2018 Warriors FC season

The 2018 season is Warriors' 23rd 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 Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.

Warriors

2018 season
Chairman	Philip Lam Tin Sing
Head coach	Mirko Grabovac
Stadium	Choa Chu Kang Stadium

Squad

S.League squad

As of 24 February 2017.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Hyrulnizam Juma'at ^>30		14 November 1986	Home United
13	Mukundan Maran ^U23		23 April 1996	Youth Team
25	Fashah Iskandar ^U23		15 February 1995	Young Lions FC
Defenders
2	Ismadi Mukhtar ^>30		16 December 1983	Tampines Rovers
4	Delwinder Singh		5 August 1992	Hougang United
5	Kento Fukuda (Captain)		15 May 1990	Geylang International
8	Emmeric Ong		25 January 1991	LionsXII
16	Daniel Shafiq ^U23		22 November 1998	Youth Team
24	Ho Wai Loon		20 August 1993	Balestier Khalsa
Midfielders
6	Ammirul Emmran ^U23		18 April 1995	Young Lions FC
7	Shamil Sharif		8 May 1992	Home United
14	Hafiz Sulaiman ^U23		10 October 1995	Young Lions FC
17	Poh Yi Feng ^>30		15 November 1986	Balestier Khalsa
20	Nur Luqman ^U23		20 June 1998	Youth Team
21	Firdaus Kasman		24 January 1988	Young Lions FC
23	Suria Prakash		23 December 1993	SAFSA (NFL D1)
Strikers
9	Jonathan Béhé		13 January 1989	Negeri Sembilan FA
10	Sahil Suhaimi		8 July 1992	Sarawak FA
11	Ignatius Ang		12 November 1992	SAFSA (NFL D1)
12	Khairul Nizam		25 June 1991	Home United
15	Fadhil Noh		4 March 1989	Balestier Khalsa
22	Tajeli Salamat		7 February 1994	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL D1)
Players loaned out / placed on injury list / left during season
3	Fazli Shafie ^U23		6 June 1997	Youth Team
18	Bryan Quek ^U23		5 June 1995	Youth Team
19	Zuhaili Mazli ^U23		21 October 1997	Youth Team

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
General Manager	Paul Poh
Head Coach	Mirko Grabovac
Assistant Coach	Azlan Alipah
Goalkeeping Coach	Lee Bee Seng
Team Manager	Yeo Jun Xian
Fitness Trainer	Marko Skomrlj
Sports Trainer	Narasiman Sathivelu
Kitman

Transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Fashah Iskandar	Garena Young Lions	[1]
DF	Delwinder Singh	Hougang United	[2]
DF	Ismadi Mukhtar	Tampines Rovers	[3]
MF	Shamil Sharif	Home United	[4]
MF	Ammirul Emmran	Garena Young Lions	[5]
MF	Gabriel Quak	Geylang International	[6]
MF	Hafiz Sulaiman	Garena Young Lions	[7]
MF	Joshua Pereira	Garena Young Lions	[8]
FW	Ignatius Ang	SAFSA (NFL Club)	[9]
FW	Khairul Nizam	Home United	[10]
FW	Sahil Suhaimi	Sarawak FA	[11]
FW	Jonathan Béhé	Negeri Sembilan FA	[12]
FW	Tajeli Salamat	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Club)

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Jasper Chan	Geylang International	[13]
GK	Zainol Gulam	Geylang International
DF	Zulfadli Zainal Abidin	Geylang International	[14]
DF	Baihakki Khaizan	Muangthong United	[15]
DF	Hafiz Osman	Warwick Knights FC (NFL Club)	[16]
DF	Syaqir Sulaiman	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Club)
DF	Ang Zhiwei	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Club)
MF	Hafiz Nor	Home United	[17]
MF	Ridhuan Muhammad	Borneo F.C.	[18]
MF	Shaiful Esah	Commonwealth Cosmos (Islandwide League)
MF	Fazli Jaffar	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (NFL Club)	[19]
MF	Sharin Majid	Balestier Khalsa
MF	Gabriel Quak	Royal Thai Navy	[20]
FW	Jordan Webb	Tampines Rovers	[21]
FW	Shahril Ishak	Home United	[22]
FW	Andrei Ciolacu	SC Juventus București	[23]
FW	Clay Silvas
FW	Samuel Benjamin	GFA Sporting Westlake FC (NFL Club)
FW	Nur Asyidiq	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (NFL Club)

Note 1: Gabriel Quak was initially signed to a deal but released after Navy FC wanted to sign him.

Note 2: Ridhuan Muhammad was released by Borneo FC after the Cup Competition, thus making him a free agent.

Note 3: Baihakki Khaizan moved to Muangthong United but was loaned to Udon Thani before the new season start.

Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Hyrulnizam Juma'at	[24] [25]
DF	Emmeric Ong	[26]
DF	Ho Wai Loon	[27]
DF	Kento Fukuda	[28]
MF	Poh Yi Feng	[29]
MF	Firdaus Kasman	[30]
MF	Suria Prakash	[31]
FW	Fadhil Noh	[32]

Promoted

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Mukundan Maran	[33]
GK	Bryan Quek	[34]
DF	Zuhaili Mazli	[35]
DF	Daniel Shafiq	[36]
MF	Nur Luqman	[37]

Trial

Position	Player	Trial @	Ref
DF	Baihakki Khaizan	Jeddah Club

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Bryan Quek	Admiralty FC (NFL)	Loan
DF	Fazli Shafie	Admiralty FC (NFL)	Loan
MF	Zuhaili Mazli	Admiralty FC (NFL)	Loan

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

31 January 2018 1	Rydalmere Lions	1-1	Warriors FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
1700 hours

9 February 2018 2	Balestier Khalsa	1-0	Warriors FC	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
1900 hours	Hazzuwan Halim 5'

24 February 2018 3	Hosei University	2-3	Warriors FC	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
1700 hours

3 March 2018 4	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC	0-6	Warriors FC	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
1900 hours			Suria Prakash 4,45' Ignatius Ang 27' Jonathan Béhé 31' Daniel Shafiq 36' Ho Wai Loon 50'

6 March 2018 5	Malaysia U18	cancelled	Warriors FC	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
1900 hours

10 March 2018 6	Albirex Niigata (S)	cancelled	Warriors FC	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
1700 hours

17 March 2018 7	Singapore U23	0-0	Warriors FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
1900 hours

19 March 2018 8	Pahang FA	cancelled	Warriors FC	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
1900 hours

24 March 2018 9

Albirex Niigata (S)

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Warriors FC

Choa Chu Kang Stadium

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	Hyrulnizam Juma'at	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Ismadi Mukhtar	19(2)	0	2	0	23	0
4	DF	Delwinder Singh	16(3)	0	0(1)	0	20	0
5	DF	Kento Fukuda	21(1)	5	2	0	24	5
6	MF	Ammirul Emmran	18(1)	0	2	0	21	0
7	MF	Shamil Sharif	8(8)	0	0(1)	0	17	0
8	DF	Emmeric Ong	21	0	2	0	23	0
9	FW	Jonathan Béhé	18(2)	18	2	1	22	19
10	FW	Sahil Suhaimi	14(7)	1	0(1)	0	22	1
11	FW	Ignatius Ang	8(3)	2	1	1	12	3
12	FW	Khairul Nizam	3(3)	3	1(1)	0	8	3
13	GK	Mukundan Maran	18	0	2	0	20	0
14	MF	Hafiz Sulaiman	13(2)	0	2	0	17	0
15	FW	Fadhil Noh	11(3)	0	2	0	16	0
16	DF	Daniel Shafiq	9	0	0	0	9	0
17	MF	Poh Yi Feng	10(5)	0	0	0	15	0
20	MF	Nur Luqman	8(3)	0	0	0	11	0
21	MF	Firdaus Kasman	5(9)	0	1	0	15	0
22	FW	Tajeli Salamat	16(3)	0	2	0	21	0
23	MF	Suria Prakash	4(10)	0	0(1)	0	15	0
24	DF	Ho Wai Loon	18(1)	2	1(1)	0	21	2
25	GK	Fashah Iskandar	6	0	0	0	6	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
3	DF	Fazli Shafie	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	Bryan Quek	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	Zuhaili Mazli	0	0	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Singapore Premier League	24	7	7	10	32	35	−3	029.17
Singapore Cup	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	000.00
Total	26	7	8	11	34	40	−6	026.92

Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 April 2018 Round 1	Geylang International	1-1	Warriors FC	Bedok Stadium
	Ryan Syaffiq 86' Zulfadli Zainal Abidin 86'		Jonathan Béhé 37'

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

15 April 2018 Round 3	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'

21 April 2018 Round 4	Warriors FC	0-0	Tampines Rovers	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Emmeric Ong 43' Poh Yi Feng 58' Tajeli Salamat 58' Fadhil Noh 79' Ho Wai Loon 85'		Yasir Hanapi 37' Fazrul Nawaz 81'

29 April 2018 Round 5	Balestier Khalsa	2-1	Warriors FC	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Keegan Linderboom 26' Noor Akid Nordin 50' Fadli Kamis 67' Sufianto Salleh 89'		Jonathan Béhé 74' Hafiz Sulaiman 15'

2 May 2018 Round 6	Warriors FC	2-2	Brunei DPMM	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Kento Fukuda 7' Sahil Suhaimi 8' 40'		Volodymyr Pryyomov 35' (pen) 67' Helmi Zambin 24'

5 May 2018 Round 7	Home United	3-3	Warriors FC	Bishan Stadium
	Song Ui-young 14' 85' (pen) Faizal Roslan 83' Shakir Hamzah 68'		Ho Wai Loon 2' Jonathan Béhé 82' 90+4' Hafiz Sulaiman 13' Firdaus Kasman 55' Emmeric Ong 84'

13 May 2018 Round 8	Warriors FC	1-2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Jonathan Béhé 79'		Shuhei Hoshino 20' 71'

20 May 2018 Round 9	Warriors FC	0-2	Geylang International	National Stadium, Singapore
	Tajeli Selamat 37' Poh Yi Feng 44' Firdaus Kasman 78'		Fumiya Kogure 13' (pen) Shawal Anuar 47'	Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

26 May 2018 Round 10	Garena 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'

2 June 2018 Round 11	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'	Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

17 June 2018 Round 12	Tampines Rovers	2-3	Warriors FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Khairul Amri 84' Jordan Webb 88' Zulfadhmi Suzliman 45'		Jonathan Béhé 12' (pen) 32' 61' Ho Wai Loon 69'	Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

23 June 2018 Round 13	Warriors FC	3-0	Balestier Khalsa	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Ignatius Ang 20' Jonathan Béhé 48' 90+1'

30 June 2018 Round 14	Brunei DPMM	2-1	Warriors FC	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Mojtaba Esmaeilzadeh 57' Adi Said 66' Volodymyr Pryyomov 2' Suhaimi Anak Sulau 77'		Ignatius Ang 26' Ho Wai Loon 55' Poh Yi Feng 72'

4 July 2018 Round 15	Warriors FC	0-2	Home United	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
			Izzdin Shafiq 51' Shahril Ishak 76'

8 July 2018 Round 16	Albirex Niigata	2-0	Warriors FC	Jurong East Stadium
	Wataru Murofushi 45+1' Shuhei Hoshino 72'		Ho Wai Loon 78'	Attendance: W. Ravisanthiran (Singapore)

15 July 2018 Round 17	Geylang International	0-1	Warriors FC	Bedok Stadium
	Afiq Yunos 20' Fairoz Hassan 69' Anders Aplin 82' Darren Teh 85'		Jonathan Béhé 10' Khairul Nizam 90+4'	Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)

22 July 2018 Round 18	Warriors FC	1-0	Garena 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 Round 19	Hougang United	1-2	Warriors FC	Hougang Stadium
	Iqbal Hussain 48' Khairulhin Khalid 79'		Kento Fukuda 17' Jonathan Béhé 78'

15 August 2018 Round 20	Warriors FC	2-1	Tampines Rovers	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Khairul Nizam 57' Jonathan Béhé 86' 82' Hafiz Sulaiman 19' Sahil Sulaiman 79'		Khairul Amri 20' (pen) Jordan Webb 75'	Referee: G.Letchmann (Singapore)

19 August 2018 Round 21	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Warriors FC	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Fadli Kamis 40' Nurullah Hussein 76' 43' Huzaifah Aziz 88' Shaqi Sulaiman 94'		Jonathan Béhé 28' 71' Firdaus Kasman 65'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)

15 September 2018 Round 22	Warriors FC	1-2	Brunei DPMM	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Kento Fukuda 34' Fadhil Noh 36' Ismadi Mukhtar 94'		Volodymyr Pryyomov 42' 70' Abdul Aziz Tamit 34'	Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

23 September 2018 Round 23	Home United	4-3	Warriors FC	Bishan Stadium
	Song Ui-young 10' 50' 80' (pen) Faritz Abdul Hameed 73'		Khairul Nizam 17' (pen) 42' Ignatius Ang 71' Ho Wai Loon 68' Emmeric Ong 80'	Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (Singapore)

29 September 2018 Round 24 (Rescheduled)	Warriors FC	1-2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Kento Fukuda 45' (pen) Ammirul Emmran 30' Shamil Sharif 60'		Wataru Murofushi 24' 60' Shun Kumagai 57' 39' Taku Morinaga 90+1'	Referee: Muhammad Farhan B Abd Rahman (Singapore)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	DPMM FC[lower-alpha 1]	24	11	8	5	46	38	+8	41
4	Tampines Rovers	24	12	4	8	43	27	+16	40	Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
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

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

23 August 2018 Round 1 Leg 1	Brunei DPMM	2-2	Warriors FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Brian McLean 65' Volodymyr Pryyomov 84' Yura Indera Putera 25' Hendra Azam Idris 90+3'		Jonathan Béhé 8' Ignatius Ang 35' Suria Prakash 64' Ismadi Mukhtar 71'	Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

19 September 2018 Round 1 Leg 2	Warriors FC	0-3	Brunei DPMM	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Ho Wai Loon 89' Shamil Sharif 90+5'		Shahrazen Said 9' Azwan Ali Rahman 28' Volodymyr Pryyomov 90' Azwan Saleh 90+5'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)

Warriors FC lost 5-2 on aggregate.

See also

• 2017 Warriors FC season

References

1. "Fashah joined as 4th keepers".
2. "Warriors thrilled to announce the signing of defender Delwinder Singh for the 2018 season!".
3. "Ismadi becomes Warriors".
4. "Shamil is a Warrior!".
5. "Let's all Welcome Ammirul to the Club for the 2018 season!".
6. "Warriors announce the signing of Gabriel Quak for the 2018 season!".
7. "Hafiz rejoin as Warriors".
8. "Joshua Pereira signed for Warriors FC for 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
9. "Big gap below the S-League".
10. "Khairul swop uniform group".
11. "Warriors announce the signing of Sahil Suhaimi for the 2018 Season!".
12. "Warriors announce announce the signing of Jonathan Béhé for the 2018 Season!".
13. "Welcome Jesper Chan to the 2018 Eagles Squad".
14. "Zul joins Eagles".
15. "'Baihakki Khaizan will join Muangthong in twist".
16. "Hafiz retires from football".
17. "Hafiz Nor cross uniform group".
18. "Ridhuan moved back to Indonesia".
19. "Fazli Jaffar retire from football".
20. "Gabriel Quak set for Thailand move". Archived from the original on 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
21. "Jordan Webb joins the Stags for his second stint".
22. "Shahril return home".
23. "Cioclau returns to Romania after Singapore short stint".
24. "4 players retained".
25. "Ah Lau will be back with the Club for the 2018 Season".
26. "Emmeric Ong is on board for the 2018 season!".
27. "Warriors confirm the re-signing of Ho Wai Loon for the 2018 season!".
28. "Kento retained as one of two foreigners".
29. "Poh Yi Feng has extended his stay with the Club for the 2018 season".
30. "Re-signing of Firdaus Kasman for the 2018 season".
31. "Suria Prakash is back for the 2018 season".
32. "Welcome Back Fadhil Noh!".
33. "Mukundan promoted to main squad".
34. "Warriors announce that Bryan Quek has been promoted from the Prime League team for the 2018 season!".
35. "Zuhaili Mazli has been promoted from the Prime League team for the 2018 season!".
36. "Daniel Shafiq has been promoted from the Prime League team for the 2018 season!".
37. "Nur Luqman been promoted from the Prime League team for the 2018 season".