2008 Geylang United FC season
# 2008 Geylang United FC season

The 2008 S.League season is Geylang United's 13th season in the top flight of Singapore football and 33rd year in existence as a football club.

## Squad

| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Amos Boon | GK | (1972-07-12) 12 July 1972 (age 50) |
| 19 | Fajar Sarib | GK | (1977-08-04) 4 August 1977 (age 45) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Noh Rahman | DF | (1980-08-02) 2 August 1980 (age 42) |
| 5 | Aide Iskandar | DF | (1975-05-28) 28 May 1975 (age 48) |
| 6 | Baihakki Khaizan | DF | (1984-01-31) 31 January 1984 (age 39) |
| 12 | Faizal Senin | DF | (1982-01-12) 12 January 1982 (age 41) |
| 13 | Jonathan Xu | DF | (1983-09-07) 7 September 1983 (age 39) |
| 15 | Fabian Tan | DF | (1985-02-25) 25 February 1985 (age 38) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 3 | Rastislav Belicak | MF | (1977-11-09) 9 November 1977 (age 45) |
| 4 | Shah Hirul | MF | (1986-05-07) 7 May 1986 (age 37) |
| 8 | Mohd Noor Ali | MF | (1975-05-16) 16 May 1975 (age 48) |
| 11 | Syed Thaha | MF | (1985-05-02) 2 May 1985 (age 38) |
| 17 | Hafiz Rahim | MF | (1983-11-19) 19 November 1983 (age 39) |
| 18 | Lau Meng Meng | MF | (1983-05-29) 29 May 1983 (age 40) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Miroslav Latiak | FW | (1981-03-19) 19 March 1981 (age 42) |
| 10 | Fazrul Nawaz | FW | (1985-04-17) 17 April 1985 (age 38) |
| 14 | Luiz Carlos Machado Júnior | FW | (1979-06-05) 5 June 1979 (age 44) |
| 16 | Masrezwan Masturi | FW | (1981-02-17) 17 February 1981 (age 42) |
| 20 | Rivaldo Costa Amaral Filho | FW | (1978-05-08) 8 May 1978 (age 45) |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Jozef Herel |
| Assistant coach | Darimosuvito Tokijan |
| Goalkeeping coach | Koh Chuan Hwee |
| Team manager | Lim Tong Hai |
| Physiotherapist | Thomas Pang Yok Boon |
| Kitman | Abdul Halim Yusop |

## Pre-Season Transfers

### In

| Position | Player | Transferred From |
| - | - | - |
| GK | Amos Boon | Sengkang Punggol |
| DF | Baihakki Khaizan | Young Lions |
| DF | Fabian Tan | Young Lions |
| FW | Fazrul Nawaz | Young Lions |
| DF | Faizal Senin | Gombak United |
| MF | Masrezwan Masturi | SAFFC |
| MF | Noor Ali | SAFFC |
| MF | Shah Hirul | Geylang International U21 |
| FW | Farizal Basri | Balestier Khalsa |
| FW | Rivaldo Costa Amaral Filho | Esporte Clube Tupy |
| FW | Luiz Carlos Machado Júnior | Nanchang Bayi |
| MF | Rastislav Belicak | MFK Zemplín Michalovce |
| FW | Miroslav Latiak | MFK Ružomberok |

### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred to |
| - | - | - |
| GK | Hassan Sunny | Tampines Rovers |
| DF | Abdul Hadi | Released |
| DF | Razaleigh Khalik | SAFFC |
| DF | Dennis Lim | Released |
| MF | Syed Fadhil | Home United |
| MF | Razali Johari | Sengkang Punggol |
| FW | Leopoldino dos Santos | Released |
| MF | Rangsan Vivatchaichok | Provincial Electricity Authority FC |
| MF | Ballamodou Conde | Wollongong |
| FW | Fadzuhasny Juraimi | Woodlands Wellington |
| MF | Abdelaziz Dnibi | PSIS Semarang |

## Pre-Season Friendlies

### S-League

| Match | Date | Home/Away | Opponent team | Score | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | February 21, 2008 | Home | Balestier Khalsa | 2–1 | A. Iskandar 49', M. Masturi 70' |
| 2 | February 26, 2008 | Away | SAFFC | 3–1 | M. Masturi 15' |
| 3 | March 3, 2008 | Home | Albirex Niigata (S) | 1–1 | M. Masturi 89' |
| 4 | March 7, 2008 | Away (LIVE) | Super Reds | 1–0 | |
| 5 | March 15, 2008 | Away | Home United | 6–1 | F. Nawaz 70' |
| 6 | March 19, 2008 | Home | Young Lions | 3–2 | F. Nawaz 20', 43', 90' |
| 7 | March 31, 2008 | Away | Gombak United | 3–1 | M. Masturi 58' |
| 8 | April 8, 2008 | Home | Dalian Shide Siwu | 1–3 | M. Masturi 55' |
| 9 | April 11, 2008 | Away (LIVE) | Tampines Rovers | 0–1 | Júnior 35' |
| 10 | April 20, 2008 | Away | Woodlands Wellington | 1–2 | M. Latiak 53', 59' |
| 11 | April 27, 2008 | Home | Sengkang Punggol | 2–0 | M. Latiak 45', F. Nawaz 50' |
| 12 | May 4, 2008 | Home | SAFFC | 2–3 | Júnior 72', M. Masturi 77' |
| 13 | May 20, 2008 | Away | Balestier Khalsa | 2–2 | M. Masturi 6', R. Costa 94' |
| 14 | May 25, 2008 | Away | Albirex Niigata (S) | 1–5 | A. Iskandar 30', M. Masturi 38', R. Costa 45', Júnior 59', N. Ali 78' |
| 15 | June 25, 2008 | Away | Super Reds | 2–1 | M. Latiak 36' |
| 16 | July 1, 2008 | Home | Home United | 1–2 | R. Costa 9' |
| 17 | July 15, 2008 | Away | Young Lions | 0–0 | |
| 18 | July 18, 2008 | Home (LIVE) | Gombak United | 3–1 | A. Iskandar 19', R. Costa 23', F. Nawaz 82' |
| 19 | July 22, 2008 | Home | Tampines Rovers | 0–1 | |
| 20 | July 25, 2008 | Away | Dalian Shide Siwu | 0–1 | R. Costa 49' |
| 21 | August 4, 2008 | Away | Sengkang Punggol | 1–2 | M. Masturi 47', M. Latiak 57' |
| 22 | August 12, 2008 | Home | SAFFC | 2–2 | N. Ali 17', R. Costa 60' |
| 23 | August 27, 2008 | Home | Balestier Khalsa | 2–1 | F. Nawaz 2', N. Ali 56' |
| 24 | September 12, 2008 | Home | Albirex Niigata (S) | 1–1 | F. Nawaz 75' |
| 25 | September 17, 2008 | Away | Super Reds | 2–1 | R. Costa 26'(pen.) |
| 26 | September 25, 2008 | Home | Woodlands Wellington | 4–1 | R. Costa 46', N. Ali 53', M. Latiak 76', M. Masturi 88', |
| 27 | October 3, 2008 | Away (LIVE) | Home United | 3–1 | F. Nawaz 85' |
| 28 | October 9, 2008 | Home | Young Lions | 1–1 | F. Nawaz 57' |

### Singapore Cup

| Match | Date | Round | Home/Away | Opponent team | Score | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | May 12, 2008 | First Knockout Round | Away | Super Reds | 2–1 | R. Belicak 90' |

### Singapore League Cup

| Match | Date | Round | Home/Away | Opponent team | Score | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | May 31, 2008 | Singapore League Cup 2008 | Home | Balestier Khalsa | 1–2 | M. Latiak 30' |

## Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Updated to games played May 25, 2008.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Name | S-League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Masrezwan Masturi | 8 (14) | 0 (1) | 0 (0) | 7 (15) |
| 2 | Fazrul Nawaz | 5 (14) | 0 (1) | 0 (0) | 5 (15) |
| 3 | Miroslav Latiak | 3 (14) | 0 (1) | 0 (0) | 3 (15) |
| 4 | Júnior | 3 (14) | 0 (1) | 0 (0) | 3 (15) |
| 5 | Rivaldo Costa | 2 (7) | 0 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (8) |
| 5 | Aide Iskandar | 2 (12) | 0 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (13) |
| 6 | Rastislav Belicak | 0 (13) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (14) |
| 6 | Noor Ali | 1 (14) | 0 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (15) |

### Goals conceded

| Rank | Name | S-League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup | Total | Average per game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Amos Boon | 27 (13) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 29 (14) | 2.07 |
| 2 | Fajar Sarib | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 1 |
| 3 | Nazri Sabri | 0 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 0 |

### Discipline

| Rank | Name | S-League | S-League | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup | Singapore League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Name | | | | | | | | | Total Cards |
| 1 | Rastislav Belicak | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Noh Rahman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Aide Iskandar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Jonathan Xu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Masrezwan Masturi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Miroslav Latiak | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Farizal Basri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Baihakki Khaizan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Faizal Senin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Noor Ali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Júnior | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Fazrul Nawaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Syed Thaha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Faizal Senin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Rivaldo Costa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
