2016 Tampines Rovers FC season

The 2016 S.League season is Tampines Rovers's 21st season at the top level of Singapore football and 71st year in existence as a football club. The club also competed in the Singapore League Cup, Singapore Cup, Singapore Community Shield and the AFC Cup.

Tampines Rovers FC
2016 season
ChairmanSingapore Desmond Ong
CoachSingapore V. Sundramoorthy
GroundJurong West Stadium
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Squad edit

Sleague Squad edit

As of 4 May 2017.
No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Last club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Izwan Mahbud   (1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 33)  LionsXII 2016
21 Joey Sim   (1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 (age 37)  Geylang International 2015
26 Ahmad Fadly   (1997-03-01) 1 March 1997 (age 27) Youth Team 2016
44 Haikal Hasnol   (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 28) Youth Team 2016
Defenders
2 Ismadi Mukhtar   (1983-12-16) 16 December 1983 (age 40)  Woodlands Wellington 2010
3 Jufri Taha   (1985-03-04) 4 March 1985 (age 39)  Balestier Khalsa 2010
4 Fahrudin Mustafic    (1981-04-17) 17 April 1981 (age 43)  Persela Lamongan 2011
5 Noh Rahman   (1980-08-02) 2 August 1980 (age 43)   Home United 2016
14 Afiq Yunos   (1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 33)  LionsXII 2016
17 Shakir Hamzah   (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 31)  LionsXII 2016 2017
19 Irwan Shah   (1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 35)  Warriors FC 2016
20 Kwon Jun   (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 36)   Putrajaya SPA F.C. 2016
32 Ariyan Shamsuddin   (1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 26) Youth Team 2016
Midfielders
6 Yasir Hanapi   (1989-06-21) 21 June 1989 (age 34)   Home United 2016
7 Christopher van Huizen   (1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 31)  LionsXII 2016
8 Shahdan Sulaiman   (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 35)   LionsXII 2016 2017
9 Jermaine Pennant   (1983-01-15) 15 January 1983 (age 41)  Wigan Athletic F.C. 2016
12 Fabian Kwok   (1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 35)   Geylang International 2015
13 Izzdin Shafiq   (1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 33)   LionsXII 2016
15 Nawari Ahmad   (1992-02-15) 15 February 1992 (age 32) Youth Team 2016
16 Hafiz Sujad   (1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 (age 33)  LionsXII 2016
30 Aide Shazwandi   (1997-01-13) 13 January 1997 (age 27) Youth Team 2016
38 Gautam Selvamany   (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 27) Youth Team 2016
43 Saifullah Akbar   (1999-01-31) 31 January 1999 (age 25) Youth Team 2016
Forwards
10 Fazrul Nawaz   (1985-04-17) 17 April 1985 (age 39)  Warriors FC 2016
11 Jordan Webb   (1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 (age 36)   Courts Young Lions 2016
18 Sufian Anuar   (1987-08-28) 28 August 1987 (age 36)  LionsXII 2016
25 Billy Mehmet   (1985-01-03) 3 January 1985 (age 39)   Sarawak FA 2016
29 Diego Silvas   (1997-09-25) 25 September 1997 (age 26)   Seattle Sounders FC 2 2016
33 Noor Faridzuan   (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 (age 28) Youth Team 2016

Coaching staff edit

Position Name Ref.
Head coach   Jürgen Raab
Assistant coach   Herman Zailani
Goalkeeping coach   Rameshpal Singh
Team manager   Desmund Khusnin
Physiotherapist  
Kitman   Goh Koon Hiang
Director of Football   Jita Singh

Transfers edit

Pre-season transfers edit

In edit

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK   Izwan Mahbud   LionsXII [1]
DF   Hafiz Abu Sujad   LionsXII [2]
DF   Afiq Yunos   LionsXII [2]
DF   Shakir Hamzah   LionsXII [3]
DF   Irwan Shah   Warriors FC
DF   Noh Rahman   Home United
DF   Kwon Jun   Putrajaya SPA F.C. [1]
MF   Yasir Hanapi   Home United
MF   Izzdin Shafiq   LionsXII [2]
MF   Firdaus Kasman   LionsXII [2]
MF   Christopher van Huizen   LionsXII [2]
MF   Shahdan Sulaiman   LionsXII [1]
MF   Jermaine Pennant   Wigan Athletic F.C. [1]
FW   Sufian Anuar   LionsXII [2]
FW   Fazrul Nawaz   Warriors FC [2]
FW   Jordan Webb   Courts Young Lions [1]
FW   Billy Mehmet   Sarawak FA [4]
FW   Diego Silvas   Seattle Sounders FC 2

Retained edit

Position Player Ref
GK   Joey Sim [2]
DF   Mustafic Fahrudin [2]
DF   Ismadi Mukhtar [2]
DF   Jufri Taha [2]
MF   Fabian Kwok [2]

Out edit

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK   Siddiq Durimi
GK   Rodrigo Pacheco
DF   Predrag Počuča   FK BSK Borča
DF   Shaiful Esah   Warriors FC [5]
DF   Zulfadli Zainal Abidin   Warriors FC [5]
DF   Ismail Yunos   Warriors FC [5]
DF   Aqhari Abdullah   Home United
MF   Jamil Ali   Balestier Khalsa
MF   Firdaus Idros
MF   Ridhuan Muhammad   Warriors FC
MF   Robert Alviž   HNK Šibenik
MF   Mohammad Naeem Rahimi   Bankstown Berries FC
MF   Isa Halim   Geylang International [6]
FW   Mateo Roskam   Sarawak FA
FW   Rodrigo Tosi   Persija Jakarta
FW   Indra Sahdan Daud   Geylang International [7]
FW   Noh Alam Shah

Trial edit

Position Player From Ref

Friendlies edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup League Cup AFC Cup Total
Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals
1 GK   Izwan Mahbud 18 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 29 0
2 DF   Ismadi Mukhtar 13(4) 1 2 0 4 0 4(3) 0 30 1
3 DF   Jufri Taha 11 0 3 0 4 0 2 0 20 0
4 DF   Fahrudin Mustafic 18(3) 1 4 1 1 0 7(1) 1 34 3
5 DF   Noh Rahman 6 0 0 0 4 0 7 0 17 0
6 MF   Yasir Hanapi 20(2) 3 2(1) 0 0 0 10 1 35 4
7 MF   Christopher van Huizen 5(5) 1 1(1) 0 0 0 3(1) 0 16 1
8 MF   Shahdan Sulaiman 11(2) 2 0 0 1 1 4(2) 0 20 3
9 MF   Jermaine Pennant 15(6) 5 2(2) 0 0 0 6(1) 0 32 5
10 FW   Fazrul Nawaz 15(3) 7 2 1 0 0 5(1) 1 26 9
11 FW   Jordan Webb 22(2) 12 3 0 4 1 7(3) 1 41 14
12 MF   Fabian Kwok 5(4) 0 0(1) 0 4 1 2(2) 0 17 1
13 MF   Izzdin Shafiq 20(4) 0 3 0 0 0 7(2) 0 36 0
14 DF   Afiq Yunos 11(3) 0 2(1) 1 0 0 7(1) 2 25 3
15 MF   Nawari Ahmad 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
16 MF   Hafiz Sujad 18(3) 2 3(1) 3 0 0 8(2) 2 35 7
17 DF   Shakir Hamzah 16(4) 2 4 0 0 0 3(1) 0 28 2
18 FW   Sufian Anuar 1(8) 0 2(2) 1 1 1 0(2) 0 16 2
19 DF   Irwan Shah 14(5) 0 4 0 4 0 6(1) 0 34 0
20 DF   Kwon Jun 0 0 0 0 0 0 4(3) 0 7 0
21 GK   Joey Sim 6(1) 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 13 0
25 FW   Billy Mehmet 22 12 3 2 4 3 6(1) 3 36 20
29 FW   Diego Silvas 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
30 MF   Aide Shazwandi 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0 2 0
32 DF   Ariyan Shamsuddin 0 0 0 0 1(1) 1 0 0 2 1
33 FW   Noor Faridzuan 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
35 MF   Haiqal Sulaiman 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
38 MF   Guatam Selvamany 0 0 0 0 3(1) 0 0 0 4 0
40 MF   Shafie Muliantoh 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0 2 0
43 MF   Saifullah Akbar 0(1) 0 0(1) 1 4 1 0 0 6 2

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %

S.League edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 February 1 Tampines Rovers 3 – 3 Geylang International Jurong West, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00 Webb   13'
Mehmet   34'
Yasir   86'
Details Amy   35'
Delgado   55'
Ng   78'
Stadium: Jurong West Stadium
Attendance: 2,930[8]
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
26 February 2 Tampines Rovers 4 – 1 Hougang United Jurong West, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00 Shahdan   8'
Ismadi   11'
Pennant   20'
Fazrul   84'
Details Plazibat   26' Stadium: Jurong West Stadium
Attendance: 2,106[9]
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
3 March 3 Home United 1 – 1 Tampines Rovers Bishan, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00 Ilsø   25' Details Pennant   40' Stadium: Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 3,551[10]
Referee: Muhd Taqi
3 April 5 Garena Young Lions 1 – 2 Tampines Rovers Kallang, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00 Fareez   62' (pen.) Details Shakir   45'
van Huizen   50'
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 2,200[11]
Referee: W. Ravisanthiran
16 April 7 Albirex Niigata (S) 1 – 0 Tampines Rovers Jurong East, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00 Inui   71' (pen.) Details Stadium: Jurong East Stadium
Attendance: 2,550
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
21 April 8 Geylang International 0 – 1 Tampines Rovers Bedok, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00 Details Yasir   28' Stadium: Bedok Stadium
Attendance: 2,369
Referee: G. Letchman
30 April 9 Tampines Rovers 4 – 2 Warriors Jurong West, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00 Mehmet   38'
Pennant   54' (pen.)
Hafiz   75', 87'
Details Hafiz N.   41'
Ridhuan   45'
Stadium: Jurong West Stadium
Attendance: 1,756[12]
Referee: Farhad Mohd
4 May 10 Hougang United 1 – 1 Tampines Rovers Hougang, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00 Iqbal   70' Details Mehmet   41' (pen.) Stadium: Hougang Stadium
Attendance: 1,538[13]
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
13 May 11 Tampines Rovers 1 – 2 Home United Kallang, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00 Fazrul   22' Details Azhar   24'
Ilsø   70'
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 2,099[14]
Referee: Farhad Mohd
11 June 13 Tampines Rovers 4 – 3 Brunei DPMM Jurong West, Singapore
20:00 UTC+08:00 Fazrul   38'
Webb   45'
Mehmet   63'
Pennant   79'
Details Hendra   43'
Ramazotti   57', 70'
Stadium: Jurong West Stadium
Referee: Muhd Taqi
14 June 14 Tampines Rovers 6 – 1 Garena Young Lions Jurong West, Singapore
20:00 UTC+08:00 Fazrul   20'
Webb   25', 48', 80'
Mustafić   41'
Pennant   78' (pen.)
Details Fareez   33' Stadium: Jurong West Stadium
Referee: Nathan Chan
17 June 15 Balestier Khalsa 2 – 3 Tampines Rovers Toa Payoh, Singapore
20:00 UTC+08:00 Krištić   64'
Fadli   90'
Details Mehmet   6'
Fazrul   43', 74'
Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
12 August 18 Warriors 2 – 3 Tampines Rovers Choa Chu Kang, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00 Béhé   23'
Ridhuan   34'
Details Mehmet   1', 75' (pen.)
Webb   57'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Referee: G. Letchman
17 August 19 Tampines Rovers 1 – 2 Hougang United Jurong West, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00 Webb   45' Details Plazibat   22'
Kogure   90+2'
Stadium: Jurong West Stadium
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
10 September 20 Home United 1 – 0 Tampines Rovers Bishan, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00 Shamil   74' Details Stadium: Bishan Stadium
Referee: G. Letchman
15 October 22 Garena Young Lions 1 – 3 Tampines Rovers Kallang, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00 Syaffiq   57' Details Mehmet   54'
Hanapi   61'
Webb   76'
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Referee: W. Ravisanthiran
22 October 23 Tampines Rovers 2 – 0 Balestier Khalsa Kallang, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00 Hamzah   39'
Mehmet   90+3'
Details Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Referee: Farhad Mohd
26 October 24 Albirex Niigata (S) 1 – 5 Tampines Rovers Kallang, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00 Ishiyama   90' Details Mehmet   9'
Webb   37'
Silvas   42', 73'
Sulaiman   64'
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Albirex Niigata (S)[a] 24 16 2 6 50 24 +26 50
2 Tampines Rovers 24 15 4 5 50 28 +22 49 Qualification to
AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1
or AFC Cup Group Stage
3   DPMM FC[a] 24 12 5 7 47 37 +10 41
4 Home United 24 11 4 9 50 42 +8 37 Qualification to AFC Cup Play-off Round
5 Geylang International 24 10 7 7 35 29 +6 37
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2016. Source: S.League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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 not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup edit

Quarter-final edit

29 June 2016 Tampines Rovers 3–1   Global FC Jurong West Stadium, Singapore
20:00 UTC+8 Mehmet   15'
Fazrul   61'
Hafiz   69'
Details Bahadoran   44' Referee: Farhad Mohd
2 July 2016 Global FC   1–2 Tampines Rovers Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
20:00 UTC+8 Minegishi   21' Details Mehmet   42'
Hafiz   72'
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

Tampines Rovers won 5–2 on aggregate.


Semi-final edit


21 August 2016 Tampines Rovers 2–1   Ceres-La Salle Jurong West Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8 Mustafic   12'
Sufian   49'
Details Bienve   17' Referee: Farhad Mohd
24 August 2016 Ceres-La Salle   2–3 Tampines Rovers Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:45 UTC+8 Schröck   12' (pen.)
Reichelt   78'
Details Hafiz Sujad   57'
Afiq Yunos   105'
S. Akbar   112'
Referee: Muhd Taqi

Tampines Rovers won 5-3 on aggregate.


Final edit

Singapore TNP League Cup edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   DPMM FC 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Advance to semi-final
2 Tampines Rovers 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6
3 Hougang United 3 1 0 2 8 9 −1 3
4 Warriors FC 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: S.League

  Win   Draw   Loss

13 July 2016 Tampines Rovers 6 – 4 Hougang United Jurong West Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8 Shahdan   28'
Na'iim   32' (o.g.)
Webb   35'
Sufian   44' (pen.)
Mehmet   75' (pen.)
Saifullah   83'
Details Kogure   56'
Kapláň   67', 87'
Plazibat   90'
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
17 July 2016 Warriors FC 0 – 3 Tampines Rovers Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8 Details Mehmet   45'
Kwok   55'
Ariyan   62'
Referee: Jansen Foo
21 July 2016 DPMM FC   2 – 1 Tampines Rovers Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8 Adi Said   24'
Azim Izamuddin   86'
Details Billy Mehmet   75' (pen) Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

Semi-final edit

26 July 2016   Albirex Niigata (S) 4 – 0 Tampines Rovers Jurong East Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8 Kawata   32' (67), 72'
Tatsuro  87'
Details Referee: Farhad Mohd

AFC Champions League edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Qualifying play-off edit

27 January 2016 (2016-01-27) Mohun Bagan   3–1   Tampines Rovers Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
19:00 UTC+5:30 Lalpekhlua   6'
Glen   42'
Yusa   84'
Report Hanapi   44' Attendance: 12,640
Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

AFC Cup edit

Group stage edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) Tampines Rovers   4–0   Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8 Mehmet   2'
Abu Sujad   33'
Yunos   52'
Barman   54' (o.g.)
Report Attendance: 2,378
Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)
8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) Selangor   0–1   Tampines Rovers Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium, Selayang
20:45 UTC+8 Report Fazrul   26' Attendance: 5,985
Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)
15 March 2016 (2016-03-15) Tampines Rovers   1–1   Ceres Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8 Abu Sujad   69' Report Gallardo   88' Attendance: 2,241
Referee: Ho Wai Sing (Hong Kong)
12 April 2016 (2016-04-12) Ceres   2–1   Tampines Rovers Panaad Park and Stadium, Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8 Bienve   21' (pen.)
Gallardo   36' (pen.)
Report Mehmet   64' Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Wang Di (China)
26 April 2016 (2016-04-26) Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi   3–2   Tampines Rovers Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
18:30 UTC+6 Darboe   20', 82'
Onuoha   56' (pen.)
Report Mustafić   44'
Mehmet   70'
Attendance: 550
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
10 May 2016 (2016-05-10) Tampines Rovers   1–0   Selangor National Stadium, Singapore
19:00 UTC+8 Hanapi   31' Report Attendance: 11,875
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CER TAM SEL SJD
1   Ceres 6 3 3 0 12 4 +8 12 Knockout stage 2–1 2–2 5–0
2   Tampines Rovers 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10 1–1 1–0 4–0
3   Selangor 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 0–0 0–1 2–1
4   Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 6 1 0 5 7 19 −12 3 0–2 3–2 3–4
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage edit

24 May 2016 (2016-05-24) Mohun Bagan   1–2 (a.e.t.)   Tampines Rovers Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
19:00 UTC+5:30 Singh   72' Report Webb   63'
Yunos   116'
Attendance: 282
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

14 September 2016 (2016-09-14) Bengaluru FC   1–0   Tampines Rovers Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
16:00 UTC+5:30 Vineeth   7' Report Attendance: 120[note 1]
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
21 September 2016 (2016-09-21) Tampines Rovers   0–0   Bengaluru FC Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8 Report Attendance: 1,985
Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

Bengaluru FC won 1–0 on aggregate.

Notes edit

  1. ^ The Bengaluru FC v Tampines Rovers match was played behind closed doors due to local unrest.[16]

References edit

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  9. ^ Singh, Amanpreet (26 February 2016). "Stags maul Cheetahs 4-1 for first win of S.League season". Today.
  10. ^ Singh, Amanpreet (3 March 2016). "Bumper crowd watches Pennant scores first S.League goal". Today online. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
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  12. ^ "Steinebrunner 'p*****' with refereeing decisions as 10-man Warriors fall to Tampines". FourFourTwo. 30 April 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
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  16. ^ "JSW Bengaluru FC v Tampines Rovers match rescheduled". AFC. 13 September 2016.