2020 Lion City Sailors FC season

Lion City Sailors
2020 season
Chairman	Anselm Lopez
Head coach	Aurelio Vidmar
Stadium	Bishan Stadium
Home colours	Away colours

The 2020 season is Lion City Sailors' 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

SPL squad

As of 5 January 2020

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
18	Hassan Sunny ^>30	(1984-04-02) 2 April 1984	Army United F.C.	2020	2021
24	Rudy Khairullah	(1994-07-19) 19 July 1994	Police SA (NFL D1)	2017	2020
30	Adib Hakim ^U23	(1998-03-09) 9 March 1998	Young Lions FC	2020	2020
Defenders
2	Zulqarnaen Suzliman ^U23	(1998-03-29) 29 March 1998	Young Lions FC	2020
3	Tajeli Salamat	(1994-02-07) 7 February 1994	Warriors FC	2020
5	Kaishu Yamazaki	(1997-07-12) 12 July 1997	Albirex Niigata (S)	2020
6	Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib ^>30	(1989-05-14) 14 May 1989	Tampines Rovers	2015	2020
7	Aqhari Abdullah	(1991-07-09) 9 July 1991	LionsXII	2016	2020
12	Iqram Rifqi	(1996-02-25) 25 February 1996	Youth Team	2017	2020
15	Faizal Roslan	(1995-05-30) 30 May 1995	Young Lions FC	2018	2019
22	Ho Wai Loon	(1993-08-20) 20 August 1993	Warriors FC	2019	2019
Midfielders
8	Shahdan Sulaiman ^>30	(1988-05-09) 9 May 1988	Tampines Rovers	2020
10	Song Ui-young	(1993-11-08) 8 November 1993	Youth Team	2012	2020
13	Izzdin Shafiq (Captain)	(1990-12-14) 14 December 1990	Tampines Rovers	2017	2020
14	Gabriel Quak	(1990-12-22) 22 December 1990	Warriors FC	2020
16	Hami Syahin ^U23	(1998-12-16) 16 December 1998	Young Lions FC	2019	2020
19	Naqiuddin Eunos ^U23	(1997-12-01) 1 December 1997	Young Lions FC	2020	2020
20	Arshad Shamim ^U23	(1999-12-09) 9 December 1999	Youth Team	2018	2019
27	Adam Swandi	(1996-01-12) 12 January 1996	Albirex Niigata (S)	2019	2020
28	Saifullah Akbar ^U23	(1999-01-31) 31 January 1999	Young Lions FC	2020
Strikers
11	Hafiz Nor ^>30	(1988-08-22) 22 August 1988	Warriors FC	2018	2019
17	Shahril Ishak ^>30	(1984-01-23) 23 January 1984	Warriors FC	2018	2019
23	Amiruldin Asraf ^U23	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997	Youth Team	2017	2020
25	Haiqal Pashia ^U23	(1998-11-29) 29 November 1998	Young Lions FC	2020	2020
Players who left during the season
9	Andy Pengelly	(1997-07-19) 19 July 1997	Brisbane Strikers FC	2020

U19 squad

As of 1 February 2019

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
40	Prathip Ekamparam ^U19	(2001-08-21) 21 August 2001	Youth Team	2019
52	Putra Anugerah ^U19	(2000-04-02) 2 April 2000	Youth Team	2019
	Kimura Riki ^U23	(2000-11-14) 14 November 2000	Warriors FC	2020
Defenders
44	Danish Iftiqar ^U19	(2001-09-16) 16 September 2001	Youth Team	2019	2020
55	Fudhil I'yadh^U19	(2001-08-18) 18 August 2001	NFA U17	2019	2019
	Naufal Ilham ^U19	(2002-08-16) 16 August 2002	FFA U16	2020	2020
Midfielders
37	Anaqi Ismit^U19	(2001-08-24) 24 August 2001	Youth Team	2019	2020
47	Bill Mamadou ^U19	(2001-09-08) 8 September 2001	NFA U17	2019	2020
Strikers

Coaching staff

[1]

Source
Position	Name	Ref.
Chairman	Forrest Li
General Manager	Badri Ghent
Team Manager	Herwandy Hamid
Head Coach	Aurelio Vidmar
Assistant Coach	Noh Rahman
Goalkeeping Coach	Chua Lye Heng
Academy Director	Luka Lalić
Head of Youth (COE)	Robin Chitrakar
Video Analyst	Adi Saleh
Sports Trainer	Fazly Hasan
Sports Performance Coach	Shazaly Ayob
Physiotherapist	Zahir Taufeek
Kitman

Transfer

Pre-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
Coach	Aurelio Vidmar	NA	[2]
GK	Hassan Sunny	Army United F.C. (Tier 2)	2 years contract signed in 2019 [3]
GK	Kenji Syed Rusydi	Young Lions FC	Loan Return
GK	Adib Hakim	Young Lions FC
GK	Kimura Riki	Warriors FC
DF	Kaishu Yamazaki	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free [4][5]
DF	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	Young Lions FC
MF	Gabriel Quak	Warriors FC	Free [6][7]
MF	Shahdan Sulaiman	Tampines Rovers	Undisclosed [8]
MF	Saifullah Akbar	Young Lions FC	[9]
MF	Naqiuddin Eunos	Young Lions FC
FW	Haiqal Pashia	Young Lions FC
FW	Andy Pengelly	Brisbane Strikers FC (Tier 2)	Free [10]

Note 1: Kenji Syed Rusydi returned to the team after the loan and move to Tanjong Pagar United.

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Kenji Syed Rusydi	Tanjong Pagar United
GK	Nazri Sabri
GK	Haikal Hasnol
DF	Taufiq Muqminin
DF	Faritz Abdul Hameed	Tanjong Pagar United F.C.
DF	Juma'at Jantan	Retired
MF	Isaka Cernak	Phrae United F.C. (Tier 2)	[11]
MF	Fazli Ayob
MF	Suhairi Sabri	Tanjong Pagar United F.C.
MF	Muhelmy Suhaimi
FW	Nur Hizami Salim
FW	Oliver Puflett

Extension / Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Rudy Khairullah
DF	Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib
DF	Aqhari Abdullah
DF	Faizal Roslan
DF	Ho Wai Loon
DF	Iqram Rifqi
MF	Izzdin Shafiq	[12]
MF	Song Ui-young	2 years contract signed in Oct 2018 [13]
MF	Hami Syahin
MF	Adam Swandi
MF	Arshad Shamim
FW	Hafiz Nor
FW	Shahril Ishak	[14]
FW	Amiruldin Asraf

Promoted

Position	Player	Ref

Trial

Trial (In)

Position	Player	Trial From	Ref

Trial (Out)

Position	Player	Trial @	Ref

Mid-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Putra Anugerah	Young Lions FC
FW	Andy Pengelly	Peninsula Power FC	Free [15] [16]

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

15 January 2020 (2020-01-15) 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	4-0	Lion City Sailors F.C.	Johor, Malaysia
	Gonzalo Cabrera 3' Diogo Luís Santo 12' Syafiq Ahmad 72' Liridon Krasniqi 83'			Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 2	Singapore Football Club	0-4	Lion City Sailors F.C.	Bishan Stadium
			Gabriel Quak Shahril Ishak

18 February 2020 (2020-02-18) 3	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC	0-10	Lion City Sailors F.C.	Bishan Stadium
			Shahril Ishak Song Ui-young Andy Pengelly Shahdan Sulaiman Iqram Rifqi Hafiz Nor Arshad Shamim

21 February 2020 (2020-02-21) 4	Young Lions FC	2-5	Lion City Sailors F.C.	Bishan Stadium
	Ilhan Fandi Marc Ryan Tan		Andy Pengelly Iqram Rifqi Haiqal Paisha

28 February 2020 (2020-02-28) 5	Tiong Bahru FC	0-8	Lion City Sailors F.C.	Bishan Stadium
			Hafiz Nor 7' Song Ui-young 30' 61' Gabriel Quak 31' Haiqal Paisha 33' Andy Pengelly 67' Shahril Ishak 70' 80'

25 March 2020 6

Singapore Football Club

Unknown

Lion City Sailors F.C.

Bishan Stadium

Tour of Malaysia

4 February 2020 (2020-02-04) Friendly	Selangor FA II	6-2	Lion City Sailors F.C.	Selangor
	Raja Imran		Song Ui-Young Shahril Ishak	Stadium: Selayang Stadium

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) Friendly	Selangor	3-1	Lion City Sailors F.C.	Selangor
	Ifedayo Olusegun			Stadium: Selayang Stadium

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 15 March 2019

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
2	DF	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Tajeli Salamat	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Kaishu Yamazaki	2	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF	Aqhari Abdullah	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Shahdan Sulaiman	2	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Song Ui-young	2	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Hafiz Nor	2	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	Iqram Rifqi	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Izzdin Shafiq	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Gabriel Quak	2	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Faizal Roslan	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Hami Syahin	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	Shahril Ishak	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	Hassan Sunny	2	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Naqiuddin Eunos	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Arshad Shamim	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Ho Wai Loon	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	Amiruldin Asraf	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK	Rudy Khairullah	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	Haiqal Pashia	2	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Adam Swandi	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Adib Hakim	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
9	FW	Andy Pengelly	2	1	0	0	2	1

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

15 April 2020 1 (Rescheduled)

Lion City Sailors F.C.

v

Brunei DPMM

Bishan Stadium

6 March 2020 (2020-03-06) 2	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

18 March 2020 (2020-03-18) 3	Tampines Rovers	4-0	Lion City Sailors F.C.	Our Tampines Hub
	Boris Kopitović 60' Zehrudin Mehmedović 69' Jordan Webb 78' Shah Shahiran 82' Daniel Bennett 16'	Report	Kaishu Yamazaki 10' Hafiz Nor 77'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: G. Letchman Man of the Match: Jordan Webb

4 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Albirex Niigata (S)

v

Lion City Sailors F.C.

Jurong East Stadium

5 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Lion City Sailors F.C.

v

Young Lions FC

Bishan Stadium

6 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Hougang United

v

Lion City Sailors F.C.

Hougang Stadium

7 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Lion City Sailors F.C.

v

Geylang International

Bishan Stadium

8 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Balestier Khalsa

v

Lion City Sailors F.C.

Bishan Stadium

9 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Lion City Sailors F.C.

v

DPMM FC

Bishan Stadium

10 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Lion City Sailors F.C.

v

Tanjong Pagar United

Bishan Stadium

11 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Lion City Sailors F.C.

v

Tampines Rovers

Bishan Stadium

12 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Lion City Sailors F.C.

v

Albirex Niigata (S)

Bishan Stadium

13 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Young Lions FC

v

Lion City Sailors F.C.

Jurong West Stadium

14 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Lion City Sailors F.C.

v

Hougang United

Bishan Stadium

15 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Geylang International

v

Lion City Sailors F.C.

Bishan Stadium

16 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Lion City Sailors F.C.

v

Balestier Khalsa

Bishan Stadium

17 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Brunei DPMM

v

Lion City Sailors F.C.

Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium

18 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Tanjong Pagar United

v

Lion City Sailors F.C.

Jurong East Stadium

19 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Lion City Sailors F.C.

v

Tampines Rovers

Bishan Stadium

20 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Albirex Niigata (S)

v

Lion City Sailors F.C.

Jurong East Stadium

21 (Rescheduled) [note 2]

Lion City Sailors F.C.

v

Young Lions FC

Bishan Stadium

12 September 2020 22

Hougang United

v

Lion City Sailors F.C.

Hougang Stadium

16 September 2020 23

Lion City Sailors F.C.

v

Geylang International

Bishan Stadium

20 September 2020 24

Balestier Khalsa

v

Lion City Sailors F.C.

Bishan Stadium

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
6	DPMM FC[lower-alpha 1]	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
7	Tanjong Pagar United	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
8	Lion City Sailors	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1
9	Young Lions[lower-alpha 1]	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

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_ALB0.18002429566347-19] 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.

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

[Covid19postponed-18] The match is postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.

[1] "FIRST TEAM STAFF".

[2] "Vidmar become dragon's tamer".

[3] "Hassan Sunny, 35, back Home with Protectors after leaving Thai side Army United".

[4] "Besides Hassan, they have recruited Japanese defender Kaishu Yamazaki".

[5] "YAMAZAKI Kaishu will be transferred to Home United".

[6] "Gabriel Quak Instagram post comments section".

[7] "Besides Hassan, they have recruited forward Gabriel Quak".

[8] "Shahdan Sulaiman cross over to Protectors".

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

[10] "Vidmar become dragon's tamer".

[11] "Isaka Cernak signs for newly promoted Thai League 2 side Phrae United".

[12] "Izzdin Shafiq retained".

[13] "Song Ui-young rejects Persija for Home stay, eyes Singapore colours".

[14] "Hassan Sunny, playing with Shahril Ishak for 2020".

[15] "The club would like to announce that we have parted ways with Andy Pengelly, after coming to a mutual agreement to terminate his contract".

[16] "2019 #NPLQLD Men's Golden Boot and record breaker Andy Pengelly is back!".

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2020 Lion City Sailors FC season

Squad

SPL squad

U19 squad

Coaching staff

Transfer

Pre-season transfer

In

Out

Extension / Retained

Promoted

Trial

Trial (In)

Trial (Out)

Mid-season transfer

In

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Tour of Malaysia

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

Singapore Cup

See also

Notes

References