2017 Tampines Rovers FC season

Tampines Rovers FC
2017 season
Chairman	Desmond Ong
Coach	Jürgen Raab
Ground	Jurong West Stadium
S.League	2nd
Singapore Cup	Quarter Finals knocked out by Albirex Niigata Singapore
League Cup	Group Stage
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2017 S.League season is Tampines Rovers's 22nd season at the top level of Singapore football and 72nd year in existence as a football club. The club will also compete in the Singapore League Cup, Singapore Cup, Singapore Community Shield and the AFC Cup.

Key events

January

On 4/1/2017, Khairul Amri joined the Stag's club despite offers from Hougang United and Warriors FC.

On 7/1/2017, Hafiz Sujad left the club to join Thailand League 2 club, BBCU FC.

On 13/1/2017, it is reported that Daniel Bennett had crossed over from the Stags' fierce rival, Geylang International for the new season after his contract is not renewed at the end of the 2016 season.

On 24/1/2017, Tampines Rovers' AFC Champions League dreams were dashed after they were beaten 2-0 by Global FC from the Philippines.

On 27/1/2017, coach, Akbar Nawas parted ways with the Stag after it was reported that they had been looking at various options since the end of 2016 season.

February

On 1/2/2017, Jurgen Raab was announced as the new coach for the team, signing a 3 years contract.^[1]

On 8/2/2017, it was reported that Sahil Suhaimi will sign for the team but only play in the AFC Cup competition.^[2]

On 10/2/2017, Singaporean-American, Raspreet Sandhu from Sonoma State University signed for the club to play in the AFC Cup.

On 21/2/2017, the Stags kicked off their AFC Cup campaign with a 2-1 win against Felda United.

On 26/2/2017, Stags failed to stop Albirex Niigata (S) from winning their 5th consecutive title, the Charity Shield.^[3]

March

On 3/3/2017, the Stags won their 1st match of the 2017 Sleague season by beating Hougang United 2-1.

On 6/3/2017, it was reported that some of the players were not pay on time, sparkling fears of money issue the club faced in 2016.^[4]

On 7/3/2017, the club lost 5-0 in Philippines to Ceres Negro. This is a landmark victory for a Philippines club in their AFC Cup history.^[5]

On 14/3/2017, 7 Stags were called up to the National Team for the matches against Afghanistan & Bahrain. The 7 players were Izwan Mahbud, Shakir Hamzah, Madhu Mohana, Daniel Bennett, Mustafic Fahrudin, Yasir Hanapi & Khairul Amri.^[6]

On 15/3/2017, another trashing in the AFC Cup for the Stags against Hanoi FC. They lost 4-0 in Hanoi.

On 16/3/2017, captain Madhu Mohana was handed a suspended $1,000 fine for his comments on social media directed at referee Sukhbir Singh after they lost to Albirex in the Charity Shield.^[7]

April

On 4/4/2017, the Stags concede a last minute goal to Hanoi to lost their 3rd consecutive match in the continental tournament.^[8]

On 8/4/2017, it was announced that Sahil Suhaimi who was only registered for the AFC Cup will be joining English Premier League club Burnley FC for a month-long training stint.^[9]

May

On 3/5/2017, the team was knocked out of the AFC Cup competition after failing to win their last group match against Ceres Negro FC.

On 12/5/2017, the Stags beat the unbeaten Protectors by 3-2 to go to #2 in the table.

On 16/5/2017, long term injured player, Fazrul Nawaz announced that has set a target of June for his full comeback after making his return to national training on 15/5/2017 following an eight-month absence.^[10]

June

On 21/6/2017, Tampines chairman Krishna Ramachandra announced he is stepping down from duty after 19months in-charge.^[11]

July

On 28/7/2017, the team returned to Tampines for their home game. The 1st home game after years away is against Brunei DPMM.

September

On 7/9/2017, Desmond Ong is appointed as the new chairman of the club.^[12]

Squad

Sleague Squad

As of 4 May 2017.

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Last club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Izwan Mahbud	(1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 34)	LionsXII	2016
21	Joey Sim	(1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 (age 37)	Geylang International	2015
24	Haikal Hasnol	(1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 29)	Youth Team	2017
Defenders
2	Ismadi Mukhtar	(1983-12-16) 16 December 1983 (age 40)	Woodlands Wellington	2010
3	Jufri Taha	(1985-03-04) 4 March 1985 (age 39)	Balestier Khalsa	2010
4	Fahrudin Mustafic	(1981-04-17) 17 April 1981 (age 43)	Persela Lamongan	2011
6	Madhu Mohana	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33)	Warriors FC	2017	2017
11	Shakir Hamzah	(1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 32)	LionsXII	2016	2017
12	Shannon Stephen	(1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 30)	Young Lions FC	2017
15	Imran Sahib	(1982-10-12) 12 October 1982 (age 42)	Gymkhana FC (IWL Club)	2017	2017
16	Daniel Bennett	(1978-01-07) 7 January 1978 (age 46)	Geylang International	2017	2017
22	Ehvin Sasidharan	(1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 (age 28)	Young Lions FC	2017	2017
25	Irwan Shah	(1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 36)	Warriors FC	2016
Midfielders
7	Son Yong Chan	(1991-04-15) 15 April 1991 (age 33)	Ceres–Negros F.C.	2017	2017
8	Shahdan Sulaiman	(1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 36)	LionsXII	2016	2017
9	Ryutaro Megumi	(1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 31)	Aoyama Gakuin University	2017	2017
13	Amirul Haziq	(1994-10-30) 30 October 1994 (age 30)	Singapore Cubs	2017	2017
14	Fazli Ayob	(1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 (age 34)	Balestier Khalsa	2017
17	Jamil Ali	(1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 (age 40)	Balestier Khalsa	2017
18	Hafiz Sujad	(1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 (age 34)	BBCU F.C.	2017
Forwards
10	Fazrul Nawaz	(1985-04-17) 17 April 1985 (age 39)	Warriors FC	2016
19	Khairul Amri	(1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 (age 39)	Young Lions	2017	2018
20	Ivan Jakov Džoni	(1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 (age 30)	FK Dukla Banská Bystrica	2017	2017
21	Hafiz Rahim	(1983-11-19) 19 November 1983 (age 40)	Warriors FC	2017

Prime League Squad

As of 3 January 2017.

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Last club	Contract Since
Midfielders
26	Noor Hilman	MF		Youth Team
30	Aide Shazwandi	MF		NFA U17
42	Andi Agus Salam Kahar	MF		Geylang International Prime League
47	Zulfadhmi Suzliman	MF		Young Lions
Forwards
27	Faizal Raffi	FW		Balestier Khalsa Prime League
28	Diego Silvas	FW	(1997-09-25) 25 September 1997 (age 27)	Seattle Sounders FC	2016
35	Haiqal Sulaiman	FW		Youth Team

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head Coach	Jürgen Raab
Assistant Coach	Herman Zailani
Goalkeeping Coach	Rameshpal Singh
Team Manager	Desmund Khusnin
Physiotherapist
Kitman	Goh Koon Hiang
Director of Football	Jita Singh

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

Source^[13]

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Madhu Mohana	Warriors	^[14]
DF	Imran Sahib	Gymkhana FC (IWL Club)
DF	Firman Hanif	Siglap FC (NFL Club)	^[15]
DF	Daniel Bennett	Geylang International	^[16]
DF	Farhan Rahmat	Siglap FC (NFL Club)	^[15]
MF	Jamil Ali	Balestier Khalsa	^[15]
MF	Fazli Ayob	Balestier Khalsa	^[15]
MF	Son Yong Chan	Ceres Negros	^[17]
MF	Ryutaro Megumi	Aoyama Gakuin University	^[17]
MF	Raspreet Sandhu	Sonoma State University	^[18]
MF	Zulfadhmi Suzliman	Young Lions	(To Prime League)
FW	Khairul Amri	Young Lions	^[19]
FW	Ivan Jakov Džoni	Dukla Banská Bystrica	^[20]
FW	Sahil Suhaimi	Geylang International	^[2]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Ahmad Fadly	Hougang United Prime League
DF	Hafiz Sujad	BBCU	^[21]
DF	Afiq Yunos	Home United	^[22]
DF	Noh Rahman	Retire	^[23]
MF	Nawari Ahmad	Gymkhana FC (NFL Club)
MF	Fabian Kwok	Hougang United	^[24]
MF	Jordan Webb	Warriors	^[25]
MF	Jermaine Pennant	Bury FC	^[26]
MF	Izzdin Shafiq	Home United	^[27]
MF	Firman Hanif	Yishun Sentek Mariners FC
FW	Billy Mehmet	Brunei DPMM	^[28]
FW	Sufian Anuar	Released

Mid-season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From
DF	Ehvin Sasidharan	Young Lions FC
DF	Shannon Stephen
MF	Hafiz Sujad	BBCU F.C.

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Yasir Hanapi	PDRM FA	^[29]
MF	Farhan Rahmat
FW	Sahil Suhaimi	Sarawak FA

Trial

Position	Player	From	Ref
FW	Hossein Ellahi	Seattle Sounders FC Academy
DF	Shannon Stephen	Young Lions

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

10 January 2017 Pre-Season Friendly	Tampines Rovers	1-4	Pahang FC	Jurong West Stadium
	Ivan Džoni – 34mins (P)		Julius Oiboh – 21min, 66min Mohamadou Sumareh – 23mins Ashari Samsudin – 62min

14 January 2017 Pre-Season Friendly	Terengganu	2-2	Tampines Rovers	Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium
	Federico Falcone Lutfulla Turaev		Irwan Shah Ryutaro Megumi

16 January 2017 Pre-Season Friendly	T-Team	2-1	Tampines Rovers	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium
	Abdoulaye Maïga-34m Ahmad Takhiyuddin-75m		Ivan Džoni-45m

In Season Friendlies

7 June 2017 Friendly

Tampines Rovers

3-1

Kembangan United (NFL Club)

Meridan JC

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

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	Izwan Mahbud	17	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	26	0
2	DF	Ismadi Mukhtar	11(3)	0	1	0	2	0	4(2)	0	23	0
3	DF	Jufri Taha	9(6)	0	0	0	3	0	3(2)	0	23	0
4	DF	Fahrudin Mustafic (captain)	24	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	30	1
6	DF	Madhu Mohana (captain)	15(2)	1	2	0	0	0	5(1)	0	25	1
7	MF	Son Yong Chan	20(1)	1	2	0	0	0	7	1	30	2
8	MF	Shahdan Sulaiman	21	5	2	1	0	0	3(1)	0	27	6
9	MF	Ryutaro Megumi	23	7	2	0	0	0	7	0	32	7
10	FW	Fazrul Nawaz	7(4)	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	16	3
11	DF	Shakir Hamzah	9(1)	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	16	2
12	DF	Shannon Stephen	6(1)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
13	MF	Amirul Haziq	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
14	MF	Fazli Ayob	10(6)	5	0	0	2(1)	1	2(1)	0	22	6
15	DF	Imran Sahib	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
16	DF	Daniel Bennett	23	2	2	0	0	0	7	0	32	2
17	MF	Jamil Ali	0(7)	1	0(1)	0	1(1)	1	0(3)	1	13	3
18	MF	Hafiz Abu Sujad	12(1)	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	18	2
19	FW	Khairul Amri	9(5)	6	1(1)	0	0	0	3(3)	3	22	9
20	FW	Ivan Džoni	11(7)	7	0(2)	0	0	0	6	1	26	8
21	FW	Hafiz Rahim	2(6)	0	0	0	3	0	1(1)	0	13	0
22	DF	Ehvin Sasidharan	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0	3	0
23	GK	Joey Sim	2(1)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	0
24	GK	Haikal Hasnol	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
25	DF	Irwan Shah	12(4)	1	1(1)	0	2	0	3(2)	0	25	1
27	FW	Faizal Raffi	0(4)	0	0(1)	0	3	0	0	0	8	0
29	FW	Diego Silvas	1(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
30	MF	Aide Shazwandi	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	2	0
31	MF	Khairul Nizam	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0	3	0
32	MF	Danish Uwais	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
42	MF	Andi Agus Salam Kahar	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0
47	MF	Zulfadmi Suzliman	0(6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
12	MF	Raspreet Sandhu	0	0	0	0	0	0	2(1)	0	3	0
18	MF	Yasir Hanapi	8(1)	2	0	0	0	0	7	3	16	5
22	DF	Farhan Rahmat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	Sahil Suhaimi	0	0	0	0	0	0	2(2)	0	4	0
	MF	Firman Hanif	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
S.League	24	17	3	4	48	20	+28	070.83
AFC Cup	6	2	0	4	8	17	−9	033.33
Singapore Cup	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	000.00
League Cup	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	000.00
Total	35	19	3	13	59	56	+3	054.29

S.League

Win Draw Loss

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26) Round 1	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-1	Tampines Rovers	Kallang
	Shoichiro Sakamoto 74,82'	Report	Ryutaro Megumi 36' 84' Ivan Jakov Džoni60 Madhu Mohana 24' 88' Daniel Bennett 57' Yasir Hanapi 49, 64' Son Yong Chan 90' Ismadi Mukhtar 90'	Stadium: National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 15,480 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

3 March 2017 (2017-03-03) Round 2	Tampines Rovers	2-1	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Ivan Džoni 29' (pen) Khairul Amri 61' Irwan Shah 84'		Fumiya Kogure 90' (pen) Zulfahmi Arifin 7' Syahiran Miswan 33'	Attendance: 1,585 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari

11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) Round 3	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Fadli Kamis 46' Aung Kyaw Naing 48' Sheikh Abdul Hadi 90'		Ivan Džoni 50'75 81' Son Yong Chan 40' Jamil Ali 75' 90'	Attendance: 950 Referee: Nathan Chan

1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) Round 4	Tampines Rovers	0-1	Warriors FC	Jurong West Stadium
	Ismadi Mukhtar 42'	Report	Jordan Webb 28' Baihakki Khaizan 22' Hafiz Osman 45'	Referee: G Letchman

8 April 2017 (2017-04-08) Round 5	Geylang International	0-4	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Ryutaro Megumi 35,90' Yasir Hanapi 61,81' Son Yong Chan 23' Jufri Taha 89'	Attendance: 1,552 Referee: Jansen Foo

23 April 2017 (2017-04-23) Round 6	Tampines Rovers	1-0	Young Lions FC	Jurong West Stadium
	Khairul Amri 90+4' 90' 90+4' Son Yong Chan 33' Daniel Bennett 76' Shahdan Sulaiman 83' Zulfadmi Suzliman 88'		Muhelmy Suhaimi 61'	Referee: Jansen Foo

28 April 2017 (2017-04-28) Round 7	Brunei DPMM	0-1	Tampines Rovers	Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium
	Maududi Hilmi Kasmi 39' Yura Indera Putera Yunos 56' Helmi Zambin 71'		Ivan Džoni 3'	Referee: Muhd Taqi

12 May 2017 (2017-05-12) Round 8	Tampines Rovers	3-2	Home United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Khairul Amri 31' Shakir Hamzah 41' Daniel Bennett 44' Fazli Ayob 18' Son Yong Chan 62' Yasir Hanapi 67' Shakir Hamzah 85' Zulfadmi Suzliman 90'		Amiruldin Asraf 13' 82' Song Ui-young 17' Shamil Sharif 89'	Attendance: 1,223 Referee: G Letchman

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) Round 9	Tampines Rovers	1-4	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong West Stadium
	Son Yong Chan 71' Shahdan Sulaiman 29' Shakir Hamzah 43' 53' Fazli Ayob 50'		Naofumi Tanaka 27' 90' Tsubasa Sano 47' (pen) 78' Shoichiro Sakamoto 53'	Attendance: 1,052 Referee: Nathan Chan

25 May 2017 (2017-05-25) Round 10	Hougang United	0-3	Tampines Rovers	Hougang Stadium
	Syukri Bashir 79'		Khairul Amri 58' 36' Madhu Mohana 85' Jamil Ali 90'	Attendance: 832 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

17 June 2017 (2017-06-17) Round 11	Tampines Rovers	3-1	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong West Stadium
	Fazli Ayob 38' 29' Ryutaro Megumi 41' Ivan Džoni 49'		Fadli Kamis 82' Raihan Rahman 46' Huzaifah Aziz 57'	Attendance: 986 Referee: Jansen Foo

22 June 2017 (2017-06-22) Round 11	Warriors FC	0-1	Tampines Rovers	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Fazli Jaffar 40' Zulfadli Zainal Abidin 82'		Shahdan Sulaiman 83' (pen) Fazli Ayob 59'	Attendance: 1,528 Referee: G Letchman

29 June 2017 (2017-06-29) Round 13	Tampines Rovers	1-1	Geylang International	Jurong West Stadium
	Fazrul Nawaz 54' Son Yong Chan 42' Shakir Hamzah 89'		Ricardo Sendra 85' Víctor Coto 42'	Attendance: 806 Referee: Muhd Taqi

28 July 2017 (2017-07-28) Round 14	Tampines Rovers	2-0	Brunei DPMM	Tampines Hub
	Shakir Hamzah 28' Shahdan Sulaiman 83' (pen) Fazrul Nawaz 79'		Hazwan Hamzah 53' Vincent Reyes 85'	Attendance: 4,676 Referee: Muhd Syahir

23 October 2017 (2017-10-23) Round 15 (Rescheduled)	Home United	0-2	Tampines Rovers	Bishan Stadium
	Irfan Fandi 65' Stipe Plazibat 80' Abdil Qaiyyim 90'		Ryutaro Megumi 13,55' Irwan Shah 40'	Referee: G Letchman

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) Round 16	Albirex Niigata (S)	4-0	Tampines Rovers	Jurong East Stadium
	Kento Nagasaki 12' Ryota Nakai 16, 83' Yasutaka Yanagi 22'		Fahrudin Mustafic 30'	Attendance: 1,202 Referee: Nathan Chan

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) Round 17	Tampines Rovers	5-1	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Shahdan Sulaiman 12' (pen) 54' (pen) Irwan Shah 45' Ryutaro Megumi 65' Fazli Ayob 90' Ismadi Mukhtar 79'		Fareez Farhan 4' Lionel Tan 11' Faiz Salleh 66'	Attendance: 1,521 Referee: Sukhbir Singh

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) Round 18	Young Lions FC	0-4	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Haiqal Pashia 47' Muhaimin Suhaimi 72'		Shannon Stephen 16,58' 50' Ivan Jakov Džoni 37,78' 72'	Attendance: 1,323 Referee: G Letchman

17 September 2017 (2017-09-17) Round 19	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh Stadium
			Fazrul Nawaz 53'	Attendance: 864 Referee: Muhd Syahir

20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) Round 20	Tampines Rovers	1-1	Warriors FC	Jurong West Stadium
	Hafiz Abu Sujad 15' Fahrudin Mustafic 90'		Shahril Ishak 57' (pen) 45' Baihakki Khaizan 64' Hafiz Nor 72' Syaqir Sulaiman 90'	Attendance: 1,325 Referee: W Ravisanthiran

15 October 2017 (2017-10-15) Round 21 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	2-3	Tampines Rovers	Our Tampines Hub
	Shawal Anuar 8' Yuki Ichikawa 47' Ricardo Sendra 69' Al-Qaasimy Rahman 90'		Fahrudin Mustafic 38' Fazrul Nawaz 72' Fazli Ayob 90' Madhu Mohana 44' Fazli Ayob 90' Khairul Amri 90' Ismadi Mukhtar 87'	Referee: Farhad Mohamed

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) Round 22	Tampines Rovers	3-0	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Shannon Stephen 8' Hafiz Abu Sujad 77' Daniel Bennett 82'			Referee: Jansen Foo

3 November 2017 (2017-11-03) Round 23	Brunei DPMM	0-5	Tampines Rovers	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
			Shahdan Sulaiman 21' Hazwan Hamzah 36' (og) Khairul Amri 45,66' Ivan Dzonin 80' Fazli Ayob 47'	Referee: Muhd Syahir

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) Round 24	Tampines Rovers	0-0	Home United	Our Tampines Hub
	Shannon Stephen 47' Madhu Mohana 73' Ismadi Mukhtar 85' Son Yong Chan 87'		Faris Ramli 37' Stipe Plazibat 52'	Referee: G Letchman

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Albirex Niigata (S)^[a] (C)	24	20	2	2	70	16	+54	62
2	Tampines Rovers	24	17	3	4	48	20	+28	54	Qualification to AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1 or AFC Cup Group Stage
3	Home United	24	15	5	4	58	26	+32	50	Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
4	Geylang International	24	11	3	10	32	37	−5	36
5	Warriors FC	24	9	7	8	33	36	−3	34

Source: S.League^[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
(C) Champions
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.

Singapore Cup

Quarter-final

Win Draw Loss

10 August 2017 (2017-08-10) Quarter Final Leg 1	Tampines Rovers	1-5	Albirex Niigata (S)	Tampines Hub
	Shahdan Sulaiman 90+2' (pen) Son Yong Chan 48' Fahrudin Mustafic 51'		Kento Nagasaki 26, 59' Rui Kumada 33' Shoma Kondo 83' Shoichiro Sakamoto 84' Naofumi Tanaka 80' Koki Sato 81' Takuya Akiyama 90+1'	Referee: Farhad Mohamed

13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) Quarter Final Leg 2	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-0	Tampines Rovers	Jurong East Stadium
	Naofumi Tanaka 30' Ryuya Motoda 45'			Referee: Jansen Foo

Tampines Rovers lost 1-7 on aggregate.

Singapore TNP League Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	DPMM FC	3	2	1	0	11	4	+7	7	Advance to semi-final
2	Geylang International	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Advance to semi-final
3	Balestier Khalsa	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Tampines Rovers	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Source: S.League^[usurped]

Win Draw Loss

8 July 2017 (2017-07-08) Group Stage M1	Tampines Rovers	1-5	Brunei DPMM	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Jamil Ali 67' Syed Haziq 70' Fazli Ayob 73'		Adi Said 14' Hafiz 31' (o.g) Maududi Hilmi Kasmi 41' Azwan Ali 41' Shahrazen Said 48' 12' Najib Tarif 87'	Referee: Jansen Foo

11 July 2017 (2017-07-11) Group Stage M2	Tampines Rovers	1-4	Geylang International	Jurong West Stadium
	Fazli Ayob 63' Ismadi Mukhtar 90'		Ifwat Ismail 53' 64' 85' Amy Recha 69'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

14 July 2017 (2017-07-14) Group Stage M3	Balestier Khalsa	3-0	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Fadli Kamis 30' Hazzuwan Halim 56' Aung Kyaw Naing 86'		Jufri Taha 66' Jamli Ali 70' Ehvin Sasidharan 88'	Referee: W Ravisanthiran

AFC Champions League

Win Draw Loss

Qualifying play-off

24 January 2017 (2017-01-24) Preliminary round 1	Global	2-0	Tampines Rovers	Manila
	Ahamad Azzawi 59' Misagh Bahadoran 73'	^[30]	Khairul Amri	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila Attendance: 1120 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

AFC Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CER	HAN	TAM	FEL
1	Ceres–Negros	6	3	2	1	16	8	+8	11^[a]	Zonal semi-finals	—	6–2	5–0	0–0
2	Hà Nội	6	3	2	1	14	10	+4	11^[a]		1–1	—	4–0	4–1
3	Tampines Rovers	6	2	0	4	8	17	−9	6		2–4	1–2	—	2–1
4	FELDA United	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5		3–0	1–1	1–3	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Hà Nội 1–1 Ceres–Negros, Ceres–Negros 6–2 Hà Nội.

Win Draw Loss

21 February 2017 (2017-02-21) Match Day 1	Tampines Rovers	2-1	Felda United	Singapore
	Son Yong Chan 64' Khairul Amri 83' Izwan Mahbud 90+3'	Report	Fazrul Hazli 86' Ridzuan Abdunloh 39' Farizal Harun 41' Shukor Adan 52' Lucas Cano 90'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,277 Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan) Man of the Match: Son Yong Chan

7 March 2017 (2017-03-07) Match Day 2	Ceres–Negros	5-0	Tampines Rovers	Bacolod
	Iain Ramsay 1' Bienvenido Marañón 24,64' Manuel Ott 38' Fernando Rodríguez 72'	^[31]	Son Yong Chan 86'	Stadium: Panaad Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Kim Woo-Sung (Korea)

15 March 2017 (2017-03-15) Match Day 3	Hà Nội T&T	4-0	Tampines Rovers	Hanoi
	Loris Arnaud 16' Nguyễn Văn Quyết 65' Đỗ Hùng Dũng 89' Gonzalo Marronkle 90+3' (pen)			Stadium: Hàng Đẫy Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

5 April 2017 (2017-04-05) Match Day 4	Tampines Rovers	1-2	Hà Nội T&T	Singapore
	Yasir Hanapi 68' Sahil Suhaimi 74'	Report	Nguyễn Văn Quyết 75' Phạm Văn Thành 90+2'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,565 Referee: Mohammad Hasan Mahmoud Arafah (Jordan) Man of the Match: Nguyễn Văn Quyết

19 April 2017 (2017-04-19) Match Day 5	Felda United	1-3	Tampines Rovers	Selangor
	Norshahrul Idlan 51' 41' Mootaz Jounaidi 22' Shukor Adan 84'		Ivan Džoni 29' Khairul Amri 68,72'	Stadium: Selayang Stadium Attendance: 2,252 Referee: Lau Fong Hei (Hong Kong) Man of the Match: Khairul Amri

3 May 2017 (2017-05-03) Match Day 6	Tampines Rovers	2-4	Ceres–Negros	Singapore
	Yasir Hanapi 25' 60' (pen) Son Yong Chan 15' Shakir Hamzah 27' Fahrudin Mustafić 36' Ismadi Mukhtar 44'	Report	Bienvenido Marañón 6' 23' Fernando 45' (pen) 31' Kota Kawase 66' Martin Steuble 70'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 856 Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria) Man of the Match: Bienvenido Marañón

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[table_note_ALB0.72747249329811-30] 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.

[table_hth_CER0.84025397423667-32] Head-to-head results: Hà Nội 1–1 Ceres–Negros, Ceres–Negros 6–2 Hà Nội.

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