2021 Lion City Sailors F.C. season explained

Club:Lion City Sailors
Season:2021
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Chairman:Forrest Li
Owner:Garena
Manager:Kim Do-hoon
Stadium:Bishan Stadium
Jalan Besar Stadium (Temporary)
League:Singapore Premier League
Cup1:AFC Champions League
Cup2:Singapore Cup
League Topscorer:Stipe Plazibat
7 Goals (As of 12 April)
Prevseason:2020
Nextseason:2022
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The 2021 season is Lion City Sailors' 26th consecutive season in the Singapore Premier League and the 2nd season since privatising from Home United.[1] The season covers from 13 March 2021 to 2 October 2021. Coming into their second year with owners, Sea Limited, Lion City Sailors are surely aiming for the top spot of the Singapore Premier League after making big signings such as Brazilian duo Jorge Fellipe and Diego Lopes in the pre-season. In just his 2nd match for the team, Jorge Fellipe was able to score a late equalisers to level the game against Albirex Niigata Singapore FC which ended 2-2.[2] Meanwhile, fellow countryman Diego Lopes took 5 matches to finally score a goal in Singapore and did so in stunning fashion, smashing in 3 goals and 2 assists against Geylang International which ended with a 8–0 win.[3]

Squad

Singapore Premier League

Squad No.NameNationalityDate of Birth (Age)Previous ClubContract SinceContract End
Goalkeepers
13Adib Hakim U231998 3, df=yes20202021
18Hassan Sunny >302 April 198420202021
24Rudy Khairullah1994 7, df=yes Police SA (NFL D1)20172021
Defenders
3Tajeli Salamat1994 2, df=yes20202021
4Jorge Fellipe 1988 10, df=yes Al-Tai FC20212021
51996 1, df=yes Tampines Rovers20212021
7Aqhari Abdullah1991 7, df=yes LionsXII20162021
191997 12, df=yes20202021
20Nur Adam Abdullah U232001 4, df=yes Young Lions FC20212021
Midfielders
8Shahdan Sulaiman (Captain) >309 May 1988 Tampines Rovers20202021
10Diego Lopes 1994 5, df=yes Rio Ave F.C.20212023
11Hafiz Nor >301988 8, df=yes Warriors FC20182021
14Song Ui-young1993 11, df=yesYouth Team20122021
15Hariss Harun >301990 11, df=yes20212024
17Saifullah Akbar U231999 1, df=yes20202021
22Gabriel Quak >301990 12, df=yes20202021
26Aizal Murhamdani U232001 3, df=yes20172021
271996 1, df=yes Albirex Niigata (S)20192021
Strikers
9Stipe Plazibat1989 8, df=yes Hougang United20202021
231997 1, df=yesYouth Team20172022
25Haiqal Pashia U231998 11, df=yes20212021
30Faris Ramli1992 8, df=yes Terengganu F.C. I20212021
Players on NS / who left during the season
2Ho Wai Loon1993 8, df=yes Warriors FC20192021
121996 2, df=yesYouth Team20172021
Zulqarnaen Suzliman U231998 3, df=yes20202022
Faizal Roslan1995 5, df=yes Young Lions FC20182021
Hami Syahin U231998 12, df=yes Young Lions FC20192021
Arshad Shamim U231999 12, df=yes20182021
37Anaqi Ismit U212001 8, df=yes20192020
47Bill Mamadou U212001 9, df=yes NFA U1720212021
52Putra Anugerah U212000 4, df=yes20192019
Kimura Riki U212000 11, df=yes20212021
6Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib >301989 5, df=yes Tampines Rovers20152021
16Justin Hui U231998 2, df=yes20212021

U21 squad

Squad No.NameNationalityDate of Birth (Age)Previous ClubContract SinceContract End
Goalkeepers
61Prathip S/O Ekamparam U212001 8, df=yesYouth Team20192021
62Veer Karan Sobti U212004 5, df=yes Young Lions FC20212021
Firman Nabil U212005 3, df=yesYouth Team20212021
Kevin Kahlert U212001 5, df=yesYouth Team20192021
Defenders
41Aniq Raushan U212003 10, df=yes Singapore Sport School20212021
42Brant Tan U21 Singapore Sport School20212021
44Danish Iftiqar U212004 7, df=yesYouth Team20192020
50Rayyan Ramzdan U212004 9, df=yesYouth Team20212021
52Farid Jafri U212004 1, df=yes Active SG20212021
55Fudhil I'yadh U212001 8, df=yes NFA U1720192019
60Nabil Iman U212000 3, df=yesYouth Team20212021
Danial Azman U212001 1, df=yesYouth Team20192021
Adam Norkhalis U212003 7, df=yesYouth Team20192021
Marcus Mosses U212005 1, df=yesYouth Team20212021
Midfielders
45Glenn Ong U212003 7, df=yes Singapore Sport School20212021
46Khairul Hairie U212000 4, df=yes Tampines Rovers U2120212021
47Yasir Nizamudin U212005 1, df=yesYouth Team20192021
48Kieran Aryan Azhari U21Youth Team20212021
51Danie Hafiy U212004 4, df=yes Active SG20212021
53Muhammad Asis U212004 3, df=yesYouth Team20212021
54Arsyad Basiron U212004 8, df=yesYouth Team20212021
Haziq Mikhail U217 May 2000 Tampines Rovers U1920212021
Haziq Kamarudin U212001 3, df=yesYouth Team20192021
Uvayn Kumar U212005 5, df=yesYouth Team20192021
Strikers

Coaching staff

[4]

Source
Position NameRef.
Chairman Forrest Li
CEO Chew Chun Liang
General Manager Badri Ghent
Team Manager Richard Chitrakar
Head Coach Kim Do-hoon2.5 years contract till 2023 [5]
Assistant Coach [6]
Goalkeeping Coach Chua Lye Heng
Head of Youth Robin Chitrakar
Under-21 Coach Winston Yap
Under-21 Goalkeeper Coach Yeo Jun Guang
Academy Director Luka Lalić
Academy Coach Shahril Jantan
Miloš Đorđević
Rodrigo Costa
Rafael Palacios
Video Analyst Kim Young Kwang
Adi Saleh
Sports Trainer Daniel Feriza
Fazly Hasan
Head of Performance (Academy) Mark Onderwater
Sports Performance Coach Shazaly Ayob
Nasruldin Baharuddin
1st Team Head of Performance Mario Jovanovic
Head Physiotherapist Nurhafizah Abu Sujad[7]
Senior Physiologist Firdaus Maasar
Sports Therapist Fathul Nur Hakim
Logistics Officer Zahir Taufeek
Kitman

Transfer

In

Pre-season

PositionPlayerTransferred FromRef
Young Lions FCFree [8]
Young Lions FCFree [9]
Tampines RoversFree [10]
Al-Tai FCUndisclosed
1-year contract signed in 2021 [11]
Rio Ave F.C.S$2,900,000
3 years contract signed in 2021 [12] [13]
Tampines Rovers U19Free
Hougang UnitedFree [14]
Terengganu F.C. IFree
1-year contract signed in 2021 [15]

Mid-season

Out

Pre-season

PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef
Free [17] [18]
Free [19] [20]
Free [21] [22]
Tanjong Pagar UnitedFree

Mid Season

Loan Return

Pre-season

PositionPlayerTransferred FromRef
Young Lions FCLoan Return
Young Lions FCLoan Return [25]

Note 1: Bill Mamadou & Putra Anugerah returned before extending their loan with GYL.

Loan Out

Pre-season

PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef
Police SANS till 2022 [26]
NS till 2022
NS till 2022
Geylang InternationalSeason loan [27]
Season loan [28]
Young Lions FCSeason loan
Young Lions FCSeason loan
Tanjong Pagar UnitedSeason loan [29]
Balestier KhalsaSeason loan [30]

Note 1: Zulqarnaen Suzliman and Hami Syahin were subsequently loaned to Young Lions FC.

Mid Season

PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef
Lion City SailorsSeason loan [31]
NS till 2023

Extension / Retained

[32]

PositionPlayerRef
2 years contract signed in 2019 [33]
[34]
[35]
[36]
[37]
[38]
[39]
[40]
[41]
2 years contract signed in 2019 [42] [43]
2 years contract signed in 2019 [44] [45] [46]
2 years contract signed in 2019 [47]
[48]
[49]
[50]
2 years contract signed in 2020 [51]
2 years contract signed in 2020 [52]

Contract offer

PositionPlayerFromRef
Melbourne City FC[53]
Red Star Belgrade[54]

Note 1: Harrison Delbridge was offered a contract by LCS but choose to sign for Incheon United.

Note 2: Red Star Belgrade accepted the Euro1.7m offer but Miloš Degenek rejected the move and choose to stay on.

Friendlies

In-season friendlies

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

PlayerSleagueAFC CupTotal
Apps.GoalsApps.GoalsApps.Goals
3DF Tajeli Salamat11+2000130
4DF Jorge Fellipe14+1500155
5DF Amirul Adli15+1000160
7DF Aqhari Abdullah5+400090
8MF Shahdan Sulaiman20200202
9FW Stipe Plazibat1714001714
10MF Diego Lopes10+8600186
11MF Hafiz Nor1+9100101
14MF Song Ui-young8+7700157
15MF Hariss Harun9+1000100
17MF Saifullah Akbar20400204
18GK Hassan Sunny20000200
19DF Naqiuddin Eunos10000100
20DF Nur Adam Abdullah16000160
22MF Gabriel Quak17+413002113
24GK Rudy Khairullah1+100020
25FW Haiqal Pashia15300153
27MF Adam Swandi1+11000120
30FW Faris Ramli9+11300203
41DF Aniq Raushan500050
45MF Glenn Ong300030
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
2DF Ho Wai Loon000000
6DF Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib000000
16MF Justin Hui400040

Competitions

Singapore Premier League

See main article: 2021 Singapore Premier League.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Singapore tech firm Sea takes ownership of Home United; club changes name to Lion City Sailors FC . 2020-10-18 . 2021-02-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210226070825/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/home-united-lion-city-sailors-sea-football-singapore-12434054 . dead .
  2. Web site: Fixtures - Football Association of Singapore.
  3. Web site: Fixtures - Football Association of Singapore.
  4. Web site: FIRST TEAM STAFF .
  5. Web site: AFC Champions League winner Kim Do-hoon takes charge of Lion City Sailors .
  6. Web site: Three technical staff come aboard Sailors' voyage into uncharted waters . 11 September 2021.
  7. Web site: Below the Deck: Once a sceptic, physiotherapist Fizah is now fully on board the Sailors' voyage to the top . 9 July 2021.
  8. Web site: All the best to Idraki (Hougang) and Karan (Sailors) at their new teams! #coyl . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/yglions/2487638648538740633_2487638645283828252 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  9. Web site: Welcome on board up-and-coming defender Nur Adam Abdullah . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2505974294435884871 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  10. Web site: Joining the Lion City Sailors for the 2021 season is defender Amirul Adli! . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2491533075906114363 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  11. Web site: Fellipe joins LCS from Saudi Arabian side Al-Tai . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2490854418384551118_2490854414978882092 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  12. Web site: Diego Lopes sai para Singapura e Rio Ave realiza encaixe financeiro . www.zerozero.pt . 18 January 2021 . Rodrigues, Luís Rocha.
  13. Web site: Lion City Sailors sign Diego Lopes for S$3m from Rio Ave .
  14. Web site: our final signing for the new season, Justin Hui . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2506703074509648362 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  15. Web site: Singapore star Faris Ramli signs for Lion City Sailors .
  16. Web site: Lions' skipper Hariss Harun returns to Singapore with the Lion City Sailors . 10 May 2021.
  17. Web site: Our Japanese defender, Kaishu Yamazki, will be leaving the Sailors. . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2460405251908572911 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  18. Web site: Kaishu Yamazaki to reinforce Hougang United defence .
  19. Web site: My Captain! Thank you for leading us in our debut season . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2460344310944961156 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  20. Web site: Izzdin Shafiq signs for Geylang International .
  21. Web site: Shahril Ishak – thank you for everything this season, legend . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2460378056964420221 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  22. Web site: Singapore stalwart Shahril Ishak joins Hougang United .
  23. Web site: Abdil Qaiyyim joins Geylang International . 2 June 2021.
  24. Web site: Abdil joins Eagles on permanent transfer . 2 June 2021.
  25. Web site: Bill Mamadou joins Young Lions .
  26. Web site: LSC not be able to call upon the services of Zulqarnaen Suzliman due to his National Service commitments . 16 October 2020.
  27. Web site: Faizal Roslan announced as 1st new signing . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/gifcsg/2481300165135512159 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  28. Web site: Iqram Rifqi announced as 2nd signing for the season . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/gifcsg/2482026733092953318 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  29. Web site: The Jaguars are pleased to have secured the loan signing of Anaqi Ismit from the @lioncitysailors.fc. . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/tanjongpagarunitedfc/2516607653904745848_2516607650540984517 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  30. Web site: riki.kimura joins us on a season-long loan deal from Lion City Sailors . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/balestierkhalsa/2525341164203659807_2525341161317840468 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  31. Web site: Ho Wai Loon leaves Lion City Sailors to complete Balestier loan . 12 June 2021.
  32. Web site: 2020 Singapore Premier League Retained and Released List .
  33. Web site: Hassan Sunny, 35, back Home with Protectors after leaving Thai side Army United . 19 December 2019 .
  34. Web site: Rudy Khairullah will remain with the Lion City Sailors for the 2021 season! . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2495096767465769314 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  35. Web site: Adib Nur Hakim will stay with the Lion City Sailors for the 2021 . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2500147765020269886 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  36. Web site: Ho Wai Loon's on the comeback trail! . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2501692284266109008_2501692279979541073 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  37. Web site: Naqi stays on for 2021 season . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2497298262307339101 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  38. Web site: Tajeli Salamat will continue donning the Lion City Sailors jersey for 2021 . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2498755626021649055 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  39. Web site: Abdil commits another season . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2487143405260858136 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  40. Web site: qhari will spend this year with the Lion City Sailors again . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2495835532962329253 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  41. Web site: The reigning SPL Young Player of the Year will continue to be part of the Lion City Sailors for 2021 . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2496552461008209838 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  42. Web site: Sailors offered him a two-year extension. . 13 November 2020.
  43. Web site: Adam Swandi committing to LCS for the 2021 season . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2484949884489108740_2484949882475771586 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  44. Web site: Gabriel Quak Instagram post comments section . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/gabrielquak22/2189928671405277940 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  45. Web site: Besides Hassan, they have recruited forward Gabriel Quak . 19 December 2019 .
  46. Web site: Gabriel Quak, has committed to the Lion City Sailors for the upcoming season. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2483414600521823264 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  47. Web site: Shahdan Sulaiman cross over to Protectors . 19 December 2019 .
  48. Web site: Hafiz nor commits for 2021 . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2489337864056637743 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  49. Web site: Song Ui-Young will continue his voyage with the Sailors for the 2021 season . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2484162069568190104 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  50. Web site: Haiqal Pashia continues journey with the Sailors . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/lioncitysailors.fc/2489999252135498561 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  51. Web site: Stipe Plazibat moving back to Bishan for 2 years contract. Facebook.
  52. Web site: Amiuldin has agreed an extension with @lioncitysailors.fc for another two years. . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/2touchinternational/2468854725752435411 . 2021-12-25 . registration.
  53. Web site: Melbourne City bag Portuguese defender as Delbridge departs .
  54. Web site: Milos Degenek does not want to go to Singapore .

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