2021 Lion City Sailors F.C. season

The 2021 season is Lion City Sailors' 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League. Along with the Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup. [1]

Lion City Sailors
2021 season
ChairmanAnselm Lopez
Head coach Aurelio Vidmar
StadiumBishan Stadium

Squad

SPL squad
As of 5 January 2020
Squad No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
18 Hassan Sunny >30 (1984-04-02) 2 April 1984 Army United F.C. 2020 2021
24 Rudy Khairullah (1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 Police SA (NFL D1) 2017 2021
30 Adib Hakim U23 (1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 Young Lions FC 2020 2021
Defenders
2 Ho Wai Loon (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 Warriors FC 2019 2021
3 Tajeli Salamat (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 Warriors FC 2020 2021
4 Jorge Fellipe (1988-10-27) 27 October 1988 Al-Tai FC 2021 2021
5 Amirul Adli (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 Tampines Rovers 2021 2021
6 Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib >30 (1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 Tampines Rovers 2015 2021
7 Aqhari Abdullah (1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 LionsXII 2016 2021
19 Naqiuddin Eunos (1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 Young Lions FC 2020 2021
22 Nur Adam Abdullah U23 (2001-04-13) 13 April 2001 Young Lions FC 2021 2021
Midfielders
8 Shahdan Sulaiman >30 (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 Tampines Rovers 2020 2021
10 Song Ui-young (1993-11-08) 8 November 1993 Youth Team 2012 2021
11 Hafiz Nor >30 (1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 Warriors FC 2018 2021
14 Gabriel Quak >30 (1990-12-22) 22 December 1990 Warriors FC 2020 2021
20 Arshad Shamim U23 (1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 Youth Team 2018 2021
27 Adam Swandi (1996-01-12) 12 January 1996 Albirex Niigata (S) 2019 2021
28 Saifullah Akbar U23 (1999-01-31) 31 January 1999 Young Lions FC 2020 2021
Haziq Mikhail U23 (2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 Tampines Rovers U19 2021 2021
Diego Lopes (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 Rio Ave F.C. 2021 2023
Strikers
9 Stipe Plazibat (1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 Hougang United 2020 2021
23 Amiruldin Asraf (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 Youth Team 2017 2022
25 Haiqal Pashia U23 (1998-11-29) 29 November 1998 Young Lions FC 2021 2021
Faris Ramli (1992-08-24) 24 August 1992 Terengganu F.C. I 2021 2021
Players who left during the season

U21 squad
Squad No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
Veer Karan Sobti U23 (2004-05-06) 6 May 2004 Young Lions FC 2021 2021
Kimura Riki U23 (2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 Warriors FC 2020
Defenders
44 Danish Iftiqar U19 (2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 Youth Team 2019 2020
55 Fudhil I'yadhU19 (2001-08-18) 18 August 2001 NFA U17 2019 2019
65 Aizal MurhamdaniU19 (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 Youth Team 2017
Naufal Ilham U19 (2002-08-16) 16 August 2002 FFA U16 2020 2020
Midfielders
37 Anaqi IsmitU19 (2001-08-24) 24 August 2001 Youth Team 2019 2020
Haziq Mikhail (2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 Tampines Rovers U19 2019 2020
Strikers

Coaching staff

[2]

Source
PositionName Ref.
Chairman Forrest Li
General Manager Badri Ghent
Team Manager Herwandy Hamid
Head Coach Aurelio Vidmar
Assistant Coach Noh Rahman
Goalkeeping Coach Chua Lye Heng
Academy Director Luka Lalić
Head of Youth (COE) Robin Chitrakar
Video Analyst Adi Saleh
Sports Trainer Fazly Hasan
Sports Performance Coach Shazaly Ayob
Physiotherapist Zahir Taufeek
Kitman

Transfer

In
Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK Veer Karan Sobti Young Lions FC Free [3]
DF Nur Adam Abdullah Young Lions FC Free
DF Amirul Adli Tampines Rovers Free [4]
DF Jorge Fellipe Al-Tai FC Undisclosed
1 year contract signed in 2021 [5]
MF Diego Lopes Rio Ave F.C. S$3,000,000
3 years contract signed in 2021 [6] [7]
MF Haziq Mikhail Tampines Rovers U19 Free
FW Faris Ramli Terengganu F.C. I Free
1 year contract signed in 2021 [8]

Loan Return
Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK Putra Anugerah Young Lions FC Loan Return
MF Bill Mamadou Young Lions FC Loan Return [9]

Note 1: Bill Mamadou returned before extending his loan with GYL.

Out
Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF Zulqarnaen Suzliman Police SA NS till 2022 [10]
MF Hami Syahin Police SA NS till 2022
MF Arshad Shamim NS till 2022
DF Kaishu Yamazaki Hougang United Free [11] [12]
MF Izzdin Shafiq Geylang International Free [13] [14]
FW Shahril Ishak Hougang United Free [15] [16]

Loan Out
Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF Faizal Roslan Geylang International Season loan [17]
MF Iqram Rifqi Geylang International Season loan [18]
GK Putra Anugerah Young Lions FC Season loan
MF Bill Mamadou Young Lions FC Season loan

Extension / Retained

[19]

Position Player Ref
GK Hassan Sunny 2 years contract signed in 2019 [20]
GK Rudy Khairullah [21]
GK Adib Hakim [22]
DF Ho Wai Loon [23]
DF Naqiuddin Eunos [24]
DF Tajeli Salamat [25]
DF Abdil Qaiyyim [26]
DF Aqhari Abdullah [27]
MF Arshad Shamim
MF Saifullah Akbar [28]
MF Adam Swandi 2 years contract signed in 2019 [29] [30]
MF Gabriel Quak 2 years contract signed in 2019 [31][32] [33]
MF Shahdan Sulaiman 2 years contract signed in 2019 [34]
MF Hafiz Nor [35]
MF Song Ui-young [36]
FW Haiqal Pashia [37]
FW Stipe Plazibat 2 years contract signed in 2020 [38]
FW Amiruldin Asraf 2 years contract signed in 2020 [39]
Position Player Ref
Contract offer
Position Player From Ref
DF Harrison Delbridge Melbourne City FC [40]

Note 1: Harrison Delbridge was offered a contract by LCS but choose to sign for Incheon United.

Trial (In)
Position Player Trial From Ref
Trial (Out)
Position Player Trial @ Ref

In
Position Player Transferred From Ref

Out
Position Player Transferred To Ref

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss


Team statistics

Appearances and goals
As of 15 March 2019
No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup AFC Cup Charity Shield Total
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals
3DF Tajeli Salamat 0000000000
6DF Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib 0000000000
7DF Aqhari Abdullah 0000000000
8MF Shahdan Sulaiman 0000000000
9FW Stipe Plazibat 0000000000
10MF Song Ui-young 0000000000
11MF Hafiz Nor 0000000000
14MF Gabriel Quak 0000000000
18GK Hassan Sunny 0000000000
19DF Naqiuddin Eunos 0000000000
20MF Arshad Shamim 0000000000
22DF Ho Wai Loon 0000000000
23FW Amiruldin Asraf 0000000000
24GK Rudy Khairullah 0000000000
25FW Haiqal Pashia 0000000000
27MF Adam Swandi 0000000000
28MF Saifullah Akbar 0000000000
??GK Putra Anugerah 0000000000
??GK Veer Karan Sobti 0000000000
??DF Amirul Adli 0000000000
??DF Nur Adam Abdullah 0000000000
??DF Jorge Fellipe 0000000000
??MF Bill Mamadou 0000000000
??MF Haziq Mikhail 0000000000
??MF Diego Lopes 0000000000
??FW Faris Ramli 0000000000
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club

Competitions

Singapore Premier League
Main article: 2021 Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss


Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Albirex Niigata (S)[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Balestier Khalsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
3 Geylang International 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
4 Hougang United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lion City Sailors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Tampines Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Tanjong Pagar United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Young Lions[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2020. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
  1. The foreign club – Albirex Niigata (S) – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

AFC Cup
Main article: 2021 AFC Cup

On 11 November 2020, the AFC approved a new calendar for the competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, where the group stage is played as centralized single round-robin tournament, and the preliminary round, play-off round, and ASEAN Zone semi-finals and final are played as a single match.[41]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KED LIO SGN H4
1 Kedah Darul Aman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zonal semi-finals β€”
2 Lion City Sailors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zonal semi-finals if best runner-up β€”
3 Saigon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 β€”
4 Winners of ASEAN 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 β€”
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

  Win   Draw   Loss

Group stage
Main article: 2021 AFC Cup group stage
22 June 2021 Matchday 1 Lion City Sailors v Saigon FC
25 June 2021 Matchday 2 Persipura Jayapura / Visakha FC / Lalenok United v Lion City Sailors
28 June 2021 Matchday 3 Kedah Darul Aman v Lion City Sailors

Singapore Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "Singapore tech firm Sea takes ownership of Home United; club changes name to Lion City Sailors FC".
    2. "FIRST TEAM STAFF".
    3. "All the best to Idraki (Hougang) and Karan (Sailors) at their new teams! 🦁 #coyl".
    4. "Joining the Lion City Sailors for the 2021 season is defender Amirul Adli!".
    5. "Fellipe joins LCS from Saudi Arabian side Al-Tai".
    6. Rodrigues, LuΓ­s Rocha (18 January 2021). "Diego Lopes sai para Singapura e Rio Ave realiza encaixe financeiro". www.zerozero.pt.
    7. "Lion City Sailors sign Diego Lopes for S$3m from Rio Ave".
    8. "Singapore star Faris Ramli signs for Lion City Sailors".
    9. "Bill Mamadou joins Young Lions".
    10. "LSC not be able to call upon the services of Zulqarnaen Suzliman due to his National Service commitments".
    11. "Our Japanese defender, Kaishu Yamazki, will be leaving the Sailors".
    12. "Kaishu Yamazaki to reinforce Hougang United defence".
    13. "My Captain! Thank you for leading us in our debut season".
    14. "Izzdin Shafiq signs for Geylang International".
    15. "Shahril Ishak – thank you for everything this season, legend".
    16. "Singapore stalwart Shahril Ishak joins Hougang United".
    17. "Faizal Roslan announced as 1st new signing".
    18. "Iqram Rifqi announced as 2nd signing for the season".
    19. "2020 Singapore Premier League Retained and Released List".
    20. "Hassan Sunny, 35, back Home with Protectors after leaving Thai side Army United".
    21. "Rudy Khairullah will remain with the Lion City Sailors for the 2021 season!".
    22. "Adib Nur Hakim will stay with the Lion City Sailors for the 2021".
    23. "Ho Wai Loon's on the comeback trail!".
    24. "Naqi stays on for 2021 season".
    25. "Tajeli Salamat will continue donning the Lion City Sailors jersey for 2021".
    26. "Abdil commits another season".
    27. "qhari will spend this year with the Lion City Sailors again".
    28. "The reigning SPL Young Player of the Year will continue to be part of the Lion City Sailors for 2021".
    29. "Sailors offered him a two-year extension".
    30. "Adam Swandi committing to LCS for the 2021 season".
    31. "Gabriel Quak Instagram post comments section".
    32. "Besides Hassan, they have recruited forward Gabriel Quak".
    33. "Gabriel Quak, has committed to the Lion City Sailors for the upcoming season".
    34. "Shahdan Sulaiman cross over to Protectors".
    35. "Hafiz nor commits for 2021".
    36. "Song Ui-Young will continue his voyage with the Sailors for the 2021 season".
    37. "Haiqal Pashia continues journey with the Sailors".
    38. "Stipe Plazibat moving back to Bishan for 2 years contract".
    39. "Amiuldin has agreed an extension with @lioncitysailors.fc for another two years".
    40. "Melbourne City bag Portuguese defender as Delbridge departs".
    41. "New competition dates approved by AFC Competitions Committee". AFC. 11 November 2020.
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