2018 Young Lions FC season

Young Lions
2018 season
Chairman	Farehan Hussein
Head coach	Vincent Subramaniam
Stadium	Jalan Besar Stadium
S.League	Not started
Singapore Cup	Not started
Home colours	Away colours

The 2018 season is Young Lion's 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. ^[1]

Squad

S.League squad

As of 26 Feb 2017.

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Last Club
Goalkeepers
1	Hairul Syirhan	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995	Geylang International
18	Zharfan Rohaizad	(1997-02-21) 21 February 1997	NFA U18
30	Adib Hakim	(1998-03-09) 9 March 1998	NFA U18
	Ridhwan Fikri	(1999-04-29) 29 April 1999	NFA U18
Defenders
2	Nazhiim Harman	(1999-03-02) 2 March 1999	NFA U18
5	Adam Hakeem	(1997-03-17) 17 March 1997	Free Agent
12	Syahrul Sazali	(1998-06-03) 3 June 1998	NFA U18
13	Amer Hakeem	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998	Hougang United Prime League
17	Irfan Fandi	(1997-08-13) 13 August 1997	Home United
20	Ariyan Shamsuddin	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997	Hougang United Prime League
24	R Aaravin	(1996-02-24) 24 February 1996	Home United
25	Rusyaidi Salime	(1998-04-25) 25 April 1998	NFA U17
27	Taufiq Muqminin	(1996-07-26) 26 July 1996	NFA U18
31	Jacob William Mahler	(2000-04-20) 20 April 2000	NFA U18
	Irfan Asyraf Aziz	(1997-09-20) 20 September 1997	Free Agent
Midfielders
3	Saifullah Akbar	(1999-01-31) 31 January 1999	Tampines Rovers Prime League
4	Aniq Iskandar	(1996-10-30) 30 October 1996	Warriors FC Prime League
7	Naqiuddin Eunos	(1997-12-01) 1 December 1997	Free Agent
8	Joshua Pereira	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997	NFA U18
10	Sharul Nizam	(1997-06-02) 2 June 1997	Free Agent
11	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	(1998-03-29) 29 March 1998	NFA U17
14	Hami Syahin	(1998-12-16) 16 December 1998	NFA U16
15	Syed Firdaus Hassan	(1998-05-30) 30 May 1998	Home United Prime League
21	Prakash Raj	(1998-06-11) 11 June 1998	Hougang United Prime League
22	Haiqal Pashia	(1998-11-29) 29 November 1998	NFA U18
23	Asshukrie Wahid	(1997-02-27) 27 February 1997	Geylang International Prime League
28	Amirul Hakim	(1998-06-04) 4 June 1998	NFA U18
Forwards
6	Danial Syafiq	(1999-12-29) 29 December 1999	NFA U18
9	Ikhsan Fandi	(1999-04-09) 9 April 1999	Home United Prime League
19	Naufal Azman	(1998-07-10) 10 July 1998	Free Agent
32	Ifwat Ismail	(1997-03-27) 27 March 1997	Geylang International Prime League

U19 squad

As of 26 Feb 2017.

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
	Yeo Wen Bin	(2000-03-23) 23 March 2000
Defenders
	Hamizan Hisham	(2001-01-10) 10 January 2001
	Nabil Iman	(2000-03-14) 14 March 2000
	Nur Adam Abdullah	(2001-04-13) 13 April 2001
	Qayyum Raishyan	(2000-12-05) 5 December 2000
	Syed Akmal	(2000-04-28) 28 April 2000
	Zakri Ee	(2000-11-20) 20 November 2000
	Akram Azman	(2000-11-21) 21 November 2000
Midfielders
	Akmal Azman	(2000-11-21) 21 November 2000
	Joel Chew	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000
	Rezza Rezky	(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000
	Timothy David Yeo	(2000-10-19) 19 October 2000
	Firas Irwan	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001
Forwards
	Shahib Masnawi	(2000-08-04) 4 August 2000
	Syahadat Masnawi	(2001-11-07) 7 November 2001
	Syafiq Asaraf	(2000-06-12) 12 June 2000
	Saul Ellison Katz	(2000-07-15) 15 July 2000

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Team Manager	Farehan Hussein
Head team coach	Fandi Ahmad
Assistant coach	Nazri Nasir
Assistant coach	S. Subramani
Goalkeeping coach	Chua Lye Heng
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
GK	Ridhwan Aban	NFA U18
DF	Adam Hakeem	Free Agent	^[3]
DF	Amer Hakeem	Hougang United Prime League	Season loan ^[4]
DF	Ariyan Shamsuddin	Hougang United Prime League	Season loan ^[5]
DF	Irfan Fandi	Home United	Free
DF	Nazhiim Harman	NFA U18	^[6]
MF	Aniq Iskandar	Warriors FC Prime League	Season loan ^[7]
MF	Prakash Raj	Hougang United Prime League	Season loan ^[8]
MF	Naqiuddin Eunos	Free Agent	^[9]
MF	Sharul Nizam	Free Agent	^[10]
MF	Asshukrie Wahid	Geylang International Prime League	Season Loan ^[11]
MF	Syed Firdaus Hassan	Free Agent
FW	Ifwat Ismail	Geylang International Prime League	Season Loan ^[12]
FW	Danial Syafiq	NFA U18	^[13]
FW	Naufal Azman	Free Agent	^[14]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Fashah Iskandar	Warriors FC	^[15]
DF	Shahrin Saberin	Home United	loan return ^[16]
DF	Yeo Hai Ngee	Geylang International	^[17]
DF	Amirul Adli	Tampines Rovers	^[18]
DF	Faizal Roslan	Home United	^[19]
DF	Illyas Lee	Hougang United	^[20]
DF	J.Dhukilan
MF	Armin Maier	TSV Buchbach U23
MF	Ammirul Emmran	Warriors FC	^[21]
MF	Muhaimin Suhaimi	Hougang United	^[22]
MF	Hafiz Sulaiman	Warriors FC	^[23]
MF	Ryan Syaffiq	Geylang International	^[24]
MF	Jordan Chan	Hougang United	^[25]
MF	Muhelmy Suhaimi	Home United
FW	Taufik Suparno	SAFSA	^[26]
FW	Shameer Aziq	Tampines Rovers	^[27]
FW	Shafeeq Faruk	SAFSA

Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Adib Hakim
GK	Hairul Syirhan	^[28]
GK	Zharfan Rohaizad	^[29]
DF	Rusyaidi Salime	^[30]
DF	R Aaravin	^[31] ^[32]
DF	Syahrul Sazali	^[33]
DF	Taufiq Muqminin	^[34]
MF	Joshua Pereira	^[35] ^[36]
MF	Hami Syahin	^[37]
MF	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	^[38]
MF	Amirul Hakim
MF	Haiqal Pashia
FW	Ikhsan Fandi

Trial

Position	Player	Trial @	Ref
DF	Irfan Fandi	FC Groningen	^[39]
FW	Ikhsan Fandi	FC Groningen

Mid-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Jacob William Mahler	NFA U18
DF	Irfan Asyraf Aziz	Free Agent
MF	Saifullah Akbar	Free Agent	2 Years contract till 2019 ^[40]

Trial

Position	Player	Trial @	Ref
DF	Irfan Fandi	Leeds United	^[41]
DF	Irfan Fandi	S.C. Braga	^[42]
FW	Ikhsan Fandi	S.C. Braga

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

Win Draw Loss

31 January 2018 (2018-01-31) 1	Young Lions	0-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
1700 hours

4 February 2018 (2018-02-04) 2	Young Lions	4-0	Singapore Cricket Club	Jalan Besar Stadium
1700 hours

3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) 3	Young Lions	3-2	Catherine University	Jalan Besar Stadium
1700 hours	Zulqarnaen Suzliman 23' Hami Syahin 53' (pen) Ariyan Shamsudin 90'

7 March 2018 (2018-03-07) 4	Young Lions	1-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong East Stadium
1700 hours		Report	Adam Swandi 54'

Kuala Lumpur Pre-Season Training

10 February 2018 (2018-02-10) 1	Young Lions	2-4	PKNS F.C. U21	Shah Alam Stadium
1700 hours

12 February 2018 (2018-02-12) 2	Young Lions	3-0	UiTM F.C. U21	UiTM Stadium
1700 hours	Danial Syafiq 16' Hami Syahin 33' Ikhsan Fandi 67'

14 February 2018 (2018-02-14) 3	Young Lions	0-0	Kuala Lumpur F.A. U21	KLFA Stadium
1700 hours

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 15 September 2018

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Hairul Syirhan	8	0	8	0
2	DF	Nazhiim Harman	4(2)	0	6	0
3	MF	Saifullah Akbar	2(1)	0	3	0
4	MF	Aniq Iskandar	4(3)	0	7	0
5	DF	Adam Hakeem	10(1)	0	11	0
6	FW	Danial Syafiq	0(3)	0	3	0
7	MF	Naqiuddin Eunos	6	0	6	0
8	MF	Joshua Pereira	22	1	22	1
9	FW	Ikhsan Fandi	16(4)	8	20	8
10	MF	Sharul Nizam	1(1)	0	2	0
11	MF	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	18(1)	0	19	0
12	DF	Syahrul Sazali	23	0	23	0
13	DF	Amer Hakeem	3(4)	0	7	0
14	MF	Hami Syahin	22	3	22	3
15	MF	Syed Firdaus Hassan	6(3)	0	9	0
17	DF	Irfan Fandi	18	2	18	2
18	GK	Zharfan Rohaizad	16	0	16	0
19	FW	Naufal Azman	12(4)	2	16	2
20	DF	Ariyan Shamsuddin	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Prakash Raj	9(5)	1	14	1
22	MF	Haiqal Pashia	7(10)	4	17	4
23	MF	Asshukrie Wahid	1(6)	0	7	0
24	DF	R Aaravin	9(3)	1	12	1
25	DF	Rusyaidi Salime	20(1)	0	21	0
27	DF	Taufiq Muqminin	12	1	12	1
28	MF	Amirul Hakim	1(2)	1	3	1
30	GK	Adib Hakim	0	0	0	0
31	DF	Jacob William Mahler	10	0	10	0
32	FW	Ifwat Ismail	5(8)	1	13	1
	GK	Ridhwan Aban	0	0	0	0
	MF	Irfan Asyraf Aziz	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
S.League	23	5	6	12	24	43	−19	021.74
Total	23	5	6	12	24	43	−19	021.74

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

4 April 2018 (2018-04-04) Round 1	Young Lions	2-0	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Joshua Pereira 34' Taufiq Muqminin 68' Prakash Raj 59'		Antonie Viterale 31' Nurhilmi Jasni 37' Iqbal Hussain 81'

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) Round 2	Warriors FC	0-1	Young Lions	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Ammirul Emmran 41' Emmeric Ong 52' Delwinder Singh 77' 87'		Irfan Fandi 53' Joshua Pereira 34'

11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) Round 3	Balestier Khalsa	3-1	Young Lions	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Vedran Mesec 39' Keegan Linderboom 60' Sheikh Abdul Hadi 74'		Prakash Raj 66'

9 May 2018 (2018-05-09) Round 4	Geylang International	1-1	Young Lions	Bedok Stadium
	Shawal Anuar 8'		Ifwat Ismail 81'

16 May 2018 (2018-05-16) Round 5	Young Lions	1-3	Albirex Niigata	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Naufal Azman 90+4'		Shuhei Hoshino 8' (pen) 49' Kodai Sumikawa 90+3'	Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)

19 May 2018 (2018-05-19) Round 6	Hougang United	1-2	Young Lions	Hougang Stadium
	Fabian Kwok 49' Illyas Lee 75' Fareez Farhan 78'		Ikhsan Fandi 57' Naufal Azman 79'

23 May 2018 (2018-05-23) Round 7	Young Lions	1-1	Brunei DPMM	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Ikhsan Fandi 66'		Adi Said 86'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)

26 May 2018 (2018-05-26) Round 8	Young Lions	1-1	Warriors FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Ikhsan Fandi 72' Joshua Pereira 43' Hami Syahin 66'		Jonathan Béhé 37' Hafiz Sulaiman 58' 68' Kento Fukuda 90+4'

30 May 2018 (2018-05-30) Round 9	Young Lions	0-4	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Fazrul Nawaz 13' Amirul Adli 71' Ryutaro Megumi 90+1, 90+3'

3 June 2018 (2018-06-03) Round 10	Tampines Rovers	3-1	Young Lions	Our Tampines Hub
	Yasir Hanapi 19,27' Khairul Amri 90+2'		Ikhsan Fandi 31'	Referee: Y.Sathyakumar (Singapore)

6 June 2018 (2018-06-06) Round 11	Home United	4-1	Young Lions	Bishan Stadium
	Shakir Hamzah 2' Iqram Rifqi 45' Song Ui-young 55' (pen) Izzdin Shafiq 85'		Amirul Hakim 15'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)

10 June 2018 (2018-06-10) Round 12	Young Lions	0-2	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Huzaifah Aziz 43' Akbar Shah 78'	Referee: G.Letchman (Singapore)

15 August 2018 (2018-08-15) Round 13 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions	1-1	Brunei DPMM	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Ikhsan Fandi 50' (pen)		Shahrazen Said 46'

23 June 2018 (2018-06-23) Round 14	Young Lions	1-1	Home United	National Stadium, Singapore
	Haiqal Pashia 6' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 73'		Iqram Rifqi 89'

4 July 2018 (2018-07-04) Round 15	Young Lions	1-3	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Haiqal Pashia 59' R Aaravin 67'		Shawal Anuar 38' Ryan Syaffiq 66' Fairoz Hasan 70'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) Round 16	Home United	2-0	Young Lions	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Shahril Ishak12 Amy Recha 19' Hafiz Nor 27'

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Round 17	Young Lions	3-0	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Hami Syahin 23' Haiqal Pashia 83' Ikhsan Fandi 90' R Aaravin 10'		Jordan Vestering 38' 83' Illyas Lee 49'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)

18 July 2018 (2018-07-18) Round 18	Albirex Niigata (S)	5-1	Young Lions	Jurong East Stadium
	Kenya Takahashi 34' Taku Morinaga 38, 80' Shuhei Hoshino 69' Daiki Asaoka 90'		Hami Syahin 32'	Referee: Y.Sathyakumar (Singapore)

22 July 2018 (2018-07-22) Round 19	Warriors FC	1-0	Young Lions	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Kento Fukuda 5' Fadhil Noh 38' Ismadi Mukhtar 67' Jonathan Béhé 70' Suria Prakash 90+1'		Jacob William Mahler 36' Hami Syahin 40' R Aaravin 63' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 84'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton (Singapore)

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) Round 20	Young Lions	2-1	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Ikhsan Fandi 41' Irfan Fandi 89'		Amirul Adli 27'	Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (Singapore)

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) Round 21	Young Lions	1-3	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Yosuke Nozawa 21' (o.g) Hami Syahin 13' Syed Firdaus Hassan 39' Irfan Fandi 59'		Kenya Takahashi 1' Shun Kumagai 16' Hiroyoshi Kamata 47' Taku Morinaga 19' Shuhei Sasahara 79'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) Round 22	Geylang International	2-2	Young Lions	Bedok Stadium
	Yeo Hai Ngee 49' 57' Ryan Syaffiq 55' Fumiya Kogure 85'		R Aaravin 56' Ikhsan Fandi 90+4' Jacob Mahler 87'	Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) Round 23 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	1-0	Young Lions	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Keegan Linderboom 37'

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) Round 24 (Rescheduled)	Brunei DPMM	3-1	Young Lions	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Adi Said 52' Volodymyr Pryyomov 65' Azwan Ali Rahman 71'		Hami Syahin 69'

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Warriors FC	24	7	7	10	32	35	−3	28
6	Balestier Khalsa	24	7	6	11	25	36	−11	27
7	Young Lions^{[lower-alpha 1]}	24	5	6	13	25	46	−21	21
8	Geylang International	24	5	5	14	26	57	−31	20
9	Hougang United	24	2	6	16	22	44	−22	12

Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2018. 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 FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

References

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[table_note_ALB0.40980342003042-43] The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

[1] "2018 changes".

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

[3] "Adam join brother in GYL for 2018".

[4] "Amer Hakeem will be joining his brother Adam in the Young Lions!".

[5] "Ariyan Shamsudin joins the Young Lions for the 2018 season!".

[6] "Nazhiim Harman joined GYL for 2018".

[7] "The former captain of the Warriors FC Prime League team, Aniq Iskandar, moves to GYL".

[8] "Prakash Raj signed for GYL for 2018 season".

[9] "Naqiuddin recruited for the 2018 season".

[10] "Sharul Nizam recruited for the 2018 season".

[11] "Asshukrie Wahid recruited for GYL in 2018".

[12] "Ifwat Ismail joins Fandi for 2018".

[13] "National Football Academy player Danial Syafiq joined GYL for 2018".

[14] "Naufal Azman recruited for the 2018 season".

[15] "Fasah joins Warriors".

[16] "Saberin returns to Home".

[17] "Yeo Hai Ngee has signed for the Eagles for the 2018 season".

[18] "Adil move to Stags".

[19] !"Faizal move from young lions to home".

[20] !"Faizal move from young lions to home".

[21] "Let's all Welcome Ammirul to the Club for the 2018 season!".

[22] "Muhaimin joined Pippo revolution".

[23] "Hafiz returns as Warriors".

[24] "The Eagles welcomes Ryan Syaffiq to Bedok Stadium for the 2018 season".

[25] "Jordan snapped up by Cheetahs for 2018".

[26] "Taufik returns to Stags".

[27] "Shameer Aziq signed for the Stags".

[28] "Hairul Syirhan in the squad for 2018".

[29] "Zharfan Rohaizad returns for a third year with the Young Lions!".

[30] "Rusyaidi Salime stays with Young Lions for his third season!".

[31] "R.Aaravin one of the key pillars for 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-06.

[32] "R Aaravin retained as part of the 2018 GYL setup".

[33] "Syahrul Sazali retained for 2018".

[34] "Taufiq Muqminin retained for 2018".

[35] "Joshua Pereira signed for Warriors FC for 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-31.

[36] "Joshua Pereira extends his contract with GYL".

[37] "Hami extended his contract with the GYL for his 3rd season".

[38] "Zulqarnaen Suzliman extended his contract with the GYL for his 2nd season".

[39] "Fandi brother to Holland for trial".

[40] "Saifullah joins for 2 years".

[41] "Irfan Fandi on trial at Leeds".

[42] "Irfan and Ikhsan face tough time at Braga trials".

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Squad

S.League squad

U19 squad

Coaching staff

Transfer

Pre-season transfer

In

Out

Retained

Trial

Mid-season transfer

In

Trial

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

Kuala Lumpur Pre-Season Training

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

See also

References