2023 Lion City Sailors Women

The 2023 season marks the Lion City Sailors Women's second consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Women's Premier League. The team will be looking to build on their success from last season, when they finished as champion in the league.

Lion City Sailors
2023 season
OwnerGarena
ChairmanForrest Li
Head coachMuhammad Yusuf Chatyawan
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2024 →

The Sailors Women have a strong squad with a good mix of experience and youth. They are led by Yeong Sheau Shyan, who has a wealth of experience in women's football. She has previously managed the Singapore national team. [1] [2]

Squad edit

Women squad (LCS) edit

Squad No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeeper
1 Noor Kusumawati   (1990-09-29) 29 September 1990 (age 33)   Warriors FC 2022 2023
22 Beatrice Tan Li Bin   (1992-06-29) 29 June 1992 (age 31)   Tanjong Pagar United 2022 2023
Defender
3 Fatin Aqillah   (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 (age 29)   Tanjong Pagar United 2022 2023
4 Umairah Hamdan   (2002-03-11) 11 March 2002 (age 22)   South Avenue CSC 2022 2023
8 Syazwani Ruzi   (2001-03-06) 6 March 2001 (age 23)   Still Aerion FC 2022 2023
13 Ernie Sulastri   (1988-11-24) 24 November 1988 (age 35)   Home United 2022 2023
17 Khairunnisa Anwar   (2003-02-21) 21 February 2003 (age 21)   South Avenue CSC 2022 2023
18 Munirah Mohamad   (1997-02-13) 13 February 1997 (age 27)   Police SA 2022 2023
25 Sara Hayduchok      JSSL Tampines 2023 2023
27 Tia Foong Po Shiun   (2007-07-31) 31 July 2007 (age 16)   Mattar Sailors (W) 2022 2023
Seri Nurinsyirah   (2007-01-27) 27 January 2007 (age 17)   Mattar Sailors (W) 2023 2023
Midfielder
14 Madelin Sophie Lock   (2007-05-24) 24 May 2007 (age 16)   Mattar Sailors (W) 2022 2023
16 Ho Huixin   (1992-04-23) 23 April 1992 (age 32)   Home United 2022 2023
19 Julia-Vanessa Farr   (1991-08-12) 12 August 1991 (age 32)   Warriors FC 2022 2023
20 Cara Ming-Yan Chang   (2008-11-28) 28 November 2008 (age 15)   Mattar Sailors (W) 2022 2023
21 Venetia Lim Ying Xuan   (2003-10-14) 14 October 2003 (age 20)   Still Aerion FC 2022 2023
Forwards
5 Miray Hokotate Altun   (2005-04-06) 6 April 2005 (age 19)   ANZA Singapore 2022 2023
9 Lila Tan Hui Ying    (2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 20)   Aksil Shanghai 2022 2023
10 Izzati Rosni   (1999-05-24) 24 May 1999 (age 24)   SWAT FC 2022 2023
12 Josephine Ang Kaile   (2006-09-26) 26 September 2006 (age 17)   Mattar Sailors (W) 2022 2023
23 Nica Siy     Kaya F.C.–Iloilo (W) 2023 2023
Mid-season transferred players
2 Madison Josephine Telmer   (2004-10-29) 29 October 2004 (age 19)   ANZA Singapore 2022 2023
6 Seri Ayu Natasha Naszri   (2007-12-19) 19 December 2007 (age 16)   Mattar Sailors (W) 2022 2023
7 Paula Druschke   2022 2023
11 Ardhra Arul Ganeswaran   (2007-07-25) 25 July 2007 (age 16)   Mattar Sailors (W) 2022 2023
99 Chloe Koh Ke Ying   (2007-02-18) 18 February 2007 (age 17)   Mattar Sailors (W) 2022 2023

Women squad (Mattar Sailors) edit

Squad No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeeper
1 Izairida Shakira   (2007-06-02) 2 June 2007 (age 16) 2022 2023
18 Chantale Lamasan Rosa     Singapore Sports School 2023 2023
Nurul Illyanis   (2007-01-27) 27 January 2007 (age 17)   2023 2023
Defender
3 Tasha Foong Po Yui   (2005-05-27) 27 May 2005 (age 18)   ITE College East 2022 2023
4 Tyan Foong     2023 2023
5 Rebecca Harding   (1985-04-23) 23 April 1985 (age 39)   Selangor FC (W) 2023 2023
12 Siti Nur Hidayah     2023 2023
14 Isis Ang   (2003-01-10) 10 January 2003 (age 21)   2022 2022
16 Syaizta Ohorella     2023 2023
Midfielder
6 Nadia Nuraffendi   (2006-04-14) 14 April 2006 (age 18)   Tampines-Meridian JC 2023 2023
8 Jaen Lee     2023 2023
10 Liyana Indah Rickit   (2009-10-14) 14 October 2009 (age 14)   ActiveSG 2022 2023
15 Yuvika Suresh   (2009-03-01) 1 March 2009 (age 15)   2022 2023
17 Natasha Kaur     2023 2023
19 Anusha Saluja     2023 2023
20 Dorcas Chu   (2002-07-29) 29 July 2002 (age 21)   Lion City Sailors Women 2022 2023
21 Ruby Tjipto   Youth Academy 2023 2023
22 Sara Merican   (1996-04-19) 19 April 1996 (age 28)   Lion City Sailors Women 2022 2023
Aaniya Ahuja   (2005-12-30) 30 December 2005 (age 18)   Singapore American School 2022 2022
Forward
7 Nor Adriana Lim     2023 2023
9 Raeka Ee Pei Ying     Singapore Sports School 2023 2023
11 Elena Khoo     Brazilian Football Academy 2023 2023
13 Katelyn Yeoh     2023 2023
23 Nur Ain Salleh   Youth Academy 2023 2023
24 Maxine Maribbay   (2005-04-21) 21 April 2005 (age 19) 2023 2023
25 Syafina Putri Rashid   (2004-08-09) 9 August 2004 (age 19)   Lion City Sailors Women 2022 2023
Zalikha Haidah Abdul Rahman   (2004-09-15) 15 September 2004 (age 19)   ITE College Central 2022 2022
Naureen Qadriyah     Fuhua Secondary School 2023 2023
Celine Koh   Youth Team 2022 2023

Coaching staff edit

The following list displays the coaching staff of all the Lion City Sailors current football sections:[3]

Transfers edit

In edit

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred From Team Ref
GK   Izairida Shakira   Mattar Sailors (W) Mattar Sailors (W) Promoted
DF   Tia Foong Po Shiun   Mattar Sailors (W) Mattar Sailors (W) Promoted [4]
MF   Seri Ayu Natasha Naszri   Mattar Sailors (W) Mattar Sailors (W) Promoted
MF   Ardhra Arul Ganeswaran   Mattar Sailors (W) Mattar Sailors (W) Promoted
MF   Madelin Sophie Lock   Mattar Sailors (W) Mattar Sailors (W) Promoted
FW   Josephine Ang Kaile   Mattar Sailors (W) Mattar Sailors (W) Promoted
FW   Chloe Koh Ke Ying   Mattar Sailors (W) Mattar Sailors (W) Promoted

Mid-season

Position Player Transferred From Team Ref
MF   Cara Ming-Yan Chang   Mattar Sailors (W) Mattar Sailors (W) Promoted
DF   Seri Nurinsyirahh   Mattar Sailors (W) Mattar Sailors (W) Promoted
DF    Sara Hayduchok   JSSL Tampines First Team Free [5]
FW   Nica Siy   Kaya F.C.–Iloilo (W) First Team Free [6]

Out edit

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred To Team Ref
DF   Yasmin Namira   Graceland University Mattar Sailors (W) Free
DF   Shaniz Qistina   Tiong Bahru (W) Mattar Sailors (W) Free
MF   Sara Merican   Mattar Sailors (W) First Team Free.
MF   Aaniya Ahuja   Pepperdine University Mattar Sailors (W) Free
MF   Giselle Blumke   JSSL Tampines Mattar Sailors (W) Free.
FW   Nicole Lim Yan Xiu   Hougang United (W) First Team Free.
FW   Nur Syafina Putri Rashid   First Team Free.
FW   Nurul Ariqah   Balestier Khalsa (W) Mattar Sailors (W) Free
FW   Charlotte Chong   Geylang International (W) Mattar Sailors (W) Free

Mid-season

Position Player Transferred To Team Ref
MF   Madison Telmer   UFV Cascades First Team End of Contract
MF   Seri Ayu Natasha Naszri   ESC La Liga Academy First Team Scholarship till 2025
MF   Ardhra Arul Ganeswaran   IMG Academy First Team Scholarship till 2026 [7]
MF   Dorcas Chu   Mattar Sailors (W) First Team Free.
FW   Chloe Koh Ke Ying   IMG Academy First Team Scholarship till 2026 [8]
FW   Paula Druschke NA First Team End of Contract

Loan Returns edit

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred From Team Ref

Mid-season

Position Player Transferred From Ref

Loans Out edit

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred To Team Ref
MF   Nur Izzati Rosni   FC SWAT First Team On loan till March 2023 [9]
MF   Ernie Sulastri   FC SWAT First Team On loan till March 2023 [9]

Mid-Season

Position Player Transferred To Ref

Contract extensions edit

[10]

Position Player Ref
GK   Noor Kusumawati
GK   Beatrice Tan Li Bin
DF   Fatin Aqillah
DF   Munirah Mohamad
DF   Khairunnisa Anwar
DF   Nur Umairah Hamdan
MF   Nur Izzati Rosni
DF   Nur Syazwani Ruzi
MF   Venetia Lim Ying Xuan
MF   Julia-Vanessa Farr
MF   Dorcas Chu
MF   Madison Josephine Telmer
FW   Miray Hokotate Altun
FW    Lila Tan Hui Ying
FW   Paula Druschke

Friendlies edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team statistics edit

Appearances and goals (Women) edit

As of 19 Nov 2023
No. Pos. Player WPL Total
Apps.   Goals Apps.   Goals
1 GK   Noor Kusumawati 3+1 0 4 0
3 DF   Fatin Aqillah 3+1 1 4 1
4 DF   Nur Umairah 11 0 11 0
5 FW   Miray Altun 15+3 10 16 10
8 DF   Nur Syazwani Ruzi 15+1 4 14 3
9 FW    Lila Tan Hui Ying 13+4 7 15 6
10 MF   Nur Izzati Rosni 13+1 12 14 12
12 FW   Josephine Ang Kaile 7+7 7 12 7
13 MF   Ernie Sulastri 15 1 13 1
14 MF   Madelin Sophie Lock 10+2 7 10 4
16 MF   Ho Hui Xin 11+4 1 13 1
17 DF   Khairunnisa Khairol Anwar 13+2 1 14 1
18 MF   Munirah Mohamad 11 0 9 0
19 MF   Julia-Vanessa Farr 1+5 3 5 3
20 MF   Cara Ming-Yan Chang 6+2 5 6 5
21 MF   Venetia Lim Ying Xuan 4+1 2 5 2
22 GK   Beatrice Tan 15 0 13 0
23 FW   Nica Siy 2 2 1 1
25 DF    Sara Hayduchok 6+1 0 5 0
27 DF   Tia Foong Po Shiun 7+2 1 8 1
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
2 MF   Madison Telmer 7 3 7 3
6 MF   Seri Ayu Natasha Naszri 4+2 0 6 0
7 FW   Paula Druschke 2+1 1 3 1
11 MF   Ardhra Arul Ganeswaran 2+3 2 5 2
99 FW   Chloe Koh Ke Ying 1+2 3 3 3

Appearances and goals (Mattar Sailors) edit

As of 16 Sept 2023
No. Pos. Player WNL Total
Apps.   Goals Apps.   Goals
1 GK   Izairida Shakira 6 0 6 0
3 DF   Tasha Foong Po Yui 8 0 8 0
4 DF   Tyan Foong 7+1 0 8 0
5 DF   Rebecca Harding 6 1 6 1
6 MF   Nadia Nuraffendi 8 0 8 0
7 FW   Nor Adriana Lim 4 4 4 4
8 MF   Jaen Lee 2+2 1 4 1
9 FW   Raeka Ee 8 9 8 9
10 MF   Liyana Indah Rickit 9 0 9 0
11 FW   Elena Khoo 3 0 3 0
12 DF   Siti Nur Hidayah 0 0 0 0
13 FW   Katelyn Yeoh 1+2 0 3 0
14 MF   Isis Ang 7 2 7 2
15 MF   Yuvika Suresh 4+1 3 5 3
16 DF   Syaizta Ohorella 1+2 0 3 0
17 MF   Natasha Kaur 6+1 0 7 0
18 GK   Chantale Lamasan Rosa 3+1 0 4 0
19 MF   Anusha Saluja 1 0 1 0
20 MF   Dorcas Chu 6+1 4 7 4
21 MF   Ruby Tjipto 2 0 2 0
22 MF   Sara Merican 6 1 6 1
23 MF   Nur Ain Salleh 0 0 0 0
24 FW   Maxine Maribbay 1+1 0 2 0
25 FW   Syafina Putri Rashid 0 0 0 0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club

Competition (Women's Premier League) edit

Women's Premier League edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 March 2023 1 Lion City Sailors   3-0   Police SA Choa Chu Kang
Madison Telmer   4'
Nur Izzati Rosni   79'  85'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
25 March 2023 2 Still Aerion   0-3   Lion City Sailors Choa Chu Kang
Khairunnisa Khairol Anwar   18'
Nur Syazwani Ruzi   21'
Fatin Aqillah   51'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
21 May 2023 3 Lion City Sailors   1-0   JSSL Tampines Choa Chu Kang
Paula Druschke   87' Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
27 May 2023 4 Tanjong Pagar United   0-2   Lion City Sailors Choa Chu Kang
Lila Tan   19'
Ardhra Arul Ganeswaran   90+9'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
17 June 2023 5 Lion City Sailors   1-1   Albirex Niigata Yishun
Nur Izzati Rosni  18' (pen) Tina Afrida Nasmi  89' Stadium: Yishun Stadium
25 June 2023 6 Balestier Khalsa   0-8   Lion City Sailors Choa Chu Kang
Nur Izzati Rosni    
Madison Telmer   
Miray Altun  
Lila Tan  
Julia-Vanessa Farr  
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
22 July 2023 7 Lion City Sailors   6-0   Geylang International Choa Chu Kang
Miray Altun   26'
Chloe Koh   46'  89'  90+1'
Venetia Lim   89'  90+4'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
30 July 2023 8 Hougang United   0-1   Lion City Sailors Choa Chu Kang
Miray Altun   85'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
5 August 2023 9 Lion City Sailors   10-0   Tiong Bahru FC Choa Chu Kang
Josephine Ang Kaile   23'  27'
Miray Altun   26'
Nur Izzati Rosni  37'  48'  60'
Lila Tan Hui Ying  75'
Nur Syazwani Ruzi  78'
Tia Foong Po Shiun  83'
Ardhra Arul Ganeswaran  86'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
13 August 2023 10 Police SA   0-3   Lion City Sailors Choa Chu Kang
Cara Chang  
Nur Izzati Rosni   25'
Lila Tan Hui Ying  74'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
19 August 2023 11 Lion City Sailors   1-0   Still Aerion Choa Chu Kang
Josephine Ang Kaile   8'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
27 August 2023 12 JSSL Tampines   1-6   Lion City Sailors Choa Chu Kang
  82' Cara Chang   1', 41'
Josephine Ang Kaile   39'
Nur Izzati Rosni  51' (pen)
Lila Tan   61'
Ernie Sulastri   89'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
15 October 2023 13 (Rescheduled) Lion City Sailors   1-0   Tanjong Pagar United Yishun
Nur Syazwani Ruzi   90+4' (pen)
Stadium: Yishun Stadium
Referee: Shafiq Ali
29 October 2023 14 (Rescheduled) Albirex Niigata   0-3   Lion City Sailors Clementi
Cara Ming-Yan Chang   20'
Miray Altun   23'
Madelin Sophie Lock   39'
Stadium: Clementi Stadium
22 October 2023 15 Lion City Sailors   6-0   Balestier Khalsa Choa Chu Kang
Madelin Sophie Lock   29', 82'
Nur Izzati Rosni   37'
Cara Ming-Yan Chang   72'
Seri Nurhidayah   77' (o.g.)
Miray Altun   86'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
5 November 2023 16 Geylang International   0-11   Lion City Sailors Clementi
Julia-Vanessa Farr   12', 42'
Miray Altun   19', 70'
Josephine Ang Kaile   32', 47', 57'
Lila Tan   36'
Madelin Sophie Lock   57'
Nica Siy   69'
Ho Hui Xin   87'
Stadium: Clementi Stadium
19 November 2023 17 Lion City Sailors   1-0   Hougang United Choa Chu Kang
Nur Syazwani Ruzi   82'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
25 November 2023 18 Tiong Bahru FC   0-6   Lion City Sailors Choa Chu Kang
  19' (o.g)
Madelin Sophie Lock   34', 50', 63'
Nica Siy   45'
Lila Tan   54'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lion City Sailors (C) 18 17 1 0 73 2 +71 52 League champions
2   Albirex Niigata (S) 17 12 4 1 69 16 +53 40
3 Hougang United 17 10 2 5 33 9 +24 32
4 Tanjong Pagar United 17 9 4 4 50 12 +38 31
5 Police SA 17 7 4 6 27 25 +2 25
6 Balestier Khalsa 17 7 1 9 40 49 −9 22
7 Still Aerion 18 6 2 10 22 30 −8 20
8 JSSL Tampines 17 5 2 10 35 36 −1 17
9 Tiong Bahru 18 2 0 16 11 97 −86 6
10 Geylang International 18 2 0 16 8 92 −84 6
Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2022. Source: FAS
(C) Champions

Competition (Women's National League) edit

(Played under name of Mattar Sailors Women)

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round Robin edit

20 August 2023 1 Mattar Sailors   3-0   Commonwealth Cosmos Yishun
Raeka Ee   ?', ?'
Yuvika Suresh   ?'
Stadium: Yishun Stadium
27 August 2023 2 Mattar Sailors   8-0   Winchester Isla Yishun
Raeka Ee   ?', ?'
Isis Ang   ?', ?'
Dorcas Chu   ?'
Jaen Lee   ?'
Yuvika Suresh   ?', ?'
Stadium: Yishun Stadium
3 September 2023 3 Mattar Sailors   0-1   Royal Arion Choa Chu Kang
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
9 September 2023 4 Mattar Sailors   4-0   Singapore Khalsa Choa Chu Kang
Raeka Ee   ?', ?'
Rebecca Harding   ?'
Adriana Lim   ?'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
17 September 2023 5 Mattar Sailors   0-2   Admiralty FC Choa Chu Kang
Sharifah Amanina   36', 81'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
24 September 2023 6 Mattar Sailors   4-0   Ayer Rajah Gryphons Choa Chu Kang
Dorcas Chu   ?', ?'
Raeka Ee   ?', ?'
Sara Merican   ?'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
1 October 2023 7 Mattar Sailors   2-1   Bussorah Youths Choa Chu Kang
Adriana Lim   ?'
Dorcas Chu   ?'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Royal Arion (Q) 7 7 0 0 49 0 +49 21
2 Admiralty FC (Q) 7 5 1 1 36 7 +29 16
3 Mattar Sailors (Q) 7 5 0 2 21 4 +17 15
4 Ayer Rajah Gryphons (Q) 7 4 0 3 7 17 −10 12
5 Singapore Khalsa 7 2 2 3 9 15 −6 8
6 Commonwealth Cosmos 7 2 1 4 8 23 −15 7
7 Bussorah Youths 7 1 0 6 8 25 −17 3
8 Winchester Isla 7 0 0 7 2 49 −47 0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2022. Source: FAS
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Semi Final to be played on 7 Oct and Final to be played on 15 Oct.

Semi Final edit

7 October 2023 Semi Final Mattar Sailors   3-0   Admiralty FC Choa Chu Kang
Raeka Ee   ?'
Yuvika Suresh   ?'
Adriana   ?'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium

Final edit

15 October 2023 Final Mattar Sailors   1-2   Royal Arion Woodlands
Raeka Ee   7' Orapin Waenngeon   67', 70' Stadium: Woodlands Stadium

See also edit

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Singapore tech firm Sea takes ownership of Home United; club changes name to Lion City Sailors FC". Archived from the original on 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  2. ^ "Deloitte Women's Premier League returns with 10 clubs, kicks off on 18th March".
  3. ^ "FIRST TEAM STAFF".
  4. ^ "Six Under-16 players promoted into the Sailors Women's 2023 roster".
  5. ^ "Sara Hayduchok comes aboard to solidify Sailors Women's defence".
  6. ^ "New arrival Nica Siy adds depth and variation to Sailors Women's frontline".
  7. ^ "Young Sailors women stalwarts secure overseas scholarships under Unleash The Roar! initiative".
  8. ^ "Eight youth footballers awarded overseas scholarships as part of Unleash The Roar! project".
  9. ^ a b "Ulang-alik S'pura-KL beraksi dalam Liga Super Wanita".
  10. ^ "2020 Singapore Premier League Retained and Released List".