2020 Balestier Khalsa FC season

The 2020 season is Balestier Khalsa's 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

Balestier Khalsa

2020 season
Chairman	S Thavaneson
Head coach	Marko Kraljević
Stadium	Bishan Stadium
Singapore Cup	-

Squad

Sleague Squad

As of 21 September 2018.

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Zacharial Leong ^U23		6 April 1998	Youth Team	2019	2020
19	Zaiful Nizam ^>30		24 July 1987	Gombak United	2013	2020
23	Hafiz Ahmad ^U23		30 December 1998	SAFSA	2021	2021
Defenders
2	Fadli Kamis		7 November 1992	Young Lions FC	2016	2020
3	Jufri Taha ^>30		4 March 1985	Geylang International	2020	2020
4	Khalili Khalif ^U23		3 January 1997	Home United U21	2018	2020
5	Ensar Brunčević		13 February 1999	FK Spartak Subotica II (T2)	2020	2020
15	R Aaravin		24 February 1996	Warriors FC	2020
18	Ahmad Syahir		10 April 1992	Youth Team	2013	2020
21	Yeo Hai Ngee		12 January 1995	Warriors FC	2020	2020
32	Danish Uwais ^U23		10 October 1997	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	2020	2020
39	Aiman Zavyan ^U23		7 June 2002	Geylang International U19	2020	2020
45	Christian Chiang Moroni ^U23		22 January 2001	Hougang United U19	2020	2020
Midfielders
6	C. Aarish Kumar ^U23		19 May 1999	Warriors FC	2020	2020
8	Kristijan Krajcek		1 October 1993	NK BSK Bijelo Brdo (T2)	2019	2020
11	Karthik Raj ^U23		1 August 1997	Youth Team	2020	2020
12	Jordan Efe Okwudili Emaviwe ^U23		9 April 2001		2020	2020
17	Zulfadhmi Suzliman		10 February 1996	Tampines Rovers	2020
22	Elijah Lim Teck Yong ^U23		8 May 2001	Tampines Rovers U19	2020	2020
26	Faizal Raffi		20 January 1996	Warriors FC	2020	2020
Forwards
7	Hazzuwan Halim		2 February 1994	Tanjong Pagar United	2015	2021
9	Shuhei Hoshino		19 December 1995	Busan Transportation FC (T3)	2020	2020
10	Šime Žužul		10 January 1996	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac (T2)	2019	2021
28	Syukri Noorhaizam ^U23		14 December 1999	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	2020	2020

U19

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
61	Martyn Mun ^U23		7 January 2000	Jungfrau Punggol FC (NFL)	2020	2020
88	Oliver Sim ^U19		9 June 2001	Home United U19	2020
Defenders
52	Keshav Kumar ^U23		6 February 2001		2020	2020
59	Syed Harun Alsagaff ^U23		28 August 2000		2020	2020
63	Azhar Manap ^U23		22 July 1999	Hougang United	2020	2020
97	Faris Fazlee ^U23		31 March 2000		2020	2020
Midfielders
55	Azizi Rahman ^U19		30 November 2000	Youth Team	2020	2020
62	Suriya Ramesh ^U19			Youth Team	2019	2020
66	Puvan Raj Sivalingam ^U19		29 August 2001	Youth Team	2020	2020
74	Art Faizal ^U19			Youth Team	2020	2020
77	Sameer Alassane ^U19		24 December 2000	Youth Team	2019	2020
	Yann Weishaupt			Project Vaults FC	2020
Forwards
66	Puvan Raj ^U19			Youth Team	2020	2020
81	Puvan Raj Sivalingam ^U19		28 May 2002	Youth Team	2020	2020

Project Vaults Oxley SC

(Deputy Chairman, Darwin Jalil is the President for the club)

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Keion Ing			Olympique Gaulois	2019	2020
25	Ameerul Shafiq		9 March 1992	Admiralty FC	2020	2020
Defenders
5	Zairul Rahmat				2019	2020
11	Nordine Talhi		22 July 1986	Admiralty FC	2019	2020
16	Haziq Sudhir			Admiralty FC	2019	2020
18	Hairudin Dahlan			Keppel Bay FC	2019	2020
22	Salihin Shafiee			Yishun Sentek Mariners FC	2019	2020
Midfielders
6	Nazrul Isnin		22 February 1997	Eunos Crescent FC	2019	2020
8	Safwan Ramlan		31 December 1990		2019	2020
10	Maziz Rahman			Free Agent	2020
12	Iftiqar Parizan			Bukit Timah Juniors	2020	2020
14	Helmi Mohd			Bukit Timah Juniors	2020	2020
15	Nurisham Jupri		14 December 1995	Balestier Khalsa	2019	2020
17	Yann Weishaupt			Olympique Gaulois	2020	2020
21	Xavier Boey			Eunos Crescent FC	2020	2020
24	Ganesan Devadas			Free Agent	2020
Forwards
7	Osman Shainin			GFA Sporting Westlake FC	2019	2020
9	Roy Tan			Free Agent	2020
13	Adam Xu		7 September 1983	Balestier Khalsa	2019	2020
23	Fareez Rahman				2019	2020

Coaching staff

[1]

Position	Name
Team Manager	Darwin Jalil
General Manager	Tim Nee Cheng
Head Coach	Marko Kraljević [2]
Assistant Coach	Nasaruddin Jalil
Assistant Coach	Nasruldin Baharuddin
Goalkeeping Coach	Yazid Yasin
Fitness Coach	Rosman Sulaiman
Physiotherapist	Mohamed Nasser
Kitman	[[]]

Transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Martyn Mun	Jungfrau Punggol FC	Free [3]
GK	Oliver Sim	Home United U21	Free
DF	Jufri Taha	Geylang International	Free [4]
DF	Ensar Brunčević	FK Spartak Subotica II	Free [5]
DF	Danish Uwais	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	Free
DF	Aiman Zavyan	Geylang International U21	Free
DF	Christian Chiang Moroni	Hougang United U21	Free
DF	Yeo Hai Ngee	Warriors FC	Free
MF	Noor Akid Nordin	Albirex Niigata (S)	Loan Return [6]
MF	Faizal Raffi	Warriors FC
MF	C. Aarish Kumar	Warriors FC
MF	Zulfadhmi Suzliman	Tampines Rovers	Undisclosed [7]
MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	Tampines Rovers	Free
MF	Karthik Raj	Hougang United
FW	Shuhei Hoshino	Busan Transportation FC	Free [8]
FW	Syukri Noorhaizam	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	Free

Note 1: Noor Akid Nordin returns to the team after the loan and subsequently retires from football.

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Naqiuddin Nodin
GK	Faris Danial
DF	Sufianto Salleh
DF	Sheikh Abdul Hadi
DF	Ahmad Zaki
DF	Fazli Shafie
DF	Nurullah Hussein	Geylang International	Free [9]
DF	Illyas Lee	Warriors FC	Free
MF	Huzaifah Aziz	Tampines Rovers	Free [10]
MF	Daniel Goh	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free [11]
MF	Raihan Rahman	Tanjong Pagar United	Free
MF	Afiq Salman Tan	Retired
MF	Noor Akid Nordin	Albirex Niigata (S)
MF	Max Goh Yi Qi
MF	Sanjin Vrebac	FK Panevėžys
MF	Jonathan Tan	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)

Extension / Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Zaiful Nizam	1 year contract signed in 2019 [12]
GK	Zacharial Leong	1 year contract signed in 2019 [13]
DF	Fadli Kamis	1 year contract signed in 2019 [14]
DF	Ahmad Syahir Sahimi	1 year contract signed in 2019 [15]
DF	Khalili Khalif	1 year contract signed in 2019 [16]
MF	Kristijan Krajcek	1 year contract signed in 2019[17]
FW	Hazzuwan Halim	2 years contract signed in 2019[18]
FW	Šime Žužul	2 year contract signed in 2019[19]

Promoted

Position	Player	Ref

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Hafiz Ahmad	SAFSA	Free
DF	R Aaravin	Warriors FC
MF	Jordan Efe Okwudili Emaviwe

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

18 January 2019 1

Balestier Khalsa

8-0

Projects Vault Oxley FC

Toa Payoh Stadium

30 January 2020 2

Albirex Niigata (S)

cancelled

Balestier Khalsa

Jurong East Stadium

1 February 2019 3	Balestier Khalsa	11-0	Singapore Khalsa Association	Toa Payoh Stadium
	o.g.' Šime Žužul 37' 39' Hazzuwan Halim 46' 63' Syukri Noorhaizam 48' Azizi Rahman 72' Shuhei Hoshino 68' 76' 82' Ensar Brunčević 90'

6 February 2020 4	Balestier Khalsa	1-1	Perak FA	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Shuhei Hoshino 14'		Shahrel Fikri 89'

13 February 2020 5	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Ryoya Tanigushi 70'

19 February 2020 6

Young Lions

cancelled

Balestier Khalsa

Jalan Besar Stadium

20 February 2020 7	Johor Darul Ta'zim	7–0	Balestier Khalsa	Johor, Malaysia
	Diogo Luís Santo  20' 63' 65' Aidil Zafuan  53' Maurício  61' Leandro Velázquez  72' Hazwan Bakri  78'			Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 15 September 2018

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		Total
			Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
2	DF	Fadli Kamis	11(1)	0	0	0	12	0
3	DF	Jufri Taha	2(5)	0	0	0	7	0
4	DF	Khalili Khalif	3	0	0	0	3	0
5	DF	Ensar Brunčević	5	3	0	0	5	3
6	MF	C. Aarish Kumar	11(1)	0	0	0	12	0
7	FW	Hazzuwan Halim	14	3	0	0	14	3
8	MF	Kristijan Krajcek	13	3	0	0	13	3
9	FW	Shuhei Hoshino	14	4	0	0	14	4
10	FW	Šime Žužul	11(3)	6	0	0	14	6
11	MF	Karthik Raj	5(3)	0	0	0	8	0
12	MF	Jordan Emaviwe	4(2)	0	0	0	6	0
15	DF	R Aaravin	7(1)	1	0	0	8	1
17	MF	Zulfadhmi Suzliman	4(10)	0	0	0	14	0
18	DF	Ahmad Syahir	13	0	0	0	13	0
19	GK	Zaiful Nizam	14	0	0	0	14	0
21	DF	Yeo Hai Ngee	1(7)	0	0	0	8	0
22	MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	4(1)	0	0	0	5	0
26	MF	Faizal Raffi	2(6)	0	0	0	8	0
28	FW	Syukri Noorhaizam	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0
32	DF	Danish Uwais	4	1	0	0	4	1
39	DF	Aiman Zavyan	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0
52	DF	Keshav Kumar	4(4)	0	0	0	8	0
55	MF	Azizi Rahman	0(2)	0	0	0	2	0
77	MF	Sameer Alassane	6(4)	0	0	0	10	0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %

Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

1 March 2020 1	Tampines Rovers	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	Boris Kopitović 7' Shannon Stephen 19' Jordan Webb 46' Shah Shahiran 57' Zehrudin Mehmedović 86'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino58 Hazzuwan Halim 21' Šime Žužul 45+1' C. Aarish Kumar 60' Faizal Raffi 78' Zulfadhmi Suzliman 84'	Referee: Farhan Mohd Man of the Match: Syazwan Buhari

7 March 2020 2	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Bishan Stadium
	Ensar Brunčević 26' Shuhei Hoshino 58' Zaiful Nizam 89' Ahmad Syahir 90+2'	Report	Ryoya Tanigushi 52' Reo Nishiguchi 89' Ryosuke Nagasawa 87'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah Man of the Match: Zaiful Nizam

14 March 2020 3	Young Lions FC	0-2	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong West Stadium
	Harhys Stewart 33' Danish Irfan 74'	Report	Hazzuwan Halim 32' Ensar Brunčević 76' 29' Ahmad Syahir 41' C. Aarish Kumar 45+1' Zulfadhmi Suzliman 62'  71'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Mohd Syarqawi Man of the Match: Hazzuwan Halim

18 March 2020 4	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Hougang United	Bishan Stadium
	Šime Žužul 38' Shuhei Hoshino 64' Hazzuwan Halim 43' Zaiful Nizam 57'	Report	Stipe Plazibat 48' 57' Fabian Kwok 42' Sahil Suhaimi 90'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Lim Liang Yi Man of the Match: Stipe Plazibat

17 October 2020 5 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Tanjong Pagar United	0-1	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Faritz Abdul Hameed 86'	Report	Ensar Brunčević 50' Elijah Lim Teck Yong 45+3' Ahmad Syahir 81' Zaiful Nizam 85'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar Man of the Match: Ensar Brunčević

24 October 2020 6 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Geylang International	2-3	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	khairul Nizam 33' 50' Barry Maguire 90+4' Hairul Syirhan 80' (o.g.) 45'	Report	Kristijan Krajcek 60' Hazzuwan Halim 66' Ahmad Syahir 38' Keshav Kumar 58'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Lim Liang Yi Man of the Match: Kristijan Krajcek

7 November 2020 7 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Balestier Khalsa	1-7	Lion City Sailors	Bishan Stadium
	Kristijan Krajcek 63' Faizal Raffi 78'	Report	Stipe Plazibat 10' 27' 31' Song Ui-young 18' Saifullah Akbar 33' Tajeli Salamat 56' Adam Swandi 65'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Juherman Zaiton Man of the Match: Stipe Plazibat

12 November 2020 8 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Tampines Rovers	Bishan Stadium
	Šime Žužul 45' 55' 55' Ahmad Syahir 18' Keshav Kumar 19' Kristijan Krajcek 41' Fadli Kamis 53' R Aaravin 64' Faizal Raffi 90+3'	Report	Ryaan Sanizal 5' Boris Kopitović 18' (pen) Syahrul Sazali 90+3'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Muhammad Taqi Man of the Match: Boris Kopitović

17 November 2020 9 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Hiroyoshi Kamata 65' Tomoyuki Doi 80' 90' Reo Nishiguchi 84'	Report	Sameer Alassane 77' Kristijan Krajcek 82' Ahmad Syahir 87' Yeo Hai Ngee 88'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Nathan Chan Man of the Match: Ryosuke Nagasawa

21 November 2020 10 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Balestier Khalsa	1-2	Young Lions FC	Bishan Stadium
	R Aaravin 57' Kristijan Krajcek 39' Fadli Kamis 45'  61'	Report	Jacob Mahler 45+1' (pen) Ryhan Stewart 86' Harhys Stewart 36' Nur Adam Abdullah 37' Ryhan Stewart 38' Amirul Haikal 75'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Y. Sathyakumar Man of the Match: Ryhan Stewart

25 November 2020 11 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Tanjong Pagar United	Bishan Stadium
	Danish Uwais 22' Shuhei Hoshino 32' C. Aarish Kumar 50'	Report	Luiz Júnior 26' Shodai Nishikawa 35'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah Man of the Match: Luiz Júnior

28 November 2020 12 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Balestier Khalsa	2-0	Geylang International	Bishan Stadium
	Kristijan Krajcek 48' Hazzuwan Halim 58' R Aaravin 37' Shuhei Hoshino 90'	Report	Yuki Ichikawa 34' Christopher van Huizen 82'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar Man of the Match: R Aaravin

2 December 2020 13 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Hougang United	1-2	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Justin Hui 10' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 30' Shawal Anuar 90+4'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino 5' 50' Šime Žužul 76' Hazzuwan Halim 14'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Syarqawi Buhari Man of the Match: Šime Žužul

5 December 2020 14 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Lion City Sailors	5-2	Balestier Khalsa	Bishan Stadium
	Shahril Ishak 20' Saifullah Akbar 34' Danish Uwais 39' (o.g) Song Ui-young 80' 90+2' Rudy Khairullah 66'	Report	Sime Zuzul 41' 88' Ahmad Syahir 47'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Jansen Foo Man of the Match: Hafiz Nor

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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[lower-alpha 1]	14	3	0	11	12	38	−26	9

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

1. 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

  Win   Draw   Loss

See also

• 2017 Balestier Khalsa FC season
• 2018 Balestier Khalsa FC season
• 2019 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Notes

1. Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.
2. The match is postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.

References

1. "Staff for Balestier". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
2. "Marko Kraljević back at Balestier Khalsa".
3. "Martyn Mun, 19 year old goalkeeper has been signed up by Balestier Khalsa's under-21 side for their upcoming campaign".
4. "JUFRI BACK WITH TIGERS FOR THIRD TIME ..."
5. "Ensar Bruncevic revealed as new player".
6. "Noor Akid Nordin signed for Japanese club".
7. "Zulfadhmi Suzliman has left the club and is rumoured to have joined fellow SPL side, Balestier Khalsa".
8. "Balestier Khalsa is delighted to announce the new signing of Shuhei 'Jumbo' Hoshino".
9. "Nurullah Hussein joins Eagles for 2020".
10. "Huzaifah joins Stags for 2020 season".
11. "Daniel Goh (Balestier Khalsa FC) confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".
12. "Zaiful signed for another 1 year".
13. "Zacharial has been rewarded with another deal with The Tigers".
14. "Fadli Kamis signed for another 1 year".
15. "It will be mighty Ahmad's 8th season with the Tigers".
16. "Prominent Khalili to continue his 3rd season as a Tiger".
17. "Extended deal for Kiki 🐯".
18. "Tricky Hazzuwan commits another two-year deal".
19. "Tiger 🐯 Šime Žužul to continue to terrorise opposition defence in 2020".