# 2016 Tampines Rovers FC season

The 2016 S.League season is Tampines Rovers's 21st season at the top level of Singapore football and 71st year in existence as a football club. The club also competed in the Singapore League Cup, Singapore Cup, Singapore Community Shield and the AFC Cup.

## Squad
### Sleague Squad

    As of 4 May 2017.
| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Last club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Izwan Mahbud | (1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 34) | LionsXII | 2016 | |
| 21 | Joey Sim | (1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 (age 37) | Geylang International | 2015 | |
| 26 | Ahmad Fadly | (1997-03-01) 1 March 1997 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2016 | |
| 44 | Haikal Hasnol | (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 28) | Youth Team | 2016 | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Ismadi Mukhtar | (1983-12-16) 16 December 1983 (age 40) | Woodlands Wellington | 2010 | |
| 3 | Jufri Taha | (1985-03-04) 4 March 1985 (age 39) | Balestier Khalsa | 2010 | |
| 4 | Fahrudin Mustafic | (1981-04-17) 17 April 1981 (age 43) | Persela Lamongan | 2011 | |
| 5 | Noh Rahman | (1980-08-02) 2 August 1980 (age 44) | Home United | 2016 | |
| 14 | Afiq Yunos | (1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 33) | LionsXII | 2016 | |
| 17 | Shakir Hamzah | (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 32) | LionsXII | 2016 | 2017 |
| 19 | Irwan Shah | (1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 35) | Warriors FC | 2016 | |
| 20 | Kwon Jun | (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 37) | Putrajaya SPA F.C. | 2016 | |
| 32 | Ariyan Shamsuddin | (1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2016 | |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Yasir Hanapi | (1989-06-21) 21 June 1989 (age 35) | Home United | 2016 | |
| 7 | Christopher van Huizen | (1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 31) | LionsXII | 2016 | |
| 8 | Shahdan Sulaiman | (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 36) | LionsXII | 2016 | 2017 |
| 9 | Jermaine Pennant | (1983-01-15) 15 January 1983 (age 41) | Wigan Athletic F.C. | 2016 | |
| 12 | Fabian Kwok | (1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 35) | Geylang International | 2015 | |
| 13 | Izzdin Shafiq | (1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 33) | LionsXII | 2016 | |
| 15 | Nawari Ahmad | (1992-02-15) 15 February 1992 (age 32) | Youth Team | 2016 | |
| 16 | Hafiz Sujad | (1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 (age 33) | LionsXII | 2016 | |
| 30 | Aide Shazwandi | (1997-01-13) 13 January 1997 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2016 | |
| 38 | Gautam Selvamany | (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2016 | |
| 43 | Saifullah Akbar | (1999-01-31) 31 January 1999 (age 25) | Youth Team | 2016 | |
| Forwards |||||||
| 10 | Fazrul Nawaz | (1985-04-17) 17 April 1985 (age 39) | Warriors FC | 2016 | |
| 11 | Jordan Webb | (1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 (age 36) | Courts Young Lions | 2016 | |
| 18 | Sufian Anuar | (1987-08-28) 28 August 1987 (age 37) | LionsXII | 2016 | |
| 25 | Billy Mehmet | (1985-01-03) 3 January 1985 (age 39) | Sarawak FA | 2016 | |
| 29 | Diego Silvas | (1997-09-25) 25 September 1997 (age 27) | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | 2016 | |
| 33 | Noor Faridzuan | (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 (age 28) | Youth Team | 2016 | |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Jürgen Raab |
| Assistant coach | Herman Zailani |
| Goalkeeping coach | Rameshpal Singh |
| Team manager | Desmund Khusnin |
| Physiotherapist | |
| Kitman | Goh Koon Hiang |
| Director of Football | Jita Singh |

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

| Position | Player | Transferred From |
| GK | Izwan Mahbud | LionsXII |
| DF | Hafiz Abu Sujad | LionsXII |
| DF | Afiq Yunos | LionsXII |
| DF | Shakir Hamzah | LionsXII |
| DF | Irwan Shah | Warriors FC |
| DF | Noh Rahman | Home United |
| DF | Kwon Jun | Putrajaya SPA F.C. |
| MF | Yasir Hanapi | Home United |
| MF | Izzdin Shafiq | LionsXII |
| MF | Firdaus Kasman | LionsXII |
| MF | Christopher van Huizen | LionsXII |
| MF | Shahdan Sulaiman | LionsXII |
| MF | Jermaine Pennant | Wigan Athletic F.C. |
| FW | Sufian Anuar | LionsXII |
| FW | Fazrul Nawaz | Warriors FC |
| FW | Jordan Webb | Courts Young Lions |
| FW | Billy Mehmet | Sarawak FA |
| FW | Diego Silvas | Seattle Sounders FC 2 |

#### Retained

| Position | Player |
| GK | Joey Sim |
| DF | Mustafic Fahrudin |
| DF | Ismadi Mukhtar |
| DF | Jufri Taha |
| MF | Fabian Kwok |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To |
| GK | Siddiq Durimi | |
| GK | Rodrigo Pacheco | |
| DF | Predrag Počuča | FK BSK Borča |
| DF | Shaiful Esah | Warriors FC |
| DF | Zulfadli Zainal Abidin | Warriors FC |
| DF | Ismail Yunos | Warriors FC |
| DF | Aqhari Abdullah | Home United |
| MF | Jamil Ali | Balestier Khalsa |
| MF | Firdaus Idros | |
| MF | Ridhuan Muhammad | Warriors FC |
| MF | Robert Alviž | HNK Šibenik |
| MF | Mohammad Naeem Rahimi | Bankstown Berries FC |
| MF | Isa Halim | Geylang International |
| FW | Mateo Roskam | Sarawak FA |
| FW | Rodrigo Tosi | Persija Jakarta |
| FW | Indra Sahdan Daud | Geylang International |
| FW | Noh Alam Shah | |

### Trial

| Position | Player | From | Ref |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Team statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | League Cup | League Cup | AFC Cup | AFC Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Izwan Mahbud | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ismadi Mukhtar | 13(4) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4(3) | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Jufri Taha | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Fahrudin Mustafic | 18(3) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7(1) | 1 | 34 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | Noh Rahman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Yasir Hanapi | 20(2) | 3 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | Christopher van Huizen | 5(5) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Shahdan Sulaiman | 11(2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4(2) | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | Jermaine Pennant | 15(6) | 5 | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 | 32 | 5 |
| 10 | FW | Fazrul Nawaz | 15(3) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5(1) | 1 | 26 | 9 |
| 11 | FW | Jordan Webb | 22(2) | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7(3) | 1 | 41 | 14 |
| 12 | MF | Fabian Kwok | 5(4) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2(2) | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Izzdin Shafiq | 20(4) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(2) | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Afiq Yunos | 11(3) | 0 | 2(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7(1) | 2 | 25 | 3 |
| 15 | MF | Nawari Ahmad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Hafiz Sujad | 18(3) | 2 | 3(1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8(2) | 2 | 35 | 7 |
| 17 | DF | Shakir Hamzah | 16(4) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| 18 | FW | Sufian Anuar | 1(8) | 0 | 2(2) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0(2) | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| 19 | DF | Irwan Shah | 14(5) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Kwon Jun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(3) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Joey Sim | 6(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Billy Mehmet | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6(1) | 3 | 36 | 20 |
| 29 | FW | Diego Silvas | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | MF | Aide Shazwandi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Ariyan Shamsuddin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | FW | Noor Faridzuan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Haiqal Sulaiman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Guatam Selvamany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | Shafie Muliantoh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | Saifullah Akbar | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |

### S.League

Win  Draw  Loss
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 50 | |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 49 | Qualification to AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1 or AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 3 | DPMM FC | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 41 | |
| 4 | Home United | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 37 | Qualification to AFC Cup Play-off Round |
| 5 | Geylang International | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 37 | |
* 1 2 The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

### Singapore Cup
#### Quarter-final

Tampines Rovers won 5–2 on aggregate.

#### Semi-final

Tampines Rovers won 5-3 on aggregate.

#### Final
### Singapore TNP League Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | DPMM FC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | Advance to semi-final |
| 3 | Hougang United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Warriors FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |
Win  Draw  Loss

#### Semi-final
### AFC Champions League

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Qualifying play-off
### AFC Cup
#### Group stage

Win  Draw  Loss
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CER | TAM | SEL | SJD |
| 1 | Ceres | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 12 | Knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 10 | Knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Selangor | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 3 | | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–4 | — |

#### Knockout stage

Bengaluru FC won 1–0 on aggregate.