2020 Warriors FC season

The 2020 season is Warriors' 25th 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
2020 season
ChairmanPhilip Lam Tin Sing
Head coachAzlan Alipah
StadiumJurong West Stadium

In November 2019, they were charged on court with 107 counts of not paying their staff salaries. [1] In total, they failed to pay more than S$350,000 in salaries to about 30 employees, including players, sports trainers and support staff.

2 days after the incident being reported, ST reported that there were 2 parties that were interested to take over Warriors FC.[2]

On 2/12/2019 , the club’s management committee said they had paid a total of S$150,000 in salaries to half of its football squad to settle arrears.[3]

Squad

S.League squad
As of 11 February 2019
Squad No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Start Contract End
Goalkeepers
13 Shahul Rayyan (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 Albirex Niigata (S) 2019
Defenders
25 Shameer Aziq (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 Tampines Rovers 2019 2019
Midfielders
10 Poh Yi Feng >30 (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 Balestier Khalsa 2016 2020
Strikers
15 Fadhil Noh >30 (1989-03-04) 4 March 1989 Balestier Khalsa 2017
Players left club during season

U19 Squad
Squad No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Start Contract End
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Strikers

Coaching staff
PositionName Ref.
General Manager Paul Poh
Head Coach Azlan Alipah
Assistant Coach

Ismadi Mukhtar
Goalkeeping Coach Lee Bee Seng [4]
Team Manager Yeo Jun Xian
Fitness Trainer
Sports Trainer Narasiman Sathivelu
Kitman

Transfers

In
Position Player Transferred From Ref
DF Illyas Lee Balestier Khalsa Free
DF Ruzree Rohzaini Garena Young Lions Loan Return
FW Fazrul Nawaz Hougang United

Note 1: Illyas Lee moves to Tiong Bahru FC after the club was excluded from the 2020 Singapore Premier League season. Note 2: Fazrul Nawaz moves to Tampines Rovers after the club was excluded from the 2020 Singapore Premier League season.

Out
Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK Fashah Iskandar Tanjong Pagar United
GK Kimura Riki Lion City Sailors U21
DF Kento Fukuda [5]
DF Delwinder Singh Tanjong Pagar United
DF Tajeli Salamat Home United
DF Yeo Hai Ngee Balestier Khalsa
DF Danial Scott Crichton Garena Young Lions
DF Ryhan Stewart Garena Young Lions
DF Illyas Lee Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)
MF Suria Prakash Tanjong Pagar United
MF Ignatius Ang Tanjong Pagar United
MF Gabriel Quak Home United [6] [7]
MF Faizal Raffi Balestier Khalsa
MF C. Aarish Kumar Balestier Khalsa
FW Sahil Suhaimi Hougang United [8]
FW Khairul Nizam Geylang International [9]
FW Fairoz Hassan Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)
FW Jonathan Behe Al-Nahda Club [10]

Note 1: Fairoz Hassan moved to Tiong Bahru FC after being released from the club. He subsequently moved to Albirex Niigata (S) during the mid season transfer window

Extension / Retained
Position Player Ref
GK Shahul Rayyan
DF Emmeric Ong
DF R Aaravin
DF Shameer Aziq
MF Ammirul Emmran
MF Poh Yi Feng
FW Fadhil Noh
Position Player Ref

Trial
Position Player Trial With Ref
FW Jonathan Behe Penang FA [11]
Terengganu F.C. II [12]
[13]

Out
Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF Emmeric Ong Hougang United [14]
FW Zulkiffli Hassim Tanjong Pagar United [15]
MF Ammirul Emmran Tanjong Pagar United [16]
FW Fazrul Nawaz Tampines Rovers [17]
DF R Aaravin Balestier Khalsa

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team statistics

Appearances and goals
As of 29 September 2018
No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup Total
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals

Competitions

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

Singapore Premier League
Main article: 2020 Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

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

See also

References
  1. "Warriors Football Club charged with not paying players, staff salaries of more than S$350,000".
  2. "SPL club Warriors up for foreign takeover?".
  3. "Warriors FC pays S$150,000 in salaries out of S$358,000 owed".
  4. "Goalkeeping coach Lee Bee Seng leaves national set-up, joins Warriors FC".
  5. "Arigatoooo @warriorsfcsg since 2016〜2019 season".
  6. "Thank you @warriorsfcsg for a beautiful season & the memories created together".
  7. "Besides Hassan, they have recruited forward Gabriel Quak".
  8. "Thank you @warriorsfcsg for this memorable 2 years".
  9. "Khairul Nizam joins Eagles for 2020".
  10. "Behe joins-Al Nahda" (in Arabic).
  11. "Jonathan Behe trial with Penang FA".
  12. "Behe trial with Terengganu II".
  13. "Behe on trial with Penang FA".
  14. "Emmeric becomes Cheetah".
  15. "Tanjong Pagar sign Zulkiffli Hassim".
  16. "Tanjong Pagar boost midfield with Ammirul Emmran".
  17. "Tampines Rovers sign Fazrul Nawaz".
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