2017 Hougang United FC season

The 2017 season is Hougang United's 20th 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.

Hougang United
2017 season
ChairmanBill Ng
Head coachPhilippe Aw
StadiumHougang Stadium
S.LeagueOngoing
Singapore CupSemi-finals
League CupGroup Stage
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Squad edit

As of 6 January 2017.[1]

Sleague edit

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Zulfairuuz Rudy   (1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 29)  Home United
13 Ridhuan Barudin   (1987-03-23) 23 March 1987 (age 37)  Tampines Rovers
18 Khairulhin Khalid   (1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 (age 32)  LionsXII
Defenders
3 Ali Hudzafi   (1992-03-23) 23 March 1992 (age 32)  Young Lions
4 Delwinder Singh   (1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 31)  Young Lions
5 Atsushi Shirota   (1991-11-06) 6 November 1991 (age 32)  Albirex Niigata (S)
17 Faiz Salleh   (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 31)  Young Lions
21 Lionel Tan   (1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 (age 26)  Home United
25 Wahyudi Wahid   (1989-10-29) 29 October 1989 (age 34)  LionsXII
Midfielders
2 Fairoz Hasan   (1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 (age 35)  Gombak United
8 Azhar Sairudin   (1986-12-30) 30 December 1986 (age 37)  Home United
10 Fumiya Kogure   (1989-06-28) 28 June 1989 (age 34)  Albirex Niigata (S)
11 Nazrul Nazari   (1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 33)  LionsXII
12 Fabian Kwok   (1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 35)  Tampines Rovers
16 Syahiran Miswan   (1994-01-22) 22 January 1994 (age 30)  Home United
19 Nurhilmi Jasni   (1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 37)  Balestier Khalsa
20 Afiq Noor   (1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 30)  Young Lions
23 Zulfahmi Arifin   (1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 (age 32)  Home United
Forwards
7 Fareez Farhan   (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 29)  Young Lions
9 Pablo Rodriguez   (1985-07-20) 20 July 1985 (age 38)  Madura United
14 Iqbal Hussain   (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 30)  Young Lions
24 Amir Zalani   (1996-12-04) 4 December 1996 (age 27)  Home United

Prime league edit

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
32 Ahmad Fadly   (1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 29)  Tampines Rovers
42 Heng How Meng    Home United Prime League
Defender
27 Daniel Goh    Home United Prime League
28 Nasrul Taib   (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 26)  Home United Prime League
34 Ariyan Shamsuddin   (1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 26)  Tampines Rovers Prime League
39 Amer Hakeem   (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 25)  NFA U18
40 Shahrul Affandy   (1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 (age 26)  NFA U18
41 Shaqi Sulaiman   (1998-11-10) 10 November 1998 (age 25)  Home United Prime League
43 Kishon Philip   (1999-11-26) 26 November 1999 (age 24)  NFA U18
46 Asraf Zahid   (1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 (age 24)
47 Gerald Joseph Ting   (1999-03-03) 3 March 1999 (age 25)
Midfielder
29 Benedict Sim Yu Hao    Home United Prime League
30 Prakash Raj    NFA U18
31 Aarish Kumar  
33 Justin Hui   (1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 26)  NFA U18
35 Royston Tan   (1998-02-22) 22 February 1998 (age 26)  NFA U18
36 Gareth Low Jun Kit   (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 27)  Young Lions
38 Darren Yap   (1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 25)  NFA U17
44 Karthik Raj   (1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 26)  Home United Prime League
Forward
26 Antonie Viterale   (1996-07-01) 1 July 1996 (age 27)  Hellas Verona
27 Daniel Goh Ji Xiong   (1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 24)
37 Syukri Bashir   (1998-04-11) 11 April 1998 (age 26)  NFA U18
45 Nurhalis Azmi   (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 (age 27)  Home United Prime League

Transfers edit

Pre-season transfers edit

[2]

In edit

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK   Zulfairuuz Rudy   Home United [3]
DF   Atsushi Shirota   Albirex Niigata [4]
DF   Lionel Tan   Home United Prime League [5]
DF   Ariyan Shamsuddin  NFA U17 To play for Prime League
MF   Fabian Kwok   Tampines Rovers [6]
MF   Azhar Sairudin   Home United [7]
MF   Zulfahmi Arifin   Home United [8]
MF  Syahiran Miswan  Home United
MF   Gareth Low Jun Kit   Young Lions To play for Prime League
FW   Fareez Farhan   Young Lions [9]
FW   Antonie Viterale   Hellas Verona Primavera [10]
FW   Amir Zalani   Home United Prime League [11]
FW   Pablo Rodriguez   Madura United [12]

Out edit

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK   Fawwaz Anuar  Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club)
DF   Yusiskandar Yusop Released
DF   Khairulnizam Jumahat   South Avenue SC
DF   Faliq Sudir  Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club)
MF   Nur Na'im Ishak  Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club)
MF   Nur Ridho Jafri  Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club)
MF   Raihan Rahman   Balestier Khalsa [13]
MF   Huzaifa Aziz   Balestier Khalsa
FW   Jozef Kapláň   FK Poprad [14]
FW   Stipe Plazibat   Home United [15]
FW   Samuel Benjamin  Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club)

Trial edit

Position Player From Ref

Mid-season transfers edit

Out edit

Position Player Transferred To Ref
MF   Anumanthan Kumar   Home United National Service

Friendlies edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 January 2017 Friendly Hougang United   3-0   Singapore Cricket Club Cosmo Dempsey Field
Fumiya Kogure 
Afiq Mat Noor 
Iqbal Hussain 

In-season friendlies edit

July 2017 Friendly Hougang United   4-1   Tiong Bahru FC
30 August 2017 Friendly Hougang United   1-1   Johor Darul Ta'zim Hougang Stadium
Iqbal Hussain  84' S.Chanturu  59'

Coaching staff edit

[16]

Position Name Ref.
Head coach   Philippe Aw
Assistant coach   Clement Teo
Prime League Coach   Robin Chitrakar
Fitness coach   Dirk Schauenberg
Goalkeeping coach   Lim Queen Cher
Team manager   Clement Teo
Sports trainer   Thomas Pang
Kitman  

Team statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup League Cup Total
Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals
1 GK   Zulfairuuz Rudy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF   Fairoz Hasan 6(4) 1 1(2) 1 1(2) 1 8(8) 3
3 DF   Ali Hudzafi 11(2) 0 2 0 3 0 16(2) 0
4 DF   Delwinder Singh 13(1) 0 6 1 1 0 20(1) 0
5 DF   Atsushi Shirota 23 0 6 0 3 0 32 0
7 FW   Fareez Farhan 7(5) 4 3(3) 1 1(1) 1 11(9) 6
8 MF   Azhar Sairudin 14(2) 2 1(1) 0 2 0 17(3) 2
9 FW   Pablo Rodriguez 8(4) 2 3(1) 4 2 1 13(5) 7
10 MF   Fumiya Kogure 17(2) 7 5 2 2(1) 0 24(3) 9
11 MF   Nazrul Nazari 18(2) 3 5 0 3 0 26(2) 3
12 MF   Fabian Kwok 16(3) 0 5 1 3 0 24(3) 1
13 GK   Ridhuan Barudin 7 0 1 0 3 0 11 0
14 FW   Iqbal Hussain 6(7) 3 2(1) 0 0(2) 0 8(10) 3
16 MF   Syahiran Miswan 14(3) 0 5 1 2 0 21(3) 1
17 DF   Faiz Salleh 12(4) 0 3(2) 0 1(1) 0 16(7) 0
18 GK   Khairulhin Khalid 17(1) 0 5 0 0 0 22(1) 0
19 MF   Nurhilmi Jasni (captain) 10(3) 2 2(1) 0 0 0 12(4) 2
20 MF   Afiq Noor 6(4) 0 1(2) 0 1(1) 0 8(7) 0
21 DF   Lionel Tan 12(1) 0 1(1) 0 0 0 13(2) 0
23 MF   Zulfahmi Arifin 19(1) 0 5 0 2 0 26(1) 0
24 FW   Amir Zalani 3(5) 0 0 0 0 0 3(5) 0
25 DF   Wahyudi Wahid 4(1) 0 2(1) 0 0 0 6(2) 0
26 FW   Antoine Viterale 9(4) 0 0(2) 1 0 0 10(6) 1
33 MF   Justin Hui 1(4) 1 1 0 0(1) 0 2(5) 1
34 DF   Ariyan Shamsuddin 1(2) 0 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0
36 MF   Gareth Low Jun Kit 2(3) 0 0 0 0 0 2(3) 0
37 FW   Syukri Bashir 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0
47 DF   Gerald Ting 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
6 MF   Anumanthan Kumar 4(1) 0 0 0 0 0 4(1) 0

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
S.League 24 9 3 12 24 31 −7 037.50
Singapore Cup 5 3 1 1 12 5 +7 060.00
League Cup 3 0 3 0 3 3 +0 000.00
Total 32 12 7 13 39 39 +0 037.50

S.League edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

3 March 2017 (2017-03-03) Round 2 Tampines Rovers   2-1   Hougang United Jalan Besar Stadium
Ivan Džoni 29'
Khairul Amri  61'
Irwan Shah  84'
Fumiya Kogure 90'
Zulfahmi Arifin  7'
Syahiran Miswan  33'
Attendance: 1,585
Referee: Muhd Taqi
11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) Round 3 Hougang United   2-0   Young Lions Hougang Stadium
Fareez Farhan  45'
Fumiya Kogure  63'
Zulfahmi Arifin  56'
Nazrul Nazari  65'
Ammirul Emmran  62' Attendance: 1,354[17]
Referee: G Letchman
2 April 2017 (2017-04-02) Round 4 Brunei DPMM   2-0   Hougang United Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Billy Mehmet  9'  70'
Hendra Azam  45'
Željko Savić  59'
Azwan Saleh  62'
Ali Hudzaifi  23'
Azhar Sairudin  30'
Pablo Rodríguez  59'
Afiq Noor  68'
Referee: Nathan Chan
9 April 2017 (2017-04-09) Round 5 Hougang United   0-2   Home United Hougang Stadium
Lionel Tan  17'
Nazrul Nazari  28'
Ali Hudzaifi   75'
Irfan Fandi  60'
Stipe Plazibat  72'
Aqhari Abdullah  87'
Attendance: 1,570
Referee: Farhad Mohd
14 April 2017 (2017-04-14) Round 6 Albirex Niigata (S)   2-0   Hougang United Jalan Besar Stadium
Tsubasa Sano  56,89'
Naofumi Tanaka  31'
Nazrul Nazari  63'
Fabian Kwok  73'
Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
27 April 2017 (2017-04-27) Round 7 Hougang United   1-0   Balestier Khalsa Hougang Stadium
Nurhilmi Jasni  39'
Ali Hudzaifi  90'
Lionel Tan  90'
Raihan Rahman  17'
Ahmad Syahir  71'
Attendance: 853
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
11 May 2017 (2017-05-11) Round 8 Warriors FC   0-2   Hougang United Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Jordan Webb  13'
Firdaus Kasman  20'
Syaqir Sulaiman  21'
Hafiz Osman  34'  88'  
Zulfadli Zainal Abidin  57'
Fumiya Kogure  53'
Fareez Farhan  90'
Nazrul Nazari  1'
Azhar Sairudin  13'
Attendance: 1,438
Referee: Farhad Mohamed
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
25 May 2017 (2017-05-25) Round 10 Hougang United   0-3   Tampines Rovers Hougang Stadium
Syukri Bashir  79' Khairul Amri  58'  36'
Madhu Mohana  85'
Jamil Ali  90'
Attendance: 832
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) Round 11 (Rescheduled) Hougang United   1-2   Brunei DPMM Hougang Stadium
Azhar Sairudin  85'
Gareth Low  29'
Lionel Tan  90'
Adi Said  29'
Daúd Gazale  77'
Vincent Reyes  61'
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
30 June 2017 (2017-06-30) Round 12 Home United   2-3   Hougang United Jalan Besar Stadium
Stipe Plazibat  35'
Khairul Nizam  49'
Hariss Harun  37'
Irfan Fandi  64'
Nazrul Nazari  33'  40'  84'
Fareez Farhan  83'
Lionel Tan  65'
Referee: G Letchman
3 July 2017 (2017-07-03) Round 13 Hougang United   2-1   Albirex Niigata (S) Hougang Stadium
Pablo Rodriguez  26'
Fairoz Hasan  47'
Ryota Nakai  10' (pen) Attendance: 980
Referee: Muhd Syahir
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29) Round 14 Balestier Khalsa   0-0   Hougang United Toa Payoh Stadium
Raihan Rahman  90' Syahiran Miswan  36'
Delwinder Singh  90'
Pablo Rodríguez  90'
Nazrul Nazari   53'
Attendance: 966
Referee: Jansen Foo
4 August 2017 (2017-08-04) Round 15 Hougang United   0-1   Warriors FC Jalan Besar Stadium
Shahril Ishak  6'
Hafiz Osman  58'
Andrei Ciolacu  61'
Attendance: 1,259
Referee: G Letchman
18 August 2017 (2017-08-18) Round 16 Hougang United   0-1   Geylang International Hougang Stadium
Shawal Anuar  28' Attendance: 741
Referee: Muhd Taqi
9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) Round 17 Tampines Rovers   5-1   Hougang United Our Tampines Hub
Shahdan Sulaiman  12' (pen)  54' (pen)
Irwan Shah  45'
Ryutaro Megumi  65'
Fazli Ayob  90'
Ismadi Mukhtar  79'
Fareez Farhan  4'
Lionel Tan  11'
Faiz Salleh  66'
Attendance: 1,521
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
15 September 2017 (2017-09-15) Round 18 Hougang United   2-1   Young Lions FC Hougang Stadium
Pablo Rodríguez  1'
Nurhilmi Jasni  17'  44'
Delwinder Singh  26'
Syahiran Miswan  36'  73'  
Rusyaidi Salime  37' Attendance: 650
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
19 September 2017 (2017-09-19) Round 19 Brunei DPMM   1-4   Hougang United Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Rafael Ramazotti  74'
Azwan Ali  34'
Nurikhwan Othman  38'
Fumiya Kogure  8' (pen)  27' (pen)  84'
Iqbal Hussain  76'
Lionel Tan  5'
Antoine Viterale  80'
Attendance: 778
Referee: Farhad Mohamed
15 October 2017 (2017-10-15) Round 20 (Rescheduled) Hougang United   0-2   Home United Hougang Stadium
Fabian Kwok  88' Abdil Qaiyyim  55'
Stipe Plazibat  69'
Anumanthan Kumar  46'
Izzdin Shafiq  89'
Attendance: 901
Referee: G Letchman
24 October 2017 (2017-10-24) Round 22 Young Lions FC   0-1   Hougang United Jalan Besar Stadium
Amirul Adli  28' Justin Hui  60'
Faiz Salleh  41'
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) Round 23 Hougang United   0-1   Balestier Khalsa Hougang Stadium
Syahiran Miswan  38'
Iqbal Hamid Hussain  45'
Hazzuwan Halim  59' (pen)
Raihan Rahman  87'
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
17 November 2017 (2017-11-17) Round 24 Warriors FC   1-1   Hougang United Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Hafiz Nor  39' Iqbal Hussain  17'
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
7 Balestier Khalsa 24 5 4 15 17 33 −16 19
8   DPMM FC[a] 24 5 2 17 30 61 −31 17
Source: S.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 not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Preliminary round edit

20 June 2017 (2017-06-20) Preliminary round Hougang United   1-0   Ceres–Negros Hougang Stadium
Antoine Viterale  77'
Fabian Kwok  14'
Ali Hudzafi  42'
Khairulhin Khalid  90+3'
Nazrul Nazari  90+4'
Kevin Ingreso  14'
Fernando Rodríguez  53'
Martin Steuble  90+4'
Referee: Sukhbir Singh

Quarter-final edit

11 August 2017 (2017-08-11) Quarter-final Leg 1 Hougang United   4-1   Nagaworld FC Hougang Stadium
Fumiya Kogure  15,40'
Pablo Rodríguez  72'  59'
Fairoz Hasan  85'
Atsushi Shirota  81'
Atuhei Kipson  59' (pen)
Nhim Sovannara  68'
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
14 August 2017 (2017-08-14) Quarter-final Leg 2 Nagaworld FC   0-4   Hougang United Jalan Besar Stadium
Pablo Rodríguez  44,69'  59'
Fareez Farhan  66'
Syahiran Miswan  78'
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

Hougang United won 8-1 on aggregate

Semi-final edit

27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) Semi-final Leg 1 Global Cebu F.C.   2-2   Hougang United Jalan Besar Stadium
Darryl Roberts  33,68'
Hikaru Minegishi  57'
Dennis Villanueva  59'
Paul Mulders  90'
Delwinder Singh  28'
Fabian Kwok  85'
Fareez Farhan  53'
Referee: Nathan Chan
30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) Semi-final Leg 2 Hougang United   1-2   Global Cebu F.C. Hougang Stadium
Pablo Rodríguez  39' Darryl Roberts  13,72' Referee: G Letchman

Hougang United lost 4-3 on aggregate

3rd/4th place edit

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 3rd/4th place Home United   1-0   Hougang United Jalan Besar Stadium
Amiruldin Asraf  21' Referee: Farhad Mohd

Singapore TNP League Cup edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Albirex Niigata (S) 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 Advance to semi-final
2 Warriors 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
3 Hougang United 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4 Home United 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source: S.League

Group matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 July 2017 (2017-07-07) Group Stage M1 Hougang United   0-0   Albirex Niigata (S) Hougang Stadium
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) Group Stage M2 Home United   1-1   Hougang United Jalan Besar Stadium
Stipe Plazibat  39'
Abdil Qaiyyim  25'
Afiq Yunos  90'  90'  
Khairul Nizam  90'
Fairoz Hasan  36'
Afiq Noor  53'
Justin Hui  70'
Delwinder Singh  90'
Referee: Farhad Mohd
13 July 2017 (2017-07-13) Group Stage M3 Hougang United   2-2   Warriors FC Hougang Stadium
Fareez Farhan  35'
Pablo Rodríguez  57'
Fabien Kwok  62'
Shahril Ishak  6'
Ho Wai Loon  41'
Referee: Muhd Syahir

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