2021 Geylang International FC season

The 2021 season is Geylang International's 26th 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
2021 season
ChairmanBen Teng
Head coachMohd Noor Ali
StadiumOur Tampines Hub
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Season Progress Key Milestones edit

  1. In March 2021, Zikos Chua is ruled out of the season after enlistment to NS.[1]
  2. In April 2021, Nur Luqman Rahman is ruled out of the season after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in match against Tampines Rovers on 16 April 2021.[2]
  3. In May 2021, Sylvano Comvalius agreed to mutually terminate his contract with the Eagles after feeling homesick. His family application to join him in Singapore was rejected due to COVID-19.[3]
  4. In May 2021, Ex-Malaysia Cup star Abbas Saad returns to Singapore for short coaching stint, joining the Eagle as Noor Ali's assistant.[4]
  5. In 14 Sept 2021, a member of Geylang International FC (GIFC)‘s playing squad has tested positive following a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. [5]

Squad edit

Singapore Premier League 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 2021
30 Zaiful Nizam >30   (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 36)   Balestier Khalsa 2021 2023
Defenders
2 Adam Hakeem   (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 27)   Young Lions FC 2020 2021
3 Ilhan Noor U23   (2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2019 2021
5 Darren Teh   (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 27)   SAFSA (NFL) 2017 2021
15 Faizal Roslan   (1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 28)   Lion City Sailors 2021 2021
21 Yuki Ichikawa (Captain)   (1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 36)   Albirex Niigata (S) 2014 2021
27 Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib >30   (1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 34)   Lion City Sailors 2021 2021
28 Afiq Yunos >30   (1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 33)   Hougang United 2021 2021
Midfielders
4 Danny Kim    (1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 (age 25)   Brisbane Roar FC Youth 2021 2021
6 Umar Ramle   (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 28) Youth Team 2016 2021
8 Barry Maguire    (1989-10-27) 27 October 1989 (age 34)   Limerick F.C. 2019 2021
13 Izzdin Shafiq >30   (1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 33)   Lion City Sailors 2021 2021
14 Asshukrie Wahid U23   (1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 (age 26)   Young Lions FC 2021 2021
17 Firdaus Kasman >30   (1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 (age 36)   Warriors FC 2019 2021
18 Azri Suhaili U23   (2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2019 2021
22 Christopher van Huizen   (1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 31)   Home United 2019 2021
24 Iqram Rifqi   (1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 28)   Lion City Sailors 2021 2021
26 Furqan Raoff U21   (2002-03-26) 26 March 2002 (age 22) Youth Team 2019 2021
Forwards
7 Amy Recha    (1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 31)   Home United 2019 2021
10 Matheus Moresche   (1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 25)   FC Torpedo 2021 2021
16 Idris Sadlizan U23   (1998-08-21) 21 August 1998 (age 25)   MOF F.C. 2021 2021
19 Fareez Farhan   (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 29)   Hougang United 2019 2021
Players on NS / loaned out or left during season
Joshua Pereira   (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 26)   Young Lions FC 2020 2020
Noor Ariff U23   (1998-09-06) 6 September 1998 (age 25) Youth Team 2017 2020
Ifwat Ismail   (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 27)   Young Lions FC 2019 2019
23 Wayne Chew U23   (2001-10-22) 22 October 2001 (age 22) Youth Team 2019 2021
11 Harith Kanadi U23   (2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 (age 23)   Tampines Rovers U19 2019 2023
20 Nur Luqman U23    (1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 25)   Young Lions FC 2020 2021
47 Zikos Vasileios Chua U21     (2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 22)   NFA U16 2018 2021
49 Elijah Lim Teck Yong U21   (2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 22)   Balestier Khalsa 2021 2021
9 Sylvano Comvalius    (1987-08-10) 10 August 1987 (age 36)   Sliema Wanderers F.C. 2021 2021
42 Sanders Saurajen U21   (2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 (age 23) Youth Team 2021 2021
25 Zainol Gulam   (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32)   Warriors FC 2018 2021

U21 edit

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
Defenders
51 Kieran Teo Jia Jun U21   (2004-04-06) 6 April 2004 (age 20)   Lion City Sailors U21 2021 2021
58 Badrul Amin Noh U21   (2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 22) Youth Team 2021 2021
Midfielders
43 Kenta Tan U21   (2003-08-22) 22 August 2003 (age 20) Youth Team 2021 2021
Todd Bennison U21   (2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 (age 23)   Sydney United 58 FC 2021 2021
Forwards
Danish Haziq U21   (2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 21) Youth Team 2019 2020

Coaching staff edit

[6]

Position Name Ref.
Chairman   Thomas Gay [7]
General manager   Andrew Ang [8]
Assistant general manager   Leonard Koh [9]
Head coach   Mohd Noor Ali [10]
Assistant coach    Abbas Saad [11]
Head of Youth  
U17 Coach   Azlan Alipah
U15 Coach    Sabrina Mathe
Fitness Coach   Muhammad Razif Ariff
Goalkeeping Coach   Yusri Aziz
Team Manager  
Physiotherapist   [[]]
Kitman   Abdul Latiff
Sports Scientist   Andi Agus
Sports Trainer   Benjamin Singh

Transfers edit

In edit

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
DF   Danish Irfan   Young Lions FC Loan Return
FW   Fikri Junaidi   Young Lions FC Loan Return
MF   Izzdin Shafiq   Lion City Sailors Free [12][13]
MF   Elijah Lim Teck Yong   Balestier Khalsa Free
FW   Matheus Moresche   Riga FC Free [14]
FW    Sylvano Comvalius   Sliema Wanderers F.C. Free [15]
FW   Idris Sadlizan Free Agent

Note 1: Danish Irfan was loaned to Young Lions FC for 2021 season.

Note 2: Fikri Junaidi was released and joined Albirex Niigata for 2021 season.

Mid-season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK   Zaiful Nizam   Balestier Khalsa Free,2.5year contract [16][17]
DF   Afiq Yunos   Hougang United Free, 6 months contract [18]
DF   Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib   Lion City Sailors FC Undisclosed [19][20]
MF    Danny Kim   Brisbane Roar FC Youth Free [21][22]
MF   Asshukrie Wahid Free Agent NA

Loan In edit

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
DF   Faizal Roslan   Lion City Sailors Season loan [23]
MF   Iqram Rifqi   Lion City Sailors Season loan [24]

Out edit

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
FW   Ifwat Ismail   SAFSA NS till 2021
MF   Joshua Pereira   SAFSA NS till 2022 [25]
MF   Noor Ariff   SAFSA NS till 2022 [25]
GK   Dylan Christopher Goh   Tampines Rovers U19
FW   Iqbal Hussain   Chennai City F.C. Free [26]
DF   Shahrin Saberin   Tanjong Pagar United Free [27]
DF   Nurullah Hussein   Free
DF   Kamolidin Tashiev   FC Abdysh-Ata Kant Free
DF   Danish Qayyum   Young Lions FC Free [28]
MF   Safirul Sulaiman   Free
FW   Khairul Nizam   Hougang United Free [29]
FW   Fikri Junaidi   Albirex Niigata (S) Free [30]

Mid-season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK   Wayne Chew   SAFSA NS till 2023
DF   Harith Kanadi   SAFSA NS till 2023
MF   Elijah Lim Teck Yong   SAFSA NS till 2023
MF   Nur Luqman   SAFSA NS till 2023
FW    Zikos Vasileios Chua   SAFSA NS till 2023
FW    Sylvano Comvalius   Quick Boys (N3) [3][31]
GK   Sanders Saurajen Free (Pursue study) [32]
GK   Zainol Gulam Retired [33]

Loan Out edit

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK   Dylan Pereira   Young Lions FC Season loan
DF   Danish Irfan   Young Lions FC Season loan

Extension / Retained edit

Position Player Ref
GK   Hairul Syirhan [34]
GK   Wayne Chew [35]
GK   Zainol Gulam [36]
DF   Adam Hakeem [37]
DF   Yuki Ichikawa [38]
DF   Darren Teh [39]
DF   Harith Kanadi [40]
MF   Umar Ramle [41]
MF   Azri Suhaili [42]
MF   Firdaus Kasman [43]
MF   Nur Luqman [44]
MF   Christopher van Huizen 2 years contract signed in 2019 [45]
MF    Barry Maguire [46]
FW    Zikos Vasileios Chua [47]
FW   Amy Recha [48]
FW   Fareez Farhan [49]

Friendlies edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

In-season friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of 25 August 2021.
No. Pos. Player Sleague AFC Cup Total
Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals
1 GK   Hairul Syirhan 4+1 0 0 0 5 0
2 DF   Adam Hakeem 1+1 0 0 0 2 0
3 DF   Ilhan Noor 10 2 0 0 10 2
4 MF    Danny Kim 8+2 1 0 0 10 1
5 DF   Darren Teh 11+2 0 0 0 13 0
6 MF   Umar Ramle 1+5 0 0 0 6 0
7 FW    Amy Recha 18+3 12 0 0 21 12
8 MF    Barry Maguire 16 0 0 0 16 0
10 FW   Matheus Moresche 17+4 11 0 0 21 11
13 MF   Izzdin Shafiq 9+6 0 0 0 15 0
14 MF   Asshukrie Wahid 7 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF   Faizal Roslan 11+4 1 0 0 15 1
17 MF   Firdaus Kasman 13 0 0 0 13 0
18 MF   Azri Suhaili 4+2 0 0 0 6 0
19 FW   Fareez Farhan 5+9 0 0 0 14 0
21 DF   Yuki Ichikawa 19 0 0 0 19 0
22 MF   Christopher van Huizen 7+12 1 0 0 19 1
24 MF   Iqram Rifqi 2+5 0 0 0 7 0
27 DF   Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib 6+1 0 0 0 7 0
28 DF   Afiq Yunos 6 0 0 0 6 0
30 GK   Zaiful Nizam 3 0 0 0 3 0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
9 FW    Sylvano Comvalius 4+3 2 0 0 7 2
11 DF   Harith Kanadi 16 0 0 0 16 0
20 MF    Nur Luqman 4 0 0 0 4 0
23 GK   Wayne Chew 5 0 0 0 5 0
25 GK   Zainol Gulam 6+1 0 0 0 7 0
42 GK   Sanders Saurajen 2 0 0 0 2 0
47 FW    Zikos Vasileios Chua 2 0 0 0 2 0
49 MF   Elijah Lim Teck Yong 13 0 0 0 13 0

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %

Singapore Premier League edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 April 2021 10 (Rescheduled) Young Lions FC   2-4   Geylang International Our Tampines Hub
Hami Syahin  14' (pen)
Syed Akmal  77'
Harhys Stewart  41'
Ryhan Stewart  41'
Report Faizal Roslan  10'
Amy Recha  53'
Matheus Moresche  57'  90+1'
Harith Kanadi  61'
Attendance: 237
Referee: Abirami Naidu

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lion City Sailors 21 14 6 1 59 21 +38 48 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Albirex Niigata (S)[a] 21 13 7 1 50 19 +31 46
3 Hougang United 21 10 4 7 48 40 +8 34 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
4 Tampines Rovers 21 7 6 8 48 51 −3 27
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. ^ 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.


AFC Cup edit

On 11 November 2020, the AFC approved a new calendar for the competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, where the group stage is played as centralized single round-robin tournament, and the preliminary round, play-off round, and ASEAN Zone semi-finals and final are played as a single match.[50]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts VIS LAL TER GEY
1   Visakha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cancelled Cancelled
2   Lalenok United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cancelled
3   Terengganu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cancelled Cancelled
4   Geylang International 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cancelled
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

  Win   Draw   Loss

Group stage edit

Singapore Cup edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed doors.

References edit

  1. ^ "Round 6: Preview".
  2. ^ "Round 8: Preview".
  3. ^ a b "The remarkable story of ex-Geylang International journeyman extraordinaire Sylvano Comvalius".
  4. ^ "Ex-Malaysia Cup star Abbas Saad returns to Singapore for short coaching stint".
  5. ^ "SPL statement on Geylang International COVID-19 Case".
  6. ^ "Eagles staff". Archived from the original on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  7. ^ "Geylang International FC chairman Ben Teng hands over reins to Thomas Gay".
  8. ^ "Andrew Ang has returned to GIFC as the club's General Manager".
  9. ^ "Leonard returns to Eagles' nest".
  10. ^ "NOOR ALI SIGNS 3-YEAR DEAL | Facebook". www.facebook.com.
  11. ^ "Abbas Saad returns to Singapore for short coaching stint". www.facebook.com.
  12. ^ "My Captain! Thank you for leading us in our debut season". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
  13. ^ "Izzdin Shafiq signs for Geylang International".
  14. ^ "Former Vasco youngster Matheus Moresche joins Geylang International".
  15. ^ "Dutch hitman Sylvano Comvalius joins Geylang International".
  16. ^ "Balestier Khalsa sack skipper-goalkeeper Zaiful Nizam".
  17. ^ "Zaiful finds home in Eagles' nest".
  18. ^ "Afiq to add steel to Eagles' defence".
  19. ^ "Abdil Qaiyyim joins Geylang International".
  20. ^ "Abdil joins Eagles on permanent transfer".
  21. ^ "Danny Kim departs Brisbane Roar".
  22. ^ "Geylang International sign former Australia U-17 midfielder Danny Kim".
  23. ^ "Faizal Roslan announced as 1st new signing". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
  24. ^ "Iqram Rifqi announced as 2nd signing for the season". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
  25. ^ a b "Geylang sign midfielder Nasrul Taib - Football Association of Singapore". spl.sg.
  26. ^ "Iqbal signs 4 months contract with Chennai City FC".[permanent dead link]
  27. ^ "Tanjong Pagar United is delighted to present our next new signing - Shahrin Saberin". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
  28. ^ "Say hello to our fourth new arrival! 🦁 #coyl". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
  29. ^ "Khairul Nizam is now a Cheetah! 🐆".
  30. ^ "Fikri Junaidi (Young Lions) will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
  31. ^ "Sylvano Comvalius has joined Dutch Club, Quick Boys".
  32. ^ "Thankful Saurajen takes a pause from football to pursue dentistry degree".
  33. ^ "Geylang International goalkeeper Zainol Gulam retires".
  34. ^ "Hairul stays for AFC Cup Quest".
  35. ^ "Wayne extends his stay with the Eagles!".
  36. ^ "Zainol Gulam will be back between the sticks for the Eagles in 2021".
  37. ^ "THE 1.93m Adam extends his stay!".
  38. ^ "8 seasons and counting for Yuki".
  39. ^ "Our vice captain remains an eagle!".
  40. ^ "Harith commits to the eagles!".
  41. ^ "Fan favourite Umar signs!".
  42. ^ "Azri Suhaili, the rising star stays!".
  43. ^ "Firdaus Kasman remains with the Eagles!".
  44. ^ "Nur Luqman stays!".
  45. ^ "King of assist, CVH, stays!".
  46. ^ "Flying Dutchman stays!".
  47. ^ "Zikos will be back!".
  48. ^ "Amy Recha stays!".
  49. ^ "Fareez Farhan is the latest addition to the class of 2021!". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
  50. ^ "New competition dates approved by AFC Competitions Committee". AFC. 11 November 2020.