# 2020 Tampines Rovers FC season

The 2020 Singapore Premier League season is Tampines Rovers's 25th season at the top level of Singapore football and 75th year in existence as a football club. The club will also compete in the Singapore League Cup, Singapore Cup, Singapore Community Shield and the AFC Cup.

## Squad
### Sleague

    As of 18 February 2020
| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Last club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Zulfairuuz Rudy | (1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 30) | Hougang United | 2019 | 2020 |
| 24 | Syazwan Buhari | (1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 32) | Geylang International | 2018 | 2020 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Shannon Stephen | (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 30) | Young Lions FC | 2017 | 2020 |
| 3 | Ryaan Sanizal $^{U23}$ | (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002 (age 22) | FFA U16 | 2019 | 2020 |
| 5 | Amirul Adli | (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 28) | Young Lions FC | 2018 | 2020 |
| 6 | Madhu Mohana | (1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33) | Negeri Sembilan FA | 2018 | 2020 |
| 14 | Baihakki Khaizan $^{>30}$ | (1984-01-31) 31 January 1984 (age 40) | PT Prachuap F.C. | 2020 | 2021 |
| 16 | Daniel Bennett $^{>30}$ | (1978-01-07) 7 January 1978 (age 46) | Geylang International | 2017 | 2020 |
| 17 | Irwan Shah $^{>30}$ | (1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 35) | Warriors FC | 2016 | 2020 |
| 18 | Fathullah Rahmat $^{U23}$ | (2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 22) | FFA U17 | 2019 | 2020 |
| 21 | Hamizan Hisham $^{U23}$ | (2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 (age 22) | FFA U18 | 2019 | 2020 |
| 22 | Syahrul Sazali $^{U23}$ | (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 26) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 4 | Huzaifah Aziz | (1994-06-27) 27 June 1994 (age 30) | Balestier Khalsa | 2020 | 2020 |
| 7 | Yasir Hanapi $^{>30}$ | (1989-06-21) 21 June 1989 (age 35) | PDRM FA | 2018 | 2020 |
| 8 | Kyoga Nakamura | (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 28) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2020 | 2020 |
| 15 | Shah Shahiran $^{U23}$ | (1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 24) | FFA U18 | 2018 | 2020 |
| 23 | Zehrudin Mehmedović $^{U21}$ | (1998-03-15) 15 March 1998 (age 26) | FK Mladost Lučani | 2019 | 2020 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Boris Kopitović | (1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 29) | OFK Petrovac | 2020 | 2020 |
| 10 | Jordan Webb $^{>30}$ | (1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 (age 36) | Warriors FC | 2018 | 2020 |
| 13 | Taufik Suparno | (1995-10-31) 31 October 1995 (age 28) | SAFSA | 2018 | 2020 |
| 19 | Hairil Sufi $^{U23}$ | (2000-05-27) 27 May 2000 (age 24) | Hougang United | 2020 | 2020 |
| 28 | Fazrul Nawaz $^{>30}$ | (1985-04-17) 17 April 1985 (age 39) | Hougang United | 2020 | 2020 |
| Players loaned out / left during season |||||||
| 11 | Safirul Sulaiman | (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 31) | Geylang International | 2018 | 2020 |
| 12 | Joel Chew $^{U23}$ | (2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 24) | FFA U18 | 2019 | 2020 |

### U19

    As of 22 April 2018
| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Last club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 54 | Danial Iliya | (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 21) | FFA U16 | 2020 | 2020 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 53 | Andrew Aw | (2003-03-29) 29 March 2003 (age 21) | FFA U16 | 2020 | 2020 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| | Nicky Melvin Singh | (2002-06-13) 13 June 2002 (age 22) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 51 | Haziq Mikhail | (2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 24) | Home United U19 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 52 | Shagir Firaf | (2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2020 | 2020 |
| 56 | Danish Siregar | (2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 (age 21) | FFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| | Max McCoy | | Youth Team | 2020 | 2020 |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Chairman | Desmond Ong |
| General Manager | Desmund Khusnin |
| Team Manager | William Phang |
| Head coach | Gavin Lee |
| Assistant coach | Fahrudin Mustafić |
| Goalkeeping coach | William Phang |
| Physiotherapist | Premjit Singh |
| Kitman | Goh Koon Hiang |

## Transfers
### Pre-season
#### In

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| DF | Syahrul Sazali | Young Lions FC | Free |
| MF | Kyoga Nakamura | Albirex Niigata | Free |
| MF | Huzaifah Aziz | Balestier Khalsa | Free |
| FW | Hairil Sufi | Hougang United | Free |
| FW | Boris Kopitović | OFK Petrovac | Free |
| FW | Hairil Sufi | Hougang United | Free |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| GK | Zephen-Sean | | Released |
| GK | Nurshafiq Zaini | Young Lions | |
| DF | Zakri Ee Kai Ren | | Released |
| DF | Akmal Azman | Young Lions | |
| MF | Shahdan Sulaiman | Lion City Sailors F.C. | Undisclosed |
| MF | Zulfadhmi Suzliman | Balestier Khalsa | Undsiclosed |
| MF | Elijah Lim Teck Yong | Balestier Khalsa | Free |
| FW | Ryutaro Megumi | Felda United | Free |
| GK | Haikal Hasnol | | NS till 2020 |
| DF | Irfan Najeeb | | NS till 2020 |
Note 1: Shahdan Sulaiman's contract end at 2021 but transferred to Home United for undisclosed fee.
Note 2: Zulfadhmi Suzliman's contract end at 2020 but transferred to Balestier Khalsa for undisclosed fee.

#### Extension and retained

| Position | Player | Ref |
| Coach | Gavin Lee | 2 years extension |
| GK | Syazwan Buhari | |
| GK | Zulfairuuz Rudy | |
| DF | Madhu Mohana | 1 year extension |
| DF | Daniel Bennett | |
| DF | Amirul Adli | 3 years contract signed in 2018 |
| DF | Shannon Stephen | 3 years contract signed in 2018 |
| DF | Irwan Shah | |
| MF | Yasir Hanapi | 3 years contract signed in 2018 |
| MF | Zehrudin Mehmedović | 1 year contract signed in 2019 |
| MF | Safirul Sulaiman | |
| FW | Jordan Webb | 3 years contract signed in 2018 |
| FW | Taufik Suparno | |

#### Promoted

| Position | Player |
| GK | Danial Iliya |
| DF | Ryaan Sanizal |
| DF | Fathullah Rahmat |
| DF | Hamizan Hisham |
| MF | Haziq Mikhail |
| MF | Danish Siregar |

### Mid-season transfers
#### In

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| DF | Baihakki Khaizan | PT Prachuap F.C. | Free 2 years contract signed in 2020 |
| FW | Fazrul Nawaz | Warriors FC | Free |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| MF | Safirul Sulaiman | Geylang International | Undisclosed |
| MF | Joel Chew Joon Herng | SAFSA | NS |
| DF | Syahrul Sazali | SAFSA | NS |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss
Leo Cup 2020 Thailand - 26 to 30 January

## Team statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | ACL / AFC Cup | ACL / AFC Cup | Charity Shield | Charity Shield | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Zulfairuuz Rudy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Shannon Stephen | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Ryaan Sanizal | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Huzaifah Aziz | 1(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Amirul Adli | 9(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Madhu Mohana | 6(6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Yasir Hanapi | 8(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Kyoga Nakamura | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Boris Kopitović | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 |
| 10 | FW | Jordan Webb | 10(1) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 |
| 13 | FW | Taufik Suparno | 1(11) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | DF | Baihakki Khaizan | 5(3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Shah Shahiran | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Daniel Bennett | 11(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Irwan Shah | 7(7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | Fathullah Rahmat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Hairil Sufi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Hamizan Hisham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Syahrul Sazali | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Zehrudin Mehmedović | 9(3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| 24 | GK | Syazwan Buhari | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Fazrul Nawaz | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | Andrew Aw | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 56 | FW | Danish Siregar | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | Safirul Sulaiman | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Joel Chew Joon Herng | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Note $^4$ Player scored 4 goals $^5$ Player scored 5 goals

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| SPL | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 057.14 |
| AFC Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Charity Shield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Total | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 13 | +21 | 061.11 |

### Charity Shield

Hougang United was a last minute replacement for DPMM FC after DPMM pulled out from the Charity Shield due to COVID-19.
Win  Draw  Loss

### Singapore Premier League

Win  Draw  Loss
* ↑ Hougang United was a last minute replacement for DPMM FC after DPMM pulled out from the Charity Shield due to Covid 19.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata (S) (C) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 32 | |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 29 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lion City Sailors | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 27 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 4 | Geylang International | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 20 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 5 | Balestier Khalsa | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 19 | |
| 6 | Hougang United | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 15 | |
| 7 | Young Lions | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 38 | −26 | 9 | |
| 8 | Tanjong Pagar United | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 5 | |
* 1 2 The foreign club – Albirex Niigata (S) – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

### Singapore Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### AFC Champions League

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Qualifying play-off
### AFC Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | TAM | KAY | PSM | SHA |
| 1 | Tampines Rovers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | — | 29 Sep | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Kaya–Iloilo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 0–0 | — | 23 Sep | 26 Sep |
| 3 | PSM Makassar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | 26 Sep | 1–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Shan United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | 23 Sep | 0–2 | 29 Sep | — |
Win  Draw  Loss