2021 Hougang United FC season

Hougang United
2021 season
Chairman	Bill Ng
Head coach	Clement Teo
Stadium	Hougang Stadium
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020 2022 →

ChairmanBill Ng

Head coachClement Teo

StadiumHougang Stadium

The 2021 season was Hougang United's 24th 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.

No.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Contract since	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Mukundan Maran ^U23	(1998-07-21) 21 July 1998 (age 27)	Warriors FC	2021	2021
13	Ridhuan Barudin ^>30	(1987-03-23) 23 March 1987 (age 38)	Tampines Rovers	2015	2021
25	Aizil Yazid ^U23	(2004-12-24) 24 December 2004 (age 21)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2021
30	Izwan Mahbud ^>30	(1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 35)	Samut Prakan City F.C.	2021	2021
Defenders
2	Anders Aplin	(1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 34)	Geylang International	2020	2021
5	Lionel Tan	(1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 (age 28)	SAFSA (NFL)	2020	2021
8	Hafiz Sujad ^>30	(1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 (age 35)	Tampines Rovers	2019	2021
11	Nazrul Nazari	(1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 35)	LionsXII	2016	2021
14	Maksat Dzhakybaliev	(2000-02-18) 18 February 2000 (age 26)	Sivasspor U-21	2020	2021
16	Faiz Salleh	(1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 33)	Young Lions FC	2014	2021
20	Muhaimin Suhaimi	(1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 31)	Young Lions FC	2018	2021
26	Kishon Philip ^U23	(1999-11-26) 26 November 1999 (age 26)	Youth Team	2021	2021
Midfielders
4	Afiq Noor	(1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 32)	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	2019	2021
6	Kaishu Yamazaki	(1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 (age 28)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2021
12	Fabian Kwok (Captain) ^>30	(1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 37)	Tampines Rovers	2017	2021
15	Farhan Zulkifli ^U23	(2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 23)	Home United U19	2019	2021
18	Idraki Adnan ^U23	(1999-03-13) 13 March 1999 (age 27)	Young Lions FC	2021	2021
21	Nikesh Singh Sidhu ^U23	(1999-02-24) 24 February 1999 (age 27)	Home United U19	2019	2021
24	Naufal Azman ^U23	(1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 27)	Young Lions FC	2020	2021
	Zulfahmi Arifin	(1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 (age 34)	Suphanburi F.C.	2021	2021
Strikers
7	Shahfiq Ghani	(1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 34)	Geylang International	2018	2021
9	Tomoyuki Doi	(1997-09-24) 24 September 1997 (age 28)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2021
10	Shawal Anuar	(1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 34)	Geylang International	2020	2021
17	Shahril Ishak ^>30	(1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 42)	Warriors FC	2021	2021
19	Gilberto Fortunato	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 38)	FC Drita	2021	2021
22	Khairul Nizam	(1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 34)	Geylang International	2021	2021
23	Sahil Suhaimi	(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 33)	Warriors FC	2020	2021
29	Amir Zalani	(1996-12-04) 4 December 1996 (age 29)	Home United	2021	2021
Players who left during the season
3	Afiq Yunos ^>30	(1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 35)	Trat F.C.	2019	2021

Position	Name	Ref.
General Manager	Matthew Tay
Head Coach	Clement Teo
Assistant Coach	Firdaus Kassim
Goalkeeping Coach	Scott Starr
Head of Youth (COE)	Han Yiguang
Fitness Coach	Hairil Amin
Team Manager	Robert Eziakor
Marketing Media	Liu Jueming
Sports Trainer	Thomas Pang
Sports Trainer	Ryan Wang
Kitman	Wan Azlan

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Mukundan Maran	Free Agent	Free ^[2]
GK	Aizil Yazid	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free ^[3]
DF	Kaishu Yamazaki	Lion City Sailors	Free ^[4]^[5]
DF	Kishson Philip		End of NS ^[6]
FW	Khairul Nizam	Geylang International	Free ^[7]
FW	Shahril Ishak	Lion City Sailors	Free ^[8]^[9]^[10]
FW	Gilberto Fortunato	FC Drita	Free ^[11]
FW	Tomoyuki Doi	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free ^[12]^[13]
MF	Firas Irwan	Free Agent	NA

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Izwan Mahbud	Samut Prakan City F.C.	^[14]^[15]
FW	Amir Zalani	Free Agent	^[16]

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Asraf Zahid	Young Lions FC	Loan Return
DF	Sahffee Jubpre	Young Lions FC	Loan Return
DF	Harhys Stewart	Young Lions FC	Loan Return ^[17]
MF	Nor Hakim Redzuan	Young Lions FC	Loan Return
MF	Zulfahmi Arifin	Suphanburi F.C.	Loan Return
FW	Idraki Adnan	Young Lions FC	Loan Return ^[18]

2021 Hougang United FC season

Singapore Premier League

Coaching staff

Transfers

In

Loan Return

Out

Loan out

Retained / Extension

Friendlies

Pre-Season Friendly

Mid-season friendlies

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

Notes

References

Related Articles

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Jordan Vestering	SAFSA	NS till 2022 ^[19]
GK	Heng How Meng	SAFSA	NS till 2022
GK	Khairulhin Khalid
GK	Daniel Ong	Singapore U19	Goalkeeper Coach
DF	Alif Iskandar	Young Lions FC	Free ^[20]
DF	Emmeric Ong	Tanjong Pagar United	Free ^[21]
DF	Zachary Anderson	Olympic FC	Free ^[22]
MF	Charlie Machell	Visakha FC	Free ^[23]
MF	Anumanthan Kumar	Kedah FA	Free ^[24]
MF	Mahathir Azeman		Free
MF	Justin Hui	Lion City Sailors	Free ^[25]
FW	Daniel Martens	Tanjong Pagar United	Free ^[26]
DF	Asraf Zahid		Free

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Zulfahmi Arifin	Suphanburi F.C.	Season loan till May 2021 ^[28]^[29]
MF	Zulfahmi Arifin	Samut Prakan City F.C.	Season loan till May 2022
DF	Harhys Stewart	Young Lions FC	Season loan
DF	Sahffee Jubpre	Young Lions FC	Season loan
MF	Nor Hakim Redzuan	Young Lions FC	Season loan

Position	Player	Ref
Coach	Clement Teo	^[30]
GK	Ridhuan Barudin	^[31]
DF	Nazrul Nazari	2 years contract signed in 2019 ^[32]^[33]
DF	Muhaimin Suhaimi	2 years contract signed in 2019 ^[34]^[35]
DF	Anders Aplin	^[36]
DF	Lionel Tan	^[37]
DF	Hafiz Sujad	^[38]
DF	Faiz Salleh	^[39]
DF	Maksat Dzhakybaliev	^[40]
DF	Afiq Yunos	^[41]
MF	Afiq Noor	^[42]
MF	Fabian Kwok	^[43]
MF	Farhan Zulkifli	^[44]
MF	Nikesh Singh Sidhu	^[45]
FW	Shahfiq Ghani	2 years contract signed in 2019 ^[46]^[47]
FW	Shawal Anuar	2 years contract signed in 2019 ^[48]^[49]^[50]
FW	Sahil Suhaimi	^[51]
FW	Naufal Azman	^[52]

5 March 2021 (2021-03-05)	Tampines Rovers	6–1	Hougang United	Singapore
	Yasir Hanapi Armin Bosnjak Taufik Suparno Kyoga Nakamura			Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

8 June 2021 1	Geylang International	2–3	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Asshukrie Wahid Moresche		Gilberto Fortunato pen' Shahril Ishak Tomoyuki Doi	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

4 July 2021 2	Hougang United	1–1	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Harhys Stewart	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

10 July 2021 3	Albirex Niigata (S)	v	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
				Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

16 July 2021 4	Albirex Niigata (S)	v	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
				Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Mukundan Maran	4	0	4	0
2	DF	Anders Aplin	11+3	1	14	1
4	MF	Afiq Noor	3+11	1	14	1
5	DF	Lionel Tan	18	3	18	3
6	DF	Kaishu Yamazaki	20	1	20	1
7	FW	Shahfiq Ghani	3+8	1	11	1
8	DF	Hafiz Sujad	7+7	4	14	4
9	FW	Tomoyuki Doi	18+2	19	20	19
10	FW	Shawal Anuar	12+6	3	18	3
11	DF	Nazrul Nazari	9+3	1	12	1
12	MF	Fabian Kwok	15+3	2	18	2
13	GK	Ridhuan Barudin	7	0	7	0
14	DF	Maksat Dzhakybaliev	14	1	14	1
15	MF	Farhan Zulkifli	20	0	20	0
16	DF	Faiz Salleh	6	0	6	0
17	FW	Shahril Ishak	1+7	0	8	0
18	MF	Idraki Adnan	12	4	12	4
19	FW	Gilberto Fortunato	8+3	4	11	4
20	DF	Muhaimin Suhaimi	2+4	0	6	0
22	FW	Khairul Nizam	2+4	0	6	0
23	FW	Sahil Suhaimi	0	0	0	0
24	FW	Naufal Azman	11	0	11	0
26	DF	Kishon Philip	9+1	1	10	1
29	FW	Amir Zalani	0+1	0	1	0
30	GK	Izwan Mahbud	10	0	10	0
53	MF	Jarrel Ong Jia Wei	1	1	1	1
55	MF	Josiah Phua Yong Qi	5	0	5	0
57	MF	Hairil Sufi	1	0	1	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
3	DF	Afiq Yunos	0	0	0	0

13 March 2021 1	Albirex Niigata (S)	3–1	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 25' 85' Takahiro Tezuka 39' Ryoya Tanigushi 78'		Jarrel Ong Jia Wei 42' Idraki Adnan 24' Kaishu Yamazaki 44' Hafiz Sujad 78' Farhan Zulkifli 80'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Muhammad Taqi

3 April 2021 4	Hougang United	5–1	Tampines Rovers	Hougang Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi 19' 22' 90' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 68' 54' Shahfiq Ghani 71' Lionel Tan 8'	Report	Boris Kopitović 23' Baihakki Khaizan 36' 70' Shah Shahiran 83'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Lim Liang Yi

24 April 2021 10 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	0–1	Lion City Sailors	Hougang Stadium
	Farhan Zulkifli 7' Idraki Adnan 47' Anders Aplin 79'	Report	Diego Lopes 69' Jorge Fellipe 90+3'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Farhad Mohamed

7 August 2021 14 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	0–1	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Hami Syahin 20' 71' Arshad Shamim 72'	Report	Tomoyuki Doi 77'	Referee: Nathan Chan

20 August 2021 16 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	2–1	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
	Shawal Anuar 59' Hafiz Sujad 75'	Report	Amy Recha 82' Yuki Ichikawa 38'	Referee: Jansen Foo

17 March 2021 2	Hougang United	4–1	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi 10' 51' (pen.) Hafiz Sujad 80' Gilberto Fortunato 83' Farhan Zulkifli 55' Shawal Anuar 74' Lionel Tan 85'	Report	Amy Recha 4' Faizal Roslan 51'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Nathan Chan

20 March 2021 3	Lion City Sailors	1–3	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Stipe Plazibat 85' Nur Adam Abdullah 65'	Report	Lionel Tan 19' Tomoyuki Doi 20' 59' Mukundan Maran 69'	Attendance: 0^{[note 3]} Referee: Juherman Zaiton

7 April 2021 5	Tanjong Pagar United	3–3	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Shodai Nishikawa 6' Luiz Júnior 60' Reo Nishiguchi 84' Shahrin Saberin 31' Fashah Iskandar 36' Naufal Ilham 54' Ammirul Emmran 74'	Report	Idraki Adnan 27' Tomoyuki Doi 61' 90+6' Farhan Zulkifli 16' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 39' Fabian Kwok 80' Anders Aplin 86'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Syarqawi Buhari

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

17 April 2021 7	Hougang United	1–1	Young Lions FC	Hougang Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi 90+1' Anders Aplin 41' Lionel Tan 88'	Report	Glenn Kweh 74' Harhys Stewart 81'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Taufik Thana

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

16 May 2021 9	Geylang International	2–5	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Amy Recha 86' Sylvano Comvalius 90+3' Darren Teh 45+2' Yuki Ichikawa 87'	Report	Tomoyuki Doi 28' 90+5' Idraki Adnan 36' Afiq Noor 66' Shawal Anuar 72' Lionel Tan 35'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Nathan Chan

22 May 2021 11	Tampines Rovers	2–3	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Yasir Hanapi 12' Boris Kopitović 62'	Report	Nazrul Nazari 45+1' 39' Tomoyuki Doi 50' Idraki Adnan 55' Shafiq Ghani 88' Muhaimin Suhaimi 90+4'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Taufik Thana

24 July 2021 12 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	1–4	Tanjong Pagar United	Hougang Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi 62' Gilberto Fortunato 63' Rusyaidi Salime 76'	Report	Anaqi Ismit 48' Luiz Júnior 67' Reo Nishiguchi 88' Khairul Amri 90+4'	Referee: Jansen Foo

30 July 2021 13 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	1–2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang Stadium
	Kishon Philip 30' Hafiz Sujad 77' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 89'	Report	Kuraba Kondo 51' Takahiro Tezuka 65' Ryoya Tanigushi 90+5'	Referee: Syarqawi Buhari

13 August 2021 15 (Rescheduled)	Albirex Niigata (S)	4–1	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Reo Kunimoto 2' 78' Yasuhiro Hanada 89' Takahiro Tezuka 90+1'	Report	Takahiro Tezuka 82' (o.g.) Maksat Dzhakybaliev 22' Nazrul Nazari 30' Anders Aplin 40'	Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

27 August 2021 17 (Rescheduled)	Lion City Sailors	1–1	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Stipe Plazibat 75' Hafiz Nor 78' Diego Lopes 90+2'	Report	Anders Aplin 50' Farhan Zulkifli 35' Hafiz Sujad 75'	Referee: Taufik Thana

11 September 2021 18 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	7–3	Tampines Rovers	Hougang Stadium
	Fabian Kwok 3' Tomoyuki Doi 18' 23' 33' Lionel Tan 65' Gilberto Fortunato 73' Hafiz Sujad 80' Farhan Zulkifli 55'	Report	Zehrudin Mehmedović 12' 30' Boris Kopitović 42' 59' Taufik Suparno 65'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton

18 September 2021 19 (Rescheduled)	Tanjong Pagar United	1–1	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Khairul Amri 53' Raihan Rahman 70' Faritz Hameed 85'	Report	Gilberto Fortunato 8' Fabian Kwok 21'	Referee: Shadiq Al-Hussain

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

10 October 2021 21 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	1–3	Young Lions FC	Hougang Stadium
	Fabian Kwok 73' 77' Kishon Philip 45'	Report	Harhys Stewart 15' Shah Shahiran 32' Zamani Zamri 55' 80'	Referee: Taufil Thana

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lion City Sailors	21	14	6	1	59	21	+38	48	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Albirex Niigata (S)^[a]	21	13	7	1	50	19	+31	46
3	Hougang United	21	10	4	7	48	40	+8	34	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
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

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Managers	Morgan (2002–03) Chow K.L. (2004–05) Morgan (2006–07) Saswadimata (2008) Grabovac (2008) Swandi (2008) Steinebrunner (2009) Aide (2009–11) Baćina (2011–12) Johana (2012) Weaver (2012–13) Johana (2013) Amin (2013–14) Salim (2015) Balagumaran (2015–16) Philippe (2017–18) Clement (2018–2022) Kassim (2022–2023) Kraljević (2023–2024) Pannarai (2025–present)
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