2020 Tanjong Pagar United FC season

Tanjong Pagar United FC
2020 season
Chairman	Raymond Tang
Coach	Hasrin Jailani
Ground	Jurong East Stadium
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The 2020 Singapore Premier League season is Tanjong Pagar United's 15th season at the top level of Singapore football. The club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.

It was first reported that the Jaguar was applying to play for the 2020 season after the announcement of Warrior's plight.^[1]

On 19 January 2020, FAS confirmed that the club "met all the necessary pre-requisites for participation in the SPL 2020 season."^[2]

They will be playing in the Jurong East Stadium, sharing with Albirex Niigata (S) for the 2020 season.^[3]

Squad

Sleague Squad

As of 25 Jan 2020

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Last club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Joey Sim	(1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 (age 37)	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	2020	2020
18	Fashah Iskandar	(1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 (age 29)	Warriors FC	2020	2020
23	Kenji Syed Rusydi ^U23	(1998-07-12) 12 July 1998 (age 26)	Young Lions FC	2020	2020
Defenders
2	Faritz Abdul Hameed ^>30	(1990-01-16) 16 January 1990 (age 34)	Home United	2020
4	Delwinder Singh	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 32)	Warriors FC	2020	2020
5	Yann Motta	(1999-11-24) 24 November 1999 (age 25)	Sampaio Corrêa FC	2020
6	Syabil Hisham ^U23	(2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 22)	Geylang International U19	2020
7	Takahiro Tanaka	(1993-11-22) 22 November 1993 (age 31)	Renofa Yamaguchi FC	2020
12	Syariful Haq Sapari ^U23	(2001-07-22) 22 July 2001 (age 23)	Free Agent	2020
25	Ariyan Shamsuddin ^U23	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 27)	SAFSA	2020
Midfielders
11	Ignatius Ang	(1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 32)	Warriors FC	2020
13	Farihin Farkhan ^U23	(1998-04-26) 26 April 1998 (age 26)	Free Agent	2020
14	Hadiputradila Saswadimata ^U23	(2000-02-05) 5 February 2000 (age 24)	Home United U19	2020
15	Shodai Nishikawa	(1993-09-21) 21 September 1993 (age 31)	OFK Petrovac	2020
16	Raihan Rahman	(1991-02-07) 7 February 1991 (age 33)	Balestier Khalsa	2020
17	Suria Prakash	(1993-12-23) 23 December 1993 (age 31)	Warriors FC	2020	2020
19	Ribiyanda Saswadimata ^U23	(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 27)	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (NFL)	2020
21	Suhairi Sabri	(1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 (age 28)	Home United	2020	2020
Forwards
3	Syukri Bashir ^U23	(1998-04-11) 11 April 1998 (age 26)	Young Lions FC	2020
8	Nashrul Amin ^U23	(1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 (age 27)	GFA Victoria FC (NFL)	2020	2020
9	Syahadat Masnawi ^U23	(2001-11-07) 7 November 2001 (age 23)	Young Lions FC	2020
10	Luiz Júnior	(1990-04-23) 23 April 1990 (age 34)	Sabah FA	2020
24	Zulkiffli Hassim	(1986-03-26) 26 March 1986 (age 38)	Warriors FC	2020	2020
Players loaned out / left during season

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Chairman	Raymond Tang
General Manager	Desmund Khusnin
Team Manager	Noh Alam Shah
Head Coach	Hari Su'ap
Assistant Coach	Hasrin Jailani
Fitness Coach	Hafiz Osman
Goalkeeping Coach	Rizal Abdul Rahman
Physiotherapist	Abdul Hamid Bin Omar
Kitman

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Fashah Iskandar	Warriors FC
GK	Kenji Syed Rusydi	Home United
GK	Joey Sim	Tiong Bahru FC
DF	Faritz Abdul Hameed	Home United	Free
DF	Takahiro Tanaka	Renofa Yamaguchi FC	Free ^[4]
DF	Delwinder Singh	Warriors FC
DF	Ribiyanda Saswadimata	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC
DF	Hadiputradila Saswadimata	Home United U19
DF	Yann Motta	Sampaio Corrêa FC
MF	Suria Prakash	Warriors FC
MF	Ignatius Ang	Warriors FC
MF	Suhairi Sabri	Home United
MF	Raihan Rahman	Balestier Khalsa	Free
MF	Shodai Nishikawa		Free ^[5]
FW	Luiz Júnior	Sabah FA	^[6]
FW	Syukri Bashir	Hougang United	Free
FW	Nashrul Amin	GFA Victoria FC	Free
FW	Syahadat Masnawi	Young Lions FC

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref

Mid Season

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
FW	Zulkiffli Hassim	Warriors FC
DF	Ariyan Shamsuddin	SAFSA (NFL D1)	Free

Friendlies

Pre-Season Friendly

Win Draw Loss

2 February 2019 1

Tanjong Pagar United

9-0

Siglap FC

Jalan Besar Stadium

8 February 2020 2

Tanjong Pagar United

4-0

Geylang International

Jurong West Stadium

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 3	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. II	4-0	Tanjong Pagar United	Johor, Malaysia
	Kei Hirose 6' Nicolás Alberto Fernández 28' (pen.) 55' Rozaimi Abdul Rahman 86'			Stadium: Larkin Stadium

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19) 4	Young Lions FC	1-1	Tanjong Pagar United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Rezza Rezky		Luiz Júnior

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 5	Albirex Niigata (S)	6-0	Tanjong Pagar United	Jurong East Stadium
	Doi Tomoyuki pen' Ryoya Tanigushi Ryuya Mitsuzuka pen'

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 20 March 2020

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
2	DF	Faritz Abdul Hameed	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Delwinder Singh	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Yann Motta	3	2	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Syabil Hisham	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF	Takahiro Tanaka	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW	Nashrul Amin	3	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Syahadat Masnawi	3	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Luiz Júnior	3	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Ignatius Ang	3	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Farihin Farkhan	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Hadiputradila Saswadimata	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Shodai Nishikawa	3	1	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Suria Prakash	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	Fashah Iskandar	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Suhairi Sabri	3	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	Kenji Syed Rusydi	2	0	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Overview

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

Singapore Premier League

^[7]

Win Draw Loss

6 March 2020 (2020-03-06) 1	Tanjong Pagar United	1-1	Lion City Sailors F.C.	Jurong East Stadium
	Yann Motta 26' Shodai Nishikawa 20' Syahadat Masnawi 47' Takahiro Tanaka 56' Faritz Abdul Hameed 86'	Report	Andy Pengelly 45' Hafiz Nor 59' Kaishu Yamazaki 77'	Attendance: 2,723 Referee: Lim Liang Yi Man of the Match: Kenji Syed Rusydi

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14) 2 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	2-0	Tanjong Pagar United	Our Tampines Hub
	Jordan Webb 12' 74' Huzaifah Aziz 42'	Report	Syabil Hisham 29' Nashrul Amin 57' Delwinder Singh 61' Ignatius Ang 79' Luiz Júnior 84' Yann Motta 85'	Attendance: 0 ^{[Covid19 1]} Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar Man of the Match: Jordan Webb

20 March 2020 (2020-03-20) 3 (Rescheduled)	Tanjong Pagar United	2-2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong East Stadium
	Shodai Nishikawa 17' Yann Motta 80' 62' Syahadat Masnawi 22' Delwinder Singh 44'	Report	Reo Nishiguchi 58' Tomoyuki Doi 86' Yasuhiro Hanada 76'	Attendance: 0 ^{[Covid19 1]} Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah Man of the Match: Fashah Iskandar

4 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Young Lions FC

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Jurong West Stadium

5 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Tanjong Pagar United

v

Hougang United

Bishan Stadium

6 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Geylang International

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Our Tampines Hub

7 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Tanjong Pagar United

v

Balestier Khalsa

Jurong East Stadium

8 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Tanjong Pagar United

v

Brunei DPMM

Jurong East Stadium

9 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Lion City Sailors

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Bishan Stadium

10 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Tanjong Pagar United

v

Tampines Rovers

Jurong East Stadium

11 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Albirex Niigata (S)

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Jurong East Stadium

12 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Tanjong Pagar United

v

Young Lions FC

Jurong East Stadium

13 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Hougang United

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Hougang Stadium

14 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Tanjong Pagar United

v

Geylang International

Jurong East Stadium

15 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Balestier Khalsa

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Bishan Stadium

16 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Brunei DPMM

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium

17 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Tanjong Pagar United

v

Lion City Sailors

Jurong East Stadium

18 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Tampines Rovers

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Our Tampines Hub

19 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Tanjong Pagar United

v

Albirex Niigata (S)

Jurong East Stadium

20 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Young Lions FC

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Jurong West Stadium

21 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 1]}

Tanjong Pagar United

v

Hougang United

Jurong East Stadium

12 September 2020 22

Geylang International

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Our Tampines Hub

16 September 2020 23

Tanjong Pagar United

v

Balestier Khalsa

Jurong East Stadium

19 September 2020 24

Brunei DPMM

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium

^ ^a ^b 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.

Singapore Cup

Win Draw Loss

Notes

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

References

[a-8] Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.

[table_note_ALB0.25327269418783-10] 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-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r The match is postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.

[1] "Sit-out club Tanjong Pagar United targeting return to Singapore Premier League".

[2] "Tanjong Pagar United to replace Warriors FC in Singapore Premier League 2020".

[3] "AIA Community Shield to kick off 2020 SPL season on Feb 22".

[4] "Takahiro Tanaka to transfer to Tanjong Pagar United FC".

[5] "Jaguar could come in the form of former Brazil youth striker Luiz Junior and midfielder Shodai Nishikawa".

[6] "Luiz Junior: From U-17 World Cup with Brazil to SPL".

[7] "New season fixture released".

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