2016 Geylang International FC season

Geylang International FC
2016 season
Chairman	Ben Teng
Coach	Hasrin Jailani
Ground	Bedok Stadium
S.League	6th
Singapore Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Group Stage
	← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 S.League season is Geylang International's 21st season in the top flight of Singapore football and 42nd year in existence as a football club. The club will also compete in the Singapore League Cup and the Singapore Cup.

Squad

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Last Club
Goalkeepers
1	Hairul Syirhan	GK	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 29)	Youth Team
12	Russell Santa Maria	GK	(1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 28)	Singapore Cubs
24	Syazwan Buhari	GK	(1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 32)	Young Lions FC
Defenders
2	Anders Eric Aplin	DF	(1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 33)	Singapore Recreation Club
3	Yuki Ichikawa	DF	(1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 37)	Albirex Niigata (S)
4	Isa Halim	DF	(1986-05-15) 15 May 1986 (age 38)	Tampines Rovers
5	Shariff Abdul Samat	DF	(1984-01-05) 5 January 1984 (age 40)	Tampines Rovers
6	Dhukhilan s/o Jeevamani	DF	(1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 (age 30)	Young Lions FC
8	Daniel Bennett	DF	(1978-01-07) 7 January 1978 (age 46)	Warriors FC
9	Faritz Abdul Hameed	DF	(1990-01-16) 16 January 1990 (age 34)	LionsXII
18	Al-Qaasimy Rahman	DF	(1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 32)	LionsXII
Midfielders
7	Gabriel Quak	MF	(1990-12-22) 22 December 1990 (age 34)	LionsXII
11	Safirul Sulaiman	MF	(1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 32)	Young Lions FC
14	Stanely Ng	MF	(1992-05-27) 27 May 1992 (age 32)	Home United
19	Carlos Alberto Delgado	MF	(1986-01-03) 3 January 1986 (age 38)	Hougang United
20	Nor Azli Yusoff	MF	(1986-03-17) 17 March 1986 (age 38)	Tanjong Pagar United
22	Taufiq Ghani	MF	(1989-11-19) 19 November 1989 (age 35)	Hougang United
25	Brandon Koh	MF	(1995-04-22) 22 April 1995 (age 29)	Youth Team
Forwards
10	Shahfiq Ghani	FW	(1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 32)	Young Lions FC
13	Indra Sahdan Daud	FW	(1979-03-05) 5 March 1979 (age 45)	Tampines Rovers
16	Mark Hartmann	FW	(1992-01-20) 20 January 1992 (age 32)	Global FC
17	Amy Recha	FW	(1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 32)	Young Lions FC
21	Shawal Anuar	FW	(1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33)	Keppel Monaco FC
23	Sahil Suhaimi	FW	(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 32)	LionsXII
Players who left during the club
15	Branko Čubrilo	FW	(1988-05-20) 20 May 1988 (age 36)	BŠK Zmaj

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Hasrin Jailani
Assistant coach	Mohd Noor Ali
Goalkeeping coach	Sarong Naiket
Team manager	Aizat Ramli
Physiotherapist
Kitman	Leonard Koh

Pre-Season Transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From
DF	Faritz Abdul Hameed	LionsXII
GK	Russell Santa Maria	Geylang International U21
GK	Syazwan Buhari	Courts Young Lions
DF	Anders Eric Aplin	Singapore Recreation Club
DF	Isa Halim	Tampines Rovers
DF	Shariff Abdul Samat	Singapore Recreation Club
DF	Dhukhilan s/o Jeevamani	Geylang International U21
DF	Daniel Bennett	Warriors FC
DF	Al-Qaasimy Rahman	Courts Young Lions
MF	Gabriel Quak	LionsXII
MF	Safirul Sulaiman	Courts Young Lions
MF	Stanely Ng	Home United
MF	Carlos Delgado	Hougang United
MF	Taufiq Ghani	Hougang United
MF	Brandon Koh	Geylang International U21
FW	Shahfiq Ghani	Courts Young Lions
FW	Indra Sahdan Daud	Tampines Rovers
FW	Branko Čubrilo	Free transfer
FW	Amy Recha	Courts Young Lions
FW	Sahil Suhaimi	LionsXII

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To
DF	Khairulnizam Jumahat	Hougang United
DF	Anaz Hadee	Released
DF	Syed Thaha	Retired
MF	Tatsuro Inui	Albirex Niigata (S)
GK	Farhan Amin	Retired
MF	Huzaifah Aziz	Hougang United
FW	Jozef Kapláň	Hougang United
GK	Yazid Yasin	Warriors FC
FW	Bruno Castanheira	F.C. Gifu
DF	Sevki Sha'ban	Retired
DF	Hafiz Osman	Warriors FC
DF	Kento Fukuda	Warriors FC
MF	Mustaqim Manzur	Retired
MF	Hafiz Nor	Warriors FC
MF	Shah Hirul	Balestier Khalsa

Pre-season Friendlies

15 January 2016 Pre-Season Friendly	Geylang International	9–0	Jungfrau Punggol	Jalan Besar Stadium
17:00 GMT+8

20 January 2016 Pre-Season Friendly	Police SA	0–6	Geylang International	Jurong Stadium
19:30 GMT+8

26 January 2016 Pre-Season Friendly	Johor Darul Takzim	2–1	Geylang International	Larkin Stadium
20:45 GMT+8

3 February 2016 Pre-Season Friendly	Geylang International	6–0	Happy Feet FC	Bedok Stadium
17:00 GMT+8

6 February 2016 Pre-Season Friendly	Geylang International	8–0	Singapore Cricket Club	Bedok Stadium
17:00 GMT+8

Competition

S.League

Round 1

15 February 2016 1	Tampines Rovers	3–3	Geylang International	Jurong West Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Jordan Webb 13' Shakir Hamzah 29' Billy Mehmet 34' Noh Rahman 59' Yasir Hanapi 86' 89'	Report^[usurped]	Amy Recha 35' Carlos Alberto Delgado 55' Nor Azli 65' Stanely Ng 79' Taufiq Ghani 83'	Attendance: 2,930 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

20 February 2016 2	Geylang International	1–1	Brunei DPMM	Bedok Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Yuki Ichikawa 20' Stanely Ng 25' Branko Cubrilo 45' Amy Recha 70' Sahil Suhaimi 76' Al-Qaasimy Rahman 89'	Report^[usurped]	Rafael Ramazotti 77'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Muhd Taqi

25 February 2016 3	Garena Young Lions	0–2	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Firdaus Kasman 37' Adam Swandi 56'	Report^[usurped]	Branko Čubrilo 15' Faritz Hameed 66' Stanely Ng 84'	Attendance: 2,416 Referee: Nathan Chan

3 March 2016 4	Geylang International	0–0	Balestier Khalsa	Bedok Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Safirul Sulaiman 26' Branko Cubrilo 40' Shariff Samat 86'	Report^[usurped]	Fazli Ayob 25'	Attendance: 1,811 Referee: Jansen Foo

10 March 2016 5	Geylang International	0–0	Albirex Niigata (S)	Bedok Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Sahil Suhaimi 55' Shawal Anuar 90'	Report^[usurped]	Tomoki Menda 90'	Attendance: 2,139 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

1 April 2016 6	Geylang International	2–2	Warriors	Jalan Besar Stadium
19:45 GMT+8	Branko Čubrilo 4' Al-Qaasimy Rahman 31' Faritz Hameed 43' Gabriel Quak 50' Carlos Delgado 86' 86'	Report^[usurped]	Jonathan Béhé 16' Syaqir Sulaiman 24' Zulfadli Zainal Abidin 45' Emmeric Ong 79' Ridhuan Muhammad 89'	Attendance: 1,854 Referee: Farhad Mohd

7 April 2016 7	Hougang United	3–1	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Nurhilmi Jasni 35' Stipe Plazibat 54' (pen.) Faiz Salleh 60' Raihan Rahman 88'	Report^[usurped]	Carlos Delgado 15' (pen.) Stanely Ng 58' Gabriel Quak 65'	Attendance: 1,537 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

15 April 2016 8	Geylang International	2–2	Home United	Jalan Besar Stadium
19:45 GMT+8	Stanely Ng 24' Amy Recha 46'	Report^[usurped]	Ken Ilsø 15' Al-Qaasimy Rahman 39' (o.g.) Abdil Qaiyyim 87'	Attendance: 2,035 Referee: Jansen Foo

Round 2

21 April 2016 9	Geylang International	0–1	Tampines Rovers	Bedok Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Safirul Sulaiman 32' Shawal Anuar 73' Carlos Delgado 77' Al-Qaasimy Rahman 85'	Report^[usurped]	Yasir Hanapi 28' Izzdin Shafiq 67' Fahrudin Mustafić 71' Jermaine Pennant 85'	Attendance: 2,369 Referee: G. Letchman

30 April 2016 10	Brunei DPMM	1–2	Geylang International	Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium
20:15 GMT+8	Helmi Zambin 31' Rafael Ramazotti 66' (pen.)	Report^[usurped]	Shawal Anuar 30' Branko Čubrilo 56' Faritz Hameed 65' 87' Shariff Samat 77' Daniel Bennett 78'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

5 May 2016 11	Geylang International	3–1	Garena Young Lions	Bedok Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Carlos Delgado 3' (pen.) Yuki Ichikawa 74' Stanely Ng 77' Gabriel Quak 88'	Report^[usurped]	Fareez Farhan 52' (pen.) Joshua Bernard Pereira 70' Taufiq Muqminin 79'	Attendance: 1,331 Referee: G. Letchman

14 May 2016 12	Balestier Khalsa	1-3	Geylang International	Toa Payoh Stadium
19:30 GMT+8

20 May 2016 13	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-0	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
19:45 GMT+8

15 June 2016 14	Warriors	2-0	Geylang International	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
20:00 GMT+8

18 June 2016 15	Geylang International	1-2	Hougang United	Bedok Stadium
20:00 GMT+8

24 June 2016 16	Home United	1-2	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
20:00 GMT+8

Round 3

4 August 2016 17	Tampines Rovers	2-1	Geylang International	Jurong West Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Jordan Webb 21' Billy Mehmet 40'	[1]	Mark Hartmann 42'	Referee: W. Ravisanthiran

11 August 2016 18	Geylang International	1-1	Brunei DPMM	Bedok Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Roberto Camarasa 5'	[2]	Azwan Ali Rahman 70'

18 August 2016 19	Garena Young Lions	0-2	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
19:30 GMT+8		[3]	Fashah Iskandar 50' (o.g) Stanley Ng 82'	Referee: W. Ravisanthiran

25 August 2016 20	Geylang International	2-1	Balestier Khalsa	Bedok Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Mark Hartmann 45' Sahil Suhaimi 90'	[4]	Niko Tokić 42' (pen.)	Referee: Nathan Chan

22 September 2016 21	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-0	Geylang International	Jurong East Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Atsushi Shirota 76'	[5]		Referee: W. Ravisanthiran

14 October 2016 22	Geylang International	2-1	Warriors	Jalan Besar Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Amy Recha 73' Sahil Suhaimi 76'	[6]	Fazli Jaffar 52'	Referee: Sukhbir Singh

20 October 2016 23	Hougang United	0-1	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
19:30 GMT+8		[7]	Sahil Suhaimi 43'	Referee: G. Letchman

27 October 2016 24	Geylang International	4-1	Home United	Jalan Besar Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Mark Hartmann 6' Shafiq Ghani 68' Gabriel Quak 83' Daniel Bennett 90'	[8]	Ken Ilsø 50'	Referee: Jansen Foo

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	DPMM FC^[a]	24	12	5	7	47	37	+10	41
4	Home United	24	11	4	9	50	42	+8	37	Qualification to AFC Cup Play-off Round
5	Geylang International	24	10	7	7	35	29	+6	37
6	Hougang United	24	9	5	10	35	39	−4	32
7	Warriors FC	24	7	7	10	39	39	0	28

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2016. Source: S.League^[usurped]
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 not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup

28 May 2016 Preliminary Round	Geylang International	2-1	Warriors	Jalan Besar Stadium
19:45 GMT+8

28 June 2016 Quarter Finals	Albirex Niigata Singapore	2-0	Geylang International	Jurong East Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Masaya Jitozono 1' Kento Nagasaki 53'			Referee: G. Letchman

1 July 2016 Quarter Finals	Geylang International	2-2	Albirex Niigata Singapore	Bedok Stadium
19:30 GMT+8	Gabriel Quak 23' Sahil Suhaimi 45'		Atsushi Kawata 65' 77' (pen.)	Referee: Sukhbir Singh

Geylang International lost 2-4 on aggregate.

Singapore TNP League Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Albirex Niigata (S)	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6	Advance to semi-final
2	Home United	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4	Advance to semi-final
3	Geylang International	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
4	Balestier Khalsa	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2

Source: S.League^[usurped]

14 July 2016	Balestier Khalsa	2 – 2	Geylang International	Toa Payoh Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8	Tokić 9' Fadhil 22'	Details^[usurped]	Hartmann 54', 90'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

18 July 2016	Geylang International	0 – 5	Home United	Bedok Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8		Details^[usurped]	Shamil 21', 65' Ilsø 44', 61' Yeo 90'	Referee: Sukhbir Singh

22 July 2016	Geylang International	1 – 0	Albirex Niigata (S)	Bedok Stadium, Singapore
19:45 UTC+8	Shawal Anuar 34'	Details^[usurped]		Referee: Muhd Taqi

Team statistics

Appearances

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Hairul Syirhan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Anders Eric Aplin	9	0	0	0	4	0	13	0
3	DF	Yuki Ichikawa	23	1	3	0	5	0	31	1
4	DF	Isa Halim	17	0	1	0	5	0	23	0
5	DF	Shariff Abdul Samat	18	0	2	0	4	0	24	0
6	DF	Dhukhilan s/o Jeevamani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Gabriel Quak	23	4	3	0	0	0	26	4
8	DF	Daniel Bennett	22	1	3	0	0	0	25	1
9	DF	Faritz Abdul Hameed	22	2	3	1	0	0	25	3
10	FW	Shahfiq Ghani	6	1	0	0	1	0	7	1
11	MF	Safirul Sulaiman	16	0	3	0	0	0	19	3
12	GK	Russell Santa Maria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW	Indra Sahdan Daud	5	0	0	0	3	0	8	0
14	MF	Stanely Ng	20	3	2	0	4	0	26	0
16	FW	Mark Hartmann	5	3	2	1	5	4	12	8
17	FW	Amy Recha	17	4	0	0	0	0	17	4
18	DF	Al-Qaasimy Rahman	14	0	3	0	4	0	21	0
19	MF	Carlos Delgado	20	5	3	0	2	0	25	5
20	MF	Nor Azli Yusof	17	0	3	0	4	0	24	0
21	FW	Shawal Anuar	18	1	3	0	5	2	26	3
22	MF	Taufiq Ghani	3	0	0	0	4	0	7	0
23	FW	Sahil Suhaimi	21	5	3	0	0	0	24	5
24	GK	Syazwan Buhari	24	0	3	0	5	0	32	0
25	MF	Brandon Koh	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
27	MF	Farish Khan	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
28	MF	Roberto Camarasa	3	1	0	0	3	0	6	1
32	FW	Ifwat Ismail	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
34	MF	Umar Akhbar	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0
35	FW	Prince Julien Jean Marie	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
37	MF	Hairy Jamal	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
41	MF	Noor Ariff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	J.Balakrishnan	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
15	FW	Branko Čubrilo	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	S.League	Total
1	FW	17	Amy Recha	1	1
1	MF	19	Carlos Delgado	1	1
1	MF	14	Stanely Ng	1	1
1	FW	23	Sahil Suhaimi	1	1
1	DF	15	Branko Čubrilo	1	1
1	DF	9	Faritz Abdul Hameed	1	1
TOTALS				6	6

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	S.League		League Cup		Singapore Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Hairul Syirhan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Anders Eric Aplin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Yuki Ichikawa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	Isa Halim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Shariff Abdul Samat	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	Dhukhilan s/o Jeevamani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Gabriel Quak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	DF	Daniel Bennett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	DF	Faritz Abdul Hameed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Shahfiq Ghani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Safirul Sulaiman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	GK	Russell Santa Maria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW	Indra Sahdan Daud	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Stanely Ng	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	FW	Branko Čubrilo	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	FW	Amy Recha	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
18	DF	Al-Qaasimy Rahman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	Carlos Delgado	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Nor Azli Yusoff	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	FW	Shawal Anuar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF	Taufiq Ghani	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	FW	Sahil Suhaimi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	GK	Syazwan Buhari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Brandon Koh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[table_note_ALB0.65436985513865-1] 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 not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

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