2020 Young Lions FC season

Garena Young Lions
2020 season
Chairman	Farehan Hussein
Head coach	Nazri Nasir
Stadium	Jurong West Stadium
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 season is Young Lion's 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League.^[1]

Squad

S.League squad

As of 26 Sept 2019.

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Last Club	Contract Start	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Nurshafiq Zaini	(1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 (age 25)	Tampines Rovers U19	2020	2020
18	Ridhwan Fikri	(1999-04-29) 29 April 1999 (age 25)	GFA Victoria FC	2020	2020
30	Veer Karan Sobti	(2004-05-06) 6 May 2004 (age 20)	Turf City FC	2020	2020
32	Putra Anugerah	(2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 24)	Lion City Sailors U19	2020	2020
Defenders
2	Nazhiim Harman	(1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 (age 25)	GFA Victoria FC	2020	2020
4	Danish Irfan	(1999-03-10) 10 March 1999 (age 25)	Geylang International	2020	2020
5	Qayyum Raishyan	(2000-12-05) 5 December 2000 (age 24)	FFA Under-17	2019	2020
15	Asraf Zahid	(1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 (age 25)	Hougang United	2019	2020
16	Ryhan Stewart	(2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 (age 24)	Warriors FC	2020	2020
21	Sahffee Jubpre	(2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 (age 23)	Hougang United U19	2020	2020
22	Nur Adam Abdullah	(2001-04-13) 13 April 2001 (age 23)	FFA Under-18	2019	2020
23	Harhys Stewart	(2001-03-20) 20 March 2001 (age 23)	Hougang United U19	2020	2020
24	Danial Scott Crichton	(2003-04-11) 11 April 2003 (age 21)	Warriors FC U19	2020	2020
25	Akmal Azman	(2000-11-21) 21 November 2000 (age 24)	Tampines Rovers	2019	2020
28	Syed Akmal	(2000-04-28) 28 April 2000 (age 24)	FFA Under-18	2019	2020
45	Akram Azman	(2000-11-21) 21 November 2000 (age 24)	FFA Under-18	2019	2020
Midfielders
6	Jacob William Mahler	(2000-04-20) 20 April 2000 (age 24)	FFA Under-18	2018	2020
8	Rezza Rezky	(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 24)	FFA Under-18	2019	2020
11	Rasaq Ishiekwene Akeem	(2001-06-16) 16 June 2001 (age 23)	FFA Under-17	2019	2020
12	Amirul Haikal	(1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 25)	SAFSA	2020	2020
17	Ilhan Fandi	(2002-11-08) 8 November 2002 (age 22)	i2i Football Academy	2019	2020
20	Nor Hakim Redzuan	(2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 24)	Hougang United U19	2020	2020
Forwards
9	Fikri Junaidi	(2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 24)	Geylang International U19	2020	2020
10	Shahrulnizam Mazlan	(2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 24)	GFA Victoria FC	2020	2020
10	Shahrulnizam Mazlan	(2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 (age 24)		2020	2020
13	Shahib Masnawi	(2000-08-04) 4 August 2000 (age 24)	GFA Victoria FC	2020	2020
14	Marc Ryan Tan	(2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 22)	FFA Under-18	2019	2020
19	Khairin Nadim	(2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 (age 20)	FFA Under-16	2020	2020

U19 Squad

(Singapore Sport School)

As of 26 Feb 2017.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Last Club
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Team Manager	Tan Qing Hui Samuel
Head team coach	Nazri Nasir
Assistant coach	Koichiro Iizuka
Assistant coach	Fadzuhasny Juraimi
Goalkeeping coach	Rameshpal Singh
Physiotherapist	Vacant
Sports Trainers	Nasruldin Baharudin Muklis Sawit
Equipment Officer	Omar Mohamed

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Transfer

Pre-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
Coach	Nazri Nasir	NA	Promoted ^[3]
GK	Veer Karan Sobti	Turf City FC
GK	Ridhwan Fikri	GFA Victoria FC	^[4]
GK	Nurshafiq Zaini	Tampines Rovers U19	^[5]
DF	Akmal Azman	Tampines Rovers	Season Loan (NS) ^[6]
DF	Sahffee Jubpre	Hougang United U19	^[7]
DF	Harhys Stewart	Hougang United U19	^[8]
DF	Ryhan Stewart	Warriors FC	^[9]
DF	Danial Scott Crichton	Warriors FC U19	^[10]
DF	Danish Irfan	Geylang International	Free ^[11]
DF	Nazhiim Harman	GFA Victoria FC
MF	Nor Hakim Redzuan	Hougang United
MF	Amirul Haikal	SAFSA
FW	Shahib Masnawi	GFA Victoria FC
FW	Shahrulnizam Mazlan	GFA Victoria FC	^[12]
FW	Khairin Nadim	FFA Under-16	^[13]
FW	Fikri Junaidi	Geylang International U19	Season loan

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
Coach	Fandi Ahmad	FAS	^[14]
GK	Zharfan Rohaizad
GK	Kenji Syed Rusydi	Lion City Sailors	Loan Return
GK	Adib Hakim	Lion City Sailors
GK	Dylan Christopher Goh	Geylang International U19
GK	Danial Iliya	Tampines Rovers U19
DF	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	Lion City Sailors	^[15]
DF	Ruzree Rohzaini	Warriors FC	Loan Return
DF	Lionel Tan	SAFSA	Loan Return
DF	Irfan Najeeb	SAFSA	Loan Return
DF	Syahrul Sazali	Tampines Rovers	Free ^[16]
DF	Amer Hakeem	Hougang United	Loan Return
DF	Prakash Raj	Hougang United	Loan Return
DF	Rusyaidi Salime
MF	Joshua Pereira	Geylang International	Free ^[17]
MF	Nur Luqman	Geylang International	Free ^[18]
MF	Sharul Nizam	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free ^[19]
MF	Gareth Low Jun Kit	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free ^[20]
MF	Naqiuddin Eunos	Lion City Sailors
MF	Saifullah Akbar	Lion City Sailors	Free ^[21]
MF	Haiqal Pashia	Lion City Sailors
MF	Syed Firdaus Hassan
FW	Syukri Bashir	Hougang United	Loan Return
FW	Syahadat Masnawi	Tanjong Pagar United
FW	Danial Syafiq
FW	Katz Saul Ellison

Retained

Position	Player	Ref
DF	Qayyum Raishyan
DF	Nur Adam Abdullah
DF	Asraf Zahid
DF	Syed Akmal
DF	Akram Azman
MF	Jacob William Mahler
MF	Rasaq Ishiekwene Akeem
MF	Rezza Rezky
FW	Ilhan Fandi
FW	Syahadat Masnawi
FW	Marc Ryan Tan

Trial

Position	Player	Trial @	Ref

Mid-season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Putra Anugerah	Lion City Sailors U19

Out

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
MF	Ryhan Stewart	Police SA	NS ^[22]

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

Win Draw Loss

23 January 2020 (2020-01-23) 1	Geylang International	0-3	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
			Rezza Rezky

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 2	Young Lions FC	2-0	Singapore Cricket Club	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Rezza Rezky Fikri Junaidi

8 February 2020 3

Young Lions FC

0-4

SAFSA

Jalan Besar Stadium

16 February 2020 (2020-02-16) 4	Albirex Niigata (S)	3-1	Young Lions FC	Jurong East Stadium
	Doi Tomoyuki Ryoya Tanigushi		Ilhan Fandi

19 February 2020 5

Young Lions FC

cancelled

Balestier Khalsa

Jalan Besar Stadium

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19) 5	Young Lions FC	1-1	Tanjong Pagar United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Rezza Rezky		Luiz Júnior

21 February 2020 (2020-02-21) 6	Young Lions FC	2-5	Lion City Sailors F.C.	Bishan Stadium
	Ilhan Fandi Marc Ryan Tan		Andy Pengelly Iqram Rifqi Haiqal Paisha

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 15 June 2020

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Nurshafiq Zaini	2	0	0	0
4	DF	Danish Irfan	3	0	1	0
6	MF	Jacob Mahler	3	0	1	0
8	MF	Rezza Rezky	2	0	1	0
9	FW	Fikri Junaidi	1	0	0	0
10	FW	Shahrulnizam Mazlan	1(1)	0	0	0
11	MF	Rasaq Akeem	2	0	1	0
12	MF	Amirul Haikal	0	0	0	0
13	FW	Shahib Masnawi	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Marc Ryan Tan	0(2)	0	0	0
15	DF	Asraf Zahid	0	0	0	0
16	DF	Ryhan Stewart	1(1)	0	0	0
17	MF	Ilhan Fandi	2	1	1	1
18	GK	Ridhwan Fikri	1	0	1	0
19	FW	Khairin Nadim	0(2)	0	0	0
20	MF	Nor Hakim Redzuan	0(1)	0	0	0
21	DF	Sahffee Jubpre	2	0	1	0
22	DF	Nur Adam Abdullah	3	0	1	0
23	DF	Harhys Stewart	3	0	1	0
24	DF	Danial Crichton	1	0	0	0
25	DF	Akmal Azman	2(1)	0	0	0
28	DF	Syed Akmal	2(1)	0	1	0
30	GK	Veer Karan Sobti	0	0	0	0
31	DF	Qayyum Raishyan	0	0	0	0
45	DF	Akram Azman	2	0	1	0

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

1 March 2020 (2020-03-01) 1	Young Lions FC	1-4	Hougang United	Jurong West Stadium
	Ilhan Fandi 57' Nur Adam Abdullah 72'	Report	Stipe Plazibat 7' 43' 90+1' Jordan Nicolas Vestering 35' 71' Farhan Zulkifli 38' Afiq Noor 90'	Referee: G. Letchman Man of the Match: Stipe Plazibat

11 March 2020 (2020-03-11) 2	Geylang International	3-0	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Iqbal Hussain 18' 57' Khairul Nizam 75' Noor Ariff 44' Firdaus Kasman 45' Barry Maguire 72' Joshua Pereira 83'	Report	Jacob Mahler 88'	Attendance: 1,178 Referee: Nathan Chan Man of the Match: Iqbal Hussain

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14) 3	Young Lions FC	0-2	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong West Stadium
	Harhys Stewart 33' Danish Irfan 74'	Report	Hazzuwan Halim 32' Ensar Brunčević 76' 29' Ahmad Syahir 41' C. Aarish Kumar 45+1' Zulfadhmi Suzliman 62' 71'	Attendance: 0 ^{[Covid19 1]} Referee: Mohd Syarqawi Man of the Match: Hazzuwan Halim

4 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Brunei DPMM

v

Young Lions FC

Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium

5 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Young Lions FC

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Jurong West Stadium

6 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Home United

v

Young Lions FC

Bishan Stadium

7 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Young Lions FC

v

Tampines Rovers

Jurong West Stadium

8 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Young Lions FC

v

Albirex Niigata (S)

Jurong West Stadium

9 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Hougang United

v

Young Lions FC

Hougang Stadium

10 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Young Lions FC

v

Geylang International

Jurong West Stadium

11 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Balestier Khalsa

v

Young Lions FC

Bishan Stadium

12 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Young Lions FC

v

Brunei DPMM

Jurong West Stadium

13 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Tanjong Pagar United

v

Young Lions FC

Jurong East Stadium

14 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Young Lions FC

v

Home United

Jurong West Stadium

15 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Tampines Rovers

v

Young Lions FC

Our Tampines Hub

16 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Albirex Niigata (S)

v

Young Lions FC

Jurong East Stadium

17 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Young Lions FC

v

Hougang United

Jurong West Stadium

18 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Geylang International

v

Young Lions FC

Our Tampines Hub

19 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Young Lions FC

v

Balestier Khalsa

Jurong West Stadium

20 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Brunei DPMM

v

Young Lions FC

Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium

21 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Young Lions FC

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Jurong West Stadium

22 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Home United

v

Young Lions FC

Bishan Stadium

11 September 2020 23

Young Lions FC

v

Tampines Rovers

Jurong West Stadium

19 September 2020 24

Hougang United

v

Albirex Niigata (S)

Hougang Stadium

^ Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Geylang International	14	6	2	6	18	22	−4	20	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
5	Balestier Khalsa	14	5	4	5	22	28	−6	19
6	Hougang United	14	4	3	7	19	24	−5	15
7	Young Lions^[a]	14	3	0	11	12	38	−26	9
8	Tanjong Pagar United	14	0	5	9	14	33	−19	5

Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

^ 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.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s The match is postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.

References

[a-23] Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.

[table_note_ALB0.78265501688358-25] 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.

[Covid19postponed-24] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s The match is postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.

[1] "2018 changes".

[2] "Fandi to take charge of the Young Lions". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-10-15.

[3] "Nazri Nasir to take over GYL duty from Fandi Ahmad".

[4] "Ridhwan Fikri makes debut for Young Lions".

[5] "Nurshafiq makes debut for Young Lions".

[6] "Major transfers for Young Lions".

[7] "Sahffee makes debut for Young Lions".

[8] "Harhys makes debut for Young Lions".

[9] "Major transfers for Young Lions".

[10] "Danialcrichton at 16 the journey continues ✍🏽 #2020".

[11] "Major transfers for Young Lions".

[12] "Shahrulnizam makes debut for Young Lions".

[13] "Nine players to watch at the Singapore Premier League 2020".

[14] "Fandi Ahmad promoted to head of elite youth".

[15] "New full-backs have arrived in the form of Zulqarnaen Suzliman for LSC".

[16] "The Stags have signed 23-year-old left back, Syahrul Sazali".

[17] "Joshua Pereira joins Eagles for 2020".

[18] "Nur Luqman joins Eagles for 2020".

[19] "Sharul Nizam (Young Lions) confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[20] "Gareth Low (Young Lions) confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[21] "Saifullah Akbar Instagram profile change to "Home United FC🐉"".

[22] "Enlisting for National Service in the Singapore Police Force next month, it could be difficult for Ryhan to continue playing regularly over the next two years,".

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Squad

S.League squad

U19 Squad

Coaching staff

Transfer

Pre-season transfer

In

Out

Retained

Trial

Mid-season transfers

In

Out

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

See also

Notes

References