2018 Hougang United FC season
# 2018 Hougang United FC season

The 2018 season is Hougang 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 Singapore Cup.

## Squad

### S.League Squad

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Zulfairuuz Rudy | (1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 29) | Home United |
| 13 | Ridhuan Barudin $^{>30}$ | (1987-03-23) 23 March 1987 (age 36) | Tampines Rovers |
| 18 | Khairulhin Khalid | (1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 (age 32) | LionsXII |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Asraf Zahid $^{U23}$ | (1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 (age 23) | Youth Team |
| 3 | Gerald Ting $^{U23}$ | (1999-03-03) 3 March 1999 (age 24) | Youth Team |
| 4 | Ashrul Syafeeq | (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 29) | Balestier Khalsa |
| 11 | Nazrul Nazari | (1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 32) | LionsXII |
| 15 | Illyas Lee $^{U23}$ | (1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 27) | Young Lions FC |
| 17 | Faiz Salleh | (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 31) | Young Lions FC |
| 32 | Syaqir Sulaiman | (1986-08-12) 12 August 1986 (age 36) | Warriors FC |
| 59 | Jordan Nicolas Vestering $^{U19}$ | (2000-09-25) 25 September 2000 (age 22) | NFA U18 |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | Syahiran Miswan | (1994-01-22) 22 January 1994 (age 29) | Home United |
| 8 | Jordan Chan $^{U23}$ | (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 25) | Young Lions FC |
| 10 | Stanely Ng | (1992-05-27) 27 May 1992 (age 31) | Geylang International |
| 12 | Fabian Kwok | (1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 34) | Tampines Rovers |
| 16 | Justin Hui $^{U23}$ | (1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 25) | Youth Team |
| 19 | Nurhilmi Jasni $^{>30}$ | (1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 36) | Balestier Khalsa |
| 20 | Muhaimin Suhaimi $^{U23}$ | (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 28) | Young Lions FC |
| Strikers |||||
| 7 | Fareez Farhan | (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 28) | Young Lions FC |
| 9 | Antonie Viterale | (1996-07-01) 1 July 1996 (age 27) | Hellas Verona |
| 14 | Iqbal Hussain | (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 30) | Young Lions FC |
| 21 | Syukri Bashir $^{U23}$ | (1998-04-11) 11 April 1998 (age 25) | Youth Team |
| 23 | Amir Zalani $^{U23}$ | (1996-12-04) 4 December 1996 (age 26) | Home United |
| 24 | Shahfiq Ghani | (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 31) | Geylang International |
| 25 | Daniel Goh Ji Xiong $^{U23}$ | (1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 23) | Youth Team |
| 26 | Jang Jo-yoon | (1988-01-01) 1 January 1988 (age 35) | Gimpo Citizen FC |
| 33 | Fazrul Nawaz | (1985-04-17) 17 April 1985 (age 38) | Tampines Rovers |
| Players loaned out / placed on injury list / left during season |||||
| 5 | Adam Mitter | (1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 30) | Ilocos United |
| 22 | Nasrul Taib $^{U23}$ | (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 25) | Youth Team |

### U19 Team

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| Defenders |||||
| Midfielders |||||
| 57 | Nikesh Singh Sidhu $^{U23}$ | | Home United Prime League |
| Strikers |||||
| | Idraki Adnan | (1999-03-13) 13 March 1999 (age 24) | NFA U18 |

## Coaching staff

2018

| Position | Name |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Clement Teo |
| Assistant coach | Salim Moin |
| Head of Youth (COE) | Robin Chitrakar |
| U19 Coach | Winston Yap |
| U16 Coach | Han Yiguang |
| Fitness coach | Dirk Schauenberg |
| Goalkeeping coach | Lim Queen Cher |
| General Manager | Matthew Tay |
| Team manager | Clement Teo |
| Sports trainer | Thomas Pang |
| Sports trainer | Ryan Wang |
| Kitman | Wan Azlan |

## Transfers

### Pre-season transfers

**ln**

| Position | Player | Transferred from | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Ashrul Syafeeq | Hougang United | |
| DF | Illyas Lee | Garena Young Lions | |
| DF | Adam Mitter | Ilocos United | |
| MF | Jordan Chan | Garena Young Lions | |
| MF | Muhaimin Suhaimi | Garena Young Lions | 2 Years contract |
| MF | Stanely Ng | Geylang International | |
| FW | Shahfiq Ghani | Geylang International | 2 Years contract |

**Out**

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Delwinder Singh | Warriors FC | |
| DF | Zulfahmi Arifin | Chonburi | |
| DF | Atsushi Shirota | Phnom Penh Crown FC | |
| DF | Amer Hakeem | Garena Young Lions | Season loan |
| DF | Ariyan Shamsuddin | Garena Young Lions | Season loan |
| DF | Wahyudi Wahid | | |
| DF | Ali Hudzafi | | |
| DF | Lionel Tan | SAFSA (NFL Club) | Season loan |
| DF | Shaqi Sulaiman | Balestier Khalsa | |
| MF | Gareth Low Jun Kit | SAFSA (NFL Club) | Season loan |
| MF | Prakash Raj | Garena Young Lions | Season loan |
| MF | Fumiya Kogure | Geylang International | |
| MF | Azhar Sairudin | Geylang International | |
| MF | Fairoz Hasan | Geylang International | |
| MF | Afiq Noor | Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Club) | |
| FW | Pablo Rodríguez | | |

**Extension**

| Position | Player | Ref |
| - | - | - |
| GK | Ridhuan Barudin | |
| GK | Khairulhin Khalid | 2 Years contract |
| GK | Zulfairuuz Rudy | |
| DF | Faiz Salleh | |
| MF | Nurhilmi Jasni | |
| MF | Nazrul Nazari | |
| MF | Fabian Kwok | |
| MF | Syahiran Miswan | |
| FW | Iqbal Hussain | 2 Years contract |
| FW | Fareez Farhan | |
| FW | Amir Zalani | |

**Promoted**

| Position | Player |
| - | - |
| DF | Gerald Ting |
| DF | Asraf Zahid |
| MF | Justin Hui |
| MF | Nasrul Taib |
| FW | Syukri Bashir |
| FW | Daniel Goh Ji Xiong |
| FW | Antonie Viterale |

**Trial**

| Position | Player | Trial @ | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |

### Mid-season transfers

**In**

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Syaqir Sulaiman | Tiong Bahru FC | |
| FW | Fazrul Nawaz | Hougang United | $50,000 |
| FW | Jang Jo-yoon | Gimpo Citizen FC | Free |

**Out**

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Adam Mitter | Global Cebu F.C. | Free |
| MF | Nasrul Taib | Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Club) | Free |

**Trial**

| Position | Player | Trial @ | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| MF | Joshua de Souza | K.F.C. Vigor Wuitens Hamme KVK Robur | |

## Friendlies

### Pre-Season Friendly

Win  Draw  Loss

## Team statistics

### Appearances and goals

    As of 29 September 2018.

| No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Zulfairuuz Rudy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Asraf Zahid | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Gerald Ting | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ashrul Syafeeq | 6(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Syahiran Miswan | 13(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Fareez Farhan | 7(12) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Jordan Chan | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Antonie Viterale | 14(5) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Stanley Ng | 10(4) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | Nazrul Nazari | 14(2) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Fabian Kwok | 19(3) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| 13 | GK | Ridhuan Barudin | 4(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Iqbal Hussain | 17(2) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| 15 | DF | Illyas Lee | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Justin Hui | 13(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Faiz Salleh | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 18 | GK | Khairulhin Khalid | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Nurhilmi Jasni | 11(5) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Muhaimin Suhaimi | 14(3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Syukri Bashir | 2(6) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Amir Zalani | 7(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | Shahfiq Ghani | 8(4) | 2 | 0(2) | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 25 | FW | Daniel Goh Ji Xiong | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Jang Jo-yoon | 5(2) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 32 | DF | Syaqir Sulaiman | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Fazrul Nawaz | 4(3) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 57 | MF | Nikesh Singh Sidhu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | DF | Jordan Nicolas Vestering | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||
| 5 | DF | Adam Mitter | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Nasrul Taib | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Singapore Premier League | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 008.33 |
| Singapore Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 47 | −25 | 007.69 |

### Singapore Premier League

Win  Draw  Loss

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Warriors FC | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 28 |
| 6 | Balestier Khalsa | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 27 |
| 7 | Young Lions | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 21 |
| 8 | Geylang International | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 57 | −31 | 20 |
| 9 | Hougang United | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 12 |

* ↑ 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 ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

### Singapore Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

Hougang United lost 3-0 on aggregate.

