2022 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Balestier Khalsa
2022 season
Chairman	S Thavaneson
Head coach	Akbar Nawas
Stadium	Bishan Stadium
Singapore Cup	-

The 2022 season is Balestier Khalsa's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

Squad

Singapore Premier League

As of 4 January 2022

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Hairul Syirhan	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995	Geylang International	2022	2022
12	Martyn Mun ^U23	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000	Young Lions FC	2020	2022
18	Kimura Riki ^U23	(2000-11-14) 14 November 2000	Lion City Sailors	2021	2022
20	Rudy Khairullah	(1994-07-19) 19 July 1994	Lion City Sailors	2022	2022
Defenders
3	Keshav Kumar ^U23	(2001-02-06) 6 February 2001	Youth Team	2020	2022
4	Delwinder Singh	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2022
5	Ensar Brunčević	(1999-02-13) 13 February 1999	FK Spartak Subotica II (T2)	2020	2022
13	Amer Hakeem	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998	Young Lions FC	2021	2022
16	Darren Teh	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996	Geylang International	2022	2023
24	Ho Wai Loon	(1993-08-20) 20 August 1993	Lion City Sailors	2021	2023
27	Akmal Azman ^U23	(2000-11-21) 21 November 2000	Tampines Rovers	2021	2021
29	Aidil Johari ^U23	(2003-04-05) 5 April 2003	Youth Team	2021	2022
39	Aiman Zavyan ^U23	(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002	Geylang International U19	2020	2022
Midfielders
6	Aarish Kumar ^U23	(1999-05-19) 19 May 1999	Warriors FC	2020	2022
7	Daniel Goh	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999	Young Lions FC	2022	2022
8	Ammirul Emmran	(1995-04-18) 18 April 1995	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2022
14	Hariysh Krishnakumar ^U23	(2002-10-23) 23 October 2002	Geylang International U19	2021	2022
17	Naufal Azman	(1998-07-10) 10 July 1998	Hougang United	2022	2022
19	Asshukrie Wahid	(1998-02-27) 27 February 1998	Geylang International	2022	2022
28	Gareth Low	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2022
30	Ignatius Ang	(1992-11-12) 12 November 1992	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2022
Forwards
9	Shuhei Hoshino	(1995-12-19) 19 December 1995	Busan Transportation CFC	2020	2022
10	Ryoya Tanigushi	(1999-08-31) 31 August 1999	Albirex Niigata (S)	2022	2022
11	Kuraba Kondo	(2002-07-06) 6 July 2002	Albirex Niigata (S)	2022	2022
22	Puvan Raj Sivalingam ^U23	(2001-08-29) 29 August 2001	Youth Team	2020	2022
Players who left during season

U21

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
60	Oliver Sim ^U21	(2001-06-09) 9 June 2001	Home United U19	2020
68	Suffian Abdullah ^U21	(2004-04-12) 12 April 2004		2022	2022
Defenders
80	Aqil Yazid ^U21	(2004-01-09) 9 January 2004	Singapore Sports School	2021	2022
	Syed Harun Alsagaff ^U21	(2000-08-28) 28 August 2000		2020	2020
	Faris Fazlee ^U21	(2000-03-31) 31 March 2000		2020	2020
Midfielders
54	Larry Lim Chee Keat ^U21	(2002-07-02) 2 July 2002	Project Vaults FC	2022	2022
67	Iftiqar Parizan ^U21	(2003-04-21) 21 April 2003	Project Vaults FC	2021	2022
70	Asraf Rilwan ^U21	(2003-12-03) 3 December 2003		2022	2022
74	Yann Weishaupt ^U21	(2004-01-02) 2 January 2004	Project Vaults FC	2021	2022
	Aravindan Ramanathan ^U21	(2000-05-29) 29 May 2000	Youth Team	2021	2021
	Seng Hong Kai ^U21	(2004-08-10) 10 August 2004	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
Forwards
66	Ryan Praveen ^U21	(2002-05-28) 28 May 2002	Youth Team	2020	2022
72	Max McCoy ^U21	(2004-04-03) 3 April 2004	Tampines Rovers U21	2022	2022
77	Hari McCoy ^U21	(2002-09-11) 11 September 2002	ASD San Luca (I4)	2022	2022
79	N.Sakthivelchezhian ^U21	(2002-12-09) 9 December 2002	Youth Team	2020	2022
	Joshua De Souza ^U21	(2000-10-10) 10 October 2000	Warriors FC U19	2021	2021

Project Vaults Oxley SC

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

No.	Name	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]

Position	Name	Ref.
Team Manager	Darwin Jalil
General Manager	Tim Nee Cheng
Head Coach	Akbar Nawas	2 years contract till 2023
Academy Manager	Syed Azmir
Assistant Coach	Nasaruddin Jalil
Assistant Coach	Nasruldin Baharuddin
Goalkeeping Coach	Yazid Yasin
Fitness Coach	Rosman Sulaiman
Fitness Coach	Rory Winters
Analyst	Razif Ariff
Physiotherapist	Mohamed Nasser
Kitman

Transfer

In

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Martyn Mun	Young Lions FC	Loan Return [2]
GK	Kimura Riki	Lion City Sailors	1 year contract till 2022 [3]
GK	Hairul Syirhan	Geylang International	1 year contract till 2022 [4]
DF	Darren Teh	Geylang International	2 years contract till 2023 [5]
DF	Ho Wai Loon	Lion City Sailors	2 years contract till 2023 [6]
DF	Delwinder Singh	Tanjong Pagar United	1 year contract till 2022 [7]
DF	Akmal bin Azman	Free Agent
MF	Naufal Azman	Hougang United	1 year contract till 2022 [8]
MF	Ammirul Emmran	Tanjong Pagar United	1 year contract till 2022 [9]
MF	Ignatius Ang	Free Agent	1 year contract till 2022 [10]
MF	Asshukrie Wahid	Geylang International	1 year contract till 2022 [11]
MF	Ryoya Tanigushi	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free [12]
FW	Kuraba Kondo	Albirex Niigata (S)	1 year contract till 2022 [13]
FW	Max McCoy	Tampines Rovers U21	Free
FW	Hari McCoy	ASD San Luca (I4)	Free

Loan In

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Rudy Khairullah	Lion City Sailors	Season loan [14]

Out

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Zacharial Leong		Free
DF	Ahmad Syahir	Geylang International	Free [15]
DF	Fadli Kamis	Geylang International	Free [16]
DF	Khalili Khalif		Free
MF	Max Goh Yi Qi		Free
MF	Faizal Raffi	Tanjong Pagar United	Free
MF	Gautam Selvamany		Free
MF	Kristijan Krajček	Hougang United	Free [17] [18]
FW	Šime Žužul	Geylang International	Free [19]
FW	Hazzuwan Halim	Geylang International	Free [20] [21]
FW	Iqbal Hussain	Geylang International	Free [22]
FW	Joshua De Souza	Tanjong Pagar United	Free

Loan Return

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Kimura Riki	Lion City Sailors	Loan Return [23]
DF	Ho Wai Loon	Lion City Sailors	Loan Return [24]

Note: Both Kimura Riki and Ho Wai Loon returned to the club permanently after their contract ended.

Loan Out

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Shaqi Sulaiman		NS till 2022
FW	Syukri Noorhaizam		NS till 2022
MF	Jordan Emaviwe	SAFSA	NS till 2023 [25] [26]
DF	Sameer Alassane	Police SA	NS till 2023

Extension / Retained

[27]

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Martyn Mun	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Ensar Brunčević	2 years contract signed in 2020 [28]
DF	Aiman Zavyan	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Aqil Yazid	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Keshav Kumar	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Aidil Johari	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Amer Hakeem	2 years contract signed in 2020
MF	Aarish Kumar	1 year contract signed in 2021
MF	Gareth Low	1 year contract signed in 2021
MF	Hariysh Krishnakumar	1 year contract signed in 2021
FW	Shuhei Hoshino	1 year contract signed in 2021 [29]
FW	Puvan Raj Sivalingam	1 year contract signed in 2021 (Promoted)

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

Win Draw Loss

5 February 2022	Albirex Niigata (S)	7–0[lower-alpha 1]	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East, Singapore
17:30 SST	K. Kobayashi 7' Lee 24' Sugita 29', 51' Matsuura 75' Omori 88' Ochiai 117'	Report		Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

10 February 2022 4	Tanjong Pagar United	8-1	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 10 Oct 2021

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	SPL		Singapore Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Hairul Syirhan	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Keshav Kumar	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Delwinder Singh	6+1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Ensar Brunčević	7	2	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Aarish Kumar	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Daniel Goh	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Ammirul Emmran	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Shuhei Hoshino	7	5	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Ryoya Tanigushi	7	2	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Kuraba Kondo	7	3	0	0	0	0
13	DF	Amer Hakeem	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Hariysh Krishnakumar	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	Darren Teh	6+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Naufal Azman	2+3	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	Kimura Riki	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Asshukrie Wahid	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK	Rudy Khairullah	4	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	Puvan Raj Sivalingam	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Ho Wai Loon	6	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Akmal bin Azman	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Gareth Low	7	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	Aidil Johari	5+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Ignatius Ang	1+4	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	Aiman Zavyan	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	Aravindan Ramanathan	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	FW	Joshua De Souza	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	MF	Ryan Praveen	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
67	MF	Iftiqar Parizan	1	0	0	0	0	0
80	DF	Aqil Yazid	2	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club

Competitions

Overview

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

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

26 February 2022 1	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh
	Shuhei Hoshino 46' Ensar Brunčević 57'	Report	Boris Kopitović 37' Taufik Suparno 45+1' Shuya Yamashita 28' Syed Firdaus Hassan 82'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Muhammad Taqi

5 March 2022 2	Albirex Niigata (S)	6-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
	Kodai Tanaka 33' 54' 60' 68' Tadanari Lee 57' Jun Kobayashi 67' Masahiro Sugita 61'	Report		Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Hilmi Fuad

12 March 2022 3	Balestier Khalsa	3-5	Tanjong Pagar United	Toa Payoh
	Kuraba Kondo 23' Ryoya Tanigushi 27' Shuhei Hoshino 32'	Report	Khairul Amri 10' Blake Ricciuto 18' Mario Sugic 50' 59' 14' Reo Nishiguchi 82' Faritz Hameed 19'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Clarence Leow Hong Wei

19 March 2022 4	Balestier Khalsa	4-3	Young Lions FC	Toa Payoh
	Ryoya Tanigushi 41' Kuraba Kondo 44' 62' Shuhei Hoshino 85'	Report	Zikos Vasileios Chua 16' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 53' Ilhan Fandi 89'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Taufik Thana

1 April 2022 5	Lion City Sailors	4-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
	Kim Shin-wook 6' 30' 55' Song Ui-young 27' 22'	Report	Ryoya Taniguchi 87'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

5 April 2022 6	Balestier Khalsa	2-1	Hougang United	Toa Payoh
	Shuhei Hoshino 24' Ensar Brunčević 52' Aidil Johari 75' Ammirul Emmran 88' Rudy Khairullah 89'	Report	Sahil Suhaimi 81' André Moritz 44'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Abirami Naidu

10 April 2022 7	Geylang International	0-1	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
	Ahmad Syahir 30' Zaiful Nizam 55' Kieran Teo 85'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino 61' Ensar Brunčević 27' Rudy Khairullah 58'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Taufik Thana

8 May 2022 8	Tampines Rovers	v	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

13 May 2022 9	Balestier Khalsa	v	Albirex Niigata (S)	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

20 May 2022 10	Tanjong Pagar United	v	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

28 May 2022 11	Hougang United	v	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang
				Stadium: Hougang Stadium

19 June 2022 12	Balestier Khalsa	v	Lion City Sailors	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

25 June 2022 13	Young Lions FC	v	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

2 July 2022 14	Balestier Khalsa	v	Geylang International	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

9 July 2022 15	Balestier Khalsa	v	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

16 July 2022 16	Albirex Niigata (S)	v	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

23 July 2022 17	Balestier Khalsa	v	Tanjong Pagar United	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

31 July 2022 18	Young Lions FC	v	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

6 August 2022 19	Lion City Sailors	v	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

12 August 2022 20	Balestier Khalsa	v	Hougang United	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

21 August 2022 21	Geylang International	v	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

28 August 2022 22	Tampines Rovers	v	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

2 September 2022 23	Balestier Khalsa	v	Albirex Niigata (S)	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

9 September 2022 24	Tanjong Pagar United	v	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

17 September 2022 25	Hougang United	v	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang
				Stadium: Hougang Stadium

2 October 2022 26	Balestier Khalsa	v	Lion City Sailors	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

8 October 2022 27	Young Lions FC	v	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

15 October 2022 28	Balestier Khalsa	v	Geylang International	Toa Payoh
				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Tanjong Pagar United	7	3	3	1	17	17	0	12
4	Albirex Niigata (S)[lower-alpha 2]	7	2	4	1	18	9	+9	10
5	Balestier Khalsa	7	3	1	3	12	21	−9	10
6	Hougang United	7	2	2	3	11	18	−7	8
7	Geylang International	7	1	2	4	9	14	−5	5

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:

The game was played as three periods of 45 minutes
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

Notes

References

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[30] The game was played as three periods of 45 minutes

[table_note_ALB0.36784523556374-31] 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.

[1] "Staff for Balestier". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-21.

[2] "Martyn is back with the Tigers for 2022".

[3] "Riki is back! 🧤".

[4] "Hairul has penned a 1-year contract".

[5] "Welcome, Darren Teh! 🐅".

[6] "Ho Wai Loon returned to the Tiger's den".

[7] "Del has penned a 1-year contract".

[8] "Welcome, Naufal to the Tiger's den".

[9] "Welcome, Ammirul! 🐅".

[10] "Iggy makes his return as a Tiger!".

[11] "Welcome, Asshukrie! 🐯".

[12] "Taniguchi Ryoya will be joining Balestier Khalsa FC in 2022 season".

[13] "Kondo Kuraba will be joining Balestier Khalsa FC in 2022 season".

[14] "Rudy joins Balestier on year-long loan".

[15] "Let's welcome Ahmad Syahir who joins the Eagles after a long stint with the Tigers".

[16] "Welcome home 🏠 the defender returns to GIFC".

[17] "Kristijan Krajček leaving Tiger after 3 years".

[18] "The Cheetahs have signed Croat midfielder Kristijan Krajcek from Balestier Khalsa".

[19] "Welcome to the 🦅 nest Sime Zuzul!".

[20] "Hazzuwan would like to announce that he will not extend contract with the club next season ".

[21] "A new Eagle has landed 🦅 Welcome to the family 💚 #geylangboleh".

[22] "Iqbal leaving the Tiger in end of season".

[23] "riki.kimura joins us on a season-long loan deal from Lion City Sailors".

[24] "Ho Wai Loon leaves Lion City Sailors to complete Balestier loan".

[25] "Jordan Emaviwe joins Young Lions".

[26] "Zaiful finds home in Eagles' nest".

[27] "2020 Singapore Premier League Retained and Released List".

[28] "Boost for the 🐯Gentle giant Bruno signs an extension with us for 2️⃣ years!".

[29] "Balestier Khalsa is pleased to have our hardworking Japanese player Shuhei Hoshino put pen to paper for an extension of contract for season 2021".

2022 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Squad

Singapore Premier League

U21

Project Vaults Oxley SC

Coaching staff

Transfer

In

Loan In

Out

Loan Return

Loan Out

Extension / Retained

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

Singapore Cup

See also

Notes

References