Home defeat Muda

In a season where Home United title chances has faded then come back and faded again, the Protectors reignited it again as they defeated, a previously undefeated, Harimau Muda 2-1 thanks to goals from Shotaro Ihata and Frederic Mendy.

Ahmad Hazwan had score for the Malaysians.

In another match, Gombak beat Hougang 2-1 with goals from Jung Hee Bong and Hafiz Rahim while Hougang only goal came from Mamadou Diallo.

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Hafiz Rahim, Mustaqim Manzur (Fareez Farhan), K Vikraman (Nur Naiim Ishak), Christopher Anderson, Jung Hee Bong, Julien Durand (Fairoz Hasan)

Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Hasree Zais, Syaqir Sulaiman, Lau Meng Meng (C), Ante Barac, Jordan Webb, Fazli Jaffar (Basit Hamid), Faizal Amir, Nurhilmi Jasni, Sobrie Mazelan (Ignatius Ang), Mamadou Diallo
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Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK), Jeremy Chiang, Kenji Arai, Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Franklin Anzite, Shi Jia Yi (C), Firdaus Idros, Nor Azli Yusoff, Shotaro Ihata, Frederic Mendy, Indra Sahdan (Qiu Li)

Tampines crush Geylang in Eastern Derby

Tampines Rovers destroyed Geylang United 5-1 in the Eastern Derby

This was the Stags 30th Eastern Derby win and it came about thanks to Duric, who net a hat-trick, Ahmed Fahmie and Fahrudin Mustafic who all contributed goals.

Jozef Kaplangot the Eagles only goal

In other matches, SAFFC was held 2-2 by Woodlands Wellington, Balestier Khalsa defeat Albirex Niigata (S) 2-1, Brunei DPMM defeat Courts Young Lions 1-0.

Moon Soon Ho got both Rams goals with Mislav Karoglan and Ruzaini Zainal replying for the Warriors.

Kunihiro Yamashita got the White Swans goal while Zulkiffli Hassim and Park Kang Jinscore for the Bulls.

Bruneian Azwan Saleh got the only goal in the DPMM-Cubs game.

Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Fabien Larry Lewis, Daniel Hammond (C), Edward Tan, Armanizam Dolah (Aloysius Yap), Guntur Djafril, Shamsurin Abd Rahman (Oswind Suriya), Han Yiguang, Farizal Basri (Andy Ahmad), Goh Swee Swee, Moon Soon Ho

SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Razaleigh Khalik, Noh Rahman (Erwan Gunawan), Bah Mamadou, Daniel Bennett (C), Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Ruzaini Zainal (Zulfadli Zainal Abidin), Shukor Zailan, Fazrul Nawaz, Mislav Karoglan
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Balestier Khalsa
Joey Sim (GK), Yusiskandar Yusop (Chang Jo Yoon), Hamqaamal Shah, Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Ridwan Jamil (Tengku Mushadad), Ruhaizad Ismail, Goran Subara, Park Kang Jin, Zulkiffli Hassim, Patrick Paranjody (Poh Yi Feng)
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CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Al-Qaasimy Rahman (Tajeli Salamat) , Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Aqhari Abdullah (Faris Ramli), Benjamin Lee (Shamil Sharif), Anumanthan Kumar, Sherif El-Masri, Jonathan Toto
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Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Salim Rahim, Shahril Alias, Mubarak Ahamad (Ishak Zainol), Zul Elhan Fahmi, Rhema Obed, Michael King (Amy Recha), Ang Zhi Wei, Jozef Kaplan, Nurhazwan Norasikin (Jalal), Mun Seung Man

Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK) (Hafez Mawasi), Anaz Hadee, Jufri Taha, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic, Sazali Salleh, Imran Sahib (Ali Hudzaifi), Ahmed Fahmie, Aleksandar Duric (C) (Fazil Zailani), Gligor Gligorov

Warriors fall to Muda

SAFFC continued their inconsistent form to the season as they fall 1-2 to Harimau Muda.

All season wrong there was something wrong about the Warriors defending as they failed to keep out goals and this happen yet again.

Late goals from Wan Zack Haikal and Ahmad Hazwan gave the Malaysian side all 3 points.

Shimpei Sakurada score in between them.

In the other match, Courts Young Lions played out to a 1-1 draw with Balestier Khalsa.

Faris Ramli (CYL) and Patrick Paranjody (Balestier) score the goals.

SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Noh Rahman, Bah Mamadou, Daniel Bennett (C), Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Ruzaini Zainal (Erwan Gunawan), Shukor Zailan, Fazrul Nawaz, Mislav Karoglan
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CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Al-Qaasimy Rahman, Faritz Abdul Hameed (C), Sirina Camara, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Faris Ramli (Tajeli Salamat), Shamil Sharif (Hafiz Abu Sujad), Aqhari Abdullah (Sufianto Salleh), Benjamin Lee, Anumanthan Kumar, Jonathan Toto

Balestier Khalsa
Joey Sim (GK), Yusiskandar Yusop (Andrew Tan), Hamqaamal Shah, Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Tengku Mushadad, Goran Subara, Park Kang Jin, Poh Yi Feng (Ruhaizad Ismail), Chang Jo Yoon (Ridwan Jamil), Patrick Paranjody

Tampines defeat Home 2-0

It was a game Tampines had to win to kickstart their stuttering title challenge and win they did.

They defeated fellow challenger Home United 2-0 with goals from Duric and Ahmed Fahmie.

In other matches, Tanjong Pagar United defeated Geylang United 1-0 showing the Eagles last win was a false dawn while Brunei DPMM crushed Gombak United 3-0 and Hougang won 3-1 against Woodlands.

Hafiz Osman scored in the Jaguars-Eagles match while Basiru Osman, an own goal and Shahrazen Said got the goals in the Brunei game.

Jordan Webb (2) and Stanislav Vidakovic got the goals for Hougang while Goh Swee Swee reply for the Rams

Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK), Jeremy Chiang, Kenji Arai, Franklin Anzite, Shi Jia Yi (C), John Wilkinson, Nor Azli Yusoff (Hafiz Nor), Shotaro Ihata, Frederic Mendy, Qiu Li, Indra Sahdan

Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Anaz Hadee, Jufri Taha, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic, Sazali Salleh (Ahmed Fahmie), Imran Sahib (Ali Hudzaifi), Davor Piskor, Aleksandar Duric (C), Gligor Gligorov
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TPUFC
Shamsudin Hashim (GK), Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C), Jonathan Xu, Asraf Rashid (Hanafi Salleh), Takaya Kawanabe, Sudhershen Hariram (Azhar Ahmad), Syed Karim (Serge Souchon), Aliff Shafaein, Jang Injun, Lee Joo Sang

Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Salim Rahim, Shahril Alias, Mubarak Ahamad (Amy Recha), Syed Fadhil, Rhema Obed, Michael King, Ang Zhi Wei (Mathew Shiva), Jozef Kaplan, Nurhazwan Norasikin, Mun Seung Man (Jalal)
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Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Fabien Larry Lewis, Daniel Hammond (C), Edward Tan, Vincent Lee (K Sathiaraj), Han Yiguang (Armanizam Dolah), Shamsurin Abd Rahman, Farizal Basri (Aloysius Yap), Goh Swee Swee, Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil

Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Hasree Zais, Lau Meng Meng (C), Stanislav Vidakovic, Ante Barac, Jordan Webb (Ridhwan Osman), Fazli Jaffar, Faizal Amir, Nurhilmi Jasni (Basit Hamid), Mamadou Diallo, Sobrie Mazelan (Ignatius Ang)
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Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Christopher Anderson, Hafiz Rahim, Mustaqim Manzur, K Vikraman (Fareez Farhan), Nur Naiim Ishak (Julien Durand), Jung Hee Bong (Samuel Benjamin)

Home defeat Albirex 4-2

Home United set their title hope back on track as they defeated 1 of the pace setter Albirex Niigata (S) 4-2 to gain on them.

A brace from Frederic Mendy as well as goals from Qiu Li and Shotaro Ihata set them on the way to victory.

Kamimura Sho reply for the White Swans with 2 goals

In other matches, Gombak United drew 0-0 with Woodlands Wellington while Harimau Muda defeat Courts Young Lions 3-1 with a hat-trick from Nazmi Faiz and Tampines were held to a 1-1 draw by Hougang.

Jonathan Toto got the Cubs only goal.

Benoit Croissant (Tampines) and Mamadou Diallo (Hougang) got the goals.

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Christopher Anderson, Mustaqim Manzur, Nur Naiim Ishak, Jung Hee Bong, Julien Durand (Hafiz Rahim), Samuel Benjamin (K Vikraman)

Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Fabien Larry Lewis, Daniel Hammond (C), K Sathiaraj, Vincent Lee (Edward Tan), Han Yiguang, Shamsurin Abd Rahman, Farizal Basri (Andy Ahmad), Goh Swee Swee, Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil
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CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Al-Qaasimy Rahman, Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Faris Ramli (Sufianto Salleh), Shamil Sharif, Aqhari Abdullah, Benjamin Lee, Jonathan Toto (Haniff Sadique)
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Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Anaz Hadee, Jufri Taha, Benoit Croissant, Ali Hudzaifi (Davor Piskor), Ismadi Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic, Sazali Salleh (Ahmed Fahmie), Jamil Ali (Fazil Zailani), Aleksandar Duric (C), Gligor Gligorov

Hougang United
Ridzuan Hasan (GK), Hasree Zais, Lau Meng Meng (C), Stanislav Vidakovic, Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin, Jordan Webb, Fazli Jaffar (Basit Hamid), Faizal Amir, Nurhilmi Jasni (Ridhwan Osman), Mamadou Diallo ( Ignatius Ang)
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Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK), Jeremy Chiang, Franklin Anzite, Shi Jia Yi (C), John Wilkinson, Firdaus Idros, Nor Azli Yusoff, Shotaro Ihata, Frederic Mendy, Qiu Li (Sofiyan Abdul Hamid), Indra Sahdan

Geylang end their terrible streak

Coming into the match after a 2-0 win five days earlier against Woodlands Wellington with goals from Kim Minho and Ruhaizad Ismail, Balestier Khalsa must be feeling confident.

Especially as they were on a run of 3 win from the opening 5 matches but were they in for a shock as Geylang United took all 3 points and ended their miserable run of 4 straight defeats.

Rhema Obed, Michael King and Jozef Kaplan got for the Eagles while Tigers skipper Paul Cunningham gave their only reply.

In other matches, Harimau Muda drew all their matches in meeting with fellow foreign sides.

First it was 0-0 with Albirex Niigata (S) and then 1-1 with DPMM Brunei.

Gary Robbat (Harimau Muda) and Rodrigo Grahl (Brunei DPMM) scored in the game.

The Warriors continue on their winning path with a 3-1 win against TPUFC

Daniel Bennett, Mislav Karoglan and Shimpei Sakurada got the goals.

Takaya Kawanabe scored the Jaguars only goal.

Balestier Khalsa
Joey Sim (GK), Hamqaamal Shah, Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Tengku Mushadad, Ridwan Jamil, Goran Subara, Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha (Zulkiffli Hassim), Andrew Tan (Ruhaizad Ismail), Kim Minho (Poh Yi Feng)

Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Duncan Elias, Fabien Larry Lewis, Daniel Hammond (C), K Sathiaraj (Vincent Lee), Armanizam Dolah (Farizal Basri), Guntur Djafril (Aloysius Yap), Shamsurin Abd Rahman, Goh Swee Swee, Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil
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Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Salim Rahim, Shahril Alias, Syed Fadhil, Zul Elhan Fahmi, Rhema Obed, Michael King, Ang Zhi Wei (Jalal), Jozef Kaplan, Basil Teo (Hassan Aziz), Mun Seung Man (Rizawan Abdullah)

Balestier Khalsa
Joey Sim (GK), Hamqaamal Shah, Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Tengku Mushadad, Ridwan Jamil (Patrick Paranjody), Goran Subara, Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha, Ruhaizad Ismail (Poh Yi Feng), Kim Minho (Andrew Tan)
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TPUFC
Fajar Sarib (GK), Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C), Jonathan Xu, Azhar Ahmad (Serge Souchon), Zahid Ahmad, Asraf Rashid, Takaya Kawanabe, Aliff Shafaein, Jang Injun, Lee Joo Sang

SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Razaleigh Khalik (Noh Rahman), Bah Mamadou, Daniel Bennett (C), Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Ruzaini Zainal, Shukor Zailan, Fazrul Nawaz (Seiji Saito), Mislav Karoglan

SAFFC finally win but it was a near thing

SAFFC finally get their win after beating Courts Young Lions 4-3.

But once again question have to be ask of their defence as they were ahead 3-0 and 4-1 but nearly lost it as the Cubs scored late on.

Mislav Karoglan, Saito Seiji and Shimpei Sakurada had already given SAFFC a 3-0 lead before Toto pulled one back for the Cubs.

Fazrul Nawaz restored the 3-goal lead and it look all over but somehow SAFFC nearly mess it up.

Toto got another goal and Benjamin Lee added the Cubs third but that was all they could muster in the end.

In another match, Brunei DPMM thrashed Geylang United 4-1

Shahrazen Said, Tales Dos Santos, Basiru Osman and Helmi Zambin scored for the Brunei side while Jozef Kaplan reply for the Eagles.

SAFFC
Hassan Sunny (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Noh Rahman, Daniel Bennett (C), Eddie Chang, Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Ruzaini Zainal (Razaleigh Khalik), Seiji Saito (Shukor Zailan), Mislav Karoglan, Fazrul Nawaz (Erwan Gunawan)

CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Al-Qaasimy Rahman, Faritz Abdul Hameed (Shamil Sharif), Sirina Camara, Tajeli Salamat (Sheikh Abdul Hadi), Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Faris Ramli, Aqhari Abdullah (Shahfiq Ghani), Benjamin Lee, Sherif El-Masri, Jonathan Toto
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Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Salim Rahim, Shahril Alias, Syed Fadhil, Ishak Zainol, Rhema Obed, Michael King, Ang Zhi Wei (Mubarak Ahamad), Jozef Kaplan, Hassan Aziz (Zul Elhan Fahmi), Mun Seung Man (Rizawan Abdullah)

Tampines and Home victorous

Both Tampines and Home won their matches by similar score.

Home United won 2-1 against Hougang with goals from Qiu Li and Shotaro Ihata while Stanislav Vidakovic got Hougang goal.

Tampines Rovers also won 2-1 against TPUFC with goals from Ismadi Mukhtar and Jamil Ali.

Tanjong Pagar goal came from  Takaya Kawanabe.

Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Syaqir Sulaiman (Hasree Zais), Lau Meng Meng (C), Stanislav Vidakovic, Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin, Ridhwan Osman (Jordan Webb), Fazli Jaffar (Basit Hamid), Faizal Amir, Nurhilmi Jasni (Sobrie Mazelan), Mamadou Diallo

Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK), Jeremy Chiang (Firdaus Idros), Kenji Arai, Franklin Anzite, Shi Jia Yi (C), John Wilkinson, Nor Azli Yusoff (Masrezwan Masturi), Shotaro Ihata, Frederic Mendy, Qiu Li, Indra Sahdan
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Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Anaz Hadee (Ali Hudzaifi), Jufri Taha, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic, Jamil Ali, Davor Piskor (Fazil Zailani), Ahmed Fahmie (Sazali Salleh), Aleksandar Duric (C), Gligor Gligorov

TPUFC
Fajar Sarib (GK), Delwinder Singh (C), Jonathan Xu, Azhar Ahmad, Zahid Ahmad, Asraf Rashid (S Vikneshwaran), Takaya Kawanabe, Serge Souchon (Hanafi Salleh), Aliff Shafaein (Syed Karim), Jang Injun, Lee Joo Sang

Home get first win in style

It took a while but Home finally got their first win and what a win it was.

After 3 straight draw, the Protectors got their win against Geylang United with a 7-1 thumping.

Shotaro Ihata helped himself to 4 goals and Frederic Mendy got 2 with 1 more being an own goal.

Michael King got Geylang only goal.

As for the other match, Brunei DPMM ended Albirex Niigata (S) perfect start with a 2-1 win in Brunei.

Subhi Abdilah and Rodrigo Grahl got DPMM goals while Sho Kamimura reply for the White Swans.

Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Mubarak Ahamad, Syed Fadhil, Zul Elhan Fahmi (Mathew Shiva), Ishak Zainol (Khairulnizam Jumahat), Jalal, Rhema Obed, Michael King, Jozef Kaplan, Hassan Aziz, Faizal Samad (Ahmad Suhaimi)

Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK), Jeremy Chiang, Kenji Arai (Masrezwan Masturi), Franklin Anzite, Shi Jia Yi (C), John Wilkinson, Nor Azli Yusoff, Shotaro Ihata, Frederic Mendy, Qiu Li (Firdaus Idros), Indra Sahdan

Champions crush Woodlands

Champions Tampines finally open their account as a hat-trick from, who else but, Aleksandar Duric and a rare goal from Fahrudin Mustafic saw the Eastern side crush Woodlands Wellington at Clementi.

In other matches, Balestier defeated Hougang 1-0 with a goal from Zulkiffli Hassim and Gombak United defeat TPUFC 3-0 with goals from Mustaqim Manzur, Samuel Benjamin and Julien Durand

Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Syaqir Sulaiman, Lau Meng Meng (C), Stanislav Vidakovic, Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin, Jordan Webb, Fazli Jaffar (Nurhilmi Jasni), Faizal Amir (Basit Hamid), Sobrie Mazelan (Ignatius Ang), Mamadou Diallo

Balestier Khalsa
Joey Sim (GK), Hamqaamal Shah (Poh Yi Feng), Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Tengku Mushadad, Ridwan Jamil, Goran Subara, Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha, Zulkiffli Hassim (Ruhaizad Ismail), Kim Minho (Patrick Paranjody)
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TPUFC
Fajar Sarib (GK), Delwinder Singh (C), Jonathan Xu, Azhar Ahmad (Hanafi Salleh), Zahid Ahmad, Asraf Rashid, Takaya Kawanabe, Serge Souchon (Abdul Rahim), Aliff Shafaein, Jang Injun (Haidhar Raffick), Lee Joo Sang

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Mustaqim Manzur (Hafiz Rahim), K Vikraman, Christopher Anderson, Nur Naiim Ishak (Fairoz Hasan), Jung Hee Bong, Julien Durand, Samuel Benjamin (Shafuan Sutohmoh)
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Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Anaz Hadee, Jufri Taha, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic (Syaiful Iskandar), Imran Sahib (Sazali Salleh), Jamil Ali (Davor Piskor), Ahmed Fahmie, Aleksandar Duric (C), Gligor Gligorov

Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Duncan Elias, Fabien Larry Lewis, Daniel Hammond (C), K Sathiaraj, Armanizam Dolah, Guntur Djafril (Aloysius Yap), Shamsurin Abd Rahman, Goh Swee Swee (Andy Ahmad), Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil

Uniform Derby thriller

It was a thriller as much as it was unexpected.

With an hour gone it should have been game over for SAFFC who was starting at a third defeat in a row to start their 2012 season.

Down by two goals thanks to Qiu Li and Shotaro Ihata, they were goner but no one told them that script as they rally back in the last quarter.

Fazrul Nawaz was the instigator as he came off the bench to notch two goals with Tatsuro Inui adding another in between.

But Home was no quitter in that  time with Qiu Li also notching another goal.

In the end nobody could land that sucker punch and 3-3 was the fair result in a game that lit up in the final quarter.

In the other match, it was also a draw as Balestier Khalsa and Gombak United play out to a 1-1 game.

Park Kang Jin score for Balestier while Mustaqim Manzur notch for Gombak.

Balestier Khalsa
Joey Sim (GK), Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Tengku Mushadad, Ridwan Jamil, Ruhaizad Ismail (Hamqaamal Shah), Goran Subara, Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha, Chang Jo Yoon (Patrick Paranjody), Zulkiffli Hassim (Poh Yi Feng)

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Hafiz Rahim (Samuel Benjamin), Mustaqim Manzur, K Vikraman, Christopher Anderson, Nur Naiim Ishak (Fairoz Hasan), Jung Hee Bong, Julien Durand
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SAFFC
Hassan Sunny (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin (Fazrul Nawaz), Razaleigh Khalik, Noh Rahman, Bah Mamadou, Daniel Bennett (C), Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Seiji Saito (Shukor Zailan), Mislav Karoglan, Erwan Gunawan (Ruzaini Zainal)

Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK), Jeremy Chiang, Kenji Arai, Franklin Anzite, Shi Jia Yi (C), John Wilkinson, Firdaus Idros, Masrezwan Masturi (Kairuldin Ishak (Hafiz Nor)), Frederic Mendy ( Shotaro Ihata), Qiu Li, Indra Sahdan

Albirex remain perfect

Albirex Niigata (S) remain perfect as they defeated another previously perfect team Woodlands Wellington.

The Rams lost that record after their 2 win from 2 as they went down 0-1 to the White Swans

Yamakoshi Yasuhiro got the winner in injury-time for the Japanese side.

In other matches, Harimau Muda defeated TPUFC 3-0 while Hougang won 2-0 against Geylang United.

Syahrul Azwari, Gary Robbat and Thamil Arasu got the goals for Muda

Jordan Webb and Ignatius Anggot the goals for Hougang.

Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Duncan Elias, Fabien Larry Lewis, Daniel Hammond (C), K Sathiaraj, Armanizam Dolah, Guntur Djafril (Farizal Basri), Shamsurin Abd Rahman, Goh Swee Swee, Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil
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TPUFC
Shamsudin Hashim (GK), Hafiz Osman, Jonathan Xu, Hanafi Salleh, Zahid Ahmad, Asraf Rashid, Takaya Kawanabe (C), Serge Souchon, Syed Karim (Delwinder Singh), Jang Injun, Lee Joo Sang
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Hougang United
Ridzuan Hasan (GK), Syaqir Sulaiman (Hasree Zais), Lau Meng Meng (C), Stanislav Vidakovic, Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin, Jordan Webb, Faizal Amir, Nurhilmi Jasni (Fazli Jaffar), Basit Hamid (Ignatius Ang), Mamadou Diallo

Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Shahril Alias, Mubarak Ahamad (Mathew Shiva), Ishak Zainol, Jalal (Ang Zhiwei), Rhema Obed, Michael King, Syed Fadhil (Salim Rahim), Jozef Kaplan, Hassan Aziz, Rizawan Abdullah

Warriors suffered worst start ever

Eight-time champions SAFFC have suffered their worst start to a season as they lost their second match in a row.

Brunei DPMM defeated them 2-1 and once again the Warriors backline failed to click as they conceded goals at curial point in the match.

Basiru Osman gave the Brunei side the lead and the Warriors came back in the second period with Inui Tatsuro getting the equaliser but they conceded late in the game to give DPMM all 3 points.

Shahrazen Said got the winner

In the other match, it cannot be more different as Woodlands Wellington won their second match.

They defeated Geylang United 3-1 at Woodlands Stadium.

Hussein Akil, Goh Swee Swee and Moon Soon Ho got the goals for the Rams with Danial Razalireplying for the Eagles.

Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Duncan Elias, Daniel Hammond (C), K Sathiaraj, Vincent Lee, Armanizam Dolah, Guntur Djafril (Farizal Basri), Shamsurin Abd Rahman, Goh Swee Swee (Andy Ahmad), Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil 

Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Shahril Alias, Mubarak Ahamad, Zul Elhan Fahmi, Rhema Obed, Michael King, Syed Fadhil, Ang Zhi Wei (Danial Razali), Jozef Kaplan,  Faizal Samad (Nurhazwan Norasikin), Rizawan Abdullah (Mathew Shiva)
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SAFFC
Hassan Sunny (GK), Razaleigh Khalik (Erwan Gunawan), Noh Rahman, Bah Mamadou, Daniel Bennett (C), Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Seiji Saito (Ruzaini Zainal), Shukor Zailan, Fazrul Nawaz, Mislav Karoglan

Albirex crushed TPUFC and Hougang do same to Cubs

Albirex Niigata (S) destroyed TPUFC 4-1 and Hougang United did the same to Courts Young Lions winning by 3-0.

Sato Masatake, Yamakoshi Yasuhiro (2) and Soya Toshikazu had scored for the White Swans with Hafiz Osman scoring for the Jaguars.

Sobrie Mazelan, Jordan Webb and Stanislav Vidakovic scored for Hougang United.

TPUFC
Fajar Sarib (GK), Hafiz Osman (Hanafi Salleh), Delwinder Singh (C), Jonathan Xu, Azhar Ahmad, Asraf Rashid, Takaya Kawanabe, Serge Souchon, Jang Injun, Lee Joo Sang, Abdul Rahim (S Vikneshwaran)
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CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Al-Qaasimy Rahman, Faritz Abdul Hameed, Tajeli Salamat, Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Faris Ramli, Aqhari Abdullah (Shahfiq Ghani), Gray Loo (Sirina Camara), Benjamin Lee, Sherif El-Masri, Jonathan Toto (Haniff Sadique)

Hougang United
Ng Jia Fa (GK), Syaqir Sulaiman, Lau Meng Meng (C), Stanislav Vidakovic, Ante Barac (Ridhwan Osman), Azhar Sairudin (Basit Hamid), Jordan Webb, Faizal Amir, Nurhilmi Jasni, Sobrie Mazelan (Fazli Jaffar), Mamadou Diallo

Balestier shock Tampines

Balestier Khalsa shocked Tampines Rovers by defeating them 1-0 and leave the 2011 champions with only 1 point from their opening 2 matches.

Ruhaizad Ismail got the winner 4 minutes from full time.

In the other match, Home once again fail to win as they drew 1-1 with Gombak United.

Franklin Anzite scored for Home while Mustaqim Manzur reply for Gombak.

Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK), Jeremy Chiang, Kenji Arai, Franklin Anzite, Shi Jia Yi (C), John Wilkinson, Firdaus Idros, Rhysh Roshan Rai (Qiu Li), Masrezwan Masturi (Hafiz Nor), Shotaro Ihata, Frederic Mendy 

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Christopher Anderson, Mustaqim Manzur, K Vikraman (Fareez Farhan), Nur Naiim Ishak (Fairoz Hasan), Jung Hee Bong, Samuel Benjamin (Amin Rossady)
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Balestier Khalsa
Joey Sim (GK), Hamqaamal Shah (Andrew Tan), Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Ridwan Jamil,Tengku Mushadad, Goran Subara, Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha, Zulkiffli Hassim (Ruhaizad Ismail), Kim Minho (Patrick Paranjody)

Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Anaz Hadee, Jufri Taha, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic, Imran Sahib, Jamil Ali , Davor Piskor (Ahmed Fahmie), Aleksandar Duric (C), Gligor Gligorov (Sazali Salleh)

Brunei play to draw with Champions on their return

Brunei DPMM show on their return, after a two-year break due to FIFA suspension, they are not here to make up the number.

They held the Champions to a 2-2 draw in Brunei.

The Brunei side had taken the lead twice thank to Basiru Osman and Ivan Jerkovic but was pipped back each time with Fahrudin Mustafic and Jamil Ali getting the goals for the Stags

In the other match, Woodlands Wellington defeated Courts Young Lions at Jalan Besar thanks to Korean Moon Soon Ho goal. 

CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Al-Qaasimy Rahman, Faritz Abdul Hameed, Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Aqhari Abdullah (Neil Vanu), Gray Loo, Benjamin Lee, Shahfiq Ghani, Haniff Sadique (Faris Ramli), Sherif El-Masri, Sufianto Salleh (Shamil Sharif)

Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Duncan Elias, Fabien Larry Lewis, Daniel Hammond (C), K Sathiaraj, Guntur Djafril, Han Yiguang (Farizal Basri (Farhan Hairoddin)), Shamsurin Abd Rahman, Goh Swee Swee (Andy Ahmad), Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil
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Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Anaz Hadee, Jufri Taha, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic, Imran Sahib, Jamil Ali (Hairulnazri Hanafi), Davor Piskor (Ahmed Fahmie), Aleksandar Duric (C), Gligor Gligorov (Ali Hudzaifi)

Home held, Warriors fall

Uniform favourite Home United and SAFFC both failed to win their opening matches.

Home United drew 0-0 with Balestier Khalsa while SAFFC fall to Albirex Niigata 3-2.

The Warriors were a disaster at the back - despite 3 of their back 4 being former or current internationals - going down 3-0 within an hour with Musashi Okuyama and Soya Toshikazu, who notch a brace, scoring.

They got two goals back thanks to Mislav Karoglan and Shukor Zailan but they had just too much to do.

Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK), Jeremy Chiang, Kenji Arai, Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Franklin Anzite, Firdaus Idros, Rhysh Roshan Rai, Masrezwan Masturi, Hafiz Nor (Shaheer Afiq), Shotaro Ihata, Frederic Mendy (C)

Balestier Khalsa
Joey Sim (GK), Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Ridwan Jamil, Ruhaizad Ismail (Andrew Tan), Tengku Mushadad, Goran Subara, Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha, Chang Jo Yoon (Patrick Paranjody), Zulkiffli Hassim (Hamqaamal Shah)

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SAFFC
Hassan Sunny (GK), Razaleigh Khalik, Noh Rahman, Bah Mamadou, Daniel Bennett (C), Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Ruzaini Zainal, Shukor Zailan, Fazrul Nawaz, Marin Jonjic

Muda open their account

Harimau Muda have open their account in the S-league in their debut match against Gombak United.

They defeated the Bulls 2-0 with goals from  Thamil Arasu and Wan Zaharulnizam

In the other match Hougang United drew 1-1 with TPUFC

Jordan Webb (Hougang) and Takaya Kawanabe (TPUFC) got the goals.

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Shafuan Sutohmoh (Christopher Anderson), Adrian Dhanaraj (Samuel Benjamin), Mustaqim Manzur, K Vikraman, Fairoz Hasan, Fareez Farhan, Jung Hee Bong

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Hougang United
Ridzuan Hasan (GK), Hasree Zais, Lau Meng Meng (C), Stanislav Vidakovic, Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin, Jordan Webb Fazli Jaffar (Basit Hamid), Faizal Amir, Nurhilmi Jasni, Sobrie Mazelan (Ignatius Ang)

TPUFC
Fajar Sarib (GK), Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C), Jonathan Xu, Zahid Ahmad (Nazri Jaffar), Asraf Rashid, Takaya Kawanabe, Azlan Alipah (Hanafi Salleh), Syed Karim, Jang Injun, Lee Joo Sang

Starhub League Cup - Group D

Starhub League Cup

Group Stage 

Tampines Rovers 3-1 Woodlands Wellington

Scorer: Jamil Ali, Aleksandar Duric (2) / Aloysius Yap

Tampines Rovers

Sasa Dreven (GK), Anaz Hadee (Ahmed Fahmie), Jufri Taha, Ali Hudzaifi, Ismadi Mukhtar (Sazali Salleh), Ahmad Latiff (Hairulnazri Hanafi), Imran Sahib, Jamil Ali, Noh Alam Shah, Aleksandar Duric, Gligor Gligorov

Woodlands Wellington
Ang Bang Heng (GK), Danny Chew, Duncan Elias, Daniel Hammond (C), Zulkarnain Malik, Armanizam Dolah (Aloysius Yap), Guntur Djafril (Omar Ismail), Farizal Basri (Oswind Suriya), Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil, Neil Vanu

Starhub League Cup

Group Stage 

Woodlands Wellington 1-1 Gombak United

Scorer: Daniel Hammond / Walid Lounis

Woodlands Wellington

Ang Bang Heng (GK), Danny Chew, Duncan Elias, Daniel Hammond (C), Zulkarnain Malik, Han Yiguang, Aloysius Yap (Oswind Suriya), Goh Swee Swee (Armanizam Dolah), Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil (Farizal Basri), Neil Vanu 

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Iqbal Hamid Hussain, Adrian Dhanaraj, Hafiz Rahim (Christopher Anderson), Mustaqim Manzur (Jung Hee Bong), K Vikraman, Fairoz Hasan (Julien Durand)

Starhub League Cup

Group Stage 

Gombak United 1-1 Tampines Rovers

Scorer: Julien Durand / OG

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Adrian Dhanaraj, Hafiz Rahim (Zulfadhli Emran), K Vikraman (Fuad Jufri), Christopher Anderson, Julien Durand, Samuel Benjamin (Jung Hee Bong)

Tampines Rovers

Sasa Dreven (GK), Jufri Taha, Ali Hudzaifi (Anaz Hadee), Fahrudin Mustafic, Sazali Salleh, Ahmad Latiff, Imran Sahib (Ahmed Fahmie), Jamil Ali (Fazil Zailani), Noh Alam Shah, Aleksandar Duric, Gligor Gligorov

Starhub League Cup - Group C

Starhub League Cup

Group Stage 

Home United 1-0 Courts Young Lions

Scorer: Firdaus Idros

Home United

Lionel Lewis (GK) (C), Jeremy Chiang, Kenji Arai, Rosman Sulaiman (Shi Jia Yi), Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Firdaus Idros (Rhysh Roshan Rai), Masrezwan Masturi (Franklin Anzite), Nor Azli, Shotaro Ihata, Qiu Li, Indra Sahdan

CYL

Syazwan Buhari (GK), Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Fazli Ayob (Shahfiq Ghani), Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Aqhari Abdullah, Zulfahmi Arifin, Benjamin Lee (Nazrul Nazari), Sherif El-Masri (Syafiq Zainal), Jonathan Toto

 Starhub League Cup

Group Stage 

Courts Young Lions 1-2 Hougang United

Scorer: Hafiz Abu Sujad / Mamadou Diallo, Azhar Sairudin 

CYL

Syazwan Buhari (GK), Faritz Abdul Hameed (Syafiq Zainal), Sirina Camara, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Aqhari Abdullah (Shamil Sharif), Zulfahmi Arifin (Fazli Ayob), Nazrul Nazari, Shahfiq Ghani, Sherif El-Masri, Jonathan Toto 

Hougang United
Ridzuan Hasan (GK), Hasree Zais, Syaqir Sulaiman, Lau Meng Meng (C), Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin (Ridhwan Osman), Fazli Jaffar, Basit Hamid (Nurhilmi Jasni), Sobrie Mazelan, Fazly Hasan (Faizal Amir), Mamadou Diallo

Starhub League Cup

Group Stage 

Hougang United 0-2 Home United

Scorer: Indra Sahdan (2) 

Hougang United
Ridzuan Hasan (GK), Syaqir Sulaiman, Lau Meng Meng (C), Azhar Sairudin (Mamadou Diallo), Ridhwan Osman, Jordan Webb, Faizal Amir, Nurhilmi Jasni, Sobrie Mazelan (Benedict Chua), Ignatius Ang, Farhan Rahmat (Hwang Kok Chang)

Home United

Lionel Lewis (GK) (C), Kenji Arai, Rosman Sulaiman, Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Franklin Anzite (Jeremy Chiang), Shi Jia Yi, Firdaus Idros (Qiu Li), Masrezwan Masturi, Nor Azli, Shotaro Ihata (Indra Sahdan), Frederic Mendy

Starhub League Cup - Group B

Starhub League Cup

Group Stage 

Albirex Niigata (S) 2-0 Balestier Khalsa

Scorer: Yamakoshi Yasuhiro (2) 

Balestier Khalsa

Zakariah Nerani (GK), Yusiskandar Yusop (Poh Yi Feng), Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta,  Ruhaizad Ismail, Shafuan Sutohmoh, Goran Subara, Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha (Hamqaamal Shah), Zdravko Dragicevic, Zulkiffli Hassim (Tengku Mushadad)

 Starhub League Cup

Group Stage 

Balestier Khalsa 1-3 Geylang United

Scorer: Kim Minho / Jozef Kaplan, Nurhazwan Norasikin, Michael King

Balestier Khalsa
Zakariah Nerani (GK), Yusiskandar Yusop (Poh Yi Feng), Hamqaamal Shah (Ruhaizad Ismail), Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Tengku Mushadad (Shafuan Sutohmoh), Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha, Zdravko Dragicevic, Zulkiffli Hassim, Kim Minho

Geylang United

Ridhuan Barudin (GK), Shahril Alias, Jala, Stefan Milojevic, Michael King (H Panuwat), Syed Fadhil (C), Shah Hirul, Ang Zhi Wei (Ishak Zainol), Jozef Kaplan, Nurhazwan Norasiki (Amy Recha), Fabian Kwok

Starhub League Cup

Group Stage
Geylang United 2-0 Albirex Niigata (S)

Scorer: Stefan Milojevic, Shah Hirul

Geylang United

Ridhuan Barudin (GK), Shahril Alias, Ishak Zainol, Stefan Milojevic (Hassan Aziz), Michael King (Amy Recha), Syed Fadhil (C), Shah Hirul, Ang Zhi Wei, Jozef Kaplan, Nurhazwan Norasiki, Fabian Kwok (Rizawan Abdullah)

Starhub League Cup - Group A

Starhub League Cup

Group Stage 

SAFFC 3-0 TPUFC

Scorer: Aliff Shafaein (2), Marin Jonjic 

SAFFC

Rezal Hassan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Daniel Bennett (C), Marin Vidosevic, Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Ruzaini Zainal (Eddie Chang), Shukor Zailan, Fazrul Nawaz (Matthew Abraham), Aliff Shafaein (Erwan Gunawan), Marin Jonjic

TPUFC

Fajar Sarib (GK), Anthony Aymard, Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C), Jonathan Xu, Hanafi Salleh, Zahid Ahmad (Hafiz Nor), Asraf Rashid, Carlos Delgado, Takaya Kawanabe, Gilbert Bayonne

Starhub League Cup

Group Stage 

TPUFC 0-1 Brunei DPMM

Scorer: Subhi Abdilah 

TPUFC

Fajar Sarib (GK), Anthony Aymard, Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C), Azhar Ahmad (Syed Karim), Zahid Ahmad, Asraf Rashid, Hafiz Nor, Carlos Delgado, Takaya Kawanabe, Gilbert Bayonne

# Starhub League Cup

Group Stage 

Brunei DPMM 0-2 SAFFC

Scorer: Fazrul Nawaz, Aliff Shafaein

SAFFC

Rezal Hassan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin (Noh Rahman), Daniel Bennett (C), Marin Vidosevic, Eddie Chang (Razaleigh Khalik), Shimpei Sakurada, Ruzaini Zainal (Hafsyar Farkhan), Shukor Zailan, Fazrul Nawaz, Aliff Shafaein, Marin Jonjic

# : Neutral Ground

Philippines side march on

Philippines side Loyola Meralco Sparks have reached the semi-final of the RHB Singapore Cup after defeating Myanmar side KBZ 5-3 overall in the quarter-final.

Sparks goals in the first leg came from the Younghusband brothers, James and Philipps, who each got a goal, and Mark Andrew Hartmann.

Soe Min Oo got KBZ goal in the first leg.

In the second leg, James Younghusband grab another goal along with Jake Tabal Morallo

Samuel Agyeman Hanson and Khaing Zaw Tun reply for the Myanmar team.

Champions are knock out by Uniform rival

The Warriors emerged victors in the Uniform Derby in the RHB Singapore Cup.

They had almost not make it until the last 5 minutes of the second leg when Inui Tatsuro, the man who had score the winner in the first leg, scored yet another vital goal to make it 3-3 on the night and 5-4 overall.

Indeed, it was that close as Home United, as defending champions, fought all the way by taking the lead twice after going behind to a Shimpei Sakurada strike.

First, Frederic Mendy got them back on level almost immediately and after that, before the break, the Protectors took the lead thanks to Franklin Anzite.

The Warriors came back thanks to last season top scorer Mislav Karoglan but Mendy, who was a competitor in the scoring chart last season and this, shot the Protectors back into the lead again.

However the Warriors had the final word on the night.

In the first leg, SAFFC had won 2-1 and, apart from Inu, the other goal was an own goal with the Protectors goal coming from Shi Jia Yi.

Home United
Nazri Sabri (GK), Kenji Arai, Rosman Sulaiman (Jeremy Chiang), Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Franklin Anzite, Shi Jia Yi (C), John Wilkinson (Shotaro Ihata), Nor Azli Yusoff, Frederic Mendy, Qiu Li, Indra Sahdan (Firdaus Idros)

SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Razaleigh Khalik, Daniel Bennett (C), Marin Vidosevic, Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Shukor Zailan, Aliff Shafaein (Ruzaini Zainal), Mislav Karoglan, Fazrul Nawaz

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SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Razaleigh Khalik (Noh Rahman), Daniel Bennett (C), Marin Vidosevic, Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Shukor Zailan, Aliff Shafaein (Ruzaini Zainal), Mislav Karoglan (Erwan Gunawan), Fazrul Nawaz 

Home United

Nazri Sabri (GK), Kenji Arai, Rosman Sulaiman (Firdaus Idros), Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Franklin Anzite, Shi  Jia Yi (C), Nor Azli Yusoff, Frederic Mendy, Qiu Li, Indra Sahdan (John Wilkinson), Song Ui Young

Bulls rally back in second leg to knock Hougang out

Gombak United reach the semi-final of the RHB Singapore Cup for the first time ever as they rally back to defeat Hougang United 3-2 overall.

Having last 1-2 in the first leg back at Jurong West, the Bulls faced elimination from the RHB Singapore Cup once again in the quarter-final stage but this time they did not let themselves down and let it happen.

The Bulls defeated Hougang 2-0 to stage a 3-2 win.

They now faced SAFFC in the semi-final match-up

Julien Pierre Durand had scored for them in both leg with Hafiz Rahim getting the goal in the second.

Jordan Webb and Ante Barac got Hougang goals.

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Adrian Dhanaraj, Hafiz Rahim (Fairoz Hasan), Mustaqim Manzur (Jung Hee Bong), K Vikraman,Christopher Anderson, Julien Pierre Durand (Iqbal Hamid Hussain) 

Hougang United

Ridzuan Hasan (GK), Syaqir Sulaiman, Lau Meng Meng (C), Stanislav Vidakovic, Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin (Hasree Zais), Jordab Webb, Fazli Jaffar (Sobrie Mazelan), Faizal Amir (Basit Hamid), Fazly Hasan, Mamadou Diallo

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Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Hasree Zais, Syaqir Sulaiman, Lau Meng Meng (C), Stanislav Vidakovic, Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin, Fazli Jaffar, Basit Hamid (Sobrie Mazelan), Fazly Hasan, Mamadou Diallo

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein (Hafiz Rahim), Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Iqbal Hamid Hussain (Jung Hee Bong), Adrian Dhanaraj (Amin Rossady), Mustaqim Manzur , K Vikraman,Christopher Anderson, Julien Pierre Durand

Stags knocked out White Swans

Tampines Rovers have knocked out 2011 Singapore Cup finalist Albirex Niigata (S) 4-1 on aggregate.

The Stags defeated White Swans 2-1 in the first leg in Jurong East and then went on to finish the job back at Tampines with another 2-0 win.

Jufri Taha and Ahmad Latiff net for the Stags in the first leg while Sead Hadzibulic and Jamil Ali got the goals in the return leg.

Yamakoshi Yasuhiro netted the only goal for Albirex Niigata (S).

Tampines Rovers

Sasa Dreven (GK), Jufri Taha, Anaz Hadee, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Ahmad Latiff, Sead Hadzibulic (Sazali Salleh), Imran Sahib, Ahmed Fahmie (Jamil Ali), Aleksandar Duric (C), Gligor Gligorov

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Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Jufri Taha, Anaz Hadee, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Ahmad Latiff, Sead Hadzibulic (Hairulnazri Hanafi), Imran Sahib, Jamil Ali (Ahmed Fahmie), Aleksandar Duric (C) (Sazali Salleh), Gligor Gligorov

RHB Singapore Cup 2012 first round

RHB Singapore Cup 2012 Round One

SAFFC  (5) 1-1 (4) Balestier Khalsa

Scorer:  Mislav Karoglan / Kim Minho

SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Razaleigh Khalik (Prakash Manikam), Bah Mamadou, Daniel Bennett (C), Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Shukor Zailan, Mislav Karoglan, Fazrul Nawaz, Erwan Gunawan (Eddie Chang (Hafsyar Farkhan))

Balestier Khalsa
Zakariah Nerani (GK), Yusiskandar Yusop, Hamqaamal Shah, Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Ruhaizad Ismail, Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha, Zulkiffli Hassim, Kim Minho, Muhaymin Salim

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RHB Singapore Cup 2012 Round One
Tampines Rovers 4-3 Phnom Penh Crown

Scorer: Aleksandar Duric (2), Jamil Ali, Imran Sahib / Khim Borey, Kouch Sokumpheak (2)

Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Anaz Hadee, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic, Ahmad Latiff, Imran Sahib, Ahmed Fahmie (Ali Hudzaifi), Aleksandar Duric (C), Gligor Gligorov, Jamil Ali (Sazali Salleh)

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RHB Singapore Cup 2012 Round One
Brunei DPMM 0-1 Home United

Scorer: John Wilkinson

Home United

Lionel Lewis (GK) (C), Jeremy Chiang, Kenji Arai, Rosman Sulaiman (Indra Sahdan), Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, John Wilkinson, Firdaus Idros (Hanafi Ghazali), Rhysh Roshan Rai, Masrezwan Masturi, Nor Azli Yusoff, Qiu Li

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RHB Singapore Cup 2012 Round One
Loyola Meralco Sparks 2-1 Geylang United

Scorer: Mark Andrew Hartmann, Min Ho Park / Michael King

Geylang United

Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Mubarak Ahamad, Ishak Zainol (Khairulnizam Jumahat), Jala, Rhema Obed, Michael King, Syed Fadhil, Ang Zhiwei (Shah Hirul), Jozef Kaplan, Rizawan Abdullah (Amy Recha), Mun Seung Man

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RHB Singapore Cup 2012 Round One
KBZ FC 2-1 Woodlands Wellington

Scorer: Soe Min Oo, Tercio Nunes Machado / Moon Soon Ho 

Woodlands Wellington

Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Danny Chew, Duncan Elias, Fabien Larry Lewis, Daniel Hammond (C), Shamsurin Abd Rahman, Aloysius Yap, Farizal Basri (Han Yiguang), Goh Swe Swee (K Sathiaraj), Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil (Edward Tan)

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RHB Singapore Cup 2012 Round One
Gombak United 3-0 Harimau Muda B

Scorer: Christopher Anderson, Fairoz Hasan, K Vikraman

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Hafiz Rahim, Mustaqim Manzur (Jung Hee Bong), K Vikraman, Fairoz Hasan, Christopher Anderson, Fareez Farhan (Amin Rossady), Julien Durand (Fuad Jufri)

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RHB Singapore Cup 2012 Round One
TPUFC (4) 1-1 (3) Hougang United

Scorer: Hafiz Osman / Mamadou Diallo

TPUFC
Fajar Sarib (GK), Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C), Jonathan Xu, Azhar Ahmad, Hanafi Salleh, Zahid Ahmad, Takaya Kawanabe, Serge Souchon (Seah Si Hao(S Vikneshwaran)), Is Hafizuddin (Asraf Rashid), Jang Injun

Hougang United

Ridzuan Hasan (GK), Hasree Zais, Lau Meng Meng (C), Syaqir Sulaiman, Stanislav Vidakovic, Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin (Faizal Amir), Jordan Webb (Faizal Amir), Fazli Jaffar (Basit Hamid), Fazly Hasan, Mamadou Diallo
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RHB Singapore Cup 2012 Round One

  Albirex Niigata (S) 1-0 Yotha FC

Scorer: Sato Masatake

Home fall at last 16 stage

Home United lost 0-3 in the last 16 against Syrian side Al-Shorta

The Protectors had to play away in the one-leg tie as they had finished second in their group behind Thai side Chonburi.

Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK) (C), Jeremy Chiang (Indra Sahdan Daud), Arai Kenji, Rosman Sulaiman, Franklin Anzite, John Wilkinson, Shotaro Ihata, Rhysh Roshan Rai (Firdaus Idros), Masrezwan Masturi, Nor Azli Yusoff, Frederic Mendy

Plate Cup created

There will be changes to the Starhub League Cup.

First of all the prize money has gone up with the winner now getting S$25k.

Next the group stage will make a return and the12 teams will be divide into 4 group of 3 and the top 2 teams reach the quarter-final stage. 

For the last-placed team, a 'new' competition will be created.

It will be known as the Plate Cup 

The winner of this 'new' competition will receive S$5k 

No direction from FAS - Goal commentators

Although Goal website flashed the header as a talk on match-fixing in ASEAN, it was much more as they also went into detail into about Singapore football.

Before all that, the talk on match-fixing with Duric asked about the chances of it happening in the S-league and Malaysia Super League (as our GRC president team is there) (MSL), he reply claiming he believed S-league is most likely the cleanest league in the region as it was pro-active against it.

For those who do not know, as such information have been revealed before, the players received a contract at the start of every season that informed them the Corruption Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) have a right to call them up if needed and they have to go through a lie-defector after matches.

After that, it was the turn of MSL with Neil Humphreys - ever the person who want a answer to such a question - quoting FIFA head of security which noted 60%-70% of MSL games may be fixed thus asking  Duric if it may be so.

Duric noted a few of the LIONXII games (although he gave no name, team or date as it is all only 'speculating' and they explain that) where he believed the Malaysian sides did not give their all - like the now-famous ex-Terengganu custodian done in his own game - and one of the other commentators had also burled out the Sabah game, may have a chance. 

With that part finished, it was onto the other part which I will be writing about and the header of this post.

They wanted to talk about the current state of Singapore football which was at a low after the Philippines result last week and they all generally agreed it was as a result of a lacked of direction from the top (in other words, our GRC man) at FAS at this moment.

Indeed, host Jason Dasey noted about GOAL 2010 and while it may have failed, it did give Singapore football direction and had prod FAS towards international football during that period.

He felt FAS should go back to that direction and make international football meaning the National Team as the mainstay of Singapore football.

As of now he does not feel it is so and Duric agreed as he noted

1. The National team are not training and playing together as much now 
2. They are facing the same team too many times and not enough of them are tough teams
3. The next generation cannot step up as they lacked the experience as there is not enough games (Want to say yesterday POV - How about aiming your gun at your boss, the culprit, for once, Raddy,  I noted our entire batch of youngsters from Under-17 until Under-23 have no aim at all and this period they should have been gaining all those experience Duric desire)

With that they moved to LIONXII as Jason commented this may be a result because FAS has focused too much on that project and asked Duric if it was so.

Duric admitted at the start, naively, he thought LIONXII will boast Singapore football as claimed by our GRC man but now he know it is not so as indeed too many focus is on that team and it is killing the rest of Singapore football. (I just to say to Duric, it was expected as I never trusted them)   

Thus the Tampines man believed next season FAS will have to make a decision for the good of the S-league as it is too late to save this season. (In other words, choose but lucky or not it will be a new man and having lived through such a PAP man, I am not sure I can trust another)

It is at this point the talk go into what FAS want and the header you see now.

They all generally agreed FAS has no direction as it seem to want everything but it has achieved nothing as it does not have the resources to achieve that

Neil noted FAS was still struck in the mindset of 60s to 70s like it was back in Scotland where beating England was all it matter and he quoted an example that after beating England in 67, Scotland asked for the World Cup as they have achieved world standard.

But it was not so as the Scots have never reached the knockout stage of a major competition.

He does not want Singapore to be like that anymore and Malaysia no longer matter in world football as nobody noticed them. (or even us as some want to believe)

That why he asked FAS to make a decision and it should be the national team.

I want to say something before going on because Neil will give an example later about taxi-drivers, who after a certain age, across both causeway that still watch Singapore and Malaysia football and for me, that is important as it is after a certain age and people should note the younger generation across both sides has indeed forgotten even the Malaysia Cup TNP loved so much.

Indeed, earlier this year even although SPH and MediaCorp worked so hard to promote LIONXII, it is not difficult to find out most who are following are after a certain age as noted by Neil and that is why just after Chinese New Year, only a month later after the good start, LIONXII attendances started falling.

Sooner or later, if FAS is only focused on LIONXII then England problem will surface as MSL will never have the same lure as international football.

Indeed so for the commentators agreed the standard is not there and that is why Malaysian Super League themselves faced a falling attendances from their own fans as the taxi-drivers example was quoted.



Thus that was why Duric was asked what was his answer to help S-league and the 42-year-old feel A-league was a good example to look at as before that the National Soccer League was facing the type S-league was facing but now it is much better under the new league structure.

Is this the solution?

I do not know but I know next year is pivot because after 4 years of leaderless leadership we may have a leader as leader as there is now totally no direction from FAS as noted by the Goal commentators and until there is, the standard will keep falling as they say.

Duric want to be Tampines fitness coach

Aleksandar Duric has revealed his plans for next year in a podcast with Goal website.

There will be no international football anymore for the 42-year-old with the end-year Suzuki Cup his swansong but the S-league may see him for another year as a part-time player.

The job he really want is to be Tampines Rovers fitness coach and he has pass the word to the club management.

The club, up to now, have not given him any direction yet if they will agreed.

However, it will be good for all concern as readers will know I still support the Beep Test because many players are still not taking care of their fitness and if they want it gone then they need to take care of it as good as Duric (which many are not)

Indeed, the host, Jason Dasey, noted Duric is still amazing fit at his age and if the next generation of players at Tampines come under his charge, they will 'suffer' (it benefit as he was making a joke) for it.

Response to Raddy comments from Shahril Jantan

Here is a GOAL report which has SAFFC custodian Shahril Jantan responding to National coach Raddy comments to the Straits Times.

The former international expressed shock at the Serbian's comment as he told Goal.com: "As a professional footballer that has seen the S.League since its inception in 96 and making my debut in 2000, I was taken aback by his statement.”

“I have seen and played with many talented young local players and several of them have gone on to become full internationals. But having said that, many more has been left unnoticed and were not given a chance to prove their worth and potential.”

 “We never know if those that have been ignored would have gone on to become an important player in the national set up. We never lack potential players, it’s just that these players lack the opportunity to shine.”

Former Member of Parliament, Maidin Packer also expressed his view in the article.

How about aiming your gun at your boss, the culprit, for once, Raddy

It seem Raddy cannot go a week without me asking him why he does not aim for his boss; the culprit of the trouble.

Is Raddy that desperate to please his boss that no matter what, he will blamed everybody else 

First of all, let looked at an old Viewpoint article - Forcing clubs will do nobody any good - and asked if that problem had been solved.

Indeed our current FAS President promised to look at the problem yet looking at the date of the article, it has been over 18 months and FAS is still paying clubs only $100k for their centres of excellence (COEs).

Let break it down - $100k for both Under-18 and Under-16, meaning 40 players, and I am not including their coaches.

That is only $2500 per player and divided by month, it is $208.3 for the youth development of our players.

Can you produced a player on that amount and I do not need him to be as good as Hariss.

If you can, I will be generous and give an extra 10% so you get $230. 

So it has been the clubs who has been paying for all the youth development, as the amount FAS give is unlikely to cover any cost, yet until now FAS still do not respect that

That why we come to another point which has been raised by Balestier Khalsa vice-chairman Thavaneson Selvaratnam last year about the problem of how FAS is asking (in turth poaching) for their Under-23 players without any form of compensation.

Do you expect clubs to spend money to develop players just so that FAS can get them whenever they want.

Before going on, I will say clubs are developing players but it is at an older age so FAS will not poach those players for let looked at Balestier, they constantly rebuild and other clubs do come to look their players so it is clear they do produced players of a certain quality but without more security from FAS, do not expect much more.

Going onwards, how about let say you win the Suzuki Cup at the end of the year and yet people remind you deserve no credit because it is all Sundram credit, will you stand for it.

Maybe if you get a big fat contract and in the same situation, club management will not mind - After all FAS have been claiming such credits since forever - if they get some type of payment as there are bills to pay as let me remind you, $208.3 do not pay for anything.

After all that, let go into the role of an Football Association (FA) in youth development as honestly, youth development is one of the main role of an FA as pointed out in the first link which French Football Federation (FFF) played a major part in their.

However in Singapore, I would like to point out from Under-17 onwards until nearly Under 23, there is no development of any form.

Indeed, FAS is only focus on Under-15 and Under-16 because of the Lions City Cup but outside of that there is nothing for the rest of the youth group. 

People like to claim National Service (NS) is the hindrance but let remember people do not enlist until they are 18 and it is for 2 years but there is a gap of 6-7 years when youths have nothing to aim for.

It is worse than NS and all I see for the past few years is the media (SPH and MediaCorp) and FAS working together to boast they have a great development programme as they bring in some foreign expert who will always express what great development they have.

For me it is meaningless as one, those people are only here for a few hours to a few days so how can they assess anything and two, it is the same thing as for the now forgotten Strategic Plan which was praised to the sky by AFC to FIFA.

Yes, I save the best for last as your boss promised a National Training Centre (NTC) in Singapore by the end of his reign and with less than 6 months to go until his departure, not a single word about it from FAS or our dear SPH media.

It was to have been his crown jewel, remember, as he wanted to be known as the man for youth development but what has he done to get the land (Any land as I never wish for Farrer Road for I am a pragmatic man)

If it happen anywhere but in Singapore, people will be reminding our soon-to-depart FAS President of his failure for UK guardian has lambasted the English FA ex-chairman for over a decade for never fulfilling the promise of a Football Academy in their time.

However, like the SPH media, you seem to forget your boss is suppose to be the top man in charge of any youth development as that is what an FA do and as FAS President, what has he done.

So the next time you aim your gun, Raddy, please do not forget your boss, the man of broken promises, for let asked where is the NTC now.

P.S. If you can develop a player with only $208.3, please step forward to do the job as I can tell you all the clubs in the world will want you for they spend many times that amount.

Still scratching each other back

Yet to read the reactions of supporters after the 2-0 defeat against Philippines at Jurong West a few hours ago but yet one can easily image what it will be like.

As for me, I have not changed any of my stance since the last POV article - You scratch my back and I scratch yours - and that is the national team need to play more international games than what we experienced in recent years since our Toa Poyah-Bishan GRC man took charge.

However I want to expand on my last POV article as I noted a debate in Kallangroar about S-league vs Malaysia Super League (MSL) back in June and it remind me of a long-gone Raddy who, in the past, had always seek for his side to play ever more international games.

The reason was he believed, with no disrespect to East Asian second-tier league (which include S-league and MSL), East Asian second-tier league do not provide enough games to test the national players.

I have never disagree with that point as I noted in the past that only the games involving the S-league Big 3 - SAFFC, Home United and Tampines Rovers - themselves provide a test to the players and the quality stay out from the rest.

Even with the three round format of last year, it was only 9 games per year and it is not enough.

At the same time, the old Raddy also noted the gulf in standard between the West and East for the second-tiers and games against most of the clubs (it does not need to be their national team) from West Asia was as good as an international against an East Asian national team from the second tier.

Indeed, the AFC Cup barred out such facts as it grouped all the second tier leagues in Asia.

West Asia have not just dominated they have murder the East as all eight champions are from the West and if that is not embarrassing enough, this is also the same for all the finalists.

If that is not enough proof, the I-league (Indian football league for those who do not know) who have played in both region showcased that ever more clearly.

The two times I-league saw their teams reached the knockout stage they were grouped in the East while in the West, they will be delighted to get any win against their foes and is certainly not thinking that far ahead.

Yet such matters no longer seem to concern Raddy as he seem more interested to scratch his boss back at every opportunity based on the indication of the pre-match press conference.

"I am happy that the LionsXII campaign in the Malaysia Cup will (also) bring about some positive results in that a vast number of the players are also in the national side.

After eight months of playing together, I am sure they will gel as a unit, which will make my job easier."

Surely, an experienced coach like Raddy can spot the difference, not just in standard, but also play between Philippines and the MSL sides as PKNS and the two Johor teams do not even send a player to the Malaysia national team while Philippines reach the last Suzuki Cup semi-final and have included players who play in Europe.

So was it any surprise he back-tracked later on after the game.

“We just need to practice more together and for this game, we did not have the opportunity to do that,” added Raddy.

First, he tell us, in the first quote, the benefit of gelling thanks to the Malaysia Super League Project (MSLP) (the pet project of our GRC FAS President) then later on, in the second quote, the story is we still do not have enough gelling yet so we need more practice.

Raddy, do you even see what you are talking about in your eagerness to praise your boss.

Even a layman know ASEAN national teams are not that weak that playing like in the MSL with 10 men behind the ball and playing long ball from setpiece or from the halfway line will buy us a win easily.

The higher standard and the different variety in play of international play mean playing the same way will be suicidal as our defence already give chances to MSL teams and while they lacked the quality to finish those chances, ASEAN national teams is unlikely to be as generous.

However your concern with praising your boss (and not the national team) is not the only thing that bug me.

There is also the S$3million budget of the MSLP as reported by a TNP interview with our GRC FAS President a while back.

Before going on, I like to note our GRC FAS President had indicated last year he will keep the budget to S$2million so an increase in S$1million is shocking as where does the money come from and is it already affecting us.

The fact, our youth teams (Even the once beloved YOG team, but now forgotten ,which our FAS man has promised more games) are only playing games on our shore and against each others seem to indicate so.

This is not surprising as S$3million is doubled Singapore Sport Council (SSC) allocation of money to FAS(I wonder if any of it is going to FAM) and 1/3 FAS budget.

After the deduction of salaries, rental and utilities bills etc I wonder what is left and if your generous levy to FAM is why the Malaysia side have the extra cash to send their Under-23 boys overseas next year to prepare for the SEA Games while ours will, like always, stay at home.

$3million can do a lot of things and one thing is plan an oversea tour of West Asia which in the old days, in Ho Peng Kee era, Raddy would have demanded as he seek to develop our national team and youth but now (I have to say it one more time) it seem more important to scratch the boss back.

Such oversea trip are important as one always see the excuse that good teams do not want to play against us but why was it we can play such teams just 5 years ago.

Same reason as why Asian powerhouses like Japan, Korea and Australia play a number of their games in Europe per year, it is because the good teams are there and to expect them to travel for you is crazy when it should be the other way around.

If our national team and youth team had such a generous budget, think of what could be done yet it seem much of the money is going across the causeway to fund them while our FAS general-secretary Winston Lee keep shouting no money for whatever project other than MSLP.

So much to ponder yet nobody among the office holders seem to bother other than their itchy back which is why, two months after my last POV article, one can still see they are still scratching each other.