2016 Balestier Khalsa FC season
# 2016 Balestier Khalsa FC season

The 2016 season is Balestier Khalsa's 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.

## Squad

### S.League squad

    As of 31 December 2016.

| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers ||||
| 1 | Daniel Ong | (1989-01-31) 31 January 1989 (age 34) | Singapore Cricket Club |
| 16 | Naqiuddin Nodin | (1994-08-12) 12 August 1994 (age 28) | |
| 19 | Zaiful Nizam | (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 36) | |
| 22 | Ameerul Shafiq | (1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 31) | Admiralty FC |
| Defenders ||||
| 2 | Fadli Kamis | (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 30) | Young Lions |
| 3 | Hanafi Salleh | (1989-09-10) 10 September 1989 (age 33) | |
| 4 | Emir Lotinac | (1987-09-25) 25 September 1987 (age 35) | Novi Pazar |
| 6 | Nurullah Hussein | (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 30) | Young Lions |
| 12 | Sheikh Abdul Hadi | (1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 (age 31) | |
| 18 | Ahmad Syahir | (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 31) | |
| 20 | Ho Wai Loon | (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 29) | |
| Midfielders ||||
| 5 | Shah Hirul | (1986-05-07) 7 May 1986 (age 37) | |
| 7 | Zulkiffli Hassim | (1986-03-26) 26 March 1986 (age 37) | Gombak United |
| 13 | Jamil Ali | (1983-09-15) 15 September 1983 (age 39) | Tampines Rovers |
| 14 | Fazli Ayob | (1990-06-24) 24 June 1990 (age 33) | Home United |
| 15 | Fadhil Noh | (1989-03-04) 4 March 1989 (age 34) | Woodlands Wellington FC |
| 17 | Syafiq Zainal | (1991-07-19) 19 July 1991 (age 32) | LionsXII |
| 24 | Hazzuwan Halim | (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 29) | |
| 25 | Gary Loo | (1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 (age 31) | |
| 27 | Sadin Smajović | (1988-06-07) 7 June 1988 (age 35) | FK Javor Ivanjica |
| Strikers ||||
| 9 | Niko Tokić | (1988-06-07) 7 June 1988 (age 35) | NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac |
| 11 | Miroslav Krištić | (1990-02-14) 14 February 1990 (age 33) | NK Imotski |
| 21 | Danial Tan | (1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 (age 28) | |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Marko Kraljević |
| Assistant coach | D. Tokijan |
| Goalkeeping coach | Rizal Abdul Rahman |
| Fitness coach | Rosman Sulaiman |
| Team Chairman | Thavaneson Selvaratnam |
| Physiotherapist | Mohamed Nasser |
| Kitman | Abdul Latiff |

## Transfer

### Pre-season transfers

Source

**In**

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Daniel Ong | Warriors FC | |
| GK | Ameerul Shafiq | Admiralty FC | |
| DF | Fadli Kamis | Courts Young Lions | |
| DF | Sheikh Abdul Hadi | Courts Young Lions | |
| DF | Zulkhair Mustaffa | Promoted | |
| DF | Sadin Smajović | FK Javor Ivanjica | |
| MF | Shah Hirul | Geylang United | Free |
| MF | Jamil Ali | Tampines Rovers | Free |
| MF | Fazli Ayob | Home United | |
| MF | Gary Loo | | |
| MF | Shah Zulkarnean | | |

**Out**

| Position | Player | Transferred To |
| - | - | - |
| GK | Zakariah Nerani | |
| GK | Rizal Rahman | |
| DF | Yusiskandar Yusop | Hougang United |
| DF | Krishnan Krishnan | |
| DF | Syarifuddin Suhaimi | |
| DF | Igor Cerina | Sabah FA |
| MF | Ridwan Jamil | |
| MF | Jonathan Xu | Eunos Crescent FC |
| MF | Ignatius Ang | Warriors FC |
| MF | Poh Yi Feng | Warriors FC |
| MF | Fariz Faizal | |
| MF | Faizal Raffi | |
| MF | Noor Akid Nordin | |
| MF | Afiq Salman Tan | |
| MF | Khairuddin Omar | |
| MF | Tarik Čmajčanin | FC Mika |

### Mid-season transfers

**In**

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| FW | Niko Tokić | NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Free |

**Out**

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| FW | Robert Peričić | | Retire |

## Team statistics

### Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

| No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||||

## Competitions

### S.League

Win  Draw  Loss

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Geylang International | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 37 |
| 6 | Hougang United | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 32 |
| 7 | Warriors FC | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | Balestier Khalsa | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 42 | −19 | 19 |
| 9 | Young Lions | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 23 | 70 | −47 | 9 |

* ↑ 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 not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

### Singapore Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

Balestier Khalsa won 4–3 on aggregate.

Albirex Niigata (S) won 2-0 on aggregate.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 | Home United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | Advance to semi-final |
| 3 | Geylang International | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Balestier Khalsa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
