2018 Geylang International FC season

Geylang International
2018 season
Chairman Ben Teng
Head coach Japan Hirotaka Usui
Stadium Bedok Stadium

The 2018 season is Geylang International's 23rd 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.


Key events

November 2017

On 28/11/2017, it was reported that there has been a rift between some Geylang International players and the club’s management. [1]

Squad

Sleague

As of 20 February 2017.
No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Jasper Chan Singapore 7 November 1988 Singapore Warriors FC
24 Faris Danial U23 Singapore Youth Team
25 Zainol Gulam Singapore 4 February 1992 Singapore Warriors FC
Defenders
2 Anders Aplin Singapore 21 June 1991 SingaporeSRC (Defunct NFL Club)
3 Jufri Taha >30 Singapore 4 March 1985 Singapore Tampines Rovers
4 Zulfadli Zainal Abidin Singapore 26 April 1988 Singapore Warriors FC
5 Darren Teh U23 Singapore 9 September 1996 Singapore SAFSA (NFL D1)
11 Yeo Hai Ngee U23 Singapore 12 January 1995 Singapore Young Lions FC
14 Danish Irfan Azman U23 Singapore 10 March 1999 Singapore NFA U18
15 Afiq Yunos Singapore 10 December 1990 Singapore Tampines Rovers
21 Yuki Ichikawa (Captain) Japan 29 August 1987 Singapore Albirex Niigata (S)
22 Ahmad Zaki U23 Singapore 20 April 1997 Youth Team
Midfielders
6 Umar Akhbar U23 Singapore Youth Team
7 Ryan Syaffiq U23 Singapore 1 January 1997 Singapore Young Lions FC
8 Azhar Sairudin >30 Singapore 30 December 1986 Singapore Hougang United
9 Fuad Ramli Singapore 2 June 1994 Singapore SAFSA (NFL D1)
10 Fumiya Kogure Japan 28 June 1989 Singapore Hougang United
12 Sadiq Rahim U23 Singapore Youth Team
13 Ryson Yap Singapore 30 January 1993 Singapore Police SA (NFL D1)
16 Noor Ariff U23 Singapore Youth Team
19 Farish Khan U23 Singapore Youth Team
Forwards
17 Cameron Ayrton Bell Singapore 18 April 1994 Singapore Tampines Rovers Prime League
18 Shawal Anuar Singapore 29 April 1991 Singapore Keppel Monaco (Defunct NFL Club)
20 Fairoz Hassan Singapore 26 November 1988 Singapore Hougang United
45 Zikos Vasileios Chua U19 Singapore 15 April 2002 Singapore NFA U16
Players loaned out / placed on injury list / left during season
24 Syed Syazwan U23 Singapore 17 January 1997 Youth Team
Ashraf Razali U23 Singapore 14 November 1999 Youth Team

Coaching staff

[2]

PositionName Ref.
Head CoachJapan Hirotaka Usui
Assistant CoachSingapore Vedhamuthu Kanan
Goalkeeping CoachThailand Sarong Naiket
Team ManagerSingapore Andrew Ang
PhysiotherapistSingapore
Kitman

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

In

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK Singapore Jasper Chan Singapore Warriors FC [3]
GK Singapore Zainol Gulam Singapore Warriors FC
DF Singapore Yeo Hai Ngee Singapore Garena Young Lions [4]
DF Singapore Jufri Taha Singapore Tampines Rovers [5]
DF Singapore Zulfadli Zainal Abidin Singapore Warriors FC [6]
DF Singapore Danish Irfan Azman SingaporeNFA U18 [7]
MF Singapore Fuad Ramli Singapore SAFSA (NFL 1) [8]
MF Singapore Ryson Yap Singapore Police SA (NFL 1) [9]
MF Singapore Ryan Syaffiq Singapore Garena Young Lions [10]
MF Singapore Azhar Sairudin Singapore Hougang United [11]
MF Singapore Fairoz Hassan Singapore Hougang United [12]
MF Japan Fumiya Kogure Singapore Hougang United [13]
FW Singapore Cameron Ayrton Bell Free Agent [14]

Out

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK Singapore Syazwan Buhari Singapore Tampines Rovers [15]
GK Singapore Nur Amin Malik
DF Singapore Safirul Sulaiman Singapore Tampines Rovers [16]
DF Singapore Faritz Hameed Singapore Home United [17]
DF Singapore Isa Halim Retired
DF Singapore Al-Qaasimy Rahman Retired [18]
MF Singapore Jeevakumaran Balakrishnan
MF Singapore Gabriel Quak Singapore Warriors FC [19]
MF Singapore Stanely Ng Singapore Hougang United [20]
MF Singapore Nor Azli Yusoff
MF Singapore Taufiq Ghani
MF Argentina Ricardo Sendra Indonesia Perseru Serui [21]
MF SingaporeMyanmar Min Thi Ha
MF Singapore Asshukrie Wahid Singapore Garena Young Lions [22]
FW Costa Rica Víctor Coto Ortega
FW Singapore Shahfiq Ghani Singapore Hougang United [23]
FW Singapore Amy Recha Singapore Home United [24]
FW Singapore Ifwat Ismail Singapore Garena Young Lions [25]

Note 1: Ricardo Sendra was initially signed by Perseru but was released before the season start. [26]

Retained

Position Player Ref
DF Singapore Darren Teh [27]
DF Singapore Anders Eric Aplin [28]
DF Japan Yuki Ichikawa [29]
MF Singapore Farish Khan [30]
FW Singapore Shawal Anuar [31]

Note 2: Yuki Ichikawa was initially released after the season but subsequently re-signed for 2018.

Position Player Ref
GK Singapore Syed Syazwan [30]
DF Singapore Ashraf Razali [30]
DF Singapore Ahmad Zaki [30]
MF Singapore Noor Ariff [30]
MF Singapore Sadiq Rahim [30]
MF Singapore Umar Akhbar [30]

Trial

Trial (In)
Position Player Trial @ Ref
MF Australia Addison Sayan Australia Rydalmere FC [32]
Trial (Out)
Position Player Trial @ Ref
DF Singapore Anders Aplin Japan Matsumoto Yamaga [33]

Mid-season transfers

In

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK Singapore Faris Danial Free Agent
DF Singapore Afiq Yunos Singapore Tampines Rovers Loan [34]

Out

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK Singapore Syed Syazwan NS
DF Singapore Anders Aplin Japan Matsumoto Yamaga Loan [35]

Trial

Trial (In)
Position Player Trial From Ref
FW Singapore Zulkiffli Hassim Singapore Yishun Sentek Mariners FC

Friendlies

Pre-Season Friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

Batam Pre-season tour

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 29 September 2018.
No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup Total
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals
1GK Singapore Jasper Chan 5(3)00080
3DF Singapore Jufri Taha 24020260
4DF Singapore Zulfadli Zainal Abidin 13(3)020180
5DF Singapore Darren Teh 24120261
6MF Singapore Umar Akhbar 2(1)00030
7MF Singapore Ryan Syaffiq 20(3)200232
8MF Singapore Azhar Sairudin 9(13)120241
9MF Singapore Fuad Ramli 15(4)020210
10MF Japan Fumiya Kogure 21100211
11DF Singapore Yeo Hai Ngee 9(7)31(1)0183
12MF Singapore Sadiq Rahim 0(4)00040
13MF Singapore Ryson Yap 7(6)000130
14DF Singapore Danish Irfan Azman 15(2)020190
15DF Singapore Afiq Yunos 10020120
16MF Singapore Noor Ariff 4(4)10081
17FW Singapore Cameron Ayrton Bell 2(7)10(2)0111
18FW Singapore Shawal Anuar 15700157
19MF Singapore Farish Khan 000000
20FW Singapore Fairoz Hassan 19(3)720237
21DF Japan Yuki Ichikawa 23120251
22DF Singapore Ahmad Zaki 2(5)01(1)090
24GK Singapore Faris Danial 200020
25GK Singapore Zainol Gulam 17020190
45FW Singapore Zikos Vasileios Chua 1(1)00020
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
2DF Singapore Anders Aplin 6(2)10081
15DF Singapore Ashraf Razali 000000
24GK Singapore Syed Syazwan 000000

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Singapore Premier League 24 5 5 14 26 57 −31 020.83
Singapore Cup 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 26 5 6 15 26 58 −32 019.23

Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Japan Albirex Niigata (S)[lower-alpha 1] 24 21 3 0 69 17 +52 66
2 Home United 24 12 7 5 48 36 +12 43 Qualification to
AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1
or AFC Cup Group Stage
3 Brunei DPMM FC[lower-alpha 1] 24 11 8 5 46 38 +8 41 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
4 Tampines Rovers 24 12 4 8 43 27 +16 40
5 Warriors FC 24 7 7 10 32 35 3 28
6 Balestier Khalsa 24 7 6 11 25 36 11 27
7 Singapore Young Lions[lower-alpha 1] 24 5 6 13 25 46 21 21
8 Geylang International 24 5 5 14 26 57 31 20
9 Hougang United 24 2 6 16 22 44 22 12 Possible relegation to
National Football League Division 1
Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2018. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
  1. 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 ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Geylang International lost 1-0 on aggregate.

See also

References

  1. "All not well at Geylang International".
  2. "Eagles staff".
  3. "Welcome Jesper Chan to the 2018 Eagles Squad".
  4. "Yeo Hai Ngee has signed for the Eagles for the 2018 season".
  5. "Jufri Taha join GIFC from TRFC for the 2018 season".
  6. "Zul become eagle".
  7. "Danish Azman joins the Eagles for the 2018 season from NFA-18 where he was the team captain".
  8. "We welcome Faud Ramli from our Prime League back to the Eagles after completing his NS in Feb 2018".
  9. "Ryson Yap joins the Eagles for the 2018 season having previously played for NFL1 Police SA".
  10. "The Eagles welcomes Ryan Syaffiq to Bedok Stadium for the 2018 season".
  11. "We are pleased to welcome midfielder Azhar Sairudin to the Eagles for the 2018 Season!".
  12. "The Eagles have signed Fairoz Hassan from Hougang United for the 2018 season".
  13. "Fumiya joins the Japanese revolution in Bedok".
  14. "Cameron will also join the Eagles as a striker for the 2018 season".
  15. "welcome Syazwan Buhari to the Stags family!".
  16. "Safirul joins stags".
  17. "Faritz Abdul Hameed switch to Protectors from Eagles nest".
  18. "Former Singapore Under-23 skipper Al-Qaasimy steps away from professional football".
  19. "Warriors announce the signing of Gabriel Quak for the 2018 season!".
  20. "Stanley from Eagles to Cheetahs".
  21. "Ricardo Sendra moves to Indonesia".
  22. "Asshukrie Wahid recruited for GYL in 2018".
  23. "Shafiq joins Cheetah".
  24. "Amy the new left winger for Home United".
  25. "Ifwat Ismail joins Fandi for 2018".
  26. "Ricardo released by Indonesian club".
  27. "Darren Teh renewed contract".
  28. "Anders retained for new season".
  29. "Yuki recontracted with Eagles after being released for the season".
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "promotion of seven players from our 2017 Prime League squad to the S-League team for the 2018 season".
  31. "Shawal Anuar renewed contract".
  32. "Addison Sayan will embark on a two week trial in Singapore".
  33. "Geylang defender Aplin set for trials in Japan".
  34. "Afiq join Eagles on loan".
  35. "Anders Aplin set for loan move to J2 League leaders Matsumoto Yamaga".

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