2021 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Balestier Khalsa
2021 season
Chairman	S Thavaneson
Head coach	Marko Kraljević
Stadium	Bishan Stadium
Singapore Cup	–
	← 2020 2022 →

ChairmanS Thavaneson

Head coachMarko Kraljević

StadiumBishan Stadium

Singapore Cup–

The 2021 season was Balestier Khalsa's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

No.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Contract since	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Kimura Riki ^U23	(2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 25)	Lion City Sailors FC	2021	2021
25	Zacharial Leong ^U23	(1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 27)	Youth Team	2019	2021
Defenders
2	Fadli Kamis	(1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 33)	Young Lions FC	2016	2021
5	Ensar Brunčević	(1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 27)	FK Spartak Subotica II (T2)	2020	2022
13	Amer Hakeem ^U23	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 27)	Young Lions FC	2021	2022
17	Sameer Alassane ^U23	(2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 (age 25)	Youth Team	2019	2021
18	Ahmad Syahir	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 33)	Youth Team	2013	2021
22	Khalili Khalif	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 29)	SAFSA	2021	2021
24	Ho Wai Loon	(1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 32)	Lion City Sailors FC	2021	2021
39	Aiman Zavyan ^U23	(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 23)	Geylang International U19	2020	2021
Midfielders
3	Max Goh Yi Qi ^U23	(1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 28)	Project Vaults FC	2021	2021
4	Faizal Raffi	(1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 30)	Warriors FC	2020	2021
6	Aarish Kumar ^U23	(1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 26)	Warriors FC	2020	2021
8	Kristijan Krajcek	(1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 32)	NK BSK Bijelo Brdo (T2)	2019	2021
14	Hariysh Krishnakumar ^U23	(2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 23)	Geylang International U19	2021	2021
15	Gautam Selvamany	(1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 29)	Warriors Prime League	2021	2021
28	Gareth Low	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 29)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2021
Forwards
7	Hazzuwan Halim	(1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 32)	Tanjong Pagar United	2015	2021
9	Shuhei Hoshino	(1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 (age 30)	Busan Transportation FC (T3)	2020	2021
10	Šime Žužul	(1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 30)	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac (T2)	2019	2021
11	Iqbal Hussain	(1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 32)	Chennai City FC	2021	2021
Players who left during season
12	Jordan Emaviwe ^U23	(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 24)	F.C. Castiglione (I3)	2020	2021
19	Zaiful Nizam (Captain) ^>30	(1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 38)	Gombak United	2013	2021
61	Martyn Mun ^U21	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 26)	Jungfrau Punggol FC (NFL)	2020	2021

Position	Name
Team Manager	Darwin Jalil
General Manager	Tim Nee Cheng
Head Coach	Marko Kraljević^[2]
Academy Manager	Syed Azmir
Assistant Coach	Nasaruddin Jalil
Assistant Coach	Nasruldin Baharuddin
Goalkeeping Coach	Yazid Yasin
Fitness Coach	Rosman Sulaiman
Physiotherapist	Mohamed Nasser
Kitman

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Amer Hakeem	Young Lions FC	2 years contract signed in 2020 ^[3]
MF	Gareth Low Jun Kit	Albirex Niigata (S)	^[4]
MF	Hariysh Krishnakumar	Geylang International U19	^[5]
MF	Gautam Selvamany	Free Agent	^[6]
MF	Yann Weishaupt	Project Vaults FC	^[7]
FW	Joshua De Souza	Free Agent

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
MF	Max Goh Yi Qi	Free agent	^[8]
FW	Iqbal Hussain	Chennai City F.C.	Free ^[9]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Hafiz Ahmad	Project Vaults FC
DF	R Aaravin	Retired	^[10]
DF	Jufri Taha
DF	Danish Uwais
DF	Christian Chiang Moroni
DF	Yeo Hai Ngee
MF	Karthik Raj
MF	Zulfadhmi Suzliman
MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	Geylang International	Free

2021 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Singapore Premier League

Coaching staff

Transfer

In

Out

Loan In

Loan Return

Loan Out

Extension / Retained

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

In-season friendlies

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

Notes

References

Related Articles

Position	Player	Ref
DF	Khalili Khalif	NS till 2022
DF	Shaqi Sulaiman	NS till 2021
FW	Syukri Noorhaizam	NS till 2022

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Martyn Mun	Young Lions FC	Season loan
MF	Jordan Emaviwe	SAFSA	NS till 2023 ^[15]^[16]

Position	Player	Ref
FW	Hazzuwan Halim	2 years contract signed in 2019^[18]
FW	Šime Žužul	2 year contract signed in 2019^[19]
FW	Shuhei Hoshino	1 years contract signed in 2020^[20]
DF	Ensar Brunčević	2 years contract signed in 2020^[21]
MF	Kristijan Krajcek	1 year contract signed in 2020 ^[22]
DF	Ahmad Syahir	1 year contract signed in 2020 ^[23]
GK	Zacharial Leong	1 year contract signed in 2020 ^[24]
DF	Aiman Zavyan
DF	Fadli Kamis
MF	Jordan Emaviwe
MF	Aarish Kumar
MF	Faizal Raffi
GK	Zaiful Nizam

6 March 2021 1	Geylang International	2–1	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	Christopher van Huizen Zikos Vasileios Chua		Joshua De Souza	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

30 April 2021 1	Lion City Sailors	4–0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Amiruldin Asraf Faris Ramli pen'			Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

25 June 2021 3	Lion City Sailors	4–2	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Stipe Plazibat Song Ui-young Hariss Harun		Shuhei Hoshino Gareth Low	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

2 July 2021 4	Tanjong Pagar United	1–2	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
			Shuhei Hoshino	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Kimura Riki	5	0	5	0
2	DF	Fadli Kamis	18+3	0	21	0
3	MF	Max Goh Yi Qi	0	0	0	0
4	MF	Faizal Raffi	8+6	2	14	2
5	DF	Ensar Brunčević	18	1	18	1
6	MF	Aarish Kumar	8	0	8	0
7	FW	Hazzuwan Halim	18+2	3	20	3
8	MF	Kristijan Krajcek	17	6	17	6
9	FW	Shuhei Hoshino	20+1	3	21	3
10	FW	Šime Žužul	15+5	15	20	15
11	FW	Iqbal Hussain	1+5	0	6	0
13	DF	Amer Hakeem	18	1	18	1
14	MF	Hariysh Krishnakumar	2+7	0	9	0
15	MF	Gautam Selvamany	0+6	0	6	0
17	DF	Sameer Alassane	0	0	0	0
18	DF	Ahmad Syahir	15+3	0	18	0
22	DF	Khalili Khalif	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Ho Wai Loon	7+1	0	8	0
25	GK	Zacharial Leong	3	0	3	0
28	MF	Gareth Low	17+3	0	20	0
39	DF	Aiman Zavyan	1+6	0	7	0
44	DF	Aravindan Ramanathan	0+1	0	1	0
45	FW	Joshua De Souza	2+2	0	4	0
46	DF	Aqil Yazid	4+2	0	6	0
55	MF	Aidil Johari	11+3	1	14	1
66	FW	Puvan Raj Sivalingam	10+2	2	12	2
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
12	MF	Jordan Emaviwe	0	0	0	0
19	GK	Zaiful Nizam	13	0	13	0
61	GK	Martyn Mun	0+1	0	1	0

14 March 2021 1	Young Lions FC	3–3	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Ilhan Fandi 13' Khairin Nadim 58' Hami Syahin 85' Ryhan Stewart 83' Harhys Stewart 87'	Report	Hazzuwan Halim 33' (pen.) Shuhei Hoshino 45+1' 49' Gareth Low 82'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

17 March 2021 2	Balestier Khalsa	1–2	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Amer Hakeem 67' 31' Kristijan Krajcek 38' Hazzuwan Halim 68' Faizal Raffi 73' Ensar Brunčević 82'	Report	Taufik Suparno 55' Boris Kopitović 70' Madhu Mohana 45+2'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Abirami Naidu

25 July 2021 12 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	3–1	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	Amy Recha 41' 63' 62' Matheus Moresche 54' Harith Kanadi 35'	Report	Šime Žužul 11' Kimura Riki 24'	Referee: Taufik Thana

28 August 2021 17 (Rescheduled)	Albirex Niigata (S)	4–0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Ryoya Tanigushi 47' 77' Kuraba Kondo 51' 65' Kazuki Hashioka 5'	Report	Gareth Low 30' Ho Wai Loon 59'	Referee: Farhad Mohamed

6 October 2021 20 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	3–2	Hougang United	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Puvan Raj Sivalingam 10' 35' Šime Žužul 85'	Report	Gilberto Fortunato 53' Shawal Anuar 62' Muhaimin Suhaimi 66' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 67'	Referee: Hilmi Fuad

21 March 2021 3	Albirex Niigata (S)	0–0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
			Sime Zuzul 90+5'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Syarqawi Buhari

4 April 2021 4	Balestier Khalsa	4–0	Tanjong Pagar United	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Faizal Raffi 24' Kristijan Krajcek 41' 89' Šime Žužul 55' Fadli Kamis 51'	Report	Khairul Amri 67' Faritz Abdul Hameed 90'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Muhammad Taqi

7 April 2021 5	Balestier Khalsa	2–1	Geylang International	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Kristijan Krajcek 36' Ensar Brunčević 45+1' 57' Amer Hakeem 39' Ahmad Syahir 81' Shuhei Hoshino 90+1' Hazzuwan Halim 90+3'	Report	Amy Recha 53' 57'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Taufik Thana

10 April 2021 6	Balestier Khalsa	0–1	Hougang United	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Ensar Brunčević 21' Ahmad Syahir 72' Aarish Kumar 72'	Report	Tomoyuki Doi 63' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 74'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Y.Sathyakumar

18 April 2021 7	Lion City Sailors	4–1	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Gabriel Quak 7' Shahdan Sulaiman 18' 63' Stipe Plazibat 47' Saifullah Akbar 51'	Report	Kristijan Krajcek 25' Hazzuwan Halim 75'	Referee: Muhd Syarqawi

9 May 2021 8	Hougang United	4–3	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Kaishu Yamazaki 9' Lionel Tan 29' Idraki Adnan 36' Hafiz Sujad 87' Ridhuan Barudin 56' Muhaimin Suhaimi 61' Nazrul Nazari 88'	Report	Šime Žužul 3' Faizal Raffi 45' Kristijan Krajcek 72' 78' Marko Kraljević 45+2'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ahmad A'qasyah

25 April 2021 9 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	1–4	Albirex Niigata (S)	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Šime Žužul 57' Ensar Brunčević 27'	Report	Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 28' (pen.) 47' 87' Kuraba Kondo 53'	Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Zulfiqar Mustaffa

23 May 2021 10	Tanjong Pagar United	2–2	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Šime Žužul 61' 87'	Report	Reo Nishiguchi 32' Khairul Amri 85' (pen.) Anaqi Ismit 77' Raihan Rahman 81'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Juherman Zaiton

15 May 2021 11 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	5–1	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	Boris Kopitović 9' 24' (pen.) Marc Ryan Tan 13' 35' Ryaan Sanizal 88'	Report	Šime Žužul 20' (pen.) Aqil Yazid 9' Gautam Selvamany 52' Ahmad Syahir 84'	Attendance: 0^{[citation needed]} Referee: Jansen Foo

31 July 2021 13 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	2–3	Young Lions FC	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 47' Šime Žužul 89' Kristijan Krajcek 34' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 90+4'	Report	Hami Syahin 18' (pen.) Daniel Goh 35' Harhys Stewart 85' Nazhiim Harman 5'	Referee: Jansen Foo

8 August 2021 14 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	1–1	Lion City Sailors	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Šime Žužul 60' Shuhei Hoshino 56' Ensar Brunčević 90+1' 90+3' Zaiful Nizam 90+2'	Report	Stipe Plazibat 90+4' Faris Ramli 53' Saifullah Akbar 58' Jorge Fellipe 90'	Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

14 August 2021 15 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	4–2	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Ilhan Fandi 18' 45+1' Jacob Mahler 28' Khairin Nadim 41' Ryhan Stewart 77' Alif Iskandar 90'	Report	Šime Žužul 68' 75' Fadli Kamis 11' Hazzuwan Halim 42' Ahmad Syahir 45'	Referee: Syarqawi Buhari

19 August 2021 16 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	5–2	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Kristijan Krajcek 9' Šime Žužul 13' 61' 89' Shuhei Hoshino 65' Gareth Low 35' Aidil Johari 35'	Report	Zehrudin Mehmedović 17' 40' 35' Irwan Shah 25' Armin Bosnjak 35' Baihakki Khaizan 90'	Referee: Nathan Chan

12 September 2021 18 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	1–0	Tanjong Pagar United	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 47' Puvan Raj 55' Ahmad Syahir 62' Ho Wai Loon 65'	Report	Blake Ricciuto 71' Rusyaidi Salime 90+7'	Referee: Taufik Thana

3 October 2021 19 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	3–0	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	Amy Recha 61' Ensar Brunčević 63' (o.g.) Matheus Moresche 73' Ilhan Noor 85' Christopher van Huizen 87'	Report	Ensar Brunčević 53' Amer Hakeem 67'	Referee: Syarqawi Buhari

10 October 2021 21 (Rescheduled)	Lion City Sailors	4–1	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Song Ui-young 8' Gabriel Quak 42' 82' Diego Lopes 78' Nur Adam Abdullah 71' Adam Swandi 79' 87'	Report	Aidil Johari 31' Hazzuwan Halim 44' Ensar Brunčević 47' Hariysh Krishnakumar 89'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Tampines Rovers	21	7	6	8	48	51	−3	27	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
5	Tanjong Pagar United	21	5	7	9	36	49	−13	22
6	Geylang International	21	6	2	13	33	52	−19	20
7	Balestier Khalsa	21	5	4	12	34	52	−18	19
8	Young Lions^[a]	21	4	4	13	26	50	−24	16

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