# 2017 Warriors FC season

The 2017 season is Warriors' 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.

## Squad
### S.League squad

    As of 24 February 2017.
| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Jasper Chan | (1988-11-07) 7 November 1988 (age 35) | Eunos Crescent (NFL) |
| 18 | Zainol Gulam | (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32) | Youth Team |
| 22 | Hyrulnizam Juma'at | (1986-11-14) 14 November 1986 (age 37) | Home United |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Zulfadli Zainal | (1988-04-26) 26 April 1988 (age 36) | Tampines Rovers |
| 3 | Syaqir Sulaiman | (1986-08-12) 12 August 1986 (age 38) | Hougang United |
| 4 | Hafiz Osman | (1984-02-15) 15 February 1984 (age 40) | Geylang International |
| 5 | Kento Fukuda | (1990-05-15) 15 May 1990 (age 34) | Geylang International |
| 13 | Baihakki Khaizan | (1984-01-31) 31 January 1984 (age 40) | Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. |
| 20 | Ang Zhiwei | (1989-08-02) 2 August 1989 (age 35) | Home United |
| 24 | Ho Wai Loon | (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 31) | Balestier Khalsa |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | Ridhuan Muhammad | (1984-05-06) 6 May 1984 (age 40) | Tampines Rovers |
| 7 | Shaiful Esah | (1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 (age 38) | Tampines Rovers |
| 8 | Emmeric Ong | (1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 (age 33) | LionsXII |
| 11 | Fazli Jaffar | (1983-05-09) 9 May 1983 (age 41) | Hougang United |
| 14 | Poh Yi Feng | (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 (age 37) | Balestier Khalsa |
| 17 | Shahril Ishak | (1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 40) | Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. |
| 19 | Hafiz Nor | (1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 36) | Geylang International |
| 21 | Firdaus Kasman | (1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 (age 36) | Young Lions FC |
| 23 | Suria Prakash | (1993-12-23) 23 December 1993 (age 30) | SAFSA |
| 25 | Sharin Majid | (1995-03-31) 31 March 1995 (age 29) | Youth Team |
| Strikers |||||
| 9 | Andrei Ciolacu | (1992-08-09) 9 August 1992 (age 32) | ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș |
| 10 | Jordan Webb | (1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 (age 36) | Tampines Rovers |
| 12 | Samuel Benjamin | (1995-03-31) 31 March 1995 (age 29) | Yishun Sentek Mariners (NFL Club) |
| 15 | Fadhil Noh | (1989-03-04) 4 March 1989 (age 35) | Balestier Khalsa |
| 16 | Nur Asyidiq | (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 31) | Yishun Sentek Mariners (NFL Club) |

### Prime League squad

    As of 24 February 2017.
| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 36 | Bryan Quek | (1995-06-05) 5 June 1995 (age 29) | Free Agent |
| 40 | Mukundan Maran | (1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 (age 28) | Free Agent |
| Defenders |||||
| 30 | Fazli Shafie | (1997-06-06) 6 June 1997 (age 27) | Free Agent |
| 33 | Bryan Tan Yu Ru | (1996-05-07) 7 May 1996 (age 28) | Tampines Rovers Prime League |
| 34 | Hariz Zulkefli | | |
| 38 | Aniq Iskandar | (1996-10-30) 30 October 1996 (age 27) | Prime League |
| 48 | Daniel Shafiq | | NFA U18 |
| Midfielders |||||
| 27 | Gautam Selvamany | | Tampines Rovers Prime League |
| 29 | Andin Addie | (1997-01-30) 30 January 1997 (age 27) | NFA U17 |
| 32 | Danial Zulkifli | (1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 25) | Prime League |
| 42 | Suhairi Sabri | (1995-04-23) 23 April 1995 (age 29) | Prime League |
| 43 | Syahmi Zuhaily | (1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 27) | |
| 44 | Mikhail Ramdan | (1997-02-22) 22 February 1997 (age 27) | NFA U18 |
| Strikers |||||
| 26 | Clay Silvas | (1998-03-07) 7 March 1998 (age 26) | Sacramento Republic FC U18 |
| 28 | Gerald Gwee | | Tampines Rovers Prime League |
| 31 | A Pavithran | (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 28) | Balestier Khalsa Prime League |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Razif Onn |
| Assistant coach | Muhammad Effendi Bin Rahmat |
| Assistant coach / Goalkeeping Coach | Lee Bee Seng |
| Team manager | Eugene Cheang |
| Fitness trainer | Silas Abdul Karim Bin Noor Shah |
| Sports trainer | Benjamin Bhagawat |
| Kitman | |

## Transfers
### Pre-season transfers

Source

#### In

| Position | Player | Transferred From |
| GK | Hyrulnizam Juma'at | Home United |
| DF | Ang Zhiwei | Home United |
| DF | Ho Wai Loon | Balestier Khalsa |
| DF | Baihakki Khaizan | Johor Darul Ta'zim II |
| DF | Zulfadhli Emran | Bishan Barx FC (NFL Club) |
| DF | Sharin Majid | Prime League |
| MF | Shahril Ishak | Johor Darul Ta'zim II |
| MF | Firdaus Kasman | Young Lions |
| FW | Fadhil Noh | Balestier Khalsa |
| FW | Samuel Benjamin | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (NFL Club) |
| FW | Nur Asyidiq | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (NFL Club) |
| FW | Jordan Webb | Tampines Rovers |
| FW | Clay Silvas | Sacramento Republic FC U18 |
| FW | Joël Tshibamba | FC Koper |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| GK | Yazid Yasin | Gymkhana FC (NFL Division 2) | |
| GK | Shahul Rayyan | SAFSA (NFL Division 1) | |
| DF | Madhu Mohana | Tampines Rovers | |
| DF | Ismail Yunos | Retired | |
| DF | Jeremy Chiang | Released | |
| MF | Ignatius Ang | SAFSA (NFL Division 1) | |
| MF | Andy Ahmad | SAFSA (NFL Division 1) | |
| MF | Hafsyar Farkhan | Tiong Bahru FC (NFL Division 1) | |
| MF | Hafiz Rahim | Tampines Rovers | |
| MF | Hafiz Sulaiman | Young Lions FC | |
| FW | Jonathan Behe | Sabah | |
| FW | Nikola Rak | NK Lučko | |
| FW | Marijan Šuto | Home United | To Prime League |

### Mid-season transfer
#### In

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| MF | Suria Prakash | SAFSA (NFL Club) | |
| FW | Andrei Ciolacu | ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș | |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| FW | Joël Tshibamba | | |
| DF | Zulfadhli Emran | | |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Post season friendlies
## Team statistics
### Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Jasper Chan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Zulfadli Zainal Abidin | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 14(1) | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Syaqir Sulaiman | 13(4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 17(5) | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Hafiz Osman | 12(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15(1) | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Kento Fukuda | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Ridhuan Muhammad | 8(10) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 10(12) | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Shaiful Esah | 6(5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2(3) | 0 | 8(8) | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Emmeric Ong | 18(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 23(1) | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Andrei Ciolacu | 10(1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18(1) | 7 |
| 10 | FW | Jordan Webb | 20(2) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 25(2) | 8 |
| 11 | MF | Fazli Jaffar | 7(5) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9(6) | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Baihakki Khaizan | 19(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24(1) | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Poh Yi Feng | 4(6) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5(7) | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Fadhil Noh | 6(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 7(8) | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Nur Asyidiq | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Shahril Ishak (captain) | 23(1) | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 28(1) | 14 |
| 18 | GK | Zainol Gulam | 5(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Hafiz Nor | 17(4) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2(2) | 0 | 20(6) | 3 |
| 20 | DF | Ang Zhiwei | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Firdaus Kasman | 11(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 12(5) | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Hyrulnizam Juma'at | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Suria Prakash | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Ho Wai Loon | 16(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21(2) | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Sharin Majid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Clay Silvas | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Danial Zulkifli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Aniq Iskandar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Mukundan Maran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Joël Tshibamba | 7(1) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(1) | 4 |
| 23 | DF | Zulfadhli Emran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| S.League | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 29 | +0 | 038.10 |
| Singapore Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 000.00 |
| League Cup | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 040.00 |
| Total | | | | | !— | |

### S.League

Win  Draw  Loss
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Home United | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 50 | Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 4 | Geylang International | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 36 | |
| 5 | Warriors FC | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 34 | |
| 6 | Hougang United | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 30 | |
| 7 | Balestier Khalsa | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 33 | −16 | 19 | |

### Singapore Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### Singapore TNP League Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 | Warriors | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | Advance to semi-final |
| 3 | Hougang United | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Home United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | |

#### Group matches

Win  Draw  Loss