2018 Hougang United FC season

The 2018 season is Hougang United's 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.

Hougang United

2018 season
Chairman	Bill Ng
Head coach	Clement Teo
Stadium	Hougang Stadium

Squad

S.League Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Zulfairuuz Rudy		22 May 1994	Home United
13	Ridhuan Barudin ^>30		23 March 1987	Tampines Rovers
18	Khairulhin Khalid		18 July 1991	LionsXII
Defenders
2	Asraf Zahid ^U23		8 October 1999	Youth Team
3	Gerald Ting ^U23		3 March 1999	Youth Team
4	Ashrul Syafeeq		11 April 1994	Balestier Khalsa
11	Nazrul Nazari		11 February 1991	LionsXII
15	Illyas Lee ^U23		1 December 1995	Young Lions FC
17	Faiz Salleh		17 July 1992	Young Lions FC
32	Syaqir Sulaiman		12 August 1986	Warriors FC
59	Jordan Nicolas Vestering ^U19		25 September 2000	NFA U18
Midfielders
6	Syahiran Miswan		22 January 1994	Home United
8	Jordan Chan ^U23		5 March 1998	Young Lions FC
10	Stanely Ng		27 May 1992	Geylang International
12	Fabian Kwok		17 March 1989	Tampines Rovers
16	Justin Hui ^U23		17 February 1998	Youth Team
19	Nurhilmi Jasni ^>30		17 December 1986	Balestier Khalsa
20	Muhaimin Suhaimi ^U23		20 February 1995	Young Lions FC
Strikers
7	Fareez Farhan		29 July 1994	Young Lions FC
9	Antonie Viterale		1 July 1996	Hellas Verona
14	Iqbal Hussain		6 June 1993	Young Lions FC
21	Syukri Bashir ^U23		11 April 1998	Youth Team
23	Amir Zalani ^U23		4 December 1996	Home United
24	Shahfiq Ghani		17 March 1992	Geylang International
25	Daniel Goh Ji Xiong ^U23		13 August 1999	Youth Team
26	Jang Jo-yoon		1 January 1988	Gimpo Citizen FC
33	Fazrul Nawaz		17 April 1985	Tampines Rovers
Players loaned out / placed on injury list / left during season
5	Adam Mitter		5 January 1993	Ilocos United
22	Nasrul Taib ^U23		10 October 1997	Youth Team

U19 Team

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
57	Nikesh Singh Sidhu ^U23			Home United Prime League
Strikers
	Idraki Adnan		13 March 1999	NFA U18

Coaching staff

2018[1]

Position	Name	Ref.
Head Coach	Clement Teo
Assistant Coach	Salim Moin
Head of Youth (COE)	Robin Chitrakar
U19 Coach	Winston Yap
U16 Coach	Han Yiguang
Fitness Coach	Dirk Schauenberg
Goalkeeping Coach	Lim Queen Cher
General Manager	Matthew Tay
Team Manager	Clement Teo
Sports Trainer	Thomas Pang
Sports Trainer	Ryan Wang
Kitman	Wan Azlan

Transfers

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Position	Player	Transferred from	Ref
DF	Ashrul Syafeeq	Hougang United	[2]
DF	Illyas Lee	Garena Young Lions	[2]
DF	Adam Mitter	Ilocos United	[3]
MF	Jordan Chan	Garena Young Lions	[2]
MF	Muhaimin Suhaimi	Garena Young Lions	2 Years contract [2]
MF	Stanely Ng	Geylang International	[2]
FW	Shahfiq Ghani	Geylang International	2 Years contract[4][5]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Delwinder Singh	Warriors FC	[6]
DF	Zulfahmi Arifin	Chonburi	[7]
DF	Atsushi Shirota	Phnom Penh Crown FC	[8][9]
DF	Amer Hakeem	Garena Young Lions	Season loan [10]
DF	Ariyan Shamsuddin	Garena Young Lions	Season loan [11]
DF	Wahyudi Wahid
DF	Ali Hudzafi
DF	Lionel Tan	SAFSA (NFL Club)	Season loan
DF	Shaqi Sulaiman	Balestier Khalsa	[12]
MF	Gareth Low Jun Kit	SAFSA (NFL Club)	Season loan [2]
MF	Prakash Raj	Garena Young Lions	Season loan [2]
MF	Fumiya Kogure	Geylang International	[13]
MF	Azhar Sairudin	Geylang International	[14]
MF	Fairoz Hasan	Geylang International	[15]
MF	Afiq Noor	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Club)	[16]
FW	Pablo Rodríguez

Extension

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Ridhuan Barudin	[17]
GK	Khairulhin Khalid	2 Years contract [18]
GK	Zulfairuuz Rudy	[19]
DF	Faiz Salleh	[20]
MF	Nurhilmi Jasni	[21]
MF	Nazrul Nazari	[22]
MF	Fabian Kwok	[23]
MF	Syahiran Miswan	[24]
FW	Iqbal Hussain	2 Years contract [25]
FW	Fareez Farhan	[26]
FW	Amir Zalani	[27]

Promoted

Position	Player	Ref
DF	Gerald Ting	[28]
DF	Asraf Zahid	[29]
MF	Justin Hui	[30]
MF	Nasrul Taib	[31]
FW	Syukri Bashir	[32]
FW	Daniel Goh Ji Xiong	[33]
FW	Antonie Viterale	[34]

Trial

Position	Player	Trial @	Ref

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Syaqir Sulaiman	Tiong Bahru FC
FW	Fazrul Nawaz	Hougang United	$50,000 [35][36]
FW	Jang Jo-yoon	Gimpo Citizen FC	Free [37]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Adam Mitter	Global Cebu F.C.	Free [38]
MF	Nasrul Taib	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Club)	Free

Trial

Position	Player	Trial @	Ref
MF	Joshua de Souza	K.F.C. Vigor Wuitens Hamme KVK Robur

Friendlies

Pre-Season Friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

6 January 2018 1	Hougang United	1-0	Singapore Cricket Club (NFL Club)	Padang
	Justin Hui	Report

21 January 2018 2	Hougang United	3-0	Katong FC (NFL Club)	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Jordan Chan pen' Fareez Farhan pen' Iqbal Hussain

30 January 2018 3	Hougang United	cancelled	Rydalmere Lions (NPL 3)	Jalan Besar Stadium
1700 hours

10 February 2018 4	Hougang United	2-1	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Club)	Hougang Stadium
1700 hours	Adam Mitter Iqbal Hussain

25 February 2018 5	Hougang United	8-0	Police SA (NFL Club)	Hougang Stadium
1700 hours

3 March 2018 6	Hougang United	cancelled	SAFSA (NFL Club)	Hougang Stadium
1700 hours

10 March 2018 7	Hougang United	5-2	Hougang United U-19	Hougang Stadium
1700 hours

24 March 2018 8	Hougang United	cancelled	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang Stadium
1700 hours

Surabaya Pre-Season Training

4 March 2018 1	Hougang United	0-2	Madura United	Gelora Ratu Pamelingan Stadium
2000 hours		Report	Nuriddin Davronov 37' Lamjed Chehoudi 90'

6 March 2018 2

Hougang United

0-2

PS Mojokerto Putra

Gelora Ratu Pamelingan Stadium

Malaysia Pre-season tour

22 March 2018 1	Hougang United	4-4	Melaka United	Hang Jebat Stadium
	Antonie Viterale Muhaimin Suhaimi Shahfiq Ghani

24 March 2018 2	Hougang United	1-2	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium
	Shahfiq Ghani 83'		Murilo Damasceno 9,15'

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 29 September 2018.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		Total
			Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Zulfairuuz Rudy	4	0	0	0	4	0
2	DF	Asraf Zahid	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	Gerald Ting	4	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF	Ashrul Syafeeq	6(5)	0	0	0	11	0
6	MF	Syahiran Miswan	13(2)	0	2	0	17	0
7	FW	Fareez Farhan	7(12)	3	1	0	20	3
8	MF	Jordan Chan	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	Antonie Viterale	14(5)	1	1(1)	0	21	1
10	MF	Stanley Ng	10(4)	2	0	0	14	2
11	DF	Nazrul Nazari	14(2)	0	1(1)	0	18	0
12	MF	Fabian Kwok	19(3)	3	1	0	23	3
13	GK	Ridhuan Barudin	4(1)	0	2	0	7	0
14	FW	Iqbal Hussain	17(2)	4	2	0	21	4
15	DF	Illyas Lee	21	0	2	0	23	0
16	MF	Justin Hui	13(2)	1	0	0	15	1
17	DF	Faiz Salleh	20	1	2	0	21	1
18	GK	Khairulhin Khalid	16	0	0	0	16	0
19	MF	Nurhilmi Jasni	11(5)	1	1	0	17	1
20	MF	Muhaimin Suhaimi	14(3)	0	2	0	19	0
21	FW	Syukri Bashir	2(6)	0	0(1)	0	9	0
23	FW	Amir Zalani	7(2)	1	0	0	9	1
24	FW	Shahfiq Ghani	8(4)	2	0(2)	0	14	2
25	FW	Daniel Goh Ji Xiong	0(2)	0	0	0	2	0
26	FW	Jang Jo-yoon	5(2)	1	1(1)	0	9	1
32	DF	Syaqir Sulaiman	3(1)	0	0	0	4	0
33	FW	Fazrul Nawaz	4(3)	1	2	0	9	1
57	MF	Nikesh Singh Sidhu	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	DF	Jordan Nicolas Vestering	12	0	2	0	14	0
Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club
5	DF	Adam Mitter	14	1	0	0	14	1
22	MF	Nasrul Taib	1(2)	0	0	0	3	0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Singapore Premier League	24	2	6	16	22	44	−22	008.33
Singapore Cup	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	000.00
Total	26	2	6	18	22	47	−25	007.69

Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 April 2018 Round 1	Garena 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'

15 April 2018 Round 2	Hougang United	1-1	Warriors FC	Hougang Stadium
	Fareez Farhan 86' (pen) 90' Muhaimin Suhaimi 41' Fabian Kwok 77'		Ho Wai Loon 39' 34' Poh Yi Feng 28' Emmeric Ong 62' Faiz Salleh 77'

18 April 2018 Round 3	Tampines Rovers	4-0	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Shameer Aziq 19' Khairul Amri 24' Irwan Shah 67' Jordan Webb 86' Fahrudin Mustafic 83'

22 April 2018 Round 4	Hougang United	1-1	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Iqbal Hussain 48' Fabian Kwok 34' Syahiran Miswan 61' Illyas Lee 85'		Keegan Linderboom 9' Huzaifah Aziz 73'	Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

2 May 2018 Round 5	Hougang United	3-3	Home United	Hougang Stadium
	Iqbal Hussain 57' Adam Mitter 74' Faiz Salleh 78'		Song Ui-young 34' Faritz Abdul Hameed 40' 44' Shahril Ishak 65' Anumanthan Kumar 13' Hafiz Nor 67'

6 May 2018 Round 6	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-0	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Kenya Takahashi 75'

12 May 2018 Round 7	Hougang United	1-3	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
	Iqbal Hussain 87'		Shawal Anuar 2,45' Azhar Sairudin 75'

19 May 2018 Round 8	Hougang United	1-2	Garena Young Lions	Hougang Stadium
	Fabian Kwok 49' Illyas Lee 75' Fareez Farhan 78'		Ikhsan Fandi 57' Naufal Azman 79'

2 June 2018 Round 9	Warriors FC	2-0	Hougang United	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Jonathan Béhé 87' (pen) 90+3' Delwinder Singh 10' Nur Luqman 70' Poh Yi Feng 77' Ho Wai Loon 90+1'		Shahfiq Ghani 10' Fabian Kwok 65' Jordan Nicolas Vestering 86'

9 June 2018 Round 10	Hougang United	0-2	Tampines Rovers	Hougang Stadium
	Faiz Salleh 60' Syahiran Miswan 79' Stanley Ng 86' Illyas Lee 87'		Fazrul Nawaz 45+1' Khairul Amri 69' Shameer Aziq 22' 59'  Yasir Hanapi 79'

17 June 2018 Round 11	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Hougang United	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Nurullah Hussein 58' Sheikh Abdul Hadi 84' Hazzuwan Halim 90+4'		Nurhilmi Jasni 73' Illyas Lee 18' Fabian Kwok 23' Justin Hui 82' Khairulhin Khalid 90+4' Jordan Vestering 90+4'

24 June 2018 Round 12	Hougang United	1-1	Brunei DPMM	National Stadium, Singapore
	Stanley Ng 23' (pen) Nazrul Nazari 25' Jordan Vestering 42'		Volodymyr Pryyomov 79' Hendra Azam Idris 18' Abdul Aziz Tamit 23'	Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)

1 July 2018 Round 13	Home United	1-0	Hougang United	Bishan Stadium
	Anumanthan Kumar 57' Shakir Hamzah 43'		Syahiran Miswan 8'	Referee: Y.Sathyakumar (Singapore)

4 July 2018 Round 14	Hougang United	1-2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang Stadium
	Amir Zalani 88' Syaqir Sulaiman 23' Ashrul Syafeeq 57' Nurhilmi Jasni 59'		Hiroyoshi Kamata 38' Shuhei Hoshino 69' Kenya Takahashi 41' Adam Swandi 90+3'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)

5 August 2018 Round 15 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	0-3	Hougang United	Bedok Stadium
	Jasper Chan 52' Anders Aplin 52' Yuki Ichikawa 78'		Justin Hui 36' Fareez Farhan 64' Jang Jo-yoon 87' Syahiran Miswan 45+2' Illyas Lee 53'	Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

11 July 2018 Round 16	Brunei DPMM	3-2	Hougang United	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Volodymyr Pryyomov 6' Adi Said 63' Shahrazen Said 90' 46' Fakharrazi Hassan 36' Hendra Azam Idris 45+1'		Fabien Kwok 31' 45+1' Fareez Farhan 73' Muhaimin Suhaimi 2' Fareez Farhan 89'

14 July 2018 Round 17	Garena 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'

1 August 2018 Round 18	Hougang United	1-2	Warriors FC	Hougang Stadium
	Iqbal Hussain 48' Khairulhin Khalid 79'		Kento Fukuda 17' Jonathan Béhé 78'

12 August 2018 Round 19	Tampines Rovers	1-0	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Illyas Lee 12' (o.g)			Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (Singapore)

15 August 2018 Round 20	Hougang United	1-2	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Antonie Viterale 26'		Zakir Samsudin 73' Hazzuwan Halim 75'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton (Singapore)

18 August 2018 Round 21	Brunei DPMM	3-1	Hougang United	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman 3' 44' 45'		Fazrul Nawaz 49'	Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (Singapore)

15 September 2018 Round 22 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	1-2	Home United	Hougang Stadium
	Shahfiq Ghani 62'		Hafiz Nor 34' Song Ui-young 84'

23 September 2018 Round 23	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-2	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Adam Swandi 62' Shun Kumagai 52' 86' Shuhei Hoshino 74'		Stanley Ng 14' (pen) Shahfiq Ghani 90+2' 25'

29 September 2018 Round 24 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	1-1	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
	Fabian Kwok 90+4'		Cameron Ayrton Bell 82'	Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

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:

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 ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

29 August 2018 Quarter Final 1st Leg	Hougang United	0-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang Stadium
	Illyas Lee 70'		Kenya Takahashi 74' 42' Shuhei Hoshino 80'	Referee: G.Letchman (Singapore)

1 September 2018 Quarter Final 2nd Leg	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-0 (3–0 agg.)	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Taku Morinaga 42' 71' Shuhei Hoshino 55' Kenya Takahashi 76'		Jordan Vestering 23' Fazrul Nawaz 30' Illyas Lee 40' Muhaimin Suhaimi 72' Fabian Kwok 76' Iqbal Hussain 90+2'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)

Hougang United lost 3-0 on aggregate.

References

1. "MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE – Hougang United Football Club". www.hgfc.com.sg.
2. "New signings for the Cheetahs for 2018".
3. "Adam Mitter the replacement for Shirota who join Cambodia club". Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
4. "Shafiq joins Cheetah".
5. "Shahfiq signed till 2019". Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
6. "Warriors thrilled to announce the signing of defender Delwinder Singh for the 2018 season!".
7. "Sofa, so good as Zulfahmi lives Chonburi dream".
8. "S-League clubs make plans despite long lull before next season".
9. "Shirota on trial with PPFC".
10. "YOUNG LIONS". Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
11. "Ariyan Shamsudin joins the Young Lions for the 2018 season!".
12. "Balestier Khalsa are pleased to confirm the signing of Shaqi Sulaiman from Hougang United FC!".
13. "Fumiya joins the Japanese revolution in Bedok".
14. "We are pleased to welcome midfielder Azhar Sairudin to the Eagles for the 2018 Season!".
15. "Fairoz swop for Eagles nest".
16. "Afiq Noor joins Tiong Bahru FC for 2018 NFL".
17. "Hougang United Football Club is pleased to announce the retention of Goalkeeper Ridhuan Barudin for the S.League Season 2018".
18. "Hougang is pleased to have secured Khairulhin Khalid for the foreseeable future".
19. "Hougang United maintains its faith in young goalkeeper Zulfairuuz Rudy for season 2018".
20. "Faiz extends for 5th season".
21. "Experienced and incumbent Club Captain, Nurhilmi Jasni, will extend his career with Hougang United F.C. into 2018".
22. "Nazrul extends for another season".
23. "Fabian extends his stay".
24. "Another Player extend contract".
25. "Iqbal stays with Cheetah".
26. "Fareez continues stay".
27. "Amir extends stay".
28. "Gerald Ting promoted to the main squad".
29. "Asraf Zahid promoted to the main squad".
30. "Justin score winner in preseason".
31. "Nasrul Taib, Prime League 2017 Captain promoted".
32. "Syukri Bashir, the top scorer promoted".
33. "Hougang United is pleased to add Daniel Goh to the senior squad for 2018".
34. "Viterale promoted to main squad for 2018".
35. "Fazrul Nawaz join Cheetah before transfer window close".
36. "Fazrul Nawaz is Singapore football's first $50,000 man".
37. "Chang back to Sleague to replace Mitter".
38. "Adams released for striker".