2022 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Balestier Khalsa
2022 season
Chairman	S Thavaneson
Head coach	Akbar Nawas
Stadium	Bishan Stadium
Singapore Premier League	7th
Singapore Cup	4th
Top goalscorer	League: Shuhei Hoshino (18 goals); All: Shuhei Hoshino (20 goals)
	← 2021 2023 →

ChairmanS Thavaneson

Head coach

Akbar Nawas

StadiumBishan Stadium

Singapore Premier League7th

The 2022 season was Balestier Khalsa's 27th 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	Hairul Syirhan	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 30)	Geylang International	2022	2022
18	Kimura Riki ^U23	(2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 25)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2022
20	Rudy Khairullah	(1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 (age 31)	Lion City Sailors	2022	2022
Defenders
3	Keshav Kumar ^U23	(2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 25)	Youth Team	2020	2022
4	Delwinder Singh	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 33)	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2022
5	Ensar Brunčević	(1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 27)	FK Spartak Subotica II (T2)	2020	2022
13	Amer Hakeem	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 27)	Young Lions FC	2021	2022
15	Khalili Khalif ^U23	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 29)	SAFSA (NFL)	2022	2022
16	Darren Teh	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 29)	Geylang International	2022	2023
24	Ho Wai Loon	(1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 32)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2023
27	Akmal Azman ^U23	(2000-11-21) 21 November 2000 (age 25)	Tampines Rovers	2021	2021
29	Aidil Johari ^U23	(2003-04-05) 5 April 2003 (age 22)	Youth Team	2021	2022
33	Madhu Mohana ^>30	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 35)	Tampines Rovers	2022	2022
39	Aiman Zavyan ^U23	(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 23)	Geylang International U19	2020	2022
Midfielders
6	Aarish Kumar ^U23	(1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 26)	Warriors FC	2020	2022
7	Daniel Goh ^U23	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 26)	Young Lions FC	2022	2022
8	Ammirul Emmran	(1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 30)	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2022
14	Hariysh Krishnakumar ^U23	(2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 23)	Geylang International U19	2021	2022
17	Naufal Azman	(1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 27)	Hougang United	2022	2022
19	Asshukrie Wahid	(1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 (age 28)	Geylang International	2022	2022
28	Gareth Low	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 29)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2022
30	Ignatius Ang	(1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 33)	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2022
Forwards
9	Shuhei Hoshino	(1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 (age 30)	Busan Transportation CFC	2020	2022
10	Ryoya Tanigushi	(1999-08-31) 31 August 1999 (age 26)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2022	2022
11	Kuraba Kondo	(2002-07-06) 6 July 2002 (age 23)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2022	2022
22	Puvan Raj Sivalingam ^U23	(2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 24)	Youth Team	2020	2022
23	Syukri Noorhaizam ^U23	(1999-12-14) 14 December 1999 (age 26)	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	2020	2022
Players who left during season
12	Martyn Mun ^U23	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 26)	Young Lions FC	2020	2022

No.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Contract since	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Nur Izyan Ahmad		Simei United	2022	2022
25	Hazel Lim Ya Ting	(2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 24)		2022	2022
36	Erlinawaty Dewi			2022	2022
Defenders
3	Nur Saibah		Simei United FC	2022	2022
5	Nur Syahirah Rahman			2022	2022
15	Nur Fathimah Syaakirah			2022	2022
16	Siti Nurerwadah Erwan	(2004-06-26) 26 June 2004 (age 21)		2022	2022
17	Sharifah Nuratuhasikin			2022	2022
18	Nur Syafiqah Peer	(1996-10-04) 4 October 1996 (age 29)	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2022
19	Nur Azima Ahmad			2022	2022
22	Nasriah Ibrahim			2022	2022
23	Nur Aniqah Imana		Simei United FC	2022	2022
Midfielders
4	Atiqah Wahab		Simei United FC	2022	2022
6	Nai'mi Nur Batrisyia			2022	2022
7	Nurfathin Ardila		Simei United FC	2022	2022
8	Nadhirah Farid		Simei United FC	2022	2022
10	Seri Nurhidayah		Simei United FC	2022	2022
11	Mastura Jeilani	(1992-07-10) 10 July 1992 (age 33)	Simei United FC	2022	2022
20	Nur Syafiqah		Simei United FC	2022	2022
24	Nur Azureen		Police SA	2023	2023
Strikers
15	Tanya Dominique			2022	2022

Position	Name	Ref.
Team Manager	Darwin Jalil
General Manager	Tim Nee Cheng
Head Coach	Akbar Nawas	2 years contract till 2023
Head Coach (Women)	Ratna Suffian
Academy Manager
Assistant Coach	Nasaruddin Jalil
Assistant Coach	Nasruldin Baharuddin
U21 Coach	Haris Sumri
Goalkeeping Coach	Yazid Yasin
Fitness Coach	Rosman Sulaiman
Fitness Coach	Rory Winters
Analyst	Razif Ariff
Physiotherapist	Mohamed Nasser
Kitman

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Martyn Mun	Young Lions FC	Loan Return ^[2]
GK	Kimura Riki	Lion City Sailors	1 year contract till 2022 ^[3]
GK	Hairul Syirhan	Geylang International	1 year contract till 2022 ^[4]
DF	Darren Teh	Geylang International	2 years contract till 2023 ^[5]
DF	Ho Wai Loon	Lion City Sailors	2 years contract till 2023 ^[6]
DF	Delwinder Singh	Tanjong Pagar United	1 year contract till 2022 ^[7]
DF	Akmal bin Azman	Free Agent
MF	Naufal Azman	Hougang United	1 year contract till 2022 ^[8]
MF	Ammirul Emmran	Tanjong Pagar United	1 year contract till 2022 ^[9]
MF	Ignatius Ang	Free Agent	1 year contract till 2022 ^[10]
MF	Asshukrie Wahid	Geylang International	1 year contract till 2022 ^[11]
MF	Ryoya Tanigushi	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free ^[12]
FW	Kuraba Kondo	Albirex Niigata (S)	1 year contract till 2022 ^[13]
FW	Max McCoy	Tampines Rovers U21	Free
FW	Hari McCoy	ASD San Luca (I4)	Free

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Madhu Mohana	Tampines Rovers	Free
DF	Khalili Khalif		Loan Return
FW	Syukri Noorhaizam		Loan Return

2022 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Singapore Premier League

Women Team

Coaching staff

Transfer

In

Loan In

Out

Loan Return

Loan Out

Extension / Retained

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

Mid-Season Friendly

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions (SPL)

Overview

Singapore Premier League

Singapore Cup

Group

Semi-final

3rd/4th placing

References

Related Articles

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Zacharial Leong	Singapore Cricket Club (SFL)	Free
DF	Ahmad Syahir	Geylang International	Free ^[15]
DF	Fadli Kamis	Geylang International	Free ^[16]
MF	Max Goh Yi Qi	Project Vaults FC (SFL)	Free
MF	Faizal Raffi	Tanjong Pagar United	Free
MF	Gautam Selvamany	Tiong Bahru FC (SFL)	Free
MF	Kristijan Krajček	Hougang United	Free ^[17]^[18]
FW	Šime Žužul	Geylang International	Free ^[19]
FW	Hazzuwan Halim	Geylang International	Free ^[20]^[21]
FW	Iqbal Hussain	Geylang International	Free ^[22]
FW	Joshua De Souza		Free

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
FW	Yann Weishaupt	Royale Union sportive Givry (B3)	Free
FW	Hari McCoy	Weymouth F.C. (E6)	Free ^[23]
FW	Max McCoy	Weymouth F.C. (E6)	Free ^[24]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Kimura Riki	Lion City Sailors	Loan Return ^[25]
DF	Ho Wai Loon	Lion City Sailors	Loan Return ^[26]

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Shaqi Sulaiman		NS till 2022
FW	Syukri Noorhaizam		NS till 2022
MF	Jordan Emaviwe	SAFSA	NS till 2023 ^[27]^[28]
DF	Sameer Alassane	Police SA	NS till 2023

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Martyn Mun	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Ensar Brunčević	2 years contract signed in 2020 ^[30]
DF	Aiman Zavyan	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Aqil Yazid	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Keshav Kumar	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Aidil Johari	1 year contract signed in 2021
DF	Amer Hakeem	2 years contract signed in 2020
MF	Aarish Kumar	1 year contract signed in 2021
MF	Gareth Low	1 year contract signed in 2021
MF	Hariysh Krishnakumar	1 year contract signed in 2021
FW	Shuhei Hoshino	1 year contract signed in 2021 ^[31]
FW	Puvan Raj Sivalingam	1 year contract signed in 2021 (Promoted)

5 February 2022	Albirex Niigata (S)	7–0^[a]	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East, Singapore
17:30 SST	K. Kobayashi 7' Lee 24' Sugita 29', 51' Matsuura 75' Omori 88' Ochiai 117'	Report		Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

10 February 2022	Tanjong Pagar United	8–1	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

10 June 2022 (2022-06-10) Friendly	Terengganu F.C. I	4–0	Balestier Khalsa	Terengganu
	Habib Haroon 9' Nik Sharif Haseefy 28' Ridzuan Razali Engku Nur Shakir			Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium

No.	Pos.	Player	SPL		Singapore Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Hairul Syirhan	16	0	6	0	22	0
3	DF	Keshav Kumar	0+4	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF	Delwinder Singh	14+8	1	6	0	28	1
5	DF	Ensar Brunčević	20+1	2	6	0	27	2
6	MF	Aarish Kumar	3+5	0	0	0	8	0
7	FW	Daniel Goh	8+8	5	6	3	22	8
8	MF	Ammirul Emmran	15+7	0	3+2	0	27	0
9	FW	Shuhei Hoshino	26	18	6	2	32	20
10	MF	Ryoya Tanigushi	28	10	4+1	2	33	12
11	MF	Kuraba Kondo	27	7	6	4	33	11
13	DF	Amer Hakeem	7+1	0	0+4	0	12	0
15	DF	Khalili Khalif	1	0	0	0	1	0
16	DF	Darren Teh	25+1	0	6	0	32	0
17	MF	Naufal Azman	2+11	0	0+4	0	17	0
18	GK	Kimura Riki	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Asshukrie Wahid	2+7	0	0+1	0	10	0
20	GK	Rudy Khairullah	12	0	0	0	12	0
22	FW	Puvan Raj	1+1	0	0+1	0	3	0
23	FW	Syukri Noorhaizam	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	Ho Wai Loon	24	0	6	0	30	0
27	DF	Akmal bin Azman	7+6	0	0	0	13	0
28	MF	Gareth Low	20	1	3+2	0	25	1
29	DF	Aidil Johari	14+7	0	0+1	0	22	0
30	MF	Ignatius Ang	13+7	1	3	0	23	1
33	DF	Madhu Mohana	17	0	6	0	23	0
39	DF	Aiman Zavyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
66	MF	Ryan Praveen	0+4	0	0	0	4	0
67	MF	Iftiqar Parizan	1	0	0	0	1	0
74	MF	Yann Weishaupt	1	0	0	0	1	0
77	MF	Hari McCoy	1	0	0	0	1	0
80	DF	Aqil Yazid	2	0	0	0	2	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club

26 February 2022 1	Balestier Khalsa	2–2	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh
	Shuhei Hoshino 46' Ensar Brunčević 57'	Report	Boris Kopitović 37' Taufik Suparno 45+1' Shuya Yamashita 28' Syed Firdaus Hassan 82'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Muhammad Taqi

12 March 2022 3	Balestier Khalsa	3–5	Tanjong Pagar United	Toa Payoh
	Kuraba Kondo 23' Ryoya Tanigushi 27' Shuhei Hoshino 32'	Report	Khairul Amri 10' Blake Ricciuto 18' Mario Sugic 50' 59' 14' Reo Nishiguchi 82' Faritz Hameed 19'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Clarence Leow Hong Wei

1 April 2022 5	Lion City Sailors	4–0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
	Kim Shin-wook 6' 30' 55' Song Ui-young 27' 22'	Report	Ryoya Taniguchi 87'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

8 May 2022 8	Tampines Rovers	2–1	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
	Zehrudin Mehmedović 32' 90+5' Boris Kopitović 59' Amirul Hakia 61'	Report	Gareth Low 15' 48' Delwinder Singh 90+5' 90+6'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Clarence Leow Hong Wei

28 May 2022 11	Hougang United	3–1	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang
	Kaishu Yamazaki 22' Hafiz Sujad 59' 67' Kristijan Krajcek 85' Anders Aplin 86'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino 30' Delwinder Singh 50' Aidil Johari 83'	Stadium: Hougang Stadium Referee: Jansen Foo

5 March 2022 2	Albirex Niigata (S)	6–0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
	Kodai Tanaka 33' 54' 60' 68' Tadanari Lee 57' Jun Kobayashi 67' Masahiro Sugita 61'	Report		Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Hilmi Fuad

19 March 2022 4	Balestier Khalsa	4–3	Young Lions FC	Toa Payoh
	Ryoya Tanigushi 41' Kuraba Kondo 44' 62' Shuhei Hoshino 85'	Report	Zikos Vasileios Chua 16' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 53' Ilhan Fandi 89'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Taufik Thana

5 April 2022 6	Balestier Khalsa	2–1	Hougang United	Toa Payoh
	Shuhei Hoshino 24' Ensar Brunčević 52' Aidil Johari 75' Ammirul Emmran 88' Rudy Khairullah 89'	Report	Sahil Suhaimi 81' André Moritz 44'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Abirami Naidu

10 April 2022 7	Geylang International	0–1	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
	Ahmad Syahir 30' Zaiful Nizam 55' Kieran Teo 85'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino 61' Ensar Brunčević 27' Rudy Khairullah 58'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Taufik Thana

13 May 2022 9	Balestier Khalsa	1–2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Toa Payoh
	Shuhei Hoshino 49' Ho Wai Loon 9' Gareth Low 10' Puvan Raj Sivalingam 22'	Report	Jun Kobayashi 10' Tadanari Lee 86' Reo Kunimoto 32'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

20 May 2022 10	Tanjong Pagar United	1–0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
	Reo Nishiguchi 37' Fathullah Rahmat 20' Faizal Raffi 90'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino 18' Ammirul Emmran 62'	Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Hilmi Fuad

19 June 2022 12	Balestier Khalsa	1–6	Lion City Sailors	Toa Payoh
	Daniel Goh 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Shahdan Sulaiman 10' 41' Song Ui-young 19' Hariss Harun 26' Gabriel Quak 74' Faris Ramli 81'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Taufik Thana

25 June 2022 13	Young Lions FC	0–1	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
	Danish Qayyum 36' Syed Akmal 73'	Report	Ryoya Tanigushi 69' Ensar Brunčević 29' Shuhei Hoshino 36' Darren Teh 60' Akmal Azman 70' Hairul Syirhan 90'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

2 July 2022 14	Balestier Khalsa	0–2	Geylang International	Toa Payoh
	Ensar Brunčević 61'	Report	Šime Žužul 49' (pen.) Hazzuwan Halim 78' Faizal Roslan 77'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Clarence Leow Hong Wei

9 July 2022 15	Balestier Khalsa	2–2	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh
	Ignatius Ang 7' Shuhei Hoshino 39' Ho Wai Loon 24' Ensar Bruncevic 86' Delwinder Singh 90' Ryoya Taniguchi 90+4'	Report	Boris Kopitović 52' Taufik Suparno 63' Shuya Yamashita 64'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Hilmi Fuad

16 July 2022 16	Albirex Niigata (S)	4–1	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
	Ilhan Fandi 11' 22' 62' Kodai Tanaka 13'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino 41'	Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Shadiq Al-Hussain

23 July 2022 17	Balestier Khalsa	0–2	Tanjong Pagar United	Toa Payoh
	Daniel Goh 4' Ryoya Tanigushi 54' Ensar Brunčević 90'	Report	Reo Nishiguchi 28' 78' Rusyaidi Salime 32' Raihan Rahman 54' Fathullah Rahmat 62'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Muhammad Taqi

31 July 2022 18	Balestier Khalsa	2–0	Young Lions FC	Toa Payoh
	Shuhei Hoshino 45' 23' Kuraba Kondo 75' (pen.) Hairul Syirhan 39' Ho Wai Loon 73' Akmal Bin Azman 90'	Report	Harith Kanadi 65'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

6 August 2022 19	Lion City Sailors	4–0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
	Kim Shin-wook 5' (pen.) Maxime Lestienne 70' Saifullah Akbar 72' 89' Song Ui-young 77' Amirul Adli 55' Diego Lopes 62'	Report	Kuraba Kondo89	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

12 August 2022 20	Balestier Khalsa	6–1	Hougang United	Toa Payoh
	Shuhei Hoshino 5' 67' 85' 78' Delwinder Singh 21' Ryoya Tanigushi 33' Kuraba Kondo 73'	Report	Shahfiq Ghani 16' 61' Pedro Bortoluzo 50' Nazrul Nazari 76' Shahril Ishak 81' Afiq Noor 86'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Andrea Verolino

21 August 2022 21	Geylang International	3–0	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
	Šime Žužul 37' (pen.) 80' Ariffin Noor 90+3' Rio Sakuma 76' Takahiro Tezuka 88'	Report	Ensar Brunčević 61' Delwinder Singh 61' Asshukrie Wahid 68'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Shadiq Al-Hussain

28 August 2022 22	Tampines Rovers	2–1	Balestier Khalsa	Tampines
	Boris Kopitović 37' 90' (pen.) Syed Firdaus 41' Irwan Shah 84'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino 48' Madhu Mohana 21' Ensar Brunčević 26' Akmal bin Azman 49'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Farhad Mohamed

2 September 2022 23	Balestier Khalsa	3–5	Albirex Niigata (S)	Toa Payoh
	Shuhei Hoshino 31' 54' Kuraba Kondo 56' Ryoya Taniguchi89 Gareth Low 50' Ammirul Emmran 61' Ho Wai Loon 76'	Report	Kodai Tanaka 50' 62' 75' 85' (pen.) Masaya Idetsu 81' Daichi Omori 88' Reo Kunimoto 89'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Hilmi Fuad

9 September 2022 24	Tanjong Pagar United	3–1	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East
	Mirko Šugić 28' Blake Ricciuto 61' Khairul Amri 71'	Report	Ryoya Tanigushi 82' Madhu Mohana 57' Ammirul Emmran 60' Gareth Low 90+2'	Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Andrea Verolino

20 October 2022 25 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	4–1	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang
	Pedro Bortoluzo 7' 90+6' Kristijan Krajcek 21' André Moritz 37'	Report	Daniel Goh 86' Darren Teh 66'	Stadium: Hougang Stadium Referee: Shadiq Al-Hussain