2016 Home United FC season

Home United
2016 season
Chairman	Anselm Lopez
Head coach	Philippe Aw
Stadium	Bishan Stadium
S.League	4th
Singapore Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ken Ilsø (11 goals); All: ; Ken Ilsø (13 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2016 season is Home United's 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
S.League Head Coach	Philippe Aw
S.League Assistant Coach Prime League Head Coach	Robin Chitrakar
S.League Assistant Coach	Steve Vilmiaire
Team Manager	Badri Ghent
Technical Director	Steve Vilmiaire
Technical Director	Adlane Messelem
Goalkeeper Coach	Adi Saleh
Head of Sports Performance	Dirk Schauenberg
Sports Trainer	Daisyree Anarna
Logistics Officer	Mohd Zahir
Prime League Team Manager	Bernard Lan
Under-17 Head Coach	Fadzuhasny Juraimi
Under-17 Head Coach	Syed Azmir
Under-15 Head Coach	Syed Karim
Under-15 Head Coach	Yahya Madon

Source: Home United FC

Other information

Chairman	Anselm Lopez
Chief Executive	Azrulnizam Shah

Source: Home United FC

Squad information

S.League squad

As of 19 March 2016.^[1]

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Hyrulnizam Juma'at	GK	(1986-11-14) 14 November 1986 (age 38)
13	Zulfairuuz Rudy	GK	(1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 30)
22	Eko Pradana Putra	GK	(1993-04-14) 14 April 1993 (age 31)
Defenders
2	Redzwan Atan	DF	(1990-10-07) 7 October 1990 (age 34)
4	Juma'at Jantan	DF	(1984-02-23) 23 February 1984 (age 40)
5	R Aaravin	DF	(1996-02-24) 24 February 1996 (age 28)
6	Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib	DF	(1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 35)
11	Sirina Camara	DF	(1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 33)
15	Luqman Ismail	DF	(1994-03-04) 4 March 1994 (age 30)
16	Sim Teck Yi	DF	(1991-11-30) 30 November 1991 (age 33)
18	Shahrin Saberin	DF	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 30)
19	Sufianto Salleh	DF	(1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 (age 31)
25	Ang Zhiwei	DF	(1989-08-02) 2 August 1989 (age 35)
Midfielders
3	Song Ui-young	MF	(1993-11-08) 8 November 1993 (age 31)
7	Aqhari Abdullah	MF	(1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 33)
8	Azhar Sairudin	MF	(1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 (age 38)
14	Shamil Sharif	MF	(1992-05-08) 8 May 1992 (age 32)
17	Mahathir Azeman	MF	(1996-01-17) 17 January 1996 (age 28)
23	Zulfahmi Arifin	MF	(1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 (age 33)
24	Syahiran Miswan	MF	(1994-01-22) 22 January 1994 (age 30)
Strikers
9	Ken Ilsø	FW	(1986-11-02) 2 November 1986 (age 38)
10	Faris Ramli	FW	(1992-08-24) 24 August 1992 (age 32)
12	Nur Hizami Salim	FW	(1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 30)
20	Khairul Nizam	FW	(1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 33)
21	Irfan Fandi	FW	(1997-08-13) 13 August 1997 (age 27)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Date	Source
16	DF	Sim Teck Yi	Young Lions	17 December 2015	^[2]
10	FW	Faris Ramli	LionsXII	22 December 2015	^[3]
23	MF	Zulfahmi Arifin	LionsXII	22 December 2015	^[4]
7	MF	Aqhari Abdullah	Tampines Rovers	25 December 2015	^[5]
14	MF	Shamil Sharif	Young Lions	28 December 2015	^[6]
20	FW	Khairul Nizam	LionsXII	4 January 2016	^[7]
21	FW	Irfan Fandi	Young Lions	5 January 2016	^[8]
—	FW	Ikhsan Fandi	Young Lions	7 January 2016	^[9]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Date
—	MF	Fazli Ayob	Balestier Khalsa	December 2015
—	FW	Masrezwan Masturi	Retiring	December 2015
—	MF	Stanely Ng	Geylang International	December 2015
—	DF	Noh Rahman	Tampines Rovers	December 2015
—	FW	Kamel Ramdani	GSI Pontivy	December 2015
—	GK	Shahril Jantan	Retiring	December 2015
—	MF	Yasir Hanapi	Tampines Rovers	December 2015

Pre-season friendlies

27 January 2016	Army United	2 – 1	Home United	Saraburi, Thailand
16:00 UTC+07:00				Stadium: Saraburi Province Central Stadium

29 January 2016	Air Force Central	2 – 1	Home United	Ayutthaya, Thailand
17:00 UTC+07:00				Stadium: Ayutthaya Stadium

31 January 2016	Osotspa Samut Prakan	0 – 0	Home United	Rangsit, Pathum Thani, Thailand
16:00 UTC+07:00				Stadium: Tanarom Village

27 January 2016	Home United	11 – 0	Police SA	Bishan, Singapore
16:00 UTC+07:00				Stadium: Bishan Stadium

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		League Cup		Singapore Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Hyrulnizam Juma'at	10	0	4	0	0	0	14	0
2	DF	Redzwan Atan	3(4)	0	3	0	3	0	13	0
3	MF	Song Ui-young	19	5	3(1)	1	1	0	24	6
4	DF	Juma'at Jantan	20	2	4	0	1	0	25	2
5	DF	R Aaravin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib	18(1)	0	0	0	3	0	22	0
7	MF	Aqhari Abdullah	14(3)	0	4	0	1	0	22	0
8	MF	Azhar Sairudin	21(1)	2	0	0	3	1	25	3
9	FW	Ken Ilso	22	19	4	2	3	2	29	23
10	MF	Faris Ramli	12(3)	5	0	0	1	0	16	5
11	DF	Sirina Camara	21	1	2	0	1	0	24	1
12	DF	Haziq Azman	5(1)	1	4	0	0(1)	0	11	1
13	GK	Zulfairuuz Rudy	8(1)	0	0	0	3	0	12	0
14	MF	Shamil Sharif	16(4)	2	4	2	2	1	26	5
15	DF	Luqman Ismail	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	Sim Teck Yi	4(2)	0	3	0	0	0	9	0
17	MF	Mahathir Azeman	0(7)	0	0(3)	0	0(1)	0	11	0
18	DF	Shahrin Saberin	17(1)	1	0	2	0	0	20	1
19	DF	Sufianto Salleh	2(6)	0	2(1)	0	0(1)	0	12	0
20	FW	Amirul Naim Shahruddin	12(7)	5	0	0	1(2)	2	22	7
21	DF	Irfan Fandi	2(6)	2	0	0	0	0	8	2
22	GK	Eko Pradana Putra	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
23	MF	Zulfahmi Arifin	15(5)	1	0	2(1)	0	0	23	1
24	MF	Syahiran Miswan	8(6)	1	4	0	3	0	21	1
25	DF	Ang Zhiwei	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	FW	Ikhsan Fandi	0(4)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
27	MF	Ambroise Begue	9	1	2	0	2	0	13	1
29	FW	Amir Zailani	0(4)	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	6	0
34	DF	Yeo Hai Ngee	0	0	0(3)	1	0	0	3	1
35	DF	Lionel Tan	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0	3	0
43	FW	Amiruldin Asraf	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
S.League	—	4th		14 February 2016
Singapore Cup	Preliminary round	—	Quarter-finals	26 May 2016	30 June 2016
Singapore League Cup	—	—

Updated to match played 30 June 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
S.League	16	6	4	6	29	28	+1	037.50
Singapore Cup	3	1	1	1	5	5	+0	033.33
League Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	19	7	5	7	34	33	+1	036.84

Updated to match played 30 June 2016
Source: Competitions

S.League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Tampines Rovers	24	15	4	5	50	28	+22	49	Qualification to AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1 or AFC Cup Group Stage
3	DPMM FC^[a]	24	12	5	7	47	37	+10	41
4	Home United	24	11	4	9	50	42	+8	37	Qualification to AFC Cup Play-off Round
5	Geylang International	24	10	7	7	35	29	+6	37
6	Hougang United	24	9	5	10	35	39	−4	32

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2016. Source: S.League^[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

^ The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

Matches

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

14 February 1	Home United	2 – 2	Warriors	Bishan, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Khairul 17' Camara 82'	Details^[usurped]	Béhé 35' (pen) Fazli 90+1'	Stadium: Bishan Stadium Attendance: 1,756^[10] Referee: Farhad Mohd

18 February 2	Hougang United	1 – 0	Home United	Hougang, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Plazibat 34'	Details^[usurped]		Stadium: Hougang Stadium Attendance: 2,307^[11] Referee: Jansen Foo

3 March 3	Home United	1 – 1	Tampines Rovers	Bishan, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Ilsø 25'	Details^[usurped]	Pennant 40'	Stadium: Bishan Stadium Attendance: 3,551^[12] Referee: Muhd Taqi

11 March 4	Brunei DPMM	2 – 1	Home United	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
20:15 UTC+08:00	Ramazotti 35' (pen) Azwan 72'	Details^[usurped]	Begue 19'	Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium Referee: W. Ravisanthiran

17 March 5	Home United	4 – 1	Garena Young Lions	Bishan, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Ilsø 18' Zulfahmi 31' Khairul 50', 83'	Details^[usurped]	Fareez 11'	Stadium: Bishan Stadium Attendance: 2,048^[13] Referee: Jansen Foo

1 April 6	Balestier Khalsa	0 – 1	Home United	Toa Payoh, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00		Details^[usurped]	Ilsø 34' (pen)	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Sukhbir Singh

8 April 7	Home United	0 – 3	Albirex Niigata (S)	Kallang, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00		Details^[usurped]	Kawata 47', 71', 89'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Farhad Mohd

15 April 8	Geylang International	2 – 2	Home United	Kallang, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00	Ng 24' Amy 46'	Details^[usurped]	Ilsø 15' Al-Qaasimy 39' (o.g.)	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Jansen Foo

22 April 9	Warriors	1 – 2	Home United	Kallang, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00	Béhé 63'	Details^[usurped]	Song 20' Ilsø 85'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 2,308^[14] Referee: Nathan Chan

29 April 10	Home United	3 – 2	Hougang United	Kallang, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00	Ilsø 16' Song 28' Faris 78'	Details^[usurped]	Plazibat 41' (pen.) Raihan 86'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

13 May 11	Tampines Rovers	1 – 2	Home United	Kallang, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00	Fazrul 22'	Details^[usurped]	Azhar 24' Ilsø 70'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 2,099^[15] Referee: Farhad Mohd

19 May 12	Home United	5 – 0	Brunei DPMM	Bishan, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Azhar 10' Faris 39' Ilsø 69', 73' Syahiran 84'	Details^[usurped]		Stadium: Bishan Stadium Referee: Muhd Taqi

11 June 13	Garena Young Lions	2 – 2	Home United	Kallang, Singapore
20:00 UTC+08:00	Khairul A. 22' Firdaus 49'	Details^[usurped]	Khairul N. 53' Ilsø 90'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: G. Letchman

14 June 14	Home United	1 – 3	Balestier Khalsa	Bishan, Singapore
20:00 UTC+08:00	Faris 53'	Details^[usurped]	Zulkiffli 45' Smajović 65' Jamil 75'	Stadium: Bishan Stadium Referee: Muhd Taqi

18 June 15	Albirex Niigata (S)	5 – 2	Home United	Jurong East, Singapore
20:00 UTC+08:00	Inui 3', 45' Kawata 59' Nagasaki 86', 87'	Details^[usurped]	Ilsø 79' (pen.) Khairul 81'	Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

23 June 16	Home United	1 – 2	Geylang International	Bishan, Singapore
20:00 UTC+08:00	Shahrin 50'	Details^[usurped]	Sahil 89' Quak 90'	Stadium: Bishan Stadium Referee: Farhad Mohd

4 August 17	Home United	3-0	Warriors	Bishan, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Ken Ilsø 38' 89' Song Ui-young 64'			Stadium: Bishan Stadium

12 August 18	Hougang United	v	Home United	Kallang, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

25 August 19	Home United	v	Tampines Rovers	Bishan, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00				Stadium: Bishan Stadium

23 September 20	Brunei DPMM	v	Home United	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
20:15 UTC+08:00				Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium

29 September 21	Home United	v	Garena Young Lions	Bishan, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00				Stadium: Bishan Stadium

15 October 22	Balestier Khalsa	v	Home United	Toa Payoh, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00				Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

20 October 23	Home United	v	Albirex Niigata (S)	Bishan, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00				Stadium: Bishan Stadium

27 October 24	Geylang International	v	Home United	Bedok, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00				Stadium: Bedok Stadium

Singapore Cup

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Preliminary round

26 May Preliminary round	Home United	2 – 1	Hougang United	Bishan, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Azhar 48' Ilsø 90'	Details^[usurped]	Kogure 58'	Stadium: Bishan Stadium Referee: G. Letchman

Quarter-finals

27 June First leg	Balestier Khalsa	2 – 1	Home United	Toa Payoh, Singapore
20:00 UTC+08:00	Tokić 36' Ahmad 86'	Details^[usurped]	Khairul 59'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: W. Ravisanthiran

30 June Second leg	Home United	2 – 2 (3–4 agg.)	Balestier Khalsa	Bishan, Singapore
20:00 UTC+08:00	Khairul 11' Ilsø 55'	Details^[usurped]	Tokić 34', 59'	Stadium: Bishan Stadium Referee: Jansen Foo

League Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Albirex Niigata (S)	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6	Advance to semi-final
2	Home United	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4	Advance to semi-final
3	Geylang International	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
4	Balestier Khalsa	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2

Source: S.League^[usurped]

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[table_note_ALB0.643421230206-10] The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

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