2018 Hougang United FC season

The 2018 season is Hougang 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 Singapore Cup.

Squad

S.League Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Zulfairuuz Rudy		(1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 29)	Home United
13	Ridhuan Barudin >30		(1987-03-23) 23 March 1987 (age 37)	Tampines Rovers
18	Khairulhin Khalid		(1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 (age 32)	LionsXII
Defenders
2	Asraf Zahid U23		(1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 (age 24)	Youth Team
3	Gerald Ting U23		(1999-03-03) 3 March 1999 (age 25)	Youth Team
4	Ashrul Syafeeq		(1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 30)	Balestier Khalsa
11	Nazrul Nazari		(1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 33)	LionsXII
15	Illyas Lee U23		(1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 28)	Young Lions FC
17	Faiz Salleh		(1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 31)	Young Lions FC
32	Syaqir Sulaiman		(1986-08-12) 12 August 1986 (age 37)	Warriors FC
59	Jordan Nicolas Vestering U19		(2000-09-25) 25 September 2000 (age 23)	NFA U18
Midfielders
6	Syahiran Miswan		(1994-01-22) 22 January 1994 (age 30)	Home United
8	Jordan Chan U23		(1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 26)	Young Lions FC
10	Stanely Ng		(1992-05-27) 27 May 1992 (age 31)	Geylang International
12	Fabian Kwok		(1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 35)	Tampines Rovers
16	Justin Hui U23		(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 26)	Youth Team
19	Nurhilmi Jasni >30		(1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 37)	Balestier Khalsa
20	Muhaimin Suhaimi U23		(1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29)	Young Lions FC
Strikers
7	Fareez Farhan		(1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 29)	Young Lions FC
9	Antonie Viterale		(1996-07-01) 1 July 1996 (age 27)	Hellas Verona
14	Iqbal Hussain		(1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 30)	Young Lions FC
21	Syukri Bashir U23		(1998-04-11) 11 April 1998 (age 26)	Youth Team
23	Amir Zalani U23		(1996-12-04) 4 December 1996 (age 27)	Home United
24	Shahfiq Ghani		(1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 32)	Geylang International
25	Daniel Goh Ji Xiong U23		(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 24)	Youth Team
26	Jang Jo-yoon		(1988-01-01) 1 January 1988 (age 36)	Gimpo Citizen FC
33	Fazrul Nawaz		(1985-04-17) 17 April 1985 (age 39)	Tampines Rovers
Players loaned out / placed on injury list / left during season
5	Adam Mitter		(1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 31)	Ilocos United
22	Nasrul Taib U23		(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 26)	Youth Team

U19 Team

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
57	Nikesh Singh Sidhu U23			Home United Prime League
Strikers
	Idraki Adnan		(1999-03-13) 13 March 1999 (age 25)	NFA U18

Coaching staff

2018^[1]

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Clement Teo
Assistant coach	Salim Moin
Head of Youth (COE)	Robin Chitrakar
U19 Coach	Winston Yap
U16 Coach	Han Yiguang
Fitness coach	Dirk Schauenberg
Goalkeeping coach	Lim Queen Cher
General Manager	Matthew Tay
Team manager	Clement Teo
Sports trainer	Thomas Pang
Sports trainer	Ryan Wang
Kitman	Wan Azlan

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

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Position	Player	Transferred from	Ref
DF	Ashrul Syafeeq	Hougang United	[2]
DF	Illyas Lee	Garena Young Lions	[2]
DF	Adam Mitter	Ilocos United	[3]
MF	Jordan Chan	Garena Young Lions	[2]
MF	Muhaimin Suhaimi	Garena Young Lions	2 Years contract [2]
MF	Stanely Ng	Geylang International	[2]
FW	Shahfiq Ghani	Geylang International	2 Years contract[4][5]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Delwinder Singh	Warriors FC	[6]
DF	Zulfahmi Arifin	Chonburi	[7]
DF	Atsushi Shirota	Phnom Penh Crown FC	[8][9]
DF	Amer Hakeem	Garena Young Lions	Season loan [10]
DF	Ariyan Shamsuddin	Garena Young Lions	Season loan [11]
DF	Wahyudi Wahid
DF	Ali Hudzafi
DF	Lionel Tan	SAFSA (NFL Club)	Season loan
DF	Shaqi Sulaiman	Balestier Khalsa	[12]
MF	Gareth Low Jun Kit	SAFSA (NFL Club)	Season loan [2]
MF	Prakash Raj	Garena Young Lions	Season loan [2]
MF	Fumiya Kogure	Geylang International	[13]
MF	Azhar Sairudin	Geylang International	[14]
MF	Fairoz Hasan	Geylang International	[15]
MF	Afiq Noor	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Club)	[16]
FW	Pablo Rodríguez

Extension

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Ridhuan Barudin	[17]
GK	Khairulhin Khalid	2 Years contract [18]
GK	Zulfairuuz Rudy	[19]
DF	Faiz Salleh	[20]
MF	Nurhilmi Jasni	[21]
MF	Nazrul Nazari	[22]
MF	Fabian Kwok	[23]
MF	Syahiran Miswan	[24]
FW	Iqbal Hussain	2 Years contract [25]
FW	Fareez Farhan	[26]
FW	Amir Zalani	[27]

Promoted

Position	Player	Ref
DF	Gerald Ting	[28]
DF	Asraf Zahid	[29]
MF	Justin Hui	[30]
MF	Nasrul Taib	[31]
FW	Syukri Bashir	[32]
FW	Daniel Goh Ji Xiong	[33]
FW	Antonie Viterale	[34]

Trial

Mid-season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Syaqir Sulaiman	Tiong Bahru FC
FW	Fazrul Nawaz	Hougang United	$50,000 [35][36]
FW	Jang Jo-yoon	Gimpo Citizen FC	Free [37]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Adam Mitter	Global Cebu F.C.	Free [38]
MF	Nasrul Taib	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Club)	Free

Trial

Position	Player	Trial @	Ref
MF	Joshua de Souza	K.F.C. Vigor Wuitens Hamme KVK Robur

Friendlies

Pre-Season Friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

Hougang United v Singapore Cricket Club (NFL Club)

6 January 2018 (2018-01-06) 1	Hougang United	1-0	Singapore Cricket Club (NFL Club)	Padang
	Justin Hui	Report

Hougang United v Katong FC (NFL Club)

21 January 2018 (2018-01-21) 2	Hougang United	3-0	Katong FC (NFL Club)	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Jordan Chan pen' Fareez Farhan pen' Iqbal Hussain

Hougang United v Rydalmere Lions (NPL 3)

30 January 2018 (2018-01-30) 3	Hougang United	cancelled	Rydalmere Lions (NPL 3)	Jalan Besar Stadium
1700 hours

Hougang United v Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Club)

10 February 2018 (2018-02-10) 4	Hougang United	2-1	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Club)	Hougang Stadium
1700 hours	Adam Mitter Iqbal Hussain

Hougang United v Police SA (NFL Club)

25 February 2018 (2018-02-25) 5	Hougang United	8-0	Police SA (NFL Club)	Hougang Stadium
1700 hours

Hougang United v SAFSA (NFL Club)

3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) 6	Hougang United	cancelled	SAFSA (NFL Club)	Hougang Stadium
1700 hours

Hougang United v Hougang United U-19

10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) 7	Hougang United	5-2	Hougang United U-19	Hougang Stadium
1700 hours

Hougang United v Albirex Niigata (S)

24 March 2018 (2018-03-24) 8	Hougang United	cancelled	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang Stadium
1700 hours

Surabaya Pre-Season Training

Hougang United v Madura United

4 March 2018 (2018-03-04) 1	Hougang United	0-2	Madura United	Gelora Ratu Pamelingan Stadium
2000 hours		Report	Nuriddin Davronov 37' Lamjed Chehoudi 90'

Hougang United v PS Mojokerto Putra

6 March 2018 (2018-03-06) 2

Hougang United

0-2

PS Mojokerto Putra

Gelora Ratu Pamelingan Stadium

Malaysia Pre-season tour

Hougang United v Melaka United

22 March 2018 1	Hougang United	4-4	Melaka United	Hang Jebat Stadium
	Antonie Viterale Muhaimin Suhaimi Shahfiq Ghani

Hougang United v Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.

24 March 2018 2	Hougang United	1-2	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium
	Shahfiq Ghani 83'		Murilo Damasceno 9,15'

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 29 September 2018.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		Total
			Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Zulfairuuz Rudy	4	0	0	0	4	0
2	DF	Asraf Zahid	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	Gerald Ting	4	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF	Ashrul Syafeeq	6(5)	0	0	0	11	0
6	MF	Syahiran Miswan	13(2)	0	2	0	17	0
7	FW	Fareez Farhan	7(12)	3	1	0	20	3
8	MF	Jordan Chan	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	Antonie Viterale	14(5)	1	1(1)	0	21	1
10	MF	Stanley Ng	10(4)	2	0	0	14	2
11	DF	Nazrul Nazari	14(2)	0	1(1)	0	18	0
12	MF	Fabian Kwok	19(3)	3	1	0	23	3
13	GK	Ridhuan Barudin	4(1)	0	2	0	7	0
14	FW	Iqbal Hussain	17(2)	4	2	0	21	4
15	DF	Illyas Lee	21	0	2	0	23	0
16	MF	Justin Hui	13(2)	1	0	0	15	1
17	DF	Faiz Salleh	20	1	2	0	21	1
18	GK	Khairulhin Khalid	16	0	0	0	16	0
19	MF	Nurhilmi Jasni	11(5)	1	1	0	17	1
20	MF	Muhaimin Suhaimi	14(3)	0	2	0	19	0
21	FW	Syukri Bashir	2(6)	0	0(1)	0	9	0
23	FW	Amir Zalani	7(2)	1	0	0	9	1
24	FW	Shahfiq Ghani	8(4)	2	0(2)	0	14	2
25	FW	Daniel Goh Ji Xiong	0(2)	0	0	0	2	0
26	FW	Jang Jo-yoon	5(2)	1	1(1)	0	9	1
32	DF	Syaqir Sulaiman	3(1)	0	0	0	4	0
33	FW	Fazrul Nawaz	4(3)	1	2	0	9	1
57	MF	Nikesh Singh Sidhu	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	DF	Jordan Nicolas Vestering	12	0	2	0	14	0
Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club
5	DF	Adam Mitter	14	1	0	0	14	1
22	MF	Nasrul Taib	1(2)	0	0	0	3	0

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

Garena Young Lions v Hougang United

4 April 2018 (2018-04-04) Round 1	Garena Young Lions	2-0	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Joshua Pereira 34' Taufiq Muqminin 68' Prakash Raj 59'		Antonie Viterale 31' Nurhilmi Jasni 37' Iqbal Hussain 81'

Hougang United v Warriors FC

15 April 2018 (2018-04-15) Round 2	Hougang United	1-1	Warriors FC	Hougang Stadium
	Fareez Farhan 86' (pen) 90' Muhaimin Suhaimi 41' Fabian Kwok 77'		Ho Wai Loon 39' 34' Poh Yi Feng 28' Emmeric Ong 62' Faiz Salleh 77'

Tampines Rovers v Hougang United

18 April 2018 (2018-04-18) Round 3	Tampines Rovers	4-0	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Shameer Aziq 19' Khairul Amri 24' Irwan Shah 67' Jordan Webb 86' Fahrudin Mustafic 83'

Hougang United v Balestier Khalsa

22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) Round 4	Hougang United	1-1	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Iqbal Hussain 48' Fabian Kwok 34' Syahiran Miswan 61' Illyas Lee 85'		Keegan Linderboom 9' Huzaifah Aziz 73'	Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

Hougang United v Home United

2 May 2018 (2018-05-02) Round 5	Hougang United	3-3	Home United	Hougang Stadium
	Iqbal Hussain 57' Adam Mitter 74' Faiz Salleh 78'		Song Ui-young 34' Faritz Abdul Hameed 40' 44' Shahril Ishak 65' Anumanthan Kumar 13' Hafiz Nor 67'

Albirex Niigata (S) v Hougang United

6 May 2018 (2018-05-06) Round 6	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-0	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Kenya Takahashi 75'

Hougang United v Geylang International

12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) Round 7	Hougang United	1-3	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
	Iqbal Hussain 87'		Shawal Anuar 2,45' Azhar Sairudin 75'

Hougang United v Garena Young Lions

19 May 2018 (2018-05-19) Round 8	Hougang United	1-2	Garena Young Lions	Hougang Stadium
	Fabian Kwok 49' Illyas Lee 75' Fareez Farhan 78'		Ikhsan Fandi 57' Naufal Azman 79'

Warriors FC v Hougang United

2 June 2018 (2018-06-02) Round 9	Warriors FC	2-0	Hougang United	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Jonathan Béhé 87' (pen) 90+3' Delwinder Singh 10' Nur Luqman 70' Poh Yi Feng 77' Ho Wai Loon 90+1'		Shahfiq Ghani 10' Fabian Kwok 65' Jordan Nicolas Vestering 86'

Hougang United v Tampines Rovers

9 June 2018 (2018-06-09) Round 10	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'

Balestier Khalsa v Hougang United

17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) Round 11	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Hougang United	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Nurullah Hussein 58' Sheikh Abdul Hadi 84' Hazzuwan Halim 90+4'		Nurhilmi Jasni 73' Illyas Lee 18' Fabian Kwok 23' Justin Hui 82' Khairulhin Khalid 90+4' Jordan Vestering 90+4'

Hougang United v Brunei DPMM

24 June 2018 (2018-06-24) Round 12	Hougang United	1-1	Brunei DPMM	National Stadium, Singapore
	Stanley Ng 23' (pen) Nazrul Nazari 25' Jordan Vestering 42'		Volodymyr Pryyomov 79' Hendra Azam Idris 18' Abdul Aziz Tamit 23'	Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)

Home United v Hougang United

1 July 2018 (2018-07-01) Round 13	Home United	1-0	Hougang United	Bishan Stadium
	Anumanthan Kumar 57' Shakir Hamzah 43'		Syahiran Miswan 8'	Referee: Y.Sathyakumar (Singapore)

Hougang United v Albirex Niigata (S)

4 July 2018 (2018-07-04) Round 14	Hougang United	1-2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang Stadium
	Amir Zalani 88' Syaqir Sulaiman 23' Ashrul Syafeeq 57' Nurhilmi Jasni 59'		Hiroyoshi Kamata 38' Shuhei Hoshino 69' Kenya Takahashi 41' Adam Swandi 90+3'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)

Geylang International v Hougang United

5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) Round 15 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	0-3	Hougang United	Bedok Stadium
	Jasper Chan 52' Anders Aplin 52' Yuki Ichikawa 78'		Justin Hui 36' Fareez Farhan 64' Jang Jo-yoon 87' Syahiran Miswan 45+2' Illyas Lee 53'	Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

Brunei DPMM v Hougang United

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) Round 16	Brunei DPMM	3-2	Hougang United	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Volodymyr Pryyomov 6' Adi Said 63' Shahrazen Said 90' 46' Fakharrazi Hassan 36' Hendra Azam Idris 45+1'		Fabien Kwok 31' 45+1' Fareez Farhan 73' Muhaimin Suhaimi 2' Fareez Farhan 89'

Garena Young Lions v Hougang United

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Round 17	Garena Young Lions	3-0	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Hami Syahin 23' Haiqal Pashia 83' Ikhsan Fandi 90' R Aaravin 10'		Jordan Vestering 38' 83'  Illyas Lee 49'

Hougang United v Warriors FC

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) Round 18	Hougang United	1-2	Warriors FC	Hougang Stadium
	Iqbal Hussain 48' Khairulhin Khalid 79'		Kento Fukuda 17' Jonathan Béhé 78'

Tampines Rovers v Hougang United

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) Round 19	Tampines Rovers	1-0	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Illyas Lee 12' (o.g)			Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (Singapore)

Hougang United v Balestier Khalsa

15 August 2018 (2018-08-15) Round 20	Hougang United	1-2	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Antonie Viterale 26'		Zakir Samsudin 73' Hazzuwan Halim 75'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton (Singapore)

Brunei DPMM v Hougang United

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) Round 21	Brunei DPMM	3-1	Hougang United	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
	Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman 3' 44' 45'		Fazrul Nawaz 49'	Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (Singapore)

Hougang United v Home United

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) Round 22 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	1-2	Home United	Hougang Stadium
	Shahfiq Ghani 62'		Hafiz Nor 34' Song Ui-young 84'

Albirex Niigata (S) v Hougang United

23 September 2018 (2018-09-23) Round 23	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-2	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Adam Swandi 62' Shun Kumagai 52' 86' Shuhei Hoshino 74'		Stanley Ng 14' (pen) Shahfiq Ghani 90+2' 25'

Hougang United v Geylang International

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) Round 24 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	1-1	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
	Fabian Kwok 90+4'		Cameron Ayrton Bell 82'	Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

Singapore Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Hougang United v Albirex Niigata (S)

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29) Quarter Final 1st Leg	Hougang United	0-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang Stadium
	Illyas Lee 70'		Kenya Takahashi 74' 42' Shuhei Hoshino 80'	Referee: G.Letchman (Singapore)

Albirex Niigata (S) v Hougang United

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) Quarter Final 2nd Leg	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-0 (3–0 agg.)	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Taku Morinaga 42' 71' Shuhei Hoshino 55' Kenya Takahashi 76'		Jordan Vestering 23' Fazrul Nawaz 30' Illyas Lee 40' Muhaimin Suhaimi 72' Fabian Kwok 76' Iqbal Hussain 90+2'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)

Hougang United lost 3-0 on aggregate.

References