Tanjong Pagar United FC

Full name Tanjong Pagar United Football Club
Nickname(s) The Jaguars
Founded 1974
Ground Queenstown Stadium
Queenstown, Singapore
Capacity 4,000

Tanjong Pagar United Football Club was a professional football club in Singapore. The club took part in Singapore's S.League from 1996 to 2004, and from 2011 to 2014. The club withdrew from the S.League after the 2004 season because of financial problems but returned to the S.League in 2011. They withdrew from the S.League for the same reason again for the 2015 season.[1][2]

Prior to the formation of the S.League, the team was known as Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club, and won Singapore's National Football League in 1983 and 1987. The club changed its name to Tiong Bahru United Football Club in 1996, and then to Tanjong Pagar United in 1998.

The team's mascot was a Jaguar. During its first run in the S.League, the club's home ground was the Queenstown Stadium. However, as the Queenstown Stadium was occupied since 2010 by French club Etoile FC, Tanjong Pagar United was based in Clementi Stadium for the duration of the 2011 season. However, due to Etoile FC's withdrawal from the S-League by the end of the 2011 season, Tanjong Pagar shifted back to Queenstown Stadium for the 2012 season.

The club were formed as Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club in 1975 and debuted in Division III of the National Football League, from which they were promoted as champions in 1978. This was followed by a second successive promotion in 1979, bringing the Jaguars to Division I. In 1982, they won the President's Cup and the following year, they were national league champions. They represented Singapore in the 1984 ASEAN Club Games, finishing third, then captured The Double in 1987. The early 1990s saw further successes, as they were Pools Cup winners in 1991 and 1993, finished runners-up in the FAS Premier League from 1991 to 1993 and bagged the FA Cup in 1994. Their strong performances led to their selection as one of eight clubs to compete in the newly formed S.League, so in 1995, they were renamed to Tiong Bahru Football Club and obtained a permanent home at the Queenstown Stadium.[3]

The owners of Tanjong Pagar United stated their intent to return to Singapore Premier League for the 2019 season.[4]

Seasons

Season S.League Singapore Cup Singapore League Cup
Pos P W D L F A Pts
1996-1 5th 14455201917
1996-2 2nd* 14833351827
1997 2nd 161042331634
1998 2nd 201442391546 Winners
1999 3rd 221183402541 Round of 16
2000 2nd 221273502343 Quarter-finals
2001 4th 331869684760 Semi-finals
2002 9th 3311418497237 Quarter-finals
2003 10th 3382–023367828 Group stage
2004 10th 274518297217 Preliminary
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011 11th 333525217714 Round of 16 Preliminary
2012 12th 245514174120 Round of 16 Group stage
2013 6th 27999363436 Runners-up Quarter-finals
2014 9th 278514354429 Quarter-finals Runners-up
2015
  • The 1996 season of the S.League was split into two series. Tiger Beer Series winners Geylang United defeated Pioneer Series winners Singapore Armed Forces in the Championship playoff to clinch the S.League title.
  • 2003 saw the introduction of penalty shoot-outs if a match ended in a draw in regular time. Winners of penalty shoot-outs gained two points instead of one.
  • Tanjong Pagar United sat out the S.League from 2005 to 2010, and withdrew from the competition starting from 2015.

Players

Former players

As of 1 July 2014[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 France GK Aurélien Hérisson
2 France DF Anthony Aymard
3 Singapore DF Hafiz Osman (vice captain)
5 Singapore DF Hanafi Salleh
6 France MF Sébastien Etiemblé
7 Singapore MF Asraf Rashid
8 Singapore MF Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin (team captain)
9 Singapore GK Chua Lye Heng
10 France MF Kamel Ramdani
11 Morocco FW Monsef Zerka
No. Position Player
12 Singapore MF Firdaus Idros
13 Singapore MF Ruzaini Zainal
14 Singapore MF Sazali Salleh
15 Singapore MF Tengku Mushadad
18 Singapore GK Shamsudin Hashim
19 Singapore MF Nor Azli Yusoff
20 Singapore DF Zahid Ahmad
21 Singapore DF Shafiq Noh
22 Singapore MF Justin Khiang

Club Officials

Management

  • Chairman: Edward Liu
  • Vice-Chairman: Andrew Chua
  • Honorary Secretary: Zen Tay
  • Honorary Treasurer: Chan Kok Hock
  • Club Supervisor: Richard Woon

Technical staff

  • Head Coach: Patrick Vallée
  • Prime League Coach: Nicolas Possetti
  • Goalkeeping Coach: Chua Lye Heng
  • Team Manager: Satiman Saim
  • Logistics Officer: Leonard Koh
  • Sports Trainer: Jeffrey Tham

Managers

Honours

Domestic

League

  • 1983, 1987

Cups

  • 1982, 1985, 1987, 1994

Sponsors

  • Main Sponsor: SINGA Energy drink
  • Apparel Supplier: Mitre Sports International
  • Co-Sponsor: EBCHIP Asia Pacific, Woodlands Transport

References

  1. ↑ Ong, Terence (4 November 2014). "Jaguars to sit out next S-League season, Rams to merge with Hougang". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Low, Lin Fhoong (5 November 2014). "Uncertainty over S-League's changes for 2015". Today. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Malathi Das and Palakrishnan (1996), "S.League: the kick-off", Singapore Professional Football League Pte Ltd, p. 56
  4. ↑ http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/jaguars-confident-of-s-league-return-by-2019
  5. ↑ http://www.sleague.com/clubs-profile/tanjong-pagar/team-profile
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