2022 Geylang International FC season

Geylang International
2022 season
Chairman	Thomas Gay
Head coach	Mohd Noor Ali
Stadium	Our Tampines Hub
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021 →

The 2022 season is Geylang International's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League. Along with the Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.

Squad[]

Singapore Premier League[]

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Zulfairuuz Rudy	(1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 27)	Tampines Rovers	2022	2022
19	Zaiful Nizam ^>30	(1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 34)	Balestier Khalsa	2021	2023
21		(1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 23)		2022	2022
Defenders
2	Fadli Kamis	(1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 29)	Balestier Khalsa	2022	2022
3	Ilhan Noor ^U23	(2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 19)	Youth Team	2019	2022
6	Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib ^>30	(1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 32)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2022
13	Rio Sakuma	(1997-04-14) 14 April 1997 (age 24)	Tiffy Army FC	2022	2022
14	Ahmad Syahir	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 29)	Balestier Khalsa	2022	2022
15	Faizal Roslan	(1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 26)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2022
43	^U23	(2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 20)	Youth Team	2021	2022
44	^U23	(2004-04-06) 6 April 2004 (age 17)	Lion City Sailors U21	2021	2022
Midfielders
4	Takahiro Tezuka	(1998-06-25) 25 June 1998 (age 23)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2022	2022
5	Joshua Pereira	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 24)		2020	2022
10	Vincent Bezecourt	(1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 28)	FC Alashkert	2022	2022
11	Huzaifah Aziz	(1994-06-27) 27 June 1994 (age 27)	Tampines Rovers	2022	2022
16	Umar Ramle	(1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 25)	Youth Team	2016	2022
17	Noor Ariff	(1998-09-06) 6 September 1998 (age 23)		2017	2022
18	^U23	(2000-04-09) 9 April 2000 (age 21)	Lion City Sailors U21	2022	2022
20	Suria Prakash	(1993-12-23) 23 December 1993 (age 28)	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2022
47	Azri Suhaili ^U23	(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 19)	Youth Team	2019	2022
50	^U23	(2005-10-15) 15 October 2005 (age 16)	Youth Team	2022	2022
Forwards
7	Hazzuwan Halim	(1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 28)	Balestier Khalsa	2022	2022
8	Fareez Farhan	(1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 27)	Hougang United	2019	2022
9	Šime Žužul	(1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 26)	Balestier Khalsa	2022	2022
42	^U23	(2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 (age 19)	Tampines Rovers U21	2022	2022
45	Danish Haziq ^U21	(2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 19)	Youth Team	2019	2022
Players on NS / loaned out or left during season
	Ifwat Ismail	(1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 24)	Young Lions FC	2019	2019
	Wayne Chew ^U23	(2001-10-22) 22 October 2001 (age 20)	Youth Team	2019	2021
	Harith Kanadi ^U23	(2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 (age 21)	Tampines Rovers U19	2019	2023
	Nur Luqman	(1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 23)	Young Lions FC	2020	2021
	Zikos Vasileios Chua ^U21	(2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 19)	NFA U16	2018	2021
	Elijah Lim Teck Yong ^U21	(2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 20)	Balestier Khalsa	2021	2021

U21[]

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
55	^U21	(2004-12-24) 24 December 2004 (age 17)	Youth Team	2022	2022
58	^U21	(2004-02-21) 21 February 2004 (age 18)	Youth Team	2022	2022
Defenders
Midfielders
	^U21	(2003-08-22) 22 August 2003 (age 18)	Youth Team	2021	2021
Forwards

Coaching staff[]

^[1]

Position	Name	Ref.
Chairman	Thomas Gay	^[2]
General manager
Assistant general manager	Leonard Koh	^[3]
Head coach	Mohd Noor Ali	3 years contract till 2022 ^[4]
Assistant Coach
Head of Youth
U17 Coach
U15 Coach
Fitness Coach
Goalkeeping Coach
Team Manager
Physiotherapist
Kitman
Sports Scientist
Sports Trainer

Transfers[]

In[]

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
MF	Joshua Pereira		End of NS
MF	Noor Ariff		End of NS
GK	Zulfairuuz Rudy	Tampines Rovers	Free
GK			Free
DF	Fadli Kamis	Balestier Khalsa	Free ^[5]
DF	Ahmad Syahir	Balestier Khalsa	Free ^[6]
DF	Rio Sakuma	Tiffy Army FC (C1)	Free ^[7]
DF	Faizal Roslan	Lion City Sailors	Free ^[8]
MF	Huzaifah Aziz	Tampines Rovers	Free ^[9]
MF		Lion City Sailors u21	Free
MF	Vincent Bezecourt	FC Alashkert (A1)	Free ^[10]
MF	Suria Prakash	NA	Free
MF	Takahiro Tezuka	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free ^[11]
FW	Šime Žužul	Balestier Khalsa	Free ^[12]
FW	Hazzuwan Halim	Balestier Khalsa	Free ^[13]
FW		Tampines Rovers U21	Free

Note 1:

Loan In[]

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref

Loan Return[]

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK		Young Lions FC	Loan Return
DF	Danish Irfan	Young Lions FC	Loan Return

Note 1: Danish Irfan subsequently moved to Tampines Rovers after his contract ended.

Out[]

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Faizal Roslan	Lion City Sailors	Loan Return ^[14]
MF	Iqram Rifqi	Lion City Sailors	Loan Return ^[15]
GK	Hairul Syirhan	Balestier Khalsa	Free ^[16]
DF	Darren Teh	Balestier Khalsa	Free ^[17]
DF	Adam Hakeem		Free
DF	Yuki Ichikawa	NA	Retired ^[18]
DF	Afiq Yunos		Free
DF	Danish Irfan	Tampines Rovers	Free ^[19]
MF	Firdaus Kasman	Tampines Rovers	Free ^[20]
MF	Christopher van Huizen	Tampines Rovers	Free ^[21]
MF	Izzdin Shafiq		Free ^[22]
MF	Barry Maguire	Den Bosch (N2)	Free ^[23]
MF	Danny Kim	Bentleigh Greens SC (A2)	Free ^[24]
MF			Free
MF	Asshukrie Wahid	Balestier Khalsa	Free ^[25]
FW			Free
FW	Matheus Moresche	Central Coast Mariners (A1)	Free ^[26] ^[27]
FW	Amy Recha	Hougang United	Free ^[28]

Note 1: Faisal Roslan subsequently returned to the club after his contract with Lion City Sailors ended.

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref

Loan Out[]

Pre-season

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Wayne Chew	NS till 2023
DF	Harith Kanadi	NS till 2023
MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	NS till 2023
MF	Nur Luqman	NS till 2023
MF	Azri Suhaili	NS till 2023
FW	Zikos Vasileios Chua	NS till 2023

Extension / Retained[]

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Zaiful Nizam	3 year contract till 2023
DF	Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib	1 year contract till 2022
DF	Ilhan Noor	1 year contract till 2022
MF	Umar Ramle	1 year contract till 2022
FW	Fareez Farhan	1 year contract till 2022

Rumored[]

Pre-season

Position	Player	Last Club	Ref

Friendlies[]

Pre-season friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss

22 January 2022 1	Geylang International	1-0	Young Lions FC	Tampines
	Azri Suhaili			Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

28 January 2022 2	Tampines Rovers	4-3	Geylang International	Tampines
	Boris Kopitović 40' Irfan Najeeb 45' 93' Ong Yu En pen'	Report	Sime Zuzul 45'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

Team statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of 25 August 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	SPL		Singapore Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Zulfairuuz Rudy	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Fadli Kamis	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Ilhan Noor	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	Takahiro Tezuka	2	1	0	0	0	0
5	MF	Joshua Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Hazzuwan Halim	2	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	Fareez Farhan	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Šime Žužul	2	1	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Vincent Bezecourt	2	1	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Huzaifah Aziz	2	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	Rio Sakuma	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	Ahmad Syahir	2	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Faizal Roslan	2	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Umar Ramle	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Noor Ariff	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		2	0	0	0	0	0
19	GK	Zaiful Nizam	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Suria Prakash	0+1	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

4 March 2022 1	Geylang International	1-0	Lion City Sailors	Tampines
	Vincent Bezecourt 9' Ahmad Syahir 31' Mohd Noor Ali 69' Zaiful Nizam 90+4'	Report	Saifullah Akbar 22' Pedro Henrique 34' Anumanthan Kumar 68' Hafiz Nor 78'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Attendance: 978 Referee:

11 March 2022 2	Hougang United	3-2	Geylang International	Hougang
	André Moritz 72' 90' 74' (pen) Nazhiim Harman 42'	Report	Šime Žužul 4' Takahiro Tezuka 88' Huzaifah Aziz 48'	Stadium: Hougang Stadium Referee: Muhammad Taqi

19 March 2022 3	Tanjong Pagar United	v	Geylang International	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

2 April 2022 4	Geylang International	v	Tampines Rovers	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

5 April 2022 5	Geylang International	v	Albirex Niigata (S)	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

10 April 2022 6	Geylang International	v	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

16 April 2022 7	Young Lions FC	v	Geylang International	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

23 April 2022 8	Geylang International	v	Young Lions FC	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

14 May 2022 9	Lion City Sailors	v	Geylang International	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

22 May 2022 10	Geylang International	v	Hougang United	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

27 May 2022 11	Albirex Niigata (S)	v	Geylang International	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

18 June 2022 12	Tampines Rovers	v	Geylang International	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

26 June 2022 13	Geylang International	v	Tanjong Pagar United	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

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

8 July 2022 15	Young Lions FC	v	Geylang International	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

15 July 2022 16	Geylang International	v	Lion City Sailors	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

22 July 2022 17	Hougang United	v	Geylang International	Hougang
				Stadium: Hougang Stadium

30 July 2022 18	Tanjong Pagar United	v	Geylang International	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

3 August 2022 19	Geylang International	v	Tampines Rovers	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

14 August 2022 20	Albirex Niigata (S)	v	Geylang International	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

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

27 August 2022 22	Geylang International	v	Young Lions FC	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

4 September 2022 23	Lion City Sailors	v	Geylang International	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

11 September 2022 24	Geylang International	v	Hougang United	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

16 September 2022 25	Geylang International	v	Albirex Niigata (S)	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

1 October 2022 26	Tampines Rovers	v	Geylang International	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

9 October 2022 27	Geylang International	v	Tanjong Pagar United	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

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	Qualification or relegation
1	Tanjong Pagar United	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	7	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
2	Albirex Niigata (S)^[a]	3	2	0	1	11	2	+9	6
3	Lion City Sailors	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Standby team for AFC Cup group stage
4	Hougang United	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
5	Geylang International	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
6	Tampines Rovers	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
7	Balestier Khalsa	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8	1
8	Young Lions^[a]	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	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:

^ ^a ^b 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[]

^ "Eagles staff". Archived from the original on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
^ "Geylang International FC chairman Ben Teng hands over reins to Thomas Gay".
^ "Leonard returns to Eagles' nest".
^ "NOOR ALI SIGNS 3-YEAR DEAL | Facebook". www.facebook.com.
^ "Welcome home

[table_note_ALB0.37022896454215-29] 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] "Eagles staff". Archived from the original on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2018-10-04.

[2] "Geylang International FC chairman Ben Teng hands over reins to Thomas Gay".

[3] "Leonard returns to Eagles' nest".

[4] "NOOR ALI SIGNS 3-YEAR DEAL | Facebook". www.facebook.com.

[5] "Welcome home

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2022 Geylang International FC season

Contents

Squad[]

Singapore Premier League[]

U21[]

Coaching staff[]

Transfers[]

In[]

Loan In[]

Loan Return[]

Out[]

Loan Out[]

Extension / Retained[]

Rumored[]

Friendlies[]

Pre-season friendlies[]

Team statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Singapore Premier League[]

Singapore Cup[]

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]