2020 Geylang International FC season

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

The 2020 season is Geylang International's 25th 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	Young Lions FC	2019	2020
23	Wayne Chew ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2020
25	Zainol Gulam	(1992-02-04) 4 February 1992	Warriors FC	2018	2020
Defenders
2	Shahrin Saberin	(1995-02-14) 14 February 1995	Home United	2019	2020
4	Nurullah Hussein	(1993-05-09) 9 May 1993	Balestier Khalsa	2020	2020
5	Darren Teh (Captain)	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996	SAFSA (NFL)	2017	2020
11	Harith Kanadi ^U23	(2000-08-01) 1 August 2000	Tampines Rovers U19	2019	2020
15	Kamolidin Tashiev ^U21	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000	FC Abdysh-Ata Kant (T1)	2020	2020
21	Yuki Ichikawa	(1987-08-29) 29 August 1987	Albirex Niigata (S)	2014	2020
Midfielders
6	Nur Luqman ^U23	(1998-06-20) 20 June 1998	Young Lions FC	2020	2020
8	Barry Maguire	(1989-10-27) 27 October 1989	Limerick F.C.	2019	2020
13	Joshua Pereira ^U23	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997	Young Lions FC	2020	2020
16	Umar Akhbar	(1996-05-02) 2 May 1996	Youth Team	2016	2020
17	Firdaus Kasman ^>30	(1988-01-24) 24 January 1988	Warriors FC	2019	2020
18	Azri Suhaili ^U23	(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002	Youth Team	2019	2020
19	Noor Ariff ^U23	(1998-09-06) 6 September 1998	Youth Team	2017	2020
22	Christopher van Huizen	(1992-11-28) 28 November 1992	Home United	2019	2020
Forwards
7	Amy Recha	(1992-05-13) 13 May 1992	Home United	2019	2020
9	Khairul Nizam	(1991-06-25) 25 June 1991	Warriors FC	2020	2020
10	Fareez Farhan	(1994-07-29) 29 July 1994	Hougang United	2019	2020
14	Iqbal Hussain	(1993-06-06) 6 June 1993	Hougang United	2020
20	Zikos Vasileios Chua ^U23	(2002-04-15) 15 April 2002	NFA U16	2018	2020
Players loaned out / placed on injury list / left during season
13	Gilson Varela	(1990-05-12) 12 May 1990	Castelo Branco (T3)	2020	2020
24	Panagiotis Linardos	(1991-08-07) 7 August 1991	Panachaiki F.C. (T2)	2020	2020

U19

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
59	Dylan Christopher Goh ^U19	(2002-03-07) 7 March 2002	Singapore Sports School	2020	2020
64	Dylan Pereira ^U19		GFA Victoria FC	2020	2020
Defenders
68	Ilhan Noor ^U19	(2002-12-19) 19 December 2002	Youth Team	2019	2020
Midfielders
55	Danish Qayyum ^U19	(2002-02-02) 2 February 2002	Youth Team	2019	2020
49	Furqan Raoff ^U19		Youth Team	2019	2020
Forwards
70	Danish Haziq ^U19	(2002-06-12) 12 June 2002	Youth Team	2019	2020

Coaching staff

[1]

Position	Name	Ref.
Chairman	Ben Teng
General Manager	Leonard Koh	[2]
Head Coach	Mohd Noor Ali	[3]
Assistant Coach	Khidhir Khamis	[4]
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
GK	Dylan Christopher Goh	Young Lions FC
DF	Nurullah Hussein	Balestier Khalsa	[5]
DF	Kamolidin Tashiev	FC Abdysh-Ata Kant	[6]
MF	Joshua Pereira	Young Lions FC	[7]
MF	Nur Luqman	Young Lions FC	[8]
MF	Panagiotis Linardos	Panachaiki F.C. (Tier 2)	1 Year deal signed 2019 [9]
FW	Khairul Nizam	Warriors FC	[10]
FW	Gilson Varela	Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco (Tier 3)	[11]
FW	Iqbal Hussain	Hougang United	[12]

Note 1: Gilson Varela left the club before season start due to personal reason.

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Anders Aplin	Hougang United	1 year contract signed in 2019 [13]
DF	Jufri Taha	Balestier Khalsa	Free [14]
DF	Danish Irfan	Young Lions FC	Free
MF	Syahiran Miswan
MF	Bryan Tan
MF	Asshukrie Wahid
FW	Shawal Anuar	Hougang United	2 years deal signed in 2019 [15]
FW	Ifwat Ismail		NS
FW	Matthew Palmer	Eastern Suburbs AFC
FW	Fikri Junaidi	Young Lions FC	Season loan
FW	Gilson Varela		[16]

Extension / Retained

Position	Player	Ref
Coach	Mohd Noor Ali	3 years extension
GK	Zainol Gulam	[17]
GK	Hairul Syirhan	[18]
DF	Shahrin Saberin	[19]
DF	Darren Teh	[20]
DF	Yuki Ichikawa	[21]
MF	Noor Ariff	[22]
MF	Umar Akhbar	[23]
MF	Firdaus Kasman	[24]
MF	Christopher van Huizen	[25]
MF	Barry Maguire	[26]
FW	Amy Recha	[27]
FW	Fareez Farhan	[28]

Promoted

Position	Player	Ref
DF	Harith Kanadi	[29]
MF	Azri Suhaili	[30]
FW	Zikos Vasileios Chua	[31]

Trial (In)

Position	Player	Trial From	Ref
MF	Jayan Varghese	Jungfrau Punggol FC

Trial (Out)

Position	Player	Trial With	Ref
MF	Barry Maguire	Penang FA	[32]

Mid-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Panagiotis Linardos		[33]

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 1	Siglap FC	1-4	Geylang International	Turf City Pitch 2
			Khairul Nizam Nur Luqman Amy Recha

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 2	Geylang International	2-0	SAFSA	Our Tampines Hub
	Christopher van Huizen Gilson Varela

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

8 February 2020 4

Tanjong Pagar United

4-0

Geylang International

Jurong West Stadium

9 February 2020 (2020-02-09) 5	Perak FA	4-0	Geylang International	Jurong West Stadium
	Shahrel Fikri 19' 56' 64' (pen) Careca 50' (pen)

12 February 2020 (2020-02-12) 6	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. II	3-1	Geylang International	Johor, Malaysia
	Fernando Rodríguez 42' Amirul Husani 65' Liridon Krasniqi 69' (pen)		Khairul Nizam 50'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium

Tour of Malaysia

29 January 2020 (2020-01-29) Friendly	Selangor FA	5-1	Geylang International	Selangor
	Ifedayo Olusegun Sandro Syazwan Zainon Sean Selvaraj		Panagiotis Linardos	Stadium: Selayang Stadium

31 January 2020 (2020-01-31) Friendly	Selangor FA II	6-1	Geylang International	Selangor
	Harith haikal Dani Armin Farid Ashraf Bajram Nebihi Sharvin		Fareez Farhan	Stadium: Selayang Stadium

Tour of Indonesia

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) Friendly	Persija Jakarta	3-1	Geylang International	Jakarta
	Osvaldo Haay 6' Marko Šimić 50' Heri Susanto 82'		Panagiotis Linardos 69' (pen)	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 29 September 2018.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Hairul Syirhan	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Shahrin Saberin	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	Nurullah Hussein	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Darren Teh	3	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF	Nur Luqman	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Amy Recha	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Barry Maguire	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Khairul Nizam	2	1	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Fareez Farhan	1	0	0	0	1	0
11	DF	Harith Kanadi	3	0	0	0	1	0
13	MF	Joshua Pereira	3	0	0	0	1	0
14	FW	Iqbal Hussain	2(1)	2	0	0	1	0
15	DF	Kamolidin Tashiev	1(1)	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF	Umar Akhbar	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Firdaus Kasman	3	0	0	0	1	0
18	MF	Azri Suhaili	1	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	Noor Ariff	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	Yuki Ichikawa	3	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF	Christopher van Huizen	3	2	0	0	1	0
25	GK	Zainol Gulam	3	0	0	0	1	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
24	MF	Panagiotis Linardos	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0

Competitions

Overview

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

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 1	Albirex Niigata (S)	4-0	Geylang International	Jurong East Stadium
	Reo Nishiguchi 40' Ryosuke Nagasawa 52' Tomoyuki Doi 59' (pen) Ryoya Tanigushi 74' Gareth Low 38' Rio Sakuma 75'	Report	Fareez Farhan 49' Shahrin Saberin 59' Joshua Pereira 28' Iqbal Hussain 75'	Attendance: 2,522 Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar Man of the Match: Reo Nishiguchi

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

15 March 2020 (2020-03-15) 3	Hougang United	1-2	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
	Shawal Anuar 81' Anders Aplin 44'	Report	Christopher van Huizen 15' 49' Firdaus Kasman 65' Joshua Pereira 90+4'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Farhan Mohd Man of the Match: Christopher van Huizen

4 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Geylang International

v

Balestier Khalsa

Our Tampines Hub

5 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Brunei DPMM

v

Geylang International

Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium

6 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Geylang International

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Our Tampines Hub

7 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Lion City Sailors

v

Geylang International

Bishan Stadium

8 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Geylang International

v

Tampines Rovers

Our Tampines Hub

9 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Geylang International

v

Albirex Niigata (S)

Our Tampines Hub

10 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Young Lions FC

v

Geylang International

Jurong West Stadium

11 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Geylang International

v

Hougang United

Our Tampines Hub

12 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Geylang International

v

Balestier Khalsa

Our Tampines Hub

13 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Geylang International

v

Brunei DPMM

Our Tampines Hub

14 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Tanjong Pagar United

v

Geylang International

Jurong East Stadium

15 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Geylang International

v

Lion City Sailors

Our Tampines Hub

16 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Tampines Rovers

v

Geylang International

Our Tampines Hub

17 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Albirex Niigata (S)

v

Geylang International

Jurong East Stadium

18 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Geylang International

v

Young Lions FC

Our Tampines Hub

19 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Hougang United

v

Geylang International

Hougang Stadium

20 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Balestier Khalsa

v

Geylang International

Bishan Stadium

21 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Brunei DPMM

v

Geylang International

Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium

12 September 2020 22

Geylang International

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Our Tampines Hub

16 September 2020 23

Lion City Sailors

v

Geylang International

Bishan Stadium

20 September 2020 24

Geylang International

v

Tampines Rovers

Our Tampines Hub

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tampines Rovers	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5	9	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Geylang International	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3	Albirex Niigata (S)[lower-alpha 1]	3	1	2	0	8	4	+4	5
4	Balestier Khalsa	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	5
5	Hougang United	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4

Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2020. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM – 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

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Notes

Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.
The match is postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.

References

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[table_note_ALB0.28773091094928-36] The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

[34] Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.

[Covid19postponed-35] The match is postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.

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

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

[3] "Head Coach Noor Ali has penned a new three-year contract".

[4] "Wishing our assistant coach Khidhir Khamis a happy birthday 🥳 Welcome back 😉".

[5] "Nurullah Hussein joins Eagles for 2020".

[6] "Kamolidin Tashiev joins Eagles for 2020 from FC Abdysh-Ata Kant".

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

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

[9] "Panagiotis Linardos joins Eagles from Panachaiki F.C."

[10] "Khairul Nizam joins Eagles for 2020".

[11] "Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco striker joins Eagles for 2020".

[12] "Iqbal Apom switches to Eagle's nest".

[13] "Anders Aplin joins Hougang United!⁣⁣".

[14] "JUFRI BACK WITH TIGERS FOR THIRD TIME ..."

[15] "New cheetah Shawal Anuar joining from Eagles".

[16] "Geylang International Football Club have parted ways with Cape Verdean forward Gilson Varela by mutual consen".

[17] "Zainol Gulam has been rewarded with a new contract and will extend his stay at the club".

[18] "Hairul Syirhan extends his stay at the club".

[19] "Shahrin Saberin extends his stay at the club".

[20] "Darren Teh extends his stay at the club".

[21] "Yuki Ichikawa extends his stay at the club".

[22] "Noor Ariff continues to be an Eagle for 2020".

[23] "Umar Akhbar continues to be an Eagle for 2020".

[24] "Firdaus Kasman continues to be an Eagle for 2020".

[25] "Christopher van Huizen continues to be an Eagle for 2020".

[26] "Barry returns to the Eagles nest".

[27] "Amy Recha continues to be an Eagle for 2020".

[28] "Fareez Farhan continues to be an Eagle for 2020".

[29] "Harith Kanadi promoted for 2020".

[30] "Azri Suhaili promoted for 2020".

[31] "Zikos promoted for 2020".

[32] "Barry Maguire trial with Penang FA".

[33] "Panos leaves Eagle's nest".

2020 Geylang International FC season

Squad

Sleague

U19

Coaching staff

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

In

Out

Extension / Retained

Promoted

Trial (In)

Trial (Out)

Mid-season transfer

In

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Tour of Malaysia

Tour of Indonesia

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

Singapore Cup

See also

Notes

References