2012 Home United FC season

Home United FC
Chairman	Koh Siong Ling
Manager	Lee Lim-Saeng
S.League	-
AFC Cup	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2012 Home United FC season involves Home United competing in the 2012 S.League. They are also competing in the 2012 AFC Cup after winning the 2011 Singapore Cup.

Squad

S.League squad

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Last Club
Goalkeepers
1	Nazri Sabri	(1989-09-20) 20 September 1989 (age 35)	Geylang International
18	Lionel Lewis	(1982-12-16) 16 December 1982 (age 41)	Young Lions FC
22	Nur Azreen Azman	(1989-01-18) 18 January 1989 (age 35)	Youth Team
Defenders
2	Jeremy Chiang	(1985-04-11) 11 April 1985 (age 39)	Gombak United
3	Kenji Arai	(1978-05-19) 19 May 1978 (age 46)	Sengkang Punggol
4	Rosman Sulaiman	(1982-11-06) 6 November 1982 (age 42)	Young Lions FC
5	Kairuldin Ishak	(1987-06-04) 4 June 1987 (age 37)	Youth Team
6	Sofiyan Hamid	(1985-03-18) 18 March 1985 (age 39)	Geylang International
11	Franklin Clovis Anzité	(1985-11-02) 2 November 1985 (age 39)	Étoile FC
24	Redzwan Atan	(1990-10-07) 7 October 1990 (age 34)	Youth Team
37	Safwan Ramlan	(1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 33)	Youth Team
38	Justin Khiang	(1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 31)	Tanjong Pagar United
Midfielders
7	Shi Jiayi	(1993-11-08) 8 November 1993 (age 31)	Young Lions FC
8	John Wilkinson	(1979-08-24) 24 August 1979 (age 45)	Insee Police United F.C.
12	Firdaus Idros	(1986-08-12) 12 August 1986 (age 38)	Young Lions FC
14	Rhysh Roshan Rai	(1985-04-23) 23 April 1985 (age 39)	Singapore Armed Forces FC
20	Nor Azli Yusoff	(1983-04-29) 29 April 1983 (age 41)	Hougang United
21	Song Ui-young	(1993-11-08) 8 November 1993 (age 31)	Suwon FC
Strikers
9	Shotaro Ihata	(1987-02-12) 12 February 1987 (age 37)	Albirex Niigata (S)
10	Frédéric Mendy	(1988-09-18) 18 September 1988 (age 36)	Étoile FC
16	Qiu Li	(1981-06-06) 6 June 1981 (age 43)	Tampines Rovers
17	Masrezwan Masturi	(1981-02-17) 17 February 1981 (age 43)	Tanjong Pagar United
19	Indra Sahdan	(1979-03-05) 5 March 1979 (age 45)	Keppel Monaco FC
Player who left during mid season
15	Hafiz Nor	(1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 36)	Tanjong Pagar United
22	Zulfadhli Emran	(1989-02-17) 17 February 1989 (age 35)	Gombak United

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From
GK	Nazri Sabri	Geylang International
DF	Jeremy Chiang	Gombak United
DF	Sofiyan Hamid	Geylang International
DF	Franklin Clovis Anzité	Etoile FC
MF	John Wilkinson	Insee Police United F.C.
MF	Rhysh Roshan Rai	Singapore Armed Forces FC
FW	Indra Sahdan	Keppel Monaco FC
FW	Hafiz Nor	Tanjong Pagar United
FW	Shotaro Ihata	Albirex Niigata (S)
FW	Song Ui-young	Suwon FC

Out

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Siddiq Durimi	Admiralty FC
GK	Fajar Sarib	Tanjong Pagar United
GK	Neezam Aziz	Young Lions FC
DF	Juma'at Jantan	LionsXII	^[1]
DF	Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib	LionsXII	^[2]
DF	Valery Hiek	Bangkok Glass F.C.
MF	Isa Halim	LionsXII	^[3]
MF	Firdaus Kasman	LionsXII	^[4]
MF	Yasir Hanapi	LionsXII	^[5]
MF	Asraf Rashid	Tanjong Pagar United
MF	Faizal Samad	Geylang International
MF	Farizal Basri	Woodlands Wellington
MF	Khairul Anwar Hanaf
FW	Sherif El-Masri	Young Lions FC
FW	Sufian Anuar	LionsXII	^[6]
FW	Lee Sang-ha
FW	Kim Dae-eui	Retired

Mid-season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
MF	Justin Khiang	Tanjong Pagar United	National Service

Out

Position	Player	Transferred From
DF	Shahril Alias	Hougang United
DF	Zulfadhli Emran	Gombak United
MF	Zulfadli Zainal Abidin	Warriors FC
FW	Hafiz Nor	Tanjong Pagar United

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		League Cup		AFC Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Nazri Sabri	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
2	DF	Jeremy Chiang	20	1	2	0	3	0	7	0	32	1
3	DF	Kenji Arai	20	0	3	0	3	0	6	0	32	0
4	DF	Rosman Sulaiman	10	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	19	0
5	DF	Kairuldin Ishak	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
6	DF	Sofiyan Hamid	16	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	25	0
7	MF	Shi Jiayi	18	1	2	1	3	0	6	0	29	2
8	MF	John Wilkinson	12	0	3	1	0	0	5	0	20	1
9	FW	Shotaro Ihata	22	10	1	0	3	0	7	1	33	11
10	FW	Frédéric Mendy	24	20	2	2	2	0	7	4	35	26
11	DF	Franklin Clovis Anzité	16	1	2	1	3	0	7	1	28	3
12	MF	Firdaus Idros	22	1	3	0	3	1	7	0	35	2
14	MF	Rhysh Roshan Rai	11	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	14	0
16	FW	Qiu Li	18	6	2	0	3	0	6	2	29	8
17	FW	Masrezwan Masturi	20	0	1	0	3	0	5	0	29	0
18	GK	Lionel Lewis	17	0	1	0	3	0	7	0	28	0
19	FW	Indra Sahdan	21	2	3	0	3	3	7	1	34	6
20	MF	Nor Azli Yusoff	20	0	3	0	3	0	6	0	32	0
21	MF	Song Ui-young	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
24	DF	Redzwan Atan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	Nur Azreen Azman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	Hanafi Ghazali	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
37	DF	Safwan Ramlan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	Justin Khiang	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
39	FW	Shaheer Afiq	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
40	GK	Asyraf Asyfar Selamat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
15	FW	Hafiz Nor	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	8	0
22	DF	Zulfadhli Emran	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0

Competitions

S.League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Albirex Niigata (S)^[a]	24	12	7	5	37	26	+11	43
4	Harimau Muda A^[a]	24	13	3	8	37	23	+14	42
5	Home United	24	11	7	6	43	29	+14	40
6	Balestier Khalsa	24	11	6	7	23	20	+3	39
7	Singapore Armed Forces	24	9	5	10	43	41	+2	32	Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage^[b]

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and Harimau Muda A – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-23 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.
^ Qualified as 2012 Singapore Cup winners.

Matches

10 February 2012 1	Home United	0 - 0	Balestier Khalsa	Bishan Stadium
		Report		Attendance: 1,354 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

16 February 2012 2	Home United	1 - 1	Gombak United	Bishan Stadium
	Franklin Anzité 84'	Report	25' Mustaqim Manzur	Attendance: 1,304 Referee: Muhd Taqi

4 March 2012 3	SAAFC	3 - 3	Home United	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Farzul Nawaz 75', 85' Tatsuro Inui 82'	Report	22', 77' Qiu Li 65' Shotaro Ihata	Attendance: 1,506 Referee: Abas Daud

11 March 2012 4	Geylang United	1 - 7	Home United	Bedok Stadium
	Michael King 68'	Report	13', 36', 43', 65' Shotaro Ihata 45', 55' Frédéric Mendy 49' (o.g.) Syed Fadhil	Attendance: 612 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

15 March 2012 5	Hougang United	1 - 2	Home United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Stanislav Vidaković 80'	Report	42' (pen.) Qiu Li 56' Shotaro Ihata	Attendance: 583 Referee: Muhd Taqi

25 March 2012 6	Home United	4 - 2	Albirex Niigata	Bishan Stadium
	Frédéric Mendy 23', 66' Shotaro Ihata 29' Qiu Li 64' (pen.)	Report	4', 65' Sho Kamimura	Referee: Abdul Malik Bin Abdul Bashir

29 March 2012 7	Home United	0 - 2	Tampines Rovers	Bishan Stadium
12:45	Arai 21' Daud 35' Jeremy Chiang 76' Anzité 87'	Summary	Đurić 37' Salleh 51' Sahib 58' Fahmie 83'	Attendance: 774 Referee: W.Ravisanthiran

8 April 2012 8	Home United	2 - 1	Harimau Muda	Bishan Stadium
12:45	Ihata 13' 42' Mendy 44' 61' Nor Azli Yusoff 72' Sofiyan Abdul Hamid 80'	Summary	Bakri 38' 50' Ambumamee 52' Robbat 62'	Attendance: 1,164 Referee: Yazeen Buhari

19 April 2012 9	Home United	1 - 0	DPMM	Bishan Stadium
12:45	Mendy 3' Ihata 43' Sofiyan Abdul Hamid 75' Lewis 80' Nor Azli Yusoff 81'	Summary	Sairol Sahari 65' Azwan Salleh 65' Bashiru 88'	Attendance: 1,006 Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe

28 April 2012 10	Tanjong Pagar United	1 - 0	Home United	Queenstown Stadium
12:45	Kawanabe 67'	Summary		Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe

5 May 2012 11	Home United	3 - 1	Woodlands Wellington	Bishan Stadium
11:45	Mendy 40', 46', 79' Sulaiman 52'	Report	K Sathiaraj 22' Akil 45' Dolah 87'	Referee: K.Kalimuthu

13 May 2012 12	Home United	3 - 1	Young Lions	Bishan Stadium
11:45	Jiayi 12' Firdaus Idros 15' Wilkinson 34' Mendy 49', 78' Anzité 59' Arai 67' Masturi 81'	Report	Toto 4'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

17 June 2012 13	Balestier Khalsa	1 - 0	Home United	Toa Payoh Stadium
12:45	Zulkiffli Hassim 24' Park Kang-Jin 63' Ismail 90+2' Kim Min-Ho 90+3'	Report	Arai 29' Li 31' Nor Azli Yusoff 39' Rai 90'	Referee: W.Ravisanthiran

22 June 2012 14	Gombak United	1 - 2	Home United	Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre
12:45	Manzur 25' Anderson 52' Hasan 63' Lounis 76' 83'	Report	Sofiyan Abdul Hamid 36' Mendy 38' Nor Azli Yusoff 40' Daud 58' Rai 68' Sulaiman 80'	Referee: Leow Hoe

12 July 2012 15	Home United	0 - 3	Singapore Armed Forces	Bishan Stadium
12:45	Sulaiman 76' Anzité 79' Firdaus Idros 90'	Report	Sakurada 4' Nawaz 43' Shafaein 66' Jantan 79'	Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir

18 July 2012 16	Home United	7 - 3	Geylang United	Bishan Stadium
12:45	Li 36' (pen.) 56' Wilkinson 37' Ihata 50' Mendy 67', 79', 84', 85'	Report	Kapláň 6', 90+1' Khayrulhayat Jumat 41' Zul Elhan Fahmie 46' Stefan Milojević 86'	Referee: K.Kalimuthu

21 July 2012 17	Home United	1 - 1	Hougang United	Bishan Stadium
13:30	Sofiyan Abdul Hamid 52' Mendy 80'	Report	Mamadou Diallo 13' 85' Hamid Basit 23' Webb 49' Fazli Jaffar 72' Faizal Amir 79'	Referee: P.Jeevanathan

23 August 2012 18	Albirex Niigata Singapore	0 - 0	Home United	Jurong East Stadium
12:45		Summary		Referee: Sukhbir Singh

30 August 2012 19	Tampines Rovers	2 - 0	Home United	Jalan Besar Stadium
12:45	Mustafić 24' Đurić 29' Hadžibulić 37'	Summary	Sofiyan Abdul Hamid 46' Nor Azli Yusoff 87'	Referee: Muhd Taqi

15 September 2012 20	Harimau Muda	0 - 3	Home United	Yishun Stadium
19:45	Shas 72' Ahmad Hazwan Bakri 83'	Report^[usurped]	Mendy 37', 53' Firdaus Idros 48' Ihata 71' Rai 77' Indra Sahdan Bin Daud 95'	Referee: Abdul Malik

29 September 2012 21	Brunei DPMM FC	3 - 2	Home United	Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium
19:45	Pg Sallehuddin Damit 31' Jerković 37' Adi Said 49' Patrick da Silva 54' Shahrulrizal Abd Rahman 61' Subhi Abdilah 71' Shahrazen Said 90+2'	Summary	Mendy 21' 39' Shi Jiayi 45' (pen.) Masturi 75' Sofiyan Abdul Hamid 79'	Referee: Abdul Bin Abdul Bashir

18 October 2012 22	Home United	2 - 1	Tanjong Pagar United FC	Bishan Stadium
19:45	Sofiyan Abdul Hamid 45' Jeremy Chiang 46' 90+8' Ihata 48'	Report^[usurped]	Osman 24' Zahid Ahmad 33' Aymard 47' 90' Shamsudin Hashim 55' Carlos Alberto Delgado 84'	Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe

25 October 2012 23	Woodlands Wellington	0 - 0	Home United	Woodlands Stadium
19:45	Chew 49' Dolah 86'	Report^[usurped]	Song Ui Young 55'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

2 November 2012 24	Young Lions	0 - 0	Home United	Jalan Besar Stadium
19:45	Camara 87'	Report^[usurped]	Song Ui Young 70' Masturi 73' Nor Azli Yusoff 89'	Referee: K Kalimuthu

Singapore Cup

17 May 2012 Last 16	DPMM FC	0 – 1	Home United	Bandar Seri Begawan
12:45	Mohammad Helmi Zambin 45' Shahrazen Said 55' Rosmin Kamis 68'	Report	Wilkinson 40' Li 74' Lewis 89'	Stadium: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium Referee: Sukhbir Singh

Quarter finals

4 July 2012 First leg	Home United	1 – 2	Singapore Armed Forces FC	Bishan
12:45	Sulaiman 37' Jiayi 45+3'	Report	Inui 38' Rahman 43' Sulaiman 50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bishan Stadium Referee: Yazeen Buhari

9 July 2012 Second leg	Singapore Armed Forces FC	3 – 3 (5 - 4 agg.)	Home United	Choa Chu Kang
12:45	Sakurada 14' Khalik 20' Karoglan 52' Inui 82' Nawaz 87' Jantan 90+1'	Report	Mendy 15', 70' Arai 25' Anzité 44'	Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium Referee: Muhd Taqi

Singapore League Cup

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Home United (A)	2	2	0	3	0	+3	6
2	Hougang United (A)	2	1	1	2	3	−1	3
3	Young Lions	2	0	2	1	3	−2	0

Updated to match(es) played on 1 August 2012. Source: sleague.com^[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

26 July 2012 Group C	Home United FC	1 – 0	Courts Young Lions	Bishan
20:30	Firdaus Idros 6'	Report^[usurped]	El-Masri 37' Hafiz Abu Sujad 79' Nazrul Ahmad Nazari 89'	Stadium: Bishan Stadium Referee: Abdul Malik

1 August 2012 Group C	Hougang United FC	0 – 2	Home United FC	Hougang
20:30	Ridhwan Osman 30' Webb 35'	Report^[usurped]	Indra Sahdan Bin Daud 49', 57' Qiu Li 79'	Stadium: Hougang Stadium Referee: Sukhbir Singh

Quarter finals

4 August 2012 Quarter-finals	Home United FC	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (2 - 4 p)	Brunei DPMM FC	Bishan
20:30	Indra Sahdan Bin Daud 48' Anzité 71' Nor Azli Yusoff 119'	Report^[usurped]	Tales dos Santos 89'	Stadium: Bishan Stadium Attendance: 535 Referee: W Ravisanthiran
	Penalties
	Shotaro Ihata Shi Jiayi Kenji Arai Indra Sahdan Daud		Ivan Jerković Rosmin Kamis Azwan Salleh Osman Bashiru Shahrazen Said

AFC Cup

Group stage

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	CHO	HOM	CIT	YAN
Chonburi	6	4	2	0	10	5	+5	14		1–0	2–0	1–0
Home United	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10	1–2		3–1	3–1
Citizen	6	2	1	3	9	12	−3	7	3–3	1–2		2–1
Yangon United	6	0	2	4	4	9	−5	2	1–1	0–0	1–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 March 2012 Group stage	Home United	3 – 1	Citizen	Bishan Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Ihata 62' Mendy 66' Qiu Li 87'	Report	Nakamura 45+1'	Attendance: 1,023^[7] Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

21 March 2012 Group stage	Chonburi	1 – 0	Home United	Chonburi Municipality Stadium, Chonburi
19:00 UTC+07:00	Ludovic 69'	Report		Attendance: 5,158 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

3 April 2012 Group stage	Yangon United	0 - 0	Home United	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30	Yazar Win Thein 56'	Summary	Jeremy Chiang 26' Lewis 90+4'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ibrahim Al Hosni

11 April 2012 Group stage	Home United	3 - 1	Yangon United	Bishan Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Li 69' Mendy 75' (80) 90+3' Sofiyan Abdul Hamid 88' Jiayi 90+1'	Summary	Aung Thike 30' Ristic 37' Khin Maung Lwin 56' Yazar Win Thein 59'	Attendance: 3,146 Referee: Wang Di

24 April 2012 Group stage	Citizen	1 - 2	Home United	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
20:00 UTC+08:00	Campion 17' Sham Kwok Keung 32'	Summary	Mendy 77' Nor Azli Yusoff 78' Anzité 90+2'	Attendance: 1,390 Referee: Yu Ming Hsun

8 May 2012 Group stage	Home United	1 - 2	Chonburi	Bishan Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Sulaiman 42' Li 45' Sofiyan Abdul Hamid 47' Jiayi 84' Daud 86'	Report	On-Mo 5' Kachaplayuk 77'	Attendance: 1,393 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Knock out Stage

22 May 2012 Last 16	Al-Shorta	3 - 0	Home United	Al Shorta Stadium, Baghdad
19:30 UTC+08:00	Anzité 5' (o.g.) Husain. Abdullah 74' Oday Jaffal 75' Muhaimen Salim 82'	Report	Jeremy Chiang 1' Anzité 80'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin

References

[table_note_ALB0.097430047158818-7] The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and Harimau Muda A – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-23 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

[table_note_res_AFC20.097430047158818-8] Qualified as 2012 Singapore Cup winners.

[1] "Juma'at joins LionsXII in exodus for Home United".

[2] "Abdil Qaiyyim joins LionsXII in exodus for Home United".

[3] "Isa Halim joins LionsXII in exodus for Home United".

[4] "Firdaus Kasman joins LionsXII in exodus for Home United".

[5] "Yasir Hanapi joins LionsXII in exodus for Home United".

[6] "Sufian named for Singapore LionsXII".

[9] "The AFC".

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