2017 Young Lions FC season

Garena Young Lions
2017 season
Chairman	Farehan Hussein
Head coach	Vincent Subramaniam
Stadium	Jalan Besar Stadium
S.League	Not started
Singapore Cup	Not started
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 season is Young Lion's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League.

Squad

S.League squad

As of 26 Feb 2017.

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Last Club
Goalkeepers
1	Fashah Iskandar	(1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 (age 29)	Tampines Rovers Prime League
18	Zharfan Rohaizad	(1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 27)	NFA U18
30	Adib Hakim	(1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 (age 26)	NFA U18
35	Hairul Syirhan	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 29)	Geylang International
Defenders
4	Amirul Adli	(1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 28)	NFA U18
5	Shahrin Saberin	(1995-02-14) 14 February 1995 (age 29)	Home United
8	Yeo Hai Ngee	(1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 29)	Home United Prime League
12	Syahrul Sazali	(1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 26)	NFA U18
15	Faizal Roslan	(1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 29)	NFA U18
16	J.Dhukilan	(1997-03-24) 24 March 1997 (age 27)	Geylang International
24	R Aaravin	(1996-02-24) 24 February 1996 (age 28)	Home United
25	Rusyaidi Salime	(1998-04-25) 25 April 1998 (age 26)	NFA U17
26	Illyas Lee	(1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 29)	Warriors FC
27	Taufiq Muqminin Hossain	(1996-07-26) 26 July 1996 (age 28)	NFA U18
Midfielders
3	Joshua Pereira	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 27)	NFA U18
6	Ammirul Emmran	(1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 29)	NFA U18
7	Ryan Syaffiq	(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 27)	NFA U18
10	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	(1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 26)	NFA U17
13	Armin Maier	(1997-07-10) 10 July 1997 (age 27)	FC 07 Albstadt
19	Hafiz Sulaiman	(1995-10-10) 10 October 1995 (age 29)	Warriors FC
20	Muhaimin Suhaimi	(1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29)	NFA U18
21	Jordan Chan	(1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 26)	NFA U18
22	Haiqal Pashia	(1998-11-29) 29 November 1998 (age 26)	NFA U18
23	Amirul Hakim	(1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 26)	NFA U18
28	Muhelmy Suhaimi	(1996-01-22) 22 January 1996 (age 28)	NFA U18
Forwards
9	Taufik Suparno	(1995-10-31) 31 October 1995 (age 29)	Tampines Rovers Prime League
11	Shafeeq Faruk	(1996-09-21) 21 September 1996 (age 28)	Geylang International
14	Hami Syahin	(1998-12-16) 16 December 1998 (age 26)	NFA U16
17	Ikhsan Fandi	(1999-04-09) 9 April 1999 (age 25)	Home United Prime League
31	Shameer Aziq	(1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 28)	Hougang United

Prime League squad

(mainly NFA U18)

As of 9 Apr 2017.

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Last Club
Goalkeepers
37	Ridhwan Aban	GK	(1999-04-29) 29 April 1999 (age 25)	NFA U17
38	Shafiq Zaini	GK		NFA U17
Defenders
40	Danish Irfan	DF	(1999-03-10) 10 March 1999 (age 25)	NFA U17
41	Irfan Najeeb	DF	(1999-07-31) 31 July 1999 (age 25)	NFA U17
42	Alif Iskandar	DF		NFA U17
43	Qayyum Raishyan	DF	(2000-12-05) 5 December 2000 (age 24)	NFA U17
44	Jordan Nicolas Vestering	DF	(2000-09-25) 25 September 2000 (age 24)	NFA U17
45	Nazhiim Harman	DF	(1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 (age 25)	NFA U17
Midfielders
47	Haziq Razali	MF		NFA U17
48	Shah Shahiran	MF	(1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 25)	NFA U17
49	Elliot Ng Shao Han	MF	(1999-04-05) 5 April 1999 (age 25)	NFA U17
50	Jacob William Mahler	MF	(2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 (age 24)	NFA U16
51	Akmal Azman	MF	(2000-11-21) 21 November 2000 (age 24)	NFA U16
52	Amirul Haikal	MF	(1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 25)	NFA U16
55	Daniel Martens	MF	(1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 25)	NFA U16
56	Hafiz Abdullah	MF		NFA U16
Forwards
53	Idraki Adnan	FW	(1999-03-13) 13 March 1999 (age 25)	NFA U16
54	Danial Syafiq	FW	(1999-12-29) 29 December 1999 (age 24)	NFA U16

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Team Manager	Farehan Hussein
Head team coach	Vincent Subramaniam
Assistant coach	Robbie Servais
Goalkeeping coach	Chua Lye Heng
Physiotherapist	Vacant
Sports Trainers	Nasruldin Baharudin Muklis Sawit
Equipment Officer	Omar Mohamed

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

^[1]

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Hairul Syirhan	Geylang International
GK	Adib Hakim	NFA U18
DF	R Aaravin	Home United
DF	Shahrin Saberin	Home United	loan
DF	Yeo Hai Ngee	Home United Prime League
DF	Ehvin Sasidharan	NFA U18
DF	Syahrul Sazali	NFA U18
MF	Hafiz Sulaiman	Warriors FC
MF	Jordan Chan	NFA U18
MF	Haiqal Pashia	NFA U18
MF	Amirul Hakim	NFA U18
MF	Armin Maier	FC 07 Albstadt
FW	Ikhsan Fandi	Home United Prime League

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To
GK	Kenji Syed Rusydi	Home United Prime League
GK	Benjamin Bertrand
DF	Marcus Wheeler	Released
DF	Irfan Asyraf	Released
DF	Tajeli Selamat	Balestier Khalsa
DF	Shannon Stephen	Tampines Rovers
DF	Zakir Samsudin	Released
DF	Ashrul Syafeeq	Balestier Khalsa
MF	Firdaus Kasman	Warriors
MF	Christopher van Huizen	Home United
MF	Fareez Farhan	Hougang United
MF	Gareth Low	Hougang United
MF	Jonathan Tan	Balestier Khalsa
MF	Zulfadhmi Suzliman	Tampines Rovers Prime League
FW	Khairul Amri	Tampines Rovers
FW	Adam Swandi	Home United
FW	Hazim Faiz	Released

Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Zharfan Rohaizad
GK	Fashah Iskandar
DF	Amirul Adli
DF	Faizal Roslan
DF	J.Dhukilan
DF	Rusyaidi Salime
DF	Illyas Lee
DF	Taufiq Muqminin Hossain
MF	Joshua Pereira
MF	Ammirul Emmran
MF	Ryan Syaffiq
MF	Zulqarnaen Suzliman
MF	Muhaimin Suhaimi
MF	Muhelmy Suhaimi
FW	Taufik Suparno
FW	Shafeeq Faruk
FW	Hami Syahin
FW	Shameer Aziq

Mid-season transfers

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Ehvin Sasidharan	Tampines Rovers

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

22 January 2017 Pre-Season Friendly	Young Lions	1-1	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
5.30pm			Amy Recha

25 January 2017 Pre-Season Friendly	Young Lions	0-1	Omiya Ardija Youth	Jalan Besar Stadium
7.30pm

6 February 2017 Pre-Season Friendly	Young Lions	0-1	Ceres–Negros	Hougang Stadium
8pm

10 February 2017 Pre-Season Friendly ^[2]

Young Lions

3-1

Rydalmere Lions FC

Jalan Besar Stadium

11 February 2017 Pre-season

Young Lions

2-0

Balestier Khalsa

Toa Payoh Stadium

In Season friendlies

15 March 2017 Friendly

Young Lions

cancelled

Albirex Niigata U18

Choa Chu Kang Stadium

24 March 2017 Friendly	Young Lions	0-8	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong East Stadium
		Report	Yasutaka Yanagi 7' Tsubasa Sano 8,44' Kento Nagasaki 15,37' Ryota Nakai 17,29' Shoichiro Sakamoto 61'

11 October 2017 Friendly	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-0	Young Lions	Jurong East Stadium
	Yasutaka Yanagi 61'

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Fashah Iskandar	2	0	2	0
3	MF	Joshua Pereira	1(3)	0	4	0
4	DF	Amirul Adli	21(1)	1	22	1
5	DF	Shahrin Saberin (captain)	15	0	15	0
6	MF	Ammirul Emmran	10(4)	0	14	0
7	MF	Ryan Syaffiq	10(2)	0	12	0
8	DF	Yeo Hai Ngee	7(4)	1	11	1
9	FW	Taufik Suparno	16(4)	2	20	2
10	MF	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	11(8)	1	19	1
11	FW	Shafeeq Faruk	1(1)	0	2	0
12	DF	Syahrul Sazali	17(3)	0	20	0
13	MF	Armin Maier	3(1)	1	4	1
14	MF	Hami Syahin	19	0	19	0
15	DF	Faizal Roslan	13(5)	0	18	0
16	DF	J.Dhukilan	5(1)	0	6	0
17	FW	Ikhsan Fandi	4(6)	0	10	0
18	GK	Zharfan Rohaizad	14	0	14	0
19	MF	Hafiz Sulaiman	6(2)	0	8	0
20	MF	Muhaimin Suhaimi	15(1)	1	16	1
21	MF	Jordan Chan	8(4)	0	12	0
22	MF	Haiqal Pashia	8(7)	1	15	1
23	MF	Amirul Hakim	0	0	0	0
24	DF	R Aaravin	0	0	0	0
25	DF	Rusyaidi Salime	22	1	22	1
26	DF	Illyas Lee (vice-captain)	13	0	13	0
27	DF	Taufiq Muqminin Hossain	0(1)	0	1	0
28	MF	Muhelmy Suhaimi	15(1)	1	16	1
30	GK	Adib Hakim	0	0	0	0
31	FW	Shameer Aziq	0(5)	0	5	0
35	GK	Hairul Syirhan	8(1)	0	9	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
29	DF	Ehvin Sasidharan	0	0	0	0

Competitions

S.League

Win Draw Loss

27 February 2017 (2017-02-27) Round 1	Home United	6-1	Young Lions	Bishan Stadium
	Faris Ramli 23'58 Stipe Plazibat 29,40,55,75' Khairul Nizam 61' Song Ui-young 73' Adam Swandi 78'	Report	Zulqarnaen Suzliman 51' Hami Syahin 69' Shahrin Saberin 81'	Referee: Nathan Chan

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) Round 2	Young Lions	0-5	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Tsubasa Sano 16,75' Takuya Akiyama 18' Kento Nagasaki 38' Ryota Nakai 57'		Hami Syahin 30' Muhelmy Suhaimi 52'	Attendance: 1,728 Referee: Jansen Foo

11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) Round 3	Hougang United	2-0	Young Lions	Hougang Stadium
	Fareez Farhan 45' Fumiya Kogure 63' Zulfahmi Arifin 56' Nazrul Nazari 65'		Ammirul Emmran 62'	Attendance: 1,354 Referee: G Letchman

2 April 2017 (2017-04-02) Round 4	Balestier Khalsa	1-0	Young Lions	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Aung Kyaw Naing 52' Ahmad Syahir 25' Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit 28'		Amirul Adli 69' Shahrin Saberin 90'	Attendance: 868 Referee: Farhad Mohamed

8 April 2017 (2017-04-08) Round 5	Warriors FC	4-3	Young Lions	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Joël Tshibamba 46,90' 90' Shahril Ishak 82' Jordan Webb 87' Syaqir Sulaiman 13' Baihakki Khaizan 63' Poh Yi Feng 66'		Muhaimin Suhaimi 51' Taufik Suparno 54' (pen.) 78' Jordan Chan 57' Shahrin Saberin 79' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 87' Hami Syahin 87'	Attendance: 1,608 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) Round 6	Young Lions	0-2	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Jordan Chan 51' Muhelmy Suhaimi 55' Syahrul Sazali 86'	Report	Stanely Ng 64' Shawal Anuar 75' Anders Eric Aplin 56' Ricardo Sendra 83'	Attendance: 1,764 Referee: Nathan Chan

23 April 2017 (2017-04-23) Round 7	Tampines Rovers	1-0	Young Lions	Jurong West Stadium
	Khairul Amri 90+4' 90' 90+4' Son Yong Chan 33' Daniel Bennett 76' Shahdan Sulaiman 83' Zulfadmi Suzliman 88'		Muhelmy Suhaimi 61'

13 May 2017 (2017-05-13) Round 8	Young Lions	0-0	Brunei DPMM	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Taufik Suparno 90'		Rosmin Kamis 49' Yura Indera Putera 85'	Attendance: 1,371 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) Round 9	Young Lions	1-2	Home United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Muhelmy Suhaimi 58' 41' Joshua Pereira 77'		Faris Ramli7 Stipe Plazibat 12' Khairul Nizam 49' Adam Swandi 44' Shamil Sharif 77' Abdil Qaiyyim 84'	Attendance: 1,587 Referee: Farhad Mohamed

26 May 2017 (2017-05-26) Round 10	Albirex Niigata (S)	8-0	Young Lions	Jurong East Stadium
	Tsubasa Sano 6' 36' 77' 78' 90' Kento Nagasaki 9' 73' Ryota Nakai 17'		Shahrin Saberin 66' Taufik Suparno90	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

22 June 2017 (2017-06-22) Round 11 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions	0-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Muhelmy Suhaimi 64' Hami Syahin 71'		Hanafi Salleh 35' Tajeli Salamat 43' 2'	Attendance: 1,053 Referee: Nathan Chan

28 June 2017 (2017-06-28) Round 12	Young Lions	0-0	Warriors FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Syaqir Sulaiman 75'	Attendance: 1,337 Referee: W Ravisanthiran

2 July 2017 (2017-07-02) Round 13	Geylang International	2-1	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Amy Recha 67' (pen.) 72' Victor Coto 76' Isa Halim 33' Ricardo Sendra 90'		Amirul Adli 82' Illyas Lee 77' Hami Syahin 89' Taufik Suparno 90'	Referee: Jansen Foo

8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) Round 14	Young Lions	0-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Shuto Inaba 33' Tsubasa Sano 51'	Attendance: 1,592 Referee: Farhad Mohd

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) Round 15	Young Lions	0-4	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Haiqal Pashia 47' Muhaimin Suhaimi 72'		Shannon Stephen 16,58' 50' Ivan Jakov Džoni 37,78' 72'	Attendance: 1,323 Referee: G Letchman

15 September 2017 (2017-09-15) Round 16	Hougang United	2-1	Young Lions	Hougang Stadium
	Pablo Rodríguez 1' Nurhilmi Jasni 17' 44' Delwinder Singh 26' Syahiran Miswan 36' 73'		Rusyaidi Salime 37'	Attendance: 650 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) Round 17	Young Lions	0-1	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Huzaifah Aziz 66' Tajeli Salamat 55' Ahmad Syahir 71' Raihan Rahman3 82' Aung Kyaw Naing 85' Hanafi Akbar 90'	Attendance: 1,136 Referee: G Letchman

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07) Round 18	Brunei DPMM	7-1	Young Lions	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Rafael Ramazotti 45,50,54' Adi Said 53,69,80' Daud Jared Alvarez 64' Vincent Reyes 34' Rosmin Kamis 41' Hendra Azam 76' Haizul Rani 77'		Armin Maier 78' Shahrin Saberin 42' Hami Syahin 76' Hafiz Sulaiman 90'	Attendance: 499 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) Round 19	Warriors FC	0-1	Young Lions	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Ho Wai Loon 90'		Haiqal Pashia 63'	Attendance: 1,608 Referee: W Ravisanthiran

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) Round 20	Young Lions	0-4	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Shahfiq Ghani 15' Víctor Coto Ortega 38' Faritz Abdul Hameed 51' Shawal Anuar 71' Anders Aplin 20'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

24 October 2017 (2017-10-24) Round 21	Young Lions	0-1	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Amirul Adli 28'		Justin Hui 60' Faiz Salleh 41'	Referee: Sukhbir Singh

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) Round 22	Tampines Rovers	3-0	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Shannon Stephen 8' Hafiz Abu Sujad 77' Daniel Bennett 82'			Referee: Jansen Foo

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) Round 23	Home United	4-0	Young Lions	Bishan Stadium
	Adam Swandi 33' Faris Ramli 40' Irfan Fandi 74' Stipe Plazibat 90'

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) Round 24	Young Lions	1-2	Brunei DPMM	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Yeo Hai Ngee 22' (pen.) Hami Syahin 81'		Azwan Ali 5' Rafael Ramazotti 24' Rosmin Kamis 45' Yura Indera Putera 48' Hazwan Hamzah 72' Abdul Mu'iz Sisa 87'	Referee: Farhad Mohamed

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Warriors FC	24	9	7	8	33	36	−3	34
6	Hougang United	24	9	3	12	24	31	−7	30
7	Balestier Khalsa	24	5	4	15	17	33	−16	19
8	DPMM FC^[a]	24	5	2	17	30	61	−31	17
9	Young Lions^[a]	24	1	3	20	10	62	−52	6

Source: S.League^[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

References

[table_note_ALB0.21234337110647-3] The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

[1] "Transfers".

[2] "Football NSW - Supporting the beautiful game in NSW".

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