2018 Geylang International FC season
# 2018 Geylang International FC season

The 2018 season is Geylang International's 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.

## Key events

### November 2017

On 28/11/2017, it was reported that there has been a rift between some Geylang International players and the club's management.

## Squad

### Sleague

    As of 20 February 2017.

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Jasper Chan | (1988-11-07) 7 November 1988 (age 34) | Warriors FC |
| 24 | Danial Faris $^{U23}$ | 23 May 1997 (age 22) | Youth Team |
| 25 | Zainol Gulam | (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 31) | Warriors FC |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Anders Aplin | (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 32) | SRC (Defunct NFL Club) |
| 3 | Jufri Taha $^{>30}$ | (1985-03-04) 4 March 1985 (age 38) | Tampines Rovers |
| 4 | Zulfadli Zainal Abidin | (1988-04-26) 26 April 1988 (age 35) | Warriors FC |
| 5 | Darren Teh $^{U23}$ | (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 26) | SAFSA (NFL D1) |
| 11 | Yeo Hai Ngee $^{U23}$ | (1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 28) | Young Lions FC |
| 14 | Danish Irfan $^{U23}$ | (1999-03-10) 10 March 1999 (age 24) | NFA U18 |
| 15 | Afiq Yunos | (1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 32) | Tampines Rovers |
| 21 | Yuki Ichikawa (Captain) | (1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 35) | Albirex Niigata (S) |
| 22 | Ahmad Zaki $^{U23}$ | (1997-04-20) 20 April 1997 (age 26) | Youth Team |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | Umar Akhbar $^{U23}$ | | Youth Team |
| 7 | Ryan Syaffiq $^{U23}$ | (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 26) | Young Lions FC |
| 8 | Azhar Sairudin $^{>30}$ | (1986-12-30) 30 December 1986 (age 36) | Hougang United |
| 9 | Fuad Ramli | (1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 29) | SAFSA (NFL D1) |
| 10 | Fumiya Kogure | (1989-06-28) 28 June 1989 (age 34) | Hougang United |
| 12 | Sadiq Rahim $^{U23}$ | | Youth Team |
| 13 | Ryson Yap | (1993-01-30) 30 January 1993 (age 30) | Police SA (NFL D1) |
| 16 | Noor Ariff $^{U23}$ | | Youth Team |
| 19 | Farish Khan $^{U23}$ | | Youth Team |
| Forwards |||||
| 17 | Cameron Ayrton Bell | (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 29) | Tampines Rovers Prime League |
| 18 | Shawal Anuar | (1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 32) | Keppel Monaco (Defunct NFL Club) |
| 20 | Fairoz Hassan | (1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 (age 34) | Hougang United |
| 45 | Zikos Vasileios Chua $^{U19}$ | (2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 21) | NFA U16 |
| Players loaned out / placed on injury list / left during season |||||
| 24 | Syed Syazwan $^{U23}$ | (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 26) | Youth Team |
| | Ashraf Razali $^{U23}$ | (1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 23) | Youth Team |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Hirotaka Usui |
| Assistant coach | Vedhamuthu Kanan |
| Goalkeeping coach | Sarong Naiket |
| Team manager | Andrew Ang |
| Physiotherapist | |
| Kitman | |

## Transfers

### Pre-season transfers

**In**

| Position | Player | Transferred From |
| - | - | - |
| GK | Jasper Chan | Warriors FC |
| GK | Zainol Gulam | Warriors FC |
| DF | Yeo Hai Ngee | Garena Young Lions |
| DF | Jufri Taha | Tampines Rovers |
| DF | Zulfadli Zainal Abidin | Warriors FC |
| DF | Danish Irfan Azman | NFA U18 |
| MF | Fuad Ramli | SAFSA (NFL 1) |
| MF | Ryson Yap | Police SA (NFL 1) |
| MF | Ryan Syaffiq | Garena Young Lions |
| MF | Azhar Sairudin | Hougang United |
| MF | Fairoz Hassan | Hougang United |
| MF | Fumiya Kogure | Hougang United |
| FW | Cameron Ayrton Bell | Free Agent |

**Out**

| Position | Player | Transferred To |
| - | - | - |
| GK | Syazwan Buhari | Tampines Rovers |
| GK | Nur Amin Malik | |
| DF | Safirul Sulaiman | Tampines Rovers |
| DF | Faritz Hameed | Home United |
| DF | Isa Halim | Retired |
| DF | Al-Qaasimy Rahman | Retired |
| MF | Jeevakumaran Balakrishnan | |
| MF | Gabriel Quak | Warriors FC |
| MF | Stanely Ng | Hougang United |
| MF | Nor Azli Yusoff | |
| MF | Taufiq Ghani | |
| MF | Ricardo Sendra | Perseru Serui |
| MF | Min Thi Ha | |
| MF | Asshukrie Wahid | Garena Young Lions |
| FW | Víctor Coto Ortega | |
| FW | Shahfiq Ghani | Hougang United |
| FW | Amy Recha | Home United |
| FW | Ifwat Ismail | Garena Young Lions |

Note 1: Ricardo Sendra was initially signed by Perseru but was released before the season start.

**Retained**

| Position | Player |
| - | - |
| DF | Darren Teh |
| DF | Anders Eric Aplin |
| DF | Yuki Ichikawa |
| MF | Farish Khan |
| FW | Shawal Anuar |

Note 2: Yuki Ichikawa was initially released after the season but subsequently re-signed for 2018.

**Promoted**

| Position | Player |
| - | - |
| GK | Syed Syazwan |
| DF | Ashraf Razali |
| DF | Ahmad Zaki |
| MF | Noor Ariff |
| MF | Sadiq Rahim |
| MF | Umar Akhbar |

**Trial**

**Trial (In)**

| Position | Player | Trial @ | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| MF | Addison Sayan | Rydalmere FC | |

**Trial**

**Trial (Out)**

| Position | Player | Trial @ | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | Anders Aplin | Matsumoto Yamaga | |

### Mid-season transfers

**In**

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Faris Danial | Free Agent | |
| DF | Afiq Yunos | Tampines Rovers | Loan |

**Out**

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| GK | Syed Syazwan | NS till 2020 | |
| DF | Anders Aplin | Matsumoto Yamaga | Loan |

**Trial**

**Trial (In)**

| Position | Player | Trial From | Ref |
| - | - | - | - |
| FW | Zulkiffli Hassim | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC | |

## 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 | Jasper Chan | 5(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jufri Taha | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Zulfadli Zainal Abidin | 13(3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Darren Teh | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Umar Akhbar | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ryan Syaffiq | 20(3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Azhar Sairudin | 9(13) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Fuad Ramli | 15(4) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Fumiya Kogure | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Yeo Hai Ngee | 9(7) | 3 | 1(1) | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | Sadiq Rahim | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Ryson Yap | 7(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Danish Irfan Azman | 15(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Afiq Yunos | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Noor Ariff | 4(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Cameron Ayrton Bell | 2(7) | 1 | 0(2) | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Shawal Anuar | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 |
| 19 | MF | Farish Khan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Fairoz Hassan | 19(3) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 |
| 21 | DF | Yuki Ichikawa | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Ahmad Zaki | 2(5) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Faris Danial | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Zainol Gulam | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | Zikos Vasileios Chua | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||
| 2 | DF | Anders Aplin | 6(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Ashraf Razali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Syed Syazwan | 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 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 57 | −31 | 020.83 |
| Singapore Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 58 | −32 | 019.23 |

### 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

Geylang International lost 1-0 on aggregate.

