2020 Warriors FC season

Warriors FC sat out the 2020 Singapore Premier League season due to financial and legal troubles.[1]

Warriors
2020 season
ChairmanPhilip Lam Tin Sing
Head coachAzlan Alipah
StadiumJurong West Stadium
← 2019
2021 →

In November 2019, they were charged on court with 107 counts of not paying their staff salaries.[2] In total, they failed to pay more than S$350,000 in salaries to about 30 employees, including players, sports trainers and support staff.

2 days after the incident being reported, ST reported that there were 2 parties that were interested to take over Warriors FC.[3]

On 2 December 2019, the club's management committee said they had paid a total of S$150,000 in salaries to half of its football squad to settle arrears.[4]

On 31 December 2019, FAS had instructed Warriors FC to sit out the 2020 Singapore Premier League season due to their financial issue and legal troubles.[1]

Squad

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S.League squad

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As of 11 February 2019
Squad No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Start Contract End
Goalkeepers
13 Shahul Rayyan   (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 (age 29)   Albirex Niigata (S) 2019
Defenders
25 Shameer Aziq   (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 28)   Tampines Rovers 2019 2019
Midfielders
10 Poh Yi Feng >30   (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 (age 37)   Balestier Khalsa 2016 2020
Strikers
15 Fadhil Noh >30   (1989-03-04) 4 March 1989 (age 35)   Balestier Khalsa 2017
Players left club during season

U19 Squad

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Squad No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Start Contract End
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Strikers

Coaching staff

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Position Name Ref.
General Manager   Paul Poh
Head Coach   Azlan Alipah
Assistant Coach

  Ismadi Mukhtar

Goalkeeping Coach   Lee Bee Seng [5]
Team Manager   Yeo Jun Xian
Fitness Trainer  
Sports Trainer   Narasiman Sathivelu
Kitman  

Transfers

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Pre-Season transfers

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Position Player Transferred From Ref
DF   Illyas Lee   Balestier Khalsa Free
DF   Ruzree Rohzaini   Garena Young Lions Loan Return
FW   Fazrul Nawaz   Hougang United

Note 1: Illyas Lee moves to Tiong Bahru FC after the club was excluded from the 2020 Singapore Premier League season. Note 2: Fazrul Nawaz moves to Tampines Rovers after the club was excluded from the 2020 Singapore Premier League season.

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK   Fashah Iskandar   Tanjong Pagar United
GK    Kimura Riki   Lion City Sailors U21
DF   Kento Fukuda [6]
DF   Delwinder Singh   Tanjong Pagar United
DF   Tajeli Salamat   Home United
DF   Yeo Hai Ngee   Balestier Khalsa
DF    Danial Scott Crichton   Garena Young Lions
DF    Ryhan Stewart   Garena Young Lions
DF   Illyas Lee   Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)
MF   Suria Prakash   Tanjong Pagar United
MF   Ignatius Ang   Tanjong Pagar United
MF   Gabriel Quak   Home United [7][8]
MF   Faizal Raffi   Balestier Khalsa
MF   C. Aarish Kumar   Balestier Khalsa
FW   Sahil Suhaimi   Hougang United [9]
FW   Khairul Nizam   Geylang International [10]
FW   Fairoz Hassan   Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)
FW   Jonathan Behe   Al-Nahda Club [11]

Note 1: Fairoz Hassan moved to Tiong Bahru FC after being released from the club. He subsequently moved to Albirex Niigata (S) during the mid season transfer window

Extension / Retained

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Position Player Ref
GK   Shahul Rayyan
DF   Emmeric Ong
DF   R Aaravin
DF   Shameer Aziq
MF   Ammirul Emmran
MF   Poh Yi Feng
FW   Fadhil Noh
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Position Player Ref

Trial

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Position Player Trial With Ref
FW   Jonathan Behe   Penang FA [12]
  Terengganu F.C. II [13]
[14]

Mid-Season Transfer

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Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF   Emmeric Ong   Hougang United [15]
FW   Zulkiffli Hassim   Tanjong Pagar United [16]
MF   Ammirul Emmran   Tanjong Pagar United [17]
FW   Fazrul Nawaz   Tampines Rovers [18]
DF   R Aaravin   Balestier Khalsa

Friendly

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Pre-Season Friendly

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Team statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of 29 September 2018
No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup Total
Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %

Singapore Premier League

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  Win   Draw   Loss

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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "FAS instructs Warriors FC to sit out 2020 SPL season, club asks for urgent meeting". Archived from the original on 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  2. ^ "Warriors Football Club charged with not paying players, staff salaries of more than S$350,000". CNA.
  3. ^ "SPL club Warriors up for foreign takeover?". The Straits Times. November 9, 2019.
  4. ^ "Warriors FC pays S$150,000 in salaries out of S$358,000 owed". TODAYonline.
  5. ^ "Football: Goalkeeping coach Lee Bee Seng leaves national set-up, joins Warriors FC". The Straits Times. July 27, 2016.
  6. ^ "Arigatoooo @warriorsfcsg since 2016〜2019 season". Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
  7. ^ "Gabriel Quak on Instagram: "Thank you @warriorsfcsg for a beautiful season & the memories created together 💙 Honoured to have led a club of such rich history, am…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
  8. ^ "Football: Hassan Sunny, 35, back Home with Protectors after leaving Thai side Army United". The Straits Times. December 19, 2019.
  9. ^ "Sahil Suhaimi on Instagram: "Thank you @warriorsfcsg for this memorable 2 years. It has been a pleasure playing for you guys. 💙🦏"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
  10. ^ "PHASE 3.3: Unveiling of Khairul Nizam" – via www.facebook.com.
  11. ^ "Behe joins-Al Nahda" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
  12. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com.
  13. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com.
  14. ^ "Behe on trial with Penang FA".
  15. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com.
  16. ^ "Tanjong Pagar sign Zulkiffli Hassim - Football Association of Singapore". spl.sg.
  17. ^ "Tanjong Pagar boost midfield with Ammirul Emmran - Football Association of Singapore". spl.sg.
  18. ^ "Tampines Rovers sign Fazrul Nawaz - Football Association of Singapore". spl.sg.