2018 Balestier Khalsa season explained

Club:	Balestier Khalsa
Season:	2018
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Stadium:	Toa Payoh Stadium
League:	Singapore Premier League
League Result:	6th (Currently)
Cup1:	Singapore Cup
Cup1 Result:	-
League Topscorer:	Keegan Linderboom (5 goals) Currently
Season Topscorer:	Keegan Linderboom (5 goals) Currently
Prevseason:	2017
Nextseason:	2019

The 2018 season is Balestier Khalsa's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

Squad

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Hafiz Ahmad ^U23		Home United
12	Nazri Sabri	1989 9, df=yes	Eunos Crescent
13	Zacharial Leong ^U23
19	Zaiful Nizam	1987 7, df=yes
Defenders
2	Fadli Kamis	1992 11, df=yes
3	Shaqi Sulaiman ^U23	1998 11, df=yes	Hougang United
4	Khalili Khalif ^U23	1997 1, df=yes	Home United
5	Nurisham Jupri ^U23	1995 12, df=yes	Eunos Crescent
6	Nurullah Hussein	1993 5, df=yes
9	Zakir Samsudin	1994 1, df=yes	LionsXII
10	Sufianto Salleh	1993 3, df=yes	Home United
15	Sheikh Abdul Hadi	1992 3, df=yes
18	Ahmad Syahir Sahimi	1992 4, df=yes
25	Sharin Majid ^U23	1995 3, df=yes	Warriors FC
Midfielders
7	Hazzuwan Halim	1994 2, df=yes
8	Raihan Rahman	1991 2, df=yes
11	Huzaifah Aziz	1994 6, df=yes
14	Afiq Salman Tan ^U23	1995 11, df=yes
16	Khairuddin Omar ^U23	1996 3, df=yes
17	Fariz Faizal ^U23	1996 10, df=yes
22		1988 2, df=yes	NK Aluminij
24	Noor Akid Nordin ^U23	1996 10, df=yes	Home United
58	Daniel Hazreel ^U23	1999 5, df=yes	Kembagan United
68	Sanjin Vrebac ^U19	2000 2, df=yes	VfR Fischeln
70	Haiqal Adnan ^U19
Strikers
21	Keegan Linderboom	1989 9, df=yes	Waitakere United
23	Akbar Shah ^U23	1996 5, df=yes	Home United
67	Dusan Marinkovic ^U19		FK Internacional

Coaching staff

^[1]

Position	Name
Head coach	Marko Kraljević
Assistant coach	Haris Sumri
Goalkeeping coach	Koh Chuan Hwee/ Rizal Abdul Rahman
Fitness coach	Rosman Sulaiman
Team Chairman	Darwin Jalil
Physiotherapist	Mohamed Nasser
Kitman	Abdul Latiff

Transfer

Pre-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
		Eunos Crescent (NFL Club)	^[2]
		Home United
		Home United	2 Years Contract ^[3] ^[4]
		Free Agent	2 Years Contract ^[5]
		Hougang United	2 Years Contract ^[6]
		Warriors FC
		Home United Prime League	^[7]
		Kembangan United FC (NFL Club)	^[8]
		Eunos Crescent (NFL Club)	^[9]
		Home United	2 Years Contract ^[10]
		Free Agent	2 Years Contract ^[11]
		Waitakere United	^[12]
		Home United	2 Years Contract ^[13]
			^[14]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
		SAFSA (NFL Club)	loan
		Warriors FC	^[15]
		Hougang United	^[16]
		Eunos Crescent FC (NFL Club)
		Prachuap FC	^[17]
		Angthong FC
		SAFSA (NFL Club)	loan
		Tampines Rovers	^[18]

Retained

Position	Player	Ref
		2 years contract ^[19]
		2 years contract ^[20]
		2 years contract ^[21]
		1 year contract ^[22]
		2 years contract ^[23]
		2 years contract ^[24]
		2 years contract ^[25]

Promoted

Position	Player	Ref
		^[26]
		2 Years Contract ^[27]
		2 Years Contract ^[28]

Mid-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
		Free Agent	^[29]
		VfR Fischeln	Balestier Khalsa U19^[30]
		FK Internacional	Balestier Khalsa U19^[31]

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

		Player	Sleague	Singapore Cup	Total
		Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Hafiz Ahmad	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Fadli Kamis	23	4	5	0	28	4
3	DF	Shaqi Sulaiman	14	0	5	0	19	0
4	DF	Khalili Khalif	3(4)	0	4	0	11	0
5	DF	Nurisham Jupri	10(2)	0	0	0	12	0
6	DF	Nurullah Hussein	13(2)	2	3(1)	0	19	2
7	MF	Hazzuwan Halim	19(4)	4	5	3	28	6
8	MF	Raihan Rahman	5	0	0	0	5	0
9	DF	Zakir Samsudin	0(4)	1	0(3)	0	4	1
10	DF	Sufianto Salleh	12(5)	0	1(2)	0	20	0
11	MF	Huzaifah Aziz	20(1)	4	5	1	26	5
12	GK	Nazri Sabri	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	Zacharial Leong	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Afiq Tan	10(3)	0	0(2)	0	14	0
15	DF	Sheikh Abdul Hadi	16(1)	1	2	0	19	1
16	MF	Khairuddin Omar	3 (4)	0	0	0	7	0
17	MF	Fariz Faizal	14(7)	0	5	0	26	0
18	DF	Ahmad Syahir	16(5)	0	4	0	25	0
19	GK	Zaiful Nizam (captain)	24	0	4	0	28	0
21	MF	Keegan Linderboom	15(2)	5	5	1	22	6
22	FW	Vedran Mesec	14	2	3	0	17	2
23	MF	Akbar Shah	5(9)	1	0(3)	0	16	1
24	MF	Noor Akid Nordin	16(5)	1	1	0	22	1
25	DF	Sharin Majid	5	0	0	0	5	0
58	MF	Daniel Hazreel	0 (2)	0	0	0	2	0
67	MF	Dusan Marinkovic	0 (2)	0	0	0	2	0
68	MF	Sanjin Vrebac	8(1)	0	2	0	11	0
70	MF	Haiqal Adnan	0 (1)	0	0	0	1	0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Singapore Premier League
Singapore Cup
Total

Singapore Premier League

See main article: article and 2018 Singapore Premier League.

Singapore Cup

See main article: article and 2018 Singapore Cup.

Balestier Khalsa won 1-0 on aggregate.----

Balestier lost 2–4 on aggregate.

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See also

• 2017 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Notes and References

1. Web site: Staff for Balestier. 2017-12-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20171214003813/http://www.sleague.com/clubs-profile/balestier/club-profile. 2017-12-14. dead.
2. Web site: Balestier Khalsa is pleased to announce the new signing of Nazri Sabri for 2018 following three seasons from 2015 to 2017 with National Football League outfit Eunos Crescent FC..
3. Web site: Sufianto switch from Dragons to Tigers. 2018-01-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20180131200943/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/sleague-2018-transfer-round-whos-and-whos-out?page=0%2C1. 2018-01-31. dead.
4. Web site: Balestier Khalsa are delighted to confirm the new signing of 25-year-old Sufianto Salleh from Home United on 2 years deal.
5. Web site: Nurullah Hussein returns to Balestier after serving his National Service!.
6. Web site: Balestier Khalsa are pleased to confirm the signing of Shaqi Sulaiman from Hougang United FC!.
7. Web site: Khalili move back to the Den .
8. Web site: Daniel move back to the Den .
9. Web site: Nurisham Jupri move back to the Den .
10. Web site: Noor Akid Nordin has returned to Balestier Khalsa after completing his National Service last week!.
11. Web site: Afiq Salman Tan has rejoined the Tigers after completing his National Service !.
12. Web site: NZ striker to lead the line for the Tiger!.
13. Web site: Akbar Shah Zainudeen has rejoined the Tigers after completing his National Service!.
14. Web site: Verdan the new poacher on roar!.
15. Web site: Tajeli Salamat joins Tiong Bahru FC for 2018 NFL.
16. Web site: Ashrul goes to dad's club.
17. Web site: Nanda move to newly promoted thai club. 2018-01-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120421/http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/sports/13158. 2018-01-19. dead.
18. Web site: Hanafi left Tigers for Stags. 2018-01-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20180129195426/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/new-stag-hanafi-eager-tackle-make-or-break-season. 2018-01-29. dead.
19. Web site: Zaiful signed for another 2 years.
20. Web site: Fadli signed for another 2 years.
21. Web site: Sheikh Abdul Hadi recently penned a two-year extension to his playing contract, which will run until 2019..
22. Web site: Syahir extended another season till 2018.
23. Web site: Raihan extends till 2019.
24. Web site: Huzaifah Aziz has signed for the Tigers for another two years.
25. Web site: Hazzuwan extends 2 years of contract.
26. Web site: Zacharial Leong promoted to main squad in 2018.
27. Web site: Fariz Faizal promoted to main squad in 2018.
28. Web site: Khairuddin Omar returns to Balestier after serving his National Service!.
29. Web site: Former LionsXII defender Zakir Samsudin joins Balestier Khalsa. 2018-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20180801155111/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/former-lionsxii-defender-zakir-samsudin-joins-balestier-khalsa. 2018-08-01. dead.
30. Web site: New blood may give Tigers fresh impetus.
31. Web site: New blood may give Tigers fresh impetus.