2021 Balestier Khalsa FC season

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Balestier Khalsa
2021 season
ChairmanS Thavaneson
Head coachCroatia Marko Kraljević
StadiumBishan Stadium
Singapore Cup-
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2022 →

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[edit]

Singapore Premier League[edit]

As of 21 September 2018.
No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Kimura Riki U23 SingaporeJapan (2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 23) Singapore Lion City Sailors FC 2021 2021
25 Zacharial Leong U23 Singapore (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26) Youth Team 2019 2021
Defenders
2 Fadli Kamis Singapore (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 31) Singapore Young Lions FC 2016 2021
5 Ensar Brunčević Serbia (1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 25) Serbia FK Spartak Subotica II (T2) 2020 2022
13 Amer Hakeem U23 Singapore (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 25) Singapore Young Lions FC 2021 2022
17 Sameer Alassane U23 SingaporeMali (2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 (age 23) Youth Team 2019 2021
18 Ahmad Syahir Singapore (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32) Youth Team 2013 2021
22 Khalili Khalif Singapore (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27) Singapore SAFSA 2021 2021
24 Ho Wai Loon Singapore (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 30) Singapore Lion City Sailors FC 2021 2021
39 Aiman Zavyan U23 Singapore (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 21) Singapore Geylang International U19 2020 2021
Midfielders
3 Max Goh Yi Qi U23 Singapore (1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 26) Singapore Project Vaults FC 2021 2021
4 Faizal Raffi Singapore (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28) Singapore Warriors FC 2020 2021
6 Aarish Kumar U23 Singapore (1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 24) Singapore Warriors FC 2020 2021
8 Kristijan Krajcek Croatia (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 30) Croatia NK BSK Bijelo Brdo (T2) 2019 2021
14 Hariysh Krishnakumar U23 Singapore (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 21) Singapore Geylang International U19 2021 2021
15 Gautam Selvamany Singapore (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 27) Singapore Warriors Prime League 2021 2021
28 Gareth Low Singapore (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 27) Singapore Albirex Niigata (S) 2021 2021
Forwards
7 Hazzuwan Halim Singapore (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30) Singapore Tanjong Pagar United 2015 2021
9 Shuhei Hoshino Japan (1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 (age 28) South Korea Busan Transportation FC (T3) 2020 2021
10 Šime Žužul Croatia (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 28) Croatia NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac (T2) 2019 2021
11 Iqbal Hussain Singapore (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 30) India Chennai City FC 2021 2021
Players who left during season
12 Jordan Emaviwe U23 SingaporeNigeria (2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23) Italy F.C. Castiglione (I3) 2020 2021
19 Zaiful Nizam (Captain) >30 Singapore (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 36) Singapore Gombak United 2013 2021
61 Martyn Mun U21 Singapore (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24) Singapore Jungfrau Punggol FC (NFL) 2020 2021

U21[edit]

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
Oliver Sim U21 Singapore (2001-06-09) 9 June 2001 (age 22) Singapore Home United U19 2020
Defenders
46 Aqil Yazid U21 Singapore (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 20) Singapore Singapore Sports School 2021 2021
52 Keshav Kumar U21 Singapore (2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 23) Youth Team 2020 2021
55 Aidil Johari U21 Singapore (2003-04-05) 5 April 2003 (age 21) Youth Team 2021 2021
Syed Harun Alsagaff U21 Singapore (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 (age 23) 2020 2020
Azhar Manap U21 Singapore (1999-07-22) 22 July 1999 (age 24) Singapore Hougang United 2020 2020
Faris Fazlee U21 Singapore (2000-03-31) 31 March 2000 (age 24) 2020 2020
Midfielders
44 Aravindan Ramanathan U21 Singapore (2000-05-29) 29 May 2000 (age 23) Youth Team 2021 2021
50 Seng Hong Kai U21 Singapore (2004-08-10) 10 August 2004 (age 19) Singapore Project Vaults FC 2021 2021
67 Iftiqar Parizan U21 Singapore Singapore Project Vaults FC 2021 2021
Suriya Ramesh U21 Singapore Youth Team 2019 2020
Art Faizal U21 Singapore Youth Team 2020 2020
Azizi Rahman U21 Singapore (2000-11-30) 30 November 2000 (age 23) Youth Team 2020 2020
Yann Weishaupt U21 France Singapore Project Vaults FC 2021 2021
Forwards
45 Joshua De Souza U21 Singapore (2000-10-10) 10 October 2000 (age 23) Singapore Warriors FC U19 2021 2021
53 Ryan Praveen U21 Singapore (2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2020 2021
66 Puvan Raj Sivalingam U21 Singapore (2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 22) Youth Team 2020 2021

Project Vaults Oxley SC[edit]

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

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
25 Ameerul Shafiq Singapore (1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 32) Singapore Admiralty FC 2020 2020
Nazri Sabri Singapore (1989-09-20) 20 September 1989 (age 34) Singapore Home United 2021 2021
Hafiz Ahmad Singapore (1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 25) Singapore Balestier Khalsa 2021 2021
Defenders
5 Zairul Rahmat Singapore 2019 2020
11 Nordine Talhi France (1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 37) Singapore Admiralty FC 2019 2020
16 Haziq Sudhir Singapore Singapore Admiralty FC 2019 2020
18 Hairudin Dahlan Singapore Singapore Keppel Bay FC 2019 2020
22 Salihin Shafiee Singapore Singapore Yishun Sentek Mariners FC 2019 2020
Midfielders
6 Nazrul Isnin Singapore (1997-02-22) 22 February 1997 (age 27) Singapore Eunos Crescent FC 2019 2020
8 Safwan Ramlan Singapore (1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 33) 2019 2020
10 Maziz Rahman Singapore Free Agent 2020
14 Helmi Mohd Singapore Singapore Bukit Timah Juniors 2020 2020
15 Nurisham Jupri Singapore (1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 28) Singapore Balestier Khalsa 2019 2020
21 Xavier Boey Singapore Singapore Eunos Crescent FC 2020 2020
24 Ganesan Devadas Singapore Free Agent 2020
Forwards
7 Osman Shainin Singapore Singapore GFA Sporting Westlake FC 2019 2020
9 Roy Tan Singapore Free Agent 2020
13 Adam Xu Singapore (1983-09-07) 7 September 1983 (age 40) Singapore Balestier Khalsa 2019 2020
23 Fareez Rahman Singapore 2019 2020

Coaching staff[edit]

[1]

Position Name
Team Manager Darwin Jalil
General Manager Tim Nee Cheng
Head Coach Croatia Marko Kraljević[2]
Academy Manager Syed Azmir
Assistant Coach Nasaruddin Jalil
Assistant Coach Nasruldin Baharuddin
Goalkeeping Coach Yazid Yasin
Fitness Coach Rosman Sulaiman
Physiotherapist Mohamed Nasser
Kitman

Transfer[edit]

In[edit]

Pre-Season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
DF Singapore Amer Hakeem Singapore Young Lions FC 2 years contract signed in 2020 [3]
MF Singapore Gareth Low Jun Kit Singapore Albirex Niigata (S) [4]
MF Singapore Hariysh Krishnakumar Singapore Geylang International U19 [5]
MF Singapore Gautam Selvamany Free Agent [6]
MF France Yann Weishaupt Singapore Project Vaults FC [7]
FW Singapore Joshua De Souza Free Agent

Mid-Season

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

Out[edit]

Pre-Season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK Singapore Hafiz Ahmad Singapore Project Vaults FC
DF Singapore R Aaravin Retired [10]
DF Singapore Jufri Taha Singapore
DF Singapore Danish Uwais Singapore
DF SingaporeItaly Christian Chiang Moroni Singapore
DF Singapore Yeo Hai Ngee Singapore
MF Singapore Karthik Raj Singapore
MF Singapore Zulfadhmi Suzliman Singapore
MF Singapore Elijah Lim Teck Yong Singapore Geylang International Free

Mid-Season

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

Loan In[edit]

Pre-Season

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

Mid-Season

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

Loan Return[edit]

Mid-Season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF Singapore Khalili Khalif Singapore SAFSA Loan Return


Loan Out[edit]

Pre-Season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF Singapore Khalili Khalif Singapore NS till 2022
DF Singapore Shaqi Sulaiman Singapore NS till 2021
FW Singapore Syukri Noorhaizam Singapore NS till 2022

Mid-Season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK Singapore Martyn Mun Singapore Young Lions FC Season loan
MF SingaporeNigeria Jordan Emaviwe Singapore SAFSA NS till 2023 [15] [16]

Extension / Retained[edit]

[17]

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

Friendly[edit]

Pre-Season Friendly[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

In-season friendlies[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of 10 Oct 2021

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No. Pos. Player Sleague Total
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals
1 GK SingaporeJapan Kimura Riki 5 0 5 0
2 DF Singapore Fadli Kamis 18+3 0 21 0
3 MF Singapore Max Goh Yi Qi 0 0 0 0
4 MF Singapore Faizal Raffi 8+6 2 14 2
5 DF Serbia Ensar Brunčević 18 1 18 1
6 MF Singapore Aarish Kumar 8 0 8 0
7 FW Singapore Hazzuwan Halim 18+2 3 20 3
8 MF Croatia Kristijan Krajcek 17 6 17 6
9 FW Japan Shuhei Hoshino 20+1 3 21 3
10 FW Croatia Šime Žužul 15+5 15 20 15
11 FW Singapore Iqbal Hussain 1+5 0 6 0
13 DF Singapore Amer Hakeem 18 1 18 1
14 MF Singapore Hariysh Krishnakumar 2+7 0 9 0
15 MF Singapore Gautam Selvamany 0+6 0 6 0
17 DF SingaporeMali Sameer Alassane 0 0 0 0
18 DF Singapore Ahmad Syahir 15+3 0 18 0
22 DF Singapore Khalili Khalif 0 0 0 0
24 DF Singapore Ho Wai Loon 7+1 0 8 0
25 GK Singapore Zacharial Leong 3 0 3 0
28 MF Singapore Gareth Low 17+3 0 20 0
39 DF Singapore Aiman Zavyan 1+6 0 7 0
44 DF Singapore Aravindan Ramanathan 0+1 0 1 0
45 FW Singapore Joshua De Souza 2+2 0 4 0
46 DF Singapore Aqil Yazid 4+2 0 6 0
55 MF Singapore Aidil Johari 11+3 1 14 1
66 FW Singapore Puvan Raj Sivalingam 10+2 2 12 2
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
12 MF SingaporeNigeria Jordan Emaviwe 0 0 0 0
19 GK Singapore Zaiful Nizam 13 0 13 0
61 GK Singapore Martyn Mun 0+1 0 1 0

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %

Singapore Premier League[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pos Team 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:
  1. ^ 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[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Staff for Balestier". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  2. ^ "Marko Kraljević back at Balestier Khalsa". Archived from the original on 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  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". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  6. ^ "We welcome Gautam Selvamany to our Roster". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  7. ^ "Yann Weishaupt is officially a 🐯 after passing his yo-yo fitness test. Well done Golden 🦅!".
  8. ^ "@yiqqi returns to Home of the 🐯 after completing his National Service". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  9. ^ "Welcome @iqbal_apom to Home of the 🐯!". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  10. ^ "The U-23 rulings have shortchanged a lot of players, says former national youth defender R Aaravin, who retires at 24".
  11. ^ "Balestier Khalsa sack skipper-goalkeeper Zaiful Nizam".
  12. ^ "Zaiful finds home in Eagles' nest".
  13. ^ "riki.kimura joins us on a season-long loan deal from Lion City Sailors". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  14. ^ "Ho Wai Loon leaves Lion City Sailors to complete Balestier loan".
  15. ^ "Jordan Emaviwe joins Young Lions".
  16. ^ "Zaiful finds home in Eagles' nest". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  17. ^ "2020 Singapore Premier League Retained and Released List".
  18. ^ "Tricky Hazzuwan commits another two-year deal".
  19. ^ "Tiger 🐯 Šime Žužul to continue to terrorise opposition defence in 2020".
  20. ^ "Balestier Khalsa is pleased to have our hardworking Japanese player Shuhei Hoshino put pen to paper for an extension of contract for season 2021".
  21. ^ "Boost for the 🐯Gentle giant Bruno signs an extension with us for 2️⃣ years!".
  22. ^ "Midfield lynchpin Kiki inks his contract extension".
  23. ^ "Ahmad Syahir extends his stay with the 🐯 for another year!". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  24. ^ "Zacharial commits another year to the 🐯".