2018 Geylang International FC season

Geylang International
2018 season
ChairmanBen Teng
Head coachHirotaka Usui
StadiumBedok Stadium
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The 2018 season is Geylang International's 23rd 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.

Key events

November 2017

On 28/11/2017, it was reported that there has been a rift between some Geylang International players and the club's management.

Squad

Sleague

As of 20 February 2017.
No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Jasper Chan (1988-11-07) 7 November 1988 (age 36) Warriors FC
24 Danial Faris U23 23 May 1997 (age 22) Youth Team
25 Zainol Gulam (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32) Warriors FC
Defenders
2 Anders Aplin (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 33) SRC (Defunct NFL Club)
3 Jufri Taha >30 (1985-03-04) 4 March 1985 (age 39) Tampines Rovers
4 Zulfadli Zainal Abidin (1988-04-26) 26 April 1988 (age 36) Warriors FC
5 Darren Teh U23 (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 28) SAFSA (NFL D1)
11 Yeo Hai Ngee U23 (1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 30) Young Lions FC
14 Danish Irfan U23 (1999-03-10) 10 March 1999 (age 25) NFA U18
15 Afiq Yunos (1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 34) Tampines Rovers
21 Yuki Ichikawa (Captain) (1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 37) Albirex Niigata (S)
22 Ahmad Zaki U23 (1997-04-20) 20 April 1997 (age 27) Youth Team
Midfielders
6 Umar Akhbar U23 Youth Team
7 Ryan Syaffiq U23 (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 28) Young Lions FC
8 Azhar Sairudin >30 (1986-12-30) 30 December 1986 (age 38) Hougang United
9 Fuad Ramli (1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 30) SAFSA (NFL D1)
10 Fumiya Kogure (1989-06-28) 28 June 1989 (age 35) Hougang United
12 Sadiq Rahim U23 Youth Team
13 Ryson Yap (1993-01-30) 30 January 1993 (age 32) Police SA (NFL D1)
16 Noor Ariff U23 Youth Team
19 Farish Khan U23 Youth Team
Forwards
17 Cameron Ayrton Bell (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30) Tampines Rovers Prime League
18 Shawal Anuar (1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33) Keppel Monaco (Defunct NFL Club)
20 Fairoz Hassan (1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 (age 36) Hougang United
45 Zikos Vasileios Chua U19 (2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 22) NFA U16
Players loaned out / placed on injury list / left during season
24 Syed Syazwan U23 (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 28) Youth Team
Ashraf Razali U23 (1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 25) Youth Team

Coaching staff

Position Name Ref.
Head coach Hirotaka Usui
Assistant coach Vedhamuthu Kanan
Goalkeeping coach Sarong Naiket
Team manager Andrew Ang
Physiotherapist
Kitman

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

In

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK Jasper Chan Warriors FC
GK Zainol Gulam Warriors FC
DF Yeo Hai Ngee Garena Young Lions
DF Jufri Taha Tampines Rovers
DF Zulfadli Zainal Abidin Warriors FC
DF Danish Irfan Azman NFA U18
MF Fuad Ramli SAFSA (NFL 1)
MF Ryson Yap Police SA (NFL 1)
MF Ryan Syaffiq Garena Young Lions
MF Azhar Sairudin Hougang United
MF Fairoz Hassan Hougang United
MF Fumiya Kogure Hougang United
FW Cameron Ayrton Bell Free Agent

Out

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK Syazwan Buhari Tampines Rovers
GK Nur Amin Malik
DF Safirul Sulaiman Tampines Rovers
DF Faritz Hameed Home United
DF Isa Halim Retired
DF Al-Qaasimy Rahman Retired
MF Jeevakumaran Balakrishnan
MF Gabriel Quak Warriors FC
MF Stanely Ng Hougang United
MF Nor Azli Yusoff
MF Taufiq Ghani
MF Ricardo Sendra Perseru Serui
MF Min Thi Ha
MF Asshukrie Wahid Garena Young Lions
FW Víctor Coto Ortega
FW Shahfiq Ghani Hougang United
FW Amy Recha Home United
FW Ifwat Ismail Garena Young Lions

Note 1: Ricardo Sendra was initially signed by Perseru but was released before the season start.

Retained

Position Player Ref
DF Darren Teh
DF Anders Eric Aplin
DF Yuki Ichikawa
MF Farish Khan
FW Shawal Anuar

Note 2: Yuki Ichikawa was initially released after the season but subsequently re-signed for 2018.

Position Player Ref
GK Syed Syazwan
DF Ashraf Razali
DF Ahmad Zaki
MF Noor Ariff
MF Sadiq Rahim
MF Umar Akhbar

Trial

Trial (In)
Position Player Trial @ Ref
MF Addison Sayan Rydalmere FC
Trial (Out)
Position Player Trial @ Ref
DF Anders Aplin Matsumoto Yamaga

Mid-season transfers

In

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK Faris Danial Free Agent
DF Afiq Yunos Tampines Rovers Loan

Out

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK Syed Syazwan NS till 2020
DF Anders Aplin Matsumoto Yamaga Loan

Trial

Trial (In)
Position Player Trial From Ref
FW Zulkiffli Hassim Yishun Sentek Mariners FC

Friendlies

Pre-Season Friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 January 2018 (2018-01-10) 1 Singapore Cricket Club 2-3 Geylang International Turf City Pitch 3
1915 hours
11 January 2018 (2018-01-11) 2 Tampines Rovers 2-0 Geylang International Our Tampines Hub
1700 hours Zulfadhmi Suzliman 59'
Fahrudin Mustafic 83' (pen.)
19 January 2018 (2018-01-19) 3 UiTM 2-1 Geylang International Skudai Johor
2045 hours Nur Na'im Ishak Stadium: UTM Stadium
26 January 2018 (2018-01-26) 4 JDT II 3-0 Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
1915 hours Rozaimi Abdul Rahman 25,90'
Nicolás Alberto Fernández 65'
29 January 2018 (2018-01-29) 5 Rydalmere Lions 1-0 Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
1700 hours
13 February 2018 (2018-02-13) 6 GFA Sporting Westlake FC 0-6 Geylang International Bedok Stadium
23 February 2018 (2018-02-23) 7 Yishun Sentek Mariners FC 2-3 Geylang International Bedok Stadium
1900
2 March 2018 (2018-03-02) 8 Tiong Bahru FC Postponed Geylang International Bedok Stadium
1900 hours
2 March 2018 (2018-03-02) 8 South Avenue FC 1-2 Geylang International Bedok Stadium
1900 hours
3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) 9 Balestier Khalsa 0-1 Geylang International Bedok Stadium
1700 hours Darren Teh
17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) 10 Albirex Niigata (S) 2-0 Geylang International Bedok Stadium
1700 hours Taku Morinaga 11'
Wataru Murofushi 42'		 Report
23 March 2018 (2018-03-23) 11 Tiong Bahru FC v Geylang International Bedok Stadium
1900 hours

Batam Pre-season tour

10 March 2018 1 EPSON Batam 1-3 Geylang International Gelora Citramas Stadium
12 March 2018 2 Immigration FC JKR 2-0 Geylang International Gelora Citramas Stadium

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 29 September 2018.
No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup Total
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals
1 GK Jasper Chan 5(3) 0 0 0 8 0
3 DF Jufri Taha 24 0 2 0 26 0
4 DF Zulfadli Zainal Abidin 13(3) 0 2 0 18 0
5 DF Darren Teh 24 1 2 0 26 1
6 MF Umar Akhbar 2(1) 0 0 0 3 0
7 MF Ryan Syaffiq 20(3) 2 0 0 23 2
8 MF Azhar Sairudin 9(13) 1 2 0 24 1
9 MF Fuad Ramli 15(4) 0 2 0 21 0
10 MF Fumiya Kogure 21 1 0 0 21 1
11 DF Yeo Hai Ngee 9(7) 3 1(1) 0 18 3
12 MF Sadiq Rahim 0(4) 0 0 0 4 0
13 MF Ryson Yap 7(6) 0 0 0 13 0
14 DF Danish Irfan Azman 15(2) 0 2 0 19 0
15 DF Afiq Yunos 10 0 2 0 12 0
16 MF Noor Ariff 4(4) 1 0 0 8 1
17 FW Cameron Ayrton Bell 2(7) 1 0(2) 0 11 1
18 FW Shawal Anuar 15 7 0 0 15 7
19 MF Farish Khan 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Fairoz Hassan 19(3) 7 2 0 23 7
21 DF Yuki Ichikawa 23 1 2 0 25 1
22 DF Ahmad Zaki 2(5) 0 1(1) 0 9 0
24 GK Faris Danial 2 0 0 0 2 0
25 GK Zainol Gulam 17 0 2 0 19 0
45 FW Zikos Vasileios Chua 1(1) 0 0 0 2 0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
2 DF Anders Aplin 6(2) 1 0 0 8 1
15 DF Ashraf Razali 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK Syed Syazwan 0 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Singapore Premier League 24 5 5 14 26 57 −31 020.83
Singapore Cup 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 26 5 6 15 26 58 −32 019.23

Singapore Premier League

Main article: 2018 Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 April 2018 (2018-04-04) Round 1 Geylang International 1-1 Warriors FC Bedok Stadium
Ryan Syaffiq 86'
Zulfadli Zainal Abidin 86'		 Jonathan Béhé 37'
7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) Round 2 Tampines Rovers 3-1 Geylang International Our Tampines Hub
Jordan Webb 1' 36'
Khairul Amri 81' (pen.)		 Fairoz Hasan 45+5'
Yuki Ichikawa 84'
14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) Round 3 Geylang International 0-1 Balestier Khalsa Bedok Stadium
Fadli Kamis 19' 78'
Afiq Salman Tan 46'
Huzaifah Aziz 75'
17 April 2018 (2018-04-17) Round 4 Brunei DPMM 4-1 Geylang International Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Adi Said 12'
Mojtaba Esmaeilzadeh 24'
Volodymyr Pryyomov 54' 56'
Nur Ikhwan Othman 79'		 Noor Ariff 20' Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)
22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) Round 5 Geylang International 1-4 Home United Bedok Stadium
Shawal Anuar 49'
Fairoz Hassan 11'
Darren Teh 90+3'		 Hafiz Nor 2' 24'
Shahril Ishak 36'
Faizal Roslan 45+1'
28 April 2018 (2018-04-28) Round 6 Albirex Niigata (S) 5-0 Geylang International Jurong East Stadium
Wataru Murofushi 17'
Kenya Takahashi 30'
Taku Morinaga 71'
Shuhei Hoshino 82'
Ryujiro Yamanaka 85'		 Shawal Anuar 62'
9 May 2018 (2018-05-09) Round 7 Geylang International 1-1 Garena Young Lions Bedok Stadium
Shawal Anuar 8' Ifwat Ismail 81'
12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) Round 8 Hougang United 1-3 Geylang International Hougang Stadium
Iqbal Hussain 87' Shawal Anuar 2' 45'
Azhar Sairudin 75'
20 May 2018 (2018-05-20) Round 9 Warriors FC 0-2 Geylang International National Stadium, Singapore
Tajeli Selamat 37'
Poh Yi Feng 44'
Firdaus Kasman 78'		 Fumiya Kogure 13' (pen.)
Shawal Anuar 47'		 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
27 May 2018 (2018-05-27) Round 10 Geylang International 1-2 Tampines Rovers Bedok Stadium
Fairoz Hasan 90'
Faud Ramli 59'		 Ryutaro Megumi 85'
Fazrul Nawaz 90'
2 June 2018 (2018-06-02) Round 11 Balestier Khalsa 1-2 Geylang International Toa Payoh Stadium
Huzaifah Aziz 30' (pen.) 70'
Nurullah Hussein 51'
Noor Akid Nordin 57'		 Fairoz Hasan 1'
Yuki Ichikawa 74'
Jufri Taha 29'
10 June 2018 (2018-06-10) Round 12 Geylang International 2-6 Brunei DPMM Bedok Stadium
Fairoz Hasan 69'
Shawal Anuar 73'		 Volodymyr Pryyomov 6'
Adi Said 45' 85'
Mojtaba Esmaeilzadeh 47'
Azwan Saleh 59'
Helmi Zambin 67'
Abdul Aziz Tamit 76'
17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) Round 13 Home United 2-0 Geylang International Bishan Stadium
Amy Recha 47'
Shahril Ishak 89'
Anumanthan Kumar 33'
Shakir Hamzah 51'
24 June 2018 (2018-06-24) Round 14 Geylang International 0-3 Albirex Niigata (S) Bedok Stadium
Fairoz Hasan 45' Shuhei Sasahara 27'
Wataru Murofushi 48'
Hiroyoshi Kamata 59'		 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
4 July 2018 (2018-07-04) Round 15 Garena Young Lions 1-3 Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
Haiqal Pashia 59'
R Aaravin 67'		 Shawal Anuar 38'
Ryan Syaffiq 66'
Fairoz Hasan 70'		 Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)
5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) Round 16 (Rescheduled) Geylang International 0-3 Hougang United Bedok Stadium
Jasper Chan 52'
Anders Aplin 52'
Yuki Ichikawa 78'		 Justin Hui 36'
Fareez Farhan 64'
Jang Jo-yoon 87'
Syahiran Miswan 45+2'
Illyas Lee 53'		 Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)
15 July 2018 (2018-07-15) Round 17 Geylang International 0-1 Warriors FC Bedok Stadium
Afiq Yunos 20'
Fairoz Hassan 69'
Anders Aplin 82'
Darren Teh 85'		 Jonathan Béhé 10'
Khairul Nizam 90+4'		 Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)
21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Round 18 Tampines Rovers 4-1 Geylang International Our Tampines Hub
Khairul Amri 50' 60' 65' (pen.)
Amirul Adli 89'
Daniel Bennett 31'
Zulfadhmi Suzliman 84'		 Fairoz Hasan 33' 79'
Faud Ramli 26'
Afiq Yunos 64'		 Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)
1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) Round 19 Geylang International 1-0 Balestier Khalsa Bedok Stadium
Anders Aplin 73' Dusan Marinkovic 82'
11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) Round 20 Brunei DPMM 2-2 Geylang International Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Adi Said 18'
Brian McLean 43'		 Yeo Hai Ngee 5'
Fairoz Hasan 45'
15 August 2018 (2018-08-15) Round 21 Geylang International 1-5 Home United Bedok Stadium
Darren Teh 87' Faritz Hameed 40'
Shakir Hamzah 27'
Shahril Ishak 56' 61'
Hafiz Nor 58'		 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) Round 22 Albirex Niigata (S) 4-0 Geylang International Jurong East Stadium
Shun Kumagai 8' 42'
Taku Morinaga 65'
Hiroyoshi Kamata 69'
Darren Teh 87' (o.g.)
Shuhei Hoshino82		 Azhar Sairudin 23' 32' 
Yeo Hai Ngee 75'
Ahmad Zaki 42'
Fairoz Hassan 85'
Jufri Taha 90+1'
Danish Irfan 90+4'
Fuad Ramli 86'		 Referee: Y.Sathyakumar (Singapore)
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) Round 23 Geylang International 2-2 Garena Young Lions Bedok Stadium
Yeo Hai Ngee 49' 57'
Ryan Syaffiq 55'
Fumiya Kogure 85'		 R Aaravin 56'
Ikhsan Fandi 90+4'
Jacob Mahler 87'		 Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) Round 24 (Rescheduled) Hougang United 1-1 Geylang International Hougang Stadium
Fabian Kwok 90+4' Cameron Ayrton Bell 82' Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Warriors FC 24 7 7 10 32 35 −3 28
6 Balestier Khalsa 24 7 6 11 25 36 −11 27
7 Young Lions 24 5 6 13 25 46 −21 21
8 Geylang International 24 5 5 14 26 57 −31 20
9 Hougang United 24 2 6 16 22 44 −22 12
Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2018. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
  1. ^ The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup

Main article: 2018 Singapore Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29) Quarter Final 1st Leg Geylang International 0-0 Balestier Khalsa Bedok Stadium
Danish Irfan Azman 35'
Azhar Sairudin 48'
Afiq Yunos 50'		 Noor Akid Nordin 27' 58'
Ahmad Syahir 42'		 Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) Quarter Final 2nd Leg Balestier Khalsa 1-0
(1–0 agg.)		 Geylang International Toa Payoh Stadium
Hazzuwan Halim 85' (pen.) Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (Singapore)

Geylang International lost 1-0 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ "All not well at Geylang International". Archived from the original on 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  2. ^ "Eagles staff". Archived from the original on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  3. ^ "Welcome Jesper Chan to the 2018 Eagles Squad".
  4. ^ "Yeo Hai Ngee has signed for the Eagles for the 2018 season".
  5. ^ "Jufri Taha join GIFC from TRFC for the 2018 season".
  6. ^ "Zul become eagle". Archived from the original on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  7. ^ "Danish Azman joins the Eagles for the 2018 season from NFA-18 where he was the team captain".
  8. ^ "We welcome Faud Ramli from our Prime League back to the Eagles after completing his NS in Feb 2018".
  9. ^ "Ryson Yap joins the Eagles for the 2018 season having previously played for NFL1 Police SA".
  10. ^ "The Eagles welcomes Ryan Syaffiq to Bedok Stadium for the 2018 season".
  11. ^ "We are pleased to welcome midfielder Azhar Sairudin to the Eagles for the 2018 Season!".
  12. ^ "The Eagles have signed Fairoz Hassan from Hougang United for the 2018 season".
  13. ^ "Fumiya joins the Japanese revolution in Bedok".
  14. ^ "Cameron will also join the Eagles as a striker for the 2018 season".
  15. ^ "welcome Syazwan Buhari to the Stags family!".
  16. ^ "Safirul joins stags".
  17. ^ "Faritz Abdul Hameed switch to Protectors from Eagles nest".
  18. ^ "Former Singapore Under-23 skipper Al-Qaasimy steps away from professional football". Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  19. ^ "Warriors announce the signing of Gabriel Quak for the 2018 season!".
  20. ^ "Stanley from Eagles to Cheetahs". Archived from the original on 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  21. ^ "Ricardo Sendra moves to Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  22. ^ "Asshukrie Wahid recruited for GYL in 2018".
  23. ^ "Shafiq joins Cheetah".
  24. ^ "Amy the new left winger for Home United".
  25. ^ "Ifwat Ismail joins Fandi for 2018".
  26. ^ "Ricardo released by Indonesian club". Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  27. ^ "Darren Teh renewed contract".
  28. ^ "Anders retained for new season".
  29. ^ "Yuki recontracted with Eagles after being released for the season".
  30. ^ a b c d e f g "promotion of seven players from our 2017 Prime League squad to the S-League team for the 2018 season".
  31. ^ "Shawal Anuar renewed contract".
  32. ^ "Addison Sayan will embark on a two week trial in Singapore".
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