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Gombak United FC

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Gombak United
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Full nameGombak United Football Club
Nickname(s)The Bulls
Founded1960; 61 years ago (as Redhill Rangers FC)
1998; 23 years ago (as Gombak United)
Dissolved2012
GroundBukit Gombak Stadium
Capacity3,000
LeagueS.League
2012S.League, 9th of 13
Former club crest

Gombak United Football Club was a professional football club based in Bukit Gombak, Singapore that competes in the top tier of Singapore football league system. The club took part in S.League from 1998 to 2002, and from 2006 to 2012. During the early years of the S. League, Gombak United played their home games at Bukit Gombak Stadium. They have won the Singapore League Cup once.

History

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Prior to joining the S.League, the club was known as Redhill Rangers FC. The club than changed its name to Gombak United in 1998.

From 1998 to 2002, the club played their S.League home games at the Bukit Gombak Stadium before pulling out of the S.League at the end of the 2002 season due to financial difficulties.

Gombak United rejoined the S.League in 2006 and moved their home games to Jurong West Stadium, but they pulled out of the S.League again during the 2013 season after seven seasons due to reduced takings. At the end of 2017, Chairman John Yap applied to the Football Association of Singapore to return to the Singapore Premier League for the 2019 season but the application was not successful.

2008 Singapore League Cup Winners

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En route to the League cup final, Gombak United has beaten favourite to win the cup, Home United in the quarter-final and Young Lions in the semi-final. They face Korean Super Reds in the final where O. J. Obatola score a 90' min goal to secure the win for the club first ever silverware in their history

Seasons

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Season S.League Singapore Cup Singapore League Cup
Pos P W D L F A Pts
1998 10 20 3 4 13 25 52 13 Group stage
1999 5 22 8 8 6 35 35 32 Quarter-finals
2000 5 22 11 4 7 33 26 37 Quarter-finals
2001 10 33 8 4 21 36 72 28 Group stage
2002 12 33 2 6 25 33 83 12 Group stage
2003
2004
2005
2006 8 30 8 8 14 48 54 32 Round of 16
2007 4 33 13 9 11 54 40 48 Quarter-finals 2nd Runners-up
2008 5 33 14 10 9 47 39 54 Round of 16 Winners
2009 3 30 14 11 5 52 32 53 Round of 16 Quarter-finals
2010 6 33 12 10 11 33 25 46 Round of 16 Semi-finals
2011 6 33 14 6 13 43 41 48 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals
2012 9 24 7 8 9 23 29 29 2nd Runners-up Quarter-finals
2013
2014
  • 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.
  • Gombak United sat out the S.League from 2003 to 2005, and for a second spell from 2013.

Last updated on 25 February 2014

Managers

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Honours

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Domestic

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Cup

Records and statistics

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Top 10 all-time appearances

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Rank Player Years Club appearances
1 Singapore Bah Mamadou 2001–2002

2008–2010

160
2 Singapore Ruhaizad Ismail 2006–2011 158
3 Singapore Jaslee Hatta 2006–2011 153
4 Nigeria Obadin Aikhena 2006–2007

2010–2012

125
5 Nigeria O. J. Obatola 2006–2009 117
6 Singapore Jeremy Chiang 2008–2012 102
7 Singapore Agu Casmir 2007

2008–2010

83
8 Singapore Zaiful Nizam 2006–2012 81
9 Singapore Ridhwan Jamaludin 2008–2012 89
10 Singapore Hamqaamal Shah 2009–2012 78

Top 10 all-time scorers

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Rank Player Club appearances Total goals
1 Nigeria O. J. Obatola 117 62
2 Singapore Agu Casmir 83 34
3 Singapore Fazrul Nawaz 46 25
4 South Korea Jang Jo-yoon 60 16
5 Singapore Ruhaizad Ismail 158 13
6 Nigeria Alfred Emuejeraye 18 11
7 Nigeria Obadin Aikhena 125 10
South Korea Jung Hee-bong 47
9 Nigeria Kingsley Njoku 27 8
10 France Julien Durand 29 7
  • Biggest Wins: 6–1 vs Super Reds (On 6 June 2007)
  • Heaviest Defeats: 9–3 vs Home United (On 18 July 1998)
  • Youngest Goal scorers: Fareez Farhan ~ 16 years 10 months 27 days old (On 25 June 2011 vs SAFFC)
  • Oldest Goal scorers: Mustaqim Manzur ~ 30 years 9 months days old (On 28 October 2012 vs Loyola)
  • Youngest ever debutant: Fareez Farhan ~ 16 years 8 months 13 days old (On 11 April 2011 vs Albirex Niigata Singapore)

References

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  1. ^ "Singapore: Swandi Ahmad Dismissed By Gombak - Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
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