2018 Tampines Rovers FC season
# 2018 Tampines Rovers FC season

The 2018 S.League season is Tampines Rovers's 23rd season at the top level of Singapore football and 73rd year in existence as a football club. The club will also compete in the Singapore League Cup, Singapore Cup, Singapore Community Shield and the AFC Cup.

## Key events

### Pre-season

On 9/12/2017, it was announced that the team had signed 15 players in the preparation for the 2018 AFC Champions Leagues qualifier against Bali United.

On 25/12/2017, ESPN FC reported that Jordan Webb rebutted the chance to join Portugal League 2 team as he wanted to work with Rabb.

On 12/1/2018, it was reported that Jordan Webb & Ryutaro Megumi will miss the Tampines' ACL playoff due to injury.

On 28/2/2018, Rabb confirmed that Shannon Stephen will be out of the season due to a ligament injury.

## Squad

### Sleague Squad

    As of 22 April 2018

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Last club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Hariz Farid $^{U23}$ | (1997-10-19) 19 October 1997 (age 25) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2018 |
| 21 | Haikal Hasnol $^{U23}$ | (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2020 |
| 24 | Syazwan Buhari | (1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 30) | Geylang International | 2018 | 2019 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Madhu Mohana | (1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 32) | Negeri Sembilan FA | 2018 | 2018 |
| 4 | Fahrudin Mustafic (captain) $^{>30}$ | (1981-04-17) 17 April 1981 (age 42) | Persela Lamongan | 2011 | 2018 |
| 5 | Amirul Adli $^{U23}$ | (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 27) | Young Lions FC | 2018 | 2020 |
| 12 | Shannon Stephen | (1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 29) | Young Lions FC | 2017 | 2020 |
| 13 | Shameer Aziq $^{U23}$ | (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 27) | Young Lions FC | 2018 | 2018 |
| 16 | Daniel Bennett $^{>30}$ | (1978-01-07) 7 January 1978 (age 45) | Geylang International | 2017 | 2019 |
| 17 | Irwan Shah | (1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 34) | Warriors FC | 2016 | 2019 |
| 22 | Danish Uwais $^{U23}$ | (1999-10-10) 10 October 1999 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2018 |
| 23 | Irfan Najeeb $^{U23}$ | (1999-07-31) 31 July 1999 (age 23) | NFA U18 | 2018 | 2020 |
| 63 | Ryhan Stewart $^{U19}$ | (2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2018 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Safirul Sulaiman | (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 30) | Geylang International | 2018 | 2019 |
| 7 | Zulfadhmi Suzliman $^{U23}$ | (1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2020 |
| 14 | Haziq Razzali $^{U23}$ | (1999-07-23) 23 July 1999 (age 24) | NFA U18 | 2018 | 2018 |
| 18 | Yasir Hanapi | (1989-06-21) 21 June 1989 (age 34) | PDRM FA | 2018 | 2020 |
| 20 | Faizal Raffi $^{U23}$ | (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2018 |
| 27 | Hafiz Sujad | (1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 (age 32) | JDT II | 2018 | 2018 |
| 59 | Elijah Lim Teck Yong $^{U19}$ | (2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 22) | NFA U17 | 2018 | 2018 |
| 65 | Shah Shahiran $^{U19}$ | (1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 23) | NFA U18 | 2018 | 2018 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Ryutaro Megumi | (1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 30) | Aoyama Gakuin University | 2017 | 2019 |
| 11 | Jordan Webb | (1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 (age 35) | Warriors FC | 2018 | 2020 |
| 19 | Khairul Amri $^{>30}$ | (1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 (age 38) | Young Lions FC | 2017 | 2020 |
| 29 | Taufik Suparno $^{U23}$ | (1995-10-31) 31 October 1995 (age 27) | SAFSA | 2018 | 2018 |
| Players loaned out |||||||
| 3 | Afiq Yunos | (1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 32) | Home United | 2018 | 2020 |
| 8 | Shahdan Sulaiman | (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 35) | LionsXII | 2016 | 2020 |
| 10 | Fazrul Nawaz $^{>30}$ | (1985-04-17) 17 April 1985 (age 38) | Warriors FC | 2016 | 2019 |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| - | - |
| Chairman | Desmond Ong |
| General Manager | Desmund Khusnin |
| Head coach | Jürgen Raab |
| Team manager | Leonard Koh |
| Assistant coach | Gavin Lee |
| Goalkeeping coach | William Phang |
| Physiotherapist | Premjit Singh |
| Kitman | Goh Koon Hiang |

## Transfers

### Pre-season transfers

**In**

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Syazwan Buhari | Geylang International | 2 years contract |
| DF | Afiq Yunos | Home United | 3 years contract |
| DF | Amirul Adli Azmi | Garena Young Lions | 3 years contract |
| DF | Irfan Najeeb | NFA U18 | 1 year contract |
| DF | Madhu Mohana | Negeri Sembilan FA | 1 year contract |
| MF | Shah Shahiran | NFA U18 | 1 year contract |
| MF | Safirul Sulaiman | Geylang International | 2 years contract |
| MF | Yasir Hanapi | PDRM FA | 3 years contract |
| MF | Hanafi Akbar | Balestier Khalsa | Undisclosed |
| MF | Haziq Razzali | NFA U18 | Undisclosed |
| FW | Jordan Webb | Warriors FC | 3 years contract |
| FW | Shameer Aziq | Garena Young Lions | Undisclosed |

**Out**

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Joey Sim | Tiong Bahru FC | |
| GK | Izwan Mahbud | Nongbua Pitchaya | |
| DF | Madhu Mohana | Negeri Sembilan F.C. | |
| DF | Imran Sahib | | |
| DF | Ismadi Mukhtar | Warriors FC | |
| DF | Jufri Taha | Geylang International | |
| DF | Shakir Hamzah | Home United | |
| DF | Ehvin Sasidharan | | |
| MF | Jamil Ali | | |
| MF | Shahdan Sulaiman | Melaka United | Season loan |
| MF | Son Yong-chan | Ozone F.C. | |
| MF | Hafiz Sujad | JDT II | |
| MF | Fazli Ayob | Home United | |
| MF | Amirul Haziq | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (NFL Club) | |
| FW | Hafiz Rahim | | |
| FW | Ivan Jakov Džoni | NK Imotski | |
| FW | Diego Silvas | | |
| FW | Rafiq Tajudin | | |

Note 1: Rafiq Tajudin was initially promoted to the Sleague before being deregistered.

Note 2: Madhu Mohana initially moved to Malaysia before being released and signed with the Stags for the rest of season.

Note 3: Hafiz Sujad initially moved to Malaysia with JDT II before being released and signed with the Stags for the rest of season.

**Retained**

| Position | Player | Ref |
| - | - | - |
| FW | Khairul Amri | 1) 2 years contract signed in Jan 2017 2) Extend another 3 years in Dec 2017. |

**Extension**

| Position | Player | Ref |
| - | - | - |
| GK | Haikal Hasnol | 3 years contract. |
| DF | Fahrudin Mustafić | 1 year contract. |
| DF | Daniel Bennett | 2 years contract. |
| DF | Irwan Shah | 2 years contract. |
| DF | Shannon Stephen | 3 years contract. |
| MF | Ryutaro Megumi | 2 years contract. |
| MF | Shahdan Sulaiman | 3 years contract. |
| FW | Fazrul Nawaz | 2 years contract. |

**Promoted**

| Position | Player | Ref |
| - | - | - |
| GK | Hariz Farid | 1 year contract |
| DF | Ryhan Stewart | 1 year contract |
| DF | Danish Uwais | 1 year contract |
| MF | Zulfadhmi Suzliman | 3 years contract |
| FW | Faizal Raffi | 1 year contract |
| FW | Rafiq Tajudin | 1 year contract |

**Trial**

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

### Mid-season transfers

**In**

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Hafiz Sujad | JDT II | |
| FW | Taufik Suparno | SAFSA | |

**Out**

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Afiq Yunos | Geylang International | Season loan |
| MF | Hanafi Akbar | Free Agent | |
| FW | Fazrul Nawaz | Hougang United | Loan then $50,000 |
| MF | Shah Shahiran | Relegated to U19 squad | |
| DF | Ryhan Stewart | Relegated to U19 squad | |

**Extension**

| Position | Player | Ref |
| - | - | - |
| DF | Irfan Najeeb | 3 years contract. |

## 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 | ACL / AFC Cup | ACL / AFC Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Hariz Farid | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Madhu Mohana | 10(9) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Fahrudin Mustafic | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Amirul Adli | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | Safirul Sulaiman | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Zulfadhmi Suzliman | 14(8) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 3(4) | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Ryutaro Megumi | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | Jordan Webb | 22(1) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3(1) | 1 | 29 | 7 |
| 12 | DF | Shannon Stephen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | Shameer Aziq | 17(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Haziq Razzali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Daniel Bennett | 22(1) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Irwan Shah | 16(5) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Yasir Hanapi | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | Khairul Amri | 16(5) | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6(1) | 2 | 30 | 19 |
| 20 | MF | Faizal Raffi | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Haikal Hasnol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Danish Uwais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Irfan Najeeb | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4(2) | 1 | 24 | 3 |
| 24 | GK | Syazwan Buhari | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Hafiz Sujad | 4(8) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Taufik Suparno | 1(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 59 | MF | Elijah Lim Teck Yong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | DF | Ryhan Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | MF | Shah Shahiran | 0(9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(4) | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||||
| 2 | MF | Hanafi Akbar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Afiq Yunos | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(3) | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Fazrul Nawaz | 7(6) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4(2) | 1 | 19 | 5 |
| 14 | FW | Rafiq Tajudin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| S.League | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 050.00 |
| AFC Champions League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| AFC Cup | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 000.00 |
| Singapore Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 33 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 039.39 |

### Singapore Premier League

Win  Draw  Loss

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Home United | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 43 | Qualification to AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1 |
| 3 | DPMM FC | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 41 | |
| 4 | Tampines Rovers | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 40 | Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 5 | Warriors FC | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 28 | |
| 6 | Balestier Khalsa | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 27 | |

* ↑ 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.

### AFC Champions League

Win  Draw  Loss

### AFC Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PSJ | SLN | JDT | TAM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Persija Jakarta | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 13 | Zonal semi-finals | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Sông Lam Nghệ An | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 10 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Tampines Rovers | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 | | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — |

* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Sông Lam Nghệ An 2–0 Johor Darul Ta'zim, Johor Darul Ta'zim 3–2 Sông Lam Nghệ An.

Win  Draw  Loss

### Singapore Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

Tampines Rovers lost 4-3 on aggregate.

