# 2016 Warriors FC season

The 2016 season is Warriors' 21st 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 | Yazid Yasin | (1979-06-24) 24 June 1979 (age 45) | Geylang International |
| 18 | Shahul Rayyan | (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 (age 29) | Young Lions FC |
| 20 | Zainol Gulam | (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32) | Youth Team |
| 22 | Jasper Chan | (1988-11-07) 7 November 1988 (age 35) | Eunos Crescent (NFL) |
| 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 | Ismail Yunos | (1986-10-24) 24 October 1986 (age 37) | Tampines Rovers |
| 5 | Kento Fukuda | (1990-05-15) 15 May 1990 (age 34) | Geylang International |
| 6 | Madhu Mohana | (1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33) | LionsXII |
| 7 | Shaiful Esah | (1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 (age 38) | Tampines Rovers |
| 13 | Hafiz Osman | (1984-02-15) 15 February 1984 (age 40) | Geylang International |
| 24 | Jeremy Chiang | (1985-04-11) 11 April 1985 (age 39) | Hougang United |
| Midfielders |||||
| 8 | Emmeric Ong | (1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 (age 33) | LionsXII |
| 9 | Poh Yi Feng | (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 (age 37) | Balestier Khalsa |
| 10 | Nikola Rak | (1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 37) | NK Lučko |
| 11 | Hafiz Nor | (1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 36) | Geylang International |
| 12 | Ridhuan Muhammad | (1984-05-06) 6 May 1984 (age 40) | Tampines Rovers |
| 14 | Ignatius Ang | (1992-11-11) 11 November 1992 (age 31) | Balestier Khalsa |
| 15 | Fazli Jaffar | (1983-05-09) 9 May 1983 (age 41) | Hougang United |
| 17 | Andy Ahmad | (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 (age 33) | Woodlands Wellington |
| 19 | Hafsyar Farkhan | (1988-04-16) 16 April 1988 (age 36) | Youth Team |
| 21 | Hafiz Rahim | (1983-11-19) 19 November 1983 (age 40) | Home United |
| 25 | Hafiz Sulaiman | (1995-10-10) 10 October 1995 (age 29) | Youth Team |
| Strikers |||||
| 23 | Jonathan Béhé | (1989-01-13) 13 January 1989 (age 35) | SC Toulon-Le Las |
| 26 | Marijan Šuto | (1996-10-02) 2 October 1996 (age 28) | NK Croatia Zmijavci |

### Prime League squad
## 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 | Yazid Yasin | Geylang International |
| GK | Shahul Rayyan | Young Lions FC |
| GK | Jasper Chan | Hougang United |
| GK | Zainol Gulam | Singapore Recreation Club |
| DF | Shaiful Esah | Tampines Rovers |
| DF | Zulfadli Zainal Abidin | Tampines Rovers |
| DF | Ismail Yunos | Tampines Rovers |
| DF | Madhu Mohana | LionsXII |
| DF | Kento Fukuda | Geylang International |
| DF | Hafiz Osman | Geylang International |
| DF | Jeremy Chiang | |
| MF | Hafiz Nor | Geylang International |
| MF | Ignatius Ang | Balestier Khalsa |
| MF | Poh Yi Feng | Balestier Khalsa |
| MF | Ridhuan Muhammad | Tampines Rovers |
| MF | Fazli Jaffar | Hougang United |
| MF | Nikola Rak | NK Lučko |
| FW | Jonathan Béhé | SC Toulon-Le Las |
| FW | Marijan Šuto | NK Croatia Zmijavci |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To |
| GK | Daniel Ong | Warriors FC |
| GK | Neezam Aziz | |
| DF | Marin Vidošević | HNK Zmaj Makarska |
| DF | Marcus Wheeler | Young Lions FC |
| DF | Daniel Bennett | Geylang International |
| DF | Irwan Shah | Tampines Rovers |
| DF | Hamqaamal Shah | |
| DF | Illyas Lee | Young Lions FC |
| MF | Shi Jiayi | |
| MF | Azlan Razak | |
| MF | Kevin McCann | Falkirk F.C. |
| MF | Karlo Ivancic | NK Zagorec Krapina |
| MF | Thomas Beattie | Retire |
| FW | Nicolás Vélez | NorthEast United FC |
| FW | Miroslav Pejić | NK Zagorec Krapina |
| FW | Fazrul Nawaz | Tampines Rovers |

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

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |

## 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 | Yazid Yasin | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Zulfadli Zainal Abidin | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Syaqir Sulaiman | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Ismail Yunos | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Kento Fukuda | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Madhu Mohana | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Shaiful Esah | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Emmeric Ong | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Poh Yi Feng | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Nikola Rak | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
| 11 | MF | Hafiz Nor | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | Ridhuan Muhammad | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Hafiz Osman | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Ignatius Ang | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Fazli Jaffar | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| 17 | MF | Andy Ahmad | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Shahul Rayyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Hafsyar Farkhan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | Zainol Gulam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Hafiz Rahim | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 2 |
| 22 | GK | Jasper Chan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Jonathan Béhé | 23 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19 |
| 24 | DF | Jeremy Chiang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Hafiz Sulaiman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Marijan Šuto | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | Danial Zulkifli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Aniq Iskandar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Sharin Majid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Mukundan Maran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||||

## Competitions
### S.League

Win  Draw  Loss
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Geylang International | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 37 |
| 6 | Hougang United | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 32 |
| 7 | Warriors FC | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | Balestier Khalsa | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 42 | −19 | 19 |
| 9 | Young Lions | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 23 | 70 | −47 | 9 |
* ↑ 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

Win  Draw  Loss

### Singapore TNP League Cup
#### Group matches

Win  Draw  Loss
| Pos | Team | 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 | |