2021 Geylang International FC season

Geylang International
2021 season
Chairman	Ben Teng
Head coach	Mohd Noor Ali
Stadium	Our Tampines Hub
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 season is Geylang International's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League. Along with the Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.

Squad

Sleague

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Hairul Syirhan	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 28)	Young Lions FC	2019	2021
23	Wayne Chew ^U23	(2001-10-22) 22 October 2001 (age 22)	Youth Team	2019	2021
25	Zainol Gulam	(1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32)	Warriors FC	2018	2021
Defenders
3	Adam Hakeem	(1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 27)	Young Lions FC	2020	2021
5	Darren Teh	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 27)	SAFSA (NFL)	2017	2021
11	Harith Kanadi ^U23	(2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 (age 23)	Tampines Rovers U19	2019	2021
15	Faizal Roslan	(1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 29)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2021
21	Yuki Ichikawa (Captain)	(1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 36)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2014	2021
58	Badrul Amin Noh ^U23	(2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 22)	Youth Team	2021	2021
Midfielders
6	Nur Luqman ^U23	(1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 26)	Young Lions FC	2020	2021
8	Barry Maguire	(1989-10-27) 27 October 1989 (age 34)	Limerick F.C.	2019	2021
12	Iqram Rifqi	(1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 28)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2021
13	Izzdin Shafiq ^>30	(1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 33)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2021
16	Umar Ramle	(1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 28)	Youth Team	2016	2021
17	Firdaus Kasman ^>30	(1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 (age 36)	Warriors FC	2019	2021
18	Azri Suhaili ^U23	(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 21)	Youth Team	2019	2021
22	Christopher van Huizen	(1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 31)	Home United	2019	2021
	Elijah Lim Teck Yong ^U23	(2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 23)	Balestier Khalsa	2021	2021
Forwards
7	Amy Recha	(1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 32)	Home United	2019	2021
10	Fareez Farhan	(1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 29)	Hougang United	2019	2021
20	Zikos Vasileios Chua ^U23	(2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 22)	NFA U16	2018	2021
	Matheus Moresche	(1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 26)	FC Torpedo	2021	2021
	Wim Bokila	(1987-09-28) 28 September 1987 (age 36)	Kontich FC	2021	2021
Players loaned out / placed on injury list / left during season

U19

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
64	Dylan Pereira ^U19		GFA Victoria FC	2020	2020
Defenders
68	Ilhan Noor ^U19	(2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 21)	Youth Team	2019	2020
Midfielders
55	Danish Qayyum ^U19	(2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 22)	Youth Team	2019	2020
49	Furqan Raoff ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2020
Forwards
70	Danish Haziq ^U19	(2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 22)	Youth Team	2019	2020

Coaching staff

^[1]

Position	Name	Ref.
Chairman	Thomas Gay	^[2]
General Manager	Andrew Ang	^[3]
Assistant General Manager	Leonard Koh	^[4]
Head Coach	Mohd Noor Ali	^[5]
Assistant Coach	Khidhir Khamis	^[6]
Fitness Coach	Muzhaffar Shah
Goalkeeping Coach	Shahril Jantan
Team Manager
Physiotherapist	Danial Feriza
Kitman	Abdul Latiff

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Danish Irfan	Young Lions FC	Loan Return
FW	Fikri Junaidi	Young Lions FC	Loan Return
MF	Izzdin Shafiq	Lion City Sailors	Free ^[7] ^[8]
MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	Balestier Khalsa	Free
FW	Matheus Moresche	Riga FC	Free

Note 1: Danish Irfan was loaned to Young Lions FC for 2021 season.

Note 2: Fikri Junaidi was released and joined Albirex Niigata for 2021 season.

Loan In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Faizal Roslan	Lion City Sailors	Season loan ^[9]
MF	Iqram Rifqi	Lion City Sailors	Season loan ^[10]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
FW	Ifwat Ismail	SAFSA	NS till 2021
MF	Joshua Pereira	SAFSA	NS till 2022 ^[11]
MF	Noor Ariff	SAFSA	NS till 2022 ^[11]
GK	Dylan Christopher Goh	Tampines Rovers U19
FW	Iqbal Hussain	Chennai City F.C.	Free ^[12]
DF	Shahrin Saberin	Tanjong Pagar United	Free ^[13]
DF	Nurullah Hussein		Free
DF	Kamolidin Tashiev		Free
DF	Danish Qayyum		Free
MF	Safirul Sulaiman		Free
FW	Khairul Nizam	Hougang United	Free ^[14]
FW	Fikri Junaidi	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free ^[15]

Loan Out

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Danish Irfan	Young Lions FC	Season loan

Extension / Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Hairul Syirhan	^[16]
GK	Wayne Chew	^[17]
GK	Zainol Gulam	^[18]
DF	Adam Hakeem	^[19]
DF	Yuki Ichikawa	^[20]
DF	Darren Teh	^[21]
DF	Harith Kanadi	^[22]
MF	Umar Ramle	^[23]
MF	Azri Suhaili	^[24]
MF	Firdaus Kasman	^[25]
MF	Nur Luqman	^[26]
MF	Christopher van Huizen	^[27]
MF	Barry Maguire	^[28]
FW	Zikos Vasileios Chua	^[29]
FW	Amy Recha	^[30]
FW	Fareez Farhan	^[31]

Promoted

Position	Player	Ref
DF	Badrul Amin Noh

Trial (In)

Position	Player	Trial From	Ref

Trial (Out)

Position	Player	Trial With	Ref

Mid-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 29 September 2018.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		AFC Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Hairul Syirhan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Adam Hakeem	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Darren Teh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Nur Luqman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Amy Recha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Barry Maguire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	DF	Harith Kanadi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	Iqram Rifqi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Izzdin Shafiq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Faizal Roslan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Umar Ramle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Firdaus Kasman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Azri Suhaili	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	Zikos Vasileios Chua	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	Yuki Ichikawa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Christopher van Huizen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	Wayne Chew	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	Zainol Gulam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lion City Sailors	21	14	6	1	59	21	+38	48	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Albirex Niigata (S)^[a]	21	13	7	1	50	19	+31	46
3	Hougang United	21	10	4	7	48	40	+8	34	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
4	Tampines Rovers	21	7	6	8	48	51	−3	27	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
5	Tanjong Pagar United	21	5	7	9	36	49	−13	22
6	Geylang International	21	6	2	13	33	52	−19	20
7	Balestier Khalsa	21	5	4	12	34	52	−18	19
8	Young Lions^[a]	21	4	4	13	26	50	−24	16

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 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.

AFC Cup

On 11 November 2020, the AFC approved a new calendar for the competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, where the group stage is played as centralized single round-robin tournament, and the preliminary round, play-off round, and ASEAN Zone semi-finals and final are played as a single match.^[32]

Pos	Team v t e	VIS	LAL	TER	GEY
1	Visakha	—	Cancelled	—	Cancelled
2	Lalenok United	—	—	Cancelled	—
3	Terengganu	Cancelled	—	—	Cancelled
4	Geylang International	—	Cancelled	—	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Win Draw Loss

Group stage

22 June 2021 Matchday 1

Kaya F.C.–Iloilo

v

Geylang International

25 June 2021 Matchday 2

Geylang International

v

Shan United

28 June 2021 Matchday 3

Terengganu FC

v

Geylang International

Singapore Cup

Win Draw Loss

Notes

References

^ "Eagles staff". Archived from the original on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
^ "Geylang International FC chairman Ben Teng hands over reins to Thomas Gay".
^ "Andrew Ang has returned to GIFC as the club's General Manager".
^ "Leonard returns to Eagles' nest".
^ "NOOR ALI SIGNS 3-YEAR DEAL | Facebook". www.facebook.com.
^ "Geylang International FC". www.facebook.com.
^ "My Captain! Thank you for leading us in our debut season".
^ "Izzdin Shafiq signs for Geylang International".
^ "Faizal Roslan announced as 1st new signing".
^ "Iqram Rifqi announced as 2nd signing for the season".
^ ^a ^b "Geylang sign midfielder Nasrul Taib - Football Association of Singapore". spl.sg.
^ "Iqbal signs 4 months contract with Chennai City FC".
^ "Tanjong Pagar United is delighted to present our next new signing - Shahrin Saberin".
^ "Khairul Nizam is now a Cheetah! 🐆".
^ "Fikri Junaidi (Young Lions) will join Albirex for 2021 season!".
^ "Hairul stays for AFC Cup Quest".
^ "Wayne extends his stay with the Eagles!".
^ "Zainol Gulam will be back between the sticks for the Eagles in 2021".
^ "THE 1.93m Adam extends his stay!".
^ "8 seasons and counting for Yuki".
^ "Our vice captain remains an eagle!".
^ "Harith commits to the eagles!".
^ "Fan favourite Umar signs!".
^ "Azri Suhaili, the rising star stays!".
^ "Firdaus Kasman remains with the Eagles!".
^ "Nur Luqman stays!".
^ "King of assist, CVH, stays!".
^ "Flying Dutchman stays!".
^ "Zikos will be back!".
^ "Amy Recha stays!".
^ "Fareez Farhan is the latest addition to the class of 2021!".
^ "New competition dates approved by AFC Competitions Committee". AFC. 11 November 2020.

[table_note_ALB0.81959578991849-32] 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.

[1] "Eagles staff". Archived from the original on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2018-10-04.

[2] "Geylang International FC chairman Ben Teng hands over reins to Thomas Gay".

[3] "Andrew Ang has returned to GIFC as the club's General Manager".

[4] "Leonard returns to Eagles' nest".

[5] "NOOR ALI SIGNS 3-YEAR DEAL | Facebook". www.facebook.com.

[6] "Geylang International FC". www.facebook.com.

[7] "My Captain! Thank you for leading us in our debut season".

[8] "Izzdin Shafiq signs for Geylang International".

[9] "Faizal Roslan announced as 1st new signing".

[10] "Iqram Rifqi announced as 2nd signing for the season".

[auto-11] "Geylang sign midfielder Nasrul Taib - Football Association of Singapore". spl.sg.

[12] "Iqbal signs 4 months contract with Chennai City FC".

[13] "Tanjong Pagar United is delighted to present our next new signing - Shahrin Saberin".

[14] "Khairul Nizam is now a Cheetah! 🐆".

[15] "Fikri Junaidi (Young Lions) will join Albirex for 2021 season!".

[16] "Hairul stays for AFC Cup Quest".

[17] "Wayne extends his stay with the Eagles!".

[18] "Zainol Gulam will be back between the sticks for the Eagles in 2021".

[19] "THE 1.93m Adam extends his stay!".

[20] "8 seasons and counting for Yuki".

[21] "Our vice captain remains an eagle!".

[22] "Harith commits to the eagles!".

[23] "Fan favourite Umar signs!".

[24] "Azri Suhaili, the rising star stays!".

[25] "Firdaus Kasman remains with the Eagles!".

[26] "Nur Luqman stays!".

[27] "King of assist, CVH, stays!".

[28] "Flying Dutchman stays!".

[29] "Zikos will be back!".

[30] "Amy Recha stays!".

[31] "Fareez Farhan is the latest addition to the class of 2021!".

[33] "New competition dates approved by AFC Competitions Committee". AFC. 11 November 2020.

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Squad

Sleague

U19

Coaching staff

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

In

Loan In

Out

Loan Out

Extension / Retained

Promoted

Trial (In)

Trial (Out)

Mid-season transfer

In

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

AFC Cup

Group stage

Singapore Cup

See also

Notes

References