2021 Tampines Rovers FC season

Tampines Rovers FC
2021 season
Chairman	Desmond Ong
Coach	Gavin Lee
Ground	Our Tampines Hub
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020 2022 →

ChairmanDesmond Ong

CoachGavin Lee

GroundOur Tampines Hub

The 2021 season was Tampines Rovers's 26th season at the top level of Singapore football and 76th year in existence as a football club. The club will also compete in the Singapore League Cup, the Singapore Cup, and the AFC Champions League. The season covers from 13 March 2021 to 11 September 2021.

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Last club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
19	Zulfairuuz Rudy	(1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 31)	Hougang United	2019	2021
24	Syazwan Buhari	(1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 33)	Geylang International	2018	2021
Defenders
3	Ryaan Sanizal ^U23	(2002-05-31) 31 May 2002 (age 23)	FFA U16	2019	2021
5	Baihakki Khaizan ^>30	(1984-01-31) 31 January 1984 (age 42)	PT Prachuap F.C.	2020	2021
6	Madhu Mohana	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 35)	Negeri Sembilan FA	2018	2021
16	Daniel Bennett ^>30	(1978-01-07) 7 January 1978 (age 48)	Geylang International	2017	2021
17	Irwan Shah ^>30	(1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 37)	Warriors FC	2016	2021
21	Hamizan Hisham ^U23	(2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 (age 24)	FFA U18	2019	2021
23	Irfan Najeeb ^U23	(1999-07-31) 31 July 1999 (age 26)	Young Lions FC	2021	2021
	Akmal Azman ^U23	(2000-11-21) 21 November 2000 (age 25)	Young Lions FC	2021	2021
Midfielders
4	Huzaifah Aziz	(1994-06-27) 27 June 1994 (age 31)	Balestier Khalsa	2020	2021
7	Yasir Hanapi (Captain) ^>30	(1989-06-21) 21 June 1989 (age 36)	PDRM FA	2018	2021
8	Kyoga Nakamura	(1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 29)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2020	2021
10	Zehrudin Mehmedović	(1998-03-15) 15 March 1998 (age 28)	FK Mladost Lučani	2019	2021
12	Amirul Haikal ^U23	(1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 26)	Young Lions FC	2021	2021
14	Marc Ryan Tan ^U23	(2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 24)	Young Lions FC	2021	2021
18	Iman Hakim ^U23	(2002-03-09) 9 March 2002 (age 24)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2021
Forwards
9	Boris Kopitović	(1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 30)	OFK Petrovac	2020	2021
11	Armin Bosnjak	(1994-04-20) 20 April 1994 (age 31)	FC Ballkani	2021	2021
13	Taufik Suparno	(1995-10-31) 31 October 1995 (age 30)	SAFSA	2018	2021
28	Fazrul Nawaz ^>30	(1985-04-17) 17 April 1985 (age 40)	Hougang United	2020	2021
Players loaned out / left during season
15	Shah Shahiran ^U23	(1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 26)	FFA U18	2018	2021

Position	Name	Ref.
Chairman	Desmond Ong
General Manager	William Phang	^[1]
Head Coach	Kadir Yahaya	^[2]
First Team Coach	Gavin Lee	Sign extension till 2024 ^[3]^[2]
Assistant Coach	Fahrudin Mustafić	^[4]
Goalkeeping Coach	William Phang	^[5]
COE U21 Coach	Afiq Yahya
COE U17 Coach	Sofiyan Abdul Hamid
COE U15 Coach	Joseph Ng
COE Goalkeeping Coach	Rezal Hassan
Physiotherapist	Premjit Singh
Kitman	Goh Koon Hiang

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Dylan Christopher Goh	Geylang International U19
MF	Iman Hakim	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free ^[6]
MF	Amirul Haikal	Young Lions FC	Free ^[7]
FW	Marc Ryan Tan	Young Lions FC	Free ^[8]
FW	Armin Bosnjak	FC Ballkani	Free ^[9]

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Haikal Hasnol		Loan Return ^[11]
GK	Nurshafiq Zaini	Young Lions FC	Loan Return ^[12]
DF	Irfan Najeeb	Young Lions FC	Loan Return ^[13]
DF	Akmal Azman	Young Lions FC	Loan Return

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Haikal Hasnol		Free
DF	Syahrul Sazali	SAFSA	NS till 2022 ^[15]
MF	Joel Chew Joon Herng	SAFSA	NS till 2022 ^[16]
DF	Shannon Stephen		Free ^[17]^[18]
DF	Fathullah Rahmat	Tanjong Pagar United U21	Free
DF	Amirul Adli	Lion City Sailors	Free ^[19]
MF	Huzaifah Aziz		Free ^[20]
MF	Haziq Mikhail	Lion City Sailors U21
FW	Jordan Webb	Atlético Ottawa^[21]	Free ^[22]

2021 Tampines Rovers FC season

Singapore Premier League

Coaching staff

Transfers

In

Loan Return

Out

Loan Out

Extension and retained

Friendlies

Pre-season

In-season

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Charity Shield

Singapore Premier League

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Singapore Cup

Notes

References

Related Articles

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Nurshafiq Zaini	Young Lions FC	Season loan
MF	Nicky Melvin Singh	Albirex Niigata (S)	Season loan ^[23]

Position	Player	Ref
Coach	Gavin Lee	2 years extension starting 2020 ^[25]
GK	Syazwan Buhari
GK	Zulfairuuz Rudy
DF	Ryaan Sanizal	^[26]
DF	Hamizan Hisham	^[27]
DF	Irwan Shah	^[28]
DF	Madhu Mohana	^[29]
DF	Baihakki Khaizan	2 years contract signed in 2020 ^[30]^[31]^[32]
DF	Daniel Bennett	^[33]
DF	Andrew Aw	^[34]
MF	Yasir Hanapi
MF	Kyoga Nakamura	^[35]
MF	Zehrudin Mehmedovic	^[36]
MF	Shah Shahiran	^[37]
FW	Danish Siregar	^[38]
FW	Taufik Suparno	^[39]
FW	Boris Kopitovic	^[40]
FW	Fazrul Nawaz	^[41]

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 Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

5 June 2021 1	Singapore U-22	1–0	Tampines Rovers	Jurong East Stadium
			Jacob Mahler	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

12 June 2021 2	Albirex Niigata (S)	v	Tampines Rovers	Geylang Field
				Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		ACL / AFC Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
3	DF	Ryaan Sanizal	9+2	1	5	0	16	1
4	MF	Huzaifah Aziz	0+1	0	0+4	0	5	0
5	DF	Baihakki Khaizan	12+2	0	4+2	0	20	0
6	DF	Madhu Mohana	14+3	2	5	0	22	2
7	MF	Yasir Hanapi	17+3	6	5	0	25	6
8	MF	Kyoga Nakamura	21	3	6	0	27	3
9	FW	Boris Kopitović	19+2	16	5+1	0	27	16
10	MF	Zehrudin Mehmedović	17+2	5	6	0	25	5
11	FW	Armin Bosnjak	16+4	1	6	0	26	1
12	MF	Amirul Haikal	14+1	0	1+3	0	19	0
13	FW	Taufik Suparno	3+17	6	0	0	20	6
14	FW	Marc Ryan Tan	10+4	3	5	0	19	3
16	DF	Daniel Bennett	12+3	1	3+2	1	20	2
17	DF	Irwan Shah	14+6	1	5	0	25	1
18	MF	Iman Hakim	12	0	2+1	0	15	0
19	GK	Zulfairuuz Rudy	3+1	0	1	0	5	0
21	DF	Hamizan Hisham	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Irfan Najeeb	10+1	1	2+2	0	15	1
24	GK	Syazwan Buhari	17	0	5	0	22	0
28	FW	Fazrul Nawaz	0+3	0	0+6	0	9	0
43	MF	Amir Mirza	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
44	GK	Danial Iliya	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
45	DF	Andrew Aw	4+2	0	0+1	0	7	0
57	MF	Adam Reefdy	0+1	0	0+1	0	2	0
Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club
15	MF	Shah Shahiran	6	0	0	0	6	0

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
SPL	19	7	4	8	47	50	−3	036.84
AFC Champions League	6	0	0	6	1	27	−26	000.00
Total	25	7	4	14	48	77	−29	028.00

13 March 2021 1	Lion City Sailors	3–3	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Song Ui-young 4' Gabriel Quak 5' 58' 40' Saifullah Akbar 77' Stipe Plazibat 86'	Report	Madhu Mohana 19' Yasir Hanapi 63' 67' Shah Shahiran 42' Taufik Suparno 75'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Jansen Foo

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

21 March 2021 3	Tampines Rovers	3–1	Tanjong Pagar United	Our Tampines Hub
	Madhu Mohana 5' Yasir Hanapi 61' Taufik Suparno 85' Irwan Shah 69' Irfan Najeeb 71'		Luiz Júnior 80' (pen.) Fashah Iskandar 33' Rusyaidi Salime 59'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

10 October 2021 21 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	1–1	Geylang International	Our Tampines Hub
	Taufik Suparno 73' Iman Hakim 90'	Report	Amy Recha 90' (pen.) Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib 62' 90'	Referee: Farhad Mohamed

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

7 April 2021 5	Tampines Rovers	7–0	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Kyoga Nakamura 13' 69' Boris Kopitović 21' 80' (pen.) 87' Yasir Hanapi 45' 67' Zehrudin Mehmedovic 81'	Report		Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Nathan Chan

11 April 2021 6	Albirex Niigata (S)	2–1	Tampines Rovers	Jurong East Stadium
	Ryoya Tanigushi 21' Kuraba Kondo 63' Fairoz Hasan 18' Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 18' Yu Tokiwa 74'	Report	Boris Kopitović 9' Yasir Hanapi 73' Shah Shahiran 85'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Juherman Zaiton

16 April 2021 7	Tampines Rovers	3–2	Geylang International	Our Tampines Hub
	Zehrudin Mehmedović 32' (pen.) Boris Kopitović 51' Taufik Suparno 79'	Report	Matheus Moresche 50' 62' Firdaus Kasman 34' Harith Kanadi 89'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

24 April 2021 8 (Rescheduled)	Tanjong Pagar United	2–2	Tampines Rovers	Jurong East Stadium
	Reo Nishiguchi 21' 86' Luiz Júnior 60' (pen.) Anaqi Ismit 37' Suhairi Sabri 78' Rusyaidi Salime 78' Fashah Iskandar 88'	Report	Armin Bosnjak 38' Daniel Bennett 45+4' Madhu Mohana 52' Taufik Suparno 89'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton

22 May 2021 9	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

15 May 2021 10 (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'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Jansen Foo

8 May 2021 11 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	2–2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Our Tampines Hub
	Boris Kopitović 53' 90+6' (pen.) Zehrudin Mehmedović 74' Baihakki Khaizan 79' Daniel Bennett 90+6' 90+7'	Report	Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 35' 49' Ryoya Tanigushi 31' Yu Tokiwa 56'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Farhad Mohamed

2 May 2021 12 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	0–4	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Harhys Stewart 35' Hami Syahin 68' Jacob Mahler 78' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 85'	Report	Zehrudin Mehmedović 3' Irwan Shah 19' Kyoga Nakamura 43' Taufik Suparno 80' Ryaan Sanizal 60'	Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

21 September 2021 13 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	1–6	Lion City Sailors	Our Tampines Hub
	Hariss Harun 51' (o.g.) Iman Hakim 27' Andrew Aw 75'	Report	Haiqal Pashia 37' Gabriel Quak 56' Song Ui-young 67' 79' Faris Ramli 74' Daniel Bennett 76' (o.g.) Tajeli Salamat 61'	Attendance: 1000 Referee: Farhad Mohamed

25 August 2021 14 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	3–1	Tampines Rovers	Our Tampines Hub
	Danny Kim 59' Amy Recha 65' Christopher van Huizen 77' Afiq Yunos 53' Barry Maguire 88'	Report	Boris Kopitović 45'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton

15 August 2021 15 (Rescheduled)	Lion City Sailors	4–1	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Gabriel Quak 34' Stipe Plazibat 36' 48' Saifullah Akbar 46' Song Ui-young 85'	Report	Boris Kopitović 59' Baihakki Khaizan 40' Yasir Hanapi 70' Zehrudin Mehmedović 82'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Farhad Mohamed

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

29 August 2021 17 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	2–2	Tanjong Pagar United	Our Tampines Hub
	Irfan Najeeb 17' Marc Ryan Tan 35' Irwan Shah 73' 90+3'	Report	Shakir Hamzah 29' Anaqi Ismit 45' Khairul Amri 70' Rusyaidi Salime 89' Shahrin Saberin 90+4'	Referee: Jansen Foo

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)	Tampines Rovers	2–1	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Daniel Goh 34' (o.g.) Taufik Suparno 71' Baihakki Khaizan 15' Amirul Haikal 29' Madhu Mohana 69' Yasir Hanapi 90'	Report	Jacob Mahler 70' (pen.) Shah Shahiran 82'	Referee: Abirami Naidu

24 September 2021 20 (Rescheduled)	Albirex Niigata (S)	0–0	Tampines Rovers	Jurong East Stadium
		Report	Zehrudin Mehmedovic 44'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton

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
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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JEO	GAM	CHI	TAM
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	5	1	0	22	5	+17	16	Advance to Round of 16	—	2–1	2–1	9–0
2	Gamba Osaka	6	2	3	1	15	7	+8	9		2–2	—	1–1	8–1
3	Chiangrai United	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8		1–3	1–1	—	1–0
4	Tampines Rovers	6	0	0	6	1	27	−26	0		0–4	0–2	0–3	—

25 June 2021 Matchday 1	Tampines Rovers	0–2	Gamba Osaka	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
		Report	Patric 26' Leandro Pereira 88'	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka) Man of the Match: Patric