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2018 Tampines Rovers FC season

April 10, 2024

The 2018 S.League season is Tampines Rovers's 23rd season at the top level of Singapore football and 73rd 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.

Tampines Rovers FC
2018 season
Chairman Desmond Ong
Coach Jürgen Raab
GroundOur Tampines Hub
Top goalscorerLeague: Khairul Amri
15 goals
All: Khairul Amri
19 goals
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2019 →

Key events edit

Pre-season edit

On 9/12/2017, it was announced that the team had signed 15 players in the preparation for the 2018 AFC Champions Leagues qualifier against Bali United.[1]

On 25/12/2017, ESPN FC reported that Jordan Webb rebutted the chance to join Portugal League 2 team as he wanted to work with Rabb.[2]

On 12/1/2018, it was reported that Jordan Webb & Ryutaro Megumi will miss the Tampines' ACL playoff due to injury.[3]

On 28/2/2018, Rabb confirmed that Shannon Stephen will be out of the season due to a ligament injury.[4]

Squad edit

Sleague Squad edit

As of 22 April 2018
No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Last club Contract Since Contract End
Goalkeepers
1 Hariz Farid U23   (1997-10-19) 19 October 1997 (age 26) Youth Team 2017 2018
21 Haikal Hasnol U23   (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 28) Youth Team 2017 2020
24 Syazwan Buhari   (1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 31)   Geylang International 2018 2019
Defenders
2 Madhu Mohana   (1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33)   Negeri Sembilan FA 2018 2018
4 Fahrudin Mustafic (captain) >30    (1981-04-17) 17 April 1981 (age 42)   Persela Lamongan 2011 2018
5 Amirul Adli U23   (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 28)   Young Lions FC 2018 2020
12 Shannon Stephen   (1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 29)   Young Lions FC 2017 2020
13 Shameer Aziq U23   (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 28)   Young Lions FC 2018 2018
16 Daniel Bennett >30    (1978-01-07) 7 January 1978 (age 46)   Geylang International 2017 2019
17 Irwan Shah   (1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 35)   Warriors FC 2016 2019
22 Danish Uwais U23   (1999-10-10) 10 October 1999 (age 24) Youth Team 2017 2018
23 Irfan Najeeb U23   (1999-07-31) 31 July 1999 (age 24)   NFA U18 2018 2020
63 Ryhan Stewart U19    (2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 (age 24) Youth Team 2017 2018
Midfielders
6 Safirul Sulaiman   (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 31)   Geylang International 2018 2019
7 Zulfadhmi Suzliman U23   (1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 28) Youth Team 2017 2020
14 Haziq Razzali U23   (1999-07-23) 23 July 1999 (age 24)   NFA U18 2018 2018
18 Yasir Hanapi   (1989-06-21) 21 June 1989 (age 34)   PDRM FA 2018 2020
20 Faizal Raffi U23   (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28) Youth Team 2017 2018
27 Hafiz Sujad   (1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 (age 33)   JDT II 2018 2018
59 Elijah Lim Teck Yong U19   (2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 22)   NFA U17 2018 2018
65 Shah Shahiran U19   (1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 24)   NFA U18 2018 2018
Forwards
9 Ryutaro Megumi   (1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 30)   Aoyama Gakuin University 2017 2019
11 Jordan Webb    (1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 (age 36)   Warriors FC 2018 2020
19 Khairul Amri >30   (1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 (age 39)   Young Lions FC 2017 2020
29 Taufik Suparno U23   (1995-10-31) 31 October 1995 (age 28)   SAFSA 2018 2018
Players loaned out
3 Afiq Yunos   (1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 33)   Home United 2018 2020
8 Shahdan Sulaiman   (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 35)   LionsXII 2016 2020
10 Fazrul Nawaz >30   (1985-04-17) 17 April 1985 (age 38)   Warriors FC 2016 2019

Coaching staff edit

Position Name Ref.
Chairman   Desmond Ong
General Manager   Desmund Khusnin
Head coach   Jürgen Raab
Team manager   Leonard Koh
Assistant coach   Gavin Lee
Goalkeeping coach   William Phang
Physiotherapist   Premjit Singh
Kitman   Goh Koon Hiang

Transfers edit

Pre-season transfers edit

In edit

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK   Syazwan Buhari   Geylang International 2 years contract [5]
DF   Afiq Yunos   Home United 3 years contract [6]
DF   Amirul Adli Azmi   Garena Young Lions 3 years contract [7]
DF   Irfan Najeeb   NFA U18 1 year contract [8]
DF   Madhu Mohana   Negeri Sembilan FA 1 year contract [9]
MF   Shah Shahiran   NFA U18 1 year contract [10]
MF   Safirul Sulaiman   Geylang International 2 years contract [11]
MF   Yasir Hanapi   PDRM FA 3 years contract [12]
MF   Hanafi Akbar   Balestier Khalsa Undisclosed[13]
MF   Haziq Razzali   NFA U18 Undisclosed
FW   Jordan Webb   Warriors FC 3 years contract [14]
FW   Shameer Aziq   Garena Young Lions Undisclosed

Out edit

Note 1: Rafiq Tajudin was initially promoted to the Sleague before being deregistered.

Note 2: Madhu Mohana initially moved to Malaysia before being released and signed with the Stags for the rest of season.

Note 3: Hafiz Sujad initially moved to Malaysia with JDT II before being released and signed with the Stags for the rest of season.

Retained edit

Position Player Ref
FW   Khairul Amri 1) 2 years contract signed in Jan 2017
2) Extend another 3 years in Dec 2017.[26]

Extension edit

Position Player Ref
GK   Haikal Hasnol 3 years contract.[27]
DF   Fahrudin Mustafić 1 year contract.[28]
DF   Daniel Bennett 2 years contract.[29]
DF   Irwan Shah 2 years contract.[30]
DF   Shannon Stephen 3 years contract.[31]
MF   Ryutaro Megumi 2 years contract.[32]
MF   Shahdan Sulaiman 3 years contract.[33]
FW   Fazrul Nawaz 2 years contract.[34][35]

edit

Position Player Ref
GK   Hariz Farid 1 year contract [36]
DF   Ryhan Stewart 1 year contract [37]
DF   Danish Uwais 1 year contract [38]
MF   Zulfadhmi Suzliman 3 years contract [39]
FW   Faizal Raffi 1 year contract [40]
FW   Rafiq Tajudin 1 year contract [41]

Trial edit

Position Player Trial @ Ref

Mid-season transfers edit

In edit

Position Player Transferred From Ref
DF   Hafiz Sujad   JDT II [42]
FW   Taufik Suparno   SAFSA [43]

Out edit

Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF   Afiq Yunos   Geylang International Season loan [44]
MF   Hanafi Akbar Free Agent
FW   Fazrul Nawaz   Hougang United Loan then $50,000 [45]
MF   Shah Shahiran Relegated to U19 squad
DF   Ryhan Stewart Relegated to U19 squad

Extension edit

Position Player Ref
DF   Irfan Najeeb 3 years contract.[46]

Friendlies edit

Pre-Season Friendly edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

6 January 2018 (2018-01-06) 1 Tampines Rovers   2-1   JDT II Jalan Besar Stadium
Ryutaro Megumi  14'
Fazrul Nawaz  75'		 Nicolás Alberto Fernández  85'

Team statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of 29 September 2018
No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup ACL / AFC Cup Total
Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals Apps.  Goals
1 GK   Hariz Farid 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 2 0
2 MF   Madhu Mohana 10(9) 1 2 0 0 0 21 1
4 DF   Fahrudin Mustafic 19 1 1 0 7 0 27 1
5 DF   Amirul Adli 23 4 2 0 6 0 31 4
6 MF   Safirul Sulaiman 2(1) 0 0 0 6 0 9 0
7 MF   Zulfadhmi Suzliman 14(8) 1 1(1) 0 3(4) 0 31 1
9 FW   Ryutaro Megumi 24 4 2 0 5 0 31 4
11 MF   Jordan Webb 22(1) 5 2 1 3(1) 1 29 7
12 DF   Shannon Stephen 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1
13 FW   Shameer Aziq 17(2) 1 1 0 3 0 23 1
14 MF   Haziq Razzali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF   Daniel Bennett 22(1) 1 1(1) 0 7 0 32 1
17 DF   Irwan Shah 16(5) 1 2 0 6 0 29 1
18 MF   Yasir Hanapi 22 2 1 0 5 0 28 2
19 FW   Khairul Amri 16(5) 15 2 2 6(1) 2 30 19
20 MF   Faizal Raffi 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
21 GK   Haikal Hasnol 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
22 DF   Danish Uwais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF   Irfan Najeeb 16 2 2 0 4(2) 1 24 3
24 GK   Syazwan Buhari 24 0 2 0 6 0 32 0
27 MF   Hafiz Sujad 4(8) 0 1(1) 0 0 0 14 0
29 FW   Taufik Suparno 1(3) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 5 0
59 MF   Elijah Lim Teck Yong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
63 DF   Ryhan Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 MF   Shah Shahiran 0(9) 0 0 0 0(4) 0 13 0
Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club
2 MF   Hanafi Akbar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   Afiq Yunos 1(2) 0 0 0 3(3) 0 9 0
10 FW   Fazrul Nawaz 7(6) 4 0 0 4(2) 1 19 5
14 FW   Rafiq Tajudin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
S.League 24 12 4 8 43 27 +16 050.00
AFC Champions League 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00
AFC Cup 6 0 1 5 5 14 −9 000.00
Singapore Cup 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 050.00
Total 33 13 5 15 52 48 +4 039.39

Singapore Premier League edit

Main article: 2018 Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

31 March 2018 (2018-03-31) Round 1 Albirex Niigata (S)   2-1   Tampines Rovers Singapore Sports Hub
1730hrs Taku Morinaga   59'
Shuhei Hoshino   89'		 Mustafic Fahrudin   77' Stadium: Singapore Sports Hub
Attendance: 18942
Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (Singapore)
2 May 2018 (2018-05-02) Round 5 Tampines Rovers   1-0   Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
Irfan Najeeb  49' Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)
26 June 2018 (2018-06-26) Round 6 (Rescheduled) Tampines Rovers   1-0   Home United Our Tampines Hub
Amirul Adli  46' Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)
27 May 2018 (2018-05-27) Round 8 Geylang International   1-2   Tampines Rovers Bedok Stadium
Fairoz Hasan  90'
Faud Ramli  59'		 Ryutaro Megumi  85'
Fazrul Nawaz  90+1'
3 June 2018 (2018-06-03) Round 10 Tampines Rovers   3-1   Garena Young Lions Our Tampines Hub
Yasir Hanapi  19'  27'
Khairul Amri  90+2'		 Ikhsan Fandi  31' Referee: Y.Sathyakumar (Singapore)
9 June 2018 (2018-06-09) Round 11 Hougang United   0-2   Tampines Rovers Hougang Stadium
Faiz Salleh  60'
Syahiran Miswan  79'
Stanley Ng  86'
Illyas Lee  87'		 Fazrul Nawaz  45+1'
Khairul Amri  69'
Shameer Aziq  22'  59'  
Yasir Hanapi  79'
17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) Round 12 Tampines Rovers   2-3   Warriors FC Our Tampines Hub
Khairul Amri  84'
Jordan Webb  88'
Zulfadhmi Suzliman  45'		 Jonathan Béhé  12' (pen)  32'  61'
Ho Wai Loon  69'		 Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)
30 June 2018 (2018-06-30) Round 13 Balestier Khalsa   2-5   Tampines Rovers Toa Payoh Stadium
Hazzuwan Halim  21' (pen)
Akbar Shah  78'		 Irfan Najeeb  9'
Khairul Amri  25'  70'  90+1'
Jordan Webb  90+3'
4 July 2018 (2018-07-04) Round 14 Tampines Rovers   0-2   Brunei DPMM Our Tampines Hub
Volodymyr Pryyomov  40' (pen)  49' Referee: G.Letchman (Singapore)
8 July 2018 (2018-07-08) Round 15 Home United   0-0   Tampines Rovers Bishan Stadium
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Round 16 Albirex Niigata (S)   2-1   Tampines Rovers Jurong East Stadium
Shuhei Hoshino  1'  50' Khairul Amri  87' Referee: Jansen Foo
18 July 2018 (2018-07-18) Round 17 Brunei DPMM   1-1   Tampines Rovers Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Adi Said  58'  13'
Abdul Aziz Tamit  45+1'
Abdul Mu'iz Sisa  80'		 Khairul Amri  45'
Madhu Mohana  72'
Daniel Bennett  80'
Jordan Webb  90+2'		 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Round 18 Tampines Rovers   4-1   Geylang International Our Tampines Hub
Khairul Amri  50'  60'  65' (pen)
Amirul Adli  89'
Daniel Bennett  31'
Zulfadhmi Suzliman  84'		 Fairoz Hasan  33'  79'
Faud Ramli  26'
Afiq Yunos  64'		 Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)
1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) Round 19 Garena Young Lions   2-1   Tampines Rovers Jalan Besar Stadium
Ikhsan Fandi  41'
Irfan Fandi  89'		 Amirul Adli  27' Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (Singapore)
12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) Round 20 Tampines Rovers   1-0   Hougang United Our Tampines Hub
Illyas Lee  12' (o.g) Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (Singapore)
15 August 2018 (2018-08-15) Round 21 Warriors FC   2-1   Tampines Rovers Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Khairul Nizam  57'
Jonathan Béhé  86'  82'
Hafiz Sulaiman  19'
Sahil Sulaiman  79'		 Khairul Amri  20' (pen)
Jordan Webb  75'		 Referee: G.Letchmann (Singapore)
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) Round 22 (Rescheduled) Tampines Rovers   1-0   Balestier Khalsa Our Tampines Hub
Madhu Mohana  39'
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) Round 24 (Rescheduled) Tampines Rovers   1-1   Home United Our Tampines Hub
Khairul Amri  72' (pen)
Madhu Mohana  20'
Shameer Aziq  20'
Shah Shahiran  90+5'		 Shahril Ishak  77'
Song Ui-Young 95
Iqram Rifqi  40'
Abdil Qaiyyim  71'		 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Home United 24 12 7 5 48 36 +12 43 Qualification to
AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1
3 DPMM FC[a] 24 11 8 5 46 38 +8 41
4 Tampines Rovers 24 12 4 8 43 27 +16 40 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
5 Warriors FC 24 7 7 10 32 35 −3 28
6 Balestier Khalsa 24 7 6 11 25 36 −11 27
Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2018. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
  1. ^ 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 ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

AFC Champions League edit

Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs

[47]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Qualifying play-off edit

16 January 2018 (2018-01-16) Preliminary round 1 Bali United   3-1   Tampines Rovers Bali
Fadil Sausu  14'
Ilija Spasojević  61'
Hanis Saghara Putra  90+3'		 Shannon Stephen  42' Stadium: Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura, Japan

AFC Cup edit

Main article: 2018 AFC Cup
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSJ SLN JDT TAM
1   Persija Jakarta 6 4 1 1 13 6 +7 13 Zonal semi-finals — 1–0 4–0 4–1
2   Sông Lam Nghệ An 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10[a] 0–0 — 2–0 2–1
3   Johor Darul Ta'zim 6 3 1 2 8 9 −1 10[a] 3–0 3–2 — 2–1
4   Tampines Rovers 6 0 1 5 5 14 −9 1 2–4 0–2 0–0 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Sông Lam Nghệ An 2–0 Johor Darul Ta'zim, Johor Darul Ta'zim 3–2 Sông Lam Nghệ An.

  Win   Draw   Loss [48]

Group Match edit

10 February 2018 (2018-02-10) Match Day 1 Tampines Rovers   0-2   Sông Lam Nghệ An Singapore
Zulfadhmi Suzliman  53'
Fahrudin Mustafic  90+2'		 Ho Phuc Tinh  49'
Ho Khac Ngoc  71'		 Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,450
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)
28 February 2018 (2018-02-28) Match Day 2 Persija Jakarta   4-1   Tampines Rovers Jakarta
Marko Šimić  12,74,86'
Rezaldi Hehanusa  41'		 Khairul Amri  77' Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
Attendance: 49,056
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)
6 March 2018 (2018-03-06) Match Day 3 Tampines Rovers