2021 Balestier Khalsa FC season

The 2021 season is Balestier Khalsa's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

Balestier Khalsa
2021 season
ChairmanS Thavaneson
Head coach Marko Kraljević
StadiumBishan Stadium
Singapore Cup-

Squad

Singapore Premier League
As of 21 September 2018.
No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Kimura Riki U23 (2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 Lion City Sailors FC 2021 2021
25 Zacharial Leong U23 (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 Youth Team 2019 2021
Defenders
2 Fadli Kamis (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 Young Lions FC 2016 2021
5 Ensar Brunčević (1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 FK Spartak Subotica II (T2) 2020 2022
13 Amer Hakeem U23 (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 Young Lions FC 2021 2022
17 Sameer Alassane U23 (2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 Youth Team 2019 2021
18 Ahmad Syahir (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 Youth Team 2013 2021
22 Khalili Khalif (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 SAFSA 2021 2021
24 Ho Wai Loon (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 Lion City Sailors FC 2021 2021
39 Aiman Zavyan U23 (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 Geylang International U19 2020 2021
Midfielders
3 Max Goh Yi Qi U23 (1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 Project Vaults FC 2021 2021
4 Faizal Raffi (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 Warriors FC 2020 2021
6 Aarish Kumar U23 (1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 Warriors FC 2020 2021
8 Kristijan Krajcek (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 NK BSK Bijelo Brdo (T2) 2019 2021
14 Hariysh Krishnakumar U23 (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 Geylang International U19 2021 2021
15 Gautam Selvamany (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 Warriors Prime League 2021 2021
28 Gareth Low (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 Albirex Niigata (S) 2021 2021
Forwards
7 Hazzuwan Halim (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 Tanjong Pagar United 2015 2021
9 Shuhei Hoshino (1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 Busan Transportation FC (T3) 2020 2021
10 Šime Žužul (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac (T2) 2019 2021
11 Iqbal Hussain (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 Chennai City FC 2021 2021
Players who left during season
12 Jordan Emaviwe U23 (2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 F.C. Castiglione (I3) 2020 2021
19 Zaiful Nizam (Captain) >30 (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 Gombak United 2013 2021
61 Martyn Mun U21 (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 Jungfrau Punggol FC (NFL) 2020 2021

U21
No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
Oliver Sim U21 (2001-06-09) 9 June 2001 Home United U19 2020
Defenders
46 Aqil Yazid U21 (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 Singapore Sports School 2021 2021
52 Keshav Kumar U21 (2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 Youth Team 2020 2021
55 Aidil Johari U21 (2003-04-05) 5 April 2003 Youth Team 2021 2021
Syed Harun Alsagaff U21 (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 2020 2020
Azhar Manap U21 (1999-07-22) 22 July 1999 Hougang United 2020 2020
Faris Fazlee U21 (2000-03-31) 31 March 2000 2020 2020
Midfielders
44 Aravindan Ramanathan U21 (2000-05-29) 29 May 2000 Youth Team 2021 2021
50 Seng Hong Kai U21 (2004-08-10) 10 August 2004 Project Vaults FC 2021 2021
67 Iftiqar Parizan U21 Project Vaults FC 2021 2021
Suriya Ramesh U21 Youth Team 2019 2020
Art Faizal U21 Youth Team 2020 2020
Azizi Rahman U21 (2000-11-30) 30 November 2000 Youth Team 2020 2020
Yann Weishaupt U21 Project Vaults FC 2021 2021
Forwards
45 Joshua De Souza U21 (2000-10-10) 10 October 2000 Warriors FC U19 2021 2021
53 Ryan Praveen U21 (2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 Youth Team 2020 2021
66 Puvan Raj Sivalingam U21 (2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 Youth Team 2020 2021

Project Vaults Oxley SC

(Deputy Chairman, Darwin Jalil is the President for the club)

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
25 Ameerul Shafiq (1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 Admiralty FC 2020 2020
Nazri Sabri (1989-09-20) 20 September 1989 Home United 2021 2021
Hafiz Ahmad (1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 Balestier Khalsa 2021 2021
Defenders
5 Zairul Rahmat 2019 2020
11 Nordine Talhi (1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 Admiralty FC 2019 2020
16 Haziq Sudhir Admiralty FC 2019 2020
18 Hairudin Dahlan Keppel Bay FC 2019 2020
22 Salihin Shafiee Yishun Sentek Mariners FC 2019 2020
Midfielders
6 Nazrul Isnin (1997-02-22) 22 February 1997 Eunos Crescent FC 2019 2020
8 Safwan Ramlan (1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 2019 2020
10 Maziz Rahman Free Agent 2020
14 Helmi Mohd Bukit Timah Juniors 2020 2020
15 Nurisham Jupri (1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 Balestier Khalsa 2019 2020
21 Xavier Boey Eunos Crescent FC 2020 2020
24 Ganesan Devadas Free Agent 2020
Forwards
7 Osman Shainin GFA Sporting Westlake FC 2019 2020
9 Roy Tan Free Agent 2020
13 Adam Xu (1983-09-07) 7 September 1983 Balestier Khalsa 2019 2020
23 Fareez Rahman 2019 2020

Coaching staff

[1]

PositionName
Team ManagerDarwin Jalil
General ManagerTim Nee Cheng
Head Coach Marko Kraljević[2]
Academy ManagerSyed Azmir
Assistant CoachNasaruddin Jalil
Assistant CoachNasruldin Baharuddin
Goalkeeping CoachYazid Yasin
Fitness CoachRosman Sulaiman
PhysiotherapistMohamed Nasser
Kitman

Transfer

In

Pre-Season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
DF Amer Hakeem Young Lions FC 2 years contract signed in 2020 [3]
MF Gareth Low Jun Kit Albirex Niigata (S) [4]
MF Hariysh Krishnakumar Geylang International U19 [5]
MF Gautam Selvamany Free Agent [6]
MF Yann Weishaupt Project Vaults FC [7]
FW Joshua De Souza Free Agent

Mid-Season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
MF Max Goh Yi Qi Free agent [8]
FW Iqbal Hussain Chennai City F.C. Free [9]

Out

Pre-Season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK Hafiz Ahmad Project Vaults FC
DF R Aaravin Retired [10]
DF Jufri Taha
DF Danish Uwais
DF Christian Chiang Moroni
DF Yeo Hai Ngee
MF Karthik Raj
MF Zulfadhmi Suzliman
MF Elijah Lim Teck Yong Geylang International Free

Mid-Season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK Zaiful Nizam Geylang International Terminated [11] [12]

Loan In

Pre-Season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK Kimura Riki Lion City Sailors Season loan [13]

Mid-Season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
DF Ho Wai Loon Lion City Sailors Season loan [14]

Loan Return

Mid-Season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF Khalili Khalif SAFSA Loan Return


Loan Out

Pre-Season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF Khalili Khalif NS till 2022
DF Shaqi Sulaiman NS till 2021
FW Syukri Noorhaizam NS till 2022

Mid-Season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK Martyn Mun Young Lions FC Season loan
MF Jordan Emaviwe SAFSA NS till 2023 [15] [16]

Extension / Retained

[17]

Position Player Ref
FW Hazzuwan Halim 2 years contract signed in 2019[18]
FW Šime Žužul 2 year contract signed in 2019[19]
FW Shuhei Hoshino 1 years contract signed in 2020[20]
DF Ensar Brunčević 2 years contract signed in 2020[21]
MF Kristijan Krajcek 1 year contract signed in 2020 [22]
DF Ahmad Syahir 1 year contract signed in 2020 [23]
GK Zacharial Leong 1 year contract signed in 2020 [24]
DF Aiman Zavyan
DF Fadli Kamis
MF Jordan Emaviwe
MF Aarish Kumar
MF Faizal Raffi
GK Zaiful Nizam

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

6 March 2021 1 Geylang International 2-1 Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
Christopher van Huizen
Zikos Vasileios Chua		 Joshua De Souza Attendance: 0 [note 1]

In-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

30 April 2021 1 Lion City Sailors 4-0 Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Amiruldin Asraf
Faris Ramli pen'

Attendance: 0 [note 1]
25 June 2021 3 Lion City Sailors 4-2 Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Stipe Plazibat
Song Ui-young
Hariss Harun 		Shuhei Hoshino
Gareth Low 		Attendance: 0 [note 1]
2 July 2021 4 Tanjong Pagar United 1-2 Balestier Khalsa Jurong East Stadium
Shuhei Hoshino Attendance: 0 [note 1]

Team statistics

Appearances and goals
As of 10 Oct 2021

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No. Pos. Player Sleague Total
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals
1GK Kimura Riki 5050
2DF Fadli Kamis 18+30210
3MF Max Goh Yi Qi 0000
4MF Faizal Raffi 8+62142
5DF Ensar Brunčević 181181
6MF Aarish Kumar 8080
7FW Hazzuwan Halim 18+23203
8MF Kristijan Krajcek 176176
9FW Shuhei Hoshino 20+13213
10FW Šime Žužul 15+5152015
11FW Iqbal Hussain 1+5060
13DF Amer Hakeem 181181
14MF Hariysh Krishnakumar 2+7090
15MF Gautam Selvamany 0+6060
17DF Sameer Alassane 0000
18DF Ahmad Syahir 15+30180
22DF Khalili Khalif 0000
24DF Ho Wai Loon 7+1080
25GK Zacharial Leong 3030
28MF Gareth Low 17+30200
39DF Aiman Zavyan 1+6070
44DF Aravindan Ramanathan 0+1010
45FW Joshua De Souza 2+2040
46DF Aqil Yazid 4+2060
55MF Aidil Johari 11+31141
66FW Puvan Raj Sivalingam 10+22122
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
12MF Jordan Emaviwe 0000
19GK Zaiful Nizam 130130
61GK Martyn Mun 0+1010

Competitions

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

Singapore Premier League
Main article: 2021 Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

14 March 2021 1 Young Lions FC 3-3 Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Ilhan Fandi 13'
Khairin Nadim 58'
Hami Syahin 85'
Ryhan Stewart 83'
Harhys Stewart 87'		 Report Hazzuwan Halim 33' (pen)
Shuhei Hoshino 45+1' 49'
Gareth Low 82'		 Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Ahmad A'qashah
17 March 2021 2 Balestier Khalsa 1-2 Tampines Rovers Toa Payoh Stadium
Amer Hakeem 67' 31'
Kristijan Krajcek 38'
Hazzuwan Halim 68'
Faizal Raffi 73'
Ensar Brunčević 82'		 Report Taufik Suparno 55'
Boris Kopitović 70'
Madhu Mohana 45+2'		 Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Abirami Naidu
21 March 2021 3 Albirex Niigata (S) 0-0 Balestier Khalsa Jurong East Stadium
Sime Zuzul 90+5' Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Syarqawi Buhari
4 April 2021 4 Balestier Khalsa 4-0 Tanjong Pagar United Toa Payoh Stadium
Faizal Raffi 24'
Kristijan Krajcek 41' 89'
Šime Žužul 55'
Fadli Kamis 51'		 Report Khairul Amri 67'
Faritz Abdul Hameed 90'		 Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Muhammad Taqi
7 April 2021 5 Balestier Khalsa 2-1 Geylang International Toa Payoh Stadium
Kristijan Krajcek 36'
Ensar Brunčević 45+1' 57'
Amer Hakeem 39'
Ahmad Syahir 81'
Shuhei Hoshino 90+1'
Hazzuwan Halim 90+3'		 Report Amy Recha 53' 57' Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Taufik Thana
10 April 2021 6 Balestier Khalsa 0-1 Hougang United Toa Payoh Stadium
Ensar Brunčević 21'
Ahmad Syahir 72'
Aarish Kumar 72'		 Report Tomoyuki Doi 63'
Maksat Dzhakybaliev  74'		 Attendance: 0
Referee: Y.Sathyakumar
18 April 2021 7 Lion City Sailors 4-1 Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Gabriel Quak 7'
Shahdan Sulaiman 18' 63'
Stipe Plazibat 47'
Saifullah Akbar 51'		 Report Kristijan Krajcek 25'
Hazzuwan Halim 75'		 Referee: Muhd Syarqawi
9 May 2021 8 Hougang United 4-3 Balestier Khalsa Hougang Stadium
Kaishu Yamazaki 9'
Lionel Tan 29'
Idraki Adnan 36'
Hafiz Sujad 87'
Ridhuan Barudin 56'
Muhaimin Suhaimi 61'
Nazrul Nazari 88'		 Report Šime Žužul 3'
Faizal Raffi 45'
Kristijan Krajcek 72' 78'
Marko Kraljević 45+2'		 Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Ahmad A'qasyah
25 April 2021 9 (Rescheduled) Balestier Khalsa 1-4 Albirex Niigata (S) Toa Payoh Stadium
Šime Žužul 57'
Ensar Brunčević 27'		 Report Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 28' (pen) 47' 87'
Kuraba Kondo 53'		 Attendance: 0 [note 2]
Referee: Zulfiqar Mustaffa
23 May 2021 10 Tanjong Pagar United 2-2 Balestier Khalsa Jurong East Stadium
Šime Žužul 61' 87' Report Reo Nishiguchi 32'
Khairul Amri 85' (pen)
Anaqi Ismit 77'
Raihan Rahman 81'		 Attendance: 0 [note 1]
Referee: Juherman Zaiton
15 May 2021 11 (Rescheduled) Tampines Rovers 5-1 Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
Boris Kopitović 9' 24' (pen)
Marc Ryan Tan 13' 35'
Ryaan Sanizal 88'		 Report Šime Žužul 20' (pen)
Aqil Yazid 9'
Gautam Selvamany 52'
Ahmad Syahir 84'		 Attendance: 0
Referee: Jansen Foo
25 July 2021 12 (Rescheduled) Geylang International 3-1 Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
Amy Recha 41' 63' 62'
Matheus Moresche 54'
Harith Kanadi 35'		 Report Šime Žužul 11'
Kimura Riki 24'		 Referee: Taufik Thana
31 July 2021 13 (Rescheduled) Balestier Khalsa 2-3 Young Lions FC Toa Payoh Stadium
Hazzuwan Halim 47'
Šime Žužul 89'
Kristijan Krajcek 34'
Zulqarnaen Suzliman 90+4'		 Report Hami Syahin 18' (pen)
Daniel Goh 35'
Harhys Stewart 85'
Nazhiim Harman 5'		 Referee: Jansen Foo
8 August 2021 14 (Rescheduled) Balestier Khalsa 1-1 Lion City Sailors Toa Payoh Stadium
Šime Žužul 60'
Shuhei Hoshino 56'
Ensar Brunčević 90+1'  90+3'
Zaiful Nizam 90+2'		 Report Stipe Plazibat 90+4'
Faris Ramli 53'
Saifullah Akbar  58'
Jorge Fellipe 90'		 Referee: Ahmad A'qashah
14 August 2021 15 (Rescheduled) Young Lions FC 4-2 Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Ilhan Fandi 18' 45+1'
Jacob Mahler 28'
Khairin Nadim 41'
Ryhan Stewart 77'
Alif Iskandar 90'		 Report Šime Žužul 68' 75'
Fadli Kamis 11'
Hazzuwan Halim 42'
Ahmad Syahir 45'		 Referee: Syarqawi Buhari
19 August 2021 16 (Rescheduled) Balestier Khalsa 5-2 Tampines Rovers Toa Payoh Stadium
Kristijan Krajcek 9'
Šime Žužul 13' 61' 89'
Shuhei Hoshino 65'
Gareth Low 35'
Aidil Johari 35'		 Report Zehrudin Mehmedović 17' 40' 35'
Irwan Shah  25'
Armin Bosnjak 35'
Baihakki Khaizan 90'		 Referee: Nathan Chan
28 August 2021 17 (Rescheduled) Albirex Niigata (S) 4-0 Balestier Khalsa Jurong East Stadium
Ryoya Tanigushi 47' 77'
Kuraba Kondo 51' 65'
Kazuki Hashioka 5'		 Report Gareth Low 30'
Ho Wai Loon 59'		 Referee: Farhad Mohamed
12 September 2021 18 (Rescheduled) Balestier Khalsa 1-0 Tanjong Pagar United Toa Payoh Stadium
Hazzuwan Halim 47'
Puvan Raj 55'
Ahmad Syahir 62'
Ho Wai Loon 65'		 Report Blake Ricciuto 71'
Rusyaidi Salime 90+7'		 Referee: Taufik Thana
3 October 2021 19 (Rescheduled) Geylang International 3-0 Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
Amy Recha 61'
Ensar Brunčević 63' (o.g.)
Matheus Moresche 73'
Ilhan Noor 85'
Christopher van Huizen 87'		 Report Ensar Brunčević 53'
Amer Hakeem 67'		 Referee: Syarqawi Buhari
6 October 2021 20 (Rescheduled) Balestier Khalsa 3-2 Hougang United Toa Payoh Stadium
Puvan Raj Sivalingam 10' 35'
Šime Žužul 85'		 Report Gilberto Fortunato 53'
Shawal Anuar 62'
Muhaimin Suhaimi 66'
Maksat Dzhakybaliev  67'		 Referee: Hilmi Fuad
10 October 2021 21 (Rescheduled) Lion City Sailors 4-1 Balestier Khalsa Jalan Besar Stadium
Song Ui-young 8'
Gabriel Quak 42' 82'
Diego Lopes 78'
Nur Adam Abdullah 71'
Adam Swandi 79'  87'		 Report Aidil Johari 31'
Hazzuwan Halim 44'
Ensar Brunčević 47'
Hariysh Krishnakumar 89'		 Referee: Juherman Zaiton
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Tampines Rovers 21 7 6 8 48 51 −3 27 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
5 Tanjong Pagar United 21 5 7 9 36 49 −13 22
6 Geylang International 21 6 2 13 33 52 −19 20
7 Balestier Khalsa 21 5 4 12 34 52 −18 19
8 Young Lions[lower-alpha 1] 21 4 4 13 26 50 −24 16
Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
  1. 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

See also

Notes
  1. Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.
  2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this match was played behind closed doors.

References
  1. "Staff for Balestier". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  2. "Marko Kraljević back at Balestier Khalsa". Archived from the original on 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  3. "Amer Hakeem joins Balestier Khalsa".
  4. "Gareth Low has completed his transfer to Balestier Khalsa".
  5. "Hariysh has completed his transfer to Balestier Khalsa". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  6. "We welcome Gautam Selvamany to our Roster". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  7. "Yann Weishaupt is officially a 🐯 after passing his yo-yo fitness test. Well done Golden 🦅!".
  8. "@yiqqi returns to Home of the 🐯 after completing his National Service". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  9. "Welcome @iqbal_apom to Home of the 🐯!". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  10. "The U-23 rulings have shortchanged a lot of players, says former national youth defender R Aaravin, who retires at 24".
  11. "Balestier Khalsa sack skipper-goalkeeper Zaiful Nizam".
  12. "Zaiful finds home in Eagles' nest".
  13. "riki.kimura joins us on a season-long loan deal from Lion City Sailors". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  14. "Ho Wai Loon leaves Lion City Sailors to complete Balestier loan".
  15. "Jordan Emaviwe joins Young Lions".
  16. "Zaiful finds home in Eagles' nest". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  17. "2020 Singapore Premier League Retained and Released List".
  18. "Tricky Hazzuwan commits another two-year deal".
  19. "Tiger 🐯 Šime Žužul to continue to terrorise opposition defence in 2020".
  20. "Balestier Khalsa is pleased to have our hardworking Japanese player Shuhei Hoshino put pen to paper for an extension of contract for season 2021".
  21. "Boost for the 🐯Gentle giant Bruno signs an extension with us for 2️⃣ years!".
  22. "Midfield lynchpin Kiki inks his contract extension".
  23. "Ahmad Syahir extends his stay with the 🐯 for another year!". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  24. "Zacharial commits another year to the 🐯".
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