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2018 Balestier Khalsa season

The 2018 season is Balestier Khalsa's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

Balestier Khalsa
2018 season
ChairmanDarwin Jalil
Head coachMarko Kraljević
StadiumToa Payoh Stadium
Singapore Premier League6th
(Currently)
Singapore Cup-
Top goalscorerLeague: Keegan Linderboom
(5 goals) Currently
All: Keegan Linderboom
(5 goals) Currently
← 2017
2019 →

Squad edit

As of 11 June 2018.
Squad No. Name Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Hafiz Ahmad U23 Home United
12 Nazri Sabri (1989-09-20) 20 September 1989 (age 34) Eunos Crescent
13 Zacharial Leong U23
19 Zaiful Nizam (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 36)
Defenders
2 Fadli Kamis (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 31)
3 Shaqi Sulaiman U23 (1998-11-10) 10 November 1998 (age 25) Hougang United
4 Khalili Khalif U23 (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27) Home United
5 Nurisham Jupri U23 (1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 28) Eunos Crescent
6 Nurullah Hussein (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 30)
9 Zakir Samsudin (1994-01-18) 18 January 1994 (age 30) LionsXII
10 Sufianto Salleh (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 31) Home United
15 Sheikh Abdul Hadi (1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 (age 32)
18 Ahmad Syahir Sahimi (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32)
25 Sharin Majid U23 (1995-03-31) 31 March 1995 (age 29) Warriors FC
Midfielders
7 Hazzuwan Halim (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30)
8 Raihan Rahman (1991-02-07) 7 February 1991 (age 33)
11 Huzaifah Aziz (1994-06-24) 24 June 1994 (age 29)
14 Afiq Salman Tan U23 (1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 28)
16 Khairuddin Omar U23 (1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 28)
17 Fariz Faizal U23 (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 27)
22   Vedran Mesec (1988-02-20) 20 February 1988 (age 36)   NK Aluminij
24 Noor Akid Nordin U23 (1996-10-28) 28 October 1996 (age 27) Home United
58 Daniel Hazreel U23 (1999-05-31) 31 May 1999 (age 24) Kembagan United
68   Sanjin Vrebac U19 (2000-02-25) 25 February 2000 (age 24)   VfR Fischeln
70 Haiqal Adnan U19
Strikers
21   Keegan Linderboom (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 34)   Waitakere United
23 Akbar Shah U23 (1996-05-29) 29 May 1996 (age 27) Home United
67   Dusan Marinkovic U19   FK Internacional

Coaching staff edit

[1]

Position Name
Head coach   Marko Kraljević
Assistant coach Haris Sumri
Goalkeeping coach Koh Chuan Hwee/ Rizal Abdul Rahman
Fitness coach Rosman Sulaiman
Team Chairman Darwin Jalil
Physiotherapist Mohamed Nasser
Kitman Abdul Latiff

Transfer edit

Pre-season transfer edit

In edit

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK Nazri Sabri Eunos Crescent (NFL Club) [2]
GK Hafiz Ahmad Home United
DF Sufianto Salleh Home United 2 Years Contract [3][4]
DF Nurullah Hussein Free Agent 2 Years Contract [5]
DF Shaqi Sulaiman Hougang United 2 Years Contract [6]
DF Sharin Majid Warriors FC
DF Khalili Khalif Home United Prime League [7]
MF Daniel Hazreel Kembangan United FC (NFL Club) [8]
MF Nurisham Jupri Eunos Crescent (NFL Club) [9]
MF Noor Akid Nordin Home United 2 Years Contract [10]
MF Afiq Salman Tan Free Agent 2 Years Contract [11]
MF   Keegan Linderboom   Waitakere United [12]
FW Akbar Shah Home United 2 Years Contract [13]
FW   Vedran Mesec   NK Aluminij [14]

Out edit

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK A. Renonathan
GK Naqiuddin Nodin
GK Hamzah Fazil
DF Zulkhair Mustaffa SAFSA (NFL Club) loan
DF Tajeli Salamat Warriors FC [15]
DF Ashrul Syafeeq Hougang United [16]
DF Azmeerudin Jamludain Eunos Crescent FC (NFL Club)
DF Hanafi Salleh
MF   Kyaw Zayar Win
MF   Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit   Prachuap FC [17]
MF   Aung Kyaw Naing   Angthong FC
MF Mahathir Azeman
MF Jonathan Tan SAFSA (NFL Club) loan
MF Hanafi Akbar Tampines Rovers [18]
MF Shah Hirul
MF Danial Farhan Tan

Retained edit

Position Player Ref
GK Zaiful Nizam 2 years contract [19]
DF Fadli Kamis 2 years contract [20]
DF Sheikh Abdul Hadi 2 years contract [21]
DF Ahmad Syahir 1 year contract [22]
MF Raihan Rahman 2 years contract [23]
MF Huzaifah Aziz 2 years contract [24]
MF Hazzuwan Halim 2 years contract [25]

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Position Player Ref
GK Zacharial Leong [26]
MF Fariz Faizal 2 Years Contract [27]
MF Khairuddin Omar 2 Years Contract [28]

Mid-season transfer edit

In edit

Position Player Transferred From Ref
DF Zakir Samsudin Free Agent [29]
MF   Sanjin Vrebac   VfR Fischeln Balestier Khalsa U19[30]
FW   Dusan Marinkovic   FK Internacional Balestier Khalsa U19[31]

Friendly edit

Pre-Season Friendly edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

31 January 2018 (2018-01-31) 1 Young Lions   0-0 Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
1700 hours
9 February 2018 (2018-02-09) 2 Balestier Khalsa 1-0 Warriors FC Choa Chu Kang Stadium
1900 hours Hazzuwan Halim  5'
24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 3 Balestier Khalsa 3-1 Balestier United Toa Payoh Stadium
3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) 4 Balestier Khalsa 0-1 Geylang International Bedok Stadium
Darren Teh 
10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) 5 Balestier Khalsa 0-1   Malaysia U18 Toa Payoh Stadium
1900 hours   72'

Team statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of 29 September 2018

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup Total
Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals
1 GK Hafiz Ahmad 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Fadli Kamis 23 4 5 0 28 4
3 DF Shaqi Sulaiman 14 0 5 0 19 0
4 DF Khalili Khalif 3(4) 0 4 0 11 0
5 DF Nurisham Jupri 10(2) 0 0 0 12 0
6 DF Nurullah Hussein 13(2) 2 3(1) 0 19 2
7 MF Hazzuwan Halim 19(4) 4 5 3 28 6
8 MF Raihan Rahman 5 0 0 0 5 0
9 DF Zakir Samsudin 0(4) 1 0(3) 0 4 1
10 DF Sufianto Salleh 12(5) 0 1(2) 0 20 0
11 MF Huzaifah Aziz 20(1) 4 5 1 26 5
12 GK Nazri Sabri 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK Zacharial Leong 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Afiq Tan 10(3) 0 0(2) 0 14 0
15 DF Sheikh Abdul Hadi 16(1) 1 2 0 19 1
16 MF Khairuddin Omar 3 (4) 0 0 0 7 0
17 MF Fariz Faizal 14(7) 0 5 0 26 0
18 DF Ahmad Syahir 16(5) 0 4 0 25 0
19 GK Zaiful Nizam (captain) 24 0 4 0 28 0
21 MF   Keegan Linderboom 15(2) 5 5 1 22 6
22 FW   Vedran Mesec 14 2 3 0 17 2
23 MF Akbar Shah 5(9) 1 0(3) 0 16 1
24 MF Noor Akid Nordin 16(5) 1 1 0 22 1
25 DF Sharin Majid 5 0 0 0 5 0
58 MF Daniel Hazreel 0 (2) 0 0 0 2 0
67 MF   Dusan Marinkovic 0 (2) 0 0 0 2 0
68 MF   Sanjin Vrebac 8(1) 0 2 0 11 0
70 MF Haiqal Adnan 0 (1) 0 0 0 1 0

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Singapore Premier League 24 7 6 11 25 36 −11 029.17
Singapore Cup 5 1 3 1 5 6 −1 020.00
Total 29 8 9 12 30 42 −12 027.59

Singapore Premier League edit

Main article: 2018 Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 April 2018 (2018-04-04) Round 1 Home United 3-1 Balestier Khalsa Bishan Stadium
Sirina Camara  77'
Song Ui-young  88'
Shahril Ishak  90+3'		 Keegan Linderboom  27' (pen) Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)
8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) Round 2 Balestier Khalsa 0-1   Albirex Niigata (S) Toa Payoh Stadium
Sheikh Abdul Hadi  76' (o.g) Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)
11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) Round 3 Balestier Khalsa 3-1   Young Lions Toa Payoh Stadium
Vedran Mesec  39'
Keegan Linderboom  60'
Sheikh Abdul Hadi  74'		 Prakash Raj  66'
14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) Round 4 Geylang International 0-1 Balestier Khalsa Bedok Stadium
Fadli Kamis  19'  78'
Afiq Salman Tan  46'
Huzaifah Aziz  75'
22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) Round 5 Hougang United 1-1 Balestier Khalsa Hougang Stadium
Iqbal Hussain  48'
Fabian Kwok  34'
Syahiran Miswan  61'
Illyas Lee  85'		 Keegan Linderboom  9'
Huzaifah Aziz  73'		 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
29 April 2018 (2018-04-29) Round 6 Balestier Khalsa 2-1 Warriors FC Toa Payoh Stadium
Keegan Linderboom  26'
Noor Akid Nordin  50'
Fadli Kamis  67'
Sufianto Salleh  89'		 Jonathan Béhé  74'
Hafiz Sulaiman  15'		 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)
2 May 2018 (2018-05-02) Round 7 Tampines Rovers 1-0 Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
Irfan Najeeb  49' Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)
13 May 2018 (2018-05-13) Round 8 Balestier Khalsa 1-2   DPMM FC Toa Payoh Stadium
Hazzuwan Halim  2' Volodymyr Pryyomov  55'
[[ Adi Said]]  64' (pen)		 Referee: G.Letchman (Singapore)
19 May 2018 (2018-05-19) Round 9 Balestier Khalsa 2-1 Home United National Stadium, Singapore
Vedran Mesec  87'
Huzaifah Aziz  90+1'		 Hafiz Nor  9'
Anumanthan Kumar  90+5'		 Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)
27 May 2018 (2018-05-27) Round 10 Albirex Niigata (S)   5-0 Balestier Khalsa Jurong East Stadium
Shuhei Hoshino  9'
Taku Morinaga  50,71,73'
Hiroyoshi Kamata  67'		 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)
2 June 2018 (2018-06-02) Round 11 Balestier Khalsa 1-2 Geylang International Toa Payoh Stadium
Huzaifah Aziz  30' (pen)  70'
Nurullah Hussein  51'
Noor Akid Nordin  57'		 Fairoz Hasan  1'
Yuki Ichikawa  74'
Jufri Taha  29'		 Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)
10 June 2018 (2018-06-10) Round 12 Young Lions   0-2 Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Huzaifah Aziz  43'
Akbar Shah  78'		 Referee: G.Letchman (Singapore)
17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) Round 13 Balestier Khalsa 0-1 Hougang United Toa Payoh Stadium
Nurullah Hussein  58'
Sheikh Abdul Hadi  84'
Hazzuwan Halim  90+4'		 Nurhilmi Jasni  73'
Illyas Lee  18'
Fabian Kwok  23'

Justin Hui  82'
Khairulhin Khalid  90+4'
Jordan Vestering  90+4'
23 June 2018 (2018-06-23) Round 14 Warriors FC 3-0 Balestier Khalsa Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Ignatius Ang  20'
Jonathan Béhé  48'  90+1'
30 June 2018 (2018-06-30) Round 15 Balestier Khalsa 2-5 Tampines Rovers Toa Payoh Stadium
Hazzuwan Halim  21' (pen)
Akbar Shah  78'		 Irfan Najeeb  9'
Khairul Amri  25,70,90+1'
Jordan Webb  90+3'
7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) Round 16 DPMM FC   2-2 Balestier Khalsa Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Suhaimi Anak Sulau  5'
Shahrazen Said  23' (pen)		 Fadil Kamis  50'
Huzaifah Aziz  67'		 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)
15 July 2018 (2018-07-15) Round 17 Home United 1-1 Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Shahril Ishak  42' (pen) Fadil Kamis  16' Referee: G.Letchman (Singapore)
22 July 2018 (2018-07-22) Round 18 Balestier Khalsa 1-1   Albirex Niigata (S) Toa Payoh Stadium
Kenya Takahashi  32' Hazzuwan Halim  47'
1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) Round 19 Geylang International 1-0 Balestier Khalsa Bedok Stadium
Anders Aplin  73' Dusan Marinkovic  82'
15 August 2018 (2018-08-15) Round 20 Hougang United 1-2 Balestier Khalsa Hougang Stadium
Antonie Viterale  26' Zakir Samsudin  73'
Hazzuwan Halim  75'		 Referee: Juherman Zaiton (Singapore)
19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) Round 21 Balestier Khalsa 2-2 Warriors FC Toa Payoh Stadium
Fadli Kamis  40'
Nurullah Hussein  76'  43'
Huzaifah Aziz  88'
Shaqi Sulaiman  94'		 Jonathan Béhé  28'  71'
Firdaus Kasman  65'		 Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) Round 22 (Rescheduled) Tampines Rovers 1-0 Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
Madhu Mohana  39'
12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) Round 23 (Rescheduled) Balestier Khalsa 1-0   Young Lions Toa Payoh Stadium
Keegan Linderboom  37'
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) Round 24 (Rescheduled) Balestier Khalsa 0-0   DPMM FC Toa Payoh Stadium
Fadli Kamis  82'
Akbar Shah  82'		 Azwan Saleh  82'
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Tampines Rovers 24 12 4 8 43 27 +16 40 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
5 Warriors FC 24 7 7 10 32 35 −3 28
6 Balestier Khalsa 24 7 6 11 25 36 −11 27
7 Young Lions[a] 24 5 6 13 25 46 −21 21
8 Geylang International 24 5 5 14 26 57 −31 20
Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2018. Source: Singapore Premier 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 ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup edit

Main article: 2018 Singapore Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29) Quarter Final
1st Leg		 Geylang International 0-0 Balestier Khalsa Bedok Stadium
Danish Irfan Azman  35'
Azhar Sairudin  48'
Afiq Yunos  50'		 Noor Akid Nordin  27'  58'
Ahmad Syahir  42'		 Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) Quarter Final
2nd Leg		 Balestier Khalsa 1-0
(1–0 agg.)		 Geylang International Toa Payoh Stadium
Hazzuwan Halim  85' (pen) Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (Singapore)

Balestier Khalsa won 1-0 on aggregate.

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) Semi Final
1st Leg		 DPMM FC   2-0 Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Volodymyr Pryyomov  68' (pen)
Adi Said  70'		 Shaqi Sulaiman  38' Referee: Muhammad Farhan B Abd Rahman (Singapore)
3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) Semi Final
2nd Leg		 Balestier Khalsa 2-2
(2-4 agg.)		   DPMM FC Toa Payoh Stadium
Hazzuwan Halim  37' (pen)
Huzaifah Aziz  41'
Ahmad Syahir  77'		 Shahrazen Said  79'
Volodymyr Pryyomov  83'
Haimie Anak Nyaring  36'		 Referee: Y.Sathyakumar (Singapore)

Balestier lost 2–4 on aggregate.

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 3rd/4th Placing Home United 2-2
(4-5 p)		 Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Faritz Hameed  74'
Isaka Cernak  92' (pen)
Faisal Roslan  56'
Izzdin Shafiq  34'
Shakir Hamzah  39'		 Hazzuwan Halim  26' (pen)
Keegan Linderboom  37'
Fariz Faizal  68'		 Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)
Penalties
Isaka Cernak  
Faritz Hameed  
Shakir Hamzah  
Izzdin Shafiq  
Fazli Ayob 		 Shaqi Sulaiman  
Sufianto Salleh  
Nurullah Hussein  
Huzaifah Aziz  
Sanjin Vrebac  

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Staff for Balestier". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  2. ^ "Balestier Khalsa is pleased to announce the new signing of Nazri Sabri for 2018 following three seasons from 2015 to 2017 with National Football League outfit Eunos Crescent FC".
  3. ^ "Sufianto switch from Dragons to Tigers". Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  4. ^ "Balestier Khalsa are delighted to confirm the new signing of 25-year-old Sufianto Salleh from Home United on 2 years deal".
  5. ^ "Nurullah Hussein returns to Balestier after serving his National Service!".
  6. ^ "Balestier Khalsa are pleased to confirm the signing of Shaqi Sulaiman from Hougang United FC!".
  7. ^ "Khalili move back to the Den".
  8. ^ "Daniel move back to the Den".
  9. ^ "Nurisham Jupri move back to the Den".
  10. ^ "Noor Akid Nordin has returned to Balestier Khalsa after completing his National Service last week!".
  11. ^ "Afiq Salman Tan has rejoined the Tigers after completing his National Service !".
  12. ^ "NZ striker to lead the line for the Tiger!".
  13. ^ "Akbar Shah Zainudeen has rejoined the Tigers after completing his National Service!".
  14. ^ "Verdan the new poacher on roar!".
  15. ^ "Tajeli Salamat joins Tiong Bahru FC for 2018 NFL".
  16. ^ "Ashrul goes to dad's club".
  17. ^ "Nanda move to newly promoted thai club". Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  18. ^ "Hanafi left Tigers for Stags". Archived from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  19. ^ "Zaiful signed for another 2 years".
  20. ^ "Fadli signed for another 2 years".
  21. ^ "Sheikh Abdul Hadi recently penned a two-year extension to his playing contract, which will run until 2019".
  22. ^ "Syahir extended another season till 2018".
  23. ^ "Raihan extends till 2019".
  24. ^ "Huzaifah Aziz has signed for the Tigers for another two years".
  25. ^ "Hazzuwan extends 2 years of contract".
  26. ^ "Zacharial Leong promoted to main squad in 2018".
  27. ^ "Fariz Faizal promoted to main squad in 2018".
  28. ^ "Khairuddin Omar returns to Balestier after serving his National Service!".
  29. ^ "Former LionsXII defender Zakir Samsudin joins Balestier Khalsa". Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  30. ^ "New blood may give Tigers fresh impetus".
  31. ^ "New blood may give Tigers fresh impetus".
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