2018 Warriors FC season
# 2018 Warriors FC season

The 2018 season is Warriors' 23rd 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 24 February 2017.

| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Hyrulnizam Juma'at $^{>30}$ | (1986-11-14) 14 November 1986 (age 36) | Home United |
| 13 | Mukundan Maran $^{U23}$ | (1998-07-21) 21 July 1998 (age 25) | Youth Team |
| 25 | Fashah Iskandar $^{U23}$ | (1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 (age 28) | Young Lions FC |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Ismadi Mukhtar $^{>30}$ | (1983-12-16) 16 December 1983 (age 39) | Tampines Rovers |
| 4 | Delwinder Singh | (1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 30) | Hougang United |
| 5 | Kento Fukuda (Captain) | (1990-05-15) 15 May 1990 (age 33) | Geylang International |
| 8 | Emmeric Ong | (1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 (age 32) | LionsXII |
| 16 | Daniel Shafiq $^{U23}$ | (1998-11-22) 22 November 1998 (age 24) | Youth Team |
| 24 | Ho Wai Loon | (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 29) | Balestier Khalsa |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | Ammirul Emmran $^{U23}$ | (1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 28) | Young Lions FC |
| 7 | Shamil Sharif | (1992-05-08) 8 May 1992 (age 31) | Home United |
| 14 | Hafiz Sulaiman $^{U23}$ | (1995-10-10) 10 October 1995 (age 27) | Young Lions FC |
| 17 | Poh Yi Feng $^{>30}$ | (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 (age 36) | Balestier Khalsa |
| 20 | Nur Luqman $^{U23}$ | (1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 25) | Youth Team |
| 21 | Firdaus Kasman | (1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 (age 35) | Young Lions FC |
| 23 | Suria Prakash | (1993-12-23) 23 December 1993 (age 29) | SAFSA (NFL D1) |
| Strikers |||||
| 9 | Jonathan Béhé | (1989-01-13) 13 January 1989 (age 34) | Negeri Sembilan FA |
| 10 | Sahil Suhaimi | (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 31) | Sarawak FA |
| 11 | Ignatius Ang | (1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 30) | SAFSA (NFL D1) |
| 12 | Khairul Nizam | (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 32) | Home United |
| 15 | Fadhil Noh | (1989-03-04) 4 March 1989 (age 34) | Balestier Khalsa |
| 22 | Tajeli Salamat | (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 (age 29) | Tiong Bahru FC (NFL D1) |
| Players loaned out / placed on injury list / left during season |||||
| 3 | Fazli Shafie $^{U23}$ | (1997-06-06) 6 June 1997 (age 26) | Youth Team |
| 18 | Bryan Quek $^{U23}$ | (1995-06-05) 5 June 1995 (age 28) | Youth Team |
| 19 | Zuhaili Mazli $^{U23}$ | (1997-10-21) 21 October 1997 (age 25) | Youth Team |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| - | - |
| General Manager | Paul Poh |
| Head coach | Mirko Grabovac |
| Assistant coach | Azlan Alipah |
| Goalkeeping coach | Lee Bee Seng |
| Team manager | Yeo Jun Xian |
| Fitness trainer | Marko Skomrlj |
| Sports trainer | Narasiman Sathivelu |
| Kitman | |

## Transfers

### Pre-Season transfers

**In**

| Position | Player | Transferred From |
| - | - | - |
| GK | Fashah Iskandar | Garena Young Lions |
| DF | Delwinder Singh | Hougang United |
| DF | Ismadi Mukhtar | Tampines Rovers |
| MF | Shamil Sharif | Home United |
| MF | Ammirul Emmran | Garena Young Lions |
| MF | Gabriel Quak | Geylang International |
| MF | Hafiz Sulaiman | Garena Young Lions |
| MF | Joshua Pereira | Garena Young Lions |
| FW | Ignatius Ang | SAFSA (NFL Club) |
| FW | Khairul Nizam | Home United |
| FW | Sahil Suhaimi | Sarawak FA |
| FW | Jonathan Béhé | Negeri Sembilan FA |
| FW | Tajeli Salamat | Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Club) |

**Out**

| Position | Player | Transferred To |
| - | - | - |
| GK | Jasper Chan | Geylang International |
| GK | Zainol Gulam | Geylang International |
| DF | Zulfadli Zainal Abidin | Geylang International |
| DF | Baihakki Khaizan | Muangthong United |
| DF | Hafiz Osman | Warwick Knights FC (NFL Club) |
| DF | Syaqir Sulaiman | Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Club) |
| DF | Ang Zhiwei | Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Club) |
| MF | Hafiz Nor | Home United |
| MF | Ridhuan Muhammad | Borneo F.C. |
| MF | Shaiful Esah | Commonwealth Cosmos (Islandwide League) |
| MF | Fazli Jaffar | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (NFL Club) |
| MF | Sharin Majid | Balestier Khalsa |
| MF | Gabriel Quak | Royal Thai Navy |
| FW | Jordan Webb | Tampines Rovers |
| FW | Shahril Ishak | Home United |
| FW | Andrei Ciolacu | SC Juventus București |
| FW | Clay Silvas | |
| FW | Samuel Benjamin | GFA Sporting Westlake FC (NFL Club) |
| FW | Nur Asyidiq | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (NFL Club) |

Note 1: Gabriel Quak was initially signed to a deal but released after Navy FC wanted to sign him.

Note 2: Ridhuan Muhammad was released by Borneo FC after the Cup Competition, thus making him a free agent.

Note 3: Baihakki Khaizan moved to Muangthong United but was loaned to Udon Thani before the new season start.

**Retained**

| Position | Player | Ref |
| - | - | - |
| GK | Hyrulnizam Juma'at | [24] [25] |
| DF | Emmeric Ong | |
| DF | Ho Wai Loon | |
| DF | Kento Fukuda | |
| MF | Poh Yi Feng | |
| MF | Firdaus Kasman | |
| MF | Suria Prakash | |
| FW | Fadhil Noh | |

**Promoted**

| Position | Player |
| - | - |
| GK | Mukundan Maran |
| GK | Bryan Quek |
| DF | Zuhaili Mazli |
| DF | Daniel Shafiq |
| MF | Nur Luqman |

**Trial**

| Position | Player | Trial @ | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Baihakki Khaizan | Jeddah Club | |

### Mid-season transfers

**Out**

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Bryan Quek | Admiralty FC (NFL) | Loan |
| DF | Fazli Shafie | Admiralty FC (NFL) | Loan |
| MF | Zuhaili Mazli | Admiralty FC (NFL) | Loan |

## Friendly

### 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 | Hyrulnizam Juma'at | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ismadi Mukhtar | 19(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Delwinder Singh | 16(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Kento Fukuda | 21(1) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | Ammirul Emmran | 18(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Shamil Sharif | 8(8) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Emmeric Ong | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Jonathan Béhé | 18(2) | 18 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 19 |
| 10 | FW | Sahil Suhaimi | 14(7) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Ignatius Ang | 8(3) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| 12 | FW | Khairul Nizam | 3(3) | 3 | 1(1) | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 13 | GK | Mukundan Maran | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Hafiz Sulaiman | 13(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Fadhil Noh | 11(3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Daniel Shafiq | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Poh Yi Feng | 10(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Nur Luqman | 8(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Firdaus Kasman | 5(9) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Tajeli Salamat | 16(3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Suria Prakash | 4(10) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Ho Wai Loon | 18(1) | 2 | 1(1) | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| 25 | GK | Fashah Iskandar | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||
| 3 | DF | Fazli Shafie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Bryan Quek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Zuhaili Mazli | 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 % |
| Singapore Premier League | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 029.17 |
| Singapore Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 026.92 |

### Singapore Premier League

Win  Draw  Loss

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | |
| 7 | Young Lions | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 21 | |

* 1 2 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

Warriors FC lost 5-2 on aggregate.

