2021 Balestier Khalsa FC season

The 2021 season is Balestier Khalsa's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

Balestier Khalsa
2021 season
ChairmanS Thavaneson
Head coachCroatia Marko Kraljević
StadiumBishan Stadium
Singapore Cup-
← 2020
2022 →

Squad edit

Singapore Premier League edit

As of 21 September 2018.
No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Kimura Riki U23    (2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 23)   Lion City Sailors FC 2021 2021
25 Zacharial Leong U23   (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26) Youth Team 2019 2021
Defenders
2 Fadli Kamis   (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 31)   Young Lions FC 2016 2021
5 Ensar Brunčević   (1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 25)   FK Spartak Subotica II (T2) 2020 2022
13 Amer Hakeem U23   (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 25)   Young Lions FC 2021 2022
17 Sameer Alassane U23    (2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 (age 23) Youth Team 2019 2021
18 Ahmad Syahir   (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32) Youth Team 2013 2021
22 Khalili Khalif   (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27)   SAFSA 2021 2021
24 Ho Wai Loon   (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 30)   Lion City Sailors FC 2021 2021
39 Aiman Zavyan U23   (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 21)   Geylang International U19 2020 2021
Midfielders
3 Max Goh Yi Qi U23   (1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 26)   Project Vaults FC 2021 2021
4 Faizal Raffi   (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28)   Warriors FC 2020 2021
6 Aarish Kumar U23   (1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 24)   Warriors FC 2020 2021
8 Kristijan Krajcek   (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 30)   NK BSK Bijelo Brdo (T2) 2019 2021
14 Hariysh Krishnakumar U23   (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 21)   Geylang International U19 2021 2021
15 Gautam Selvamany   (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 27)   Warriors Prime League 2021 2021
28 Gareth Low   (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 27)   Albirex Niigata (S) 2021 2021
Forwards
7 Hazzuwan Halim   (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30)   Tanjong Pagar United 2015 2021
9 Shuhei Hoshino   (1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 (age 28)   Busan Transportation FC (T3) 2020 2021
10 Šime Žužul   (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 28)   NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac (T2) 2019 2021
11 Iqbal Hussain   (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 30)   Chennai City FC 2021 2021
Players who left during season
12 Jordan Emaviwe U23    (2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23)   F.C. Castiglione (I3) 2020 2021
19 Zaiful Nizam (Captain) >30   (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 36)   Gombak United 2013 2021
61 Martyn Mun U21   (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24)   Jungfrau Punggol FC (NFL) 2020 2021

U21 edit

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
Oliver Sim U21   (2001-06-09) 9 June 2001 (age 22)   Home United U19 2020
Defenders
46 Aqil Yazid U21   (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 20)   Singapore Sports School 2021 2021
52 Keshav Kumar U21   (2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 23) Youth Team 2020 2021
55 Aidil Johari U21   (2003-04-05) 5 April 2003 (age 21) Youth Team 2021 2021
Syed Harun Alsagaff U21   (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 (age 23) 2020 2020
Azhar Manap U21   (1999-07-22) 22 July 1999 (age 24)   Hougang United 2020 2020
Faris Fazlee U21   (2000-03-31) 31 March 2000 (age 24) 2020 2020
Midfielders
44 Aravindan Ramanathan U21   (2000-05-29) 29 May 2000 (age 23) Youth Team 2021 2021
50 Seng Hong Kai U21   (2004-08-10) 10 August 2004 (age 19)   Project Vaults FC 2021 2021
67 Iftiqar Parizan U21     Project Vaults FC 2021 2021
Suriya Ramesh U21   Youth Team 2019 2020
Art Faizal U21   Youth Team 2020 2020
Azizi Rahman U21   (2000-11-30) 30 November 2000 (age 23) Youth Team 2020 2020
Yann Weishaupt U21     Project Vaults FC 2021 2021
Forwards
45 Joshua De Souza U21   (2000-10-10) 10 October 2000 (age 23)   Warriors FC U19 2021 2021
53 Ryan Praveen U21   (2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2020 2021
66 Puvan Raj Sivalingam U21   (2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 22) Youth Team 2020 2021

Project Vaults Oxley SC edit

(Deputy Chairman, Darwin Jalil is the President for the club)

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
25 Ameerul Shafiq   (1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 32)   Admiralty FC 2020 2020
Nazri Sabri   (1989-09-20) 20 September 1989 (age 34)   Home United 2021 2021
Hafiz Ahmad   (1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 25)   Balestier Khalsa 2021 2021
Defenders
5 Zairul Rahmat   2019 2020
11 Nordine Talhi   (1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 37)   Admiralty FC 2019 2020
16 Haziq Sudhir     Admiralty FC 2019 2020
18 Hairudin Dahlan     Keppel Bay FC 2019 2020
22 Salihin Shafiee     Yishun Sentek Mariners FC 2019 2020
Midfielders
6 Nazrul Isnin   (1997-02-22) 22 February 1997 (age 27)   Eunos Crescent FC 2019 2020
8 Safwan Ramlan   (1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 33) 2019 2020
10 Maziz Rahman   Free Agent 2020
14 Helmi Mohd     Bukit Timah Juniors 2020 2020
15 Nurisham Jupri   (1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 28)   Balestier Khalsa 2019 2020
21 Xavier Boey     Eunos Crescent FC 2020 2020
24 Ganesan Devadas   Free Agent 2020
Forwards
7 Osman Shainin     GFA Sporting Westlake FC 2019 2020
9 Roy Tan   Free Agent 2020
13 Adam Xu   (1983-09-07) 7 September 1983 (age 40)   Balestier Khalsa 2019 2020
23 Fareez Rahman   2019 2020

Coaching staff edit

[1]

Position Name
Team Manager Darwin Jalil
General Manager Tim Nee Cheng
Head Coach   Marko Kraljević[2]
Academy Manager Syed Azmir
Assistant Coach Nasaruddin Jalil
Assistant Coach Nasruldin Baharuddin
Goalkeeping Coach Yazid Yasin
Fitness Coach Rosman Sulaiman
Physiotherapist Mohamed Nasser
Kitman

Transfer edit

In edit

Pre-Season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
DF   Amer Hakeem   Young Lions FC 2 years contract signed in 2020 [3]
MF   Gareth Low Jun Kit   Albirex Niigata (S) [4]
MF   Hariysh Krishnakumar   Geylang International U19 [5]
MF   Gautam Selvamany Free Agent [6]
MF   Yann Weishaupt   Project Vaults FC [7]
FW   Joshua De Souza Free Agent

Mid-Season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
MF   Max Goh Yi Qi Free agent [8]
FW   Iqbal Hussain   Chennai City F.C. Free [9]

Out edit

Pre-Season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK   Hafiz Ahmad   Project Vaults FC
DF   R Aaravin Retired [10]
DF   Jufri Taha  
DF   Danish Uwais  
DF    Christian Chiang Moroni  
DF   Yeo Hai Ngee  
MF   Karthik Raj  
MF   Zulfadhmi Suzliman  
MF   Elijah Lim Teck Yong   Geylang International Free

Mid-Season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK   Zaiful Nizam   Geylang International Terminated [11] [12]

Loan In edit

Pre-Season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK    Kimura Riki   Lion City Sailors Season loan [13]

Mid-Season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
DF   Ho Wai Loon   Lion City Sailors Season loan [14]

Loan Return edit

Mid-Season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF   Khalili Khalif   SAFSA Loan Return


Loan Out edit

Pre-Season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF   Khalili Khalif   NS till 2022
DF   Shaqi Sulaiman   NS till 2021
FW   Syukri Noorhaizam   NS till 2022

Mid-Season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK   Martyn Mun   Young Lions FC Season loan
MF    Jordan Emaviwe   SAFSA NS till 2023 [15] [16]

Extension / Retained edit

[17]

Position Player Ref
FW   Hazzuwan Halim 2 years contract signed in 2019[18]
FW   Šime Žužul 2 year contract signed in 2019[19]
FW   Shuhei Hoshino 1 years contract signed in 2020[20]
DF   Ensar Brunčević 2 years contract signed in 2020[21]
MF   Kristijan Krajcek 1 year contract signed in 2020 [22]
DF   Ahmad Syahir 1 year contract signed in 2020 [23]
GK   Zacharial Leong 1 year contract signed in 2020 [24]
DF   Aiman Zavyan
DF   Fadli Kamis
MF    Jordan Emaviwe
MF   Aarish Kumar
MF   Faizal Raffi
GK   Zaiful Nizam

Friendly edit

Pre-Season Friendly edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

In-season friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of 10 Oct 2021

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No. Pos. Player Sleague Total
Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals
1 GK    Kimura Riki 5 0 5 0
2 DF   Fadli Kamis 18+3 0 21 0
3 MF   Max Goh Yi Qi 0 0 0 0
4 MF   Faizal Raffi 8+6 2 14 2
5 DF   Ensar Brunčević 18 1 18 1
6 MF   Aarish Kumar 8 0 8 0
7 FW   Hazzuwan Halim 18+2 3 20 3
8 MF   Kristijan Krajcek 17 6 17 6
9 FW   Shuhei Hoshino 20+1 3 21 3
10 FW   Šime Žužul 15+5 15 20 15
11 FW   Iqbal Hussain 1+5 0 6 0
13 DF   Amer Hakeem 18 1 18 1
14 MF   Hariysh Krishnakumar 2+7 0 9 0
15 MF   Gautam Selvamany 0+6 0 6 0
17 DF    Sameer Alassane 0 0 0 0
18 DF   Ahmad Syahir 15+3 0 18 0
22 DF   Khalili Khalif 0 0 0 0
24 DF   Ho Wai Loon 7+1 0 8 0
25 GK   Zacharial Leong 3 0 3 0
28 MF   Gareth Low 17+3 0 20 0
39 DF   Aiman Zavyan 1+6 0 7 0
44 DF   Aravindan Ramanathan 0+1 0 1 0
45 FW   Joshua De Souza 2+2 0 4 0
46 DF   Aqil Yazid 4+2 0 6 0
55 MF   Aidil Johari 11+3 1 14 1
66 FW   Puvan Raj Sivalingam 10+2 2 12 2
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
12 MF    Jordan Emaviwe 0 0 0 0
19 GK   Zaiful Nizam 13 0 13 0
61 GK   Martyn Mun 0+1 0 1 0

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %

Singapore Premier League edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 May 2021 11 (Rescheduled) Tampines Rovers   5-1   Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
Boris Kopitović  9'  24' (pen)
Marc Ryan Tan  13'  35'
Ryaan Sanizal  88'
Report Šime Žužul  20' (pen)
Aqil Yazid  9'
Gautam Selvamany  52'
Ahmad Syahir  84'
Attendance: 0[citation needed]
Referee: Jansen Foo

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Tampines Rovers 21 7 6 8 48 51 −3 27 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
5 Tanjong Pagar United 21 5 7 9 36 49 −13 22
6 Geylang International 21 6 2 13 33 52 −19 20
7 Balestier Khalsa 21 5 4 12 34 52 −18 19
8 Young Lions[a] 21 4 4 13 26 50 −24 16
Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
  1. ^ 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

  Win   Draw   Loss

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.
  2. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this match was played behind closed doors.

References edit

  1. ^ "Staff for Balestier". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  2. ^ "Marko Kraljević back at Balestier Khalsa". Archived from the original on 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  3. ^ "Amer Hakeem joins Balestier Khalsa".
  4. ^ "Gareth Low has completed his transfer to Balestier Khalsa".
  5. ^ "Hariysh has completed his transfer to Balestier Khalsa". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  6. ^ "We welcome Gautam Selvamany to our Roster". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  7. ^ "Yann Weishaupt is officially a 🐯 after passing his yo-yo fitness test. Well done Golden 🦅!".
  8. ^ "@yiqqi returns to Home of the 🐯 after completing his National Service". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  9. ^ "Welcome @iqbal_apom to Home of the 🐯!". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  10. ^ "The U-23 rulings have shortchanged a lot of players, says former national youth defender R Aaravin, who retires at 24".
  11. ^ "Balestier Khalsa sack skipper-goalkeeper Zaiful Nizam".
  12. ^ "Zaiful finds home in Eagles' nest".
  13. ^ "riki.kimura joins us on a season-long loan deal from Lion City Sailors". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  14. ^ "Ho Wai Loon leaves Lion City Sailors to complete Balestier loan".
  15. ^ "Jordan Emaviwe joins Young Lions".
  16. ^ "Zaiful finds home in Eagles' nest". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  17. ^ "2020 Singapore Premier League Retained and Released List".
  18. ^ "Tricky Hazzuwan commits another two-year deal".
  19. ^ "Tiger 🐯 Šime Žužul to continue to terrorise opposition defence in 2020".
  20. ^ "Balestier Khalsa is pleased to have our hardworking Japanese player Shuhei Hoshino put pen to paper for an extension of contract for season 2021".
  21. ^ "Boost for the 🐯Gentle giant Bruno signs an extension with us for 2️⃣ years!".
  22. ^ "Midfield lynchpin Kiki inks his contract extension".
  23. ^ "Ahmad Syahir extends his stay with the 🐯 for another year!". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  24. ^ "Zacharial commits another year to the 🐯".