2021 Balestier Khalsa FC season

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.

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

Squad

Singapore Premier League

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 Singapore Lion City Sailors FC 2021 2021
25 Zacharial Leong U23 Singapore (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 Youth Team 2019 2021
Defenders
2 Fadli Kamis Singapore (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 Singapore Young Lions FC 2016 2021
5 Ensar Brunčević Serbia (1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 Serbia FK Spartak Subotica II (T2) 2020 2022
13 Amer Hakeem U23 Singapore (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 Singapore Young Lions FC 2021 2022
17 Sameer Alassane U23 SingaporeMali (2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 Youth Team 2019 2021
18 Ahmad Syahir Singapore (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 Youth Team 2013 2021
22 Khalili Khalif Singapore (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 Singapore SAFSA 2021 2021
24 Ho Wai Loon Singapore (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 Singapore Lion City Sailors FC 2021 2021
39 Aiman Zavyan U23 Singapore (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 Singapore Geylang International U19 2020 2021
Midfielders
3 Max Goh Yi Qi U23 Singapore (1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 Singapore Project Vaults FC 2021 2021
4 Faizal Raffi Singapore (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 Singapore Warriors FC 2020 2021
6 Aarish Kumar U23 Singapore (1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 Singapore Warriors FC 2020 2021
8 Kristijan Krajcek Croatia (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 Croatia NK BSK Bijelo Brdo (T2) 2019 2021
14 Hariysh Krishnakumar U23 Singapore (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 Singapore Geylang International U19 2021 2021
15 Gautam Selvamany Singapore (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 Singapore Warriors Prime League 2021 2021
28 Gareth Low Singapore (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 Singapore Albirex Niigata (S) 2021 2021
Forwards
7 Hazzuwan Halim Singapore (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 Singapore Tanjong Pagar United 2015 2021
9 Shuhei Hoshino Japan (1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 South Korea Busan Transportation FC (T3) 2020 2021
10 Šime Žužul Croatia (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 Croatia NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac (T2) 2019 2021
11 Iqbal Hussain Singapore (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 India Chennai City FC 2021 2021
Players who left during season
12 Jordan Emaviwe U23 SingaporeNigeria (2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 Italy F.C. Castiglione (I3) 2020 2021
19 Zaiful Nizam (Captain) >30 Singapore (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 Singapore Gombak United 2013 2021
61 Martyn Mun U21 Singapore (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 Singapore Jungfrau Punggol FC (NFL) 2020 2021

U21

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
Oliver Sim U21 Singapore (2001-06-09) 9 June 2001 Singapore Home United U19 2020
Defenders
46 Aqil Yazid U21 Singapore (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 Singapore Singapore Sports School 2021 2021
52 Keshav Kumar U21 Singapore (2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 Youth Team 2020 2021
55 Aidil Johari U21 Singapore (2003-04-05) 5 April 2003 Youth Team 2021 2021
Syed Harun Alsagaff U21 Singapore (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 2020 2020
Azhar Manap U21 Singapore (1999-07-22) 22 July 1999 Singapore Hougang United 2020 2020
Faris Fazlee U21 Singapore (2000-03-31) 31 March 2000 2020 2020
Midfielders
44 Aravindan Ramanathan U21 Singapore (2000-05-29) 29 May 2000 Youth Team 2021 2021
50 Seng Hong Kai U21 Singapore (2004-08-10) 10 August 2004 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 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 Singapore Warriors FC U19 2021 2021
53 Ryan Praveen U21 Singapore (2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 Youth Team 2020 2021
66 Puvan Raj Sivalingam U21 Singapore (2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 Youth Team 2020 2021

Project Vaults Oxley SC

(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 Singapore Admiralty FC 2020 2020
Nazri Sabri Singapore (1989-09-20) 20 September 1989 Singapore Home United 2021 2021
Hafiz Ahmad Singapore (1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 Singapore Balestier Khalsa 2021 2021
Defenders
5 Zairul Rahmat Singapore 2019 2020
11 Nordine Talhi France (1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 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 Singapore Eunos Crescent FC 2019 2020
8 Safwan Ramlan Singapore (1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 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 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 Singapore Balestier Khalsa 2019 2020
23 Fareez Rahman Singapore 2019 2020

Coaching staff

[1]

PositionName
Team ManagerDarwin Jalil
General ManagerTim Nee Cheng
Head CoachCroatia Marko Kraljević[2]
Academy ManagerSyed Azmir
Assistant CoachNasaruddin Jalil
Assistant CoachNasruldin Baharuddin
Goalkeeping CoachYazid Yasin
Fitness CoachRosman Sulaiman
PhysiotherapistMohamed Nasser
Kitman

Transfer

In

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

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

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

Mid-Season

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


Loan Out

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

[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

Pre-Season Friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

6 March 2021 1 Geylang International Singapore 2-1 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
Christopher van Huizen
Zikos Vasileios Chua
Joshua De Souza Attendance: 0 [note 1]

In-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 10 Oct 2021

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No. Pos. Player Sleague Total
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals
1GK SingaporeJapan Kimura Riki 5050
2DF Singapore Fadli Kamis 18+30210
3MF Singapore Max Goh Yi Qi 0000
4MF Singapore Faizal Raffi 8+62142
5DF Serbia Ensar Brunčević 181181
6MF Singapore Aarish Kumar 8080
7FW Singapore Hazzuwan Halim 18+23203
8MF Croatia Kristijan Krajcek 176176
9FW Japan Shuhei Hoshino 20+13213
10FW Croatia Šime Žužul 15+5152015
11FW Singapore Iqbal Hussain 1+5060
13DF Singapore Amer Hakeem 181181
14MF Singapore Hariysh Krishnakumar 2+7090
15MF Singapore Gautam Selvamany 0+6060
17DF SingaporeMali Sameer Alassane 0000
18DF Singapore Ahmad Syahir 15+30180
22DF Singapore Khalili Khalif 0000
24DF Singapore Ho Wai Loon 7+1080
25GK Singapore Zacharial Leong 3030
28MF Singapore Gareth Low 17+30200
39DF Singapore Aiman Zavyan 1+6070
44DF Singapore Aravindan Ramanathan 0+1010
45FW Singapore Joshua De Souza 2+2040
46DF Singapore Aqil Yazid 4+2060
55MF Singapore Aidil Johari 11+31141
66FW Singapore Puvan Raj Sivalingam 10+22122
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
12MF SingaporeNigeria Jordan Emaviwe 0000
19GK Singapore Zaiful Nizam 130130
61GK Singapore Martyn Mun 0+1010

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %

Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

21 March 2021 3 Albirex Niigata (S) Japan 0-0 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Jurong East Stadium
Sime ZuzulYellow card 90+5' Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Syarqawi Buhari
25 April 2021 9 (Rescheduled) Balestier Khalsa Singapore 1-4 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) Toa Payoh Stadium
Šime Žužul 57'
Ensar BrunčevićYellow card 27'
Report Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 28' (pen) 47' 87'
Kuraba Kondo 53'
Attendance: 0 [note 2]
Referee: Zulfiqar Mustaffa
15 May 2021 11 (Rescheduled) Tampines Rovers Singapore 5-1 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
Boris Kopitović 9' 24' (pen)
Marc Ryan Tan 13' 35'
Ryaan Sanizal 88'
Report Šime Žužul 20' (pen)
Aqil YazidYellow card 9'
Gautam SelvamanyYellow card 52'
Ahmad SyahirYellow card 84'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jansen Foo
12 September 2021 18 (Rescheduled) Balestier Khalsa Singapore 1-0 Singapore Tanjong Pagar United Toa Payoh Stadium
Hazzuwan Halim 47'
Puvan RajYellow card 55'
Ahmad SyahirYellow card 62'
Ho Wai LoonYellow card 65'
Report Blake RicciutoYellow card 71'
Rusyaidi SalimeYellow card 90+7'
Referee: Taufik Thana

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[lower-alpha 1] 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

  Win   Draw   Loss

See also

Notes

  1. 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

  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 🐯".
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