2016 Hougang United FC season

Hougang United
2016 season
Chairman	Bill Ng
Head coach	K. Balagumaran
Stadium	Hougang Stadium
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The 2016 season is Hougang United's 19th 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.

Squad

As of 6 January 2017. ^[1]

Sleague

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Ridhuan Barudin	(1987-03-23) 23 March 1987 (age 37)	Tampines Rovers
13	Fawwaz Anuar	(1994-01-06) 6 January 1994 (age 30)	Tampines Rovers Prime League
18	Khairulhin Khalid	(1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 (age 33)	LionsXII
Defenders
2	Yusiskandar Yusop	(1985-07-15) 15 July 1985 (age 39)	Balestier Khalsa
3	Ali Hudzafi	(1992-03-23) 23 March 1992 (age 32)	Young Lions
4	Delwinder Singh	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 32)	Young Lions
11	Nazrul Nazari	(1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 33)	LionsXII
17	Faiz Salleh	(1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 32)	Young Lions
21	Khairulnizam Jumahat	(1990-12-08) 8 December 1990 (age 33)	Geylang International
22	Wahyudi Wahid	(1989-10-29) 29 October 1989 (age 35)	LionsXII
Midfielders
6	Anumanthan Kumar	(1994-07-14) 14 July 1994 (age 30)	Young Lions FC
8	Fumiya Kogure	(1989-06-28) 28 June 1989 (age 35)	Albirex Niigata (S)
10	Nur Naiim Ishak	(1993-12-24) 24 December 1993 (age 30)	Young Lions FC
12	Nur Ridho	(1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 (age 30)	Young Lions FC
15	Huzaifah Aziz	(1994-06-27) 27 June 1994 (age 30)	Geylang International
16	Raihan Rahman	(1991-02-07) 7 February 1991 (age 33)	LionsXII
19	Nurhilmi Jasni	(1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 37)	Balestier Khalsa
20	Afiq Noor	(1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 30)	Young Lions
Forwards
5	Fairoz Hasan	(1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 (age 35)	Gombak United
7	Jozef Kapláň	(1986-04-02) 2 April 1986 (age 38)	Geylang International
9	Stipe Plazibat	(1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 (age 35)	NK Dugopolje
14	Iqbal Hussain	(1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 31)	Young Lions
23	Samuel Benjamin	(1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 30)	LionsXII

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

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In

Position	Player	Transferred From
GK	Khairulhin Khalid	LionsXII
DF	Ali Hudzafi	Young Lions FC
DF	Nazrul Nazari	LionsXII
DF	Wahyudi Wahid	LionsXII
DF	Yusiskandar Yusop	Balestier Khalsa
MF	Afiq Noor	Young Lions FC
MF	Anumanthan Kumar	Young Lions FC
MF	Nur Naiim Ishak	Young Lions FC
MF	Fumiya Kogure	Albirex Niigata (S)
MF	Huzaifah Aziz	Geylang International
MF	Raihan Rahman	LionsXII
FW	Jozef Kapláň	Geylang International
FW	Stipe Plazibat	NK Dugopolje
FW	Iqbal Hussain	Young Lions FC
FW	Samuel Benjamin	LionsXII

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Ahmadulhaq Che Omar	Admiralty FC(NFL Club)
DF	Kunihiro Yamashita	Yangon United
DF	Yuki Uchiyama	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Loan Return
DF	Lau Meng Meng	Eunos Crescent FC
DF	Faizal Amir	Released
DF	Matthew Abraham	Released
DF	Kenneth Chang	Tiong Bahru FC(NFL Club)
MF	Atsushi Shimono	JPV Marikina F.C.	^[3]
MF	Carlos Alberto Delgado	Geylang International
MF	Ruzaini Zainal	Retired
MF	Firman Hanif	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club)
MF	Taufiq Ghani	Geylang International
FW	Diego Gama de Oliveira	Pusamania Borneo F.C.
FW	Vuk Sotirović	FK Borac Čačak
FW	Muhaymin Salim	Released
FW	Fareez Farhan	Young Lions	Season loan

Trial

Position	Player	From	Ref

Mid-season transfers

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Anumanthan Kumar	Home United	National Service

Friendlies

Coaching staff

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Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Philippe Aw
Assistant coach	Clement Teo
Prime League Coach	Robin Chitrakar
Fitness coach	Dirk Schauenberg
Goalkeeping coach	Lim Queen Cher
Team manager	Clement Teo
Sports trainer	Thomas Pang
Kitman

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Ridhuan Barudin	3	0	0	0	5	0	8	0
2	DF	Yusiskandar Yusop	12	0	0	0	5	0	17	0
3	DF	Ali Hudzafi	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF	Delwinder Singh	13	0	1	0	3	0	17	0
5	FW	Fairoz Hasan	19	0	1	0	3	0	23	0
6	MF	Anumanthan Kumar	22	0	1	0	0	0	23	0
7	FW	Jozef Kapláň	24	3	1	0	5	5	30	8
8	MF	Fumiya Kogure	21	4	1	1	5	3	27	8
9	FW	Stipe Plazibat	24	15	1	0	3	1	28	16
10	MF	Nur Na'iim	13	0	0	0	4	0	17	0
11	DF	Nazrul Nazari	23	0	1	0	0	0	24	0
12	MF	Nur Ridho	10	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
13	GK	Fawwaz Anuar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Iqbal Hussain	18	4	1	0	5	2	24	6
15	MF	Huzaifah Aziz	16	0	0	0	3	0	19	0
16	MF	Raihan Rahman	21	2	1	0	4	0	26	2
17	DF	Faiz Salleh	17	1	1	0	0	0	18	1
18	GK	Khairulhin Khalid	21	0	1	0	0	0	22	0
19	MF	Nurhilmi Jasni	19	3	0	0	4	0	23	3
20	MF	Afiq Noor	15	0	0	0	4	0	19	0
21	DF	Khairulnizam Jumahat	1	0	1	0	4	0	6	0
22	DF	Wahyudi Wahid	10	0	1	0	4	0	15	0
23	DF	Samuel Benjamin	4	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
24	DF	Faliq Sudir	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
S.League	24	9	5	10	35	39	−4	037.50
Singapore Cup	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
League Cup	3	1	0	2	8	9	−1	033.33
Total	28	10	5	13	44	50	−6	035.71

S.League

Win Draw Loss

Round 1

18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) Round 1	Hougang United	1-0	Home United	Hougang, Singapore
	Stipe Plazibat 34'			Stadium: Hougang Stadium Attendance: 2,307^[5] Referee: Jansen Foo

26 February 2016 (2016-02-26) Round 2	Tampines Rovers	4-1	Hougang United	Jurong West, Singapore
	Shahdan Sulaiman 8' Ismadi Mukhtar 1' Jermain Pennant 19' Fazrul Nawaz 84'		Stipe Plazibat 26'	Stadium: Jurong West Stadium Attendance: 2,106^[6] Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

4 March 2016 (2016-03-04) Round 3	Hougang United	0-0	Brunei DPMM	Kallang, Singapore
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Nathan Chan

10 March 2016 (2016-03-10) Round 4	Young Lions FC	1-3	Hougang United	Kallang, Singapore
	Fareez Farhan 79'		Stipe Plazibat 4' 82' Taufiq Muqminin 52' (o.g.)	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Farhad Mohd

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) Round 5	Hougang United	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang, Singapore
	Stipe Plazibat 82'			Stadium: Hougang Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) Round 6	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-0	Hougang United	Jurong East, Singapore
	Atsushi Shirota 49' Tatsuro Inui 86'			Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Attendance: 2,384^[7] Referee: Muhd Taqi

7 April 2016 (2016-04-07) Round 7	Hougang United	3-1	Geylang International	Hougang, Singapore
	Stipe Plazibat 55' (pen) Faiz Salleh 60' Raihan Rahman 88'		Carlos Delgado 15'	Stadium: Hougang Stadium Attendance: 1,537^[8] Referee: Sukhbir Singh

14 April 2016 (2016-04-14) Round 8	Warriors FC	0-1	Hougang United	Choa Chu Kang, Singapore
			Fumiya Kogure 18'	Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium Referee: W. Ravisanthiran

Round 2

29 April 2016 (2016-04-29) Round 9	Home United	3–2	Hougang United	Kallang, Singapore
	Ilsø 16' Song 28' Faris 78'	Details^[usurped]	Plazibat 41' (pen.) Raihan 86'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Muhd Taqi

4 May 2016 (2016-05-04) Round 10	Hougang United	1–1	Tampines Rovers	Hougang, Singapore
	Iqbal 70'	Details	Mehmet 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Hougang Stadium Attendance: 1,538^[9] Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) Round 11	Brunei DPMM	3–2	Hougang United	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
	Sérgio 10' Azwan A. 26' Shahrazen 82'	Details^[usurped]	Plazibat 55' Kapláň 59'	Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium Referee: Jansen Foo

19 May 2016 (2016-05-19) Round 12	Hougang United	1–1	Garena Young Lions	Hougang, Singapore
	Nurhilmi 18'	Details^[usurped]	Fareez 14' (pen.)	Stadium: Hougang Stadium Referee: Sukhbir Singh

10 June 2016 (2016-06-10) Round 13	Balestier Khalsa	2–2	Hougang United	Kallang, Singapore
	Tokić 10' Fazli 60'	Details^[usurped]	Kogure 86' Plazibat 90'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Nathan Chan

15 June 2016 (2016-06-15) Round 14	Hougang United	1–2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang, Singapore
	Kapláň 39'	Details^[usurped]	Kawata 57' Inui 62'	Stadium: Hougang Stadium Referee: Farhad Mohd

18 June 2016 (2016-06-18) Round 15	Geylang International	1–2	Hougang United	Bedok, Singapore
	Amy 90'	Details^[usurped]	Kapláň 63' Plazibat 85'	Stadium: Bedok Stadium Referee: Jansen Foo

23 June 2016 (2016-06-23) Round 16	Hougang United	1–3	Warriors	Hougang, Singapore
	Nurhilmi 40'	Details^[usurped]	Hafiz N. 61' Shaiful 85' Béhé 87'	Stadium: Hougang Stadium Referee: G. Letchman

Round 3

12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) Round 17	Hougang United	4–2	Home United	Kallang, Singapore
	Plazibat 39' (pen.), 44' (pen.) Hussain 52' Kogure 56'	Details^[usurped]	Ilsø 6' Song 7'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Muhd Taqi

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) Round 18	Tampines Rovers	1–2	Hougang United	Jurong West, Singapore
	Webb 45'	Details^[usurped]	Plazibat 22' Kogure 90+2'	Stadium: Jurong West Stadium Referee: Sukhbir Singh

26 August 2016 (2016-08-26) Round 19	Hougang United	1–2	Brunei DPMM	Kallang, Singapore
	Plazibat 9'	Details^[usurped]	Ramazotti 51', 52'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

22 September 2016 (2016-09-22) Round 20	Garena Young Lions	0–2	Hougang United	Kallang, Singapore
		Details^[usurped]	Hussain 45' Jasni 71'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Jansen Foo

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) Round 21	Hougang United	1–1	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang, Singapore
	Plazibat 8'	Details^[usurped]	Syafiq 70'	Stadium: Hougang Stadium Referee: Farhad Mohd

14 October 2016 (2016-10-14) Round 22	Albirex Niigata (S)	3–0	Hougang United	Kallang, Singapore
	Kawata 4' Jitozono 8' Kumada 32'	Details^[usurped]		Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Farhad Mohd

20 October 2016 (2016-10-20) Round 23	Hougang United	0–1	Geylang International	Hougang, Singapore
		Details^[usurped]	Suhaimi 43'	Stadium: Hougang Stadium Referee: G. Letchman

25 October 2016 (2016-10-25) Round 24	Warriors	5–1	Hougang United	Choa Chu Kang, Singapore
	Béhé 51', 69', 90+3' Rak 57' Jaffar 81'	Details^[usurped]	Hussain 37'	Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium Referee: Nathan Chan

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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
7	Warriors FC	24	7	7	10	39	39	0	28
8	Balestier Khalsa	24	4	7	13	23	42	−19	19

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

Singapore Cup

Win Draw Loss

Preliminary round

26 May 2016	Home United	2–1	Hougang United	Bishan Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8	Azhar 48' Ilsø 90'	Details^[usurped]	Kogure 58'	Referee: G. Letchman

Singapore TNP League Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	DPMM FC	3	3	0	8	1	+7	9	Advance to semi-final
2	Tampines Rovers	3	2	1	10	6	+4	6	Advance to semi-final
3	Hougang United	3	1	2	8	9	−1	3
4	Warriors FC	3	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Source: S.League^[usurped]

Group matches

Win Draw Loss

13 July 2016	Tampines Rovers	6 – 4	Hougang United	Jurong West Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8	Shahdan 28' Na'iim 32' (o.g.) Webb 35' Sufian 44' (pen.) Mehmet 75' (pen.) Saifullah 83'	Details^[usurped]	Kogure 56' Kapláň 67', 87' Plazibat 90'	Referee: Sukhbir Singh

17 July 2016	Hougang United	0 – 2	DPMM FC	Hougang Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8		Details^[usurped]	Sérgio 44' (pen.) Ramazotti 89' (pen.)	Referee: Nathan Chan

21 July 2016	Hougang United	4 – 1	Warriors	Hougang Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8	Iqbal Hussain 42' Fumiya Kogure 67' Jozef Kapláň 87' 90'	Details^[usurped]	Hafiz Rahim 71'	Referee: Farhad Mohd

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[HOUHOM18Feb-5] Lee, David (19 February 2016). "Hougang forward Plazibat sinks Home United with free-kick". The New Paper. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

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