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2018 Geylang International FC season

The 2018 season is Geylang International's 23rd 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
2018 season
ChairmanBen Teng
Head coachHirotaka Usui
StadiumBedok Stadium
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Key events edit

November 2017 edit

On 28/11/2017, it was reported that there has been a rift between some Geylang International players and the club's management.[1]

Squad edit

Sleague edit

As of 20 February 2017.
No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Jasper Chan   (1988-11-07) 7 November 1988 (age 35)   Warriors FC
24 Danial Faris U23   23 May 1997 (age 22) Youth Team
25 Zainol Gulam   (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32)   Warriors FC
Defenders
2 Anders Aplin   (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 32)  SRC (Defunct NFL Club)
3 Jufri Taha >30   (1985-03-04) 4 March 1985 (age 39)   Tampines Rovers
4 Zulfadli Zainal Abidin   (1988-04-26) 26 April 1988 (age 36)   Warriors FC
5 Darren Teh U23   (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 27)   SAFSA (NFL D1)
11 Yeo Hai Ngee U23   (1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 29)   Young Lions FC
14 Danish Irfan U23   (1999-03-10) 10 March 1999 (age 25)   NFA U18
15 Afiq Yunos   (1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 33)   Tampines Rovers
21 Yuki Ichikawa (Captain)   (1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 36)   Albirex Niigata (S)
22 Ahmad Zaki U23   (1997-04-20) 20 April 1997 (age 27) Youth Team
Midfielders
6 Umar Akhbar U23   Youth Team
7 Ryan Syaffiq U23   (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 27)   Young Lions FC
8 Azhar Sairudin >30   (1986-12-30) 30 December 1986 (age 37)   Hougang United
9 Fuad Ramli   (1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 29)   SAFSA (NFL D1)
10 Fumiya Kogure   (1989-06-28) 28 June 1989 (age 34)   Hougang United
12 Sadiq Rahim U23   Youth Team
13 Ryson Yap   (1993-01-30) 30 January 1993 (age 31)   Police SA (NFL D1)
16 Noor Ariff U23   Youth Team
19 Farish Khan U23   Youth Team
Forwards
17 Cameron Ayrton Bell   (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30)   Tampines Rovers Prime League
18 Shawal Anuar   (1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33)   Keppel Monaco (Defunct NFL Club)
20 Fairoz Hassan   (1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 (age 35)   Hougang United
45 Zikos Vasileios Chua U19   (2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 22)   NFA U16
Players loaned out / placed on injury list / left during season
24 Syed Syazwan U23   (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 27) Youth Team
Ashraf Razali U23   (1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 24) Youth Team

Coaching staff edit

[2]

Position Name Ref.
Head coach   Hirotaka Usui
Assistant coach   Vedhamuthu Kanan
Goalkeeping coach   Sarong Naiket
Team manager   Andrew Ang
Physiotherapist  
Kitman

Transfers edit

Pre-season transfers edit

In edit

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK   Jasper Chan   Warriors FC [3]
GK   Zainol Gulam   Warriors FC
DF   Yeo Hai Ngee   Garena Young Lions [4]
DF   Jufri Taha   Tampines Rovers [5]
DF   Zulfadli Zainal Abidin   Warriors FC [6]
DF   Danish Irfan Azman  NFA U18 [7]
MF   Fuad Ramli   SAFSA (NFL 1) [8]
MF   Ryson Yap   Police SA (NFL 1) [9]
MF   Ryan Syaffiq   Garena Young Lions [10]
MF   Azhar Sairudin   Hougang United [11]
MF   Fairoz Hassan   Hougang United [12]
MF   Fumiya Kogure   Hougang United [13]
FW   Cameron Ayrton Bell Free Agent [14]

Out edit

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK   Syazwan Buhari   Tampines Rovers [15]
GK   Nur Amin Malik
DF   Safirul Sulaiman   Tampines Rovers [16]
DF   Faritz Hameed   Home United [17]
DF   Isa Halim Retired
DF   Al-Qaasimy Rahman Retired [18]
MF   Jeevakumaran Balakrishnan
MF   Gabriel Quak   Warriors FC [19]
MF   Stanely Ng   Hougang United [20]
MF   Nor Azli Yusoff
MF   Taufiq Ghani
MF   Ricardo Sendra   Perseru Serui [21]
MF    Min Thi Ha
MF   Asshukrie Wahid   Garena Young Lions [22]
FW   Víctor Coto Ortega
FW   Shahfiq Ghani   Hougang United [23]
FW   Amy Recha   Home United [24]
FW   Ifwat Ismail   Garena Young Lions [25]

Note 1: Ricardo Sendra was initially signed by Perseru but was released before the season start.[26]

Retained edit

Position Player Ref
DF   Darren Teh [27]
DF   Anders Eric Aplin [28]
DF   Yuki Ichikawa [29]
MF   Farish Khan [30]
FW   Shawal Anuar [31]

Note 2: Yuki Ichikawa was initially released after the season but subsequently re-signed for 2018.

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Position Player Ref
GK   Syed Syazwan [30]
DF   Ashraf Razali [30]
DF   Ahmad Zaki [30]
MF   Noor Ariff [30]
MF   Sadiq Rahim [30]
MF   Umar Akhbar [30]

Trial edit

Trial (In) edit
Position Player Trial @ Ref
MF   Addison Sayan   Rydalmere FC [32]
Trial (Out) edit
Position Player Trial @ Ref
DF   Anders Aplin   Matsumoto Yamaga [33]

Mid-season transfers edit

In edit

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK   Faris Danial Free Agent
DF   Afiq Yunos   Tampines Rovers Loan [34]

Out edit

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK   Syed Syazwan NS till 2020
DF   Anders Aplin   Matsumoto Yamaga Loan [35]

Trial edit

Trial (In) edit
Position Player Trial From Ref
FW   Zulkiffli Hassim   Yishun Sentek Mariners FC

Friendlies edit

Pre-Season Friendly edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 January 2018 (2018-01-10) 1 Singapore Cricket Club   2-3   Geylang International Turf City Pitch 3
1915 hours
11 January 2018 (2018-01-11) 2 Tampines Rovers   2-0   Geylang International Our Tampines Hub
1700 hours Zulfadhmi Suzliman  59'
Fahrudin Mustafic  83' (pen)
19 January 2018 (2018-01-19) 3 UiTM   2-1   Geylang International Skudai Johor
2045 hours Nur Na'im Ishak  Stadium: UTM Stadium
26 January 2018 (2018-01-26) 4 JDT II   3-0   Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
1915 hours Rozaimi Abdul Rahman  25,90'
Nicolás Alberto Fernández  65'
29 January 2018 (2018-01-29) 5 Rydalmere Lions   1-0   Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
1700 hours
13 February 2018 (2018-02-13) 6 GFA Sporting Westlake FC   0-6   Geylang International Bedok Stadium
23 February 2018 (2018-02-23) 7 Yishun Sentek Mariners FC   2-3   Geylang International Bedok Stadium
1900
2 March 2018 (2018-03-02) 8 Tiong Bahru FC   Postponed   Geylang International Bedok Stadium
1900 hours
2 March 2018 (2018-03-02) 8 South Avenue FC   1-2   Geylang International Bedok Stadium
1900 hours
3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) 9 Balestier Khalsa   0-1   Geylang International Bedok Stadium
1700 hours Darren Teh 
17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) 10 Albirex Niigata (S)   2-0   Geylang International Bedok Stadium
1700 hours Taku Morinaga  11'
Wataru Murofushi  42'		 Report
23 March 2018 (2018-03-23) 11 Tiong Bahru FC   v   Geylang International Bedok Stadium
1900 hours

Batam Pre-season tour edit

10 March 2018 1 EPSON Batam   1-3   Geylang International Gelora Citramas Stadium
12 March 2018 2 Immigration FC JKR   2-0   Geylang International Gelora Citramas Stadium

Team statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of 29 September 2018.
No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup Total
Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals
1 GK   Jasper Chan 5(3) 0 0 0 8 0
3 DF   Jufri Taha 24 0 2 0 26 0
4 DF   Zulfadli Zainal Abidin 13(3) 0 2 0 18 0
5 DF   Darren Teh 24 1 2 0 26 1
6 MF   Umar Akhbar 2(1) 0 0 0 3 0
7 MF   Ryan Syaffiq 20(3) 2 0 0 23 2
8 MF   Azhar Sairudin 9(13) 1 2 0 24 1
9 MF   Fuad Ramli 15(4) 0 2 0 21 0
10 MF   Fumiya Kogure 21 1 0 0 21 1
11 DF   Yeo Hai Ngee 9(7) 3 1(1) 0 18 3
12 MF   Sadiq Rahim 0(4) 0 0 0 4 0
13 MF   Ryson Yap 7(6) 0 0 0 13 0
14 DF   Danish Irfan Azman 15(2) 0 2 0 19 0
15 DF   Afiq Yunos 10 0 2 0 12 0
16 MF   Noor Ariff 4(4) 1 0 0 8 1
17 FW   Cameron Ayrton Bell 2(7) 1 0(2) 0 11 1
18 FW   Shawal Anuar 15 7 0 0 15 7
19 MF   Farish Khan 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW   Fairoz Hassan 19(3) 7 2 0 23 7
21 DF   Yuki Ichikawa 23 1 2 0 25 1
22 DF   Ahmad Zaki 2(5) 0 1(1) 0 9 0
24 GK   Faris Danial 2 0 0 0 2 0
25 GK   Zainol Gulam 17 0 2 0 19 0
45 FW   Zikos Vasileios Chua 1(1) 0 0 0 2 0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
2 DF   Anders Aplin 6(2) 1 0 0 8 1
15 DF   Ashraf Razali 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK   Syed Syazwan 0 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Singapore Premier League 24 5 5 14 26 57 −31 020.83
Singapore Cup 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 26 5 6 15 26 58 −32 019.23

Singapore Premier League edit

Main article: 2018 Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 April 2018 (2018-04-04) Round 1 Geylang International   1-1   Warriors FC Bedok Stadium
Ryan Syaffiq  86'
Zulfadli Zainal Abidin  86'		 Jonathan Béhé  37'
7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) Round 2 Tampines Rovers   3-1   Geylang International Our Tampines Hub
Jordan Webb  1'  36'
Khairul Amri  81' (pen)		 Fairoz Hasan  45+5'
Yuki Ichikawa  84'
14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) Round 3 Geylang International   0-1   Balestier Khalsa Bedok Stadium
Fadli Kamis  19'  78'
Afiq Salman Tan  46'
Huzaifah Aziz  75'
17 April 2018 (2018-04-17) Round 4 Brunei DPMM   4-1   Geylang International Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Adi Said  12'
Mojtaba Esmaeilzadeh  24'
Volodymyr Pryyomov  54'  56'
Nur Ikhwan Othman  79'		 Noor Ariff  20' Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)
22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) Round 5 Geylang International   1-4   Home United Bedok Stadium
Shawal Anuar  49'
Fairoz Hassan  11'
Darren Teh  90+3'		 Hafiz Nor  2'  24'
Shahril Ishak  36'
Faizal Roslan  45+1'
28 April 2018 (2018-04-28) Round 6 Albirex Niigata (S)   5-0   Geylang International Jurong East Stadium
Wataru Murofushi  17'
Kenya Takahashi  30'
Taku Morinaga  71'
Shuhei Hoshino  82'
Ryujiro Yamanaka  85'		 Shawal Anuar  62'
9 May 2018 (2018-05-09) Round 7 Geylang International   1-1   Garena Young Lions Bedok Stadium
Shawal Anuar  8' Ifwat Ismail  81'
12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) Round 8 Hougang United   1-3   Geylang International Hougang Stadium
Iqbal Hussain  87' Shawal Anuar  2'  45'
Azhar Sairudin  75'
20 May 2018 (2018-05-20) Round 9 Warriors FC   0-2   Geylang International National Stadium, Singapore
Tajeli Selamat  37'
Poh Yi Feng  44'
Firdaus Kasman  78'		 Fumiya Kogure  13' (pen)
Shawal Anuar  47'		 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
27 May 2018 (2018-05-27) Round 10 Geylang International   1-2   Tampines Rovers Bedok Stadium
Fairoz Hasan  90'
Faud Ramli  59'		 Ryutaro Megumi  85'
Fazrul Nawaz  90'
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'
10 June 2018 (2018-06-10) Round 12 Geylang International   2-6   Brunei DPMM Bedok Stadium
Fairoz Hasan  69'
Shawal Anuar  73'		 Volodymyr Pryyomov  6'
Adi Said  45'  85'
Mojtaba Esmaeilzadeh  47'
Azwan Saleh  59'
Helmi Zambin  67'
Abdul Aziz Tamit  76'
17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) Round 13 Home United   2-0   Geylang International Bishan Stadium
Amy Recha  47'
Shahril Ishak  89'
Anumanthan Kumar  33'
Shakir Hamzah  51'
24 June 2018 (2018-06-24) Round 14 Geylang International   0-3   Albirex Niigata (S) Bedok Stadium
Fairoz Hasan  45' Shuhei Sasahara  27'
Wataru Murofushi  48'
Hiroyoshi Kamata  59'		 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
4 July 2018 (2018-07-04) Round 15 Garena Young Lions   1-3   Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
Haiqal Pashia  59'
R Aaravin  67'		 Shawal Anuar  38'
Ryan Syaffiq  66'
Fairoz Hasan  70'		 Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)
5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) Round 16 (Rescheduled) Geylang International   0-3   Hougang United Bedok Stadium
Jasper Chan  52'
Anders Aplin  52'
Yuki Ichikawa  78'		 Justin Hui  36'
Fareez Farhan  64'
Jang Jo-yoon  87'
Syahiran Miswan  45+2'
Illyas Lee  53'		 Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)
15 July 2018 (2018-07-15) Round 17 Geylang International   0-1   Warriors FC Bedok Stadium
Afiq Yunos  20'
Fairoz Hassan  69'
Anders Aplin  82'
Darren Teh  85'		 Jonathan Béhé  10'
Khairul Nizam  90+4'		 Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)
21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Round 18 Tampines Rovers   4-1   Geylang International Our Tampines Hub
Khairul Amri  50'  60'  65' (pen)
Amirul Adli  89'
Daniel Bennett  31'
Zulfadhmi Suzliman  84'		 Fairoz Hasan  33'  79'
Faud Ramli  26'
Afiq Yunos  64'		 Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)
1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) Round 19 Geylang International   1-0   Balestier Khalsa Bedok Stadium
Anders Aplin  73' Dusan Marinkovic  82'
11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) Round 20 Brunei DPMM   2-2   Geylang International Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Adi Said  18'
Brian McLean  43'		 Yeo Hai Ngee  5'
Fairoz Hasan  45'
15 August 2018 (2018-08-15) Round 21 Geylang International   1-5   Home United Bedok Stadium
Darren Teh  87' Faritz Hameed  40'
Shakir Hamzah  27'
Shahril Ishak  56'  61'
Hafiz Nor   58'		 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) Round 22 Albirex Niigata (S)   4-0   Geylang International Jurong East Stadium
Shun Kumagai  8'  42'
Taku Morinaga  65'
Hiroyoshi Kamata  69'
Darren Teh  87' (o.g.)
Shuhei Hoshino 82		 Azhar Sairudin  23'  32'  
Yeo Hai Ngee  75'
Ahmad Zaki  42'
Fairoz Hassan  85'
Jufri Taha  90+1'
Danish Irfan  90+4'
Fuad Ramli  86'		 Referee: Y.Sathyakumar (Singapore)
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) Round 23 Geylang International   2-2   Garena Young Lions Bedok Stadium
Yeo Hai Ngee  49'  57'
Ryan Syaffiq  55'
Fumiya Kogure  85'		 R Aaravin  56'
Ikhsan Fandi  90+4'
Jacob Mahler  87'		 Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) Round 24 (Rescheduled) Hougang United   1-1   Geylang International Hougang Stadium
Fabian Kwok  90+4' Cameron Ayrton Bell  82' Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
9 Hougang United 24 2 6 16 22 44 −22 12
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)

Geylang International lost 1-0 on aggregate.

References edit

  1. ^ "All not well at Geylang International". Archived from the original on 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  2. ^ "Eagles staff". Archived from the original on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  3. ^ "Welcome Jesper Chan to the 2018 Eagles Squad".
  4. ^ "Yeo Hai Ngee has signed for the Eagles for the 2018 season".
  5. ^ "Jufri Taha join GIFC from TRFC for the 2018 season".
  6. ^ "Zul become eagle". Archived from the original on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  7. ^ "Danish Azman joins the Eagles for the 2018 season from NFA-18 where he was the team captain".
  8. ^ "We welcome Faud Ramli from our Prime League back to the Eagles after completing his NS in Feb 2018".
  9. ^ "Ryson Yap joins the Eagles for the 2018 season having previously played for NFL1 Police SA".
  10. ^ "The Eagles welcomes Ryan Syaffiq to Bedok Stadium for the 2018 season".
  11. ^ "We are pleased to welcome midfielder Azhar Sairudin to the Eagles for the 2018 Season!".
  12. ^ "The Eagles have signed Fairoz Hassan from Hougang United for the 2018 season".
  13. ^ "Fumiya joins the Japanese revolution in Bedok".
  14. ^ "Cameron will also join the Eagles as a striker for the 2018 season".
  15. ^ "welcome Syazwan Buhari to the Stags family!".
  16. ^ "Safirul joins stags".
  17. ^ "Faritz Abdul Hameed switch to Protectors from Eagles nest".
  18. ^ "Former Singapore Under-23 skipper Al-Qaasimy steps away from professional football". Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  19. ^ "Warriors announce the signing of Gabriel Quak for the 2018 season!".
  20. ^ "Stanley from Eagles to Cheetahs". Archived from the original on 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  21. ^ "Ricardo Sendra moves to Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  22. ^ "Asshukrie Wahid recruited for GYL in 2018".
  23. ^ "Shafiq joins Cheetah".
  24. ^ "Amy the new left winger for Home United".
  25. ^ "Ifwat Ismail joins Fandi for 2018".
  26. ^ "Ricardo released by Indonesian club". Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  27. ^ "Darren Teh renewed contract".
  28. ^ "Anders retained for new season".
  29. ^ "Yuki recontracted with Eagles after being released for the season".
  30. ^ a b c d e f g "promotion of seven players from our 2017 Prime League squad to the S-League team for the 2018 season".
  31. ^ "Shawal Anuar renewed contract".
  32. ^ "Addison Sayan will embark on a two week trial in Singapore".
  33. ^ "Geylang defender Aplin set for trials in Japan". Archived from the original on 2018-01-11. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  34. ^ "Afiq join Eagles on loan". Archived from the original on 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  35. ^ "Anders Aplin set for loan move to J2 League leaders Matsumoto Yamaga". Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
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