2017 Geylang International FC season

Geylang International
2017 season
Chairman	Ben Teng
Head coach	Hasrin Jailani (until July 2017) Mohd Noor Ali (from July 2017)
Stadium	Bedok Stadium(until April 2017) Jalan Besar Stadium (from May 2017)
S.League	4th
Singapore Cup	Preliminary round (knocked out by Global Cebu F.C.)
League Cup	Semi-finals (knocked Out by Albirex Niigata Singapore)
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ChairmanBen Teng

Head coachHasrin Jailani (until July 2017) Mohd Noor Ali (from July 2017)

StadiumBedok Stadium(until April 2017) Jalan Besar Stadium (from May 2017)

S.League4th

The 2017 season was Geylang International's 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club also competed in the Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.

No.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Nur Amin Malik	(1995-06-05) 5 June 1995 (age 30)	Warriors FC Prime League
24	Syazwan Buhari	(1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 33)	Young Lions
Defenders
2	Anders Eric Aplin	(1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 34)	Singapore Recreational Club (NFL Club)
3	Yuki Ichikawa	(1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 38)	Albirex Niigata (S)
4	Isa Halim	(1986-05-15) 15 May 1986 (age 39)	Tampines Rovers
5	Darren Teh		SAFSA
9	Faritz Abdul Hameed	(1990-01-16) 16 January 1990 (age 36)	LionsXII
18	Al-Qaasimy Rahman	(1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 34)	Young Lions
Midfielders
6	Jeevakumaran Balakrishnan		Youth Team
7	Gabriel Quak	(1990-12-22) 22 December 1990 (age 35)	LionsXII
8	Ricardo Sendra	(1987-10-04) 4 October 1987 (age 38)	Club Atlético Alvarado
11	Safirul Sulaiman	(1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 33)	Young Lions
14	Stanely Ng	(1992-05-27) 27 May 1992 (age 33)	Home United
19	Farish Khan		Youth Team
20	Nor Azli Yusoff	(1986-03-17) 17 March 1986 (age 40)	Home United
22	Taufiq Ghani	(1989-11-19) 19 November 1989 (age 36)	Hougang United
Forwards
10	Shahfiq Ghani	(1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 34)	Young Lions
16	Víctor Coto	(1990-09-29) 29 September 1990 (age 35)	Zeyar Shwe Myay
17	Amy Recha	(1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 33)	Young Lions
21	Shawal Anuar	(1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 34)	Keppel Monaco (NFL Club)

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
40	Syed Syazwan	GK		Prime League
41	Yeo Qi Long	GK		Hougang United Prime League
Defender
30	Affian Jamari	DF		Prime League
35	Syukrie Abdullah	MF		Hougang United Prime League
36	Haziq Raheem	DF
44	Ashraf Razali	DF		Prime League
Midfielder
26	Sadiq Rahim	MF		Prime League
27	Noor Ariff	MF
29	Wayne Low Liu Wei	MF		Hougang United Prime League
34	Min Thi Ha	MF
37	Joan Hairey	MF	(1998-08-20) 20 August 1998 (age 27)
45	Umar Akhbar	MF		Prime League
Forward
32	Ifwat Ismail	FW		Prime League
39	Asshukrie Wahid	FW		Balestier Khalsa Prime League

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

Position	Player	Transferred from	Ref
GK	Nur Amin Malik	Warriors FC Prime League
DF	Darren Teh	SAFSA
MF	Farish Khan	Prime League
MF	Jeevakumaran Balakrishnan	Prime League
FW	Víctor Coto Ortega	Zeyar Shwe Myay	^[2]
FW	Ricardo Sendra	Club Atlético Alvarado	^[3]
FW	Asshukrie Wahid	Balestier Khalsa Prime League	(To play for Prime League)

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Hairul Syirhan	Young Lions
GK	Russell Santa Maria	Released
DF	Daniel Bennett	Tampines Rovers	^[4]
DF	Shariff Abdul Samat	Released
MF	Mark Hartmann	Sarawak	^[5]
MF	Carlos Delgado	Released
MF	Brandon Koh	SAFSA (NFL Club)
MF	Roberto Camarasa	Recambios Colón
FW	Sahil Suhaimi	Tampines Rovers	^[6]
FW	Indra Sahdan	Eunos Crescent (NFL Club)	^[7]

2017 Geylang International FC season

Sleague

Prime League

Coaching staff

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

In

Out

Mid-season transfers

Out

Trial

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

In-season friendlies

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

S.League

Singapore Cup

Singapore TNP League Cup

Knock out Stage

References

Related Articles

5 January 2017 Pre-Season Friendly	Johor Darul Ta'zim	5–0	Geylang International	Seri Gelam Field
	Azamuddin Akil Ahmad Hazwan Bakri Brian Ferreira Fazly Mazlan Darren Lok	Report

16 January 2017 Pre-Season Friendly	Melaka United	0–2	Geylang International	Hang Tuah Stadium, Melaka
			Víctor Coto Ortega 40' Ricardo 57'

19 January 2017 Pre-Season Friendly	Petaling Jaya Rangers	1–2	Geylang International	MMU Stadium, Cyberjaya
	R. Barath Kumar 26'		Ricardo Stanely Ng

22 January 2017 Pre-Season Friendly	Young Lions	1–1	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
5.30pm			Amy Recha

January 2017 Pre-Season Friendly	SAFSA	3–5	Geylang International
			Víctor Coto Ortega Ricardo Víctor Coto Ortega Shawal Anuar Shawal Anuar

4 February 2017 Pre-Season Friendly	Ceres–Negros	5–2	Geylang International	Bedok Stadium
8pm	OJ Porteria Jason De Jong Kevin Ingreso Bienvenido Marañón Bienvenido Marañón

9 February 2017 Pre-Season Friendly ^[8]	Rydalmere Lions FC	1–3	Geylang International	Bedok Stadium
	Kosuke Sumiyoshi 45'		Shahfiq Ghani 25' Yuki Ichikawa 51' Shawal Anuar 59'

22 August 2017 Friendly	Pahang FA	2–0	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
	D. Christie Jayaseelan

7 October 2017 Friendly	Albirex Niigata (S)	2–1	Geylang International	Jurong East Stadium
	Shoichiro Sakamoto 1' Tsubasa Sano 23'

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Nur Amin Malik	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	Anders Eric Aplin	17(2)	0	1	0	3(1)	0	21(3)	0
3	DF	Yuki Ichikawa	24	2	1	1	4	0	29	3
4	DF	Isa Halim (captain)	16(4)	0	1	0	1(1)	0	18(5)	0
5	DF	Darren Teh	11(1)	0	0	0	0	0	11(1)	0
6	MF	J.Balakrishnan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Gabriel Quak	15(9)	2	0(1)	0	2(1)	1	17(11)	3
8	FW	Ricardo Sendra	20(1)	4	1	1	4	2	25(1)	7
9	DF	Faritz Abdul Hameed	22	1	1	0	3(1)	0	26(1)	1
10	FW	Shahfiq Ghani	17(5)	5	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	18(7)	5
11	MF	Safirul Sulaiman	17(3)	0	1	0	2	0	20(3)	0
14	MF	Stanely Ng	5(3)	1	0	0	0	0	5(3)	1
16	FW	Víctor Coto	22	5	1	1	2	1	25	7
17	FW	Amy Recha	9(12)	1	1	0	3(1)	2	13(13)	3
18	DF	Al-Qaasimy Rahman	16(2)	1	1	0	3	0	20(2)	1
19	MF	Farish Khan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Nor Azli Yusoff	10(4)	0	0	0	2(1)	0	12(5)	0
21	FW	Shawal Anuar	15(4)	9	1	0	2(1)	0	18(5)	9
22	MF	Taufiq Ghani	1(1)	0	0	0	1	1	2(1)	1
24	GK	Syazwan Buhari	23	0	1	0	4	0	28	0
27	MF	Noor Ariff	2(1)	0	0	0	3	0	5(1)	0
30	DF	Affian Jamari	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
32	FW	Ifwat Ismail	0(7)	0	0	0	1(2)	3	1(9)	3
33	DF	Justin Sim	0(2)	0	0	0	1	0	1(2)	0
34	MF	Min Thi Ha	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	2(1)	0
37	MF	Joan Hairey	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
39	FW	Asshukrie Wahid	0(5)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1(6)	0
43	DF	Ahmad Zaki	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
44	DF	Ashraf Razali	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
45	MF	Umar Akhbar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
S.League	24	11	3	10	32	37	−5	045.83
Singapore Cup	1	0	1	0	4	4	+0	000.00
League Cup	4	2	1	1	9	8	+1	050.00
Total	29	13	5	11	45	49	−4	044.83

27 February 2017 (2017-02-27) Round 1albirex	Hougang United	2–0	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
	Fumiya Kogure 24' Iqbal Hussain 87' Anumanthan Kumar 46' Syahiran Miswan 82'		Al-Qaasimy Rahman 80'	Attendance: 1,652 Referee: W Ravisanthiran

10 March 2017 (2017-03-10) Round 3	Warriors FC	1–1	Geylang International	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Kento Fukuda 55' Jasper Chan 81'		Víctor Coto Ortega 77' Isa Halim 45' Víctor Coto Ortega 66'	Attendance: 1,681 Referee: Farhad Mohd

8 April 2017 (2017-04-08) Round 4	Geylang International	0–4	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Ryutaro Megumi 35,90' Yasir Hanapi 61,81' Son Yong Chan 23' Jufri Taha 89'	Attendance: 1,552 Referee: Jansen Foo

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) Round 2	Geylang International	2–0	Balestier Khalsa	Bedok Stadium
	Al-Qaasimy Rahman 26' Fadli Kamis 59' (o.g.) Safirul Sulaiman 15' Víctor Coto Ortega 18' Shahfiq Ghani 85'		Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit 80'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) Round 5	Young Lions	0–2	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Jordan Chan 51' Muhelmy Suhaimi 55' Syahrul Sazali 86'	Report	Stanley Ng 64' Shawal Anuar 75' Anders Eric Aplin 56' Ricardo Sendra 83'	Attendance: 1,764 Referee: Nathan Chan

20 April 2017 (2017-04-20) Round 6	Geylang International	2–0	Brunei DPMM FC	Bedok Stadium
	Shafiq Ghani 18' Víctor Coto Ortega 52' (pen.) Al-Qaasimy Rahman 56' Shawal Anuar 90'		Nurikhwan Othman 8' Billy Mehmet 39' Azwan Ali 65'	Attendance: 1,666 Referee: Farhad Mohamed

28 April 2017 (2017-04-28) Round 7	Home United	3–0	Geylang International	Bishan Stadium
	Song Ui-young 35' Stipe Plazibat 81' (pen.) Khairul Nizam 90+4' (pen.)		Safirul Sulaiman 15' Yuki Ichikawa 81' Stanley Ng 85' 90+4' Anders Eric Aplin 90'	Attendance: 1,627 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

11 May 2017 (2017-05-11) Round 8 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	0–1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Nor Azli Yusoff 90'		Ryota Nakai 53'	Attendance: 1,145 Referee: W Ravisanthiran

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) Round 9	Geylang International	1–1	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Víctor Coto Ortega55 Ricardo Sendra 65' Safirul Sulaiman 30'		Azhar Sairudin 5' Khairulhin Khalid 34' Ali Hudzaifi 45' Delwinder Singh 53' 55' Afiq Noor 72' Fabian Kwok 78'	Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Jansen Foo

26 May 2017 (2017-05-26) Round 10	Balestier Khalsa	0–1	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Fadli Kamis 87'		Ricardo Sendra 40'	Referee: G Letchman

16 June 2017 (2017-06-16) Round 11	Geylang International	0–2	Warriors FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Amy Recha 77'		Shahril Ishak 16' 20' Baihakki Khaizan 12' Fadhil Noh 34'	Attendance: 1,101 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

29 June 2017 (2017-06-29) Round 12	Tampines Rovers	1–1	Geylang International	Jurong West Stadium
	Fazrul Nawaz 54' Son Yong Chan 42' Shakir Hamzah 89'		Ricardo Sendra 85' Víctor Coto 42'	Attendance: 806 Referee: Muhd Taqi

2 July 2017 (2017-07-02) Round 13	Geylang International	2–1	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Amy Recha 67' (pen.) 72' Victor Coto 76' Isa Halim 33' Ricardo Sendra 90'		Amirul Adli 82' Illyas Lee 77' Hami Syahin 89' Taufik Suparno 90'	Attendance: 1,666 Referee: Jansen Foo

24 July 2017 (2017-07-24) Round 14	Brunei DPMM FC	0–1	Geylang International	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Daúd Gazale62 Hazwan Hamzah 67' Khairul Anwar 90'		Shafiq Ghani 81' Nor Azli 43' Faritz Abdul Hameed 76'	Attendance: 1,026 Referee: W Ravisanthiran

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) Round 15 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	1–3	Home United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Shawal Anuar 90' Victor Coto 88'		Adam Swandi 55' Stipe Plazibat 86' Shamil Sharif 90' 67'	Referee: W Ravisanthiran

5 August 2017 (2017-08-05) Round 16	Albirex Niigata (S)	5–0	Geylang International	Jurong East Stadium
	Shoichiro Sakamoto 6' 41' Ryuya Motoda 15' 44' (pen.) Kento Nagasaki 31' Tsubasa Sano 58'		Al-Qaasimy Rahman 17' 43' Gabriel Quak 41' Safirul Sulaiman 84'	Attendance: 2,244 Referee: Muhd Zulfiqar

18 August 2017 (2017-08-18) Round 17	Hougang United	0–1	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
			Shawal Anuar 28'	Attendance: 741 Referee: Muhd Taqi

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) Round 18	Geylang International	2–0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Gabriel Quak 27' 78' Shawal Anuar 48' Nor Azli Yusoff 17' Faritz Hameed 71'		Huzaifah Aziz 79' Ahmad Syahir 84'	Attendance: 1,350 Referee: W Ravisanthiran

15 September 2017 (2017-09-15) Round 19	Warriors FC	0–2	Geylang International	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Shaiful Esah 3' Andrei-Cosmin Ciolacu 16' Syaqir Sulaiman 64' Baihakki Khaizan 90'		Shahfiq Ghani 78' Shawal Anuar 86' Nor Azli Yusoff 23' Anders Aplin 52' Isa Halim 90'	Attendance: 1,828 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

13 October 2017 (2017-10-13) Round 20	Geylang International	2–3	Tampines Rovers	Our Tampines Hub
	Shawal Anuar 8' Yuki Ichikawa 47' Ricardo Sendra 69' Al-Qaasimy Rahman 90'		Fahrudin Mustafic 38' Fazrul Nawaz 72' Fazli Ayob 90' Madhu Mohana 44' Fazli Ayob 90' Khairul Amri 90' Ismadi Mukhtar 87'	Referee: Farhad Mohamed

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) Round 21	Young Lions FC	0–4	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Shahfiq Ghani 15' Víctor Coto Ortega 38' Faritz Abdul Hameed 51' Shawal Anuar 71' Anders Aplin 20'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

27 October 2017 (2017-10-27) Round 22	Geylang International	4–1	Brunei DPMM	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Shawal Anuar 8,82' Ricardo Sendra 20' Víctor Coto Ortega 22' Shahfiq Ghani 36' Safirul Sulaiman 85'		Azwan Ali Rahman 51' Vincent Reyes 40' Rosmin Kamis 86'	Referee: Muhd Taqi

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) Round 23	Home United	2–1	Geylang International	Bishan Stadium
	Stipe Plazibat 33' Faris Ramli 70' Shamil Sharif 77' Aqhari Abdullah 90+3'		Gabriel Quak 46' Víctor Coto Ortega 12' Nor Azli Yusoff 31' Isa Halim 34' Faritz Abdul Hameed 37' Anders Eric Aplin 73'	Referee: Jansen Foo