2018 Balestier Khalsa season

Balestier Khalsa
2018 season
Chairman	Darwin Jalil
Head coach	Marko Kraljević
Stadium	Toa Payoh Stadium
Singapore Premier League	6th; (Currently)
Singapore Cup	-
Top goalscorer	League: Keegan Linderboom; (5 goals) Currently; All: Keegan Linderboom; (5 goals) Currently

The 2018 season is Balestier Khalsa's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

Squad

As of 11 June 2018.

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Hafiz Ahmad ^U23		Home United
12	Nazri Sabri	(1989-09-20) 20 September 1989	Eunos Crescent
13	Zacharial Leong ^U23
19	Zaiful Nizam	(1987-07-24) 24 July 1987
Defenders
2	Fadli Kamis	(1992-11-07) 7 November 1992
3	Shaqi Sulaiman ^U23	(1998-11-10) 10 November 1998	Hougang United
4	Khalili Khalif ^U23	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997	Home United
5	Nurisham Jupri ^U23	(1995-12-14) 14 December 1995	Eunos Crescent
6	Nurullah Hussein	(1993-05-09) 9 May 1993
9	Zakir Samsudin	(1994-01-18) 18 January 1994	LionsXII
10	Sufianto Salleh	(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993	Home United
15	Sheikh Abdul Hadi	(1992-03-24) 24 March 1992
18	Ahmad Syahir Sahimi	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992
25	Sharin Majid ^U23	(1995-03-31) 31 March 1995	Warriors FC
Midfielders
7	Hazzuwan Halim	(1994-02-02) 2 February 1994
8	Raihan Rahman	(1991-02-07) 7 February 1991
11	Huzaifah Aziz	(1994-06-24) 24 June 1994
14	Afiq Salman Tan ^U23	(1995-11-28) 28 November 1995
16	Khairuddin Omar ^U23	(1996-03-08) 8 March 1996
17	Fariz Faizal ^U23	(1996-10-17) 17 October 1996
22	Vedran Mesec	(1988-02-20) 20 February 1988	NK Aluminij
24	Noor Akid Nordin ^U23	(1996-10-28) 28 October 1996	Home United
58	Daniel Hazreel ^U23	(1999-05-31) 31 May 1999	Kembagan United
68	Sanjin Vrebac ^U19	(2000-02-25) 25 February 2000	VfR Fischeln
70	Haiqal Adnan ^U19
Strikers
21	Keegan Linderboom	(1989-09-26) 26 September 1989	Waitakere United
23	Akbar Shah ^U23	(1996-05-29) 29 May 1996	Home United
67	Dusan Marinkovic ^U19		FK Internacional

Coaching staff

[1]

Position	Name
Head Coach	Marko Kraljević
Assistant Coach	Haris Sumri
Goalkeeping Coach	Koh Chuan Hwee/ Rizal Abdul Rahman
Fitness Coach	Rosman Sulaiman
Team Chairman	Darwin Jalil
Physiotherapist	Mohamed Nasser
Kitman	Abdul Latiff

Transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Nazri Sabri	Eunos Crescent (NFL Club)	[2]
GK	Hafiz Ahmad	Home United
DF	Sufianto Salleh	Home United	2 Years Contract [3][4]
DF	Nurullah Hussein	Free Agent	2 Years Contract [5]
DF	Shaqi Sulaiman	Hougang United	2 Years Contract [6]
DF	Sharin Majid	Warriors FC
DF	Khalili Khalif	Home United Prime League	[7]
MF	Daniel Hazreel	Kembangan United FC (NFL Club)	[8]
MF	Nurisham Jupri	Eunos Crescent (NFL Club)	[9]
MF	Noor Akid Nordin	Home United	2 Years Contract [10]
MF	Afiq Salman Tan	Free Agent	2 Years Contract [11]
MF	Keegan Linderboom	Waitakere United	[12]
FW	Akbar Shah	Home United	2 Years Contract [13]
FW	Vedran Mesec	NK Aluminij	[14]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	A. Renonathan
GK	Naqiuddin Nodin
GK	Hamzah Fazil
DF	Zulkhair Mustaffa	SAFSA (NFL Club)	loan
DF	Tajeli Salamat	Warriors FC	[15]
DF	Ashrul Syafeeq	Hougang United	[16]
DF	Azmeerudin Jamludain	Eunos Crescent FC (NFL Club)
DF	Hanafi Salleh
MF	Kyaw Zayar Win
MF	Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit	Prachuap FC	[17]
MF	Aung Kyaw Naing	Angthong FC
MF	Mahathir Azeman
MF	Jonathan Tan	SAFSA (NFL Club)	loan
MF	Hanafi Akbar	Tampines Rovers	[18]
MF	Shah Hirul
MF	Danial Farhan Tan

Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Zaiful Nizam	2 years contract [19]
DF	Fadli Kamis	2 years contract [20]
DF	Sheikh Abdul Hadi	2 years contract [21]
DF	Ahmad Syahir	1 year contract [22]
MF	Raihan Rahman	2 years contract [23]
MF	Huzaifah Aziz	2 years contract [24]
MF	Hazzuwan Halim	2 years contract [25]

Promoted

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Zacharial Leong	[26]
MF	Fariz Faizal	2 Years Contract [27]
MF	Khairuddin Omar	2 Years Contract [28]

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Zakir Samsudin	Free Agent	[29]
MF	Sanjin Vrebac	VfR Fischeln	Balestier Khalsa U19[30]
FW	Dusan Marinkovic	FK Internacional	Balestier Khalsa U19[31]

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

Win Draw Loss

31 January 2018 (2018-01-31) 1	Young Lions	0-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
1700 hours

9 February 2018 (2018-02-09) 2	Balestier Khalsa	1-0	Warriors FC	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
1900 hours	Hazzuwan Halim 5'

24 February 2018 3

Balestier Khalsa

3-1

Balestier United

Toa Payoh Stadium

3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) 4	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Geylang International	Bedok Stadium
			Darren Teh

10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) 5	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Malaysia U18	Toa Payoh Stadium
1900 hours			72'

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 29 September 2018

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Hafiz Ahmad	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Fadli Kamis	23	4	5	0	28	4
3	DF	Shaqi Sulaiman	14	0	5	0	19	0
4	DF	Khalili Khalif	3(4)	0	4	0	11	0
5	DF	Nurisham Jupri	10(2)	0	0	0	12	0
6	DF	Nurullah Hussein	13(2)	2	3(1)	0	19	2
7	MF	Hazzuwan Halim	19(4)	4	5	3	28	6
8	MF	Raihan Rahman	5	0	0	0	5	0
9	DF	Zakir Samsudin	0(4)	1	0(3)	0	4	1
10	DF	Sufianto Salleh	12(5)	0	1(2)	0	20	0
11	MF	Huzaifah Aziz	20(1)	4	5	1	26	5
12	GK	Nazri Sabri	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	Zacharial Leong	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Afiq Tan	10(3)	0	0(2)	0	14	0
15	DF	Sheikh Abdul Hadi	16(1)	1	2	0	19	1
16	MF	Khairuddin Omar	3 (4)	0	0	0	7	0
17	MF	Fariz Faizal	14(7)	0	5	0	26	0
18	DF	Ahmad Syahir	16(5)	0	4	0	25	0
19	GK	Zaiful Nizam (captain)	24	0	4	0	28	0
21	MF	Keegan Linderboom	15(2)	5	5	1	22	6
22	FW	Vedran Mesec	14	2	3	0	17	2
23	MF	Akbar Shah	5(9)	1	0(3)	0	16	1
24	MF	Noor Akid Nordin	16(5)	1	1	0	22	1
25	DF	Sharin Majid	5	0	0	0	5	0
58	MF	Daniel Hazreel	0 (2)	0	0	0	2	0
67	MF	Dusan Marinkovic	0 (2)	0	0	0	2	0
68	MF	Sanjin Vrebac	8(1)	0	2	0	11	0
70	MF	Haiqal Adnan	0 (1)	0	0	0	1	0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Singapore Premier League	24	7	6	11	25	36	−11	029.17
Singapore Cup	5	1	3	1	5	6	−1	020.00
Total	29	8	9	12	30	42	−12	027.59

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

4 April 2018 (2018-04-04) Round 1	Home United	3-1	Balestier Khalsa	Bishan Stadium
	Sirina Camara 77' Song Ui-young 88' Shahril Ishak 90+3'		Keegan Linderboom 27' (pen)	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) Round 2	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Toa Payoh Stadium
			Sheikh Abdul Hadi 76' (o.g)	Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)

11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) Round 3	Balestier Khalsa	3-1	Young Lions	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Vedran Mesec 39' Keegan Linderboom 60' Sheikh Abdul Hadi 74'		Prakash Raj 66'

14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) Round 4	Geylang International	0-1	Balestier Khalsa	Bedok Stadium
			Fadli Kamis 19' 78' Afiq Salman Tan 46' Huzaifah Aziz 75'

22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) Round 5	Hougang United	1-1	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Iqbal Hussain 48' Fabian Kwok 34' Syahiran Miswan 61' Illyas Lee 85'		Keegan Linderboom 9' Huzaifah Aziz 73'	Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

29 April 2018 (2018-04-29) Round 6	Balestier Khalsa	2-1	Warriors FC	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Keegan Linderboom 26' Noor Akid Nordin 50' Fadli Kamis 67' Sufianto Salleh 89'		Jonathan Béhé 74' Hafiz Sulaiman 15'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)

2 May 2018 (2018-05-02) Round 7	Tampines Rovers	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	Irfan Najeeb 49'			Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)

13 May 2018 (2018-05-13) Round 8	Balestier Khalsa	1-2	DPMM FC	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 2'		Volodymyr Pryyomov 55' Adi Said 64' (pen)	Referee: G.Letchman (Singapore)

19 May 2018 (2018-05-19) Round 9	Balestier Khalsa	2-1	Home United	National Stadium, Singapore
	Vedran Mesec 87' Huzaifah Aziz 90+1'		Hafiz Nor 9' Anumanthan Kumar 90+5'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)

27 May 2018 (2018-05-27) Round 10	Albirex Niigata (S)	5-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Shuhei Hoshino 9' Taku Morinaga 50,71,73' Hiroyoshi Kamata 67'			Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)

2 June 2018 (2018-06-02) Round 11	Balestier Khalsa	1-2	Geylang International	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Huzaifah Aziz 30' (pen) 70' Nurullah Hussein 51' Noor Akid Nordin 57'		Fairoz Hasan 1' Yuki Ichikawa 74' Jufri Taha 29'	Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)

10 June 2018 (2018-06-10) Round 12	Young Lions	0-2	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Huzaifah Aziz 43' Akbar Shah 78'	Referee: G.Letchman (Singapore)

17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) Round 13	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Hougang United	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Nurullah Hussein 58' Sheikh Abdul Hadi 84' Hazzuwan Halim 90+4'		Nurhilmi Jasni 73' Illyas Lee 18' Fabian Kwok 23' Justin Hui 82' Khairulhin Khalid 90+4' Jordan Vestering 90+4'

23 June 2018 (2018-06-23) Round 14	Warriors FC	3-0	Balestier Khalsa	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Ignatius Ang 20' Jonathan Béhé 48' 90+1'

30 June 2018 (2018-06-30) Round 15	Balestier Khalsa	2-5	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 21' (pen) Akbar Shah 78'		Irfan Najeeb 9' Khairul Amri 25,70,90+1' Jordan Webb 90+3'

7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) Round 16	DPMM FC	2-2	Balestier Khalsa	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Suhaimi Anak Sulau 5' Shahrazen Said 23' (pen)		Fadil Kamis 50' Huzaifah Aziz 67'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)

15 July 2018 (2018-07-15) Round 17	Home United	1-1	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Shahril Ishak 42' (pen)		Fadil Kamis 16'	Referee: G.Letchman (Singapore)

22 July 2018 (2018-07-22) Round 18	Balestier Khalsa	1-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Kenya Takahashi 32'		Hazzuwan Halim 47'

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) Round 19	Geylang International	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Bedok Stadium
	Anders Aplin 73'		Dusan Marinkovic 82'

15 August 2018 (2018-08-15) Round 20	Hougang United	1-2	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Antonie Viterale 26'		Zakir Samsudin 73' Hazzuwan Halim 75'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton (Singapore)

19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) Round 21	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Warriors FC	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Fadli Kamis 40' Nurullah Hussein 76' 43' Huzaifah Aziz 88' Shaqi Sulaiman 94'		Jonathan Béhé 28' 71' Firdaus Kasman 65'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) Round 22 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	Madhu Mohana 39'

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) Round 23 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	1-0	Young Lions	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Keegan Linderboom 37'

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) Round 24 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	0-0	DPMM FC	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Fadli Kamis 82' Akbar Shah 82'		Azwan Saleh 82'

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Tampines Rovers	24	12	4	8	43	27	+16	40	Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
5	Warriors FC	24	7	7	10	32	35	−3	28
6	Balestier Khalsa	24	7	6	11	25	36	−11	27
7	Young Lions[lower-alpha 1]	24	5	6	13	25	46	−21	21
8	Geylang International	24	5	5	14	26	57	−31	20

Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2018. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup

Win Draw Loss

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29) Quarter Final 1st Leg	Geylang International	0-0	Balestier Khalsa	Bedok Stadium
	Danish Irfan Azman 35' Azhar Sairudin 48' Afiq Yunos 50'		Noor Akid Nordin 27' 58' Ahmad Syahir 42'	Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) Quarter Final 2nd Leg	Balestier Khalsa	1-0 (1–0 agg.)	Geylang International	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 85' (pen)			Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (Singapore)

Balestier Khalsa won 1-0 on aggregate.

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) Semi Final 1st Leg	DPMM FC	2-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Volodymyr Pryyomov 68' (pen) Adi Said 70'		Shaqi Sulaiman 38'	Referee: Muhammad Farhan B Abd Rahman (Singapore)

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) Semi Final 2nd Leg	Balestier Khalsa	2-2 (2-4 agg.)	DPMM FC	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 37' (pen) Huzaifah Aziz 41' Ahmad Syahir 77'		Shahrazen Said 79' Volodymyr Pryyomov 83' Haimie Anak Nyaring 36'	Referee: Y.Sathyakumar (Singapore)

Balestier lost 2–4 on aggregate.

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 3rd/4th Placing	Home United	2-2 (4-5 p)	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Faritz Hameed 74' Isaka Cernak 92' (pen) Faisal Roslan 56' Izzdin Shafiq 34' Shakir Hamzah 39'		Hazzuwan Halim 26' (pen) Keegan Linderboom 37' Fariz Faizal 68'	Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)
	Penalties
	Isaka Cernak Faritz Hameed Shakir Hamzah Izzdin Shafiq Fazli Ayob		Shaqi Sulaiman Sufianto Salleh Nurullah Hussein Huzaifah Aziz Sanjin Vrebac

References

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[table_note_ALB0.89446697984564-32] The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

[1] "Staff for Balestier". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2017-12-17.

[2] "Balestier Khalsa is pleased to announce the new signing of Nazri Sabri for 2018 following three seasons from 2015 to 2017 with National Football League outfit Eunos Crescent FC".

[3] "Sufianto switch from Dragons to Tigers". Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-31.

[4] "Balestier Khalsa are delighted to confirm the new signing of 25-year-old Sufianto Salleh from Home United on 2 years deal".

[5] "Nurullah Hussein returns to Balestier after serving his National Service!".

[6] "Balestier Khalsa are pleased to confirm the signing of Shaqi Sulaiman from Hougang United FC!".

[7] "Khalili move back to the Den".

[8] "Daniel move back to the Den".

[9] "Nurisham Jupri move back to the Den".

[10] "Noor Akid Nordin has returned to Balestier Khalsa after completing his National Service last week!".

[11] "Afiq Salman Tan has rejoined the Tigers after completing his National Service !".

[12] "NZ striker to lead the line for the Tiger!".

[13] "Akbar Shah Zainudeen has rejoined the Tigers after completing his National Service!".

[14] "Verdan the new poacher on roar!".

[15] "Tajeli Salamat joins Tiong Bahru FC for 2018 NFL".

[16] "Ashrul goes to dad's club".

[17] "Nanda move to newly promoted thai club". Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-19.

[18] "Hanafi left Tigers for Stags". Archived from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-01-29.

[19] "Zaiful signed for another 2 years".

[20] "Fadli signed for another 2 years".

[21] "Sheikh Abdul Hadi recently penned a two-year extension to his playing contract, which will run until 2019".

[22] "Syahir extended another season till 2018".

[23] "Raihan extends till 2019".

[24] "Huzaifah Aziz has signed for the Tigers for another two years".

[25] "Hazzuwan extends 2 years of contract".

[26] "Zacharial Leong promoted to main squad in 2018".

[27] "Fariz Faizal promoted to main squad in 2018".

[28] "Khairuddin Omar returns to Balestier after serving his National Service!".

[29] "Former LionsXII defender Zakir Samsudin joins Balestier Khalsa". Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

[30] "New blood may give Tigers fresh impetus".

[31] "New blood may give Tigers fresh impetus".

2018 Balestier Khalsa season

Squad

Coaching staff

Transfer

In

Out

Retained

Promoted

In

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

Singapore Cup

See also

References