2018 Geylang International FC season explained

Club:	Geylang International
Season:	2018
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Stadium:	Bedok Stadium
League:	S.League
Cup1:	Singapore Cup
Cup2:	League Cup
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Prevseason:	2017
Nextseason:	2019

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.^[1]

Squad

Sleague

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

Coaching staff

^[2]

Position	Name	Ref.
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	Ref
		Warriors FC	^[3]
		Warriors FC
		Garena Young Lions	^[4]
		Tampines Rovers	^[5]
		Warriors FC	^[6]
		NFA U18	^[7]
		SAFSA (NFL 1)	^[8]
		Police SA (NFL 1)	^[9]
			^[10]
			^[11]
		Hougang United	^[12]
			^[13]
		Free Agent	^[14]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
		Tampines Rovers	^[15]
		Tampines Rovers	^[16]
		Home United	^[17]
		Retired
		Retired	^[18]
		Warriors FC	^[19]
		Hougang United	^[20]
		Perseru Serui	^[21]
		Garena Young Lions	^[22]
		Hougang United	^[23]
		Home United	^[24]
		Garena Young Lions	^[25]

Note 1: Ricardo Sendra was initially signed by Perseru but was released before the season start.^[26]

Retained

Position	Player	Ref
		^[27]
		^[28]
		^[29]
		^[30]
		^[31]

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

Trial

Trial (Out)

Mid-season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
		Free Agent
		Tampines Rovers	Loan ^[34]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
		NS till 2020
		Matsumoto Yamaga	Loan ^[35]

Trial

Trial (In)

Friendlies

Batam Pre-season tour

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

		Player	Sleague	Singapore Cup	Total
		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
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.

Geylang International lost 1-0 on aggregate.

Notes and References

1. Web site: All not well at Geylang International. 2017-12-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224426/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/all-not-well-geylang-international. 2017-12-03. dead.
2. Web site: Eagles staff. 2017-12-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20171216192940/http://www.sleague.com/clubs-profile/geylang/club-profile. 2017-12-16. usurped.
3. Web site: Welcome Jesper Chan to the 2018 Eagles Squad.
4. Web site: Yeo Hai Ngee has signed for the Eagles for the 2018 season..
5. Web site: Jufri Taha join GIFC from TRFC for the 2018 season.
6. Web site: Zul become eagle. 2017-12-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20171230114905/http://www.tnp.sg/sports/singapore-football/eagles-aim-give-wings-youngsters. 2017-12-30. live.
7. Web site: Danish Azman joins the Eagles for the 2018 season from NFA-18 where he was the team captain. .
8. Web site: We welcome Faud Ramli from our Prime League back to the Eagles after completing his NS in Feb 2018. .
9. Web site: Ryson Yap joins the Eagles for the 2018 season having previously played for NFL1 Police SA.
10. Web site: The Eagles welcomes Ryan Syaffiq to Bedok Stadium for the 2018 season .
11. Web site: We are pleased to welcome midfielder Azhar Sairudin to the Eagles for the 2018 Season!.
12. Web site: The Eagles have signed Fairoz Hassan from Hougang United for the 2018 season.
13. Web site: Fumiya joins the Japanese revolution in Bedok.
14. Web site: Cameron will also join the Eagles as a striker for the 2018 season.
15. Web site: welcome Syazwan Buhari to the Stags family!.
16. Web site: Safirul joins stags.
17. Web site: Faritz Abdul Hameed switch to Protectors from Eagles nest.
18. Web site: Former Singapore Under-23 skipper Al-Qaasimy steps away from professional football. 2018-02-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20180207112547/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/new-beginnings-former-singapore-under-23-skipper-al-qaasimy-steps-away-professional. 2018-02-07. dead.
19. Web site: Warriors announce the signing of Gabriel Quak for the 2018 season!.
20. Web site: Stanley from Eagles to Cheetahs. 2018-01-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20180113203423/http://www.espnfc.com/blog/football-asia/153/post/3344540/pippo-aw-puts-faith-in-hougang-strikers-backs-youth-for-singapore. 2018-01-13. live.
21. Web site: Ricardo Sendra moves to Indonesia. 2018-02-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20180208004220/https://football-tribe.com/indonesia/2018/01/16/ricardo-sendra-perseru-serui/. 2018-02-08. live.
22. Web site: Asshukrie Wahid recruited for GYL in 2018.
23. Web site: Shafiq joins Cheetah .
24. Web site: Amy the new left winger for Home United.
25. Web site: Ifwat Ismail joins Fandi for 2018.
26. Web site: Ricardo released by Indonesian club. 2018-02-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180219150506/http://www.bola.com/indonesia/read/3274153/masih-bongkar-pasang-pemain-asing-pelatih-perseru-pasrah. 2018-02-19. live.
27. Web site: Darren Teh renewed contract.
28. Web site: Anders retained for new season.
29. Web site: Yuki recontracted with Eagles after being released for the season.
30. Web site: promotion of seven players from our 2017 Prime League squad to the S-League team for the 2018 season..
31. Web site: Shawal Anuar renewed contract.
32. Web site: Addison Sayan will embark on a two week trial in Singapore. .
33. Web site: Geylang defender Aplin set for trials in Japan. 2018-01-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20180111165108/http://www.tnp.sg/sports/singapore-football/geylang-defender-aplin-set-trials-japan. 2018-01-11. live.
34. Web site: Afiq join Eagles on loan. 2018-07-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20180625075900/http://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/904922/tampines-defender-afiq-yunos-joins-geylang-international-season-long-loan/. 2018-06-25. live.
35. Web site: Anders Aplin set for loan move to J2 League leaders Matsumoto Yamaga. 2018-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20180801064135/https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/football-anders-aplin-set-for-loan-move-to-j2-league-leaders-matsumoto-yamaga. 2018-08-01. live.