2017 Hougang United FC season

Hougang United
2017 season
Chairman	Bill Ng
Head coach	Philippe Aw
Stadium	Hougang Stadium
S.League	Ongoing
Singapore Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Group Stage
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ChairmanBill Ng

Head coachPhilippe Aw

StadiumHougang Stadium

S.LeagueOngoing

The 2017 season was Hougang United's 20th 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.

No.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Zulfairuuz Rudy	(1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 31)	Home United
13	Ridhuan Barudin	(1987-03-23) 23 March 1987 (age 38)	Tampines Rovers
18	Khairulhin Khalid	(1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 (age 34)	LionsXII
Defenders
3	Ali Hudzafi	(1992-03-23) 23 March 1992 (age 33)	Young Lions
4	Delwinder Singh	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 33)	Young Lions
5	Atsushi Shirota	(1991-11-06) 6 November 1991 (age 34)	Albirex Niigata (S)
17	Faiz Salleh	(1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 33)	Young Lions
21	Lionel Tan	(1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 (age 28)	Home United
25	Wahyudi Wahid	(1989-10-29) 29 October 1989 (age 36)	LionsXII
Midfielders
2	Fairoz Hasan	(1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 (age 37)	Gombak United
8	Azhar Sairudin	(1986-12-30) 30 December 1986 (age 39)	Home United
10	Fumiya Kogure	(1989-06-28) 28 June 1989 (age 36)	Albirex Niigata (S)
11	Nazrul Nazari	(1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 35)	LionsXII
12	Fabian Kwok	(1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 37)	Tampines Rovers
16	Syahiran Miswan	(1994-01-22) 22 January 1994 (age 32)	Home United
19	Nurhilmi Jasni	(1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 39)	Balestier Khalsa
20	Afiq Noor	(1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 32)	Young Lions
23	Zulfahmi Arifin	(1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 (age 34)	Home United
Forwards
7	Fareez Farhan	(1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 31)	Young Lions
9	Pablo Rodriguez	(1985-07-20) 20 July 1985 (age 40)	Madura United
14	Iqbal Hussain	(1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 32)	Young Lions
24	Amir Zalani	(1996-12-04) 4 December 1996 (age 29)	Home United

No.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
32	Ahmad Fadly	(1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 31)	Tampines Rovers
42	Heng How Meng		Home United Prime League
Defender
27	Daniel Goh		Home United Prime League
28	Nasrul Taib	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 28)	Home United Prime League
34	Ariyan Shamsuddin	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 28)	Tampines Rovers Prime League
39	Amer Hakeem	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 27)	NFA U18
40	Shahrul Affandy	(1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 (age 28)	NFA U18
41	Shaqi Sulaiman	(1998-11-10) 10 November 1998 (age 27)	Home United Prime League
43	Kishon Philip	(1999-11-26) 26 November 1999 (age 26)	NFA U18
46	Asraf Zahid	(1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 (age 26)
47	Gerald Joseph Ting	(1999-03-03) 3 March 1999 (age 27)
Midfielder
29	Benedict Sim Yu Hao		Home United Prime League
30	Prakash Raj		NFA U18
31	Aarish Kumar
33	Justin Hui	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 28)	NFA U18
35	Royston Tan	(1998-02-22) 22 February 1998 (age 28)	NFA U18
36	Gareth Low Jun Kit	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 29)	Young Lions
38	Darren Yap	(1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 27)	NFA U17
44	Karthik Raj	(1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 28)	Home United Prime League
Forward
26	Antonie Viterale	(1996-07-01) 1 July 1996 (age 29)	Hellas Verona
27	Daniel Goh Ji Xiong	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 26)
37	Syukri Bashir	(1998-04-11) 11 April 1998 (age 27)	NFA U18
45	Nurhalis Azmi	(1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 (age 29)	Home United Prime League

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Zulfairuuz Rudy	Home United	^[3]
DF	Atsushi Shirota	Albirex Niigata	^[4]
DF	Lionel Tan	Home United Prime League	^[5]
DF	Ariyan Shamsuddin	NFA U17	To play for Prime League
MF	Fabian Kwok	Tampines Rovers	^[6]
MF	Azhar Sairudin	Home United	^[7]
MF	Zulfahmi Arifin	Home United	^[8]
MF	Syahiran Miswan	Home United
MF	Gareth Low Jun Kit	Young Lions	To play for Prime League
FW	Fareez Farhan	Young Lions	^[9]
FW	Antonie Viterale	Hellas Verona Primavera	^[10]
FW	Amir Zalani	Home United Prime League	^[11]
FW	Pablo Rodriguez	Madura United	^[12]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Fawwaz Anuar	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club)
DF	Yusiskandar Yusop	Released
DF	Khairulnizam Jumahat	South Avenue SC
DF	Faliq Sudir	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club)
MF	Nur Na'im Ishak	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club)
MF	Nur Ridho Jafri	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club)
MF	Raihan Rahman	Balestier Khalsa	^[13]
MF	Huzaifa Aziz	Balestier Khalsa
FW	Jozef Kapláň	FK Poprad	^[14]
FW	Stipe Plazibat	Home United	^[15]
FW	Samuel Benjamin	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club)

7 January 2017 Friendly	Hougang United	3–0	Singapore Cricket Club Cosmo	Dempsey Field
	Fumiya Kogure Afiq Mat Noor Iqbal Hussain

2017 Hougang United FC season

Sleague

Prime league

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

In

Out

Trial

Mid-season transfers

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

In-season friendlies

Coaching staff

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

S.League

Singapore Cup

Preliminary round

Quarter-final

Semi-final

3rd/4th place

Singapore TNP League Cup

Group matches

References

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12 January 2017 Friendly	Hougang United	1–3	Pahang FC	Hougang Stadium
5pm	Pablo Rodríguez 73'	Report	Mohamadou Sumareh 16' Julius Oiboh 23' Kiko Insa 46'

18 January 2017 Friendly	Air Force Central	1–0	Hougang United	Ratchakram Golf Club
	Kayne Vincent 43'

21 January 2017 Friendly	Pattaya United	2–1	Hougang United	Ratchakram Golf Club
			Fumiya Kogure 65'

23 January 2017 Friendly	Army United	3–2	Hougang United	Ratchakram Golf Club
			Fareez Farhan 16' Pablo Rodriguez 80'-P

10 February 2017 Friendly	SAFSA	0–2	Hougang United	Hougang Stadium
			Pablo Rodríguez 43, 74'

18 February 2017 Friendly	Albirex Niigata (S)	2–0	Hougang United	Hougang Stadium
	Hiroyoshi Kamata 43' Shuto Inaba 58'	Report

30 August 2017 Friendly	Hougang United	1–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Hougang Stadium
	Iqbal Hussain 84'		S.Chanturu 59'

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Philippe Aw
Assistant coach	Clement Teo
Prime League Coach	Robin Chitrakar
Fitness coach	Dirk Schauenberg
Goalkeeping coach	Lim Queen Cher
Team manager	Clement Teo
Sports trainer	Thomas Pang
Kitman

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Zulfairuuz Rudy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Fairoz Hasan	6(4)	1	1(2)	1	1(2)	1	8(8)	3
3	DF	Ali Hudzafi	11(2)	0	2	0	3	0	16(2)	0
4	DF	Delwinder Singh	13(1)	0	6	1	1	0	20(1)	0
5	DF	Atsushi Shirota	23	0	6	0	3	0	32	0
7	FW	Fareez Farhan	7(5)	4	3(3)	1	1(1)	1	11(9)	6
8	MF	Azhar Sairudin	14(2)	2	1(1)	0	2	0	17(3)	2
9	FW	Pablo Rodriguez	8(4)	2	3(1)	4	2	1	13(5)	7
10	MF	Fumiya Kogure	17(2)	7	5	2	2(1)	0	24(3)	9
11	MF	Nazrul Nazari	18(2)	3	5	0	3	0	26(2)	3
12	MF	Fabian Kwok	16(3)	0	5	1	3	0	24(3)	1
13	GK	Ridhuan Barudin	7	0	1	0	3	0	11	0
14	FW	Iqbal Hussain	6(7)	3	2(1)	0	0(2)	0	8(10)	3
16	MF	Syahiran Miswan	14(3)	0	5	1	2	0	21(3)	1
17	DF	Faiz Salleh	12(4)	0	3(2)	0	1(1)	0	16(7)	0
18	GK	Khairulhin Khalid	17(1)	0	5	0	0	0	22(1)	0
19	MF	Nurhilmi Jasni (captain)	10(3)	2	2(1)	0	0	0	12(4)	2
20	MF	Afiq Noor	6(4)	0	1(2)	0	1(1)	0	8(7)	0
21	DF	Lionel Tan	12(1)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	13(2)	0
23	MF	Zulfahmi Arifin	19(1)	0	5	0	2	0	26(1)	0
24	FW	Amir Zalani	3(5)	0	0	0	0	0	3(5)	0
25	DF	Wahyudi Wahid	4(1)	0	2(1)	0	0	0	6(2)	0
26	FW	Antoine Viterale	9(4)	0	0(2)	1	0	0	10(6)	1
33	MF	Justin Hui	1(4)	1	1	0	0(1)	0	2(5)	1
34	DF	Ariyan Shamsuddin	1(2)	0	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0
36	MF	Gareth Low Jun Kit	2(3)	0	0	0	0	0	2(3)	0
37	FW	Syukri Bashir	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
47	DF	Gerald Ting	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
6	MF	Anumanthan Kumar	4(1)	0	0	0	0	0	4(1)	0

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
S.League	24	9	3	12	24	31	−7	037.50
Singapore Cup	5	3	1	1	12	5	+7	060.00
League Cup	3	0	3	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Total	32	12	7	13	39	39	+0	037.50

3 March 2017 (2017-03-03) Round 2	Tampines Rovers	2–1	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Ivan Džoni29' Khairul Amri 61' Irwan Shah 84'		Fumiya Kogure90' Zulfahmi Arifin 7' Syahiran Miswan 33'	Attendance: 1,585 Referee: Muhd Taqi

2 April 2017 (2017-04-02) Round 4	Brunei DPMM	2–0	Hougang United	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Billy Mehmet 9' 70' Hendra Azam 45' Željko Savić 59' Azwan Saleh 62'		Ali Hudzaifi 23' Azhar Sairudin 30' Pablo Rodríguez 59' Afiq Noor 68'	Referee: Nathan Chan

9 April 2017 (2017-04-09) Round 5	Hougang United	0–2	Home United	Hougang Stadium
	Lionel Tan 17' Nazrul Nazari 28' Ali Hudzaifi 75'		Irfan Fandi 60' Stipe Plazibat 72' Aqhari Abdullah 87'	Attendance: 1,570 Referee: Farhad Mohd

14 April 2017 (2017-04-14) Round 6	Albirex Niigata (S)	2–0	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Tsubasa Sano 56,89' Naofumi Tanaka 31'		Nazrul Nazari 63' Fabian Kwok 73'	Attendance: 2,011 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

27 February 2017 (2017-02-27) Round 1	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

11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) Round 3	Hougang United	2–0	Young Lions	Hougang Stadium
	Fareez Farhan 45' Fumiya Kogure 63' Zulfahmi Arifin 56' Nazrul Nazari 65'		Ammirul Emmran 62'	Attendance: 1,354^[17] Referee: G Letchman

27 April 2017 (2017-04-27) Round 7	Hougang United	1–0	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Nurhilmi Jasni 39' Ali Hudzaifi 90' Lionel Tan 90'		Raihan Rahman 17' Ahmad Syahir 71'	Attendance: 853 Referee: W Ravisanthiran

11 May 2017 (2017-05-11) Round 8	Warriors FC	0–2	Hougang United	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Jordan Webb 13' Firdaus Kasman 20' Syaqir Sulaiman 21' Hafiz Osman 34' 88' Zulfadli Zainal Abidin 57'		Fumiya Kogure 53' Fareez Farhan 90' Nazrul Nazari 1' Azhar Sairudin 13'	Attendance: 1,438 Referee: Farhad Mohamed

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

25 May 2017 (2017-05-25) Round 10	Hougang United	0–3	Tampines Rovers	Hougang Stadium
	Syukri Bashir 79'		Khairul Amri 58' 36' Madhu Mohana 85' Jamil Ali 90'	Attendance: 832 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) Round 11 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	1–2	Brunei DPMM	Hougang Stadium
	Azhar Sairudin 85' Gareth Low 29' Lionel Tan 90'		Adi Said 29' Daúd Gazale 77' Vincent Reyes 61'	Referee: Sukhbir Singh

30 June 2017 (2017-06-30) Round 12	Home United	2–3	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Stipe Plazibat 35' Khairul Nizam 49' Hariss Harun 37' Irfan Fandi 64'		Nazrul Nazari 33' 40' 84' Fareez Farhan 83' Lionel Tan 65'	Referee: G Letchman

3 July 2017 (2017-07-03) Round 13	Hougang United	2–1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang Stadium
	Pablo Rodriguez 26' Fairoz Hasan 47'		Ryota Nakai 10' (pen.)	Attendance: 980 Referee: Muhd Syahir

29 July 2017 (2017-07-29) Round 14	Balestier Khalsa	0–0	Hougang United	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Raihan Rahman 90'		Syahiran Miswan 36' Delwinder Singh 90' Pablo Rodríguez 90' Nazrul Nazari 53'	Attendance: 966 Referee: Jansen Foo

4 August 2017 (2017-08-04) Round 15	Hougang United	0–1	Warriors FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Shahril Ishak 6' Hafiz Osman 58' Andrei Ciolacu 61'	Attendance: 1,259 Referee: G Letchman

18 August 2017 (2017-08-18) Round 16	Hougang United	0–1	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
			Shawal Anuar 28'	Attendance: 741 Referee: Muhd Taqi

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) Round 17	Tampines Rovers	5–1	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Shahdan Sulaiman 12' (pen.) 54' (pen.) Irwan Shah 45' Ryutaro Megumi 65' Fazli Ayob 90' Ismadi Mukhtar 79'		Fareez Farhan 4' Lionel Tan 11' Faiz Salleh 66'	Attendance: 1,521 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

15 September 2017 (2017-09-15) Round 18	Hougang United	2–1	Young Lions FC	Hougang Stadium
	Pablo Rodríguez 1' Nurhilmi Jasni 17' 44' Delwinder Singh 26' Syahiran Miswan 36' 73'		Rusyaidi Salime 37'	Attendance: 650 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

19 September 2017 (2017-09-19) Round 19	Brunei DPMM	1–4	Hougang United	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Rafael Ramazotti 74' Azwan Ali 34' Nurikhwan Othman 38'		Fumiya Kogure 8' (pen.) 27' (pen.) 84' Iqbal Hussain 76' Lionel Tan 5' Antoine Viterale 80'	Attendance: 778 Referee: Farhad Mohamed

15 October 2017 (2017-10-15) Round 20 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	0–2	Home United	Hougang Stadium
	Fabian Kwok 88'		Abdil Qaiyyim 55' Stipe Plazibat 69' Anumanthan Kumar 46' Izzdin Shafiq 89'	Attendance: 901 Referee: G Letchman

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) Round 21	Albirex Niigata (S)	1–0	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Ryota Nakai 81'		Nurhilmi Jasni 90'	Referee: W Ravisanthiran

24 October 2017 (2017-10-24) Round 22	Young Lions FC	0–1	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Amirul Adli 28'		Justin Hui 60' Faiz Salleh 41'	Referee: Sukhbir Singh

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) Round 23	Hougang United	0–1	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Syahiran Miswan 38' Iqbal Hamid Hussain 45'		Hazzuwan Halim 59' (pen.) Raihan Rahman 87'	Referee: W Ravisanthiran

17 November 2017 (2017-11-17) Round 24	Warriors FC	1–1	Hougang United	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Hafiz Nor 39'		Iqbal Hussain 17'