2016 Home United FC season
# 2016 Home United FC season

The 2016 season is Home United'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.

## Club

### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| S.League Head Coach | Philippe Aw |
| S.League Assistant Coach Prime League Head Coach | Robin Chitrakar |
| S.League Assistant Coach | Steve Vilmiaire |
| Team Manager | Badri Ghent |
| Technical Director | Steve Vilmiaire |
| Technical Director | Adlane Messelem |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Adi Saleh |
| Head of Sports Performance | Dirk Schauenberg |
| Sports Trainer | Daisyree Anarna |
| Logistics Officer | Mohd Zahir |
| Prime League Team Manager | Bernard Lan |
| Under-17 Head Coach | Fadzuhasny Juraimi |
| Under-17 Head Coach | Syed Azmir |
| Under-15 Head Coach | Syed Karim |
| Under-15 Head Coach | Yahya Madon |

Source: Home United FC

### Other information

| Chairman | Anselm Lopez |
| - | - |
| Chief Executive | Azrulnizam Shah |

Source: Home United FC

## Squad information

### S.League squad

    As of 19 March 2016.

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Hyrulnizam Juma'at | GK | (1986-11-14) 14 November 1986 (age 36) |
| 13 | Zulfairuuz Rudy | GK | (1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 29) |
| 22 | Eko Pradana Putra | GK | (1993-04-14) 14 April 1993 (age 30) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Redzwan Atan | DF | (1990-10-07) 7 October 1990 (age 32) |
| 4 | Juma'at Jantan | DF | (1984-02-23) 23 February 1984 (age 39) |
| 5 | R Aaravin | DF | (1996-02-24) 24 February 1996 (age 27) |
| 6 | Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib | DF | (1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 34) |
| 11 | Sirina Camara | DF | (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 32) |
| 15 | Luqman Ismail | DF | (1994-03-04) 4 March 1994 (age 29) |
| 16 | Sim Teck Yi | DF | (1991-11-30) 30 November 1991 (age 31) |
| 18 | Shahrin Saberin | DF | (1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 28) |
| 19 | Sufianto Salleh | DF | (1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 (age 30) |
| 25 | Ang Zhiwei | DF | (1989-08-02) 2 August 1989 (age 33) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 3 | Song Ui-young | MF | (1993-11-08) 8 November 1993 (age 29) |
| 7 | Aqhari Abdullah | MF | (1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 32) |
| 8 | Azhar Sairudin | MF | (1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 (age 36) |
| 14 | Shamil Sharif | MF | (1992-05-08) 8 May 1992 (age 31) |
| 17 | Mahathir Azeman | MF | (1996-01-17) 17 January 1996 (age 27) |
| 23 | Zulfahmi Arifin | MF | (1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 (age 31) |
| 24 | Syahiran Miswan | MF | (1994-01-22) 22 January 1994 (age 29) |
| Strikers |||||
| 9 | Ken Ilsø | FW | (1986-11-02) 2 November 1986 (age 36) |
| 10 | Faris Ramli | FW | (1992-08-24) 24 August 1992 (age 30) |
| 12 | Nur Hizami Salim | FW | (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 29) |
| 20 | Khairul Nizam | FW | (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 32) |
| 21 | Irfan Fandi | FW | (1997-08-13) 13 August 1997 (age 25) |

## Transfers

### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | DF | Sim Teck Yi | Young Lions | 17 December 2015 |
| 10 | FW | Faris Ramli | LionsXII | 22 December 2015 |
| 23 | MF | Zulfahmi Arifin | LionsXII | 22 December 2015 |
| 7 | MF | Aqhari Abdullah | Tampines Rovers | 25 December 2015 |
| 14 | MF | Shamil Sharif | Young Lions | 28 December 2015 |
| 20 | FW | Khairul Nizam | LionsXII | 4 January 2016 |
| 21 | FW | Irfan Fandi | Young Lions | 5 January 2016 |
| — | FW | Ikhsan Fandi | Young Lions | 7 January 2016 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| — | MF | Fazli Ayob | Balestier Khalsa | December 2015 |
| — | FW | Masrezwan Masturi | Retiring | December 2015 |
| — | MF | Stanely Ng | Geylang International | December 2015 |
| — | DF | Noh Rahman | Tampines Rovers | December 2015 |
| — | FW | Kamel Ramdani | GSI Pontivy | December 2015 |
| — | GK | Shahril Jantan | Retiring | December 2015 |
| — | MF | Yasir Hanapi | Tampines Rovers | December 2015 |

## Team statistics

### Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

| No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | League Cup | League Cup | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Hyrulnizam Juma'at | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Redzwan Atan | 3(4) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Song Ui-young | 19 | 5 | 3(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 |
| 4 | DF | Juma'at Jantan | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | R Aaravin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib | 18(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Aqhari Abdullah | 14(3) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Azhar Sairudin | 21(1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | Ken Ilso | 22 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 23 |
| 10 | MF | Faris Ramli | 12(3) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
| 11 | DF | Sirina Camara | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Haziq Azman | 5(1) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | Zulfairuuz Rudy | 8(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Shamil Sharif | 16(4) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 5 |
| 15 | DF | Luqman Ismail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Sim Teck Yi | 4(2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Mahathir Azeman | 0(7) | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Shahrin Saberin | 17(1) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | Sufianto Salleh | 2(6) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Amirul Naim Shahruddin | 12(7) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 2 | 22 | 7 |
| 21 | DF | Irfan Fandi | 2(6) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 22 | GK | Eko Pradana Putra | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Zulfahmi Arifin | 15(5) | 1 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | Syahiran Miswan | 8(6) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Ang Zhiwei | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Ikhsan Fandi | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Ambroise Begue | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | Amir Zailani | 0(4) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Yeo Hai Ngee | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | Lionel Tan | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | Amiruldin Asraf | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Competitions

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| S.League | — | 4th | | 14 February 2016 | |
| Singapore Cup | Preliminary round | — | Quarter-finals | 26 May 2016 | 30 June 2016 |
| Singapore League Cup | — | — | | | |

Updated to match played 30 June 2016 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| S.League | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 037.50 |
| Singapore Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 033.33 |
| League Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 036.84 |

Updated to match played 30 June 2016 Source: Competitions

### S.League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 49 | Qualification to AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1 or AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 3 | DPMM FC | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 41 | |
| 4 | Home United | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 37 | Qualification to AFC Cup Play-off Round |
| 5 | Geylang International | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 37 | |
| 6 | Hougang United | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 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 not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Singapore Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### League Cup

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |
