Tanjong Pagar United FC
Tanjong Pagar United Football Club is a professional football club based in Queenstown, Singapore. The club took part in S.League from 1996 to 2004, and from 2011 to 2014. The club withdrew from the league after the 2004 season because of financial problems, but returned in 2011, with several similar breaks meanwhile. The club has since returned from 2020 onwards.[1][2][3]
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| Full name | Tanjong Pagar United Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Jaguars | ||
| Short name | TPU | ||
| Founded | 1974 as Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club
1996 as Tiong Bahru United 1998 as Tanjong Pagar United | ||
| Ground | Jurong East Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 2,700 | ||
| Chairman | Raymond Tang | ||
| Manager | Hasrin Jailani | ||
| League | Singapore Premier League | ||
| 2022 | Singapore Premier League, 6th of 8 | ||
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History
Prior to the formation of the S.League, the team was known as Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club, and won Singapore's National Football League in 1983 and 1987. The club changed its name to Tiong Bahru United Football Club in 1996, and then to Tanjong Pagar United in 1998. The team's mascot is a Jaguar.
The club were formed as Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club in 1975 and debuted in Division III of the National Football League, from which they were promoted as champions in 1978. This was followed by a second successive promotion in 1979, bringing the Jaguars to Division I. In 1982, they won the President's Cup and the following year, they were national league champions. They represented Singapore in the 1984 ASEAN Club Games, finishing third, then captured The Double in 1987.
In 1998, the club changed it named to Tanjong Pagar United and Lim Tong Hai captained the club in its debut season to a Singapore Cup and Singapore FA Cup double.
The early 1990s saw further successes, as they were Pools Cup winners in 1991 and 1993, finished runners-up in the FAS Premier League from 1991 to 1993 and bagged the FA Cup in 1994. Their strong performances led to their selection as one of eight clubs to compete in the newly formed S.League, so in 1995, they were renamed to Tiong Bahru Football Club and obtained a permanent home at the Queenstown Stadium.[4]
In 2017, the owners of Tanjong Pagar United stated their intent to return to Singapore Premier League for the 2019 season,[5] and in November 2017 applied to FAS to rejoin the league.[6] On the same month, the team also appeals to continue their jackpot operations, which is the source of club's income, after new regulations by the Ministry of Home Affairs forced the club to wind down their operations.[7] But after their appeals were rejected by Ministry of Home Affairs and were ordered to shut down their jackpot operations in April 2018,[8] as of September 2019, there were no further updates from the club regarding this intent.
Returned to action
On 16 January 2020, the Football Association of Singapore confirms Tanjong Pagar United's participation in the 2020 Singapore Premier League season.[1]
Sponsors
| Kit Supplier | Main Sponsors | Back Sponsors |
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| FBT | Tokyo Century | Komoco Motors |
Stadium
The Jaguars initially played their home games at the Queenstown Stadium since 1970 but as the Queenstown Stadium was occupied since 2010 by French club Etoile FC, Tanjong Pagar United was temporarily based at Clementi Stadium for the duration of the 2011 season. However, due to Etoile FC's withdrawal from the S-League by the end of the 2011 season, Tanjong Pagar shifted back to Queenstown Stadium for the 2012 season. Ever since they reinstalled back into the league in 2020, they will share the Jurong East Stadium with Albirex Niigata (S) instead.
Players
First-team squad
- As of 2 October 2023[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Under-21s and Academy
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On Loan
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Management and staff
Management
| Position | Name |
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| Chairman | Raymond Tang |
| Vice-Chairman | Andrew Chua |
| Honorary Secretary | Zen Tay |
| Honorary Treasurer | Chan Kok Hock |
| Club Supervisor | Richard Woon |
Technical staff
| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Hasrin Jailani |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Fajar Sarib |
| Fitness Coach | Hafiz Osman |
| Youth Coach | Jaslee Hatta |
| Head of first team football | Noh Alam Shah |
| Physiotherapist | Fadhli Hussein |
Former managers
- PN Sivaji
Robert Alberts (1996–98)- Tohari Paijan (1998–2002)
Moey Yoke Ham (2003–04)
Karim Bencherifa (2004)- Terry Pathmanathan (2011–2012)
Patrick Vallée (2012–2014)- Hairi Su'ap (2020)
- Hasrin Jailani (2020–Present)
Seasons
| Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup | |||||||
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| Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||
| 1996-1 | 5th | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 17 | ||
| 1996-2 | 2nd* | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 27 | ||
| 1997 | 2nd | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 34 | ||
| 1998 | 2nd | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 46 | Winners | |
| 1999 | 3rd | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 25 | 41 | Round of 16 | |
| 2000 | 2nd | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 23 | 43 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2001 | 4th | 33 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 68 | 47 | 60 | Semi-finals | |
| 2002 | 9th | 33 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 49 | 72 | 37 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2003 | 10th | 33 | 8 | 2–0 | 23 | 36 | 78 | 28 | Group stage | |
| 2004 | 10th | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 29 | 72 | 17 | Preliminary | |
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| 2011 | 11th | 33 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 77 | 14 | Round of 16 | Preliminary |
| 2012 | 12th | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 41 | 20 | Round of 16 | Group stage |
| 2013 | 6th | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 34 | 36 | Runners-up | Quarter-finals |
| 2014 | 9th | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 44 | 29 | Quarter-finals | Runners-up |
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| 2020 | 8th | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 5 | ||
| 2021 | 5th | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 49 | 22 | ||
- The 1996 season of the S.League was split into two series. Tiger Beer Series winners Geylang United defeated Pioneer Series winners Singapore Armed Forces in the Championship playoff to clinch the S.League title.
- 2003 saw the introduction of penalty shoot-outs if a match ended in a draw in regular time. Winners of penalty shoot-outs gained two points instead of one.
- Tanjong Pagar United sat out the S.League from 2005 to 2010, and withdrew from the competition between 2015 and 2019.
Statistics and records
As of 16 September 2023.
Top 10 all-time appearances
| Rank | Player | Years | Club appearances |
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| 1 | Asraf Rashid |
2012–2015 | 82 |
| 2 | Delwinder Singh |
2011–2012,
2020–2021 |
77 |
| 3 | Hanafi Salleh |
2012–2015 | 74 |
| 4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Blake Ricciuto |
2021–present | 70 |
| 5 | Aurélien Hérisson |
2013–2015 | 68 |
| 6 | Raihan Rahman |
2020–present | 66 |
| 7 | Monsef Zerka |
2013–2014 | 65 |
| 8 |  Shodai Nishikawa |
2020–2022 | 64 |
| Zahid Ahmad |
1997,
2012–2014 | ||
| 10 | Khairul Amri |
2021–present | 61 |
Top 10 all-time scorers
| Rank | Player | Club appearances | Total goals |
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| 1 | Reo Nishiguchi |
51 | 39 |
| 2 | Monsef Zerka |
65 | 33 |
| 3 | Kamel Ramdani |
57 | 20 |
| 4 |  Luiz Júnior |
32 | 18 |
| 5 | Takaya Kawanabe |
58 | 15 |
| 6 | Khairul Amri |
61 | 14 |
| 7 | Blake Ricciuto |
70 | 13 |
| 8 | Sébastien Etiemble |
32 | 11 |
| Ismaël Benahmed |
34 | ||
| 10 | Shodai Nishikawa |
64 | 10 |
- Biggest Wins: 8-1 vs Young Lions (1 October 2022)
- Heaviest Defeats: 9-0 vs Tampines Rovers (16 March 2004)
- Youngest Goal scorers: Arisman Arman ~ 18 years 10 months 17 days old (On 19 June 2011 vs Young Lions)
- Oldest Goal scorers: Daniel Bennett ~ 44 years 7 months 27 days old (On 3 September 2022 vs Hougang United)
- Youngest ever debutant: George Thomas ~ 16 years 9 months 29 days old (On 10 April 2023 vs Albirex Niigata S)
Honours
Domestic
League
- National Football League Division One
- Champions (2): 1983, 1987
Cups
- Singapore Cup
- Singapore League Cup
- Runners up (1): 2014
- President's Cup
- Champions (4): 1982, 1985, 1987, 1994
Reserves
- Singapore FA Cup
- Champions (1): 1998
References
- "FAS confirms Tanjong Pagar United's participation in the 2020 SPL season | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- Ong, Terence (4 November 2014). "Jaguars to sit out next S-League season, Rams to merge with Hougang". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- Low, Lin Fhoong (5 November 2014). "Uncertainty over S-League's changes for 2015". Today. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- Malathi Das and Palakrishnan (1996), "S.League: the kick-off", Singapore Professional Football League Pte Ltd, p. 56
- "Football: Jaguars confident of S-League return by 2019". The Straits Times. 26 June 2017.
- Osman, Shamir (10 November 2017). "Gombak, Tanjong Pagar apply to rejoin S.League in 2019". The New Paper.
- "Seven clubs with jackpot machines to wind down operations by April 2018 - CNA". Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- "Football: Tanjong Pagar and Gombak United will soon exist only on paper as appeals fail". The Straits Times. 25 July 2018.
- "SPL 2023 Transfer Centre: Tanjong Pagar United". Singapore Premier League. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.