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2017 Geylang International FC season

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.

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)
← 2016
2018 →

Squad edit

Sleague edit

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 28)  Warriors FC Prime League
24 Syazwan Buhari   (1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 31)  Young Lions
Defenders
2 Anders Eric Aplin   (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 32)  Singapore Recreational Club (NFL Club)
3 Yuki Ichikawa   (1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 36)  Albirex Niigata (S)
4 Isa Halim   (1986-05-15) 15 May 1986 (age 37)  Tampines Rovers
5 Darren Teh    SAFSA
9 Faritz Abdul Hameed   (1990-01-16) 16 January 1990 (age 34)  LionsXII
18 Al-Qaasimy Rahman   (1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 32)  Young Lions
Midfielders
6 Jeevakumaran Balakrishnan   Youth Team
7 Gabriel Quak   (1990-12-22) 22 December 1990 (age 33)  LionsXII
8 Ricardo Sendra   (1987-10-04) 4 October 1987 (age 36)  Club Atlético Alvarado
11 Safirul Sulaiman   (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 31)  Young Lions
14 Stanely Ng   (1992-05-27) 27 May 1992 (age 31)  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 34)  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 33)  Zeyar Shwe Myay
17 Amy Recha   (1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 31)  Young Lions
21 Shawal Anuar   (1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33)  Keppel Monaco (NFL Club)

Prime League edit

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 25)
45 Umar Akhbar   MF Prime League
Forward
32 Ifwat Ismail   FW   Prime League
39 Asshukrie Wahid   FW  Balestier Khalsa Prime League

Coaching staff edit

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 edit

Pre-season transfers edit

Source[1]

In edit

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 [2]
FW   Ricardo Sendra   Club Atlético Alvarado [3]
FW   Asshukrie Wahid   Balestier Khalsa Prime League (To play for Prime League)

Out edit

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK   Hairul Syirhan   Young Lions
GK   Russell Santa Maria Released
DF   Daniel Bennett   Tampines Rovers [4]
DF   Shariff Abdul Samat Released
MF   Mark Hartmann   Sarawak [5]
MF   Carlos Delgado Released
MF   Brandon Koh   SAFSA (NFL Club)
MF   Roberto Camarasa   Recambios Colón
FW   Sahil Suhaimi   Tampines Rovers [6]
FW   Indra Sahdan   Eunos Crescent (NFL Club) [7]

Mid-season transfers edit

Out edit

Position Player Transferred From Ref
MF   Umar Akhbar National Service

Trial edit

Position Player From Ref
FW   Archie Fataki   Balma SC

Friendlies edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

  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 [8] Rydalmere Lions FC   1-3   Geylang International Bedok Stadium
Kosuke Sumiyoshi  45' Shahfiq Ghani  25'
Yuki Ichikawa  51'
Shawal Anuar  59'

In-season friendlies edit

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 edit

Appearances and goals edit

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 edit

Overview edit

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 edit

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 Ortega 55
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 Gazale 62
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
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins

Singapore Cup edit

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 edit

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

  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 edit

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

References edit

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