DPMM win right to stay in title race with Home and Muda challenge ending

3 teams went into the weekend games with a shot at the title thanks to Albirex 4-3 win over Tampines Rovers 3 days.

In the end, only one, DPMM Brunei, came out of it still with a shot  There was always going to be a team who will drop out as DPMM were squaring off against Home at Hassanal Bolkiah National.

It was a match neither can lose for this meant the end of their season as a whole. The door was open to them but who can take advantage as they have to win this encounter and a draw will do neither good.

So both came to attack and it was the visitors, Home United, who showed the deadly touch as they went 2-0 up within half-time thanks to Shi JiaYi and Frederic Mendy.

After the break, it was another story as Shahrazen Said, Patrick Da Silva and Adi Said gave DPMM the lead and if a coach was judged by the brave decision he make then Croatian coach Vjeran Simunic showcased it.

He took off his top scorer and scorer of the first DPMM goal, Shahrazen Said, to make way for Adi Said and the substitute repay the faith of the coach as he was the one who got the winning goal.

With that, Home United title challenge was over and soon to follow was Harimau Muda.

The Malaysian side saw their challenge ended by Gombak United, the bogey side of title challengers.

The Bulls had stalled DPMM Brunei challenge earlier in the month and then did it against Tampines Rovers in their last match and now it was the turn of Muda.

This time, it was costly as the Malaysian side title challenge was gone as they went down 1-2.

Zulfadhli Emran and Jung Hee Bong got the goals for the Bulls while Wan Zack Haikal reply for the Malaysians.

In another match, Hougang drew 2-2 with SAFFC.

Jordan Webb and Azhar Sairudin got the goals for Hougang while Mislav Karoglan and Shimpei Sakurada reply for the Warriors.

Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK), Jeremy Chiang, Kenji Arai, Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Shi Jia Yi (C), Rhysh Roshan Rai (Indra Sahdan), Masrezwan Masturi, Nor Azli Yusoff, Shotaro Ihata, Frederic Mendy, Song Ui Young --------------

Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Hasree Zais, Syaqir Sulaiman, Lau Meng Meng (C), Ante Barac (Basit Hamid), Azhar Sairudin, Jordan Webb, Fazli Jaffar (Faizal Amir), Sobrie Mazelan (Ignatius Ang), Fazly Hasan, Mamadou Diallo

SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Razaleigh Khalik, Noh Rahman, Daniel Bennett (C), Marin Vidosevic, Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Aliff Shafaein (Ruzaini Zaina), Mislav Karoglan, Fazrul Nawaz (Erwan Gunawan)
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Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Mustaqim Manzur (Jung Hee Bong), K Vikraman, Christopher Anderson, Zulfadhli Emran, Julien Durand (Hafiz Rahim), Ahmad Suhaimi (Amin Rossady)

Albirex beat Champions in thriller to open up title race

 

If Tampines want to retain the 2012 S-league crown then they have to fight for it as Albirex are not going to give it up.

Three times the defending Champions took the lead and yet Albirex Niigata (S) came back all the time and if that was not enough they took all 3 points towards the end with Sho Kamimura winner.

Right from the start, both teams show their attacking instinct as they went at one another. And there was no rest bite as the Stags took the lead at the start through Sead Hadzibulic.

The White Swans came back thanks to an error of judgement by the Stags custodian Sasa Dreven who lost the flight of the shot by Yasuhiro Yamakosh.

Almost immediately the Stags struck again, this time through Ahmad Latiff but 10 minutes before half-time, the Japanese outfit was back on level term as Yasuhiro Yamakosh got his second.

Level at the break but not soon after as Aleksandar Duricgot into action as he put the Stags ahead once more. However tonight, Yasuhiro Yamakosh was on fire and he got his hat-trick.

Then disaster for the defending champions as Fahrudin Mustafic got send off and the 10 men had to defend for another 15 minutes.

It was not to be as Albirex got the fourth to claim all 3 points and open up the title race.

In another match, Tanjong Pagar drew 1-1 with Courts Young Lions. Hafiz Osman had scored for both sides with the first the error before making up for it.

Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Jufri Taha, Anaz Hadee, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic, Ahmad Latiff, Imran Sahib, Aleksandar Duric, Sead Hadzibulic (Noh Alam Shah), Gligor Gligorov (Jamil Ali)
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CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Faritz Abdul Hameed (C), Sirina Camara, Shannon Stephen, Fazli Ayob, Faris Ramli, Fareez Farhan (Jonathan Toto), Zulfahmi Arifin, Benjamin Lee, Nazrul Nazari (Syafiq Zainal), Sherif El-Masri

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

Champions fail to close title race as DPMM go up to second

Champions Tampines Rovers failed to close up the title race as they were held to a draw by Gombak.

This mean Tampines have to beat Albirex in 4 days time to end all talks about any challenge on the title.

It should not have been the case as Sead Hadzibulic gave the Stags the lead in the first half but the Eastern giant was unable to close the game. They pay for it as Bulls pull back on level towards the end through ex Eagles Hafiz Rahim.

It gave DPMM an opening as the Brunei side climb up to second.

DPMM have a game in hand and are 7 points behind the defending champions. Win their game in hand and it is only 4 while the top 2 clashed in their next meeting and any result other than a win for Tampines will benefit DPMM.

The Brunei side thrash Tanjong Pagar 3-0 with goals from Shahrazen Said and Ivan Jerkovic (2)

In other matches, Harimau Muda beat Woodlands Wellington 2-0 while Geylang also beat Courts Young Lions 2-0.

Thamil Arasu scored both goals for the Malaysian side.

Shah Hirul and Jozef Kaplan scored the goals for the Eagles.

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Iqbal Hamid Hussain, Hafiz Rahim (Amin Rossady), Mustaqim Manzur, Christopher Anderson, Zulfadhli Emran, Julian Aguirre (Amin Rossady), Samuel Benjamin (Jung Hee Bong)

Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Jufri Taha, Anaz Hadee, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Ahmad Latiff, Imran Sahib (Noh Alam Shah), Ahmed Fahmie (Sazali Salleh), Aleksandar Duric, Sead Hadzibulic, Gligor Gligorov (Jamil Ali)
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Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Danny Chew, Fabien Larry Lewis (K Sathiaraj), Daniel Hammond (C), Armanizam Dolah, Han Yiguang, Shamsurin Abd Rahman (Guntur Djafril), Farizal Basri (Oswind Suriya), Goh Swee Swee, Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil
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Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Shahril Alias, Syed Fadhil, Jalal, Stefan Milojevic (Ishak Zainol), Shah Hirul, Ang Zhi Wei, Jozef Kaplan, Nurhazwan Norasiki (Khayrulhayat Jumat), Fabian Kwok, Amy Recha (Rizawan Abdullah)

CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara, Shannon Stephen, Fazli Ayob (Sherif El-Masri), Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Faris Ramli, Shamil Sharif (Jonathan Toto), Fareez Farhan (Nazrul Nazari), Zulfahmi Arifin, Benjamin Lee
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TPUFC
Shamsudin Hashim (GK), Anthony Aymard, Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C),Jonathan Xu, Hanafi Salleh (Azlan Alipah), Farhan Rahaman, Carlos Delgado, Hafiz Nor, Seah Si Hao (Syed Karim), Gilbert Bayonne

Alam Shah return had caused problem within team

Tampines coach Tay Peng Kee had revealed to Goal website Noh Alam return had caused problem within the team and he was the one who resolved it.

Apart from revealation about Noh Alam Shah issue, Tay also spoke about how he foster a better team spirit with the players

He claimed after the Hougang game (His first game in charge) he had hold a meeting as he felt team morale and spirit was missing.

After the meeting, players knew what he wanted and that why they got the win against to go top of the table.

For the Noh issue, he also had a talk with the players as he wanted the team to welcome Noh and give a chance to gel with the team so he can be an asset.

He believed the team has done that and that is why the team is doing well.

Tay also hope to continue to work with the team beyond this season.

Tampines grip on top tighten with Albirex double defeats

The 2012 title look like it is heading back East to Tampines again as the Champions won their match against Courts Young Lions while Albirex Niigata (S) lost both their games against Balestier Khalsa and Hougang United.

With these results, Tampines have open up a eight-point gap with a game in hand.

The first good news came when Balestier Khalsa beat Albirex Niigata (S) 1-0 thanks to a goal from Kim Minho.

It meant the champions could open up their lead further with a win against the Cubs and they achieved that with ease as they won 3-0 at Jalan Besar.

Regular marksman Aleksandar Duric was the hero with a brace with another coming from Ahmad Latiff.

Then 3 days after their loss to Balestier, Albirex lost their second match in succession despite a brace by Yamakoshi Yasuhiro.

The Hougang had knocked in 3 times after the opener by Albirex thanks to Mamadou Diallo, Sobrie Mazelan and Jordan Webb.

Even with Albirex next match scheduled to be against Tampines; in which they have to win, the title race is out of their hands due to the results of the last few days.

In other matches , Hougang drew 0-0 with Gombak and SAFFC also drew 0-0 with Balestier Khalsa.

Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Hasree Zais, Syaqir Sulaiman, Lau Meng Meng (C), Azhar Sairudin (Ignatius Ang), Jordan Webb, Fazli Jaffar, Faizal Amir (Basit Hamid), Nurhilmi Jasni (Sobrie Mazelan), Fazly Hasan, Mamadou Diallo

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Hafiz Rahim, Mustaqim Manzur (Ahmad Suhaimi), Fairoz Hasan, K Vikraman (Jung Hee Bong), Christopher Anderson, Amin Rossady, Julien Durand (Iqbal Hamid Hussain)
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Balestier Khalsa
Zakariah Nerani (GK), Paul Cunningham (C), Yusiskandar Yusop, Tengku Mushadad, Ruhaizad Ismail (Patrick Paranjody), Shafuan Sutohmoh (Hamqaamal Shah), Goran Subara, Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha, Zulkiffli Hassim , Kim Minho
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CYL
Neezam Abd Aziz (GK), Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara, Emmeric Ong, Fazli Ayob (Nazrul Nazari), Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Shamil Sharif (Faris Ramli), Zulfahmi Arifin, Benjamin Lee, Sherif El-Masri, Jonathan Toto (Fareez Farhan)

Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Jufri Taha, Anaz Hadee, Ismadi Mukhtar (Sazali Salleh), Fahrudin Mustafic, Ahmad Latiff, Imran Sahib, Ahmed Fahmie (Jamil Ali), Aleksandar Duric (C), Sead Hadzibulic (Noh Alam Shah), Gligor Gligorov
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SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Noh Rahman, Daniel Bennett (C), Eddie Chang, Tatsuro Inui, Ruzaini Zainal, Shukor Zailan, Mislav Karoglan, Fazrul Nawaz (Erwan Gunawan), Marin Jonjic (Hafsyar Farkhan)

Balestier Khalsa
Zakariah Nerani (GK), Paul Cunningham (C), Yusiskandar Yusop, Tengku Mushadad, Helmi Mazlan (Andrew Tan), Ruhaizad Ismail, Shafuan Sutohmoh, Goran Subara (Rahim As'ari), Syed Thaha, Suria Prakash (Patrick Paranjody), Kim Minho
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Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Hasree Zais, Syaqir Sulaiman, Lau Meng Meng (C), Azhar Sairudin (Nurhilmi Jasni), Jordan Webb, Faizal Amir, Basit Hamid (Shameer Aziq), Sobrie Mazelan (Ridhwan Osman), Fazly Hasan, Mamadou Diallo

Tampines open gap at top with Derby win

Tampines Rovers open up a five points gap at the top by defeating Derby rival Geylang United 2-1.

This victory revenge their League Cup defeat at the hands of the Eagles and more importantly it give the Eastern giant breathing space.

Ahmed Fahmie and Ahmad Latiff got the goals before Jozef Kaplan halved the lead but the champions will hold onto the 3 points on offer.

In other matches, both SAFFC and DPMM Brunei ended their wretched with Warriors beating Woodlands Wellington and DPMM beating Courts Yong Lions.

SAFFC won 2-1 at home at Choa Chu Kang while DPMM beat Cubs 3-1 at Jalan Besar.

But the win has come too late for the Warriors whose title hopes is surely gone while DPMM will hope this win can spur them on to a late rally for the title.

Shukor Zailan and Mislav Karoglan got the goals for the Warriors with Moon Soon Ho replying for the Rams.

At Jalan Besar, it was Benjamin Lee who got the Cubs goal while DPMM came from Rosmin Kamis, Ivan Jerkovic and Sairol Sahari.

Another team seeking a late rally for the title was Home United, even as they continue to lie seven points behind leader Tampines, with them thrashing Harimau Muda 3-0.

Frederic Mendy and Indra Sahdan got the goals.

SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK) (C), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Noh Rahman, Bah Mamadou, Eddie Chang, Tatsuro Inui, Ruzaini Zainal(Razaleigh Khalik), Shukor Zailan, Mislav Karoglan, Erwan Gunawan, Marin Jonjic

Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Duncan Elias (Zulkarnain Malik), Noh Rahman, Fabien Larry Lewis, Daniel Hammond (C), Armanizam Dolah, Han Yiguang (K Sathiaraj), Shamsurin Abd Rahman, Oswind Suriya, Goh Swee Swee, Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil
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CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara, Emmeric Ong, Fazli Ayob (Faris Ramli), Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Shamil Sharif (Shahfiq Ghani), Zulfahmi Arifin, Benjamin Lee, Sherif El-Masri (Sufianto Salleh), Jonathan Toto
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Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Jufri Taha, Anaz Hadee, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic, Ahmad Latiff, Imran Sahib, Ahmed Fahmie (Noh Alam Shah), Sead Hadzibulic (Aleksandar Duric), Gligor Gligorov ( Jamil Ali)

Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Shahril Alias, Syed Fadhil, Jalal, Stefan Milojevic (Rizawan Abdullah), Michael King, Shah Hirul (Faizal Samad), Ang Zhi Wei, Jozef Kaplan, Nurhazwan Norasikin (Amy Recha), Fabian Kwok
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Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK), Jeremy Chiang, Kenji Arai, Shi Jia Yi (C) (Indra Sahdan), Firdaus Idros, Masrezwan Masturi (Rhysh Roshan Rai), Nor Azli Yusoff, Qiu Li, Shotaro Ihata, Frederic Mendy, Song Ui Young

Richard Bok to step down and V. Selveraj to take o...

Goal website has reveal SAFFC coach Richard Bok will be stepping down and his assistant, former Singapore national player, V. Selveraj will be taking over.

SAFFC chairman Lam Shiu Tong said that the players have been informed of the developments, and that both them and the management are looking forward to having a close working relationship with Selvaraj in the 2013 S-League campaign.

As for Richard Bok, he hinted at the possibility of moving abroad according to GOAL.

DPMM Brunei lose more ground

Despite winning the League cup, DPMM Brunei have suffered badly in the league since the second round started and they have lost more ground.

They have been held to a 1-1 draw at home by mid-table Gombak United with Shahrazen Said scoring for the Brunei side before Obadin Aikhena equalise for the Bulls.

The Brunei side who have been brilliant in the first half of the season have now started the second half with 4 loss from 5 games and with Gombak draw, they have only got 4 points from a possible 24.

In that time, they also lost their home record to SAFFC and then Muda.

Their league dream is disappearing before their eyes with Tampines and Albirex brilliant form.

In other matches, Balestier beat Courts Young Lions 2-0, Hougang draw 2-2 with Woodlands Wellington and Harimau Muda thrashed SAFFC 4-1.

Kim Minho and Patrick Paranjody scored for the Tigers.

Sobrie Mazelan and Fazli Jaffar scored for the Cheetahs with Goh Swee Swee and Daniel Hammond replying for the Rams.

Ahmad Hazwan, Wan Zack Haikal and Ahmad Hazwan (2) scored for the Malaysians with Mislav Karoglan replying for the Warriors.

Gombak and Courts Young Lions play 3 days later with Gombak winning 1-0 thanks to substitute Iqbal Hamid Hussain winner.

Balestier Khalsa
Joey Sim (GK), Hamqaamal Shah, Paul Cunningham (C), Tengku Mushadad, Shafuan Sutohmoh (Patrick Paranjody), Goran Subara, Park Kang Jin, Poh Yi Feng, Syed Thaha, Andrew Tan (Suria Prakash), Kim Minho

CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara (Emmeric Ong), Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Fazli Ayob, Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Shamil Sharif (Shahfiq Ghani), Zulfahmi Arifin, Nazrul Nazari (Benjamin Lee), Sherif El-Masri, Jonathan Toto
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Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Adrian Dhanaraj, Hafiz Rahim (Fairoz Hasan), Mustaqim Manzur, K Vikraman (Ahmad Suhaimi), Christopher Anderson, Julian Aguirre (Zulfadhli Emran), Julien Durand
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Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Hasree Zais, Syaqir Sulaiman, Lau Meng Meng (C), Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin, Fazli Jaffar, Basit Hamid (Faizal Amir), Sobrie Mazelan (Ignatius Ang), Fazly Hasan (Nurhilmi Jasni), Mamadou Diallo

Woodlands Wellington
Fearghus Bruce (GK), Danny Chew (Shamsurin Abd Rahman), Duncan Elias, Fabien Larry Lewis, Daniel Hammond (C), Armanizam Dolah, Han Yiguang (Oswind Suriya), Farizal Basri, Goh Swee Swee, Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil
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SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Razaleigh Khalik (C), Marin Vidosevic, Shimpei Sakurada, Ruzaini Zainal, Shukor Zailan, Aliff Shafaein (Eddie Chang), Mislav Karoglan, Fazrul Nawaz, Marin Jonjic (Hafsyar Farkhan)
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Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Adrian Dhanaraj (Fairoz Hasan), Hafiz Rahim, Mustaqim Manzur (Iqbal Hamid Hussain), Christopher Anderson, Julian Aguirre, Julien Durand, Samuel Benjamin (Jung Hee Bong)

CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Emmeric Ong, Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Faris Ramli (Fazli Ayob), Shamil Sharif (Tajeli Salamat), Zulfahmi Arifin, Nazrul Nazari (Fareez Farhan), Benjamin Lee,, Jonathan Toto

Stags go top as they win first game under new coach

Surely it was much easier, in theory at least, to beat Hougang than Home but it was not to be as the Stags failed against Hougang but succeed against Home.

But no matter who it was against, Tampines got the 3 points to send them top of the table as they Tampines Rovers beat Home United, a main rival, 2-0.

It has not only open their account under new coach Tay but allowed to overtake Albirex Niigata (S) by 2 points.

The Eastern giant has now won 7 of their last 8 matches.

Aleksandar Duric and Sead Hadzibulic got the goals in the game.

In other matches, Woodlands lost 1-2 to Gombak, DPMM Brunei fall 1-2 to Harimau Muda and Geylang and Tanjong Pagar drew 0-0.

Oswind Suriya scored for the Rams with Hafiz Rahim Mustaqim Manzur getting the goals for the Bulls

For DPMM, it was Shahrazen Said who got the goal while Muda goals came from Wan Zack Haik and Wan Zaharulnizam

Woodlands Wellington
Ang Bang Heng (GK), Danny Chew, Duncan Elias, Daniel Hammond (C), Armanizam Dolah, Guntur Djafril (Ahmadulhaq Che Omar), Farizal Basri (Shamsurin Abd Rahman), Oswind Suriya, Goh Swee Swee, Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Adrian Dhanaraj, Hafiz Rahim, Mustaqim Manzur, K Vikraman (Jung Hee Bong (Iqbal Hamid Hussain)), Christopher Anderson, Julien Durand, Samuel Benjamin (Fairoz Hasan)
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Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Shahril Alias (Khayrulhayat Jumat), Syed Fadhil (C) (Amy Recha), Jalal, Michael King, Shah Hirul, Ang Zhi Wei, Jozef Kaplan, Nurhazwan Norasiki (Mun Seung Man), Fabian Kwok, Rizawan Abdullah (H Panuwat)

TPUFC
Shamsudin Hashim (GK), Anthony Aymard, Jonathan Xu, Azhar Ahmad, Zahid Ahmad, Hanafi Salleh, Asraf Rashid, Carlos Delgado, Takaya Kawanabe (C), Hafiz Nor, Gilbert Bayonne
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Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Jufri Taha, Anaz Hadee, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar (Jamil Ali), Fahrudin Mustafic, Ahmad Latiff, Imran Sahib, Aleksandar Duric, Sead Hadzibulic (Noh Alam Shah), Gligor Gligorov

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

Warriors title dream is surely over

The Warriors title dream are surely over as they lost yet again.

This time it was yet another unfancied side, Tanjong Pagar, who dealt them the blow as they defeated the eight-time champions 1-0.

It was former Warriors defender Hafiz Osman that blew the Warriors hopes as he netted the winner.

The Warriors need a miracle to win the S-league crown now.

In other matches, it was draw all around as Albirex Niigata (S) drew 0-0 with Home United and Balestier and Geylang also play out to a 0-0 draw.

As for Tampines, it was a draw as well as they failed to win their first match under new coach Tay in which they were held to a 1-1 draw with Hougang.

The Stags took the lead but failed to hold and allowed the cheetah to draw level.

Mamadou Diallo scored for the Cheetah with Stags goal an own goal.

Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK), Kenji Arai, Rosman Sulaiman (Indra Sahdan), Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Franklin Anzite, Shi Jia Yi (C),  Masrezwan Masturi, Nor Azli Yusoff, Qiu Li, Shotaro Ihata (Firdaus Idros), Frederic Mendy
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Balestier Khalsa
Zakariah Nerani (GK), Hamqaamal Shah (Andrew Tan), Paul Cunningham (C), Tengku Mushadad, Ruhaizad Ismail (Yusiskandar Yusop), Goran Subara, Park Kang Jin, Poh Yi Feng, Syed Thaha, Zdravko Dragicevic, Patrick Paranjody (Suria Prakash)

Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Shahril Alias (Khayrulhayat Jumat), Syed Fadhil (C), Jala, Stefan Milojevic (Amy Recha), Shah Hirul, Ang Zhi Wei, Jozef Kaplan, Nurhazwan Norasiki (Michael King), Fabian Kwok, Mun Seung Man
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Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Syaqir Sulaiman, Lau Meng Meng (C), Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin, Jordan Webb, Fazli Jaffar, Nurhilmi Jasni, Basit Hamid (Sobrie Mazelan), Fazly Hasan, Mamadou Diallo (Hasree Zais)

Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Jufri Taha, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic, Ahmad Latiff, Imran Sahib, Noh Alam Shah, Aleksandar Duric, Sead Hadzibulic (Jamil Ali (Sazali Salleh)), Gligor Gligorov
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SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Razaleigh Khalik (C), Noh Rahman, Marin Vidosevic, Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Shukor Zailan, Aliff Shafaein, Mislav Karoglan, Fazrul Nawaz, Erwan Gunawan (Hafsyar Farkhan)

TPUFC
Shamsudin Hashim (GK), Anthony Aymard, Hafiz Osman (Hanafi Salleh), Delwinder Singh (C), Jonathan Xu, Azhar Ahmad, Asraf Rashid, Carlos Delgado, Takaya Kawanabe, Hafiz Nor (Seah Si Hao), Gilbert Bayonne

Tampines change coach after League Cup exit

Champions Tampines Rovers has move to change their coach after their defeat in the Starhub League Cup to Geylang United.

Technical director Tay Peng Kee has been apppinted as the new coach replacing Steven Tan.

The reason is chairman Teo Hock Seng believe the team needed a new direction as he feel they are slacking off again and returning back to where they were eariler in the season.

The Stags are fighting for the S-league again after going on a 6-match winning streak w hen earlier in the season they were struggling to compete.

Teo has been impressed by Tay as he was able to help Ahmad Latiff pass his Beep Test when all the other staff, including head coach Steven Tan, failed.

So Teo think Tay is the man to bring the team back on track.

Steven Tan will go back to coaching the Prime League Team.

A president who rise and fall with it

Since the release of plans for next year S-league came out, there have been much talks on it and much of it bad.

Quite frankly, I have no view on it as I cannot tell if the plans will work or out for I noted many times before; all plans have pros and cons so nobody can claim with any certainty their plans will run 100% smoothly at all time.

More importantly, for me, the plans are not the problem, it is the system that currently just parachute a person to the top.

Yes, I am talking about the post of FAS president and here is an old POV article - Have longer term for FAS president make more sense.

My view has not changed since that POV article two years ago and at this point, Singapore football need a FAS president for the long term ever more for in that link, I already know revamp after revamp will not work and it only result in frustration for all around as sponsors Courts and Blogger Pohui have voiced it out.

And two years down the road, I see another terrible effect thanks to a FAS president who stay for just 4 years.

Indeed, with much problems still plaguing Singapore football at the grassroots level in the S-league, the turth is our current FAS President is about to walk away from it all without much harm to his career at all.

This can easily be seem by Home United example two years back under the stewardship of Koh Siong Ling in which it cost the Bishan club the S-league crown and yet in the end, the now ex-Home United chairman can walk away from it all.

The best part for the current FAS President, he will be coming out smelling of roses as let not beat around the bush, the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) media will be singing his praises when he depart next year telling us of the 'great achievements' of the past 4 years.

All failures (if SPH do list them as there are many) will be directed to the orgainisation; meaning Football Association of Singapore (FAS) and in no way was it FAS president fault.

Yet the question is should not the organisation (FAS) be him and him the organisation as he was it leader for the past 4 years.

So we can see the biggest flaw of the current system; it neither reward good leadership nor punish bad one.

The fact is other than a longer term for FAS president, we also need one who is linked to it (By it, I mean Singapore football) fall and rise.

And it does not mean it must be a sport personality or not; for many sport organisations are not led by them.

The best example is everybody favourite league Braclay Premier League (BPL); whose head is a former newsman Richard Scudamore.

When he took over BPL, it was still not top of the pack yet and a product everybody must have for other major European leagues have their own market as well.

However, he understood the trend and in an age when then-German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder told the world Bundesliga will play on Sunday over his dead body, the BPL introduced 12 pm UK time games to attract the Asian audience.

No other European Leagues make as much efforts as BPL did and looked at the results today in which it lead the other major European Leagues by a huge margin in the money stake and they are now playing catch-up with Serie A and La Liga all playing games that are suited for Asia since last season.

Richard Scudamore career is linked to his product (BPL) and if he had fail to grow it as brilliantly as the past decade, he will be out of a job.

So it is clear longevity is just one of the factor for the post and we need a new system in which Singapore football and the S-league has a President who rise and fall with it as well and not just walk away every 4 years no matter what.

For in a bid to prevent a Loh Lin Kok (Singapore Athletic Association former President), we created a Zaindiun Nordin which is far worse.

2013 plans for S-league and Prime League (Edited)

Here are the changes for S-league next year.

• S-league to split up into two half after 24 league games.
• Top half will have 7 teams and bottom half 6 teams.
• They will play another round of 6 games for top half and 5 games for bottom half.
• S-league champions Prize package to increase to $250k.
• Singapore Cup Champions may also see a raise 
• 2.4km run to replace Beep test.
• Passing mark is 10 min 15 sec
• Teams can sign up to 5 foreigners if 1 of the player is star player.
• Star player introduced in which S-league will help to subsidies his salary if he meet their criteria.
• S-league will aid clubs to look for star players who meet mark.
• Bottom two teams in the league to be fined
• Bottom team - $50k. Second last - $30k

Prime leagues changes for 2013

• Prime League to be Under-21.
• 5 players - Under-21 to Under-23 - allowed to be registered in Prime League squad
• Passing mark for Prime League for 2.4km run is 10 min 45 sec
• 1 foreigner allowed to be signed for Prime League if he is Under-21

DPMM Brunei win Starhub League Cup

Starhub League Cup

Final

DPMM Brunei 2-0 Geylang United

Geylang United
Ridhuan Barudin (GK), Shahril Alias, Syed Fadhil (C), Jalal (Amy Recha), Stefan Milojevic, Michael King, Shah Hirul, Ang Zhi Wei, Jozef Kaplan, Fabian Kwok, Mun Seung Man

DPMM Brunei have became the first team to win the League Cup twice as they lift the 2012 Starhub League Cup

The Brunei side last won the League Cup back in 2009 in their debut year in the S-league.

Shahrazen Said and Azwan Saleh got the goals that gave the Brunei side victory over Geylang United.

For the Eagles, this mark another disappointment to their season if which they are languishing in last place in the league.

However, they hoped the ability to reach a Final will spur them on in the league and enable themselves to lift themselves out of bottom place in the coming months.

As for this is also the Brunei side second honour in the Singapore football scene.

Geylang down Tampines in derby to reach final

Geylang United defeat Tampines Rovers 2-0 for the first time this year to reach the Starhub League Cup final.

This is the Bedok side first final in 3year since they reached he RHB Singapore Cup in 2009 when they won it.

The Eagles must be hoping for a repeat of such a scenario as they endure a difficult 2012 season thus far.

The Eagles took the lead through Jozef Kaplan and double the lead thanks to Stefan Milojevic before the end.

Geylang United
Ridhuan Barudin (GK), Shahril Alias, Syed Fadhil (C), Jalal (Khayrulhayat Jumat), Stefan Milojevic (Mubarak Ahamad), Michael King, Shah Hirul, Ang Zhi Wei, Jozef Kaplan, Nurhazwan Norasiki (Mun Seung Man), Fabian Kwok

Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Jufri Taha, Anaz Hadee (Benoit Croissant), Fahrudin Mustafic, Sazali Salleh (Noh Alam Shah), Ahmad Latiff, Imran Sahib, Jamil Ali, Aleksandar Duric, Sead Hadzibulic, Gligor Gligorov

DPMM beat Warriors 2-0 to reach final

DPMM Brunei show how serious they are to make their mark on Singapore football scene by reaching the Starhub League Cup Final in their comeback year.

The Bruneian side last reach the League Cup Final 3 years ago in their debut year.

They won it after defeating SAFFC on PK after playing to a 1-1 draw.

Now they have reached the final once again after beating the Warriors 2-0 in the semi-final.

They scored through Brazilian Tales Dos Santos before substitute Adi Said added a second to kill off the game

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

Starhub League Cup quarter-final results

Starhub League Cup

Quarter-final

Tampines Rovers  (6) 3-3 (5) Albirex Niigata (S)

Scorer: Sead Hadzibulic, Gligor Gligorov, Ahmad Latiff / Kamimura Sho (2), Atsushi Shimono

Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Jufri Taha, Anaz Hadee, Fahrudin Mustafic, Sazali Salleh (Noh Alam Shah), Ahmad Latiff, Imran Sahib, Jamil Ali (Ahmed Fahmie), Aleksandar Duric (C), Sead Hadzibulic, Gligor Gligorov

Starhub League Cup

Quarter-final

Geylang United 1-0 Gombak United

Scorer: Mun Seung Man

Geylang United
Ridhuan Barudin (GK), Khayrulhayat Jumat (Ishak Zainol), Syed Fadhil (C), Jala, Stefan Milojevic, Michael King, Shah Hirul, Ang Zhi Wei, Jozef Kaplan, Nurhazwan Norasiki (Mun Seung Man), Fabian Kwok

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

Starhub League Cup

Quarter-final

Home United (2) 1-1 (4) DPMM Brunei

Scorer: Indra Sahdan / Tales Dos Santos

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

Starhub League Cup

Quarter-final

SAFFC 1-0 Hougang United

Scorer: Shimpei Sakurada

SAFFC

Shahril Jantan (GK), Razaleigh Khalik, Noh Rahman, Daniel Bennett (C), Marin Vidosevic, Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Shukor Zailan, Erwan Gunawan (Fazrul Nawaz), Aliff Shafaein, Marin Jonjic(Matthew Abraham)

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

Balestier win Plate Cup

Plate Cup 2012

Final

Balestier Khalsa 1-0 Albirex Niigata (S)

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

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

Balestier Khalsa has won their first honour in the professional era as they defeated Courts Young Lions in the Final to lift the Plate Cup.

Kim Minho score the first ever goal in the inaugural Final to see the Tigers home.

In the Semi-final, Balestier Khalsa defeated Woodlands Wellington 1-0 thanks to a goal from Zulkiffli Hassim.

As for Courts Young Lions, they won 2-1 against Tanjong Pagar United at Queenstown Stadium.

Faritz Abdul Hameed and Benjamin Lee scored for the Cubs with Hafiz Osman replying for the Jaguars.

Balestier Khalsa
Daniel Ong (GK), Hamqaamal Shah, Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Ruhaizad Ismail (Andrew Tan), Shafuan Sutohmoh (Tengku Mushadad), Park Kang Jin, Poh Yi Feng, Zdravko Dragicevic, Zulkiffli Hassim, Patrick Paran (Kim Minho)

Woodlands Wellington
Ang Bang Heng (GK), Danny Chew, Duncan Elias, Daniel Hammond (C), Zulkarnain Malik, Han Yiguang, Farizal Basri (Oswind Suriya), Goh Swee Swee (Guntur Djafril), Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil, Neil Vanu
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TPUFC
Shamsudin Hashim (GK), Anthony Aymard, Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C), Zahid Ahmad (Hanafi Salleh), Asraf Rashid, Carlos Delgado, Takaya Kawanabe, Syed Karim (Azhar Ahmad), Hafiz Nor (Jonathan Xu), Gilbert Bayonne

CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Fazli Ayob (Haniff Sadique), Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Shamil Sharif (Shahfiq Ghani), Zulfahmi Arifin, Benjamin Lee, Sherif El-Masri (Nazrul Nazari), Jonathan Toto

Albirex win to remain top

Albirex Niigata (S) beat Harimau Muda 1-0 to keep Tampines Rovers at bay.

The Stags have won seven straight games to catch with the White Swans and Albirex needed to beat the Malaysian side to keep a distance between them

And that is what the White Swans did thanks to Sho Kamimura.

In other matches, Hougang held Home to a 1-1 at Hougang Stadium.

Last season Protectors top scorer Frederic Mendy scored with 10 minutes to go but Hougang fought back 5 minutes later thanks to a Mamadou Diallo goal to salvage a draw.

DPMM Brunei beat Geylang 3-1 to get their challenge back on track after 2 defeats in a row.

Tales Dos Santos and Patrick Da Silva scored the Brunei side with Stefan Milojevic replying for the Eagles.

At Jalan Besar, Courts Young Lions shock SAFFC 2-1 to get all 3 points.

Shahfiq Ghani and Aqhari Abdullah got the goals for the Cubs with Fazrul Nawaz replying for the Warriors.

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

Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Hasree Zais, Stanislav Vidakovic (Syaqir Sulaiman), Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin, Jordan Webb, Fazli Jaffar (Nurhilmi Jasni), Basit Hamid (Sobrie Mazelan), Faizal Amir, Fazly Hasan, Mamadou Diallo
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Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Shahril Alias, Syed Fadhil, Khairulnizam Jumahat (Amy Recha), Jalal, Stefan Milojevic, Michael King, Shah Hirul, Ang Zhi Wei (Khayrulhayat Jumat), Jozef Kaplan, Mun Seung Man (Fabian Kwok)
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CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Shamil Sharif (Zulfahmi Arifin), Aqhari Abdullah, Nazrul Nazari (Fazli Ayob), Benjamin Lee, Shahfiq Ghani, Syafiq Zainal (Haniff Sadique)

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

Paul: Wilkinson will not play under me again

Home United coach Paul Lee has announced John Wilkinson has no future in Home United after the both of them had a falling out.

Despite the end result which saw a 7-3 thrashing of Geylang United, it seem John Wilkinson did not take kindly to being substituted before half-time especially as the Protectors had just equalised.

Paul Lee believed Wilkinson was not following his instruction and decided to take him off as punishment.

The 33-year-old did not take kindly to that move and let his coach know of it as he walk off.

The Home United coach have decided he will not tolerate the former international anymore as it was not their first clash.

And the Korean has put the blame squarely on the midfielder as he revealed Wilkinson has not shown him respect right from their first encounter in training in January and since then, he has continue to show that kind of attitude with him and showing no desire to play for Paul Lee.

John Wilkinson is the third Home United player to fall out with the Korean in the last 3 year with the others being Brazilian Peres and defender Shariff Abdul Samat.

Cubs shock Muda

Malaysian side Harimau Muda title hopes has taken a blow as they go down to their second defeat in three games.

The Cubs defeated the Malaysian side 1-0 thanks to a goal from Jonathan Toto.

In other matches, Balestier won for the first time in 4 games as they down Woodlands Wellington 2-0 and Tampines won for the sixth straight time to catch up on Albirex by defeating Jaguars 2-1.

Zdravko Dragicevic and Paul Cunningham scored for the Tigers.

Benoit Croissant and Imran Sahib scored for the Stags with Gilbert Bayonne replying for the Jaguars.

CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Aqhari Abdullah, Faris Ramli (Shahfiq Ghani), Zulfahmi Arifin (Shamil Sharif), Benjamin Lee (Nazrul Nazari), Sherif El-Masri, Jonathan Toto
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Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK),Duncan Elias, Fabien Larry Lewis, Daniel Hammond (C), Armanizam Dolah (Zulkarnain Malik), Guntur Djafril (Oswind Suriya), Aloysius Yap (Han Yiguang), Goh Swee Swee, Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil, Neil Vanu

Balestier Khalsa
Zakariah Nerani (GK), Yusiskandar Yusop (Patrick Paranjody), Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Tengku Mushadad (Shafuan Sutohmoh), Ruhaizad Ismail (Poh Yi Feng), Goran Subara, Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha, Zdravko Dragicevic, Zulkiffli Hassim
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TPUFC
Fajar Sarib (GK), Anthony Aymard, Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C) (Hafiz Nor), Jonathan Xu (Azhar Ahmad), Azhar Ahmad, Hanafi Salleh, Asraf Rashid, Carlos Delgado, Takaya Kawanabe, Gilbert Bayonne

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

Home crushed Geylang

After their crushing defeat in the Uniform Derby, this was a match Home cannot lose and they did not.

Instead, they will go on to win this game more than handsomely despite going into the break 2-1 down thanks to a strike from Khayrulhayat Jumat.

Before that, the Eagles had also taken the lead with Jozef Kaplan scoring but the Protectors came back thanks to Qiu Li.

The break was what the Protectors as they came back and was in the lead within 10 minutes after the re-start thanks to Shotaro Ihata and Qiu again.

Then it was the Frederic Mendy as he hit the Eagles with four goals in 18 minutes to end whatever dream they have of walking away from Bishan with anything.

Jozef Kaplan scored again to make the score 7-3 but it was no more than a consolation.

In other matches, Hougang dealt Balestier title hopes another blow as they handed the Toa Poyah side their third defeat in a row to, more or less, end their title dream.

A double from Basit Hamid as well as one from Ante Barac saw the Hougang side grabbing all 3 points

For Tampines, it is another matter as they march on with their fifth straight win as they crush Woodlands 3-0.

Newcomer Sead Hadzibulic got his first hat-trick in the S-league.

It was make even sweeter as Albirex Niigata (S) defeated DPMM Brunei 2-0 to dethrone the league leader and opening up the title race.

Yamakoshi Yasuhiro got a brace in the game.

Balestier Khalsa
Joey Sim (GK), Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Tengku Mushadad, Shafuan Sutohmoh (Patrick Paranjody), Goran Subara, Park Kang Jin, Poh Yi Feng (Andrew Tan), Syed Thaha, Zdravko Dragicevic, Zulkiffli Hassim (Ruhaizad Ismail)

Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Hasree Zais, Lau Meng Meng (C) (Faizal Amir), Stanislav Vidakovic, Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin (Sobrie Mazelan), Jordan Webb, Fazli Jaffar, Basit Hamid (Syaqir Sulaiman), Fazly Hasan, Mamadou Diallo
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Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK),Duncan Elias, Fabien Larry Lewis, Daniel Hammond (C), Armanizam Dolah, Guntur Djafril (Aloysius Yap), Farizal Basri (Oswind Suriya), Goh Swee Swee, Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil, Neil Vanu

Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Jufri Taha, Anaz Hadee, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar (Sazali Salleh), Ahmad Latiff (Fahrudin Mustafic), Imran Sahib, Jamil Ali, Aleksandar Duric (C) (Noh Alam Shah), Sead Hadzibulic, Gligor Gligorov
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Home United
Nazri Sabri (GK), Kenji Arai, Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Shi Jia Yi (C), John Wilkinson (Jeremy Chiang), Firdaus Idros, Masrezwan Masturi, Nor Azli Yusoff, Shotaro Ihata, Frederic Mendy, Qiu Li (Indra Sahdan)

Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Khayrulhayat Jumat, Mubarak Ahamad (Danial Razali), Khairulnizam Jumahat (Amy Recha), Zul Elhan Fahmi (Ang Zhiwei), Syed Fadhil, Jalal, Stefan Milojevic, Michael King, Jozef Kaplan, Mun Seung Man

Warriors thumped Protectors in Uniform Derby

After the exciting 3-3 draw in their first encounter earlier this season, it was expecting too much to expect another epic and this time it was no contest as the Warriors crush the Protectors.

The Warriors destroyed the Bishan club 3-0 on their own home ground.

Shimpei Sakurada, Fazrul Nawaz and Aliff Shafaein got the goals for the Warriors.

In other matches, Gombak beat title chaser Balestier 1-0 and Muda defeated Tanjong Pagar 2-0.

Fairoz Hasan had came off the bench to score the winner in the Bulls-Tigers match-up.

D Saarvindran and Ahmad Hazwan got the goals in the Malaysian team win.

Days later, Gombak drew 0-0 with Tanjong Pagar.

Home United
Nazri Sabri (GK), Kenji Arai, Rosman Sulaiman, Franklin Anzite, Shi Jia Yi (C) (Rhysh Roshan Rai), John Wilkinson, Firdaus Idros, Masrezwan Masturi, Indra Sahdan, Frederic Mendy, Song Ui Young (Jeremy Chiang)

SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK) (Rezal Hassan), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Razaleigh Khalik, Daniel Bennett (C), Marin Vidosevic, Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Shukor Zailan, Aliff Shafaein (Ruzaini Zainal), Mislav Karoglan, Fazrul Nawaz (Erwan Gunawan)
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Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Adrian Dhanaraj, Hafiz Rahim, Mustaqim Manzur (Jung Hee Bong), K Vikraman (Fairoz Hasan), Christopher Anderson, Amin Rossady (Zulfadhli Emran), Julien Durand

Balestier Khalsa
Joey Sim (GK), Yusiskandar Yusop (Patrick Paranjody), Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Tengku Mushadad, Goran Subara, Poh Yi Feng (Hamqaamal Shah), Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha, Zdravko Dragicevic, Zulkiffli Hassim (Ruhaizad Ismail)
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TPUFC
Fajar Sarib (GK), Anthony Aymard, Hafiz Osman, Jonathan Xu, Azhar Ahmad, Hanafi Salleh, Zahid Ahmad, Asraf Rashid, Carlos Delgado, Takaya Kawanabe (C) (Hazzuwan Halim), Gilbert Bayonne
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Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos (Zulfadhli Emran), Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Adrian Dhanaraj (Fairoz Hasan), Hafiz Rahim, K Vikraman, Christopher Anderson, Fareez Farhan, Ahmad Suhaimi (Jung Hee Bong)

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

Fourth in a row for Albirex

Albirex Niigata (S) show themselves to be a creditable foe to their rivals for the S-league crown with a fourth victory in a row to climb up to top in the table.

They defeated Woodlands Wellington 2-0 at the Jurong East Stadium.

Atsushi Shimono and Kunihiro Yamashita scored for the White Swans.

In another match, Hougang United defeated Geylang United 2-1 with goals from Jordan Webb and Azhar Sairudin.

Jozef Kaplan reply for the Eagles.

Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Khayrulhayat Jumat (Faizal Samad), Shahril Alias, Syed Fadhil, Khairulnizam Jumahat, Ishak Zainol (Taufiq Ghani), Stefan Milojevic, Ang Zhi Wei, Jozef Kaplan, Rizawan Abdullah (Michael King), Mun Seung Man

Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Hasree Zais, Lau Meng Meng (C), Stanislav Vidakovic, Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin (Faizal Amir), Jordan Webb, Basit Hamid (Syaqir Sulaiman), Sobrie Mazelan, Fazly Hasan, Mamadou Diallo
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Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Danny Chew (Neil Vanu), Duncan Elias, Fabien Larry Lewis, Daniel Hammond (C), Armanizam Dolah, Guntur Djafril, Aloysius Yap (Shamsurin Abd Rahman), Farizal Basri (Goh Swee Swee), Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil

Uniform teams redeem themselves

Both Home United and SAFFC have redeem themselves as they won their respective matches after badly failing badly last time against their main rivals.

Home United defeated Gombak United with goals from FredericMendy and Indra Sahdan.

Ex-Warriors winger Mustaqim Manzur had reply for the Bulls.

As for SAFFC, they gave their title hopes a shot in the arm as they hand Leaders DPMM Brunei their second defeat in a row.

This was a tremendous victory as until now the Bruneian side had been unbeaten in their home Hassanal Bolkiah National all season.

International Fazrul Nawaz got both goals with Adi Said replying for the Brunei side.

In one other match, Tampines Rovers show Balestier Khalsa, S-league surprise package this season, how much they have to improve if they really wish to win the S-league crown this season.

The Stags defeated the Tigers 3-1 with goals from Sead Hadzibulic(2) and Jamil Ali.

Ruhaizad Ismail reply for the Toa Poyah side.

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

Home United
Nazri Sabri (GK), Rosman Sulaiman, Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Shi Jia Yi (C), John Wilkinson, Firdaus Idros (Rhysh Roshan Rai), Masrezwan Masturi, Nor Azli Yusoff, Shotaro Ihata (Indra Sahdan), Frederic Mendy, Qiu Li
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SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Razaleigh Khalik, Daniel Bennett (C), Marin Vidosevic, Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Shukor Zailan, Aliff Shafaeinm (Ruzaini Zainal), Mislav Karoglan (Matthew Abraham), Fazrul Nawaz
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Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Anaz Hadee, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar (Jufri Taha), Fahrudin Mustafic, Ahmad Latiff, Imran Sahib, Jamil Ali (Ahmed Fahmie), Aleksandar Duric (C), Sead Hadzibulic, Gligor Gligorov (Sazali Salleh)

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

Albirex win third in a row

Albirex Niigata (S) won their third game in a row, including an important win against SAFFC, to keep up their charge for the 2012 S-league title.

They defeated Tanjong Pagar United 2-0.

Sato Masatake and Kunihiro Yamashita  got the goals

In another match, Geylang drew 1-1 with Woodlands with goals from Jozef Kaplan and Hussein Akil.

Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Shahril Alias, Syed Fadhil, Jalal (Rizawan Abdullah), Stefan Milojevic (Amy Recha), Michael King, Shah Hirul, Ang Zhi Wei, Jozef Kaplan, Nurhazwan Norasikin, Mun Seung Man 

Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Danny Chew, Duncan Elias, Fabien Larry Lewis, Daniel Hammond (C), Armanizam Dolah, Aloysius Yap (Shamsurin Abd Rahman), Farizal Basri (Goh Swee Swee), Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil, Neil Vanu
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TPUFC
Fajar Sarib (GK), Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C), Jonathan Xu, Azhar Ahmad, Hanafi Salleh, Asraf Rashid, Sudhershen Hariram, Hafiz Nor, Seah Si Hao (Abdul Rahim), Gilbert Bayonne

Uniform teams fall

 
Both Home United and SAFFC saw their title hopes hit as they lost their respective matches to title rivals.

Home United lost 0-1 to this season surprise package Balestier Khalsa with Zulkiffli Hassim getting the winner.

As for SAFFC, it was no different as Albirex Niigata (S) staged a comeback despite being behind three times and yet went away from Choa Chu Kang with all 3 points.

Shimpei Sakurada and Mislav Karoglan, twice, gave the Warriors the lead three time but was pipped back each time by Shuhei Hotta, Kawakami Norihiro and Yamakoshi Yasuhiro.

Then in injury time, Atsushi Shimono gave Albirex Niigata (S) the lead for first time and they went go to get that win.

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

Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK) (C), Jeremy Chiang (Masrezwan Masturi (Rhysh Roshan Rai)), Kenji Arai, Rosman Sulaiman, Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, John Wilkinson, Firdaus Idros (Indra Sahdan), Nor Azli Yusoff, Shotaro Ihata, Frederic Mendy, Qiu Li
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SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin,Noh Rahman, Daniel Bennett (C), Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Seiji Saito, Aliff Shafaein, Shukor Zailan, Fazrul Nawaz (Ruzaini Zainal), Mislav Karoglan

Muda to play their home games in Malaysia next season

CNA has reported Harimua Muda will be playing their home games in Malaysia next year.

The games will either be held in Johore or Malacca.

I think this is a good idea as I never know why the Malaysian side is based in Yishun for what in the first place and they should have played their home game in Malaysia from the start.

Afterall Brunei DPMM are based in their home back on Borneo Island. 

This is a good move in the right direction.

Next though, I have to ask if S-league will then have to continue to pay full subsidises to Muda as 1) they will be playing their home games in Malaysia 2) They may be sending a different team next season from what they promised.

Champions defeat League leader

If DPMM Brunei want the league title from the Champions,  Tampines Rovers, then they are in for a fight as the Eastern side show they are in no mood to give it up.

The Stags handed the Brunei side their second loss of the season and close up the gap on the league leader.

Indeed this was a valuable win as this season the teams only meet twice so the Stags have no better chance to close the gap on DPMM.

And they did it in dramatic fashion as Gligor Gligorov grabbed the winner in injury-time.

In other matches, Hougang end Jaguars run of wins as they defeated the Queenstown team 1-0 and Courts Young Lions defeated Woodlands Wellington 2-1.

Jordan Webb got the winner in the Jaguars- Cheetah matchup.

Faris Ramli and Nazrul Nazari got the goals that won all 3 points for the Cubs with Korean Moon Soon Ho replying for the Rams.

TPUFC
Fajar Sarib (GK), Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C), Azhar Ahmad (Seah Si Hao), Zahid Ahmad, Hanafi Salleh, Asraf Rashid, Takaya Kawanabe, Sudhershen Hariram, Syed Karim (Abdul Rahim), Hafiz Nor

Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Syaqir Sulaiman, Lau Meng Meng (C), Stanislav Vidakovic, Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin (Sobrie Mazelan), Jordan Webb, Fazli Jaffar (Basit Hamid), Faizal Amir, Fazly Hasan, Mamadou Diallo
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Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Danny Chew, Duncan Elias, Fabien Larry Lewis, Daniel Hammond (C), Guntur Djafril, Han Yiguang, Farizal Basri (Oswind Suriya), Goh Swee Swee (Shamsurin Abd Rahman), Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil (Aloysius Yap)

CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Al-Qaasimy Rahman, Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Fazli Ayob (Haniff Sadique), Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Aqhari Abdullah (Zulfahmi Arifin), Faris Ramli, Sherif El-Masri, Sufianto Salleh (Nazrul Nazari)
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Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Anaz Hadee, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic, Ahmad Latiff, Imran Sahib, Jamil Ali (Ahmed Fahmie), Aleksandar Duric (C) (Hairulnazri Hanafi), Sead Hadzibulic (Ali Hudzaifi), Gligor Gligorov

Tampines defeat Muda

Tampines Rovers defeat Harimau Muda 3-2 at the Yishun Stadium.

Ismadi Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic and Jamil Ali got the goals for the Stags with Thamil Arasu and Syahrul Azwari replying for the Malaysians.

In other matches, Tanjong Pagar United continue their good form as they won their match in a row as they beat Woodlands Wellington 1-0, Albirex Niigata (S) hit Gombak United with the same score and Home United beat Courts Young Lions 3-1.

French import Serge Souchon notch the winner for the Jaguars in the matchup against the Rams.

As for the White Swans- Bulls match up, it was Soya Toshikazu who got the winner.

For the Protectors-Cubs clash, it was the goals of Firdaus Idros and Frederic Mendy (2) which ensure all 3 points for the home side.

Jonathan Toto scored for the Cubs.

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

TPUFC
Fajar Sarib (GK), Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C), Jonathan Xu, Azhar Ahmad (S Vikneshwaran), Hanafi Salleh, Zahid Ahmad, Takaya Kawanabe, Serge Souchon, Aliff Shafaein, Jang Injun
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Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Adrian Dhanaraj (Amin Rossady), Hafiz Rahim, K Vikraman, Christopher Anderson (Jung Hee Bong), Julien Durand, Samuel Benjamin (Fairoz Hasan)
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Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK), Kenji Arai, Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Franklin Anzite, Shi Jia Yi (C), John Wilkinson (Shotaro Ihata), Firdaus Idros (Indra Sahdan), Masrezwan Masturi, Nor Azli Yusoff, Frederic Mendy (Rosman Sulaiman), Qiu Li

CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Al-Qaasimy Rahman, Faritz Abdul Hameed (C), Sirina Camara, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Shamil Sharif (Faris Ramli), Aqhari Abdullah, Benjamin Lee, Neil Vanu (Fazli Ayob), Sherif El-Masri, Jonathan Toto (Syafiq Zainal)
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Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Anaz Hadee (Jufri Taha), Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic, Ahmad Latiff, Imran Sahib, Ahmed Fahmie (Ali Hudzaifi), Jamil Ali (Davor Piskor), Aleksandar Duric (C), Gligor Gligorov

Warriors run end

SAFFC run of win have come to an end as they were held 2-2 by Geylang United.

This is a disappointing result as the Eagles have been in terrible form this season and have lost 2 of their last 3 games and gained only 1 point with no goals in those games.

Worse was the Warriors had taken a two-goal lead through Mislav Karoglan and Inui Tatsuro and yet they let it slip away as the Eagles staged their comeback.

First, the Eagles got themselves back into the game before the break as Korean Mun Seung Man got the goal and in the second period, substitute Amy Recha came off the bench to notch the equaliser.

In other matches, Courts Young Lions beat Hougang 2-0 with both goals from Sherif EL-Masri and Brunei DPMM beat Balestier Khalsa 3-1 with goals from Ivan Jerkovic (2) and Basiru Osman.

Park Kang Jin had reply for the Tigers.

SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Noh Rahman, Daniel Bennett (C), Eddie Chang, Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Shukor Zailan, Mislav Karoglan, Fazrul Nawaz, Erwan Gunawan (Hafsyar Farkhan)

Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Shahril Alias, Syed Fadhil, Ishak Zainol, Jalal (Nurhazwan Norasikin), Rhema Obed, Michael King, Ang Zhi Wei (Mubarak Ahamad), Jozef Kaplan, Mun Seung Man, Rizawan Abdullah (Amy Recha)
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Hougang United
Ridzuan Hasan (GK), Syaqir Sulaiman (Hasree Zais), Lau Meng Meng (C), Stanislav Vidakovic, Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin (Ridhwan Osman), Jordan Webb, Fazli Jaffar, Faizal Amir, Ignatius Ang (Sobrie Mazelan), Mamadou Diallo

CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Al-Qaasimy Rahman (Tajeli Salamat), Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Fazli Ayob (Neil Vanu), Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Aqhari Abdullah (Shamil Sharif), Faris Ramli (Benjamin Lee), Sherif El-Masri, Jonathan Toto
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Balestier Khalsa
Joey Sim (GK), Yusiskandar Yusop, Hamqaamal Shah, Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha, Chang Jo Yoon (Patrick Paranjody), Zulkiffli Hassim, Kim Minho (Andrew Tan), Muhaymin Salim (Tengku Mushadad)

Albirex and Balestier title charge halted

Both Albirex Niigata (S) and Balestier Khalsa, who have done excellent this season in the title race, have their charge on the title halted by bottom half sides.

Albirex Niigata (S) were held 1-1 by Courts Young Lions at the Jalan Besar stadium with both goals scored by the White Swans players but one of them was for the wrong side.

Soya Toshikazu had notch the goal for the right team as he equalised for his side after an own goal had given the Cubs the lead.

As for Balestier, they fell 0-1 to Tanjong Pagar with the winner from their Japanese import Takaya Kawanabe. 

CYL

Syazwan Buhari (GK), Al-Qaasimy Rahman, Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Fazli Ayob (Sherif El-Masri), Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Aqhari Abdullah, Faris Ramli (Neil Vanu), Shahfiq Ghani (Shamil Sharif), Sherif El-Masri
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TPUFC
Fajar Sarib (GK), Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C), Jonathan Xu, Azhar Ahmad, Hanafi Salleh, Zahid Ahmad, , Serge Souchon, Aliff Shafaein, Lee Joo Sang (Syed Karim)

Balestier Khalsa
Joey Sim (GK), Yusiskandar Yusop, Hamqaamal Shah, Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Ruhaizad Ismail (Andrew Tan), Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha, Patrick Paranjody (Chang Jo Yoon), Kim Minho, Muhaymin Salim (Tengku Mushadad)

Third in a row for Warriors

The Warriors are in their form of the season as they won their third game in a row as they beat Gombak 1-0.

It mean their once fading league title hopes are back on track as they make up ground on the teams above them.

They have Shimpei Sakurada to thanks for the win as he notch the winner in injury time.

In other matches, Home United defeated Woodlands Wellington 3-1 and Brunei DPMM crush Hougang 5-1.

Mendy Frederic got a hat-trick for the Protectors with Hussein Akil replying for the Rams.

Azwan Saleh and Shahrazen Said each got 2 goals with the remaining goal an own goal while Mamadou Diallo reply for Hougang.

Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK), Jeremy Chiang, Rosman Sulaiman, Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Franklin Anzite (Hafiz Nor), Shi Jia Yi (C), John Wilkinson, Nor Azli Yusoff, Shotaro Ihata (Firdaus Idros), Frederic Mendy (Rhysh Roshan Rai), Qiu Li

Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Danny Chew (Farizal Basri) , Duncan Elias, Daniel Hammond (C), K Sathiaraj, Edward Tan, Armanizam Dolah (Oswind Suriya), Shamsurin Abd Rahman, Goh Swee Swee, Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil (Guntur Djafril)
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Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Hasree Zais, Lau Meng Meng (C), Stanislav Vidakovic, Ante Barac, Azhar Sairudin (Ridhwan Osman), Jordan Webb, Fazli Jaffar, Faizal Amir (Fazly Hasan), Nurhilmi Jasni (Ignatius Ang), Mamadou Diallo
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Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Adrian Dhanaraj, Hafiz Rahim, Fairoz Hasan (Jung Hee Bong), Christopher Anderson, Nur Naiim Ishak (Shafuan Sutohmoh), Julien Durand (Mustaqim Manzur), Samuel Benjamin

SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Noh Rahman, Daniel Bennett (C), Eddie Chang, Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Ruzaini Zainal, Shukor Zailan, Mislav Karoglan, Erwan Gunawan (Prakash Manikam), Hafsyar Farkhan

Tampines & Muda win their games

Both Tampines Rovers and Harimau Muda won their matches as they defeated Courts Young Lions and Geylang United respectively.

Tampines Rovers won 2-1 against Courts Young Lions with Jamil Ali getting the winner with the other goals being own goal.

Muda defeated Geylang 2-0 with goals from Wan Zack Haikal and D Saarvindran.

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

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

Warriors keep their title hopes on track

SAFFC have set their title hopes back on track after they defeated champions Tampines Rovers 1-0 at the Clementi Stadium.

This was a match the Warriors cannot afford to even draw even as they had regained their winning way last week when they defeatedHougang 1-0.

Before that, they had lost 2 of their 3 games and drawn the other one and were fading out of the title race with Brunei DPMM a distance away.

That why it was to their relief, last season top scorer and Player of the Year Mislav Karoglan got the winner as the minutes was clicking away.

In another match, the Jaguars shock Singapore Cup champions Home United by beating them 1-0 with the winner from Takaya Kawanabe.

Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Jufri Taha, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic, Sazali Salleh (Ali Hudzaifi), Ahmad Latiff, Ahmed Fahmie (Fazil Zailani), Davor Piskor (Jamil Ali), Aleksandar Duric (C), Gligor Gligorov

SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Eddie Chang (Razaleigh Khalik), Bah Mamadou, Daniel Bennett (C), Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Shukor Zailan, Fazrul Nawaz, Mislav Karoglan (Hafsyar Farkhan), Erwan Gunawan (Noh Rahman)
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TPUFC
Fajar Sarib (GK), Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C), Jonathan Xu, Hanafi Salleh, Zahid Ahmad, Serge Souchon, Takaya Kawanabe, Aliff Shafaein, Jang Injun, Lee Joo Sang

Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK), Jeremy Chiang (Rhysh Roshan Rai), Rosman Sulaiman, Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Franklin Anzite (C), Firdaus Idros, Masrezwan Masturi (Qiu Li), Nor Azli Yusoff, Shotaro Ihata, Frederic Mendy, Indra Sahdan

Brunei DPMM recover winning way

Brunei DPMM return to their winning way after beating Woodlands Wellington 3-0 in Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah National.

The Brunei side had lost their unbeaten run after a 0-1 defeat against Home United

Shahrazen Said and Rodrigo Grahl (2) got the goals against the Rams.

In other matches, Albirex Niigata (S) drew 0-0 with Geylang United, Courts Young Lions beat Gombak 1-0 and Harimau Muda beat Hougang 3-1.

Sherif EL-Masri had scored for the Cubs.

Affizie Faisal and Thamil Arasu grab the goals for the Malaysians while Jordan Webb scored for the Cheetahs.

Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Salim Rahim, Shahril Alias, Syed Fadhil, Ishak Zainol, Rhema Obed, Michael King (Amy Recha), Ang Zhi Wei (Mubarak Ahamad), Jozef Kaplan, Mun Seung Man, Rizawan Abdullah (Jalal)
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CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Al-Qaasimy Rahman, Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Fazli Ayob (Jonathan Toto), Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Faris Ramli, Shamil Sharif, Shahfiq Ghani (Aqhari Abdullah), Sherif El-Masri (Neil Vanu)

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Adrian Dhanaraj, Shafuan Sutohmoh (Nur Naiim Ishak), Hafiz Rahim, Mustaqim Manzur, Christopher Anderson (Fairoz Hasan), Jung Hee Bong, Julien Durand (Samuel Benjamin)
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Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK), Hasree Zais, Lau Meng Meng (C), Stanislav Vidakovic (Ignatius Ang), Ante Barac, Fazli Jaffar (Jordan Webb), Faizal Amir, Basit Hamid (Ridhwan Osman), Nurhilmi Jasni, Sobrie Mazelan, Mamadou Diallo
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Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Danny Chew, Duncan Elias, Daniel Hammond (C), K Sathiaraj, Edward Tan, Armanizam Dolah (Oswind Suriya), Guntur Djafril (Moon Soon Ho), Han Yiguang, Shamsurin Abd Rahman, Farizal Basri (Hussein Akil)

Warriors regain winning way but is it too late

After a run of 4 games without a win, the Warriors won again as they beat Hougang 1-0 but their league title hopes may have already been hurt by that run as they are now a distance from leader DPMM.

They cannot afford to drop any more points ,especially against their rivals, from this stage as this season is the shortest since 2000 with only 24 games instead of the usual 33.

Last season top scorer and Player of the Year  Mislav Karoglan was the saviour of the Warriors season as he scored in the last 10 minutes of the game.

In other matches, Balestier beat Harimau Muda 2-0, Courts Young Lions crushed Tanjong Pagar 5-0 and Gombak beat Geylang 2-0.

Hamqaamal Shahand and Ruhaizad Ismail got the goals in the meeting of the Tigers clash.

Hafiz Abu Sujad, Jonathan Toto (2) and Shahfiq Ghani got the Cubs with the remaining one an own goal.

Obadin Aikhena and Julien Durand got the goals in the Bulls-Eagles match.

Balestier Khalsa
Joey Sim (GK), Hamqaamal Shah, Paul Cunningham (C), Jaslee Hatta, Ridwan Jamil, Tengku Mushadad (Muhaymin Salim), Ruhaizad Ismail, Goran Subara (Yusiskandar Yusop), Park Kang Jin, Syed Thaha, Patrick Paranjody  (Kim Minho)
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TPUFC
Shamsudin Hashim (GK), Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C) (Hanafi Salleh), Jonathan Xu (Afdhal Arifin), Azhar Ahmad, Asraf Rashid, Takaya Kawanabe, Serge Souchon, Sudhershen Hariram (Ravindira Ghopinath), Aliff Shafaein, Jang Injun

CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Al-Qaasimy Rahman (Tajeli Salamat) , Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Faris Ramli, Shamil Sharif, Shahfiq Ghani (Aqhari Abdullah), Sherif El-Masri, Jonathan Toto (Haniff Sadique)
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Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Adrian Dhanaraj (Shafuan Sutohmoh), Hafiz Rahim (Mustaqim Manzur), K Vikraman (Fareez Farhan), Christopher Anderson, Jung Hee Bong, Julien Durand

Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Salim Rahim, Shahril Alias, Syed Fadhil (Faizal Samad), Jalal (Rizawan Abdullah), Rhema Obed, Michael King, Ang Zhi Wei, Jozef Kaplan, Basil Teo, Mun Seung Man (Rizawan Abdullah)
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SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK), Zulfadli Zainal Abidin,  Bah Mamadou, Daniel Bennett (C), Tatsuro Inui, Shimpei Sakurada, Ruzaini Zainal, Eddie Chang, Fazrul Nawaz, Mislav Karoglan (Razaleigh Khalik), Erwan Gunawan (Noh Rahman)

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