2020 Tampines Rovers FC season

Tampines Rovers FC
2020 season
Chairman	Desmond Ong
Coach	Gavin Lee
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ChairmanDesmond Ong

CoachGavin Lee

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The 2020 season was Tampines Rovers's third season in the Singapore Premier League, their 25th season at the top level of Singapore football and 75th year in existence as a football club. Tampines Rovers also participated in this season's editions of the Singapore League Cup, Singapore Cup, Singapore Community Shield and the AFC Cup.

Managed by Gavin Lee in his second full season, the Stags finished second in the Singapore Premier League.

No.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Last club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Zulfairuuz Rudy	(1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 31)	Hougang United	2019	2020
24	Syazwan Buhari	(1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 33)	Geylang International	2018	2020
Defenders
2	Shannon Stephen	(1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 32)	Young Lions FC	2017	2020
3	Ryaan Sanizal ^U23	(2002-05-31) 31 May 2002 (age 23)	FFA U16	2019	2020
5	Amirul Adli	(1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 30)	Young Lions FC	2018	2020
6	Madhu Mohana	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 35)	Negeri Sembilan FA	2018	2020
14	Baihakki Khaizan ^>30	(1984-01-31) 31 January 1984 (age 42)	PT Prachuap F.C.	2020	2021
16	Daniel Bennett ^>30	(1978-01-07) 7 January 1978 (age 48)	Geylang International	2017	2020
17	Irwan Shah ^>30	(1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 37)	Warriors FC	2016	2020
18	Fathullah Rahmat ^U23	(2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 23)	FFA U17	2019	2020
21	Hamizan Hisham ^U23	(2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 (age 24)	FFA U18	2019	2020
22	Syahrul Sazali ^U23	(1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 27)	Young Lions FC	2020	2020
Midfielders
4	Huzaifah Aziz	(1994-06-27) 27 June 1994 (age 31)	Balestier Khalsa	2020	2020
7	Yasir Hanapi ^>30	(1989-06-21) 21 June 1989 (age 36)	PDRM FA	2018	2020
8	Kyoga Nakamura	(1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 29)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2020	2020
15	Shah Shahiran ^U23	(1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 26)	FFA U18	2018	2020
23	Zehrudin Mehmedović ^U21	(1998-03-15) 15 March 1998 (age 28)	FK Mladost Lučani	2019	2020
Forwards
9	Boris Kopitović	(1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 30)	OFK Petrovac	2020	2020
10	Jordan Webb ^>30	(1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 (age 37)	Warriors FC	2018	2020
13	Taufik Suparno	(1995-10-31) 31 October 1995 (age 30)	SAFSA	2018	2020
19	Hairil Sufi ^U23	(2000-05-27) 27 May 2000 (age 25)	Hougang United	2020	2020
28	Fazrul Nawaz ^>30	(1985-04-17) 17 April 1985 (age 40)	Hougang United	2020	2020
Players loaned out / left during season
11	Safirul Sulaiman	(1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 33)	Geylang International	2018	2020
12	Joel Chew ^U23	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 26)	FFA U18	2019	2020

Position	Name	Ref.
Chairman	Desmond Ong
General Manager	Desmund Khusnin
Team Manager	William Phang	^[2]
Head coach	Gavin Lee	^[3]
Assistant coach	Fahrudin Mustafić	^[4]
Goalkeeping coach	William Phang	^[5]
Physiotherapist	Premjit Singh
Kitman	Goh Koon Hiang

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Syahrul Sazali	Young Lions FC	Free ^[6]
MF	Kyoga Nakamura	Albirex Niigata	Free ^[7]
MF	Huzaifah Aziz	Balestier Khalsa	Free ^[8]
FW	Hairil Sufi	Hougang United	Free
FW	Boris Kopitović	OFK Petrovac	Free ^[9]
FW	Hairil Sufi	Hougang United	Free

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 ^[10]
MF	Zulfadhmi Suzliman	Balestier Khalsa	Undsiclosed ^[11]
MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	Balestier Khalsa	Free
FW	Ryutaro Megumi	Felda United	Free ^[12]^[13]
GK	Haikal Hasnol		NS till 2020
DF	Irfan Najeeb		NS till 2020

Position	Player	Ref
Coach	Gavin Lee	2 years extension ^[14]
GK	Syazwan Buhari
GK	Zulfairuuz Rudy
DF	Madhu Mohana	1 year extension ^[15]
DF	Daniel Bennett
DF	Amirul Adli	3 years contract signed in 2018 ^[16]
DF	Shannon Stephen	3 years contract signed in 2018 ^[17]
DF	Irwan Shah
MF	Yasir Hanapi	3 years contract signed in 2018 ^[18]
MF	Zehrudin Mehmedović	1 year contract signed in 2019 ^[19]
MF	Safirul Sulaiman
FW	Jordan Webb	3 years contract signed in 2018 ^[20]^[21]
FW	Taufik Suparno

2020 Tampines Rovers FC season

Squad

Singapore Premier League

Coaching staff

Transfers

Pre-season

In

Out

Extension and retained

Promoted

Mid-season transfers

In

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Charity Shield

Singapore Premier League

Singapore Cup

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

AFC Cup

Group stage

Notes

References

Related Articles

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

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Baihakki Khaizan	PT Prachuap F.C.	Free 2 years contract signed in 2020 ^[22]^[23]
FW	Fazrul Nawaz	Warriors FC	Free ^[24]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Safirul Sulaiman	Geylang International	Undisclosed ^[25]
MF	Joel Chew Joon Herng	SAFSA	NS ^[26]
DF	Syahrul Sazali	SAFSA	NS ^[27]

5 February 2020 (2020-02-05) 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

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) Leo Cup QF	Muangthong United	2–1	Tampines Rovers	Nonthaburi Province
	Derley 57' 89'		Boris Kopitović 18'	Stadium: SCG Stadium

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		ACL / AFC Cup		Charity Shield		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	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(11)	3	0	0	0(3)	0	0(1)	0	16	3
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

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
SPL	14	8	5	1	27	11	+16	057.14
AFC Cup	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	066.67
Charity Shield	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Total	18	11	6	1	34	13	+21	061.11

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 Man of the Match: Irwan Shah

1 March 2020 (2020-03-01) 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 (2020-03-14) 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

14 January 2018 (2018-01-14) 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)

Pos	Team v t e	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~~	—

12 February 2020 (2020-02-12) 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 Bonyadifar (Iran)

26 February 2020 (2020-02-26) 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)

18 March 2020 (2020-03-18) 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 (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

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) 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 (2020-11-04) 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 (2020-11-07) 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 (2020-11-12) 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 (2020-11-17) 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 (2020-11-22) 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 (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

29 November 2020 (2020-11-29) 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 (2020-12-02) 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 (2020-12-05) 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Albirex Niigata (S)^[a] (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	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

10 March 2020 (2020-03-10) 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 (2020-09-23) Matchday 4 (Rescheduled)	Shan United F.C.	cancelled	Tampines Rovers	Yangon, Myanmar
		Report		Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) Matchday 5 (Rescheduled)	PSM Makassar	cancelled	Tampines Rovers	Cibinong, Indonesia
		Report		Stadium: Pakansari Stadium

29 September 2020 (2020-09-29) Matchday 6 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	cancelled	Kaya–Iloilo	Jurong West, Singapore
		Report		Stadium: Jurong West Stadium