2019 Balestier Khalsa FC season explained

Club:	Balestier Khalsa
Season:	2019
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Stadium:	Bishan Stadium
League:	Singapore Premier League
Cup1:	Singapore Cup
Cup1 Result:	-
Prevseason:	2018
Nextseason:	2020

The 2019 season is Balestier Khalsa's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

Squad

Sleague Squad

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Naqiuddin Nodin	1994 8, df=yes
13	Zacharial Leong ^U23	1998 4, df=yes
19	Zaiful Nizam	1987 7, df=yes	Gombak United
24	Faris Danial ^U23	1997 5, df=yes	Geylang International
Defenders
2	Fadli Kamis	1992 11, df=yes	Garena Young Lions
4	Khalili Khalif ^U23	1997 1, df=yes	Home United
6	Nurullah Hussein	1993 5, df=yes	Garena Young Lions
10	Sufianto Salleh	1993 3, df=yes	Home United
15	Sheikh Abdul Hadi	1992 3, df=yes	Garena Young Lions
18	Ahmad Syahir Sahimi	1992 4, df=yes
20	Ahmad Zaki ^U23	1997 4, df=yes	Geylang International
21	Fazli Shafie ^U23	1997 6, df=yes	Jungfrau Punggol FC
26	Illyas Lee	1995 12, df=yes	Hougang United
Midfielders
5	Max Goh Yi Qi ^U23	1998 3, df=yes	Project Vaults FC
7	Hazzuwan Halim	1994 2, df=yes
8	Raihan Rahman	1991 2, df=yes	Hougang United
11	Huzaifah Aziz	1994 6, df=yes	Hougang United
12	Jonathan Tan	1995 12, df=yes	SAFSA
14		1995 11, df=yes
16	Khairuddin Omar ^U23	1996 3, df=yes	Home United
17	Fariz Faizal ^U23	1996 10, df=yes
25		1993 10, df=yes	NK BSK Bijelo Brdo
27	Sanjin Vrebac ^U19	2000 2, df=yes	VfR Fischeln
	Jordan Chan ^U23	1998 3, df=yes	Hougang United
Strikers
9		1996 1, df=yes	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac
22	Daniel Goh ^U23	1999 8, df=yes	Hougang United
23	Akbar Shah ^U23	1996 5, df=yes	Home United
Player who left during season
3	Shaqi Sulaiman ^U23	1998 11, df=yes	Hougang United

U19 Squad

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
45	Amirul Halim ^U19
51	Haziq Roslan ^U19
Defenders
36	Adil Izzudin ^U19
42	Fiqry Ady ^U19
43	Nauffal Shah ^U19		Tampines Rovers U19
50	Dinie Syazani ^U19
52	Keshav Kumar ^U19
55	Rudy Taufiq ^U19
60	Aqil Rahmat ^U19
65	Hadi Danial ^U19
Midfielders
37	Suzairhe Fadly ^U19
41	Aravindhan Ramanathan ^U19
43	Nauffal Shah ^U19
44	Sameer Alassane ^U19	2000 12, df=yes
54	Larry Sim ^U19
63	Arif Saiyadi ^U19
64	Azri Manap ^U19
66	Hadi Danial ^U19
68	Danie Shahil ^U19	2001 12, df=yes	NFA U17
69	Elston Lo ^U19
70	N.Sakthivelchezhian ^U19
Strikers
57	Kenny Kamil ^U19
62	Suriya Ramesh ^U19
67	Dhiraj Rai ^U19

Coaching staff

^[1]

Position	Name
Head Coach	Khidhir Khamis
Assistant Coach	Haris Sumri
Assistant Coach	Sead Muratović
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
	Khidhir Khamis	Free Agent
		Free Agent
		Geylang International	Free
		Hougang United	^[2] ^[3]
		Geylang International	Free ^[4]
		Jungfrau Punggol FC	Free
		NK BSK Bijelo Brdo	^[5]
		NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac	^[6]
		Project Vaults Oxley Sports Club
		Hougang United
		Hougang United

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
	Marko Kraljević		^[7]
			^[8]
			^[9]
		Project Vaults Oxley Sports Club
			Undisclosed ^[10]
		NK Sesvete (Tier 2)
		Auckland City FC (Tier 1)

Retained

Position	Player	Ref
		2 years contract signed in 2018^[11]
		2 years contract signed in 2018^[12]
		2 years contract signed in 2018^[13]
		2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[14] ^[15]
		2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[16]
		2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[17]
		2 years contract signed in 2018^[18]
		2 years contract signed in 2018 ^[19]
		2 years contract signed in 2018^[20]
		2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[21]
		2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[22]
		2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[23]
		2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[24]
		2 Years Contract signed in 2018^[25]

Note 1: Noor Akid Nordin moved to Albirex Niigata (S) despite signing a 2 years contract in 2018.

Promoted

Mid-season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
	Marko Kraljević
		SAFSA	loan return

Out

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
	Khidhir Khamis	Sacked
			NS till 2021

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	Naqiuddin Nodin	8	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Fadli Kamis	24	1	3	0	0	0
4	DF	Khalili Khalif	18(1)	0	2	0	0	0
5	MF	Max Goh Yi Qi	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Nurullah Hussein	16(1)	0	2(1)	0	0	0
7	MF	Hazzuwan Halim	16(2)	10	3	0	0	0
8	MF	Raihan Rahman	17(3)	1	1(1)	0	0	0
9	FW	Sime Zuzul	16(1)	9	2	1	0	0
10	DF	Sufianto Salleh	7(6)	0	2	0	0	0
11	MF	Huzaifah Aziz	18(3)	2	2(1)	0	0	0
12	MF	Jonathan Tan	1(2)	0	0(2)	0	0	0
13	GK	Zacharial Leong	6	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	Afiq Salman Tan	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Sheikh Abdul Hadi	9	0	3	0	0	0
16	MF	Khairuddin Omar	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Fariz Faizal	9(5)	0	2	0	0	0
18	DF	Ahmad Syahir Sahimi	17(1)	0	1	0	0	0
19	GK	Zaiful Nizam	5	0	1	0	0	0
20	DF	Ahmad Zaki Bagharib	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	Fazli Shafie	6(1)	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	Daniel Goh Ji Xiong	16(4)	2	2	0	0	0
23	FW	Akbar Shah	3(1)	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK	Faris Danial	3	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Kristijan Krajcek	15(2)	5	3	2	0	0
26	DF	Illyas Lee	10(5)	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Sanjin Vrebac	11(10)	5	1(1)	0	0	0
44	MF	Sameer Alassane	10(3)	1	1	0	0	0
62	FW	Suriya Ramesh	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Singapore Premier League
Singapore Cup
Total

Singapore Premier League

See main article: article and 2019 Singapore Premier League.

Singapore Cup

See main article: article and 2019 Singapore Cup.

See also

• 2017 Balestier Khalsa FC season
• 2018 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Notes and References

1. Web site: Staff for Balestier. 2018-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20171214003813/http://www.sleague.com/clubs-profile/balestier/club-profile. 2017-12-14. usurped.
2. Web site: Illyas Lee left Hougang United .
3. Web site: Singapore U-23 defender Illyas Lee to join Balestier Khalsa from Hougang .
4. Web site: Zaki from Eagle to Tiger .
5. Web site: Kristijan Krajcek sign for Tigers .
6. Web site: Šime Žužul sign for Tigers .
7. Web site: Kraljevic to take over as Kelantan coach .
8. Web site: Nazri Sabri keep clean sheet against former club .
9. Web site: JFPC announce 2019 squad which include former Balestier Khalsa's keeper .
10. Web site: Noor Akid Nordin signed for Japanese club.
11. Web site: Zaiful signed for another 2 years.
12. Web site: Fadli signed for another 2 years.
13. Web site: Sheikh Abdul Hadi recently penned a two-year extension to his playing contract, which will run until 2019..
14. Web site: Sufianto switch from Dragons to Tigers. 2018-09-21. 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.
15. Web site: Balestier Khalsa are delighted to confirm the new signing of 25-year-old Sufianto Salleh from Home United on 2 years deal.
16. Web site: Nurullah Hussein returns to Balestier after serving his National Service!.
17. Web site: Balestier Khalsa are pleased to confirm the signing of Shaqi Sulaiman from Hougang United FC!.
18. Web site: Raihan extends till 2019.
19. Web site: Huzaifah Aziz has signed for the Tigers for another two years.
20. Web site: Hazzuwan extends 2 years of contract.
21. Web site: Fariz Faizal promoted to main squad in 2018.
22. Web site: Khairuddin Omar returns to Balestier after serving his National Service!.
23. Web site: Noor Akid Nordin has returned to Balestier Khalsa after completing his National Service last week!.
24. Web site: Afiq Salman Tan has rejoined the Tigers after completing his National Service !.
25. Web site: Akbar Shah Zainudeen has rejoined the Tigers after completing his National Service!.