2021 Geylang International FC season
# 2021 Geylang International FC season

The 2021 season is Geylang International's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League. Along with the Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.

## Season Progress Key Milestones

* In March 2021, Zikos Chua is ruled out of the season after enlistment to NS.
* In April 2021, Nur Luqman Rahman is ruled out of the season after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in match against Tampines Rovers on 16 April 2021.
* In May 2021, Sylvano Comvalius agreed to mutually terminate his contract with the Eagles after feeling homesick. His family application to join him in Singapore was rejected due to COVID-19.
* In May 2021, Ex-Malaysia Cup star Abbas Saad returns to Singapore for short coaching stint, joining the Eagle as Noor Ali's assistant.
* In 14 Sept 2021, a member of Geylang International FC (GIFC)‘s playing squad has tested positive following a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.

## Squad

### Singapore Premier League

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Hairul Syirhan | (1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 27) | Young Lions FC | 2019 | 2021 |
| 30 | Zaiful Nizam $^{>30}$ | (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 36) | Balestier Khalsa | 2021 | 2023 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Adam Hakeem | (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 26) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | 2021 |
| 3 | Ilhan Noor $^{U23}$ | (2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 20) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 |
| 5 | Darren Teh | (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 26) | SAFSA (NFL) | 2017 | 2021 |
| 15 | Faizal Roslan | (1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 28) | Lion City Sailors | 2021 | 2021 |
| 21 | Yuki Ichikawa (Captain) | (1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 35) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2014 | 2021 |
| 27 | Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib $^{>30}$ | (1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 34) | Lion City Sailors | 2021 | 2021 |
| 28 | Afiq Yunos $^{>30}$ | (1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 32) | Hougang United | 2021 | 2021 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 4 | Danny Kim | (1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 (age 25) | Brisbane Roar FC Youth | 2021 | 2021 |
| 6 | Umar Ramle | (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2016 | 2021 |
| 8 | Barry Maguire | (1989-10-27) 27 October 1989 (age 33) | Limerick F.C. | 2019 | 2021 |
| 13 | Izzdin Shafiq $^{>30}$ | (1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 32) | Lion City Sailors | 2021 | 2021 |
| 14 | Asshukrie Wahid $^{U23}$ | (1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 (age 25) | Young Lions FC | 2021 | 2021 |
| 17 | Firdaus Kasman $^{>30}$ | (1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 (age 35) | Warriors FC | 2019 | 2021 |
| 18 | Azri Suhaili $^{U23}$ | (2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 21) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 |
| 22 | Christopher van Huizen | (1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 30) | Home United | 2019 | 2021 |
| 24 | Iqram Rifqi | (1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 27) | Lion City Sailors | 2021 | 2021 |
| 26 | Furqan Raoff $^{U21}$ | (2002-03-26) 26 March 2002 (age 21) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Amy Recha | (1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 31) | Home United | 2019 | 2021 |
| 10 | Matheus Moresche | (1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 25) | FC Torpedo | 2021 | 2021 |
| 16 | Idris Sadlizan $^{U23}$ | (1998-08-21) 21 August 1998 (age 24) | MOF F.C. | 2021 | 2021 |
| 19 | Fareez Farhan | (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 28) | Hougang United | 2019 | 2021 |
| Players on NS / loaned out or left during season |||||||
| | Joshua Pereira | (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 25) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| | Noor Ariff $^{U23}$ | (1998-09-06) 6 September 1998 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2020 |
| | Ifwat Ismail | (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 26) | Young Lions FC | 2019 | 2019 |
| 23 | Wayne Chew $^{U23}$ | (2001-10-22) 22 October 2001 (age 21) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 |
| 11 | Harith Kanadi $^{U23}$ | (2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 (age 22) | Tampines Rovers U19 | 2019 | 2023 |
| 20 | Nur Luqman $^{U23}$ | (1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 25) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | 2021 |
| 47 | Zikos Vasileios Chua $^{U21}$ | (2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 21) | NFA U16 | 2018 | 2021 |
| 49 | Elijah Lim Teck Yong $^{U21}$ | (2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 22) | Balestier Khalsa | 2021 | 2021 |
| 9 | Sylvano Comvalius | (1987-08-10) 10 August 1987 (age 35) | Sliema Wanderers F.C. | 2021 | 2021 |
| 42 | Sanders Saurajen $^{U21}$ | (2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 |
| 25 | Zainol Gulam | (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 31) | Warriors FC | 2018 | 2021 |

### U21

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| Defenders |||||||
| 51 | Kieran Teo Jia Jun $^{U21}$ | (2004-04-06) 6 April 2004 (age 19) | Lion City Sailors U21 | 2021 | 2021 |
| 58 | Badrul Amin Noh $^{U21}$ | (2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 21) | Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 43 | Kenta Tan $^{U21}$ | (2003-08-22) 22 August 2003 (age 19) | Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 |
| | Todd Bennison $^{U21}$ | (2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 (age 23) | Sydney United 58 FC | 2021 | 2021 |
| Forwards |||||||
| | Danish Haziq $^{U21}$ | (2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 21) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2020 |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| - | - |
| Chairman | Thomas Gay |
| General manager | Andrew Ang |
| Assistant general manager | Leonard Koh |
| Head coach | Mohd Noor Ali |
| Assistant coach | Abbas Saad |
| Head of Youth | |
| U17 Coach | Azlan Alipah |
| U15 Coach | Sabrina Mathe |
| Fitness Coach | Muhammad Razif Ariff |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Yusri Aziz |
| Team Manager | |
| Physiotherapist | [] |
| Kitman | Abdul Latiff |
| Sports Scientist | Andi Agus |
| Sports Trainer | Benjamin Singh |

## Transfers

### In

Pre-season

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Danish Irfan | Young Lions FC | Loan Return |
| FW | Fikri Junaidi | Young Lions FC | Loan Return |
| MF | Izzdin Shafiq | Lion City Sailors | Free |
| MF | Elijah Lim Teck Yong | Balestier Khalsa | Free |
| FW | Matheus Moresche | Riga FC | Free |
| FW | Sylvano Comvalius | Sliema Wanderers F.C. | Free |
| FW | Idris Sadlizan | Free Agent | |

Note 1: Danish Irfan was loaned to Young Lions FC for 2021 season.

Note 2: Fikri Junaidi was released and joined Albirex Niigata for 2021 season.

Mid-season

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Zaiful Nizam | Balestier Khalsa | Free,2.5year contract |
| DF | Afiq Yunos | Hougang United | Free, 6 months contract |
| DF | Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib | Lion City Sailors FC | Undisclosed |
| MF | Danny Kim | Brisbane Roar FC Youth | Free |
| MF | Asshukrie Wahid | Free Agent | NA |

### Loan In

Pre-season

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Faizal Roslan | Lion City Sailors | Season loan |
| MF | Iqram Rifqi | Lion City Sailors | Season loan |

### Out

Pre-season

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| FW | Ifwat Ismail | SAFSA | NS till 2021 |
| MF | Joshua Pereira | SAFSA | NS till 2022 |
| MF | Noor Ariff | SAFSA | NS till 2022 |
| GK | Dylan Christopher Goh | Tampines Rovers U19 | |
| FW | Iqbal Hussain | Chennai City F.C. | Free |
| DF | Shahrin Saberin | Tanjong Pagar United | Free |
| DF | Nurullah Hussein | | Free |
| DF | Kamolidin Tashiev | FC Abdysh-Ata Kant | Free |
| DF | Danish Qayyum | Young Lions FC | Free |
| MF | Safirul Sulaiman | | Free |
| FW | Khairul Nizam | Hougang United | Free |
| FW | Fikri Junaidi | Albirex Niigata (S) | Free |

Mid-season

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Wayne Chew | SAFSA | NS till 2023 |
| DF | Harith Kanadi | SAFSA | NS till 2023 |
| MF | Elijah Lim Teck Yong | SAFSA | NS till 2023 |
| MF | Nur Luqman | SAFSA | NS till 2023 |
| FW | Zikos Vasileios Chua | SAFSA | NS till 2023 |
| FW | Sylvano Comvalius | Quick Boys (N3) | |
| GK | Sanders Saurajen | | Free (Pursue study) |
| GK | Zainol Gulam | | Retired |

### Loan Out

Pre-season

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Dylan Pereira | Young Lions FC | Season loan |
| DF | Danish Irfan | Young Lions FC | Season loan |

### Extension / Retained

| Position | Player | Ref |
| - | - | - |
| GK | Hairul Syirhan | |
| GK | Wayne Chew | |
| GK | Zainol Gulam | |
| DF | Adam Hakeem | |
| DF | Yuki Ichikawa | |
| DF | Darren Teh | |
| DF | Harith Kanadi | |
| MF | Umar Ramle | |
| MF | Azri Suhaili | |
| MF | Firdaus Kasman | |
| MF | Nur Luqman | |
| MF | Christopher van Huizen | 2 years contract signed in 2019 |
| MF | Barry Maguire | |
| FW | Zikos Vasileios Chua | |
| FW | Amy Recha | |
| FW | Fareez Farhan | |

## Friendlies

### Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### In-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Team statistics

### Appearances and goals

    As of 25 August 2021.

| No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | AFC Cup | AFC Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Hairul Syirhan | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Adam Hakeem | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Ilhan Noor | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | Danny Kim | 8+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Darren Teh | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Umar Ramle | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Amy Recha | 18+3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12 |
| 8 | MF | Barry Maguire | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Matheus Moresche | 17+4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 11 |
| 13 | MF | Izzdin Shafiq | 9+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Asshukrie Wahid | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Faizal Roslan | 11+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Firdaus Kasman | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Azri Suhaili | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Fareez Farhan | 5+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Yuki Ichikawa | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Christopher van Huizen | 7+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | Iqram Rifqi | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Afiq Yunos | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Zaiful Nizam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||
| 9 | FW | Sylvano Comvalius | 4+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | Harith Kanadi | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Nur Luqman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Wayne Chew | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Zainol Gulam | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | Sanders Saurajen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | Zikos Vasileios Chua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | Elijah Lim Teck Yong | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |

### 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.

### AFC Cup

On 11 November 2020, the AFC approved a new calendar for the competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, where the group stage is played as centralized single round-robin tournament, and the preliminary round, play-off round, and ASEAN Zone semi-finals and final are played as a single match.

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | VIS | LAL | TER | GEY |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Visakha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Cancelled | — | Cancelled |
| 2 | Lalenok United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Cancelled | — |
| 3 | Terengganu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cancelled | — | — | Cancelled |
| 4 | Geylang International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Cancelled | — | — |

Win  Draw  Loss

### Singapore Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

