2020 Balestier Khalsa FC season

The 2020 season is Balestier Khalsa's 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

Balestier Khalsa

2020 season
Chairman	S Thavaneson
Head coach	Marko Kraljević
Stadium	Bishan Stadium
Singapore Cup	-
← 2019 2021 →

Squad

Sleague Squad

As of 21 September 2018.

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Zacharial Leong U23		(1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26)	Youth Team	2019	2020
19	Zaiful Nizam >30		(1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 37)	Gombak United	2013	2020
23	Hafiz Ahmad U23		(1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 26)	Project Vaults FC	2021	2021
Defenders
2	Fadli Kamis		(1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 32)	Young Lions FC	2016	2020
3	Jufri Taha >30		(1985-03-04) 4 March 1985 (age 39)	Geylang International	2020	2020
4	Khalili Khalif U23		(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 28)	Home United U21	2018	2020
5	Ensar Brunčević		(1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 26)	FK Spartak Subotica II (T2)	2020	2020
15	R Aaravin		(1996-02-24) 24 February 1996 (age 29)	Warriors FC	2020
18	Ahmad Syahir		(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32)	Youth Team	2013	2020
21	Yeo Hai Ngee		(1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 30)	Warriors FC	2020	2020
32	Danish Uwais U23		(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 27)	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	2020	2020
39	Aiman Zavyan U23		(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 22)	Geylang International U19	2020	2020
45	Christian Chiang Moroni U23		(2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 24)	Hougang United U19	2020	2020
Midfielders
6	Aarish Kumar U23		(1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 25)	Warriors FC	2020	2020
8	Kristijan Krajcek		(1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 31)	NK BSK Bijelo Brdo (T2)	2019	2020
11	Karthik Raj U23		(1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 27)	Youth Team	2020	2020
12	Jordan Efe Okwudili Emaviwe U23		(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23)		2020	2020
17	Zulfadhmi Suzliman		(1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 29)	Tampines Rovers	2020
22	Elijah Lim Teck Yong U23		(2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 23)	Tampines Rovers U19	2020	2020
26	Faizal Raffi		(1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 29)	Warriors FC	2020	2020
Forwards
7	Hazzuwan Halim		(1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 31)	Tanjong Pagar United	2015	2021
9	Shuhei Hoshino		(1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 (age 29)	Busan Transportation FC (T3)	2020	2020
10	Šime Žužul		(1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 29)	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac (T2)	2019	2021
28	Syukri Noorhaizam U23		(1999-12-14) 14 December 1999 (age 25)	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	2020	2020

U19

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
61	Martyn Mun U23		(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 25)	Jungfrau Punggol FC (NFL)	2020	2020
88	Oliver Sim U19		(2001-06-09) 9 June 2001 (age 23)	Home United U19	2020
Defenders
52	Keshav Kumar U23		(2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 24)		2020	2020
59	Syed Harun Alsagaff U23		(2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 (age 24)		2020	2020
63	Azhar Manap U23		(1999-07-22) 22 July 1999 (age 25)	Hougang United	2020	2020
97	Faris Fazlee U23		(2000-03-31) 31 March 2000 (age 24)		2020	2020
Midfielders
55	Azizi Rahman U19		(2000-11-30) 30 November 2000 (age 24)	Youth Team	2020	2020
62	Suriya Ramesh U19			Youth Team	2019	2020
66	Puvan Raj Sivalingam U19		(2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 23)	Youth Team	2020	2020
74	Art Faizal U19			Youth Team	2020	2020
77	Sameer Alassane U19		(2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 (age 24)	Youth Team	2019	2020
	Yann Weishaupt			Project Vaults FC	2020
Forwards

Project Vaults Oxley SC

(deputy chairman, Darwin Jalil is the President for the club)

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Keion Ing			Olympique Gaulois	2019	2020
25	Ameerul Shafiq		(1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 32)	Admiralty FC	2020	2020
Defenders
5	Zairul Rahmat				2019	2020
11	Nordine Talhi		(1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 38)	Admiralty FC	2019	2020
16	Haziq Sudhir			Admiralty FC	2019	2020
18	Hairudin Dahlan			Keppel Bay FC	2019	2020
22	Salihin Shafiee			Yishun Sentek Mariners FC	2019	2020
Midfielders
6	Nazrul Isnin		(1997-02-22) 22 February 1997 (age 28)	Eunos Crescent FC	2019	2020
8	Safwan Ramlan		(1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 34)		2019	2020
10	Maziz Rahman			Free Agent	2020
12	Iftiqar Parizan			Bukit Timah Juniors	2020	2020
14	Helmi Mohd			Bukit Timah Juniors	2020	2020
15	Nurisham Jupri		(1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 29)	Balestier Khalsa	2019	2020
17	Yann Weishaupt			Olympique Gaulois	2020	2020
21	Xavier Boey			Eunos Crescent FC	2020	2020
24	Ganesan Devadas			Free Agent	2020
Forwards
7	Osman Shainin			GFA Sporting Westlake FC	2019	2020
9	Roy Tan			Free Agent	2020
13	Adam Xu		(1983-09-07) 7 September 1983 (age 41)	Balestier Khalsa	2019	2020
23	Fareez Rahman				2019	2020

Coaching staff

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Position	Name
Team Manager	Darwin Jalil
General Manager	Tim Nee Cheng
Head Coach	Marko Kraljević[2]
Assistant Coach	Nasaruddin Jalil
Assistant Coach	Nasruldin Baharuddin
Goalkeeping Coach	Yazid Yasin
Fitness Coach	Rosman Sulaiman
Physiotherapist	Mohamed Nasser
Kitman

Transfer

Pre-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Martyn Mun	Jungfrau Punggol FC	Free [3]
GK	Oliver Sim	Home United U21	Free
DF	Jufri Taha	Geylang International	Free [4]
DF	Ensar Brunčević	FK Spartak Subotica II	Free [5]
DF	Danish Uwais	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	Free
DF	Aiman Zavyan	Geylang International U21	Free
DF	Christian Chiang Moroni	Hougang United U21	Free
DF	Yeo Hai Ngee	Warriors FC	Free
MF	Noor Akid Nordin	Albirex Niigata (S)	Loan Return [6]
MF	Faizal Raffi	Warriors FC
MF	Aarish Kumar	Warriors FC
MF	Zulfadhmi Suzliman	Tampines Rovers	Undisclosed [7]
MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	Tampines Rovers	Free
MF	Karthik Raj	Hougang United
FW	Shuhei Hoshino	Busan Transportation FC	Free [8]
FW	Syukri Noorhaizam	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	Free

Note 1: Noor Akid Nordin returns to the team after the loan and subsequently retires from football.

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Naqiuddin Nodin
GK	Faris Danial
DF	Sufianto Salleh
DF	Sheikh Abdul Hadi
DF	Ahmad Zaki
DF	Fazli Shafie
DF	Nurullah Hussein	Geylang International	Free [9]
DF	Illyas Lee	Warriors FC	Free
MF	Huzaifah Aziz	Tampines Rovers	Free [10]
MF	Daniel Goh	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free [11]
MF	Raihan Rahman	Tanjong Pagar United	Free
MF	Afiq Salman Tan	Retired
MF	Noor Akid Nordin	Albirex Niigata (S)
MF	Max Goh Yi Qi
MF	Sanjin Vrebac	FK Panevėžys
MF	Jonathan Tan	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)

Extension / Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Zaiful Nizam	1 year contract signed in 2019 [12]
GK	Zacharial Leong	1 year contract signed in 2019 [13]
DF	Fadli Kamis	1 year contract signed in 2019 [14]
DF	Ahmad Syahir Sahimi	1 year contract signed in 2019 [15]
DF	Khalili Khalif	1 year contract signed in 2019 [16]
MF	Kristijan Krajcek	1 year contract signed in 2019[17]
FW	Hazzuwan Halim	2 years contract signed in 2019[18]
FW	Šime Žužul	2 year contract signed in 2019[19]

Promoted

Position	Player	Ref

Mid-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Hafiz Ahmad	SAFSA	Free
DF	R Aaravin	Warriors FC
MF	Jordan Efe Okwudili Emaviwe

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

Balestier Khalsa v Projects Vault Oxley FC

18 January 2019 (2019-01-18) 1

Balestier Khalsa

8-0

Projects Vault Oxley FC

Toa Payoh Stadium

Albirex Niigata (S) v Balestier Khalsa

30 January 2020 (2020-01-30) 2

Albirex Niigata (S)

cancelled

Balestier Khalsa

Jurong East Stadium

Balestier Khalsa v Singapore Khalsa Association

1 February 2019 (2019-02-01) 3	Balestier Khalsa	11-0	Singapore Khalsa Association	Toa Payoh Stadium
	o.g.' Šime Žužul 37' 39' Hazzuwan Halim 46' 63' Syukri Noorhaizam 48' Azizi Rahman 72' Shuhei Hoshino 68' 76' 82' Ensar Brunčević 90'

Balestier Khalsa v Perak FA

6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) 4	Balestier Khalsa	1-1	Perak FA	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Shuhei Hoshino 14'		Shahrel Fikri 89'

Albirex Niigata (S) v Balestier Khalsa

13 February 2020 (2020-02-13) 5	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Ryoya Tanigushi 70'

Young Lions v Balestier Khalsa

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19) 6

Young Lions

cancelled

Balestier Khalsa

Jalan Besar Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Balestier Khalsa

20 February 2020 (2020-02-20) 7	Johor Darul Ta'zim	7–0	Balestier Khalsa	Johor, Malaysia
	Diogo Luís Santo 20' 63' 65' Aidil Zafuan 53' Maurício 61' Leandro Velázquez 72' Hazwan Bakri 78'			Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 15 September 2018

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		Total
			Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
2	DF	Fadli Kamis	11(1)	0	0	0	12	0
3	DF	Jufri Taha	2(5)	0	0	0	7	0
4	DF	Khalili Khalif	3	0	0	0	3	0
5	DF	Ensar Brunčević	5	3	0	0	5	3
6	MF	Aarish Kumar	11(1)	0	0	0	12	0
7	FW	Hazzuwan Halim	14	3	0	0	14	3
8	MF	Kristijan Krajcek	13	3	0	0	13	3
9	FW	Shuhei Hoshino	14	4	0	0	14	4
10	FW	Šime Žužul	11(3)	6	0	0	14	6
11	MF	Karthik Raj	5(3)	0	0	0	8	0
12	MF	Jordan Emaviwe	4(2)	0	0	0	6	0
15	DF	R Aaravin	7(1)	1	0	0	8	1
17	MF	Zulfadhmi Suzliman	4(10)	0	0	0	14	0
18	DF	Ahmad Syahir	13	0	0	0	13	0
19	GK	Zaiful Nizam	14	0	0	0	14	0
21	DF	Yeo Hai Ngee	1(7)	0	0	0	8	0
22	MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	4(1)	0	0	0	5	0
26	MF	Faizal Raffi	2(6)	0	0	0	8	0
28	FW	Syukri Noorhaizam	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0
32	DF	Danish Uwais	4	1	0	0	4	1
39	DF	Aiman Zavyan	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0
52	DF	Keshav Kumar	4(4)	0	0	0	8	0
55	MF	Azizi Rahman	0(2)	0	0	0	2	0
77	MF	Sameer Alassane	6(4)	0	0	0	10	0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %

Singapore Premier League

Main article: 2020 Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

Tampines Rovers v Balestier Khalsa

1 March 2020 (2020-03-01) 1	Tampines Rovers	1-0	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	Boris Kopitović 7' Shannon Stephen 19' Jordan Webb 46' Shah Shahiran 57' Zehrudin Mehmedović 86'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino58 Hazzuwan Halim 21' Šime Žužul 45+1' C. Aarish Kumar 60' Faizal Raffi 78' Zulfadhmi Suzliman 84'	Referee: Farhan Mohd Man of the Match: Syazwan Buhari

Balestier Khalsa v Albirex Niigata (S)

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 2	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Bishan Stadium
	Ensar Brunčević 26' Shuhei Hoshino 58' Zaiful Nizam 89' Ahmad Syahir 90+2'	Report	Ryoya Tanigushi 52' Reo Nishiguchi 89' Ryosuke Nagasawa 87'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah Man of the Match: Zaiful Nizam

Young Lions FC v Balestier Khalsa

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14) 3	Young Lions FC	0-2	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong West Stadium
	Harhys Stewart 33' Danish Irfan 74'	Report	Hazzuwan Halim 32' Ensar Brunčević 76' 29' Ahmad Syahir 41' C. Aarish Kumar 45+1' Zulfadhmi Suzliman 62'  71'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Mohd Syarqawi Man of the Match: Hazzuwan Halim

Balestier Khalsa v Hougang United

18 March 2020 (2020-03-18) 4	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Hougang United	Bishan Stadium
	Šime Žužul 38' Shuhei Hoshino 64' Hazzuwan Halim 43' Zaiful Nizam 57'	Report	Stipe Plazibat 48' 57' Fabian Kwok 42' Sahil Suhaimi 90'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Lim Liang Yi Man of the Match: Stipe Plazibat

Tanjong Pagar United v Balestier Khalsa

17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 5 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Tanjong Pagar United	0-1	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Faritz Abdul Hameed 86'	Report	Ensar Brunčević 50' Elijah Lim Teck Yong 45+3' Ahmad Syahir 81' Zaiful Nizam 85'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar Man of the Match: Ensar Brunčević

Geylang International v Balestier Khalsa

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 6 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Geylang International	2-3	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	khairul Nizam 33' 50' Barry Maguire 90+4' Hairul Syirhan 80' (o.g.) 45'	Report	Kristijan Krajcek 60' Hazzuwan Halim 66' Ahmad Syahir 38' Keshav Kumar 58'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Lim Liang Yi Man of the Match: Kristijan Krajcek

Balestier Khalsa v Lion City Sailors

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) 7 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Balestier Khalsa	1-7	Lion City Sailors	Bishan Stadium
	Kristijan Krajcek 63' Faizal Raffi 78'	Report	Stipe Plazibat 10' 27' 31' Song Ui-young 18' Saifullah Akbar 33' Tajeli Salamat 56' Adam Swandi 65'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Juherman Zaiton Man of the Match: Stipe Plazibat

Balestier Khalsa v Tampines Rovers

12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) 8 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Tampines Rovers	Bishan Stadium
	Šime Žužul 45' 55' 55' Ahmad Syahir 18' Keshav Kumar 19' Kristijan Krajcek 41' Fadli Kamis 53' R Aaravin 64' Faizal Raffi 90+3'	Report	Ryaan Sanizal 5' Boris Kopitović 18' (pen.) Syahrul Sazali 90+3'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Muhammad Taqi Man of the Match: Boris Kopitović

Albirex Niigata (S) v Balestier Khalsa

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) 9 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
	Hiroyoshi Kamata 65' Tomoyuki Doi 80' 90' Reo Nishiguchi 84'	Report	Sameer Alassane 77' Kristijan Krajcek 82' Ahmad Syahir 87' Yeo Hai Ngee 88'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Nathan Chan Man of the Match: Ryosuke Nagasawa

Balestier Khalsa v Young Lions FC

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 10 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Balestier Khalsa	1-2	Young Lions FC	Bishan Stadium
	R Aaravin 57' Kristijan Krajcek 39' Fadli Kamis 45'  61'	Report	Jacob Mahler 45+1' (pen.) Ryhan Stewart 86' Harhys Stewart 36' Nur Adam Abdullah 37' Ryhan Stewart 38' Amirul Haikal 75'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Y. Sathyakumar Man of the Match: Ryhan Stewart

Balestier Khalsa v Tanjong Pagar United

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25) 11 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Balestier Khalsa	2-2	Tanjong Pagar United	Bishan Stadium
	Danish Uwais 22' Shuhei Hoshino 32' C. Aarish Kumar 50'	Report	Luiz Júnior 26' Shodai Nishikawa 35'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah Man of the Match: Luiz Júnior

Balestier Khalsa v Geylang International

28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 12 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Balestier Khalsa	2-0	Geylang International	Bishan Stadium
	Kristijan Krajcek 48' Hazzuwan Halim 58' R Aaravin 37' Shuhei Hoshino 90'	Report	Yuki Ichikawa 34' Christopher van Huizen 82'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar Man of the Match: R Aaravin

Hougang United v Balestier Khalsa

2 December 2020 (2020-12-02) 13 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Hougang United	1-2	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Justin Hui 10' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 30' Shawal Anuar 90+4'	Report	Shuhei Hoshino 5' 50' Šime Žužul 76' Hazzuwan Halim 14'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Syarqawi Buhari Man of the Match: Šime Žužul

Lion City Sailors v Balestier Khalsa

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 14 (Rescheduled) [note 2]	Lion City Sailors	5-2	Balestier Khalsa	Bishan Stadium
	Shahril Ishak 20' Saifullah Akbar 34' Danish Uwais 39' (o.g) Song Ui-young 80' 90+2' Rudy Khairullah 66'	Report	Sime Zuzul 41' 88' Ahmad Syahir 47'	Attendance: 0 [note 1] Referee: Jansen Foo Man of the Match: Hafiz Nor

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Lion City Sailors	14	8	3	3	44	18	+26	27	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
4	Geylang International	14	6	2	6	18	22	−4	20
5	Balestier Khalsa	14	5	4	5	22	28	−6	19
6	Hougang United	14	4	3	7	19	24	−5	15
7	Young Lions[a]	14	3	0	11	12	38	−26	9

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

1. The foreign club – Albirex Niigata (S) – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup

Main article: 2020 Singapore Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

See also

• 2017 Balestier Khalsa FC season
• 2018 Balestier Khalsa FC season
• 2019 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Notes

1. Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.
2. The match is postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.