2024–25 Balestier Khalsa FC season: Difference between revisions

Balestier Khalsa
2024–25 season
Chairman	S Thavaneson
Head coach	Peter De Roo
Stadium	Bishan Stadium
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The 2024–25 season is Balestier Khalsa's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup. ^[1]^[2]

The women team will participate in the Women League. ^[3]

Overview

The Tigers' 2023 season was a bittersweet symphony. Though their 4th-place finish was a record high, it came at a steep price: the departure of nearly half the roster. Top scorer Shuhei Hoshino, national team star Daniel Goh, and captain Ho Wai Loon were among those lured away by bigger clubs.

Yet, amidst the exodus, there were glimmers of hope as Coach Peter De Roo remained at the helm, guiding a revamped squad bolstered by familiar faces like Darren Teh, Ignatius Ang, Elijah Lim, Emmeric Ong, Masahiro Sugita and Alen Kozar. The team also welcome back former players in the lights of Tajeli Salamat and Hafiz Ahmad.

Squad

Singapore Premier League

As of 4 January 2022

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Mukundan Maran	(1998-07-21) 21 July 1998 (age 26)	Hougang United	2023	2024
21	Hafiz Ahmad	(1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 25)	Geylang International	2024	2025
22	Wayne Chew ^U23	(2001-10-22) 22 October 2001 (age 23)	Young Lions FC	2023	2023
Defenders
2	Darren Teh	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 28)	Geylang International	2022	2026
4	Syabil Hisham ^U23	(2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 22)	Young Lions FC	2023	2023
5	Emmeric Ong ^O30	(1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 (age 33)	Tanjong Pagar United	2023	2025
6	Madhu Mohana ^O30	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33)	Tampines Rovers	2022	2023
11	Harith Kanadi	(2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 (age 24)	Lion City Sailors	2024	2025
13	Amer Hakeem	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 25)	Young Lions FC	2021	2023
17	Jordan Emaviwe ^U23	(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23)	Young Lions FC	2020	2023
20	Fudhil I’yadh ^U23	(2001-08-18) 18 August 2001 (age 23)	Lion City Sailors U21	2023	2026
23	Syukri Noorhaizam	(1999-12-14) 14 December 1999 (age 24)	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	2020	2025
27	Tajeli Salamat	(1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 (age 30)	Tanjong Pagar United	2024	2025
	Juan Pablo Morales	(1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 (age 26)	Swieqi United	2024	2025
	Sameer Alassane ^U23	(2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 (age 23)	Youth Team	2023	2024
Midfielders
8	Alen Kozar	(1995-04-07) 7 April 1995 (age 29)	NŠ Mura	2023	2025
15	Lewis Lee Chih Yuan ^U23	(2005-10-21) 21 October 2005 (age 19)	Youth Team	2022	2023
18	Masahiro Sugita	(1999-11-24) 24 November 1999 (age 24)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2023	2025
30	Ignatius Ang ^O30	(1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 31)	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2025
49	Elijah Lim Teck Yong ^U23	(2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 23)	Young Lions FC	2023	2025
Forwards
29	Amiruldin Asraf	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 27)	Young Lions FC	2024	2025
	Seia Kunori	(2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 (age 23)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2024	2025
	Riku Fukashiro	(2000-04-12) 12 April 2000 (age 24)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2024	2025
	Kodai Tanaka	(1999-12-23) 23 December 1999 (age 24)	Lion City Sailors	2024	2025
Players who left during season on loan
12	Martyn Mun ^U23	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24)	Young Lions FC	2020	2022
66	Ryan Praveen ^U21	(2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 (age 22)	Youth Team	2020	2022

U21

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
58	Efan Qiszman ^U21	(2006-09-20) 20 September 2006 (age 18)	Sailors Development Centre	2023	2023
68	Suffian Abdullah ^U21	(2004-04-12) 12 April 2004 (age 20)	Tampines Rovers U17	2022	2023
75	Syazani Hashari ^U21	(2003-12-09) 9 December 2003 (age 20)		2022	2023
Defenders
52	Azrul Afiq ^U21		Tampines Rovers U21	2023	2023
53	Bradly Yap Zhi Hao ^U21		Sailors Development Centre	2023	2023
60	Merrick Tan Yi Ern ^U21	(2006-03-05) 5 March 2006 (age 18)	Sailors Development Centre	2023	2023
62	Darren Teo ^U21	(2003-12-21) 21 December 2003 (age 20)		2022	2023
64	Aadil Ferhan ^U21			2022	2023
65	Irfan Mika'il Abdullah ^U21	(2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 (age 21)	Singapore Sports School	2022	2025
66	Akmal Danial ^U21		Sailors Development Centre	2022	2023
70	Aqil Dany Jahsh Ruzzman ^U21		Lion City Sailors U21	2023	2023
79	Curtis Gray ^U21	(2006-05-02) 2 May 2006 (age 18)	Turf City FC	2023	2023
Midfielders
54	Larry Lim Chee Keat ^U21	(2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 22)	Project Vaults FC	2022	2023
55	Faisz ^U21			2022	2023
56	Syaraf Ammar ^U21		Lion City Sailors U17	2023	2023
59	Karthik ^U21			2022	2023
61	Sahoo Garv ^U21	(2006-03-26) 26 March 2006 (age 18)	Sailors Development Centre	2023	2023
67	Iftiqar Parizan ^U21	(2003-04-21) 21 April 2003 (age 21)	Project Vaults FC	2021	2023
69	Farhan Sahlan ^U21			2023	2023
71	Shameer ^U21		Sailors Development Centre	2022
	Ben Marshall ^U21		Lion City Sailors U21	2024	2025
Forwards
63	Ryan Peh Jun Wen ^U21	(2004-04-23) 23 April 2004 (age 20)	Sailors Development Centre	2023	2023
72	Max McCoy ^U21	(2004-04-03) 3 April 2004 (age 20)	Weymouth F.C.	2023	2023
74	Faizal Jaleel ^U21			2023	2023
78	Alexandre Bertholon ^U21	(2007-06-14) 14 June 2007 (age 17)	JSSL FC	2023	2024
Players who left during the season
57	Connar Mackay ^U21	(2005-01-27) 27 January 2005 (age 19)	Whitecaps FC Academy	2022	2023

Coaching staff

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Position	Name	Ref.
Team Manager	Darwin Jalil
General Manager	Tim Nee Cheng
Head Coach	Peter de Roo
Head Coach (Women)	Ratna Suffian
Assistant Coach & Performance Analyst	Razif Ariff
Assistant Coach & U17 Coach	Abdul Musawir
Head of Youth & U15 Coach	Firdaus Salleh
U21 Coach	Indra Sahdan Haris Sumri Sheikh Abdul Hadi
Goalkeeping Coach	Yazid Yasin
Physiotherapist	Danial Feriza
Kitman	Abdul Latiff

Transfer

In

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Team	Ref
GK	Sunny Tia Yang Guang	Tampines Rovers	U21	Free
GK	Hafiz Ahmad	Geylang International	First team	Free ^[5]
DF	Harith Kanadi	Lion City Sailors	First Team	Free ^[6]
DF	Tajeli Salamat	Tanjong Pagar United	First team	Free ^[7]
FW	Seia Kunori	Albirex Niigata (S)	First Team	Free
MF	Riku Fukashiro	Albirex Niigata (S)	First Team	Free
FW	Kodai Tanaka	Lion City Sailors	First Team	Free
FW	Amiruldin Asraf	Young Lions FC	First Team	Free ^[8]

Note 1: .

Loan In

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref

Loan Return

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To / From	Ref

Out

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref
GK	Hairul Syirhan	Geylang International	First Team	Free ^[9]
DF	Madhu Mohana	Albirex Niigata (S)	First Team	Free
DF	Fabian Kwok	Retired	First Team	N.A.
DF	Iqram Rifqi	Hougang United	First Team	Free ^[10]
DF	Syabil Hisham		First Team	Free
DF	Aidil Johari		First Team	Free ^[11]
DF	Amer Hakeem		First Team	Free
MF	Ho Wai Loon	Albirex Niigata (S)	First Team	Free ^[12] ^[13]
FW	Shuhei Hoshino	Albirex Niigata (S)	First Team	Free ^[14] ^[15]
FW	Ryoya Tanigushi	Lion City Sailors	First Team	Free
FW	Daniel Goh	Albirex Niigata (S)	First Team	Free ^[16] ^[17]
FW	Puvan Raj Sivalingam	Tanjong Pagar United	First Team	Free ^[18]

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref

Loan Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref
GK	Martyn Mun		U21	NS till 2024
FW	N. Sakthivelchezhian	SAFSA	U21	NS till Dec 2024
FW	Ryan Praveen	SAFSA	U21	NS till Jan 2025

Retained / Extension / Promoted

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Position	Player	Ref
GK	Mukundan Maran	2 years contract from Jan 2023 till Dec 2024 ^[20]
DF	Darren Teh	2.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2026 ^[21]
DF	Fudhil I’yadh	2.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2026 ^[22]
DF	Syukri Noorhaizam	1.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2025 ^[23]
DF	Emmeric Ong	1.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2025 ^[24]
DF	Irfan Mika'il Abdullah	1.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2025 ^[25]
MF	Ignatius Ang	1.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2025 ^[26]
MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	1.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2025 ^[27]
MF	Masahiro Sugita	1.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2025 ^[28]
MF	Alen Kozar	1.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2025 ^[29]

Friendly

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

First Team

Notes

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As at 26 Nov 2023

No.	Pos.	Player	SPL		Singapore Cup		Charity Shield		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Mukundan Maran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Darren Teh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Emmeric Ong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Alen Kozar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	DF	Harith Kanadi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Masahiro Sugita	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	Fudhil I’yadh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	Hafiz Ahmad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Syukri Noorhaizam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	Tajeli Salamat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	Amiruldin Asraf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Ignatius Ang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	DF	Irfan Mika'il Abdullah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club

Competitions

Overview

Results summary (SPL)


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lion City Sailors	17	12	3	2	57	21	+36	39	Qualification for Champions League Two group stage
2	BG Tampines Rovers	18	10	6	2	52	25	+27	36	Qualification for Champions League Two playoff
3	Geylang International	18	8	7	3	63	36	+27	31
4	Balestier Khalsa	18	7	5	6	55	47	+8	26
5	Albirex Niigata (S)	18	8	1	9	34	45	−11	25
6	DPMM^[a]	17	4	6	7	27	36	−9	18	Ineligible for AFC competition spots
7	Young Lions^[a]	17	5	3	9	31	49	−18	18	Ineligible for AFC competition spots
8	Hougang United	18	3	7	8	29	46	−17	16
9	Tanjong Pagar United	17	2	2	13	19	62	−43	8

Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2024. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Two clubs – DPMM FC and the FAS under-23 team Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup

2024–25 Singapore Cup

Competition (U21)

Win Draw Loss

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Albirex Niigata (S) U19	Group A
2	Balestier Khalsa U21
3	Geylang International U21
4	Hougang United U21
5	Lion City Sailors U21	Group B
6	Tampines Rovers U21
7	Tanjong Pagar United U21 (C)
8	Young Lions B
9	SAFSA

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
(C) Champions

Competition (U17)

Win Draw Loss

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Geylang International U17 (C)	League champions
2	Balestier Khalsa U17
3	Lion City Sailors U17
4	Tampines Rovers U17
5	Hougang United U17
6	Albirex Niigata (S) U17
7	Tanjong Pagar United U17
8	Woodlands Lions U17

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
(C) Champions

Competition (U15)

Win Draw Loss

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Singapore Sports School (C)	League champions
2	Lion City Sailors U15
3	Active SG
4	Geylang International U15
5	Tampines Rovers U15
6	Balestier Khalsa U15
7	Tanjong Pagar United U15
8	Albirex Niigata (S) U15
9	Hougang United U15

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
(C) Champions

Notes

References

[table_note_YLI0.020995717505457-30] Two clubs – DPMM FC and the FAS under-23 team Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

[1] "Albirex to play in 2018".

[2] "Albirex confirmed 2019 season participation".

[3] "Deloitte Women's Premier League returns with 10 clubs, kicks off on 18th March".

[4] "Staff for Balestier". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-21.

[5] "Balestier Khalsa proudly welcomes, Hafiz Ahmad".

[6] "Balestier Khalsa are excited to announce signing of Harith Kanadi,".

[7] "Exciting news as we welcome back Tajeli Salamat to the Balestier Khalsa family!".

[8] "Amiruldin Asraf, the 26-year-old forward, joins from Young Lions!".

[9] "Hairul Syirhan concludes his time with Balestier Khalsa".

[10] "Iqram Rifqi concludes his time with Balestier Khalsa".

[11] "Thank you Aidil!".

[12] "Sad farewell to a great player and captain, Ho Wai Loon!".

[13] "Ho Wai Loon is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".

[14] "Shuhei Hoshino returns after 6 years".

[15] "A sad farewell to an incredible chapter with Shuhei Hoshino".

[16] "Best of luck to you, Daniel".

[17] "Daniel Goh is coming back to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".

[18] "Farewell to Puvan Raj".

[19] "2020 Singapore Premier League Retained and Released List".

[20] "Mukundan has penned a 2-years contract".

[21] "Darren Teh has signed a 30 month contract extension".

[22] "Fudhil I'yadh has signed a 30 month extension with the club!".

[23] "Syukri Haizam has signed an extension".

[24] "Emmeric Ong has put pen to paper on a new deal".

[25] "Irfan Mika'il has signed a contract extension".

[26] "Ignatius Ang has penned a new deal".

[27] "Elijah signed a contract extension".

[28] "Masahiro Sugita has inked a contract extension with Balestier Khalsa!".

[29] "Alen Kozar extends his stay with Balestier Khalsa".

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Revision as of 03:02, 11 January 2024

Overview

Squad

Singapore Premier League

U21

Coaching staff

Transfer

In

Loan In

Loan Return

Out

Loan Out

Retained / Extension / Promoted

Friendly

Pre-season

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

Singapore Cup

Competition (U21)

Competition (U17)

Competition (U15)

See also

Notes

References