2017 Balestier Khalsa season

Balestier Khalsa
2017 season
Chairman	Thavaneson
Head coach	Marko Kraljević
Stadium	Toa Payoh Stadium
S.League	7th
Singapore Cup	Preliminary Round
League Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Hazzuwan Halim (5 goals); All: Hazzuwan Halim (8 goals)

The 2017 season is Balestier Khalsa's 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.

Squad

S.League squad

As of 20 February 2017.

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	A. Renonathan		Singapore Cricket Club
16	Naqiuddin Nodin	(1994-08-12) 12 August 1994
19	Zaiful Nizam	(1987-07-24) 24 July 1987
22	Hamzah Fazil	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995	Singapore Cubs
Defenders
2	Fadli Kamis	(1992-11-07) 7 November 1992
3	Hanafi Salleh	(1989-09-10) 10 September 1989
4	Ashrul Syafeeq	(1994-04-11) 11 April 1994	Young Lions
6	Tajeli Selamat	(1994-02-07) 7 February 1994	Young Lions
12	Sheikh Abdul Hadi	(1992-03-24) 24 March 1992
13	Zulkhair Mustaffa	(1997-12-23) 23 December 1997	Youth Team
14	Azmeerudin Jamludain		Tampines Rovers
18	Ahmad Syahir Sahimi	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992
Midfielders
5	Shah Hirul	(1986-05-07) 7 May 1986
7	Aung Kyaw Naing	(1994-12-20) 20 December 1994	Nay Pyi Taw
8	Raihan Rahman	(1991-02-07) 7 February 1991	Hougang United
9	Kyaw Zayar Win	(1991-05-02) 2 May 1991	Ayeyawady United
10	Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit	(1991-06-21) 21 June 1991	Yadanarbon FC
11	Huzaifah Aziz	(1994-06-27) 27 June 1994	Hougang United
20	Jonathan Tan	(1995-12-13) 13 December 1995	Young Lions
23	Hanafi Akbar	(1995-02-07) 7 February 1995
24	Hazzuwan Halim	(1994-02-02) 2 February 1994
Strikers
21	Danial Tan	(1994-08-04) 4 August 1994

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Marko Kraljević
Assistant Coach	D. Tokijan
Goalkeeping Coach	Rizal Abdul Rahman
Fitness Coach	Rosman Sulaiman
Team Chairman	Thavaneson Selvaratnam
Physiotherapist	Mohamed Nasser
Kitman	Abdul Latiff

Transfer

Pre-season transfers

Source^[1]

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Naqiuddin Nodin
GK	A. Renonathan
DF	Zulkhair Mustaffa
DF	Syahfuddin Eska
DF	Ashrul Syafeeq	Young Lions
DF	Tajeli Selamat	Young Lions
MF	Huzaifa Aziz	Hougang United	Free
MF	Raihan Rahman	Hougang United	Free
MF	Jonathan Tan	Young Lions
MF	Kyaw Zayar Win	Ayeyawady United
MF	Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit	Yadanarbon FC
MF	Aung Kyaw Naing	Nay Pyi Taw
MF	Hanafi Akbar	Free Agent	^[2]
GK	Hamzah Fazil	Free Agent

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Daniel Ong	Balestier United Recreation Club
GK	Ameerul Shafiq	Admiralty FC
DF	Ho Wai Loon	Warriors FC
DF	Nurullah Hussein	Released	National Service
DF	Gary Loo	Tiong Bahru FC	Free
DF	Emir Lotinac	FK Vojvodina
MF	Fadhil Noh	Warriors FC
MF	Jamil Ali	Tampines Rovers
MF	Fazli Ayob	Tampines Rovers
MF	Sadin Smajović	FK Jošanica
MF	Danial Mazlan	Released
FW	Niko Tokić	NK Zagreb
FW	Miroslav Krištić	NK Imotski
FW	Zulkiffli Hassim	Yishun Sentek Mariners
FW	Syafiq Zainal	Balestier United Recreation Club

Mid-season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Azmeerudin Jamludain	Free Agent
MF	Mahathir Azeman	Home United	Return to Parent Club After National Service

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Syahfuddin Eska

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

11 February 2017 Pre-season	Young Lions	2-0	Balestier Khalsa	Toa Payoh Stadium

15 February 2017 Pre-season	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Ryota Nakai 28'	Report	Sheikh Abdul Hadi 0' Marko Kraljević 0'

In Season Friendlies

12 May 2017 Friendly	Albirex Niigata (S)	0-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium

9 June 2017	Balestier Khalsa	4-0	Singapore U20	ITE College Central
	Raihan Rahman 6' Kyaw Zayar Win 17' Aung Kyaw Naing 29' Tajeli Salamat 58'

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	A. Renonathan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Fadli Kamis	22(1)	3	1	0	2	1	25(1)	4
3	DF	Hanafi Salleh	14(3)	0	0	0	2(1)	0	16(4)	0
4	DF	Ashrul Syafeeq	13	0	1	0	2(1)	0	16(1)	0
5	MF	Shah Hirul	11(4)	0	0	0	2	0	13(4)	0
6	DF	Tajeli Selamat	17(3)	1	0(1)	0	2(1)	0	19(5)	1
7	MF	Aung Kyaw Naing	19(3)	2	1	0	2(1)	1	22(4)	3
8	MF	Raihan Rahman	20(1)	4	1	1	2(1)	1	23(2)	6
9	MF	Kyaw Zayar Win	16(2)	0	1	0	2	0	19(2)	0
10	MF	Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit	15(5)	0	0(1)	0	1	0	16(6)	0
11	MF	Huzaifah Aziz	17(3)	2	1	0	2(1)	0	20(4)	2
12	DF	Sheikh Abdul Hadi	19(1)	0	1	0	2	0	22(1)	0
13	DF	Zulkhair Mustaffa	4(3)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	5(4)	0
14	DF	Azmeerudin Jamludain	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
16	GK	Naqiuddin Nodin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	Ahmad Syahir Sahimi	19(1)	0	1	0	3	0	23(1)	0
19	GK	Zaiful Nizam (captain)	24	0	1	0	3	0	28	0
20	MF	Jonathan Tan	8(8)	0	1	0	2	0	11(8)	0
21	FW	Danial Tan	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
22	GK	Hamzah Fazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	Hanafi Akbar	4(7)	0	0	0	0	0	4(7)	0
24	MF	Hazzuwan Halim	22(2)	5	1	2	2(1)	1	25(3)	8
30	DF	Rafiqin Kamal	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
38	MF	Fariz Faizal	0(7)	0	0	0	0	0	0(7)	0
43	MF	Khairuddin Omar	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0(3)	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
14	DF	Syahfuddin Eska	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
S.League	7001240000000000000♠24	7000500000000000000♠5	7000400000000000000♠4	7001150000000000000♠15	7001170000000000000♠17	7001330000000000000♠33	−16	07001208309999999999♠20.83
Singapore Cup	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	7000400000000000000♠4	−1	005000000000000000000♠0.00
League Cup	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7000300000000000000♠3	7000500000000000000♠5	−2	07001333300000000000♠33.33
Total	7001280000000000000♠28	7000600000000000000♠6	7000400000000000000♠4	7001180000000000000♠18	7001230000000000000♠23	7001420000000000000♠42	−19	07001214300000000000♠21.43

Sleague

Win Draw Loss

28 February 2017 (2017-02-28) Round 1	Balestier Khalsa	1-2	Warriors FC	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Raihan Rahman 27(P)' Fadli Kamis 24' Hanafi Salleh 57' Huzaifa Aziz 61' Raihan Rahman 77'		Jordan Webb 49(P)' Shaiful Esah 88' 26' Ridhuan Muhamad 23' Hafiz Osman 34'	Attendance: 1,975 Referee: G Letchman

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) Round 2	Geylang International	2-0	Balestier Khalsa	Bedok Stadium
	Al-Qaasimy Rahman 26' Fadli Kamis 59' (o.g.) Safirul Sulaiman 15' Víctor Coto Ortega 18' Shahfiq Ghani 85'		Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit 80'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) Round 3	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Fadli Kamis 46' Aung Kyaw Naing 48' Sheikh Abdul Hadi 90'		Ivan Džoni 50' 81'75 Son Yong Chan 40' Jamil Ali 75' 90'	Attendance: 950 Referee: Nathan Chan

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

7 April 2017 (2017-04-07) Round 5	Balestier Khalsa	2-1	DPMM FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 56' Raihan Rahman 60' Ashrul Syafeeq 20' Aung Kyaw Naing 45' Ahmad Syahir 82' Zaiful Nizam 90'		Rafael Ramazotti 21' (pen) Azwan Saleh 45,86'	Attendance: 788 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

2 May 2017 (2017-05-02) Round 6 (Rescheduled)	Home United	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Bishan Stadium
	Irfan Fandi 27' Marijan Šuto 34' Abdil Qaiyyim 41' Sufianto Salleh 54'		Kyaw Zayar Win 40' Ahmad Syahir 45'	Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Muhd Taqi

21 April 2017 (2017-04-21) Round 7	Balestier Khalsa	0-3	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Raihan Rahman 42' Shah Hirul 45'		Hiroyoshi Kamata 23' Tsubasa Sano 64' Ryota Nakai 70'	Attendance: 802 Referee: Muhd Taqi

27 April 2017 (2017-04-27) Round 8	Hougang United	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Nurhilmi Jasni 39' Ali Hudzaifi 90' Lionel Tan 90'		Raihan Rahman 17' Ahmad Syahir 71'	Attendance: 853 Referee: W Ravisanthiran

19 May 2017 (2017-05-19) Round 9	Warriors FC	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Joël Tshibamba 9' Firdaus Kasman 39' Syaqir Sulaiman 54' Zulfadli Zainal Abidin 59' Fadhil Noh 84'		Sheikh Abdul Hadi 39' Huzaifah Aziz 57' 57'	Attendance: 1,648 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

26 May 2017 (2017-05-26) Round 10	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Fadli Kamis 87'		Ricardo Sendra 40'	Referee: G Letchman

17 June 2017 (2017-06-17) Round 11	Tampines Rovers	3-1	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong West Stadium
	Fazli Ayob 38' 29' Ryutaro Megumi 41' Ivan Džoni 49'		Fadli Kamis 82' Raihan Rahman 46' Huzaifah Aziz 57'	Attendance: 986 Referee: Jansen Foo

22 June 2017 (2017-06-22) Round 12 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions	0-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Muhelmy Suhaimi 64' Hami Syahin 71'		Hanafi Salleh 35' Tajeli Salamat 43' 61'	Attendance: 1,053 Referee: Nathan Chan

21 August 2017 (2017-08-21) Round 13 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	DPMM FC	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Huzaifah Aziz 7' 86' Raihan Rahman 60' Fadli Kamis 22' Sheikh Abdul Hadi 49' Jonathan Tan 75'		Rafael Ramazotti 70,82' Hazwan Hamzah 21' Haizul Rani 58'	Attendance: 805 Referee: Farhad Mohamed

3 July 2017 (2017-07-03) Round 14	Balestier Khalsa	1-2	Home United	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Raihan Rahman 51' (pen) Ahmad Syahir 38' Nanda Linn Kyaw Chit 59' Jonathan Tan 67' Shah Hirul 68' Zaiful Nizam 77' Hanafi Salleh 84' Kyaw Zayar Win 90'		Khairul Nizam 79' Stipe Plazibat 85' (pen) Amiruldin Asraf 25' Irfan Fandi 46' Sirina Camara 66' 66'	Referee: Farhad Mohamed

26 July 2017 (2017-07-26) Round 15	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-1	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Tsubasa Sano 59' Kento Nagasaki 68' Shuto Inaba 53'		Aung Kyaw Naing 89' Huzaifah Aziz 49'	Attendance: 1,849 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

29 July 2017 (2017-07-29) Round 16	Balestier Khalsa	0-0	Hougang United	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Raihan Rahman 90'		Syahiran Miswan 36' Delwinder Singh 90' Pablo Rodríguez 90' Nazrul Nazari 53'	Attendance: 966 Referee: Jansen Foo

17 August 2017 (2017-08-17) Round 17	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Warriors FC	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 8' Fadli Kamis 58' Zulkhair Mustaffa 35'		Andrei-Cosmin Ciolacu 43' (pen) Hafiz Nor 56'	Attendance: 836 Referee: Muhd Syahir

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) Round 18	Geylang International	2-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Gabriel Quak 27' 78' Shawal Anuar 48' Nor Azli Yusoff 17' Faritz Hameed 71'		Huzaifah Aziz 79' Ahmad Syahir 84'	Attendance: 1,350 Referee: W Ravisanthiran

17 September 2017 (2017-09-17) Round 19	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh Stadium
			Fazrul Nawaz 53'	Attendance: 864 Referee: Muhd Syahir

20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) Round 20	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

16 October 2017 (2017-10-16) Round 21 (Rescheduled)	DPMM FC	1-4	Balestier Khalsa	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Shahrazen Said 90' Daud Jared Alvarez 58'		Fadli Kamis 21' Hazzuwan Halim 48' 72' (pen) 69' Tajeli Salamat 88' Nanda Linn Kyaw Chit 62'	Referee: Sukhbir Singh

20 October 2017 (2017-10-20) Round 22	Home United	2-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Stipe Plazibat 24,26'		Raihan Rahman 47' Tajeli Salamat 63' Fariz Faizal 69'	Referee: Farhad Mohamed

26 October 2017 (2017-10-26) Round 23	Balestier Khalsa	0-3	Albirex Niigata (S)	Toa Payoh Stadium
			Tsubasa Sano 13' Hiroyoshi Kamata 39' Ryota Nakai 89' Shuto Inaba 41'	Referee: Muhd Syahir

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) Round 24	Hougang United	0-1	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Syahiran Miswan 38' Iqbal Hamid Hussain 45'		Hazzuwan Halim 59' (pen) Raihan Rahman 87'	Referee: W Ravisanthiran

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Albirex Niigata (S)^{[lower-alpha 1]} (C)	24	20	2	2	70	16	+54	62
2	Tampines Rovers	24	17	3	4	48	20	+28	54	Qualification to AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1 or AFC Cup Group Stage
3	Home United	24	15	5	4	58	26	+32	50	Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
4	Geylang International	24	11	3	10	32	37	−5	36
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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	24	5	2	17	30	61	−31	17
9	Young Lions^{[lower-alpha 1]}	24	1	3	20	10	62	−52	6

Source: S.League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1 2 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.

Singapore Cup

Win Draw Loss

1 June 2017 (2017-06-01) (Rescheduled) Preliminary Round	Balestier Khalsa	3–4	Nagaworld FC	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Halim Hazzuwan 25', 69' Raihan Rahman 56' (pen.) Huzaifah Aziz 44' Tajeli Salamat 84'		Atuheire Kipson 14' George Kelechi 23', 59' Sos Suhana 42' Khim Borey 81'	Referee: G Letchman

Singapore TNP League Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DPM	GEY	BAL	TAM
1	DPMM FC	3	2	1	0	11	4	+7	7	Advance to semi-final	—
2	Geylang International	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Advance to semi-final		—
3	Balestier Khalsa	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3				—
4	Tampines Rovers	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0					—

Source: S.League

Win Draw Loss

8 July 2017 (2017-07-08) Group Stage M1	Balestier Khalsa	0–2	Geylang International	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Sheikh Abdul Hadi 72'		Amy Recha 31' Ricardo Sendra 50' Nor Azli 53'	Referee: Muhd Syahir

11 July 2017 (2017-07-11) Group Stage M2	DPMM FC	3–0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Azwan Ali 7' Ashrul Syafeeq 42' (o.g) Adi Said 70' Nurikhwan Othman 30' Vincent Salas 36' Azwan Saleh 63'		Huzaifah Aziz 5' Fadli Kamis 82'	Referee: G Letchman

14 July 2017 (2017-07-14) Group Stage M3	Balestier Khalsa	3–0	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Fadli Kamis 30' Hazzuwan Halim 56' Aung Kyaw Naing 86'		Jufri Taha 66' Jamli Ali 70' Ehvin Sasidharan 88'	Referee: W Ravisanthiran

References

↑ "Transfers".
↑ "Prodigal son Hanafi returns seeking redemption". tnp.sg. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

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[table_note_ALB0.19849003162165-3] 1 2 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] "Prodigal son Hanafi returns seeking redemption". tnp.sg. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.