2021 Garena Young Lions FC season

Garena Young Lions
season
Chairman	Farehan Hussein
Head coach	Nazri Nasir
Stadium	Jurong West Stadium
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 season is Young Lion's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League.^[1]

Squad[]

Singapore Premier League[]

As of 26 Sept 2019.

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Last Club	Contract Start	Contract End
Goalkeepers
18	Ridhwan Fikri	(1999-04-29) 29 April 1999 (age 22)		2020	2021
25		(2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 21)	Geylang International U21	2021	2021
32		(2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 21)	Lion City Sailors FC U21	2020	2021
40		(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 21)	Balestier Khalsa U21	2021	2021
Defenders
2	Nazhiim Harman	(1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 (age 22)		2020	2020
4	Danish Irfan (Captain)	(1999-03-10) 10 March 1999 (age 22)	Geylang International	2020	2021
5	Syabil Hisham	(2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 19)	Tanjong Pagar United	2021	2021
6	Jacob Mahler	(2000-04-20) 20 April 2000 (age 21)	FFA Under-18	2018	2021
7	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	(1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 23)	Lion City Sailors FC	2021	2021
13	Syahrul Sazali	(1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 23)	Tampines Rovers	2021	2021
16	Ryhan Stewart	(2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 (age 21)	Warriors FC	2020	2021
23	Harhys Stewart	(2001-03-20) 20 March 2001 (age 20)	Hougang United U21	2020	2021
26	Alif Iskandar	(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 22)	Hougang United	2021	2021
29	Raoul Suhaimi	(2005-09-18) 18 September 2005 (age 16)	Singapore Sports School	2021	2021
Midfielders
8	Rezza Rezky	(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 21)	FFA Under-18	2019	2021
9	Shah Shahiran	(1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 22)	Tampines Rovers	2021	2021
10	Daniel Goh	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 22)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2021
11	Rasaq Akeem	(2001-06-16) 16 June 2001 (age 20)	FFA Under-17	2019	2021
12	Joel Chew	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 21)	Tampines Rovers	2021	2021
14	Hami Syahin	(1998-12-16) 16 December 1998 (age 23)	Lion City Sailors FC	2020	2021
15	Amir Syafiz	(2004-06-21) 21 June 2004 (age 17)	Singapore Sports School	2021	2021
20		(2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 21)	Hougang United U21	2020	2021
22		(2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 19)	Geylang International U21	2021	2021
27	Arshad Shamim	(1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 22)	Lion City Sailors FC	2018	2021
30		(2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 19)	Kitchee SC Reserve	2021	2021
31	Bill Mamadou	(2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 20)	Lion City Sailors FC U21	2020	2021
42	Jordan Emaviwe ^U23	(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 20)	Balestier Khalsa	2021	2021
Forwards
17	Ilhan Fandi	(2002-11-08) 8 November 2002 (age 19)		2019	2021
19	Khairin Nadim	(2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 (age 17)		2020	2021
24	Zamani Zamri	(2001-05-31) 31 May 2001 (age 20)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2020	2021
39	Glenn Kweh	(2000-03-26) 26 March 2000 (age 21)		2021	2021
Players who left during the season
1	Nurshafiq Zaini	(1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 (age 22)	Tampines Rovers U21	2020	2021
3	Danial Crichton	(2003-04-11) 11 April 2003 (age 18)	Warriors FC U21	2020	2021
21	Sahffee Jubpre	(2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 (age 20)	Hougang United U21	2020	2021
28		(2000-04-28) 28 April 2000 (age 21)	FFA Under-18	2019	2021

U19 Squad[]

(Singapore Sport School)

As of 26 Feb 2017.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Last Club
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards

Coaching staff[]

Position	Name
Team Manager	Tan Qing Hui Samuel
Head team coach	Nazri Nasir
Assistant coach
Assistant coach	Fadzuhasny Juraimi
Goalkeeping coach
Physiotherapist	Vacant
Sports Trainers	Nasruldin Baharudin Muklis Sawit
Equipment Officer	Omar Mohamed

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Transfer[]

In[]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Syabil Hisham	Tanjong Pagar United	Free ^[3]
MF	Amir Syafiz	Singapore Sports School	Free ^[4]
MF		Geylang International U21	Free ^[5]
DF	Alif Iskandar	Hougang United	Free ^[6]
DF	Raoul Suhaimi	Singapore Sports School	Free ^[7]
FW	Glenn Kweh		Free ^[8]

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
MF		Kitchee SC Reserve	Free ^[9]

Out[]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK		Lion City Sailors	Free ^[10]
DF	Nur Adam Abdullah	Lion City Sailors	Free ^[11]
DF	Amer Hakeem	Balestier Khalsa	Free ^[12]
DF	Shahib Masnawi	Tanjong Pagar United	Free ^[13]
DF
MF	Amirul Haikal	Tampines Rovers	Free ^[14]
FW	Marc Ryan Tan	Tampines Rovers	Free ^[15]
FW	Shahrulnizam Mazlan		Free

Loan In[]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK		Geylang International U21	Season loan ^[16]
GK	Nurshafiq Zaini	Tampines Rovers U21	Season loan
DF	Danish Irfan	Geylang International	Season loan
DF	Harhys Stewart	Hougang United U21	Season loan
DF	Sahffee Jubpre	Hougang United U21	Season loan
DF	Syahrul Sazali		Season loan ^[17]
DF	Zulqarnaen Suzliman		Season loan ^[18]
MF	Jacob Mahler		Season loan ^[19]
MF	Bill Mamadou	Lion City Sailors U21	Season loan
MF	Joel Chew		Season loan ^[20]
MF	Daniel Goh		Season loan ^[21]
MF	Hami Syahin		Season loan ^[22]
MF		Hougang United U21	Season loan
FW	Zamani Zamri	Albirex Niigata (S)	Season loan

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK		Balestier Khalsa	Season loan
DF	Jacob Mahler		Season loan
MF	Arshad Shamim		Season loan
MF	Jordan Emaviwe		Season loan
MF	Shah Shahiran		Season loan

Loan Out[]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Jacob Mahler		NS till 2022

Jacob Mahler subsequently return to the club during the mid-season after his BMT.

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF			NS till 2023
DF	Sahffee Jubpre	Hougang United	NS till 2023
DF			NS till 2023
MF	Rasaq Akeem		NS till 2023

Sahffee Jubpre was enlisted during the mid-season.

Loan Return[]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK		Lion City Sailors U21	Loan Return
GK	Nurshafiq Zaini	Tampines Rovers U21	Loan Return
DF	Irfan Najeeb	Tampines Rovers	Loan Return ^[23]
DF	Danish Irfan	Geylang International	Loan Return ^[24]
DF		Hougang United U21	Loan Return ^[25]
DF	Sahffee Jubpre	Hougang United U21	Loan Return ^[26]
DF	Harhys Stewart	Hougang United U21	Loan Return ^[27]
DF	Akmal Azman		Loan Return
MF		Hougang United U21	Loan Return
MF	Hami Syahin		Loan Return ^[28]
MF	Zamani Zamri		Loan Return ^[29] ^[30]
MF	Bill Mamadou	Lion City Sailors U21	Loan Return ^[31]
FW	Fikri Junaidi	Geylang International U21	Loan Return
FW	Idraki Adnan	Hougang United	Loan Return ^[32]

Note 1: Danish Irfan loan from Geylang International is extended for one more season.

Note 2: Putra Anugerah and Bill Mamadou loan from Lion City Sailors is extended for one more season.

Note 3: Sahffee Jubpre and Harhys Stewart loan from Geylang International is extended for one more season.

Note 4: Hami Syahin loan from Police SA is extended for one more season.

Note 5: Nurshafiq Zaini loan from Tampines Rovers is extended for one more season.

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Nurshafiq Zaini	Tampines Rovers	Loan return

Nurshafiq Zaini returned and retired with immediate effect. ^[33]

Retained[]

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Ridhwan Fikri
DF	Nazhiim Harman
DF
DF	Ryhan Stewart
DF	Danial Crichton
MF	Rezza Rezky
MF	Rasaq Akeem
FW	Khairin Nadim
FW	Ilhan Fandi

Friendly[]

Pre-Season Friendly[]

Win Draw Loss

6 March 2021 1	Young Lions FC	1-3	Lion City Sailors	Jalan Besar Stadium
				Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

In-season friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss

19 March 2021 1	Geylang International	v	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
				Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

19 June 2021 2	Geylang International	4-0	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
				Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}

4 July 2021 3	Hougang United	1-1	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Harhys Stewart	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Team statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of 10 Oct 2021

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
2	DF	Nazhiim Harman	4+1	0	5	0
4	DF	Danish Irfan	7+2	0	9	0
5	DF	Syabil Hisham	1+1	0	2	0
6	DF	Jacob Mahler	11+1	3	14	3
7	DF	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	11+2	0	13	0
8	MF	Rezza Rezky	6+3	0	9	0
9	MF	Shah Shahiran	3	1	4	1
10	FW	Daniel Goh	6+3	1	9	1
11	MF	Rasaq Akeem	0	0	0	0
12	MF	Joel Chew	18+1	1	19	1
13	DF	Syahrul Sazali	13+1	0	14	0
14	MF	Hami Syahin	12+1	4	13	4
15	MF	Amir Syafiz	6+7	0	13	0
16	DF	Ryhan Stewart	20	0	20	0
17	FW	Ilhan Fandi	18	7	18	7
18	GK	Ridhwan Fikri	12	0	12	0
19	FW	Khairin Nadim	14+5	3	19	3
20	MF		2+2	0	4	0
22	MF		3+7	0	10	0
23	DF	Harhys Stewart	17	2	17	2
24	FW	Zamani Zamri	13+1	1	14	1
25	GK		3	0	3	0
26	DF	Alif Iskandar	1+4	0	5	0
27	MF	Arshad Shamim	1+5	0	6	0
29	DF	Raoul Suhaimi	5+1	0	6	0
30	MF		0	0	0	0
31	MF	Bill Mamadou	1+1	0	2	0
32	GK		0	0	0	0
39	FW	Glenn Kweh	3+7	2	10	2
42	MF	Jordan Emaviwe	1+1	0	2	0
Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club
1	GK	Nurshafiq Zaini	6	0	6	0
3	DF	Danial Crichton	0	0	0	0
21	DF	Sahffee Jubpre	1+3	0	4	0
28	DF		11	1	11	1

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Singapore Premier League[]

Win Draw Loss

14 March 2021 1	Young Lions FC	3-3	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan 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	Young Lions FC	0-3	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar Stadium
	4' Zamani Zamri 65'	Report	Ryoya Tanigushi 17' Makoto Ito 51' Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 79' 65'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee:

20 March 2021 3	Geylang International	1-1	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Sylvano Comvalius 34' Firdaus Kasman 58'	Report	Hami Syahin 24' Khairin Nadim 61' 30' Danish Irfan Azman 70'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee:

3 April 2021 4	Young Lions FC	1-3	Lion City Sailors	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Ilhan Fandi 78' Hami Syahin 45+2'	Report	Gabriel Quak 26' 62' Stipe Plazibat 34' Jorge Fellipe 17' Amirul Adli 45+1' 75' Nur Adam Abdullah 60'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee:

7 April 2021 5	Tampines Rovers	7-0	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Kyoga Nakamura 13' 69' Boris Kopitović 21' 80' (pen) 87' Yasir Hanapi 45' 67' Zehrudin Mehmedovic 81'	Report		Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Nathan Chan

10 April 2021 6	Young Lions FC	0-4	Tanjong Pagar United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Hami Syahin 24' Amir Syafiz 73'	Report	Reo Nishiguchi 5' Luiz Júnior 61' 63' Blake Ricciuto 66' Daniel Martens 31' Emmeric Ong 36' Suhairi Sabri 90+2'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee:

17 April 2021 7	Hougang United	1-1	Young Lions FC	Hougang Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi 90+1' Anders Aplin 41' Lionel Tan 88'	Report	Glenn Kweh 74' Harhys Stewart 81'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee:

17 July 2021 8 (Rescheduled)	Tanjong Pagar United	1-1	Young Lions FC	Jurong East Stadium
	Luiz Júnior 65'	Report	Hami Syahin 21' (pen) Jacob Mahler 87' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 90+3'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee:

15 May 2021 9	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-1	Young Lions FC	Jurong East Stadium
	Nicky Melvin Singh 3' Fumiya Suzuki 49'	Report	Joel Chew 19'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee:

25 April 2021 10 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	2-4	Geylang International	Our Tampines Hub
	Hami Syahin 14' (pen) 77' Harhys Stewart 41' Ryhan Stewart 41'	Report	Faizal Roslan 10' Amy Recha 53' Matheus Moresche 57' 90+1' Harith Kanadi 61'	Attendance: 237 Referee:

22 May 2021 11	Lion City Sailors	1-0	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Shahdan Sulaiman 43' 54' Aniq Raushan 68' Saifullah Akbar 78' Song Ui-young 84' Stipe Plazibat 85'	Report	Hami Syahin 34' Syahrul Sazali 42' Khairin Nadim 87'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee:

2 May 2021 12 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	0-4	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Harhys Stewart 35' Hami Syahin 68' Jacob Mahler 78' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 85'	Report	Zehrudin Mehmedović 3' Irwan Shah 19' Kyoga Nakamura 43' Taufik Suparno 80' Ryaan Sanizal 60'	Referee:

31 July 2021 13 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	2-3	Young Lions FC	Toa 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:

7 August 2021 14 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	0-1	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Hami Syahin 20' 71' Arshad Shamim 72'	Report	Tomoyuki Doi 77'	Referee:

14 August 2021 15 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	4-2	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan 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:

22 August 2021 16 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	0-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Rezza Rezky 38' Jacob Mahler 52'	Report	Ryosuke Nagasawa 3' (pen) Ong Yu En 45' Shuya Yamashita 59'	Referee:

28 August 2021 17 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	2-3	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Amy Recha 7' Matheus Moresche 56' Wayne Chew 3' Harith Kanadi 52'	Report	Jacob Mahler 3' (pen) Ilhan Fandi 84' 90+4' Rezza Rezky 41' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 85'	Referee:

12 September 2021 18 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	1-3	Lion City Sailors	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Ilhan Fandi 17' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 42' Raoul Suhaimi 58' 68' Harhys Stewart 73' Syahrul Sazali 80' Philippe Aw 90+2' Jordan Emaviwe 90+1'	Report	Jorge Fellipe 50' 85' 85' Gabriel Quak 90+1' Saifullah Akbar 47' Faris Ramli 90+4'	Referee:

18 September 2021 19 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	2-1	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Daniel Goh 34' (o.g.) Taufik Suparno 71' Baihakki Khaizan 15' Amirul Haikal 29' Madhu Mohana 69' Yasir Hanapi 90'	Report	Jacob Mahler 70' (pen) Shah Shahiran 82'	Referee:

26 September 2021 20 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	1-2	Tanjong Pagar United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Glenn Kweh 23' Joel Chew 45+1' Ridhwan Fikri 45+1' Syahrul Sazali 67' Ryhan Stewart 85'	Report	Reo Nishiguchi 5' Luiz Júnior 67' (pen) Rusyaidi Salime 45+1' Raihan Rahman 45+1'	Referee:

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:

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Tampines Rovers	21	7	6	8	48	51	−3	27	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
5	Tanjong Pagar United	21	5	7	9	36	49	−13	22
6	Geylang International	21	6	2	13	33	52	−19	20
7	Balestier Khalsa	21	5	4	12	34	52	−18	19
8	Young Lions^[a]	21	4	4	13	26	50	−24	16

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.

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.

References[]

^ "2018 changes".
^ "Fandi to take charge of the Young Lions". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
^ "Syabil joins the GYL project".
^ "Amir Syafiz will aim to make his professional debut this season".
^ "Say hello to our fourth new arrival!

[table_note_ALB0.0036610327678085-35] 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-34] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.

[1] "2018 changes".

[2] "Fandi to take charge of the Young Lions". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-10-15.

[3] "Syabil joins the GYL project".

[4] "Amir Syafiz will aim to make his professional debut this season".

[5] "Say hello to our fourth new arrival!

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2021 Garena Young Lions FC season

Contents

Squad[]

Singapore Premier League[]

U19 Squad[]

Coaching staff[]

Transfer[]

In[]

Out[]

Loan In[]

Loan Out[]

Loan Return[]

Retained[]

Friendly[]

Pre-Season Friendly[]

In-season friendlies[]

Team statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Singapore Premier League[]

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]