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Northern United
2023 season
Owner	BLF Group
Head coach	Umar Khalish (Player-Manager)
Stadium	Endeavour Primary School (former); Wellington Primary School (current); Bishan ActiveSG Futsal Court (futsal)
Merlin Regionals	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: N/A; All: Clovis Yio (19)
Biggest win	11-2 v Turkey FC; 27 December 2023
Biggest defeat	5-14 v Blacklock FC; 3 June 2023
	2024 →

The 2023 season is Northern United's 1st season in existence as an amateur football club. They participated in the 2023 Merlin Regionals.

On 15 January 2023, Umar Khalish founded the club with the purpose to serve as a platform for players who weren't deemed as good to give them an opportunity to learn and improve. As player-manager, he signed founding players Niq Aqimi on 8 February 2023 and Naufal Nico on 14 February 2023.

On 4 November 2023, Umar announced Clovis Yio and Haris as his stand-in captains.

On 19 December 2023, the club announced a partnership with newly formed club Sengkang District FC.

Season overview

Northern United's season started off with a 6-0 defeat to Sembawang FC but their first televised friendly came under the form of a 20-7 defeat to Vengeance away from home with Farhan Daniel scoring the first goal for the club and Clovis Yio coming off the bench to score 6 goals. A 7-5 defeat to four-men Teck Whye Hounds left much more to be desired. The club made their 7-aside debut at home in a 14-5 defeat to Blacklock FC.

The club participated in their first friendly tournament in the Bishan Tri-Series with a narrow 4-3 defeat to Teck Whye Hounds but their match against Serangoon Belgrade was cancelled. A month later, the club played in their new home against rivals Sengkang Wolves in a 9-6 defeat with debutant Ashvein and Yio scoring a hat trick apiece. They lost to Sembawang FC 3-1 before a short break.

After the break, Northern United played a friendly against Bokana FC to prepare for the 2023 Merlin Regionals as they lost 12-4. The club went on a shocking run in the competition only losing to Teck Whye Hounds and managed to go unbeaten against Maestro Boys, Sembawang United (formally Sengkang Wolves), Hawkguys, and Serangoon Belgrade as they won the competition overall.

The club returned the next month with a 7-5 win against Sengkang District FC in a charity match before losing 11-8 away from home to Black Lions FC. They ended the year with a convincing 11-4 win to Turkey FC.

Season squad

No.	Player	Position	Other Position(s)	Since	App	Goals	Previous Club	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Hian Ze	GK		2023	0	0	Black Lions FC
26	Hendra	GK		2023	0	0	WestsideFC
Defenders
4	Krithik	CB		2023	0	0	Black Lions FC
5	Ghazi Fakrullah	CB		2023	0	0	N/A
14	Rayyan Hibatullah	CB		2023	0	0	N/A
17	Aqid	LB		2023	0	0	Bokana FC
20	Haris Nasrullah	CB	CDM/GK	2023	0	0	N/A	Vice-Captain
27	Jareth	CB	CDM/CM	2023	0	0	Sengkang Wolves	On a loan-cum-permanent deal
30	Avinesh	CB		2023	0	0	Bokana FC
33	Sulaiman	CB		2023	0	0	N/A
39	Niq Aqimi	CB	LB/RB	2023	0	0	Teck Whye Hounds	On a loan-cum-permanent deal
80	Novian	CB		2023	0	0	N/A
Midfielders
8	Khai	CM	CDM	2023	0	0	WestsideFC
10	Mo Safuan	CM		2023	0	0	Teck Whye Hounds
13	Farhan Daniel	CM		2023	0	0	N/A
28	Adam Mikhail	CM	RW/CF	2023	0	0	Sengkang Wolves
45	Umar Khalish	CM	CF/CAM	2023	0	0	Teck Whye Hounds	Captain
Forwards
7	Ashvein	RW		2023	0	0	Black Lions FC
11	Naufal Nico	ST	CAM	2023	0	0	Sengkang Wolves
18	Clovis Yio	LW	LB/LM/GK	2023	0	0	Elite Predators	Vice-Captain
31	Muhaimin	ST	LW	2023	0	0	Teck Whye Hounds
-	Raees	RW		2023	0	0	N/A
Players transferred out during the season
1	Ming Yu	GK		2023	0	0	N/A
21	Ian Aydin	CM	CAM/CF	2023	0	0	Garuda FC	^[a]
-	Syafake	ST		2023	0	0	N/A
Players on trial during the season
-	Isaac Yeung	CM	RB/ST	2023	0	0	N/A	^[b]

^ Ian Aydin's loan to Garuda was terminated and the player subsequently agreed to a mutual termination following his return to the parent club.
^ Isaac joined the club for a trial session before being recalled by his parent club in Hong Kong.

Coaching staff

First Team

Position	Name	Ref.
Chairman	Umar Khalish
General manager	Isaac Yeung	^[a]
Head coach	Umar Khalish
Assistant Coach	Clovis Yio	^[b]
Goalkeeping Coach	Clovis Yio	^[b]
Fitness Coach
Physiotherapist	Farhan Daniel
Sports Trainer
Kitman
Sports Scientist

^ Isaac Yeung also is acting as club Technical Director.
^ Clovis Yio was subsequently named as assistant coach during the Merlin Regionals.

Transfers

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Ref
8 February 2023	CB		Niq Aqimi	Teck Whye Hounds	Loaned till 6 March 2023 ^[a]
1 July 2023	CB		Jareth	Sengkang Wolves	Loaned till 31 December 2023 ^[b]

^ Aqimi's buy option was activated a month after his transfer.
^ Jareth's buy option was activated two months after his transfer.

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Ref
4 March 2023	CB		Niq Aqimi	Teck Whye Hounds	Loaned till 5 March 2023 ^[a]
29 July 2023	CM		Ian Aydin	Garuda FC	Loan details were undisclosed ^[b]

^ Aqimi was recalled by Teck Whye Hounds on 4 March 2023 for an international game. He returned to the club right after.
^ Ian's loan to Garuda expired in November due to club disbandment and returned to the club afterwards.

Loans return

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	From
5 March 2023	CB		Niq Aqimi	Teck Whye Hounds
29 November 2023	CM		Ian Aydin	Garuda FC

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Player	From
4 February 2023	CM	Umar Khalish	Teck Whye Hounds
14 February 2023	ST	Naufal Nico	Sengkang Wolves
5 March 2023	CB	Niq Aqimi	Teck Whye Hounds
12 March 2023	GK	Hendra	Westside FC
12 March 2023	CB	Sulaiman	N/A
12 March 2023	CM	Farhan Daniel	N/A
12 March 2023	ST	Muhaimin	Teck Whye Hounds
12 March 2023	LW	Clovis Yio	Elite Predators
12 March 2023	CM	Ian Aydin	Sengkang Wolves
13 May 2023	CB	Haris	N/A
13 May 2023	CB	Avinesh	Bokana FC
13 May 2023	CM	Adam Mikhail	Sengkang Wolves
23 May 2023	CB	Jareth	Sengkang Wolves
3 June 2023	CM	Khai	Westside FC
3 June 2023	GK	Ming Yu	N/A
24 June 2023	RW	Ashvein	Black Lions FC
24 June 2023	ST	Syafake	N/A
23 July 2023	CB	Novian	N/A
23 July 2023	GK	Hian Ze	Black Lions FC
23 July 2023	LB	Aqid	Bokana FC
21 October 2023	RW	Raees	N/A
4 November 2023	CB	Ghazi Fakrullah	N/A
4 November 2023	CB	Rayyan Hibatullah	N/A
21 December 2023	CM	Mo Safuan	Teck Whye Hounds
27 December 2023	CB	Krithik	Black Lions FC
31 December 2023	CM	Isaac Yeung ^[a]	MLSA Football Academy

^ Isaac Yeung subsequently agreed to a pre-contract deal to sign for the club in 2024, subject to medicals.

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Player	To
4 June 2023	GK	Ming Yu	N/A
25 June 2023	ST	Syafake	N/A
4 October 2023	CM	Ian Aydin	Sengkang District FC

Friendlies

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Friendlies	25 February 2023	27 December 2023	11	2	0	9	57	93	−36	018.18
Total			11	2	0	9	57	93	−36	018.18

Source: Competitions

25 February 2023 Friendly	Northern United	0–6	Sembawang FC	Yishun, Singapore
15:30 UTC+8				Stadium: Yishun Primary School

12 March 2023 Friendly	Vengeance FC	20–7	Northern United	Buangkok, Singapore
15:00 UTC+8			Han 17' Yio x6	Stadium: Buangkok Sports Park

13 May 2023 Friendly	Northern United	5–7	Teck Whye Hounds	Bishan, Singapore
13:00 UTC+8	Nico 5', 21' Yio 7' Ady 22' Muhaimin 30+4'			Stadium: Bishan ActiveSG Futsal Court

3 June 2023 Friendly	Northern United	5–14	Blacklock FC	Sembawang, Singapore
15:30 UTC+8	Nico 2', 20' Ady 42', 49' Avinesh 52'			Stadium: Endeavour Primary School

24 June 2023 Bishan Invitationals	Northern United	3–4	Teck Whye Hounds	Bishan, Singapore
	Ashvein 30' Rifqi 34' (o.g.) Syafake 36'			Stadium: Bishan ActiveSG Futsal Court

24 June 2023 Bishan Invitationals	Serangoon Belgrade	Cancelled	Northern United	Bishan, Singapore
				Stadium: Bishan ActiveSG Futsal Court

23 July 2023 Friendly	Northern United	6–9	Sengkang Wolves	Sembawang, Singapore
	Ashvein 20', 40+3', 48' Yio 42', 43', 77'			Stadium: Wellington Primary

29 July 2023 Friendly	Sembawang FC	3–1	Northern United	Woodlands, Singapore
			Ashvein 46'	Stadium: Woodlands Ring Primary

21 October 2023 Friendly	Northern United	4–12	Bokana FC	Sembawang, Singapore
	Yio 19', 60' Raees 38' Khai 43'			Stadium: Wellington Primary

21 October 2023 Friendly	Northern United	7–5	Sengkang District 19 FC	Bishan, Singapore
	Nico 7', 13', 14', 15', 17' Yio 40', 44'			Stadium: Bishan ActiveSG Futsal Court

24 December 2023 Friendly	Black Lions FC	11–8	Northern United	Jurong East, Singapore
			Safuan 6', 17', 35' Yio 22' Nico 26', 35' Ashvein 42' Haris 60+8'	Stadium: Fuhua Primary School

27 December 2023 Friendly	Turkey FC	2–11	Northern United	Boon Keng, Singapore
			Nico 9', 17', 38', 40+3' Yio 10', 43' Krithik 19', 22', 47', 50' Haris 40+5'	Stadium: St Wilfried Futsal Field

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
[Merlin Regionals]	4 November 2023	4 November 2023	Group Stage	Winners	5	1	3	1	4	1	+3	020.00
Total					5	1	3	1	4	1	+3	020.00

Source: Competitions

Merlin Regionals

Main article: 2023 Merlin Regionals

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Teck Whye Hounds (Q)	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6	Semi-finals
2	Northern United (Q)	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	4	Semi-finals
3	Sembawang United	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	Maestro Boys	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

4 November 2023 1	Northern United	0-1	Teck Whye Hounds	Bishan, Singapore
			Iman 9'	Stadium: Bishan ActiveSG Futsal Court

4 November 2023 2	Maestro Boys	0-4	Northern United	Bishan, Singapore
			Nico 2', 9' Yio 5', 7'	Stadium: Bishan ActiveSG Futsal Court

4 November 2023 3	Northern United	0-0	Sembawang United	Bishan, Singapore
				Stadium: Bishan ActiveSG Futsal Court

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

4 November 2023	Hawkguys	0-0 (6-5 p)	Northern United	Bishan, Singapore
				Stadium: Bishan ActiveSG Futsal Court
	Penalties
	Nico Ashvin Han Ghazi Haris Nico Ashvin		Matdos ? ? ? ? Matdos ?

Final

4 November 2023	Northern United	0-0 (7-6 p)	Serangoon Belgrade	Bishan, Singapore
				Stadium: Bishan ActiveSG Futsal Court

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Position	Player	Nationality	Friendlies		Merlin Regionals		Total
No.	Position	Player	Nationality	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Hian Ze		2	0	-	-	2	0
26	GK	Hendra		5	0	-	-	5	0
Defenders
4	DF	Krithik		1	4	-	-	1	4
5	DF	Ghazi Fakrullah		1	0	2	0	3	0
14	DF	Rayyan Hibatullah		3	0	2	0	5	0
17	DF	Aqid		3	0	-	-	3	0
20	DF	Haris Nasrullah		7	2	5	0	12	2
27	DF	Jareth		4	0	1	0	5	0
30	DF	Avinesh		5	1	-	-	5	1
33	DF	Sulaiman		4	0	1	0	5	0
39	DF	Niq Aqimi		6	0	1	0	7	0
80	DF	Novian		2	0	-	-	2	0
Midfielders
8	MF	Khai		7	1	-	-	7	1
10	MF	Mo Safuan		1	3	-	-	1	3
13	MF	Farhan Daniel		4	1	1	0	5	1
28	MF	Adam Mikhail		6	3	-	-	6	3
45	MF	Umar Khalish		10	0	-	-	10	0
Forwards
7	FW	Ashvein		3	6	5	0	8	6
11	FW	Naufal Nico		6	15	5	2	11	17
18	FW	Clovis Yio		9	17	5	2	14	19
31	FW	Muhaimin		6	1	-	-	6	1
-	FW	Raes		1	1	-	-	1	1
Players transferred out during the season
1	GK	Ming Yu		1	0	-	-	1	0
21	MF	Ian Aydin		1	0	-	-	1	0
-	FW	Syafake		1	1	-	-	1	1

Goalscorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Friendlies	Merlin Regionals	Total
1	FW	18	Clovis Yio	17	2	19
2	FW	11	Naufal Nico	15	2	17
3	FW	7	Ashvein	6	0	6
4	DF	4	Krithik	4	-	4
5	MF	10	Mo Safuan	3	-	3
5	MF	28	Adam Mikhail	3	0	3
6	DF	20	Haris Nasrullah	2	0	2
7	MF	8	Khai	1	-	1
	MF	13	Han		-
	DF	30	Avinesh		-
	FW	31	Muhaimin		-
	FW	-	Syafake		-
	FW	-	Raees		-
	Own goals				0
Total				57	4	61

Assisters

Not all goals have an assist.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Friendlies	Merlin Regionals	Total
1	FW	18	Clovis Yio	7	1	8
2	DF	4	Krithik	3	-	3
	FW	7	Ashvein	3	0
	MF	8	Khai	3	-
	FW	11	Naufal Nico	2	1
	DF	20	Haris Nasrullah	3	0
3	MF	45	Umar Khalish	2	-	2
4	GK	1	Hian Ze	1	-	1
	MF	10	Mo Safuan	1	-
	FW	31	Muhaimin	1	-
	DF	33	Sulaiman	1	0
	DF	39	Niq Aqimi	0	1
	FW	-	Raees	1	-
	FW	-	Syafake	1	-
Total				29	3	32

Hat-tricks

Key
Score	The score is at the time of the goals.
(H)	Northern United were the home team.	(A)	Northern United were the away team.

Pos.	Player	Minutes	Score	Result	Opponent	Competition	Date
FW	Clovis Yio	TBD	TBD	20-7 (A)	Vengeance FC	Friendly	12 March 2023
FW	Ashvein	20', 40+3', 48'	1-3, 2-6, 5-6	6-9 (H)	Sengkang Wolves	Friendly	23 July 2023
FW	Clovis Yio	42', 43', 77'	3-6, 4-6, 6-7	6-9 (H)	Sengkang Wolves	Friendly	23 July 2023
FW	Naufal Nico	7', 13', 14', 15', 17'	1-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1	7-5 (H)	Sengkang District	Friendly	13 December 2023
FW	Mo Safuan	6', 17' 35'	1-1, 3-2, 6-6	11-8 (A)	Black Lions FC	Friendly	24 December 2023
FW	Naufal Nico	9', 17', 38', 40+3'	0-1, 0-3, 1-6, 1-7	4-11 (A)	Turkey FC	Friendly	27 December 2023
DF	Krithik	19', 22', 47', 50'	0-4, 0-5, 2-10, 2-11	4-11 (A)	Turkey FC	Friendly	27 December 2023

Own goals

Pos.	Player	Minutes	Score	Result	Opponent	Competition	Date
FW	Clovis Yio	10'	0-2	6-9 (H)	Sengkang Wolves	Friendly	12 March 2023
CB	Haris Nasrullah	TBC	3-1	3-1 (A)	Sembawang FC	Friendly	29 July 2023
CB	Niq Aqimi	18'	4-2	11-8 (A)	Black Lions FC	Friendly	24 December 2023

Disciplinary

The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal.

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Friendlies			Merlin Regionals			Total
Rank	Pos.	No.	Player
1	FW	11	Naufal Nico	0	0	0	0	1^[a]	0	0	1	0
Totals				0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0

^ Nico's red card against Sembawang United was rescinded

End of season awards

Award	Winner
Supporter's Player of the Season	Jareth
Player's Player of the Season	Clovis Yio
Goal of the Season	Mo Safuan (vs Black Lions, 24 December 2023)

[IA-1] Ian Aydin's loan to Garuda was terminated and the player subsequently agreed to a mutual termination following his return to the parent club.

[IY-2] Isaac joined the club for a trial session before being recalled by his parent club in Hong Kong.

[IY-3] Isaac Yeung also is acting as club Technical Director.

[CY-4] Clovis Yio was subsequently named as assistant coach during the Merlin Regionals.

[NA-5] Aqimi's buy option was activated a month after his transfer.

[JL-6] Jareth's buy option was activated two months after his transfer.

[NA-7] Aqimi was recalled by Teck Whye Hounds on 4 March 2023 for an international game. He returned to the club right after.

[IA-8] Ian's loan to Garuda expired in November due to club disbandment and returned to the club afterwards.

[IY-9] Isaac Yeung subsequently agreed to a pre-contract deal to sign for the club in 2024, subject to medicals.

[NA-10] Nico's red card against Sembawang United was rescinded

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