reo Nishiguchi 32' Khairul Amri 85' (pen) Anaqi Ismit 77' Raihan Rahman 81'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee:

15 May 2021 11 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	5-1	Balestier Khalsa	showOur Tampines Hub
	Boris Kopitović 9' 24' (pen) Marc Ryan Tan 13' 35' Ryaan Sanizal 88'	Report	Šime Žužul 20' (pen) Aqil Yazid 9' 52' Ahmad Syahir 84'	Attendance: 0^{[citation needed]} Referee:

25 July 2021 12 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	3-1	Balestier Khalsa	showOur Tampines Hub
	Amy Recha 41' 63' 62' Matheus Moresche 54' Harith Kanadi 35'	Report	Šime Žužul 11' Kimura Riki 24'	Referee:

31 July 2021 13 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	2-3	Young Lions FC	showToa Payoh Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 47' Šime Žužul 89' Kristijan Krajcek 34' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 90+4'	Report	Hami Syahin 18' (pen) Daniel Goh 35' Harhys Stewart 85' Nazhiim Harman 5'	Referee:

8 August 2021 14 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	1-1	Lion City Sailors	showToa Payoh Stadium
	Šime Žužul 60' Shuhei Hoshino 56' Ensar Brunčević 90+1' 90+3' Zaiful Nizam 90+2'	Report	Stipe Plazibat 90+4' Faris Ramli 53' Saifullah Akbar 58' Jorge Fellipe 90'	Referee:

14 August 2021 15 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	4-2	Balestier Khalsa	showJalan Besar Stadium
	Ilhan Fandi 18' 45+1' Jacob Mahler 28' Khairin Nadim 41' Ryhan Stewart 77' Alif Iskandar 90'	Report	Šime Žužul 68' 75' Fadli Kamis 11' Hazzuwan Halim 42' Ahmad Syahir 45'	Referee:

19 August 2021 16 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	5-2	Tampines Rovers	showToa Payoh Stadium
	Kristijan Krajcek 9' Šime Žužul 13' 61' 89' Shuhei Hoshino 65' Gareth Low 35' 35'	Report	Zehrudin Mehmedović 17' 40' 35' Irwan Shah 25' Armin Bosnjak 35' Baihakki Khaizan 90'	Referee:

28 August 2021 17 (Rescheduled)	Albirex Niigata (S)	4-0	Balestier Khalsa	showJurong East Stadium
	Ryoya Tanigushi 47' 77' Kuraba Kondo 51' 65' Kazuki Hashioka 5'	Report	Gareth Low 30' Ho Wai Loon 59'	Referee:

12 September 2021 18 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	1-0	Tanjong Pagar United	showToa Payoh Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 47' 55' Ahmad Syahir 62' Ho Wai Loon 65'	Report	Blake Ricciuto 71' Rusyaidi Salime 90+7'	Referee:

29 September 2021 19 (Rescheduled)

Geylang International

v

Balestier Khalsa

Our Tampines Hub

25 September 2021 20 (Rescheduled)

Balestier Khalsa

v

Hougang United

Toa Payoh Stadium

2 October 2021 21 (Rescheduled)

Lion City Sailors

v

Balestier Khalsa

Jalan Besar Stadium

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Tampines Rovers	17	6	4	7	44	43	+1	22	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
5	Tanjong Pagar United	18	4	5	9	29	43	−14	17
6	Balestier Khalsa	18	4	4	10	30	43	−13	16
7	Geylang International	18	5	1	12	29	48	−19	16
8	Young Lions^[a]	18	3	4	11	21	45	−24	13

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:

^ 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[]

Win Draw Loss

Notes[]

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

References[]

^ "Staff for Balestier". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
^ "Marko Kraljević back at Balestier Khalsa".
^ "Amer Hakeem joins Balestier Khalsa".
^ "Gareth Low has completed his transfer to Balestier Khalsa".
^ "Hariysh has completed his transfer to Balestier Khalsa".
^ "We welcome Gautam Selvamany to our Roster".
^ "Yann Weishaupt is officially a

[table_note_ALB0.42306413474635-27] 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.

[closed-25] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.

[closed_door-26] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this match was played behind closed doors.

[1] "Staff for Balestier". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-21.

[2] "Marko Kraljević back at Balestier Khalsa".

[3] "Amer Hakeem joins Balestier Khalsa".

[4] "Gareth Low has completed his transfer to Balestier Khalsa".

[5] "Hariysh has completed his transfer to Balestier Khalsa".

[6] "We welcome Gautam Selvamany to our Roster".

[7] "Yann Weishaupt is officially a

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2021 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Contents

Squad[]

Singapore Premier League[]

U21[]

Project Vaults Oxley SC[]

Coaching staff[]

Transfer[]

In[]

Out[]

Loan In[]

Loan Return[]

Loan Out[]

Extension / Retained[]

Friendly[]

Pre-Season Friendly[]

In-season friendlies[]

Team statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Singapore Premier League[]

Singapore Cup[]

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]