2020 Hougang United FC season

Hougang United
2020 season
Chairman	Bill Ng
Stadium	Hougang Stadium
Home colours	Away colours
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ChairmanBill Ng

StadiumHougang Stadium

The 2020 season was Hougang United's 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 Singapore Cup. They will also compete in the 2020 AFC Cup, a first in their history.^[1]

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No.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Contract since	Contract end
Goalkeepers
13	Ridhuan Barudin ^>30	(1987-03-23) 23 March 1987 (age 38)	Tampines Rovers	2015	2020
18	Khairulhin Khalid	(1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 (age 34)	LionsXII	2016	2020
31	Daniel Ong ^>30	(1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 (age 36)	Tiong Bahru FC	2020	2020
Defenders
2	Anders Aplin	(1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 34)	Geylang International	2020	2020
3	Maksat Dzhakybaliev ^U21	(2000-02-18) 18 February 2000 (age 26)	Sivasspor U-21	2020	2020
5	Lionel Tan ^U23	(1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 (age 28)	SAFSA	2020
8	Hafiz Sujad	(1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 (age 35)	Tampines Rovers	2019	2020
11	Nazrul Nazari	(1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 35)	LionsXII	2016	2021
14	Alif Iskandar ^U23	(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 27)	NFA U18	2019	2020
17	Faiz Salleh	(1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 33)	Young Lions FC	2014	2020
19	Zac Anderson	(1991-04-30) 30 April 1991 (age 34)	Perak FA	2020	2020
20	Muhaimin Suhaimi	(1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 31)	Young Lions FC	2018	2021
28	Afiq Yunos	(1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 35)	Trat F.C.	2019
35	Emmeric Ong	(1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 (age 35)	Warriors FC	2020
Midfielders
4	Afiq Noor	(1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 32)	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	2019	2020
6	Anumanthan Kumar	(1994-07-14) 14 July 1994 (age 31)	Home United	2019	2020
12	Fabian Kwok ^>30	(1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 37)	Tampines Rovers	2017	2020
16	Justin Hui ^U23	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 28)	Youth Team	2017	2020
21	Nikesh Singh Sidhu ^U23	(1999-02-24) 24 February 1999 (age 27)	Home United U19	2019	2020
22	Mahathir Azeman	(1996-01-17) 17 January 1996 (age 30)	Balestier Khalsa	2019	2020
24	Farhan Zulkifli ^U23	(2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 23)	Home United U19	2019	2020
25	Charlie Machell	(1994-10-25) 25 October 1994 (age 31)	Svay Rieng FC	2020	2020
Strikers
7	Shahfiq Ghani	(1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 34)	Geylang International	2018	2021
10	Shawal Anuar	(1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 34)	Geylang International	2020	2021
23	Sahil Suhaimi	(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 33)	Warriors FC	2020	2020
26	Daniel Martens ^U23	(1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 27)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2020	2020
32	Naufal Azman ^U23	(1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 27)	Young Lions FC	2020	2020
Players who left during the season
1	Heng How Meng ^U23	(1998-05-14) 14 May 1998 (age 27)	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	2019
9	Stipe Plazibat	(1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 (age 36)	NK Solin	2019	2020
15	Jordan Nicolas Vestering ^U23	(2000-09-25) 25 September 2000 (age 25)	NFA U18	2018	2020

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Clement Teo
Assistant coach	Salim Moin
Assistant coach	Firdaus Kassim
Head of Youth (COE)	Firdaus Kassim
Fitness coach	Syaqir Sulaiman
Goalkeeping coach	Lim Queen Cher
General Manager	Matthew Tay
Team Manager	Clement Teo
Sports Trainer	Thomas Pang
Sports Trainer	Ryan Wang
Kitman	Wan Azlan

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Maksat Dzhakybaliev	Sivasspor u-21	Season loan ^[2]
DF	Zac Anderson	Free Agent	1 year contract signed in 2020 ^[3]
DF	Anders Aplin	Geylang International	1 year contract signed in 2019 ^[4]
DF	Prakash Raj	Young Lions FC	Loan Return
DF	Amer Hakeem	Young Lions FC	Loan Return
MF	Charlie Machell	Svay Rieng FC	1 year contract signed in 2019 ^[5]
FW	Syukri Bashir	Young Lions FC	Loan Return
FW	Daniel Martens	Albirex Niigata (S)	Loan return ^[6]
FW	Sahil Suhaimi	Warriors FC	1 year contract signed in 2019 ^[7]
FW	Shawal Anuar	Geylang International	2 years contract signed in 2019 ^[8]^[9]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Azhar Manap	Balestier Khalsa
DF	Kong Ho-won
DF	Harhys Stewart	Young Lions FC
DF	Sahffee Jubpre	Young Lions FC
DF	Afiq Yunos	Trat F.C.	Season loan
DF	Amer Hakeem	Geylang International
MF	Amir Zalani
MF	Timothy David Yeo
MF	Karthik Raj	Balestier Khalsa
MF	Zulfahmi Arifin	Suphanburi F.C.	Season loan ^[10]^[11]
FW	Faris Ramli	Terengganu F.C. I	^[12]
FW	Iqbal Hussain	Geylang International
FW	Fazrul Nawaz	Warriors FC
FW	Paulin Mbaye
FW	Syukri Bashir	Tanjong Pagar United	Free

Position	Player	Ref
Coach	Clement Teo	^[13]
GK	Khairulhin Khalid	1 Year contract signed in 2019 ^[14]
GK	Ridhuan Barudin	1 Year contract signed in 2019 ^[15]
GK	Heng How Meng
DF	Nazrul Nazari	2 years contract signed in 2019 ^[16]
DF	Muhaimin Suhaimi	2 years contract signed in 2019 ^[17]
DF	Hafiz Sujad	1 Year contract signed in 2019 ^[18]
DF	Afiq Yunos	1 Year contract signed in 2019 ^[19]
DF	Jordan Nicolas Vestering	1 Year contract signed in 2019 ^[20]
DF	Alif Iskandar
DF	Faiz Salleh	1 Year contract signed in 2019 ^[21]
MF	Afiq Noor	1 Year contract signed in 2019 ^[22]
MF	Nikesh Singh Sidhu	1 Year contract signed in 2019 ^[23]
MF	Anumanthan Kumar	1 Year contract signed in 2019 ^[24]
MF	Fabian Kwok	1 Year contract signed in 2019 ^[25]
MF	Justin Hui	1 Year contract signed in 2019 ^[26]
MF	Mahathir Azeman	1 Year contract signed in 2019 ^[27]
FW	Shahfiq Ghani	2 years contract signed in 2019 ^[28]
FW	Stipe Plazibat	1 Year contract signed in 2019 ^[29]

2020 Hougang United FC season

S.League Squad

Coaching staff

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

In

Out

Retained / Extension

Promoted

Trial

Mid-season transfer

In

Out

Friendlies

Pre-Season Friendly

Tour of Malaysia

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Charity Shield

Singapore Premier League

Singapore Cup

AFC Cup

Group stage

Notes

References

Related Articles

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Daniel Ong	Tiong Bahru FC	^[31]
DF	Afiq Yunos	Trat F.C.	Loan Return ^[32]
DF	Lionel Tan	SAFSA	NS Completed ^[33]
DF	Emmeric Ong	Warriors FC	^[34]
FW	Naufal Azman	Young Lions FC	^[35]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Jordan Vestering	SAFSA	NS till 2022 ^[36]
GK	Heng How Meng	SAFSA	NS till 2022
FW	Stipe Plazibat	Lion City Sailors F.C.	Undisclosed ^[37]
DF	Zachary Anderson		Free ^[38]
MF	Charlie Machell		Free ^[39]

29 January 2020 (2020-01-29) Friendly	Hougang United	6–3	Singapore Football Club	Hougang Stadium
	Sahil Suhaimi Farhan Zulkifli Hafiz Sujad Shahfiq Ghani		Ross Plain

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) Friendly	Hougang United	7–0	Admiralty CSC	Hougang Stadium
	Sahil Suhaimi Farhan Zulkifli Shahfiq Ghani Hafiz Sujad Justin Hui Stipe Plazibat

16 January 2020 (2020-01-16) Friendly	Terengganu F.C. I	4–0	Hougang United	Kuala Lumpur
	Sanjar Shaakhmedov 10,57' Dominique Da Sylva 34,75'			Stadium: UM Arena Stadium

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) Friendly	UiTM F.C.	cancelled	Hougang United	Kuala Lumpur
				Stadium: PKNS Sports Complex

20 January 2020 (2020-01-20) Friendly	Kuala Lumpur FA	2–2	Hougang United	Kuala Lumpur
	Francis Koné 47' Paulo Josué 90+5'		Hafiz Sujad 37' Stipe Plazibat 65'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		AFC Cup		Charity Shield		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
2	DF	Anders Aplin	14	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	18	2
3	DF	Maksat Dzhakybaliev	1(6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
4	MF	Afiq Noor	9(4)	0	0	0	3	0	0(1)	0	17	0
5	DF	Lionel Tan	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
6	MF	Anumanthan Kumar	5(2)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	9	0
7	FW	Shahfiq Ghani	4(7)	1	0	0	1(2)	0	1	0	15	1
8	DF	Hafiz Sujad	9(2)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	0
10	FW	Shawal Anuar	9(4)	4	0	0	1(2)	0	1	0	17	4
11	DF	Nazrul Nazari	13(1)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	0
12	MF	Fabian Kwok	9(4)	0	0	0	2	0	0(1)	0	16	0
13	GK	Ridhuan Barudin	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
14	DF	Alif Iskandar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Justin Hui	3(6)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
17	DF	Faiz Salleh	1(6)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
18	GK	Khairulhin Khalid	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	7	0
20	DF	Muhaimin Suhaimi	3(2)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
21	MF	Nikesh Singh Sidhu	8(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
22	MF	Mahathir Azeman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	Sahil Suhaimi	1(3)	1	0	0	3	0	0(1)	0	8	1
24	MF	Farhan Zulkifli	12(1)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	1
26	FW	Daniel Martens	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
31	GK	Daniel Ong	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	FW	Naufal Azman	2(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
35	DF	Emmeric Ong	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
1	GK	Heng How Meng	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Stipe Plazibat	3	5	0	0	3	4	0	0	6	9
15	DF	Jordan Vestering	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	1
19	DF	Zac Anderson	10	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	14	1
25	MF	Charlie Machell	7(1)	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	11	3

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 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

1 March 2020 (2020-03-01) 1	Young Lions FC	1–4	Hougang United	Jurong West Stadium
	Ilhan Fandi 57' Nur Adam Abdullah 72'	Report	Stipe Plazibat 7' 43' 90+1' Jordan Nicolas Vestering 35' 71' Farhan Zulkifli 38' Afiq Noor 90'	Referee: G. Letchman Man of the Match: Stipe Plazibat

15 March 2020 (2020-03-15) 2	Hougang United	1–2	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
	Shawal Anuar 81' Anders Aplin 44'	Report	Christopher van Huizen 15' 49' Firdaus Kasman 65' Joshua Pereira 90+4'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Farhan Mohd Man of the Match: Christopher van Huizen

17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 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

1 November 2020 (2020-11-01) 5 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Tanjong Pagar United	0–0	Hougang United	Bishan Stadium
	Syabil Hisham 16' Raihan Rahman 30' Suhairi Sabri 30' Nashrul Amin 45+3' Kenji Syed Rusydi 77'	Report	Muhaimin Suhaimi 44' Charlie Machell 45+2' Lionel Tan 62' Afiq Noor 72'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Y. Sathyakumar Man of the Match: Delwinder Singh

8 November 2020 (2020-11-08) 7 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Albirex Niigata (S)	4–0	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Hiroyoshi Kamata 55' Kenta Kurishima 68' Tomoyuki Doi 77' Rio Sakuma 90+1' Ryosuke Nagasawa 53'	Report	Hafiz Sujad 35' Fabian Kwok 50'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Jansen Foo Man of the Match: Hiroyoshi Kamata

18 March 2020 (2020-03-18) 3	Balestier Khalsa	2–2	Hougang United	Bishan Stadium
	Šime Žužul 38' Shuhei Hoshino 64' Hazzuwan Halim 43' Zaiful Nizam 57'	Report	Stipe Plazibat 48' 57' Fabian Kwok 42' Sahil Suhaimi 90'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Lim Liang Yi Man of the Match: Stipe Plazibat

4 November 2020 (2020-11-04) 6 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Lion City Sailors	1–1	Hougang United	Bishan Stadium
	Shahdan Sulaiman 60' 30' Saifullah Akbar 67' Tajeli Salamat 82'	Report	Shawal Anuar 33' Farhan Zulkifli 72' Justin Hui 83' Lionel Tan 90+2'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah Man of the Match: Shawal Anuar

12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) 8 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Hougang United	4–1	Young Lions FC	Hougang Stadium
	Zac Anderson 17' Charlie Machell 46' Shawal Anuar 80' Anders Aplin 84' Shahfiq Ghani 11' 45' Daniel Ong 28' Nikesh Singh 40'	Report	Jacob Mahler 28' (pen.) Syed Akmal 16' Nur Adam Abdullah 26' Ryhan Stewart 36' Hami Syahin 51' 70'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar Man of the Match: Anders Aplin

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) 9 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Hougang United	1–3	Lion City Sailors	Hougang Stadium
	Charlie Machell 90+2' (pen.) Daniel Martens 45' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 77' Farhan Zulkifli 80'	Report	Gabriel Quak 12' Hafiz Nor 57' Shahdan Sulaiman 87'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Lim Liang Yi Man of the Match: Gabriel Quak

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 10 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Geylang International	2–0	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Barry Maguire 42' Amy Recha 59' Yuki Ichikawa 30' Firdaus Kasman 83'	Report	Nazrul Nazari 90+1'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Jansen Foo Man of the Match: Barry Maguire

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25) 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

28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 12 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Hougang United	3–2	Tanjong Pagar United	Hougang Stadium
	Anders Aplin 52' Shawal Anuar 24' (pen.) Shahfiq Ghani 87' Nikesh Singh 18' Hafiz Sujad 42' Fabian Kwok 54'	Report	Farihin Farkhan 22' Suria Prakash 65' Yann Motta 20' Shodai Nishikawa 37'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Farhan Mohd Man of the Match: Shawal Anuar

2 December 2020 (2020-12-02) 13 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Hougang United	1–2	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Justin Hui 10' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 30' Shawal Anuar 90+4'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino 5' 50' Šime Žužul 76' Hazzuwan Halim 14'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Syarqawi Buhari Man of the Match: Šime Žužul

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 14 (Rescheduled) ^{[note 2]}	Hougang United	0–1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang Stadium
	Nikesh Singh 32'	Report	Ryoya Tanigushi 53'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Juherman Zaiton Man of the Match: Ryoya Tanigushi

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Geylang International	14	6	2	6	18	22	−4	20	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
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^[a]	14	3	0	11	12	38	−26	9
8	Tanjong Pagar United	14	0	5	9	14	33	−19	5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	HCM	YAN	HOU	LTO
1	Hồ Chí Minh City	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7^[a]	—	~~26 Sep~~	~~29 Sep~~	~~23 Sep~~
2	Yangon United	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7^[a]	2–2	—	1–0	3–2
3	Hougang United	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3	2–3	~~23 Sep~~	—	~~26 Sep~~
4	Lao Toyota	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0	0–2	~~29 Sep~~	1–3	—

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) Matchday 1	Lao Toyota F.C.	1–3	Hougang United	Vientiane, Laos
	Goran Jerković 15' Somsavath Sorphabmixay 10' Piyaphong Pathammavong 81'	Report	Charlie Machell 38' Stipe Plazibat 53' 82' (pen.) 90+3' Afiq Noor 13' Fabian Kwok 26'	Stadium: New Laos National Stadium Attendance: 1,215 Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

25 February 2020 (2020-02-25) Matchday 2	Hougang United	2–3	Ho Chi Minh City FC	Kallang, Singapore
	Stipe Plazibat 77' (pen.) 80' Hafiz Sujad 46' Fabian Kwok 50'	Report	Nguyễn Công Phượng 14' Amido Baldé 45+1' 60' Le Van Son 70' Bùi Tien Dung 75' Nguyen Cong Thanh 90'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 873 Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

10 March 2020 (2020-03-10) Matchday 3	Yangon United F.C.	1–0	Hougang United	Yangon, Myanmar
	Than Paing 81'	Report	Anumanthan Kumar 27'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Referee: Jonathon Barreiro (Australia)

23 September 2020 (2020-09-23) Matchday 4 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	cancelled	Yangon United F.C.	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
		Report		Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium

26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) Matchday 5 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	cancelled	Lao Toyota F.C.	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
		Report		Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium

29 September 2020 (2020-09-29) Matchday 6 (Rescheduled)	Ho Chi Minh City FC	cancelled	Hougang United	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
		Report		Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium

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