2022 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Balestier Khalsa
2022 season
Chairman	S Thavaneson
Head coach	Akbar Nawas
Stadium	Bishan Stadium
Singapore Cup	-
	← 2021 →

The 2022 season is Balestier Khalsa's 27th 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 4 January 2022

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Hairul Syirhan	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 26)	Geylang International	2022	2022
12	^U23	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 22)	Young Lions FC	2020	2022
18	Kimura Riki ^U23	(2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 21)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2022
20	Rudy Khairullah	(1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 (age 27)	Lion City Sailors	2022	2022
Defenders
3	Keshav Kumar ^U23	(2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 21)	Youth Team	2020	2022
4	Delwinder Singh	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 29)	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2022
5	Ensar Brunčević	(1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 23)	FK Spartak Subotica II (T2)	2020	2022
13	Amer Hakeem	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 23)	Young Lions FC	2021	2022
16	Darren Teh	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 25)	Geylang International	2022	2023
24	Ho Wai Loon	(1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 28)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2023
29	Aidil Johari ^U23	(2003-04-05) 5 April 2003 (age 18)	Youth Team	2021	2022
39	Aiman Zavyan ^U23	(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 19)	Geylang International U19	2020	2022
Midfielders
6	Aarish Kumar ^U23	(1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 22)	Warriors FC	2020	2022
8	Ammirul Emmran	(1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 26)	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2022
14	Hariysh Krishnakumar ^U23	(2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 19)	Geylang International U19	2021	2022
17	Naufal Azman	(1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 23)	Hougang United	2022	2022
19	Asshukrie Wahid	(1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 (age 24)	Geylang International	2022	2022
28	Gareth Low	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 25)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2022
30	Ignatius Ang	(1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 29)	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2022
Forwards
9	Shuhei Hoshino	(1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 (age 26)	Busan Transportation CFC	2020	2022
10	Ryoya Tanigushi	(1999-08-31) 31 August 1999 (age 22)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2022	2022
11	Kuraba Kondo	(2002-07-06) 6 July 2002 (age 19)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2022	2022
22	Puvan Raj Sivalingam ^U23	(2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 20)	Youth Team	2020	2022
Players who left during season

U21[]

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
60	Oliver Sim ^U21	(2001-06-09) 9 June 2001 (age 20)	Home United U19	2020
68	^U21	(2004-04-12) 12 April 2004 (age 17)		2022	2022
Defenders
80	Aqil Yazid ^U21	(2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 18)	Singapore Sports School	2021	2022
	^U21	(2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 (age 21)		2020	2020
	^U21	(2000-03-31) 31 March 2000 (age 21)		2020	2020
Midfielders
54	^U21	(2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 19)		2022	2022
67	^U21	(2003-04-21) 21 April 2003 (age 18)		2021	2022
70	^U21	(2003-12-03) 3 December 2003 (age 18)		2022	2022
74	^U21	(2004-01-02) 2 January 2004 (age 18)		2021	2022
	^U21	(2000-05-29) 29 May 2000 (age 21)	Youth Team	2021	2021
	^U21	(2004-08-10) 10 August 2004 (age 17)		2021	2021
	^U21		Youth Team	2019	2020
	^U21		Youth Team	2020	2020
	^U21	(2000-11-30) 30 November 2000 (age 21)	Youth Team	2020	2020
Forwards
66	^U21	(2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 (age 19)	Youth Team	2020	2022
72	^U21	(2004-04-03) 3 April 2004 (age 17)	Tampines Rovers U21	2022	2022
77	^U21	(2002-09-11) 11 September 2002 (age 19)	(I4)	2022	2022
79	^U21	(2002-12-09) 9 December 2002 (age 19)	Youth Team	2020	2022
	^U21	(2000-10-10) 10 October 2000 (age 21)	Warriors FC U19	2021	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 30)	Admiralty FC	2020	2020
	Nazri Sabri	(1989-09-20) 20 September 1989 (age 32)	Home United	2021	2021
		(1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 23)	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 25)	Eunos Crescent FC	2019	2020
8	Safwan Ramlan	(1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 31)		2019	2020
10	Maziz Rahman		Free Agent	2020
14	Helmi Mohd			2020	2020
15		(1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 26)	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[]

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Position	Name	Ref.
Team Manager
General Manager
Head Coach	Akbar Nawas	2 years contract till 2023
Academy Manager
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
Goalkeeping Coach	Yazid Yasin
Fitness Coach	Rosman Sulaiman
Fitness Coach
Analyst
Physiotherapist	Mohamed Nasser
Kitman

Transfer[]

In[]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK		Young Lions FC	Loan Return ^[2]
GK	Kimura Riki	Lion City Sailors	1 year contract till 2022 ^[3]
GK	Hairul Syirhan	Geylang International	1 year contract till 2022 ^[4]
DF	Darren Teh	Geylang International	2 years contract till 2023 ^[5]
DF	Ho Wai Loon	Lion City Sailors	2 years contract till 2023 ^[6]
DF	Delwinder Singh	Tanjong Pagar United	1 year contract till 2022 ^[7]
MF	Naufal Azman	Hougang United	1 year contract till 2022 ^[8]
MF	Ammirul Emmran	Tanjong Pagar United	1 year contract till 2022 ^[9]
MF	Ignatius Ang	Free Agent	1 year contract till 2022 ^[10]
MF	Asshukrie Wahid	Geylang International	1 year contract till 2022 ^[11]
MF	Ryoya Tanigushi	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free ^[12]
FW	Kuraba Kondo	Albirex Niigata (S)	1 year contract till 2022 ^[13]
FW	Max McCoy	Tampines Rovers U21	Free
FW		(I4)	Free

Loan In[]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Rudy Khairullah	Lion City Sailors	Season loan ^[14]

Out[]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK			Free
DF	Ahmad Syahir	Geylang International	Free ^[15]
DF	Fadli Kamis	Geylang International	Free ^[16]
DF			Free
MF	Max Goh Yi Qi		Free
MF	Faizal Raffi	Tanjong Pagar United	Free
MF			Free
MF	Kristijan Krajček	Hougang United	Free ^[17] ^[18]
FW	Šime Žužul	Geylang International	Free ^[19]
FW	Hazzuwan Halim	Geylang International	Free ^[20] ^[21]
FW	Iqbal Hussain	Geylang International	Free ^[22]
FW		Tanjong Pagar United	Free

Loan Return[]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Kimura Riki	Lion City Sailors	Loan Return ^[23]
DF	Ho Wai Loon	Lion City Sailors	Loan Return ^[24]

Note: Both Kimura Riki and Ho Wai Loon returned to the club permanently after their contract ended.

Loan Out[]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Ref
DF	Shaqi Sulaiman	NS till 2022
FW		NS till 2022
MF	Jordan Emaviwe	NS till 2023 ^[25] ^[26]
DF	Sameer Alassane	NS till 2023

Extension / Retained[]

^[27]

Position	Player	Ref
GK		1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Ensar Brunčević	2 years contract signed in 2020 ^[28]
DF	Aiman Zavyan	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Aqil Yazid	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Keshav Kumar	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Aidil Johari	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Amer Hakeem	2 years contract signed in 2020
MF	Aarish Kumar	1 year contract signed in 2021
MF	Gareth Low	1 year contract signed in 2021
MF	Hariysh Krishnakumar	1 year contract signed in 2021
FW	Shuhei Hoshino	1 year contract signed in 2021 ^[29]
FW	Puvan Raj Sivalingam	1 year contract signed in 2021 (Promoted)

Friendly[]

Pre-Season Friendly[]

Win Draw Loss

5 February 2022	Albirex Niigata (S)	7–0^[a]	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East, Singapore
17:30 SST	K. Kobayashi 7' Lee 24' Sugita 29', 51' Matsuura 75' Omori 88' Ochiai 117'	Report		Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

10 February 2022 4	Tanjong Pagar United	8-1	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

Team statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of 10 Oct 2021

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	SPL		Singapore Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Hairul Syirhan	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Keshav Kumar	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Delwinder Singh	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Ensar Brunčević	4	1	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Aarish Kumar	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Ammirul Emmran	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Shuhei Hoshino	4	3	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Ryoya Tanigushi	4	2	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Kuraba Kondo	4	3	0	0	0	0
13	DF	Amer Hakeem	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Hariysh Krishnakumar	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	Darren Teh	4	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Naufal Azman	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	Kimura Riki	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Asshukrie Wahid	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK	Rudy Khairullah	2	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	Puvan Raj Sivalingam	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Ho Wai Loon	3	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Gareth Low	4	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	Aidil Johari	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Ignatius Ang	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	Aiman Zavyan	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF		0	0	0	0	0	0
45	FW		0	0	0	0	0	0
66	MF		0+2	0	0	0	0	0
67	MF		1	0	0	0	0	0
80	DF	Aqil Yazid	2	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club

Competitions[]

Overview[]

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

Singapore Premier League[]

Win Draw Loss

26 February 2022 1	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh
	Shuhei Hoshino 46' Ensar Brunčević 57'	Report	Boris Kopitović 37' Taufik Suparno 45+1' Shuya Yamashita 28' 82'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Muhammad Taqi

5 March 2022 2	Albirex Niigata (S)	6-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
	Kodai Tanaka 33' 54' 60' 68' Tadanari Lee 57' Jun Kobayashi 67' Masahiro Sugita 61'	Report		Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee:

12 March 2022 3	Balestier Khalsa	3-5	Tanjong Pagar United	Toa Payoh
	Kuraba Kondo 23' Ryoya Tanigushi 27' Shuhei Hoshino 32'	Report	Khairul Amri 10' Blake Ricciuto 18' 50' 59' 14' Reo Nishiguchi 82' Faritz Hameed 19'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Clarence Leow Hong Wei

19 March 2022 4	Balestier Khalsa	4-3	Young Lions FC	Toa Payoh
	Ryoya Tanigushi 41' Kuraba Kondo 44' 62' Shuhei Hoshino 85'	Report	Zikos Vasileios Chua 16' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 53' Ilhan Fandi 89'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Taufik Thana

1 April 2022 5	Lion City Sailors	v	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

5 April 2022 6	Balestier Khalsa	v	Hougang United	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

10 April 2022 7	Geylang International	v	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

8 May 2022 8	Tampines Rovers	v	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

13 May 2022 9	Balestier Khalsa	v	Albirex Niigata (S)	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

20 May 2022 10	Tanjong Pagar United	v	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

28 May 2022 11	Hougang United	v	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang
				Stadium: Hougang Stadium

19 June 2022 12	Balestier Khalsa	v	Lion City Sailors	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

25 June 2022 13	Young Lions FC	v	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

2 July 2022 14	Balestier Khalsa	v	Geylang International	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

9 July 2022 15	Balestier Khalsa	v	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

16 July 2022 16	Albirex Niigata (S)	v	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

23 July 2022 17	Balestier Khalsa	v	Tanjong Pagar United	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

31 July 2022 18	Young Lions FC	v	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

6 August 2022 19	Lion City Sailors	v	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

12 August 2022 20	Balestier Khalsa	v	Hougang United	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

21 August 2022 21	Geylang International	v	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

28 August 2022 22	Tampines Rovers	v	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

2 September 2022 23	Balestier Khalsa	v	Albirex Niigata (S)	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

9 September 2022 24	Tanjong Pagar United	v	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

17 September 2022 25	Hougang United	v	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang
				Stadium: Hougang Stadium

2 October 2022 26	Balestier Khalsa	v	Lion City Sailors	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

8 October 2022 27	Young Lions FC	v	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

15 October 2022 28	Balestier Khalsa	v	Geylang International	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Tampines Rovers	3	1	1	1	9	4	+5	4
5	Geylang International	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
6	Balestier Khalsa	4	1	1	2	9	16	−7	4
7	Hougang United	4	1	1	2	7	14	−7	4
8	Young Lions^[b]	2	0	0	2	3	9	−6	0

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 game was played as three periods of 45 minutes
^ 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[]

References[]

^ "Staff for Balestier". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
^ "Martyn is back with the Tigers for 2022".
^ "Riki is back!

[30] The game was played as three periods of 45 minutes

[table_note_ALB0.82275286727713-31] 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.

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

[2] "Martyn is back with the Tigers for 2022".

[3] "Riki is back!

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2022 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Contents

Squad[]

Singapore Premier League[]

U21[]

Project Vaults Oxley SC[]

Coaching staff[]

Transfer[]

In[]

Loan In[]

Out[]

Loan Return[]

Loan Out[]

Extension / Retained[]

Friendly[]

Pre-Season Friendly[]

Team statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Singapore Premier League[]

Singapore Cup[]

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]