2017 Geylang International FC season

Geylang International
2017 season
ChairmanBen Teng
Head coachHasrin Jailani (until July 2017) Mohd Noor Ali (July 2017-)
StadiumBedok Stadium(until April 2017) Jalan Besar Stadium (from May 2017)
S.League4th
Singapore CupPreliminary round (knocked out by Global Cebu F.C.)
League CupSemi-finals (knocked Out by Albirex Niigata Singapore)
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The 2017 season is Geylang International's 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.

Squad

Sleague

As of 20 February 2017.
No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Nur Amin Malik (1995-06-05) 5 June 1995 (age 29) Warriors FC Prime League
24 Syazwan Buhari (1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 32) Young Lions
Defenders
2 Anders Eric Aplin (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 33) Singapore Recreational Club (NFL Club)
3 Yuki Ichikawa (1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 37) Albirex Niigata (S)
4 Isa Halim (1986-05-15) 15 May 1986 (age 38) Tampines Rovers
5 Darren Teh SAFSA
9 Faritz Abdul Hameed (1990-01-16) 16 January 1990 (age 35) LionsXII
18 Al-Qaasimy Rahman (1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 33) Young Lions
Midfielders
6 Jeevakumaran Balakrishnan Youth Team
7 Gabriel Quak (1990-12-22) 22 December 1990 (age 34) LionsXII
8 Ricardo Sendra (1987-10-04) 4 October 1987 (age 37) Club Atlético Alvarado
11 Safirul Sulaiman (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 32) Young Lions
14 Stanely Ng (1992-05-27) 27 May 1992 (age 32) Home United
19 Farish Khan Youth Team
20 Nor Azli Yusoff (1986-03-17) 17 March 1986 (age 38) Home United
22 Taufiq Ghani (1989-11-19) 19 November 1989 (age 35) Hougang United
Forwards
10 Shahfiq Ghani (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 32) Young Lions
16 Víctor Coto (1990-09-29) 29 September 1990 (age 34) Zeyar Shwe Myay
17 Amy Recha (1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 32) Young Lions
21 Shawal Anuar (1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33) Keppel Monaco (NFL Club)

Prime League

As of 20 February 2017.
No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
40 Syed Syazwan GK Prime League
41 Yeo Qi Long GK Hougang United Prime League
Defender
30 Affian Jamari DF Prime League
35 Syukrie Abdullah MF Hougang United Prime League
36 Haziq Raheem DF
44 Ashraf Razali DF Prime League
Midfielder
26 Sadiq Rahim MF Prime League
27 Noor Ariff MF
29 Wayne Low Liu Wei MF Hougang United Prime League
34 Min Thi Ha MF
37 Joan Hairey MF (1998-08-20) 20 August 1998 (age 26)
45 Umar Akhbar MF Prime League
Forward
32 Ifwat Ismail FW Prime League
39 Asshukrie Wahid FW Balestier Khalsa Prime League

Coaching staff

Position Name Ref.
Head coach Mohd Noor Ali
Assistant coach Hirotaka Usui
Goalkeeping coach Sarong Naiket
Team manager Aizat Ramli
Physiotherapist
Kitman Leonard Koh

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

Source

In

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK Nur Amin Malik Warriors FC Prime League
DF Darren Teh SAFSA
MF Farish Khan Prime League
MF Jeevakumaran Balakrishnan Prime League
FW Víctor Coto Ortega Zeyar Shwe Myay
FW Ricardo Sendra Club Atlético Alvarado
FW Asshukrie Wahid Balestier Khalsa Prime League (To play for Prime League)

Out

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK Hairul Syirhan Young Lions
GK Russell Santa Maria Released
DF Daniel Bennett Tampines Rovers
DF Shariff Abdul Samat Released
MF Mark Hartmann Sarawak
MF Carlos Delgado Released
MF Brandon Koh SAFSA (NFL Club)
MF Roberto Camarasa Recambios Colón
FW Sahil Suhaimi Tampines Rovers
FW Indra Sahdan Eunos Crescent (NFL Club)

Mid-season transfers

Out

Position Player Transferred From Ref
MF Umar Akhbar National Service

Trial

Position Player From Ref
FW Archie Fataki Balma SC

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

5 January 2017 Pre-Season Friendly Johor Darul Ta'zim 5-0 Geylang International Seri Gelam Field
Azamuddin Akil
Ahmad Hazwan Bakri
Brian Ferreira
Fazly Mazlan
Darren Lok		 Report
16 January 2017 Pre-Season Friendly Melaka United 0-2 Geylang International Hang Tuah Stadium, Melaka
Víctor Coto Ortega 40'
Ricardo 57'
19 January 2017 Pre-Season Friendly Petaling Jaya Rangers 1-2 Geylang International MMU Stadium, Cyberjaya
R. Barath Kumar 26' Ricardo
Stanely Ng
22 January 2017 Pre-Season Friendly Young Lions 1-1 Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
5.30pm Amy Recha
January 2017 Pre-Season Friendly SAFSA 3-5 Geylang International


Víctor Coto Ortega
Ricardo
Víctor Coto Ortega
Shawal Anuar
Shawal Anuar
4 February 2017 Pre-Season Friendly Ceres–Negros 5-2 Geylang International Bedok Stadium
8pm OJ Porteria
Jason De Jong
Kevin Ingreso
Bienvenido Marañón
Bienvenido Marañón
9 February 2017 Pre-Season Friendly Rydalmere Lions FC 1-3 Geylang International Bedok Stadium
Kosuke Sumiyoshi 45' Shahfiq Ghani 25'
Yuki Ichikawa 51'
Shawal Anuar 59'

In-season friendlies

24 March 2017 Friendly Albirex Niigata (S) cancelled Geylang International Bedok Stadium
26 March 2017 Friendly Melaka United 3-2 Geylang International Bedok Stadium
22 August 2017 Friendly Pahang FA 2-0 Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
D. Christie Jayaseelan
7 October 2017 Friendly Albirex Niigata (S) 2-1 Geylang International Jurong East Stadium
Shoichiro Sakamoto 1'
Tsubasa Sano 23'

Match cancelled after 1st half due to lightning warning signal

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup League Cup Total
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals
1 GK Nur Amin Malik 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF Anders Eric Aplin 17(2) 0 1 0 3(1) 0 21(3) 0
3 DF Yuki Ichikawa 24 2 1 1 4 0 29 3
4 DF Isa Halim (captain) 16(4) 0 1 0 1(1) 0 18(5) 0
5 DF Darren Teh 11(1) 0 0 0 0 0 11(1) 0
6 MF J.Balakrishnan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Gabriel Quak 15(9) 2 0(1) 0 2(1) 1 17(11) 3
8 FW Ricardo Sendra 20(1) 4 1 1 4 2 25(1) 7
9 DF Faritz Abdul Hameed 22 1 1 0 3(1) 0 26(1) 1
10 FW Shahfiq Ghani 17(5) 5 0(1) 0 1(1) 0 18(7) 5
11 MF Safirul Sulaiman 17(3) 0 1 0 2 0 20(3) 0
14 MF Stanely Ng 5(3) 1 0 0 0 0 5(3) 1
16 FW Víctor Coto 22 5 1 1 2 1 25 7
17 FW Amy Recha 9(12) 1 1 0 3(1) 2 13(13) 3
18 DF Al-Qaasimy Rahman 16(2) 1 1 0 3 0 20(2) 1
19 MF Farish Khan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Nor Azli Yusoff 10(4) 0 0 0 2(1) 0 12(5) 0
21 FW Shawal Anuar 15(4) 9 1 0 2(1) 0 18(5) 9
22 MF Taufiq Ghani 1(1) 0 0 0 1 1 2(1) 1
24 GK Syazwan Buhari 23 0 1 0 4 0 28 0
27 MF Noor Ariff 2(1) 0 0 0 3 0 5(1) 0
30 DF Affian Jamari 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
32 FW Ifwat Ismail 0(7) 0 0 0 1(2) 3 1(9) 3
33 DF Justin Sim 0(2) 0 0 0 1 0 1(2) 0
34 MF Min Thi Ha 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 2(1) 0
37 MF Joan Hairey 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
39 FW Asshukrie Wahid 0(5) 0 0 0 1(1) 0 1(6) 0
43 DF Ahmad Zaki 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
44 DF Ashraf Razali 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
45 MF Umar Akhbar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
S.League 24 11 3 10 32 37 −5 045.83
Singapore Cup 1 0 1 0 4 4 +0 000.00
League Cup 4 2 1 1 9 8 +1 050.00
Total 29 13 5 11 45 49 −4 044.83

S.League

Main article: 2017 S.League

  Win   Draw   Loss

27 February 2017 (2017-02-27) Round 1albirex Hougang United 2-0 Geylang International Hougang Stadium
Fumiya Kogure 24'
Iqbal Hussain 87'
Anumanthan Kumar 46'
Syahiran Miswan 82'		 Al-Qaasimy Rahman 80' Attendance: 1,652
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) Round 2 Geylang International 2-0 Balestier Khalsa Bedok Stadium
Al-Qaasimy Rahman 26'
Fadli Kamis 59' (o.g.)
Safirul Sulaiman 15'
Víctor Coto Ortega 18'
Shahfiq Ghani 85'		 Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit 80' Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
10 March 2017 (2017-03-10) Round 3 Warriors FC 1-1 Geylang International Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Kento Fukuda 55'
Jasper Chan 81'		 Víctor Coto Ortega 77'
Isa Halim 45'
Víctor Coto Ortega 66'		 Attendance: 1,681
Referee: Farhad Mohd
8 April 2017 (2017-04-08) Round 4 Geylang International 0-4 Tampines Rovers Jalan Besar Stadium
Ryutaro Megumi 35,90'
Yasir Hanapi 61,81'
Son Yong Chan 23'
Jufri Taha 89'		 Attendance: 1,552
Referee: Jansen Foo
15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) Round 5 Young Lions 0-2 Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
Jordan Chan 51'
Muhelmy Suhaimi 55'
Syahrul Sazali 86'		 Report Stanley Ng 64'
Shawal Anuar 75'
Anders Eric Aplin 56'
Ricardo Sendra 83'		 Attendance: 1,764
Referee: Nathan Chan
20 April 2017 (2017-04-20) Round 6 Geylang International 2-0 Brunei DPMM FC Bedok Stadium
Shafiq Ghani 18'
Víctor Coto Ortega 52' (pen.)
Al-Qaasimy Rahman 56'
Shawal Anuar 90'		 Nurikhwan Othman 8'
Billy Mehmet 39'
Azwan Ali 65'		 Attendance: 1,666
Referee: Farhad Mohamed
28 April 2017 (2017-04-28) Round 7 Home United 3-0 Geylang International Bishan Stadium
Song Ui-young 35'
Stipe Plazibat 81' (pen.)
Khairul Nizam 90+4' (pen.)		 Safirul Sulaiman 15'
Yuki Ichikawa 81'
Stanley Ng 85' 90+4' 
Anders Eric Aplin 90'		 Attendance: 1,627
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
11 May 2017 (2017-05-11) Round 8 (Rescheduled) Geylang International 0-1 Albirex Niigata (S) Jalan Besar Stadium
Nor Azli Yusoff 90' Ryota Nakai 53' Attendance: 1,145
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) Round 9 Geylang International 1-1 Hougang United Jalan Besar Stadium
Víctor Coto Ortega55
Ricardo Sendra 65'
Safirul Sulaiman 30'		 Azhar Sairudin 5'
Khairulhin Khalid 34'
Ali Hudzaifi 45'
Delwinder Singh 53' 55' 
Afiq Noor 72'
Fabian Kwok 78'		 Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Jansen Foo
26 May 2017 (2017-05-26) Round 10 Balestier Khalsa 0-1 Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
Fadli Kamis 87' Ricardo Sendra 40' Referee: G Letchman
16 June 2017 (2017-06-16) Round 11 Geylang International 0-2 Warriors FC Jalan Besar Stadium
Amy Recha 77' Shahril Ishak 16' 20'
Baihakki Khaizan 12'
Fadhil Noh 34'		 Attendance: 1,101
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
29 June 2017 (2017-06-29) Round 12 Tampines Rovers 1-1 Geylang International Jurong West Stadium
Fazrul Nawaz 54'
Son Yong Chan 42'
Shakir Hamzah 89'		 Ricardo Sendra 85'
Víctor Coto 42'		 Attendance: 806
Referee: Muhd Taqi
2 July 2017 (2017-07-02) Round 13 Geylang International 2-1 Young Lions FC Jalan Besar Stadium
Amy Recha 67' (pen.) 72'
Victor Coto 76'
Isa Halim 33'
Ricardo Sendra 90'		 Amirul Adli 82'
Illyas Lee 77'
Hami Syahin 89'
Taufik Suparno 90'		 Attendance: 1,666
Referee: Jansen Foo
24 July 2017 (2017-07-24) Round 14 Brunei DPMM FC 0-1 Geylang International Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Daúd Gazale62
Hazwan Hamzah 67'
Khairul Anwar 90'		 Shafiq Ghani 81'
Nor Azli 43'
Faritz Abdul Hameed 76'		 Attendance: 1,026
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) Round 15 (Rescheduled) Geylang International 1-3 Home United Jalan Besar Stadium
Shawal Anuar 90'
Victor Coto 88'		 Adam Swandi 55'
Stipe Plazibat 86'
Shamil Sharif 90' 67'		 Referee: W Ravisanthiran
5 August 2017 (2017-08-05) Round 16 Albirex Niigata (S) 5-0 Geylang International Jurong East Stadium
Shoichiro Sakamoto 6' 41'
Ryuya Motoda 15' 44' (pen.)
Kento Nagasaki 31'
Tsubasa Sano 58'		 Al-Qaasimy Rahman 17' 43' 
Gabriel Quak 41'
Safirul Sulaiman 84'		 Attendance: 2,244
Referee: Muhd Zulfiqar
18 August 2017 (2017-08-18) Round 17 Hougang United 0-1 Geylang International Hougang Stadium
Shawal Anuar 28' Attendance: 741
Referee: Muhd Taqi
9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) Round 18 Geylang International 2-0 Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Gabriel Quak 27' 78'
Shawal Anuar 48'
Nor Azli Yusoff 17'
Faritz Hameed 71'		 Huzaifah Aziz 79'
Ahmad Syahir 84'		 Attendance: 1,350
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
15 September 2017 (2017-09-15) Round 19 Warriors FC 0-2 Geylang International Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Shaiful Esah  3'
Andrei-Cosmin Ciolacu 16'
Syaqir Sulaiman 64'
Baihakki Khaizan 90'		 Shahfiq Ghani 78'
Shawal Anuar 86'
Nor Azli Yusoff 23'
Anders Aplin  52'
Isa Halim 90'		 Attendance: 1,828
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
13 October 2017 (2017-10-13) Round 20 Geylang International 2-3 Tampines Rovers Our Tampines Hub
Shawal Anuar 8'
Yuki Ichikawa 47'
Ricardo Sendra 69'
Al-Qaasimy Rahman 90'		 Fahrudin Mustafic 38'
Fazrul Nawaz 72'
Fazli Ayob 90'
Madhu Mohana 44'
Fazli Ayob 90'
Khairul Amri 90'
Ismadi Mukhtar 87'		 Referee: Farhad Mohamed
21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) Round 21 Young Lions FC 0-4 Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
Shahfiq Ghani 15'
Víctor Coto Ortega 38'
Faritz Abdul Hameed 51'
Shawal Anuar 71'
Anders Aplin 20'		 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
27 October 2017 (2017-10-27) Round 22 Geylang International 4-1 Brunei DPMM Jalan Besar Stadium
Shawal Anuar 8,82'
Ricardo Sendra 20'
Víctor Coto Ortega 22'
Shahfiq Ghani 36'
Safirul Sulaiman 85'		 Azwan Ali Rahman 51'
Vincent Reyes 40'
Rosmin Kamis 86'		 Referee: Muhd Taqi
4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) Round 23 Home United 2-1 Geylang International Bishan Stadium
Stipe Plazibat 33'
Faris Ramli 70'
Shamil Sharif 77'
Aqhari Abdullah 90+3'		 Gabriel Quak 46'
Víctor Coto Ortega 12'
Nor Azli Yusoff 31'
Isa Halim 34'
Faritz Abdul Hameed 37'
Anders Eric Aplin 73'		 Referee: Jansen Foo
17 November 2017 (2017-11-17) Round 24 Geylang International 2-7 Albirex Niigata (S) Jalan Besar Stadium
Shahfiq Ghani 45' (pen.)
Yuki Ichikawa 78'
Victor Coto 45'
Ricardo Sendra 59'
Ifwat Ismail 87'		 Kento Nagasaki 14,66'
Hiroyoshi Kamata 29'
Tsubasa Sano 31,44,60'
Yasutaka Yanagi 74'		 Referee: Nathan Chan
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Tampines Rovers 24 17 3 4 48 20 +28 54 Qualification to
AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1
or
AFC Cup Group Stage
3 Home United 24 15 5 4 58 26 +32 50 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
4 Geylang International 24 11 3 10 32 37 −5 36
5 Warriors FC 24 9 7 8 33 36 −3 34
6 Hougang United 24 9 3 12 24 31 −7 30
Source: S.League[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins

Singapore Cup

Main article: 2017 Singapore Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

21 June 2017 (2017-06-21) Preliminary round Geylang International 4–4 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)		 Global Cebu FC Kallang
20:30 UTC+8 Ichikawa 15'
Ortega 45',  45'
Quak 83' (pen.)
Sendra 90'
Halim  11'
Recha  54'		 Roberts 19', 39' (pen.), 53'
Minegishi
Clarino 75'
Kaole  70'		 Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

Singapore TNP League Cup

Main article: 2017 Singapore League Cup

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 DPMM FC 3 2 1 0 11 4 +7 7 Advance to semi-final
2 Geylang International 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7
3 Balestier Khalsa 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4 Tampines Rovers 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: S.League[usurped]

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 July 2017 (2017-07-08) Group Stage M1 Balestier Khalsa 0-2 Geylang International Toa Payoh Stadium
Sheikh Abdul Hadi 72' Amy Recha 31'
Ricardo Sendra 50'
Nor Azli 53'		 Referee: Muhd Syahir
11 July 2017 (2017-07-11) Group Stage M2 Tampines Rovers 1-4 Geylang International Jurong West Stadium
Fazli Ayob 63'
Ismadi Mukhtar 90'		 Ifwat Ismail 53' 64' 85'
Amy Recha 69'		 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
14 July 2017 (2017-07-14) Group Stage M3 Brunei DPMM 3-3 Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
Adi Said 20'
Maududi Hilmi Kasmi 69'
Helmi Zambin 84'
Hanif Hamir 32'
Nurikhwan Othman 60'
Hazwan Hamzah 67'		 Víctor Coto Ortega 23'
Ricardo Sendra 48'
Taufiq Ghani 68' (pen.)		 Referee: Farhad Mohd

Knock out Stage

18 July 2017 (2017-07-18) Semi-final Albirex Niigata (S) 4-0 Geylang International Jurong East Stadium
Takuya Akiyama 28'
Tsubasa Sano 79' 82'
Ryota Nakai 88'		 Amy Recha 13'
Syazwan Buhari 62'
Isa Halim 63'
Al-Qaasimy Rahman 65'
Shawal Anuar 72'		 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

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