2022 Lion City Sailors F.C. season

Lion City Sailors
2022 season
Owner	Garena
Chairman	Forrest Li
Head coach	Kim Do-hoon
Stadium	Bishan Stadium ; Jalan Besar Stadium (Temporary)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021 →

The 2022 season is Lion City Sailors' 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League.^[1] They will also play in the 2022 AFC Champions League

Squad[]

Singapore Premier League[]

As of 5 January 2021

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Izwan Mahbud ^>30	(1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 31)	Hougang United	2022	2023
13	Adib Hakim	(1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 (age 24)	Young Lions FC	2020	2022
18	Hassan Sunny ^>30	(1984-04-02) 2 April 1984 (age 37)	Army United F.C.	2020	2022
Defenders
2	Pedro Henrique	(1992-12-18) 18 December 1992 (age 29)	Atlético Goianiense	2022	2024
3	Tajeli Salamat	(1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 (age 28)	Warriors FC	2020	2022
5	Amirul Adli	(1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 26)	Tampines Rovers	2021	2022
12	Iqram Rifqi	(1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 26)	Geylang International	2017	2022
14	Hariss Harun (Captain) ^>30	(1990-11-09) 9 November 1990 (age 31)	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	2021	2024
19	Naqiuddin Eunos	(1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 (age 24)	Young Lions FC	2020	2022
	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	(1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 23)	Young Lions FC	2020	2022
Midfielders
6	Anumanthan Kumar	(1994-07-14) 14 July 1994 (age 27)	Kedah Darul Aman	2022	2024
7	Song Ui-young	(1993-11-08) 8 November 1993 (age 28)	Youth Team	2012	2022
8	Shahdan Sulaiman ^>30	(1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 33)	Tampines Rovers	2020	2022
10	Diego Lopes	(1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 27)	Rio Ave F.C.	2021	2023
16	Hami Syahin	(1998-12-16) 16 December 1998 (age 23)	Young Lions FC	2019	2022
27	Adam Swandi	(1996-01-12) 12 January 1996 (age 26)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2019	2022
28	Saifullah Akbar ^U23	(1999-01-31) 31 January 1999 (age 23)	Young Lions FC	2020	2022
Strikers
9	Kim Shin-wook	(1988-04-14) 14 April 1988 (age 33)	Shanghai Shenhua	2022	2024
11	Hafiz Nor ^>30	(1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 33)	Warriors FC	2018	2022
17	Maxime Lestienne	(1992-06-17) 17 June 1992 (age 29)	Standard Liege	2022	2023
22	Gabriel Quak ^>30	(1990-12-22) 22 December 1990 (age 31)	Warriors FC	2020	2022
23	Amiruldin Asraf	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 25)	Youth Team	2017	2022
25	Haiqal Pashia	(1998-11-29) 29 November 1998 (age 23)	Young Lions FC	2021	2022
30	Faris Ramli	(1992-08-24) 24 August 1992 (age 29)	Terengganu F.C. I	2021	2022
Players on NS / who left during the season
62	^U21	(2004-05-06) 6 May 2004 (age 17)	Young Lions FC	2021	2025
	Arshad Shamim ^U23	(1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 22)	LCS Academy	2018	2021
16	Justin Hui	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 24)	Hougang United	2021	2021
24	Rudy Khairullah	(1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 (age 27)	(NFL D1)	2017	2022

U21 squad[]

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
61	^U21	(2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 20)	Youth Team	2019	2021
	^U21	(2005-03-27) 27 March 2005 (age 16)	Youth Team	2021	2021
	^U21	(2001-05-10) 10 May 2001 (age 20)	Youth Team	2019	2021
	^U21	(2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 21)	Young Lions FC	2019	2019
Defenders
51	Aniq Raushan ^U21	(2003-10-05) 5 October 2003 (age 18)	Singapore Sport School	2021	2021
66	Nur Adam Abdullah ^U21	(2001-04-13) 13 April 2001 (age 20)	Young Lions FC	2021	2022
	^U21		Singapore Sport School	2021	2021
	^U21	(2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 (age 17)	Youth Team	2019	2020
	^U21	(2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 (age 18)	Active SG	2021	2021
	^U21	(2001-08-18) 18 August 2001 (age 20)	NFA U17	2019	2019
	^U21	(2000-03-14) 14 March 2000 (age 22)	Youth Team	2021	2021
	^U21	(2001-01-15) 15 January 2001 (age 21)	Youth Team	2019	2021
	^U21	(2003-07-19) 19 July 2003 (age 18)	Youth Team	2019	2021
Midfielders
55	Glenn Ong ^U21	(2003-07-16) 16 July 2003 (age 18)	Singapore Sport School	2021	2022
62	^U21	(2003-05-31) 31 May 2003 (age 18)	Youth Team	2021	2022
71	Bill Mamadou ^U21	(2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 20)	Young Lions FC	2021	2022
77	Anaqi Ismit ^U21	(2001-08-24) 24 August 2001 (age 20)	Tanjong Pagar United	2019	2022
80	^U23	(2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 20)	Lion City Sailors F.C.	2017	2022
	^U21	(2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 21)	Tampines Rovers U19	2021	2021
	^U21	(2001-03-06) 6 March 2001 (age 21)	Youth Team	2019	2021
Strikers

Coaching staff[]

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Source
Position	Name	Ref.
Chairman	Forrest Li
CEO	Chew Chun Liang
General Manager	Badri Ghent
Team Manager
Head Coach	Kim Do-hoon	2.5 years contract till 2023 ^[3]
Assistant Coach	Noh Rahman	^[4]
Goalkeeping Coach	Chua Lye Heng
Head of Youth
Under-21 Coach	Winston Yap
Under-21 Goalkeeper Coach	Yeo Jun Guang
Under-14 Coach
Academy Director	Luka Lalić
Academy Coach	Shahril Jantan Sevki Sha'ban Miloš Đorđević Rodrigo Costa Rafael Palacios Nuno Pereira
Video Analyst	Kim Young Kwang Adi Saleh
Sports Trainer
Head of Performance	Mark Onderwater
Sports Performance Coach	Shazaly Ayob Nasruldin Baharuddin
Head of Sports Science	Mario Jovanovic
Head Physiotherapist	Nurhafizah Abu Sujad	^[5]
Head Physiotherapist (Academy)	Mike Kerklaan
Physiologist	Firdaus Maasar
Sports Therapist	Fathul Nur Hakim
Logistics Officer	Zahir Taufeek
Kitman

Transfer[]

In[]

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Zulqarnaen Suzliman		End of NS ^[6]
MF	Hami Syahin		End of NS ^[7]
GK	Izwan Mahbud	Lion City Sailors	Free. 2 years contract till 2023 ^[8]
DF	Pedro Henrique	Vitória S.C.	S$2m / Euro$1.3m 3 years contract till 2024 ^[9] ^[10] ^[11]
MF	Anumanthan Kumar	Kedah Darul Aman	Free. 3 years contract till 2024 ^[12]
FW	Kim Shin-Wook	Shanghai Shenhua	Free. 3 years contract till 2024 ^[13]^[14] ^[15]
FW	Maxime Lestienne	Standard Liege	Free. 2 years contract till 2023 ^[16] ^[17]

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref

Out[]

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Kimura Riki	Balestier Khalsa	Free ^[18]
DF	Jorge Fellipe	Académica de Coimbra (P2)	Free ^[19] ^[20]
DF	Aqhari Abdullah	Tanjong Pagar United	Free ^[21]
DF	Ho Wai Loon	Balestier Khalsa	Free ^[22]
DF	Faizal Roslan	Geylang International	Free ^[23]
MF		Geylang International	Free
FW	Stipe Plazibat	Academica Clinceni (R1)	Free ^[24] ^[25]

Mid Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref

Loan Return[]

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Kimura Riki	Balestier Khalsa	Loan Return ^[26]
GK		Young Lions FC	Loan Return
DF	Ho Wai Loon	Balestier Khalsa	Loan Return ^[27]
DF	Faizal Roslan	Geylang International	Loan Return ^[28]
MF	Iqram Rifqi	Geylang International	Loan Return ^[29]
MF	Bill Mamadou	Young Lions FC	Loan Return
FW	Anaqi Ismit	Tanjong Pagar United	Loan Return ^[30]

Note 1: Ho Wai Loon and Faisal Roslan left the club after returning from loan.

Loan Out[]

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Arshad Shamim		NS till 2023
MF	Justin Hui		NS till 2023
DF	Nur Adam Abdullah		NS till 2024
DF			NS till 2024
MF			NS till 2024
MF			NS till 2024
MF			NS till 2024
GK	Rudy Khairullah	Balestier Khalsa	Season loan ^[31]
GK		Tanjong Pagar United	Season loan

Mid Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref

Extension / Retained[]

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Position	Player	Ref
GK		1 year contract till 2022
GK	Hassan Sunny	1 year contract till 2022
GK	Rudy Khairullah	1 year contract till 2022
GK		4 years contract till 2025
DF	Tajeli Salamat	1 year contract till 2022
DF	Amirul Adli	1 year contract till 2022
DF	Naqiuddin Eunos	1 year contract till 2022
DF	Nur Adam Abdullah	1 year contract till 2022
MF	Shahdan Sulaiman	1 year contract till 2022
MF	Hafiz Nor	1 year contract till 2022
MF	Hariss Harun	3.5 years contract signed in 2021 till 2024 ^[33]
MF	Saifullah Akbar	1 year contract till 2022
MF	Gabriel Quak	1 year contract till 2022
MF		1 year contract till 2022
MF	Adam Swandi	1 year contract till 2022
MF	Diego Lopes	3 years contract signed in 2021 till 2023 ^[34]^[35]
FW	Amiruldin Asraf	2 years contract signed in 2021 till 2022 ^[36]
FW	Haiqal Pashia	1 year contract till 2022
FW	Faris Ramli	1 year contract till 2022

Friendlies[]

Pre-season friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss

Team statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of 16 March 2022

No.	Pos.	Player	SPL		Singapore Cup		Charity Shield		AFC Champions Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Izwan Mahbud	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Pedro Henrique	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Tajeli Salamat	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Amirul Adli	1+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Anumanthan Kumar	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Song Ui-young	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Shahdan Sulaiman	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Kim Shin-wook	2+1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Diego Lopes	1+2	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Hafiz Nor	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	Iqram Rifqi	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	Hariss Harun	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Hami Syahin	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	Maxime Lestienne	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	Hassan Sunny	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	Naqiuddin Eunos	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	Nur Adam Abdullah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	Gabriel Quak	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	Amiruldin Asraf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	Haiqal Pashia	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Adam Swandi	1+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Saifullah Akbar	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	Faris Ramli	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
51	DF	Aniq Raushan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF	Glenn Ong	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
71	MF	Bill Mamadou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	Anaqi Ismit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	MF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
??	DF	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Charity Shield[]

19 February 2022 Charity Shield	Lion City Sailors	2-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar
	Kim Shin-wook 40' 87' 75'	[1] [2]	Tadanari Lee 13' (pen) Tatsuya Sambongi 55'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee:

Singapore Premier League[]

Win Draw Loss

27 February 2022 1	Lion City Sailors	3-1	Hougang United	Jalan Besar
	Kim Shin-wook 23' Iqram Rifqi 66' Diego Lopes 86' Anumanthan Kumar 15'	Report	Pedro Bortoluzo 7' 61' Afiq Noor 83' Clement Teo 90+4'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee:

4 March 2022 2	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:

13 March 2022 3	Lion City Sailors	1-0	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar
	Kim Shin-wook 54' (pen) Saifullah Akbar 30' Diego Lopes 76' Hami Syahin 80'	Report	Taufik Suparno 42' Christopher van Huizen 53' Adam Reefdy 77' Firdaus Kasman 90+1'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee:

18 March 2022 4	Albirex Niigata (S)	v	Lion City Sailors	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

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

6 April 2022 6	Young Lions FC	v	Lion City Sailors	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

9 April 2022 7	Lion City Sailors	v	Tanjong Pagar United	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

6 May 2022 8	Hougang United	v	Lion City Sailors	Hougang
				Stadium: Hougang Stadium

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

21 May 2022 10	Tampines Rovers	v	Lion City Sailors	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

19 June 2022 11	Balestier Khalsa	v	Lion City Sailors	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

24 June 2022 12	Lion City Sailors	v	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

29 June 2022 13	Lion City Sailors	v	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

3 July 2022 14	Tanjong Pagar United	v	Lion City Sailors	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

9 July 2022 15	Lion City Sailors	v	Hougang United	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

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

24 July 2022 17	Lion City Sailors	v	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

29 July 2022 18	Albirex Niigata (S)	v	Lion City Sailors	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

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

13 August 2022 20	Young Lions FC	v	Lion City Sailors	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

20 August 2022 21	Lion City Sailors	v	Tanjong Pagar United	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

26 August 2022 22	Hougang United	v	Lion City Sailors	Hougang
				Stadium: Hougang Stadium

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

10 September 2022 24	Tampines Rovers	v	Lion City Sailors	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

16 September 2022 25	Lion City Sailors	v	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

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

7 October 2022 27	Lion City Sailors	v	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

15 October 2022 28	Tanjong Pagar United	v	Lion City Sailors	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East 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.

AFC Champions League[]

Win Draw Loss

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v	Qualification	SDT	URA	LCS	DAE
1	Shandong Taishan	Advance to Round of 16	—	30 Apr	21 Apr	15 Apr
2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Possible Round of 16	18 Apr	—	27 Apr	24 Apr
3	Lion City Sailors		24 Apr	15 Apr	—	30 Apr
4	Daegu FC		27 Apr	21 Apr	18 Apr	—

First match(es) will be played on 15 April 2022. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

15 April 2022 Matchday 1	Lion City Sailors	v	Urawa Red Diamonds	Buriram
				Stadium: Chang Arena

18 April 2022 Matchday 2	Daegu	v	Lion City Sailors	Buriram
				Stadium: Chang Arena

21 April 2022 Matchday 3	Shandong Taishan	v	Lion City Sailors	Buriram
				Stadium: Chang Arena

24 April 2022 Matchday 4	Lion City Sailors	v	Shandong Taishan	Buriram
				Stadium: Chang Arena

27 April 2022 Matchday 5	Urawa Red Diamonds	v	Lion City Sailors	Buriram
				Stadium: Chang Arena

30 April 2022 Matchday 6	Lion City Sailors	v	Daegu	Buriram
				Stadium: Chang Arena

Notes[]

References[]

[table_note_ALB0.27338688134839-37] 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] "Singapore tech firm Sea takes ownership of Home United; club changes name to Lion City Sailors FC".

[2] "FIRST TEAM STAFF".

[3] "AFC Champions League winner Kim Do-hoon takes charge of Lion City Sailors".

[4] "Three technical staff come aboard Sailors' voyage into uncharted waters".

[5] "Below the Deck: Once a sceptic, physiotherapist Fizah is now fully on board the Sailors' voyage to the top".

[6] "Zulqarnaen completes his NS".

[7] "Hami Syahin completes his NS".

[8] "Izwan signs for LCS on 2 years contract".

[9] "Defender receives proposal and can leave Atlético-GO".

[10] "Pedro Henrique heads to Singapore in a deal worth 1.3 million to Vitória".

[11] "Lion City Sailors sign centre-back Pedro Henrique".

[12] "Anu signs for LCS on 3 years contract".

[13] "'K리그 복귀설' 김신욱, 최종 선택은 싱가포르 라이언시티".

[14] "라이언 시티, 김신욱에 20억-3년 계약 제안... 영입 추진".

[15] "Sailors sign Kim Shin-wook".

[16] "The now ex-Standardman will play for the defending champion and play in the Asian Champions League".

[17] "Maxime Lestienne adds European pedigree to Sailors' ACL drive".

[18] "Riki is back!

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2022 Lion City Sailors F.C. season

Contents

Squad[]

Singapore Premier League[]

U21 squad[]

Coaching staff[]

Transfer[]

In[]

Out[]

Loan Return[]

Loan Out[]

Extension / Retained[]

Friendlies[]

Pre-season friendlies[]

Team statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Charity Shield[]

Singapore Premier League[]

AFC Champions League[]

Group stage[]

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]