2021 Lion City Sailors F.C. season
# 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. The season covers from 13 March 2021 to 2 October 2021. Coming into their second year with owners, Sea Limited, Lion City Sailors are surely aiming for the top spot of the Singapore Premier League after making big signings such as Brazilian duo Jorge Fellipe and Diego Lopes in the pre-season. In just his 2nd match for the team, Jorge Fellipe was able to score a late equalisers to level the game against Albirex Niigata Singapore FC which ended 2-2. Meanwhile, fellow countryman Diego Lopes took 5 matches to finally score a goal in Singapore and did so in stunning fashion, smashing in 3 goals and 2 assists against Geylang International which ended with a 8–0 win.

## Squad

### Singapore Premier League

    As of 5 January 2021

| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 13 | Adib Hakim $^{U23}$ | (1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 (age 25) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | 2021 |
| 18 | Hassan Sunny $^{>30}$ | (1984-04-02) 2 April 1984 (age 39) | Army United F.C. | 2020 | 2021 |
| 24 | Rudy Khairullah | (1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 (age 29) | Police SA (NFL D1) | 2017 | 2021 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 3 | Tajeli Salamat | (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 (age 29) | Warriors FC | 2020 | 2021 |
| 4 | Jorge Fellipe | (1988-10-27) 27 October 1988 (age 34) | Al-Tai FC | 2021 | 2021 |
| 5 | Amirul Adli | (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 27) | Tampines Rovers | 2021 | 2021 |
| 7 | Aqhari Abdullah | (1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 32) | LionsXII | 2016 | 2021 |
| 19 | Naqiuddin Eunos | (1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 (age 25) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | 2021 |
| 20 | Nur Adam Abdullah $^{U23}$ | (2001-04-13) 13 April 2001 (age 22) | Young Lions FC | 2021 | 2021 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 8 | Shahdan Sulaiman (Captain) $^{>30}$ | (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 35) | Tampines Rovers | 2020 | 2021 |
| 10 | Diego Lopes | (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 29) | Rio Ave F.C. | 2021 | 2023 |
| 11 | Hafiz Nor $^{>30}$ | (1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 34) | Warriors FC | 2018 | 2021 |
| 14 | Song Ui-young | (1993-11-08) 8 November 1993 (age 29) | Youth Team | 2012 | 2021 |
| 15 | Hariss Harun $^{>30}$ | (1990-11-09) 9 November 1990 (age 32) | Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. | 2021 | 2024 |
| 17 | Saifullah Akbar $^{U23}$ | (1999-01-31) 31 January 1999 (age 24) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | 2021 |
| 22 | Gabriel Quak $^{>30}$ | (1990-12-22) 22 December 1990 (age 32) | Warriors FC | 2020 | 2021 |
| 26 | Aizal Murhamdani $^{U23}$ | (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 22) | LCS Academy | 2017 | 2021 |
| 27 | Adam Swandi | (1996-01-12) 12 January 1996 (age 27) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2019 | 2021 |
| Strikers |||||||
| 9 | Stipe Plazibat | (1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 (age 33) | Hougang United | 2020 | 2021 |
| 23 | Amiruldin Asraf | (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 26) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2022 |
| 25 | Haiqal Pashia $^{U23}$ | (1998-11-29) 29 November 1998 (age 24) | Young Lions FC | 2021 | 2021 |
| 30 | Faris Ramli | (1992-08-24) 24 August 1992 (age 30) | Terengganu F.C. I | 2021 | 2021 |
| Players on NS / who left during the season |||||||
| 2 | Ho Wai Loon | (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 29) | Warriors FC | 2019 | 2021 |
| 12 | Iqram Rifqi | (1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2021 |
| | Zulqarnaen Suzliman $^{U23}$ | (1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 25) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | 2022 |
| | Faizal Roslan | (1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 28) | Young Lions FC | 2018 | 2021 |
| | Hami Syahin $^{U23}$ | (1998-12-16) 16 December 1998 (age 24) | Young Lions FC | 2019 | 2021 |
| | Arshad Shamim $^{U23}$ | (1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 23) | LCS Academy | 2018 | 2021 |
| 37 | Anaqi Ismit $^{U21}$ | (2001-08-24) 24 August 2001 (age 21) | LCS Academy | 2019 | 2020 |
| 47 | Bill Mamadou $^{U21}$ | (2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 21) | NFA U17 | 2021 | 2021 |
| 52 | Putra Anugerah $^{U21}$ | (2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 23) | LCS Academy | 2019 | 2019 |
| | Kimura Riki $^{U21}$ | (2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 22) | LCS Academy | 2021 | 2021 |
| 6 | Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib $^{>30}$ | (1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 34) | Tampines Rovers | 2015 | 2021 |
| 16 | Justin Hui $^{U23}$ | (1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 25) | Hougang United | 2021 | 2021 |

### U21 squad

| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 61 | Prathip S/O Ekamparam $^{U21}$ | (2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 21) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 |
| 62 | Veer Karan Sobti $^{U21}$ | (2004-05-06) 6 May 2004 (age 19) | Young Lions FC | 2021 | 2021 |
| | Firman Nabil $^{U21}$ | (2005-03-27) 27 March 2005 (age 18) | Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 |
| | Kevin Kahlert $^{U21}$ | (2001-05-10) 10 May 2001 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 41 | Aniq Raushan $^{U21}$ | (2003-10-05) 5 October 2003 (age 19) | Singapore Sport School | 2021 | 2021 |
| 42 | Brant Tan $^{U21}$ | | Singapore Sport School | 2021 | 2021 |
| 44 | Danish Iftiqar $^{U21}$ | (2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 (age 19) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2020 |
| 50 | Rayyan Ramzdan $^{U21}$ | (2004-09-16) 16 September 2004 (age 18) | Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 |
| 52 | Farid Jafri $^{U21}$ | (2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 (age 19) | Active SG | 2021 | 2021 |
| 55 | Fudhil I'yadh $^{U21}$ | (2001-08-18) 18 August 2001 (age 21) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 60 | Nabil Iman $^{U21}$ | (2000-03-14) 14 March 2000 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 |
| | Danial Azman $^{U21}$ | (2001-01-15) 15 January 2001 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 |
| | Adam Norkhalis $^{U21}$ | (2003-07-19) 19 July 2003 (age 20) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 |
| | Marcus Mosses $^{U21}$ | (2005-01-21) 21 January 2005 (age 18) | Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 45 | Glenn Ong $^{U21}$ | (2003-07-16) 16 July 2003 (age 20) | Singapore Sport School | 2021 | 2021 |
| 46 | Khairul Hairie $^{U21}$ | (2000-04-09) 9 April 2000 (age 23) | Tampines Rovers U21 | 2021 | 2021 |
| 47 | Yasir Nizamudin $^{U21}$ | (2005-01-21) 21 January 2005 (age 18) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 |
| 48 | Kieran Aryan Azhari $^{U21}$ | | Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 |
| 51 | Danie Hafiy $^{U21}$ | (2004-04-06) 6 April 2004 (age 19) | Active SG | 2021 | 2021 |
| 53 | Muhammad Asis $^{U21}$ | (2004-03-04) 4 March 2004 (age 19) | Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 |
| 54 | Arsyad Basiron $^{U21}$ | (2004-08-10) 10 August 2004 (age 18) | Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 |
| | Haziq Mikhail $^{U21}$ | (2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 23) | Tampines Rovers U19 | 2021 | 2021 |
| | Haziq Kamarudin $^{U21}$ | (2001-03-06) 6 March 2001 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 |
| | Uvayn Kumar $^{U21}$ | (2005-05-25) 25 May 2005 (age 18) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 |
| Strikers |||||||

## Coaching staff

Source :

| Position | Name | Ref. |
| - | - | - |
| Chairman | Forrest Li | |
| CEO | Chew Chun Liang | |
| General Manager | Badri Ghent | |
| Team Manager | Richard Chitrakar | |
| Head Coach | Kim Do-hoon | 2.5 years contract till 2023 |
| Assistant Coach | Myung Jae Yong Noh Rahman | |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Chua Lye Heng | |
| Head of Youth | Robin Chitrakar | |
| Under-21 Coach | Winston Yap | |
| Under-21 Goalkeeper Coach | Yeo Jun Guang | |
| Academy Director | Luka Lalić | |
| Academy Coach | Shahril Jantan Miloš Đorđević Rodrigo Costa Rafael Palacios | |
| Video Analyst | Kim Young Kwang Adi Saleh | |
| Sports Trainer | Daniel Feriza Fazly Hasan | |
| Head of Performance (Academy) | Mark Onderwater | |
| Sports Performance Coach | Shazaly Ayob Nasruldin Baharuddin | |
| 1st Team Head of Performance | Mario Jovanovic | |
| Head Physiotherapist | Nurhafizah Abu Sujad | |
| Senior Physiologist | Firdaus Maasar | |
| Sports Therapist | Fathul Nur Hakim | |
| Logistics Officer | Zahir Taufeek | |
| Kitman | | |

## Transfer

### In

Pre-season

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Veer Karan Sobti | Young Lions FC | Free |
| DF | Nur Adam Abdullah | Young Lions FC | Free |
| DF | Amirul Adli | Tampines Rovers | Free |
| DF | Jorge Fellipe | Al-Tai FC | Undisclosed 1-year contract signed in 2021 |
| MF | Diego Lopes | Rio Ave F.C. | S$2,900,000 3 years contract signed in 2021 |
| MF | Haziq Mikhail | Tampines Rovers U19 | Free |
| MF | Justin Hui | Hougang United | Free |
| FW | Faris Ramli | Terengganu F.C. I | Free 1-year contract signed in 2021 |

Mid-season

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| MF | Hariss Harun | Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. | Undisclosed 3.5 years contract signed in 2021 |

### Out

Pre-season

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Kaishu Yamazaki | Hougang United | Free |
| MF | Izzdin Shafiq | Geylang International | Free |
| FW | Shahril Ishak | Hougang United | Free |
| MF | Naufal Ilham | Tanjong Pagar United | Free |

Mid Season

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib | Geylang International | Undisclosed |

### Loan Return

Pre-season

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Putra Anugerah | Young Lions FC | Loan Return |
| MF | Bill Mamadou | Young Lions FC | Loan Return |

Note 1: Bill Mamadou & Putra Anugerah returned before extending their loan with GYL.

### Loan Out

Pre-season

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Zulqarnaen Suzliman | Police SA | NS till 2022 |
| MF | Hami Syahin | Police SA | NS till 2022 |
| MF | Arshad Shamim | | NS till 2022 |
| DF | Faizal Roslan | Geylang International | Season loan |
| MF | Iqram Rifqi | Geylang International | Season loan |
| GK | Putra Anugerah | Young Lions FC | Season loan |
| MF | Bill Mamadou | Young Lions FC | Season loan |
| FW | Anaqi Ismit | Tanjong Pagar United | Season loan |
| GK | Kimura Riki | Balestier Khalsa | Season loan |

Note 1: Zulqarnaen Suzliman and Hami Syahin were subsequently loaned to Young Lions FC.

Mid Season

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Ho Wai Loon | Lion City Sailors | Season loan |
| MF | Justin Hui | | NS till 2023 |

### Extension / Retained

| Position | Player | Ref |
| - | - | - |
| GK | Hassan Sunny | 2 years contract signed in 2019 |
| GK | Rudy Khairullah | |
| GK | Adib Hakim | |
| DF | Ho Wai Loon | |
| DF | Naqiuddin Eunos | |
| DF | Tajeli Salamat | |
| DF | Abdil Qaiyyim | |
| DF | Aqhari Abdullah | |
| MF | Arshad Shamim | |
| MF | Saifullah Akbar | |
| MF | Adam Swandi | 2 years contract signed in 2019 |
| MF | Gabriel Quak | 2 years contract signed in 2019 |
| MF | Shahdan Sulaiman | 2 years contract signed in 2019 |
| MF | Hafiz Nor | |
| MF | Song Ui-young | |
| FW | Haiqal Pashia | |
| FW | Stipe Plazibat | 2 years contract signed in 2020 |
| FW | Amiruldin Asraf | 2 years contract signed in 2020 |

### Promoted

| Position | Player | Ref |
| - | - | - |
| MF | Aizal Murhamdani | |

### Contract offer

| Position | Player | From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Harrison Delbridge | Melbourne City FC | |
| DF | Miloš Degenek | Red Star Belgrade | |

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

Note 2: Red Star Belgrade accepted the Euro1.7m offer but Miloš Degenek rejected the move and choose to stay on.

## Friendlies

### Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### In-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Team statistics

### Appearances and goals

    As of 21 Sept 2021

| No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | AFC Cup | AFC Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 3 | DF | Tajeli Salamat | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Jorge Fellipe | 14+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | Amirul Adli | 15+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Aqhari Abdullah | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Shahdan Sulaiman | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Stipe Plazibat | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 |
| 10 | MF | Diego Lopes | 10+8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | MF | Hafiz Nor | 1+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Song Ui-young | 8+7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 |
| 15 | MF | Hariss Harun | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Saifullah Akbar | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| 18 | GK | Hassan Sunny | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Naqiuddin Eunos | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Nur Adam Abdullah | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Gabriel Quak | 17+4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 |
| 24 | GK | Rudy Khairullah | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Haiqal Pashia | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| 27 | MF | Adam Swandi | 1+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Faris Ramli | 9+11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| 41 | DF | Aniq Raushan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Glenn Ong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||
| 2 | DF | Ho Wai Loon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Justin Hui | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Singapore Premier League | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 066.67 |
| Total | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 066.67 |

### Singapore Premier League

Win  Draw  Loss

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lion City Sailors | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 48 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 46 | |
| 3 | Hougang United | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 34 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 4 | Tampines Rovers | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 27 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 5 | Tanjong Pagar United | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 22 | |
| 6 | Geylang International | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 20 | |
| 7 | Balestier Khalsa | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 19 | |
| 8 | Young Lions | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 16 | |

* 1 2 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.
