Gombak United FC explained

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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.

History

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.

2008 Singapore League Cup Winners

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

Seasons

SeasonS.LeagueSingapore CupSingapore League Cup
PosPWDLFAPts
19981020 3 4 13 25 52 13Group stage
1999522 8 8 6 35 35 32Quarter-finals
2000522 11 4 7 33 26 37Quarter-finals
20011033 8 4 21 36 72 28Group stage
20021233 2 6 25 33 83 12Group stage
2003
2004
2005
2006830 8 8 14 48 54 32Round of 16bgcolor=grey
2007433 13 9 11 54 40 48Quarter-finals2nd Runners-up
2008533 14 10 9 47 39 54Round of 16bgcolor=goldWinners
2009330 14 11 5 52 32 53Round of 16Quarter-finals
2010633 12 10 11 33 25 46Round of 16Semi-finals
2011633 14 6 13 43 41 48Quarter-finalsQuarter-finals
2012924 7 8 9 23 29 292nd Runners-upQuarter-finals
2013
2014

Last updated on 25 February 2014

Managers

Honours

Domestic

Cup

Records and statistics

Top 10 all-time appearances

!Rank!Player!Years!Club appearances
1 Bah Mamadou2001–20022008–2010160
2 Ruhaizad Ismail2006–2011158
3 Jaslee Hatta2006–2011153
4 Obadin Aikhena2006–20072010–2012125
5 O. J. Obatola2006–2009117
6 Jeremy Chiang2008–2012102
7 Agu Casmir20072008–201083
8 Zaiful Nizam2006–201281
9 Ridhwan Jamaludin2008–201289
10 Hamqaamal Shah2009–201278

Top 10 all-time scorers

!Rank!Player!Club appearances!Total goals
1 O. J. Obatola11762
2 Agu Casmir8334
3 Fazrul Nawaz4625
4 Jang Jo-yoon6016
5 Ruhaizad Ismail15813
6 Alfred Emuejeraye1811
7 Obadin Aikhena12510
Jung Hee-bong47
9 Kingsley Njoku278
10 Julien Durand297

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Singapore: Swandi Ahmad Dismissed By Gombak - Goal.com. www.goal.com. 27 December 2018.