2019 Young Lions FC season

Young Lions
2019 season
Chairman	Farehan Hussein
Head coach	Fandi Ahmad
Stadium	Jalan Besar Stadium
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2019 season was Young Lions' 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League.^[1]

Squad

S.League squad

As of 26 Feb 2019.

Squad No.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Last club
Goalkeepers
18	Zharfan Rohaizad	(1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 29)	FFA Under-18
23	Kenji Syed Rusydi	(1998-07-12) 12 July 1998 (age 28)	Home United
30	Adib Hakim	(1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 (age 28)	FFA Under-18
Defenders
2	Asraf Zahid	(1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 (age 26)	Hougang United
4	Ruzree Rohzaini	(1997-10-19) 19 October 1997 (age 28)	Warriors FC
5	Irfan Najeeb	(1999-07-31) 31 July 1999 (age 26)	SAFSA
7	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	(1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 28)	FFA Under-17
12	Syahrul Sazali	(1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 28)	FFA Under-18
13	Amer Hakeem	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 27)	Hougang United Prime League
16	Akram Azman	(2000-11-21) 21 November 2000 (age 25)	FFA Under-18
21	Prakash Raj	(1998-06-11) 11 June 1998 (age 28)	Hougang United Prime League
22	Nur Adam Abdullah	(2001-04-13) 13 April 2001 (age 25)	FFA Under-18
25	Rusyaidi Salime	(1998-04-25) 25 April 1998 (age 28)	FFA Under-17
26	Lionel Tan	(1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 (age 29)	SAFSA
28	Syed Akmal	(2000-04-28) 28 April 2000 (age 26)	FFA Under-18
31	Qayyum Raishyan	(2000-12-05) 5 December 2000 (age 25)	FFA Under-17
Midfielders
6	Jacob William Mahler	(2000-04-20) 20 April 2000 (age 26)	FFA Under-18
8	Joshua Pereira	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 28)	FFA Under-18
10	Saifullah Akbar	(1999-01-31) 31 January 1999 (age 27)	Tampines Rovers Prime League
11	Haiqal Pashia	(1998-11-29) 29 November 1998 (age 27)	FFA Under-18
14	Rezza Rezky	(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 25)	FFA Under-18
15	Syed Firdaus Hassan	(1998-05-30) 30 May 1998 (age 28)	Home United Prime League
17	Naqiuddin Eunos	(1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 (age 28)	Free Agent
20	Nur Luqman	(1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 28)	Warriors FC
24	Rasaq Ishiekwene Akeem	(2001-06-16) 16 June 2001 (age 25)	FFA Under-17
27	Sharul Nizam	(1997-06-02) 2 June 1997 (age 29)	Free Agent
32	Gareth Low Jun Kit	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 29)	SAFSA
Forwards
3	Syukri Bashir	(1998-04-11) 11 April 1998 (age 28)	Hougang United
9	Danial Syafiq	(1999-12-29) 29 December 1999 (age 26)	FFA Under-18
19	Ilhan Fandi	(2002-11-08) 8 November 2002 (age 23)	i2i Football Academy
29	Marc Ryan Tan	(2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 24)	FFA Under-18
33	Syahadat Masnawi	(2001-11-07) 7 November 2001 (age 24)	FFA Under-17
35	Katz Saul Ellison	(2000-11-24) 24 November 2000 (age 25)	FFA Under-18
Players left during season
4	Adam Hakeem	(1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 29)	Free Agent
19	Naufal Azman	(1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 28)	Free Agent

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Team Manager	Farehan Hussein
Head team coach	Fandi Ahmad
Assistant coach	Nazri Nasir
Assistant coach	S. Subramani
Goalkeeping coach	Chua Lye Heng
Physiotherapist	Vacant
Sports Trainers	Nasruldin Baharudin Muklis Sawit
Equipment Officer	Omar Mohamed

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Transfer

Pre-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Kenji Syed Rusydi	Home United	Season loan
DF	Nur Adam Abdullah	FFA Under-18	^[3]
DF	Irfan Najeeb	SAFSA	Season loan (NS)
DF	Asraf Zahid	Hougang United	Season loan
DF	Akram Azman	FFA Under-18
DF	Syed Akmal	FFA Under-18
DF	Lionel Tan	SAFSA (NFL Club)	Season loan (From Hougang Utd)
DF	Qayyum Raishyan	FFA Under-17
MF	Rezza Rezky	FFA Under-18
MF	Rasaq Akeem	FFA Under-18
MF	Nur Luqman	Warriors FC	Season loan
MF	Abdul Rasaq	FFA Under-18
MF	Gareth Low Jun Kit	SAFSA (NFL Club)	Season loan (From Hougang Utd)
FW	Katz Saul Ellison	FFA Under-18
FW	Marc Ryan Tan	FFA Under-18
FW	Syahadat Masnawi	FFA Under-17
FW	Syukri Bashir	Hougang United	Season loan

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Hairul Syirhan	Geylang International	^[4]
GK	Ridhwan Aban	GFA Victoria FC
DF	R Aaravin	Warriors FC
DF	Taufiq Muqminin	Home United	^[5]
DF	Irfan Fandi	Bangkok Glass	^[6]
DF	Nazhiim Harman	GFA Victoria FC
DF	Ariyan Shamsuddin	Hougang United	Loan Return
DF	Irfan Asyraf Aziz	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)
DF	Akmal Azman	Tampines Rovers	^[7]
DF	Zakri Ee Kai Ren	Tampines Rovers	^[8]
DF	Hamizan Hisham	Tampines Rovers	^[9]
DF	Alif Iskandar	Hougang United
MF	Timothy David Yeo	Hougang United
MF	Joel Chew Joon Herng	Tampines Rovers	^[10]
MF	Firas Irwan	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free ^[11]
MF	Aniq Iskandar	Warriors FC	Loan Return
MF	Hami Syahin	Home United	^[12]
MF	Asshukrie Wahid	Geylang International	Loan Return
MF	Amirul Hakim
FW	Ifwat Ismail	Geylang International	Loan Return
FW	Ikhsan Fandi	Raufoss IL	Free ^[13]^[14]

Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Adib Hakim
GK	Zharfan Rohaizad
DF	Zulqarnaen Suzliman
DF	Syahrul Sazali
DF	Amer Hakeem
DF	Adam Hakeem
DF	Prakash Raj
DF	Rusyaidi Salime
MF	Saifullah Akbar	2 Years contract till 2019 ^[15]
MF	Joshua Pereira	2 Years contract till 2019
MF	Haiqal Pashia
MF	Jacob William Mahler
MF	Sharul Nizam
MF	Naqiuddin Eunos
MF	Syed Firdaus Hassan
FW	Danial Syafiq
FW	Naufal Azman

Trial

Position	Player	Trial @	Ref
FW	Ikhsan Fandi	Raufoss IL	^[16]

Mid-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Irfan Najeeb	SAFSA (NFL Club)	Season loan (From Tampines Rovers)
DF	Ruzree Rohzaini	Warriors FC	Season loan
FW	Ilhan Fandi	i2i Football Academy

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Adam Hakeem

Friendly

Pre-season friendly

Win Draw Loss

16 January 2019 (2019-01-16) 1	PKNS FC	3–0	Young Lions	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Romel Morales 34' K. Gurusamy 46', 87'

2 February 2019 2

Jungfrau Punggol FC

1–3

Young Lions

Jalan Besar Stadium

Tour of Malaysia (20 to 27 January)

22 January 2019 (2019-01-22) 1	PDRM FA	1–0	Young Lions FC	Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur
2045hours	Fauzi Pilus			Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium

24 January 2019 (2019-01-24) 2	Kuala Lumpur FA	4–0	Young Lions FC	Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur
2045hours	Paulo Josué 24' Sylvano Comvalius 40', 75' Guilherme de Paula Lucrécio 44'	Report		Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 3	Langkawi International FC	1–1	Young Lions FC	Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur
2045hours				Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium

Mid-season friendly

Tour of Thailand

Win Draw Loss

19 June 2019 (2019-06-19) 1	Bangkok United F.C.	4–2	Young Lions FC	Rangsit, Bangkok
			Sharul Nizam Rasaq Ishiekwene Akeem	Stadium: Thammasat Stadium

22 June 2019 (2019-06-22) 2	Chonburi F.C.	0–0	Young Lions FC	Chonburi Province, Chonburi
				Stadium: Chonburi Stadium

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 15 September 2018

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
2	DF	Asraf Zahid	7(4)	0	11	0
3	FW	Syukri Bashir	6(3)	2	9	2
4	MF	Ruzree Rohzaini	0(1)	0	1	0
5	DF	Irfan Najeeb	13	0	13	0
6	MF	Jacob William Mahler	24	3	24	3
7	DF	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	20(1)	1	21	1
8	MF	Joshua Pereira	18(2)	1	20	1
9	FW	Danial Syafiq	0(1)	0	1	0
10	MF	Saifullah Akbar	15(6)	3	21	3
11	MF	Haiqal Pashia	12(7)	2	19	2
12	DF	Syahrul Sazali	21	1	21	1
14	MF	Rezza Rezky	6(4)	1	10	1
15	MF	Syed Firdaus Hassan	12(6)	1	18	1
16	DF	Akram Azman	1(3)	0	4	0
17	MF	Naqiuddin Eunos	14(4)	1	18	1
18	GK	Zharfan Rohaizad	11	0	11	0
19	FW	Ilhan Fandi	2(2)	2	4	2
20	MF	Nur Luqman	15	2	15	2
21	DF	Prakash Raj	2(1)	0	3	0
22	DF	Nur Adam Abdullah	1(4)	0	5	0
23	GK	Kenji Syed Rusydi	11	0	11	0
24	MF	Rasaq Akeem	7(4)	1	11	1
26	DF	Lionel Tan	19(1)	0	20	0
27	MF	Sharul Nizam	13(2)	0	15	0
28	DF	Syed Akmal	7(2)	0	9	0
31	DF	Qayyum Raishyan	1(7)	0	8	0
32	MF	Gareth Low Jun Kit	4(2)	0	6	0
33	FW	Syahadat Masnawi	0(2)	0	2	0

Note 1: Lionel Tan scored an own goal in the SPL match against Tampines Rovers.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Singapore Premier League	24	6	4	14	21	38	−17	025.00
Total	24	6	4	14	21	38	−17	025.00

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 1	Young Lions FC	1–4	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Haiqal Pashia 32'		Sime Zuzul 10' 45' Hazzuwan Halim 73' Huzaifah Aziz 90'	Referee: Edwin Lee

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31) 2	Young Lions FC	2–1	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Syukri Bashir 33' Saifullah Akbar 70' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 45'		Afiq Yunos 58' Zulfahmi Arifin 64' Gong Ho-won 72'	Referee: Farhan Mohamed

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 3	Home United	2–1	Young Lions FC	Bishan Stadium
	Izzdin Shafiq 7' Adam Swandi 40'		Joshua Pereira 8'	Referee: Jansen Foo

17 May 2019 (2019-05-17) 4 (Rescheduled)	Warriors FC	2–0	Young Lions FC	Jurong East Stadium
	Gabriel Quak 55' Jonathan Béhé 64' Fairoz Hasan 48'			Referee: Abirami Naidu

14 April 2019 (2019-04-14) 5	Young Lions FC	0–1	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Zikos Vasileios Chua 47' Danish Irfan 36' Amy Recha 60'	Referee: Farhan Mohamed

21 April 2019 (2019-04-21) 6	Albirex Niigata (S)	2–1	Young Lions FC	Jurong East Stadium
	Naruki Takahashi 14' Hiroyoshi Kamata 90+5' Kengo Fukudome 30' Kyoga Nakamura 88'		Haiqal Pashia 31' (pen.) 76' Syed Akmal 82' Syahrul Sazali 90+7'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

24 April 2019 (2019-04-24) 7	Brunei DPMM	0–0	Young Lions FC	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Andrey Varankow 32' Helmi Zambin 90+3'		Syed Akmal 39' Nur Luqman 47' Haiqal Pashia 62' Jacob William Mahler 83' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 85'	Referee: Farhan Mohamed

29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) 8 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	4–0	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Lionel Tan 12' (o.g.) Taufik Suparno 33' Zehrudin Mehmedović 89' Jordan Webb 90+2' 68' Akmal Azman 44'		Haiqal Pashia 70,78'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar / Nazree Hussain Man of the Match: Ryutaro Megumi

3 May 2019 (2019-05-03) 9	Balestier Khalsa	0–1	Young Lions FC	Bishan Stadium
	Sanjin Vrebac 1' Raihan Rahman 3' Sufianto Salleh 89'		Syukri Bashir 68' Syed Akmal 83'	Referee: Lim Liang Yi

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 10	Young Lions FC	0–2	Warriors FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Gabriel Quak 45' Jonathan Béhé 81'	Referee: Jansen Foo

29 June 2019 (2019-06-29) 11	Geylang International	1–2	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Zikos Vasileios Chua 82' Firdaus Kasman 52' Shawal Anuar 85'		Rezza Rezky 1' Nur Luqman 59' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 62'	Referee: Abirami Naidu

3 July 2019 (2019-07-03) 12	Young Lions FC	0–1	Home United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Irfan Najeeb 18' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 68'		Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib 11' Hami Syahin 38'	Referee: Nathan Chan

6 July 2019 (2019-07-06) 13	Young Lions FC	1–2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Syahrul Sazali 56' Joshua Pereira 17' Haiqal Pashia 34' 90+4' Abdul Rasaq Akeem 58' Syahrul Sazali 89'		Kyoga Nakamura 19' Yoshikatsu Hiraga 62' Sota Sugiyama 55'	Referee: Syahir Ahmadi

10 July 2019 (2019-07-10) 14	Hougang United	0–1	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Lionel Tan 26' Hafiz Sujad 45' Fabian Kwok 47'		Jacob Mahler 72' Irfan Najeeb 51' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 90'	Referee: Lim Liang Yi

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) 15	Young Lions FC	0–1	Brunei DPMM	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Zharfan Rohaizad 11' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 15'		Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman 11' 11'	Referee: G. Letchman

18 July 2019 (2019-07-18) 16 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	1–1	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Syed Firdaus Hassan 69'		Jordan Webb 23' 72' Yasir Hanapi 63'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton

28 July 2019 (2019-07-28) 17	Young Lions FC	1–0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Nur Luqman 28' Sharul Nizam 33'		Huzaifah Aziz 60'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 18	Warriors FC	2–0	Young Lions FC	Jurong East Stadium
	Jonathan Béhé 61' 79'			Referee: Nathan Chan

18 August 2019 (2019-08-18) 19	Young Lions FC	2–4	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Jacob Mahler 59', 89'		Fabian Kwok 7' Nazrul Nazari 23' Faris Ramli 74' Mahathir Azeman 82'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar

18 September 2019 (2019-09-18) 20 (Rescheduled)	Home United	0–3	Young Lions FC	Bishan Stadium
			Zulqarnaen Suzliman 14' Ilhan Fandi 20' Saifullah Akbar 28' (pen.)	Referee: G.Letchman

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 21	Young Lions FC	1–2	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Rasaq Akeem 90+1'		Fareez Farhan 45' Barry Maguire 63'	Referee: Y.Sathyakumar

15 September 2019 (2019-09-15) 22	Albirex Niigata (S)	4–1	Young Lions FC	Jurong East Stadium
	Kaishu Yamazaki 44' 53' Shoki Ohara 57' Daizo Horikoshi 77'		Ilhan Fandi 2'	Referee: Jansen Foo

7 August 2019 (2019-08-07) 23 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	1–1	Brunei DPMM	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Naqiuddin Eunos 85'		Charlie Clough 7' Fakharrazi Hassan 42' Yura Indera Putera Yunos 45' 71'	Referee: Lim Liang Yi

29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) 24	Tampines Rovers	1–1	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Zehrudin Mehmedović 68'		Saifullah Akbar 85' (pen.)	Referee: Jansen Foo

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Geylang International	24	10	3	11	41	48	−7	33
6	Home United	24	9	3	12	34	46	−12	30
7	Warriors	24	6	5	13	40	56	−16	23
8	Young Lions^[a]	24	6	4	14	21	38	−17	22
9	Balestier Khalsa	24	4	5	15	37	58	−21	17

Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

↑ The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

References

↑ "2018 changes".
↑ "Fandi to take charge of the Young Lions". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
↑ "Nur Adam Abdullah joines GYL".
↑ "Hairul Syirhan return to Eagle's nest".
↑ "Taufiq Muqminin graduated to Home after GYL stint".^{[dead link]}
↑ "Singapore's Irfan Fandi confirms Bangkok Glass move to play in T2". Archived from the original on November 11, 2018.
↑ "Tampines Rovers Football Club". www.facebook.com.
↑ "Tampines Rovers Football Club". www.facebook.com.
↑ "Tampines Rovers Football Club". www.facebook.com.
↑ "Tampines Rovers Football Club". www.facebook.com.
↑ "F17 Zamani signed for Japanese club".
↑ "Hami decided to join Home to gain Asian Football Confederation Champions League and AFC Cup experience".
↑ "Ikhsan goes for trial in Norway".
↑ "Singapore striker Ikhsan Fandi signs two-year deal with Norwegian club Raufoss". Archived from the original on January 13, 2019.
↑ "Saifullah joins for 2 years". Archived from the original on September 15, 2018.
↑ "Ikhsan goes for trial in Norway".

[table_note_ALB0.016631271232213-17] The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

[1] "2018 changes".

[2] "Fandi to take charge of the Young Lions". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-10-15.

[3] "Nur Adam Abdullah joines GYL".

[4] "Hairul Syirhan return to Eagle's nest".

[5] "Taufiq Muqminin graduated to Home after GYL stint".^{[dead link]}

[6] "Singapore's Irfan Fandi confirms Bangkok Glass move to play in T2". Archived from the original on November 11, 2018.

[7] "Tampines Rovers Football Club". www.facebook.com.

[8] "Tampines Rovers Football Club". www.facebook.com.

[9] "Tampines Rovers Football Club". www.facebook.com.

[10] "Tampines Rovers Football Club". www.facebook.com.

[11] "F17 Zamani signed for Japanese club".

[12] "Hami decided to join Home to gain Asian Football Confederation Champions League and AFC Cup experience".

[13] "Ikhsan goes for trial in Norway".

[14] "Singapore striker Ikhsan Fandi signs two-year deal with Norwegian club Raufoss". Archived from the original on January 13, 2019.

[15] "Saifullah joins for 2 years". Archived from the original on September 15, 2018.

[16] "Ikhsan goes for trial in Norway".

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