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2020 Geylang International FC season

The 2020 season is Geylang International's 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League. Along with the Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.

Geylang International
2020 season
ChairmanBen Teng
Head coachMohd Noor Ali
StadiumOur Tampines Hub
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Squad edit

Sleague edit

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Hairul Syirhan   (1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 28)   Young Lions FC 2019 2020
23 Wayne Chew U23   (2001-10-22) 22 October 2001 (age 22) Youth Team 2019 2020
25 Zainol Gulam   (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32)   Warriors FC 2018 2020
Defenders
2 Shahrin Saberin   (1995-02-14) 14 February 1995 (age 29)   Home United 2019 2020
3 Adam Hakeem U23   (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 27)   Young Lions FC 2020 2020
4 Nurullah Hussein   (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 30)   Balestier Khalsa 2020 2020
5 Darren Teh (Captain)   (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 27)   SAFSA (NFL) 2017 2020
11 Harith Kanadi U23   (2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 (age 23)   Tampines Rovers U19 2019 2020
15 Kamolidin Tashiev U21   (2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 24)   FC Abdysh-Ata Kant (T1) 2020 2020
21 Yuki Ichikawa   (1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 36)   Albirex Niigata (S) 2014 2020
Midfielders
6 Nur Luqman U23    (1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 25)   Young Lions FC 2020 2020
8 Barry Maguire    (1989-10-27) 27 October 1989 (age 34)   Limerick F.C. 2019 2020
16 Umar Ramle   (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 27) Youth Team 2016 2020
17 Firdaus Kasman >30   (1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 (age 36)   Warriors FC 2019 2020
18 Azri Suhaili U23   (2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2019 2020
22 Christopher van Huizen   (1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 31)   Home United 2019 2020
28 Safirul Sulaiman   (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 31)   Tampines Rovers 2020 2020
Forwards
7 Amy Recha    (1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 31)   Home United 2019 2020
9 Khairul Nizam   (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 32)   Warriors FC 2020 2020
10 Fareez Farhan   (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 29)   Hougang United 2019 2020
14 Iqbal Hussain   (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 30)   Hougang United 2020
20 Zikos Vasileios Chua U23     (2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 22)   NFA U16 2018 2020
Players loaned out / placed on injury list / left during season
Nasrul Taib U23   (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 26)   Tiong Bahru FC 2020 2020
13 Gilson Varela    (1990-05-12) 12 May 1990 (age 33)   Castelo Branco (T3) 2020 2020
13 Joshua Pereira U23   (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 26)   Young Lions FC 2020 2020
19 Noor Ariff U23   (1998-09-06) 6 September 1998 (age 25) Youth Team 2017 2020
24 Panagiotis Linardos   (1991-08-07) 7 August 1991 (age 32)   Panachaiki F.C. (T2) 2020 2020

U19 edit

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
59 Dylan Christopher Goh U19   (2002-03-07) 7 March 2002 (age 22)   Singapore Sports School 2020 2020
64 Dylan Pereira U19   (2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 23)   GFA Victoria FC 2020 2020
Defenders
58 Badrul Amin Noh U23   (2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 22) Youth Team 2021 2021
68 Ilhan Noor U19   (2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2019 2020
Midfielders
55 Danish Qayyum U19   (2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 22) Youth Team 2019 2020
49 Furqan Raoff U19   Youth Team 2019 2020
Forwards
70 Danish Haziq U19   (2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2019 2020

Coaching staff edit

[1]

Position Name Ref.
Chairman   Thomas Gay [2]
General Manager   Leonard Koh [3]
Head coach   Mohd Noor Ali [4]
Assistant coach   Khidhir Khamis [5]
Fitness coach   Muzhaffar Shah
Goalkeeping coach   Shahril Jantan
Team Manager  
Physiotherapist  
Sports Trainer   Daniel Feriza
Kitman   Abdul Latiff

Transfers edit

Pre-season transfers edit

In edit

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK   Dylan Christopher Goh   Young Lions FC
DF   Nurullah Hussein   Balestier Khalsa [6]
DF   Kamolidin Tashiev   FC Abdysh-Ata Kant [7]
MF   Joshua Pereira   Young Lions FC [8]
MF    Nur Luqman   Young Lions FC [8]
MF   Panagiotis Linardos   Panachaiki F.C. (Tier 2) 1 Year deal signed 2019 [9]
FW   Khairul Nizam   Warriors FC [10]
FW    Gilson Varela   Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco (Tier 3) [11]
FW   Iqbal Hussain   Hougang United [12]

Note 1: Gilson Varela left the club before season start due to personal reason.

Out edit

Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF   Anders Aplin   Hougang United 1 year contract signed in 2019 [13]
DF   Jufri Taha   Balestier Khalsa Free [14]
DF   Danish Irfan   Young Lions FC Free
MF   Syahiran Miswan
MF   Bryan Tan
MF   Asshukrie Wahid
FW   Shawal Anuar   Hougang United 2 years deal signed in 2019 [15]
FW   Ifwat Ismail NS till 2021
FW   Matthew Palmer   Eastern Suburbs AFC
FW   Fikri Junaidi   Young Lions FC Season loan
FW    Gilson Varela   Sporting Clube de São João de Ver [16]

Extension / Retained edit

Position Player Ref
Coach   Mohd Noor Ali 3 years extension
GK   Zainol Gulam [17]
GK   Hairul Syirhan [17]
DF   Shahrin Saberin [17]
DF   Darren Teh [17]
DF   Yuki Ichikawa [17]
MF   Noor Ariff [18]
MF   Umar Ramle [18]
MF   Firdaus Kasman [18]
MF   Christopher van Huizen [18]
MF    Barry Maguire [19]
FW    Amy Recha [18]
FW   Fareez Farhan [18]

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Position Player Ref
DF   Harith Kanadi [17]
MF   Azri Suhaili [18]
FW    Zikos Vasileios Chua [20]

Trial (In) edit

Position Player Trial From Ref
MF   Jayan Varghese   Jungfrau Punggol FC

Trial (Out) edit

Position Player Trial With Ref
MF    Barry Maguire   Penang FA [21]

Mid-season transfer edit

In edit

Position Player Transferred From Ref
MF   Nasrul Taib   Tiong Bahru FC [22]
MF   Safirul Sulaiman   Tampines Rovers Undisclosed [23]
DF   Adam Hakeem Free Agent [24]

Out edit

Position Player Transferred To Ref
MF   Panagiotis Linardos   Diagoras F.C. [25]
MF   Joshua Pereira   SAFSA NS till 2022 [26]
MF   Noor Ariff   SAFSA NS till 2022 [26]
MF   Nasrul Taib [22]

Friendlies edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 1 Siglap FC   1-4   Geylang International Turf City Pitch 2
  Amirul Naim Shahruddin  
Nur Luqman 
Amy Recha 
18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 2 Geylang International   2-0   SAFSA Our Tampines Hub
Christopher van Huizen 
Gilson Varela 
23 January 2020 (2020-01-23) 3 Geylang International   0-3   Young Lions FC Our Tampines Hub
 
 
 
8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 4 Tanjong Pagar United   4-0   Geylang International Jurong West Stadium
9 February 2020 (2020-02-09) 5 Perak FA   4-0   Geylang International Jurong West Stadium
Shahrel Fikri  19'  56'  64' (pen)
Careca   50' (pen)
12 February 2020 (2020-02-12) 6 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. II   3-1   Geylang International Johor, Malaysia

Fernando Rodríguez  42'
Amirul Husani  65'
Liridon Krasniqi  69' (pen)		 Khairul Nizam  50' Stadium: Larkin Stadium

Tour of Malaysia edit

29 January 2020 (2020-01-29) Friendly Selangor FA   5-1   Geylang International Selangor
Ifedayo Olusegun  
Sandro 
Syazwan Zainon 
Sean Selvaraj 		 Panagiotis Linardos  Stadium: Selayang Stadium
31 January 2020 (2020-01-31) Friendly Selangor FA II   6-1   Geylang International Selangor
Harith haikal 
Dani Armin  
Farid Ashraf 
Bajram Nebihi 
Sharvin  		 Fareez Farhan  Stadium: Selayang Stadium

Tour of Indonesia edit

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) Friendly Persija Jakarta   3-1   Geylang International Jakarta
Osvaldo Haay  6'
Marko Šimić  50'
Heri Susanto  82'		 Panagiotis Linardos  69' (pen) Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno 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   Hairul Syirhan 9(2) 0 0 0 11 0
2 DF   Shahrin Saberin 5(2) 1 0 0 7 1
3 DF   Adam Hakeem 6(1) 0 0 0 7 0
4 DF   Nurullah Hussein 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 DF   Darren Teh 14 1 0 0 14 1
6 MF    Nur Luqman 10 0 0 0 10 0
7 FW    Amy Recha 5(7) 2 0 0 12 2
8 MF    Barry Maguire 13 3 0 0 13 3
9 FW   Khairul Nizam 5(4) 4 0 0 9 4
10 FW   Fareez Farhan 6(4) 1 0 0 10 1
11 DF   Harith Kanadi 13 0 0 0 13 0
14 FW   Iqbal Hussain 4(10) 2 0 0 14 2
15 DF   Kamolidin Tashiev 3(2) 0 0 0 5 0
16 MF   Umar Ramle 6(2) 0 0 0 8 0
17 MF   Firdaus Kasman 13 0 0 0 13 0
18 MF   Azri Suhaili 3 0 0 0 3 0
20 FW    Zikos Vasileios Chua 3(2) 0 0 0 5 0
21 DF   Yuki Ichikawa 14 0 0 0 14 0
22 MF   Christopher van Huizen 8(5) 2 0 0 13 2
23 GK   Wayne Chew 1 0 0 0 1 0
25 GK   Zainol Gulam 4 0 0 0 4 0
28 MF   Safirul Sulaiman 1(4) 0 0 0 5 0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
13 MF   Joshua Pereira 3 0 0 0 3 0
19 MF   Noor Ariff 2 0 0 0 2 0
24 MF   Panagiotis Linardos 1(1) 0 0 0 2 0

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %

Singapore Premier League edit

Main article: 2020 Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 1 Albirex Niigata (S)   4-0   Geylang International Jurong East Stadium
Reo Nishiguchi  40'
Ryosuke Nagasawa  52'
Tomoyuki Doi  59' (pen)
Ryoya Tanigushi  74'
Gareth Low  38'
Rio Sakuma  75'		 Report Fareez Farhan  49'
Shahrin Saberin  59'
Joshua Pereira  28'
Iqbal Hussain  75'		 Attendance: 2,522
Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar
Man of the Match:   Reo Nishiguchi
11 March 2020 (2020-03-11) 2 Geylang International   3-0   Young Lions FC Our Tampines Hub
Iqbal Hussain  18'  57'
Khairul Nizam  75'
Noor Ariff  44'
Firdaus Kasman  45'
Barry Maguire  72'
Joshua Pereira  83'		 Report Jacob Mahler  88' Attendance: 1,178
Referee: Nathan Chan
Man of the Match:   Iqbal Hussain
15 March 2020 (2020-03-15) 3 Hougang United   1-2   Geylang International Hougang Stadium
Shawal Anuar  81'
Anders Aplin  44'		 Report Christopher van Huizen  15'  49'
Firdaus Kasman  65'
Joshua Pereira  90+4'		 Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Farhan Mohd
Man of the Match:   Christopher van Huizen
18 October 2020 (2020-10-18) 4 (Rescheduled) [note 2] Lion City Sailors   4-0   Geylang International Bishan Stadium
Stipe Plazibat  7'  85'
Song Ui-young  45+5' (pen)
Shahril Ishak  90'
Naqiuddin Eunos  66'
Tajeli Salamat  78'		 Report Zainol Gulam  45' Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Farhan Mohd
Man of the Match:   Stipe Plazibat
24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 5 (Rescheduled) [note 2] Geylang International   2-3   Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
khairul Nizam  33'  50'
Barry Maguire  90+4'
Hairul Syirhan  80' (o.g.)  45'		 Report Kristijan Krajcek  60'
Hazzuwan Halim  66'
Ahmad Syahir  38'
Keshav Kumar  58'		 Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Lim Liang Yi
Man of the Match:   Kristijan Krajcek
4 November 2020 (2020-11-04) 6 (Rescheduled) [note 2] Tanjong Pagar United   0-3 [27]   Geylang International Jurong East Stadium
Raihan Rahman  44' Report Khairul Nizam  61' Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Muhammad Taqi
Man of the Match:   Khairul Nizam
7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) 7 (Rescheduled) [note 2] Geylang International   1-1   Tampines Rovers Our Tampines Hub
Khairul Nizam  22'
Firdaus Kasman  39'
Adam Hakeem  41'   54'
Barry Maguire  80'
Hairul Syirhan  90+4'		 Report Boris Kopitović  12'
Jordan Webb  71'
Irwan Shah  85'
Yasir Hanapi  90'		 Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Farhan Mohd
Man of the Match:   Khairul Nizam
13 November 2020 (2020-11-13) 8 (Rescheduled) [note 2] Geylang International   0-1   Albirex Niigata (S) Our Tampines Hub
Yuki Ichikawa  3'
Kamolidin Tashiev  21'
Barry Maguire  90+1'		 Report Tomoyuki Doi  10'
Ryoya Tanigushi  78'
Kotaro Takeda  90'		 Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
Man of the Match:   Tomoyuki Doi
17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) 9 (Rescheduled) [note 2] Geylang International   2-1   Tanjong Pagar United Our Tampines Hub
Shahrin Saberin  23'
Fareez Farhan  69'
Harith Kanadi  90'		 Report Luiz Júnior  80'
Takahiro Tanaka  12'		 Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Juherman Zaiton
Man of the Match:   Barry Maguire
21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 10 (Rescheduled) [note 2] Geylang International   2-0   Hougang United Our Tampines Hub
Barry Maguire  42'
Amy Recha  59'
Yuki Ichikawa  30'
Firdaus Kasman  83'		 Report Nazrul Nazari  90+1' Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Jansen Foo
Man of the Match:   Barry Maguire
25 November 2020 (2020-11-25) 11 (Rescheduled) [note 2] Geylang International   0-3   Lion City Sailors F.C. Our Tampines Hub
Harith Kanadi  52' Report Song Ui-young  71'
Gabriel Quak  86'
Kaishu Yamazaki  90+1'
Arshad Shamim  49'		 Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Syarqawi Buhari
Man of the Match:   Kaishu Yamazaki
28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 12 (Rescheduled) [note 2] Balestier Khalsa   2-0   Geylang International Bishan Stadium
Kristijan Krajcek  48'
Hazzuwan Halim  58'
R Aaravin  37'
Shuhei Hoshino  90'		 Report Yuki Ichikawa  34'
Christopher van Huizen  82'		 Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar
Man of the Match:   R Aaravin
2 December 2020 (2020-12-02) 13 (Rescheduled) [note 2] Young Lions FC   1-2   Geylang International Jurong West Stadium
Zamani Zamri  80' (pen)
Syed Akmal  45+3'
Harhys Stewart  66'
Ilhan Fandi  70'		 Report Darren Teh  51'  81'
Amy Recha  86' (pen)
Iqbal Hussain  19'
Azri Suhaili  21'
Christopher van Huizen  61'
Khairul Nizam  61'		 Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Y. Sathyakumar
Man of the Match:   Christopher van Huizen
5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 14 (Rescheduled) [note 2] Tampines Rovers   1-1   Geylang International Our Tampines Hub
Andrew Aw  44'
Baihakki Khaizan  79'  66'		 Report Barry Maguire  24'
Firdaus Kasman  34'  90+7'
Amy Recha  61'
Umar Akhbar  78'
Darren Teh  87'
Hairul Syirhan  90+1'		 Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
Man of the Match:   Baihakki Khaizan

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Albirex Niigata (S)[a] (C) 14 10 2 2 32 14 +18 32
2 Tampines Rovers 14 8 5 1 27 11 +16 29 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
3 Lion City Sailors 14 8 3 3 44 18 +26 27 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
4 Geylang International 14 6 2 6 18 22 −4 20
5 Balestier Khalsa 14 5 4 5 22 28 −6 19
6 Hougang United 14 4 3 7 19 24 −5 15
7 Young Lions[a] 14 3 0 11 12 38 −26 9
8 Tanjong Pagar United 14 0 5 9 14 33 −19 5
Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The foreign club – Albirex Niigata (S) – 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: 2020 Singapore Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k The match is postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.

References edit

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