# 2017 Tampines Rovers FC season

The 2017 S.League season is Tampines Rovers's 22nd season at the top level of Singapore football and 72nd 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.

## Key events
### January

On 4/1/2017, Khairul Amri joined the Stag's club despite offers from Hougang United and Warriors FC.
On 7/1/2017, Hafiz Sujad left the club to join Thailand League 2 club, BBCU FC.
On 13/1/2017, it is reported that Daniel Bennett had crossed over from the Stags' fierce rival, Geylang International for the new season after his contract is not renewed at the end of the 2016 season.
On 24/1/2017, Tampines Rovers' AFC Champions League dreams were dashed after they were beaten 2-0 by Global FC from the Philippines.
On 27/1/2017, coach, Akbar Nawas parted ways with the Stag after it was reported that they had been looking at various options since the end of 2016 season.

### February

On 1/2/2017, Jurgen Raab was announced as the new coach for the team, signing a 3 years contract.
On 8/2/2017, it was reported that Sahil Suhaimi will sign for the team but only play in the AFC Cup competition.
On 10/2/2017, Singaporean-American, Raspreet Sandhu from Sonoma State University signed for the club to play in the AFC Cup.
On 21/2/2017, the Stags kicked off their AFC Cup campaign with a 2-1 win against Felda United.
On 26/2/2017, Stags failed to stop Albirex Niigata (S) from winning their 5th consecutive title, the Charity Shield.

### March

On 3/3/2017, the Stags won their 1st match of the 2017 Sleague season by beating Hougang United 2-1.
On 6/3/2017, it was reported that some of the players were not pay on time, sparkling fears of money issue the club faced in 2016.
On 7/3/2017, the club lost 5-0 in Philippines to Ceres Negro. This is a landmark victory for a Philippines club in their AFC Cup history.
On 14/3/2017, 7 Stags were called up to the National Team for the matches against Afghanistan & Bahrain. The 7 players were Izwan Mahbud, Shakir Hamzah, Madhu Mohana, Daniel Bennett, Mustafic Fahrudin, Yasir Hanapi & Khairul Amri.
On 15/3/2017, another trashing in the AFC Cup for the Stags against Hanoi FC. They lost 4-0 in Hanoi.
On 16/3/2017, captain Madhu Mohana was handed a suspended $1,000 fine for his comments on social media directed at referee Sukhbir Singh after they lost to Albirex in the Charity Shield.

### April

On 4/4/2017, the Stags concede a last minute goal to Hanoi to lost their 3rd consecutive match in the continental tournament.
On 8/4/2017, it was announced that Sahil Suhaimi who was only registered for the AFC Cup will be joining English Premier League club Burnley FC for a month-long training stint.

### May

On 3/5/2017, the team was knocked out of the AFC Cup competition after failing to win their last group match against Ceres Negro FC.
On 12/5/2017, the Stags beat the unbeaten Protectors by 3-2 to go to #2 in the table.
On 16/5/2017, long term injured player, Fazrul Nawaz announced that has set a target of June for his full comeback after making his return to national training on 15/5/2017 following an eight-month absence.

### June

On 21/6/2017, Tampines chairman Krishna Ramachandra announced he is stepping down from duty after 19months in-charge.

### July

On 28/7/2017, the team returned to Tampines for their home game. The 1st home game after years away is against Brunei DPMM.

### September

On 7/9/2017, Desmond Ong is appointed as the new chairman of the club.

## 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 | |
| 24 | Haikal Hasnol | (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 29) | Youth Team | 2017 | |
| 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 | |
| 6 | Madhu Mohana | (1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33) | Warriors FC | 2017 | 2017 |
| 11 | Shakir Hamzah | (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 32) | LionsXII | 2016 | 2017 |
| 12 | Shannon Stephen | (1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 30) | Young Lions FC | 2017 | |
| 15 | Imran Sahib | (1982-10-12) 12 October 1982 (age 42) | Gymkhana FC (IWL Club) | 2017 | 2017 |
| 16 | Daniel Bennett | (1978-01-07) 7 January 1978 (age 46) | Geylang International | 2017 | 2017 |
| 22 | Ehvin Sasidharan | (1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 (age 28) | Young Lions FC | 2017 | 2017 |
| 25 | Irwan Shah | (1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 36) | Warriors FC | 2016 | |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 7 | Son Yong Chan | (1991-04-15) 15 April 1991 (age 33) | Ceres–Negros F.C. | 2017 | 2017 |
| 8 | Shahdan Sulaiman | (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 36) | LionsXII | 2016 | 2017 |
| 9 | Ryutaro Megumi | (1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 31) | Aoyama Gakuin University | 2017 | 2017 |
| 13 | Amirul Haziq | (1994-10-30) 30 October 1994 (age 30) | Singapore Cubs | 2017 | 2017 |
| 14 | Fazli Ayob | (1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 (age 34) | Balestier Khalsa | 2017 | |
| 17 | Jamil Ali | (1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 (age 40) | Balestier Khalsa | 2017 | |
| 18 | Hafiz Sujad | (1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 (age 34) | BBCU F.C. | 2017 | |
| Forwards |||||||
| 10 | Fazrul Nawaz | (1985-04-17) 17 April 1985 (age 39) | Warriors FC | 2016 | |
| 19 | Khairul Amri | (1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 (age 39) | Young Lions | 2017 | 2018 |
| 20 | Ivan Jakov Džoni | (1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 (age 30) | FK Dukla Banská Bystrica | 2017 | 2017 |
| 21 | Hafiz Rahim | (1983-11-19) 19 November 1983 (age 40) | Warriors FC | 2017 | |

### Prime League Squad

    As of 3 January 2017.
| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Last club | Contract Since |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 26 | Noor Hilman | MF | | Youth Team | |
| 30 | Aide Shazwandi | MF | | NFA U17 | |
| 42 | Andi Agus Salam Kahar | MF | | Geylang International Prime League | |
| 47 | Zulfadhmi Suzliman | MF | | Young Lions | |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 27 | Faizal Raffi | FW | | Balestier Khalsa Prime League | |
| 28 | Diego Silvas | FW | (1997-09-25) 25 September 1997 (age 27) | Seattle Sounders FC | 2016 |
| 35 | Haiqal Sulaiman | FW | | Youth Team | |

## 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

Source

#### In

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| DF | Madhu Mohana | Warriors | |
| DF | Imran Sahib | Gymkhana FC (IWL Club) | |
| DF | Firman Hanif | Siglap FC (NFL Club) | |
| DF | Daniel Bennett | Geylang International | |
| DF | Farhan Rahmat | Siglap FC (NFL Club) | |
| MF | Jamil Ali | Balestier Khalsa | |
| MF | Fazli Ayob | Balestier Khalsa | |
| MF | Son Yong Chan | Ceres Negros | |
| MF | Ryutaro Megumi | Aoyama Gakuin University | |
| MF | Raspreet Sandhu | Sonoma State University | |
| MF | Zulfadhmi Suzliman | Young Lions | (To Prime League) |
| FW | Khairul Amri | Young Lions | |
| FW | Ivan Jakov Džoni | Dukla Banská Bystrica | |
| FW | Sahil Suhaimi | Geylang International | |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To |
| GK | Ahmad Fadly | Hougang United Prime League |
| DF | Hafiz Sujad | BBCU |
| DF | Afiq Yunos | Home United |
| DF | Noh Rahman | Retire |
| MF | Nawari Ahmad | Gymkhana FC (NFL Club) |
| MF | Fabian Kwok | Hougang United |
| MF | Jordan Webb | Warriors |
| MF | Jermaine Pennant | Bury FC |
| MF | Izzdin Shafiq | Home United |
| MF | Firman Hanif | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC |
| FW | Billy Mehmet | Brunei DPMM |
| FW | Sufian Anuar | Released |

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

| Position | Player | Transferred From |
| DF | Ehvin Sasidharan | Young Lions FC |
| DF | Shannon Stephen | |
| MF | Hafiz Sujad | BBCU F.C. |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To |
| MF | Yasir Hanapi | PDRM FA |
| MF | Farhan Rahmat | |
| FW | Sahil Suhaimi | Sarawak FA |

### Trial

| Position | Player | From | Ref |
| FW | Hossein Ellahi | Seattle Sounders FC Academy | |
| DF | Shannon Stephen | Young Lions | |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### In Season Friendlies
## 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 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ismadi Mukhtar | 11(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4(2) | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jufri Taha | 9(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Fahrudin Mustafic (captain) | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Madhu Mohana (captain) | 15(2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Son Yong Chan | 20(1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Shahdan Sulaiman | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| 9 | MF | Ryutaro Megumi | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 7 |
| 10 | FW | Fazrul Nawaz | 7(4) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| 11 | DF | Shakir Hamzah | 9(1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | Shannon Stephen | 6(1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 13 | MF | Amirul Haziq | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Fazli Ayob | 10(6) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 1 | 2(1) | 0 | 22 | 6 |
| 15 | DF | Imran Sahib | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Daniel Bennett | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | Jamil Ali | 0(7) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 0(3) | 1 | 13 | 3 |
| 18 | MF | Hafiz Abu Sujad | 12(1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | Khairul Amri | 9(5) | 6 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(3) | 3 | 22 | 9 |
| 20 | FW | Ivan Džoni | 11(7) | 7 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 8 |
| 21 | FW | Hafiz Rahim | 2(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Ehvin Sasidharan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Joey Sim | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Haikal Hasnol | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Irwan Shah | 12(4) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | Faizal Raffi | 0(4) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Diego Silvas | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Aide Shazwandi | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Khairul Nizam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Danish Uwais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Andi Agus Salam Kahar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | Zulfadmi Suzliman | 0(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | Raspreet Sandhu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Yasir Hanapi | 8(1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 5 |
| 22 | DF | Farhan Rahmat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Sahil Suhaimi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | Firman Hanif | 0 | 0 | 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 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 070.83 |
| AFC Cup | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 033.33 |
| Singapore Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 000.00 |
| League Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 000.00 |
| Total | 35 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 054.29 |

### S.League

Win  Draw  Loss
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata (S) (C) | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 16 | +54 | 62 | |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 54 | Qualification to AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1 or AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 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 | |
* ↑ 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

Win  Draw  Loss
Tampines Rovers lost 1-7 on aggregate.

### Singapore TNP League Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | DPMM FC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 7 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 | Geylang International | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | Advance to semi-final |
| 3 | Balestier Khalsa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tampines Rovers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | |
Win  Draw  Loss

### AFC Champions League

Win  Draw  Loss

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CER | HAN | TAM | FEL |
| 1 | Ceres–Negros | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 11 | Zonal semi-finals | — | 6–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Hà Nội | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 11 | | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Tampines Rovers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 6 | | 2–4 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | FELDA United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 5 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Hà Nội 1–1 Ceres–Negros, Ceres–Negros 6–2 Hà Nội.
Win  Draw  Loss