2020 Tampines Rovers FC season

The 2020 Singapore Premier League season is Tampines Rovers's 25th season at the top level of Singapore football and 75th year in existence as a football club. The club will also compete in the Singapore League Cup, Singapore Cup, Singapore Community Shield and the AFC Cup.

Tampines Rovers FC

2020 season
Chairman	Desmond Ong
Coach	Gavin Lee
Ground	Our Tampines Hub
Home colours Away colours

Squad

Sleague

As of February 18, 2020

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Last club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Zulfairuuz Rudy		22 May 1994	Hougang United	2019	2020
24	Syazwan Buhari		22 September 1992	Geylang International	2018	2020
Defenders
2	Shannon Stephen		6 February 1994	Young Lions FC	2017	2020
3	Ryaan Sanizal ^U23		31 May 2002	FFA U16	2019	2020
5	Amirul Adli		13 January 1996	Young Lions FC	2018	2020
6	Madhu Mohana		6 March 1991	Negeri Sembilan FA	2018	2020
14	Baihakki Khaizan ^>30		31 January 1984	PT Prachuap F.C.	2020	2021
16	Daniel Bennett ^>30		7 January 1978	Geylang International	2017	2020
17	Irwan Shah ^>30		2 November 1988	Warriors FC	2016	2020
18	Fathullah Rahmat ^U23		5 September 2002	FFA U17	2019	2020
21	Hamizan Hisham ^U23		10 November 2001	FFA U18	2019	2020
22	Syahrul Sazali ^U23		3 June 1998	Young Lions FC	2020	2020
Midfielders
4	Huzaifah Aziz		27 June 1994	Balestier Khalsa	2020	2020
7	Yasir Hanapi ^>30		21 June 1989	PDRM FA	2018	2020
8	Kyoga Nakamura		25 April 1996	Albirex Niigata (S)	2020	2020
15	Shah Shahiran ^U23		14 November 1999	FFA U18	2018	2020
23	Zehrudin Mehmedović ^U21		15 March 1998	FK Mladost Lučani	2019	2020
Forwards
9	Boris Kopitović		27 April 1995	OFK Petrovac	2020	2020
10	Jordan Webb ^>30		24 March 1988	Warriors FC	2018	2020
13	Taufik Suparno		31 October 1995	SAFSA	2018	2020
19	Hairil Sufi ^U23		27 May 2000	Hougang United	2020	2020
28	Fazrul Nawaz ^>30		17 April 1985	Hougang United	2020	2020
Players loaned out / left during season
11	Safirul Sulaiman		12 October 1992	Geylang International	2018	2020
12	Joel Chew ^U23		9 February 2000	FFA U18	2019	2020

U19

As of 22 April 2018

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Last club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
54	Danial Iliya		6 February 2003	FFA U16	2020	2020
Defenders
53	Andrew Aw		29 March 2003	FFA U16	2020	2020
Midfielders
	Nicky Melvin Singh		13 June 2002	NFA U17	2019	2019
51	Haziq Mikhail		7 May 2000	Home United U19	2019	2020
Forwards
52	Shagir Firaf		10 April 2000	Youth Team	2020	2020
56	Danish Siregar		1 March 2003	FFA U17	2019	2019
	Max McCoy			Youth Team	2020	2020

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Chairman	Desmond Ong
General Manager	Desmund Khusnin
Team Manager	William Phang	[1]
Head Coach	Gavin Lee	[2]
Assistant Coach	Fahrudin Mustafić	[3]
Goalkeeping Coach	William Phang	[4]
Physiotherapist	Premjit Singh
Kitman	Goh Koon Hiang

Transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Syahrul Sazali	Young Lions FC	Free [5]
MF	Kyoga Nakamura	Albirex Niigata	Free [6]
MF	Huzaifah Aziz	Balestier Khalsa	Free [7]
FW	Hairil Sufi	Hougang United	Free
FW	Boris Kopitović	OFK Petrovac	Free [8]
FW	Hairil Sufi	Hougang United	Free

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Zephen-Sean		Released
GK	Nurshafiq Zaini	Young Lions
DF	Zakri Ee Kai Ren		Released
DF	Akmal Azman	Young Lions
MF	Shahdan Sulaiman	Lion City Sailors F.C.	Undisclosed [9]
MF	Zulfadhmi Suzliman	Balestier Khalsa	Undsiclosed [10]
MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	Balestier Khalsa	Free
FW	Ryutaro Megumi	Felda United	Free [11][12]
GK	Haikal Hasnol		NS till 2020
DF	Irfan Najeeb		NS till 2020

Note 1: Shahdan Sulaiman's contract end at 2021 but transferred to Home United for undisclosed fee.

Note 2: Zulfadhmi Suzliman's contract end at 2020 but transferred to Balestier Khalsa for undisclosed fee.

Extension and retained

Position	Player	Ref
Coach	Gavin Lee	2 years extension [13]
GK	Syazwan Buhari
GK	Zulfairuuz Rudy
DF	Madhu Mohana	1 year extension [14]
DF	Daniel Bennett
DF	Amirul Adli	3 years contract signed in 2018 [15]
DF	Shannon Stephen	3 years contract signed in 2018 [16]
DF	Irwan Shah
MF	Yasir Hanapi	3 years contract signed in 2018 [17]
MF	Zehrudin Mehmedović	1 year contract signed in 2019 [18]
MF	Safirul Sulaiman
FW	Jordan Webb	3 years contract signed in 2018 [19][20]
FW	Taufik Suparno

Promoted

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Danial Iliya
DF	Ryaan Sanizal
DF	Fathullah Rahmat
DF	Hamizan Hisham
MF	Haziq Mikhail
MF	Danish Siregar

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Baihakki Khaizan	PT Prachuap F.C.	Free 2 years contract signed in 2020 [21] [22]
FW	Fazrul Nawaz	Warriors FC	Free [23]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Safirul Sulaiman	Geylang International	Undisclosed [24]
MF	Joel Chew Joon Herng	SAFSA	NS [25]
DF	Syahrul Sazali	SAFSA	NS [26]

Friendlies

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

5 February 2020 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. II	2-2	Tampines Rovers	Johor, Malaysia
	Fernando Rodríguez 27' Amirul Husaini Zamri 48'		Zehrudin Mehmedović 24' Boris Kopitović 75'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium

Leo Cup 2020 Thailand - 26 to 30 January

25 January 2020 Leo Cup QF	Muangthong United	2-1	Tampines Rovers	Nonthaburi Province
	Derley 57' 89'		Boris Kopitović 18'	Stadium: SCG Stadium

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		ACL / AFC Cup		Charity Shield		Total
			Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Zulfairuuz Rudy	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	Shannon Stephen	2(2)	0	0	0	1(3)	0	0(1)	0	9	0
3	DF	Ryaan Sanizal	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
4	MF	Huzaifah Aziz	1(6)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	9	0
5	DF	Amirul Adli	9(3)	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	17	1
6	DF	Madhu Mohana	6(6)	1	0	0	3	0	0(1)	0	16	1
7	MF	Yasir Hanapi	8(1)	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	13	0
8	MF	Kyoga Nakamura	14	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	19	0
9	FW	Boris Kopitović	14	9	0	0	4	3	1	1	19	13
10	FW	Jordan Webb	10(1)	7	0	0	4	3	1	1	16	11
13	FW	Taufik Suparno	1(10)	2	0	0	0(3)	0	0(1)	0	15	2
14	DF	Baihakki Khaizan	5(3)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
15	MF	Shah Shahiran	14	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	19	1
16	DF	Daniel Bennett	11(2)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	0
17	DF	Irwan Shah	7(7)	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	19	2
18	MF	Fathullah Rahmat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Hairil Sufi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	Hamizan Hisham	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	DF	Syahrul Sazali	8	1	0	0	2(2)	0	1	0	13	1
23	MF	Zehrudin Mehmedović	9(3)	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	17	2
24	GK	Syazwan Buhari	14	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	18	0
28	FW	Fazrul Nawaz	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
53	DF	Andrew Aw	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
56	FW	Danish Siregar	2(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club
11	MF	Safirul Sulaiman	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	2	0
12	MF	Joel Chew Joon Herng	2	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0	5	0

Note ⁴ Player scored 4 goals ⁵ Player scored 5 goals

Competitions

Charity Shield

Hougang United was a last minute replacement for DPMM FC after DPMM pulled out from the Charity Shield due to COVID-19.

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 February 2020 Charity Shield [Covid19 1]	Tampines Rovers	3-0	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
18:00	Irwan Shah 57' Boris Kopitović 63' Jordan Webb 69' 81'  82' Kyoga Nakamura 34' Syazwan Buhari 90'		Shawal Anuar 41' Jordan Nicolas Vestering 48' Anders Aplin 81' Afiq Noor 85'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah Man of the Match: Irwan Shah

Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

1 March 2020 1	Tampines Rovers	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	Boris Kopitović 7' Shannon Stephen 19' Jordan Webb 46' Shah Shahiran 57' Zehrudin Mehmedović 86'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino58 Hazzuwan Halim 21' Šime Žužul 45+1' C. Aarish Kumar 60' Faizal Raffi 78' Zulfadhmi Suzliman 84'	Referee: Farhan Mohd Man of the Match: Syazwan Buhari

14 March 2020 2 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	2-0	Tanjong Pagar United	Our Tampines Hub
	Jordan Webb 12' 74' Huzaifah Aziz 42'	Report	Syabil Hisham 29' Nashrul Amin 57' Delwinder Singh 61' Ignatius Ang 79' Luiz Júnior 84' Yann Motta 85'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar Man of the Match: Jordan Webb

18 March 2020 3	Tampines Rovers	4-0	Lion City Sailors F.C.	Our Tampines Hub
	Boris Kopitović 60' Zehrudin Mehmedović 69' Jordan Webb 78' Shah Shahiran 82' Daniel Bennett 16'	Report	Kaishu Yamazaki 10' Hafiz Nor 77'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: G. Letchman Man of the Match: Jordan Webb

17 October 2020 4 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Tampines Rovers	1-2	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Irwan Shah 60' Taufik Suparno 75' Syahrul Sazali 19' Amirul Adli 49'	Report	Sahil Suhaimi 15' 33' Farhan Zulkifli 18' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 90+5'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Jansen Foo Man of the Match: Sahil Suhaimi

31 October 2020 5 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Tampines Rovers	2-0	Albirex Niigata (S)	Our Tampines Hub
	Syahrul Sazali 20' 87' Jordan Webb 56' (pen) Huzaifah Aziz 90+3'	Report	Fairoz Hasan 24' Gareth Low 33' Ryosuke Nagasawa 52' Ryoya Tanigushi 66'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Farhan Mohd Man of the Match: Jordan Webb

4 November 2020 6 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Tampines Rovers	1-0	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Madhu Mohana 25'	Report	Jacob Mahler 38' Ryhan Stewart 69' Irfan Najeeb 72'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Lim Liang Yi Man of the Match: Kyoga Nakamura

7 November 2020 7 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Geylang International	1-1	Tampines Rovers	Our Tampines Hub
	Khairul Nizam 22' Firdaus Kasman 39' Adam Hakeem 41'  54' Barry Maguire 80' Hairul Syirhan 90+4'	Report	Boris Kopitović 12' Jordan Webb 71' Irwan Shah 85' Yasir Hanapi 90'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Farhan Mohd Man of the Match: Khairul Nizam

12 November 2020 8 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Tampines Rovers	Bishan Stadium
	Šime Žužul 45' 55' 55' Ahmad Syahir 18' Keshav Kumar 19' Kristijan Krajcek 41' Fadli Kamis 53' R Aaravin 64' Faizal Raffi 90+3'	Report	Ryaan Sanizal 5' Boris Kopitović 18' (pen) Syahrul Sazali 90+3'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Muhammad Taqi Man of the Match: Boris Kopitović

17 November 2020 9 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Young Lions FC	1-3	Tampines Rovers	Jurong West Stadium
	Khairin Nadim 20' Shahib Masnawi 24' Nurshafiq Zaini 83'	Report	Jordan Webb 50' 70' 84' (pen) Shah Shahiran 35' Kyoga Nakamura 39' Ryaan Sanizal 46' Irwan Shah 60' Madhu Mohana 79'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah Man of the Match: Jordan Webb

22 November 2020 10 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Tanjong Pagar United	2-2	Tampines Rovers	Jurong East Stadium
	Luiz Júnior 61' 81' Raihan Rahman 8' Faritz Abdul Hameed 18' Delwinder Singh 90+2'	Report	Boris Kopitović  5' 75' Jordan Webb 37' Kyoga Nakamura 62' Taufik Suparno 78'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Taufik Thana Man of the Match: Luiz Júnior

25 November 2020 11 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Hougang United	0-2	Tampines Rovers	Hougang Stadium
	Anders Aplin 17' Farhan Zulkifli 32' Nazrul Nazari 56' Hafiz Sujad 73'	Report	Boris Kopitović  22' 76' Taufik Suparno 46' Fazrul Nawaz 90+2'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Nathan Chan Man of the Match: Yasir Hanapi

29 November 2020 12 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-4	Tampines Rovers	Jurong East Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi 37' Kenta Kurishima 82'	Report	Boris Kopitović  49' 62' Amirul Adli 57' Taufik Suparno 88' Andrew Aw 24' Zehrudin Mehmedović 64'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Jansen Foo Man of the Match: Kyoga Nakamura

2 December 2020 13 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Lion City Sailors	1-1	Tampines Rovers	Bishan Stadium
	Shahril Ishak 45' Arshad Shamim 19' Song Ui-young 72'	Report	Zehrudin Mehmedović 63' Amirul Adli 90'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Nathan Chan Man of the Match: Zehrudin Mehmedović

5 December 2020 14 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Tampines Rovers	1-1	Geylang International	Our Tampines Hub
	Andrew Aw 44' Baihakki Khaizan 79' 66'	Report	Barry Maguire 24' Firdaus Kasman 34' 90+7' Amy Recha 61' Umar Akhbar 78' Darren Teh 87' Hairul Syirhan 90+1'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah Man of the Match: Baihakki Khaizan

1. Hougang United was a last minute replacement for DPMM FC after DPMM pulled out from the Charity Shield due to Covid 19.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Albirex Niigata (S)[lower-alpha 1] (C)	14	10	2	2	32	14	+18	32
2	Tampines Rovers	14	8	5	1	27	11	+16	29	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
3	Lion City Sailors	14	8	3	3	44	18	+26	27	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
4	Geylang International	14	6	2	6	18	22	−4	20
5	Balestier Khalsa	14	5	4	5	22	28	−6	19
6	Hougang United	14	4	3	7	19	24	−5	15
7	Young Lions[lower-alpha 1]	14	3	0	11	12	38	−26	9
8	Tanjong Pagar United	14	0	5	9	14	33	−19	5

Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
(C) Champion.
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

AFC Champions League

  Win   Draw   Loss

Qualifying play-off

14 January 2018 Preliminary round 1	Tampines Rovers	3-5 (a.e.t.)	Bali United	Kallang
	Boris Kopitović 43' Jordan Webb 52' Rahmat Syamsuddin 67' (o.g.) Shah Shahiran 42' Syahrul Sazali 113'	Report	Melvin Platje 8' 12' Rahmat Syamsuddin 82' Stefano Lilipaly 100' Sidik Saimima 114' Brwa Nouri 38' Willian Pacheco 105'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)

AFC Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		TAM	KAY	PSM	SHA
1	Tampines Rovers	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7		—	29 Sep	2–1	2–1
2	Kaya–Iloilo	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5		0–0	—	23 Sep	26 Sep
3	PSM Makassar	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4		26 Sep	1–1	—	3–1
4	Shan United	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0		23 Sep	0–2	29 Sep	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

  Win   Draw   Loss

Group stage

12 February 2020 Matchday 1	Tampines Rovers	2-1	PSM Makassar	Jalan Besar, Singapore
	Jordan Webb 23' Boris Kopitović 64' Madhu Mohana 52'	Report	Ferdinand Sinaga 68' Asnawi Mangkualam 14' Ahmad Agung 41' Šerif Hasić 47'  88'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,266 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)

26 February 2020 Matchday 2	Kaya–Iloilo	0-0	Tampines Rovers	Bacolod, Philippines
	Masanari Omura 37' Simone Rota 90'	Report		Stadium: Panaad Stadium Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

10 March 2020 Matchday 3	Tampines Rovers	2-1	Shan United F.C.	Jurong West, Singapore
	Boris Kopitović 55' Jordan Webb 71' Shah Shahiran 52'	Report	Hein Phyo Win 90+1' Ye Yint Tun 32' Hein Thiha Zaw 52' Nyein Chan 58' Zin Min Tun 90+2'	Stadium: Jurong West Stadium Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)

23 September 2020 Matchday 4 (Rescheduled)	Shan United F.C.	cancelled	Tampines Rovers	Yangon, Myanmar
		Report		Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

26 September 2020 Matchday 5 (Rescheduled)	PSM Makassar	cancelled	Tampines Rovers	Cibinong, Indonesia
		Report		Stadium: Pakansari Stadium

29 September 2020 Matchday 6 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	cancelled	Kaya–Iloilo	Jurong West, Singapore
		Report		Stadium: Jurong West Stadium

See also

• 2014 Tampines Rovers FC season
• 2015 Tampines Rovers FC season
• 2016 Tampines Rovers FC season
• 2017 Tampines Rovers FC season
• 2018 Tampines Rovers FC season
• 2019 Tampines Rovers FC season

Notes

1. Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.
2. The match is postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.

References

1. "We are pleased to announce that William Phang has been appointed General Manager".
2. "Kadir Yahaya joins Tampines Rovers as an adviser | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
3. "Mustafic, who is currently the assistant coach of the Tampines Rovers Under-19 squad, will continue to contribute to Singapore's football from the sidelines after his retirement".
4. "William Phang: There Wasn't Much Choice For Me But To Become A Goalkeeper // To Be A Stag".
5. "The Stags have signed 23-year-old left back, Syahrul Sazali".
6. "Kyoga Nakamura joins Stags for 2020 season".
7. "Huzaifah joins Stags for 2020 season".
8. "The club has also confirmed the signing of Montenegrin striker, Boris Kopitovic, as featured in Home Kit poster".
9. "Shahdan Sulaiman cross over to Protectors".
10. "Zulfadhmi joins Tiger training".
11. "Megumi left Stags".
12. "Felda signs Ryutaro Megumi from S-League club Tampines Rovers".
13. "Gavin has signed a two year contract".
14. "Madhu Mohana has signed a one year contract".
15. "Amirul joins Stags".
16. "Tampines Rovers Football Club". www.facebook.com.
17. "Tampines Rovers Football Club". www.facebook.com.
18. "Zeko extended contract".
19. "Tampines Rovers Football Club". www.facebook.com.
20. "Jordan Webb returns for a 4th season with the Stags after a successful 2019".
21. "Baihakki Khaizan returns home aftetr ending thailand stint".
22. "Baihakki Khaizan joins Tampines Rovers on 18-month deal".
23. "Tampines Rovers sign Fazrul Nawaz".
24. "Safirul Sulaiman rejoins Eagles' on loan".
25. "Joel Chew enlist for national service".
26. "Tampines will have to make do without full-back Syahrul Sazali for the rest of the campaign due to National Service".