Gombak United FC should not be confused with Gombe United F.C..
Clubname: | Gombak United |
Fullname: | Gombak United Football Club |
Nickname: | The Bulls |
Founded: | 1960; 61 years ago (as Redhill Rangers FC) 1998; 23 years ago (as Gombak United) |
Dissolved: | 2012 |
Ground: | Bukit Gombak Stadium |
Capacity: | 3,000 |
League: | S.League |
Season: | 2012 |
Position: | S.League, 9th of 13 |
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Gombak United Football Club was a professional football club based in Bukit Gombak, Singapore that competes in the top tier of Singapore football league system. The club took part in S.League from 1998 to 2002, and from 2006 to 2012. During the early years of the S. League, Gombak United played their home games at Bukit Gombak Stadium. They have won the Singapore League Cup once.
Prior to joining the S.League, the club was known as Redhill Rangers FC. The club than changed its name to Gombak United in 1998.
From 1998 to 2002, the club played their S.League home games at the Bukit Gombak Stadium before pulling out of the S.League at the end of the 2002 season due to financial difficulties.
Gombak United rejoined the S.League in 2006 and moved their home games to Jurong West Stadium, but they pulled out of the S.League again during the 2013 season after seven seasons due to reduced takings. At the end of 2017, Chairman John Yap applied to the Football Association of Singapore to return to the Singapore Premier League for the 2019 season but the application was not successful.
En route to the League cup final, Gombak United has beaten favourite to win the cup, Home United in the quarter-final and Young Lions in the semi-final. They face Korean Super Reds in the final where O. J. Obatola score a 90' min goal to secure the win for the club first ever silverware in their history
Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup | ||||||||
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Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||||
1998 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 52 | 13 | Group stage | ||
1999 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 32 | Quarter-finals | ||
2000 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 37 | Quarter-finals | ||
2001 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 36 | 72 | 28 | Group stage | ||
2002 | 12 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 33 | 83 | 12 | Group stage | ||
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2006 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 54 | 32 | Round of 16 | bgcolor=grey | |
2007 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 40 | 48 | Quarter-finals | 2nd Runners-up | |
2008 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 39 | 54 | Round of 16 | bgcolor=gold | Winners |
2009 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 52 | 32 | 53 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | |
2010 | 6 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 25 | 46 | Round of 16 | Semi-finals | |
2011 | 6 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 41 | 48 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | |
2012 | 9 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 2nd Runners-up | Quarter-finals | |
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Last updated on 25 February 2014
Cup
1 | Bah Mamadou | 2001–20022008–2010 | 160 | |
2 | Ruhaizad Ismail | 2006–2011 | 158 | |
3 | Jaslee Hatta | 2006–2011 | 153 | |
4 | Obadin Aikhena | 2006–20072010–2012 | 125 | |
5 | O. J. Obatola | 2006–2009 | 117 | |
6 | Jeremy Chiang | 2008–2012 | 102 | |
7 | Agu Casmir | 20072008–2010 | 83 | |
8 | Zaiful Nizam | 2006–2012 | 81 | |
9 | Ridhwan Jamaludin | 2008–2012 | 89 | |
10 | Hamqaamal Shah | 2009–2012 | 78 |
1 | O. J. Obatola | 117 | 62 | |
2 | Agu Casmir | 83 | 34 | |
3 | Fazrul Nawaz | 46 | 25 | |
4 | Jang Jo-yoon | 60 | 16 | |
5 | Ruhaizad Ismail | 158 | 13 | |
6 | Alfred Emuejeraye | 18 | 11 | |
7 | Obadin Aikhena | 125 | 10 | |
Jung Hee-bong | 47 | |||
9 | Kingsley Njoku | 27 | 8 | |
10 | Julien Durand | 29 | 7 |