# 2019 Tampines Rovers FC season

The 2019 Singapore Premier League season was Tampines Rovers's 24th season at the top level of Singapore football and 74th year in existence as a football club. The club competed in the Singapore League Cup, Singapore Cup, Singapore Community Shield and the AFC Cup.
Tampines Rovers were second placed in the Singapore Premier League and won the Singapore Cup, defeating Warriors FC in a 3-4 victory. Tampines Rovers was equal in points with Hanoi FC at the top of the table at the group stage in the AFC Cup but was second placed due to a lower goal difference and failed to proceed beyond the group stage.

## Squad
### Sleague Squad

    As of 22 April 2018
| 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 | 2019 |
| 24 | Syazwan Buhari | (1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 32) | Geylang International | 2018 | 2019 |
| 25 | Zephen-Sean $^{U23}$ | (1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 26) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Shannon Stephen | (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 30) | Young Lions FC | 2017 | 2020 |
| 3 | Zakri Ee Kai Ren $^{U23}$ | (2000-11-20) 20 November 2000 (age 23) | NFA U18 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 4 | Akmal Azman $^{U23}$ | (2000-11-21) 21 November 2000 (age 23) | NFA U18 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 5 | Amirul Adli $^{U23}$ | (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 | 2019 |
| 16 | Daniel Bennett $^{>30}$ | (1978-01-07) 7 January 1978 (age 46) | Geylang International | 2017 | 2019 |
| 17 | Irwan Shah $^{>30}$ | (1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 36) | Warriors FC | 2016 | 2019 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 7 | Zulfadhmi Suzliman $^{U23}$ | (1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 28) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2020 |
| 8 | Shahdan Sulaiman $^{>30}$ | (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 36) | Melaka United | 2016 | 2020 |
| 11 | Safirul Sulaiman | (1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 32) | Geylang International | 2018 | 2019 |
| 12 | Joel Chew Joon Herng $^{U23}$ | (2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 24) | NFA U18 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 15 | Shah Shahiran $^{U23}$ | (1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 24) | NFA U18 | 2018 | 2019 |
| 18 | Yasir Hanapi | (1989-06-21) 21 June 1989 (age 35) | PDRM FA | 2018 | 2020 |
| 23 | Zehrudin Mehmedović $^{U21}$ | (1998-03-15) 15 March 1998 (age 26) | FK Mladost Lučani | 2019 | 2019 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Ryutaro Megumi | (1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 31) | Aoyama Gakuin University | 2017 | 2019 |
| 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 29) | SAFSA | 2018 | 2019 |
| 14 | Shagir Firaf $^{U23}$ | (2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| Players loaned out / left during season |||||||
| 19 | Khairul Amri $^{>30}$ | (1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 (age 39) | Young Lions FC | 2017 | 2020 |

### U19 Squad

    As of 22 April 2018
| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Last club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 36 | Nurshafiq Zaini | (1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 (age 25) | Warriors FC U19 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 48 | Iman Al Hafis | (2002-12-15) 15 December 2002 (age 21) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 53 | Syafi Nur Hilman | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 38 | Nur Hady Matynn | | Hougang United U19 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 39 | Nicky Melvin Singh | (2002-06-13) 13 June 2002 (age 22) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 44 | Aqmal Jelany | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| 45 | Syahmi Raidauddin | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| 50 | Ryaan Sanizal $^{U23}$ | (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002 (age 22) | NFA U16 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 51 | Syady Sustrikeran | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| 57 | Fathullah Rahmat | (2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 22) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 58 | Ilyasa Zulhaimi | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| 61 | Hamizan Hisham | (2001-11-10) 10 November 2001 (age 23) | NFA U18 | 2019 | 2019 |
| | Haziq Jalal | | Home United U19 | 2019 | 2019 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 37 | Mirza Delimeđac $^{U21}$ | (1999-10-24) 24 October 1999 (age 25) | FK Novi Pazar Reserve | 2019 | 2019 |
| 40 | Niq Harraz | (2002-06-02) 2 June 2002 (age 22) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 41 | Haziq Mikhail | | Home United U19 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 42 | K.Dashan | (2002-09-08) 8 September 2002 (age 22) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 43 | Ahmad Zaki | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| 49 | Elijah Lim Teck Yong $^{U23}$ | (2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2018 | 2019 |
| 55 | Haziq Rosni | | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 56 | Ahmad Mirza | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 54 | Hari McCoy | | Youth Team | 2018 | 2019 |
| 59 | Roslee Jumadi | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| 60 | Danish Siregar | (2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 (age 21) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Chairman | Desmond Ong |
| General Manager | Desmund Khusnin |
| Team Manager | Leonard Koh |
| Head Coach | Kadir Yahaya |
| First Team Coach | Gavin Lee |
| Assistant Coach | Fahrudin Mustafić |
| Fitness Coach | Isa Halim |
| Goalkeeping Coach | William Phang |
| Physiotherapist | Premjit Singh |
| Kitman | Goh Koon Hiang |

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

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| Coach | Gavin Lee | Promoted | |
| GK | Zulfairuuz Rudy | Hougang United | |
| DF | Afiq Yunos | Geylang International | Loan Return |
| DF | Akmal Azman | NFA U18 | |
| DF | Zakri Ee Kai Ren | NFA U18 | |
| DF | Hamizan Hisham | NFA U18 | |
| DF | Ryaan Sanizal | NFA U16 | |
| MF | Shahdan Sulaiman | Melaka United | Loan Return |
| MF | Joel Chew Joon Herng | NFA U18 | |
| MF | Zehrudin Mehmedović | FK Mladost Lučani | 1 Year contract |
| MF | Mirza Delimeđac | FK Novi Pazar Reserve | 1 Year contract |
| FW | Fazrul Nawaz | Hougang United | Loan Return |
Note 1: Fazrul Nawaz returned to the team after the loan and subsequently complete the transfer to the cheetah despite signing a 3 years contract in 2018 .
Note 2: Afiq Yunos returned to the team after the loan and subsequently moved to Hougang United despite signing a 3 years contract in 2018.

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| Coach | Jurgen Raab | Sacked | |
| GK | Haikal Hasnol | Home United | Season loan (NS) |
| GK | Hariz Farid | Police SA (NFL D1) | |
| DF | Danish Uwais | Tiong Bahru FC (NFL D1) | |
| DF | Afiq Yunos | Hougang United | Undisclosed |
| DF | Hafiz Sujad | Hougang United | |
| DF | Ryhan Stewart | Warriors FC | |
| DF | Shameer Aziq | Warriors FC | |
| DF | Irfan Najeeb | Garena Young Lions | Season loan (NS) |
| MF | Haziq Razzali | | |
| MF | Faizal Raffi | Warriors FC | |
| MF | Fahrudin Mustafic | Retired | |
| FW | Fazrul Nawaz | Hougang United | $50,000 |
Note 1: Haikal Hasnol moves to Home United during his NS despite signing a 3 years contract in 2018 .
Note 2: Irfan Najeeb moves to Young Lions during his NS despite signing a 3 years contract in 2018 .

#### Retained

| Position | Player | Ref |
| GK | Haikal Hasnol | 3 years contract signed in 2018 |
| GK | Syazwan Buhari | 2 years contract signed in 2018 |
| DF | Amirul Adli | 3 years contract signed in 2018 |
| DF | Shannon Stephen | 3 years contract signed in 2018 |
| DF | Daniel Bennett | 2 years contract signed in 2018 |
| DF | Irwan Shah | 2 years contract signed in 2018 |
| DF | Irfan Najeeb | 3 years contract signed in 2018 |
| DF | Afiq Yunos | 3 years contract signed in 2018 |
| MF | Safirul Sulaiman | 2 years contract signed in 2018 |
| MF | Zulfadhmi Suzliman | 3 years contract signed in 2018 |
| MF | Yasir Hanapi | 3 years contract signed in 2018 |
| MF | Shahdan Sulaiman | 3 years contract signed in 2018 |
| FW | Khairul Amri | 3 years contract signed in 2017 |
| FW | Jordan Webb | 3 years contract signed in 2018 |
| FW | Ryutaro Megumi | 2 years contract signed in 2018 |

#### Extension

| Position | Player |
| DF | Madhu Mohana |
| MF | Shah Shahiran |
| FW | Taufik Suparno |

#### Promoted

| Position | Player | Ref |
| MF | Elijah Lim Teck Yong | |

#### Trial In

| Position | Player | Trial From | Ref |
| MF | Zehrudin Mehmedović | FK Mladost Lučani | |
| MF | Mirza Delimeđac | FK Novi Pazar Reserve | |

#### Trial Out

| Position | Player | Trial @ | Ref |
| DF | Amirul Adli | Chainat Hornbill F.C. | |

### Mid-season transfers
#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred to | Ref |
| FW | Khairul Amri | Felda United | |
| MF | Mirza Delimeđac | FK Novi Pazar | |

## Friendlies
### SPL Team
#### Pre-Season Friendly

Win  Draw  Loss
Leo Cup 2019 Thailand - 18 to 25 January

### U19 Team
#### Pre-Season Friendly

Win  Draw  Loss

## Team statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | ACL / AFC Cup | ACL / AFC Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Zulfairuuz Rudy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Shannon Stephen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Zakri Ee Kai Ren | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Akmal Azman | 15(3) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Amirul Adli | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Madhu Mohana | 20(4) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Zulfadhmi Suzliman | 2(6) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Shahdan Sulaiman | 23 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 8 |
| 9 | FW | Ryutaro Megumi | 24 | 6 | 3(2) | 2 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 10 |
| 10 | FW | Jordan Webb | 22(1) | 15 | 4(1) | 2 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 21 |
| 11 | MF | Safirul Sulaiman | 0(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Joel Chew Joon Herng | 5(5) | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | Taufik Suparno | 15(9) | 3 | 1(5) | 1 | 0(6) | 0 | 36 | 4 |
| 14 | FW | Shagir Firaf | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Shah Shahiran | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0(4) | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| 16 | DF | Daniel Bennett | 13(5) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Irwan Shah | 21(3) | 2 | 5(1) | 1 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 5 |
| 18 | MF | Yasir Hanapi | 21 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 5 |
| 23 | MF | Zehrudin Mehmedović | 6(17) | 7 | 4(2) | 2 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 11 |
| 24 | GK | Syazwan Buhari | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Zephen-Sean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | Elijah Lim Teck Yong | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | Ryaan Sanizal | 1(1) | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 61 | DF | Hamizan Hisham | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||||
| 19 | FW | Khairul Amri | 2(4) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 5 | 11 | 8 |
| 26 | MF | Mirza Delimeđac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(3) | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Note 1: Shah Shahiran scored an own goal in Singapore Premier League match against Albirex Niigata (S).

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Reference |
| Khairul Amri | Yangon United | 4–3 | 1 May 2019 | |
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 % |
| Singapore Premier League | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 050.00 |
| Singapore Cup | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 083.33 |
| AFC Cup | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 066.67 |
| Total | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 83 | 46 | +37 | 058.33 |

### Singapore Premier League

Win  Draw  Loss
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | DPMM (C) | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 25 | +26 | 50 | |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 44 | Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 1 |
| 3 | Hougang United | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 43 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 4 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 41 | |
| 5 | Geylang International | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 33 | |
* 1 2 The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM – 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

#### Semi-final

Tampines Rovers won 4-1 on aggregate.

#### Final
### AFC Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HAN | TAM | YAN | NAG |
| 1 | Hà Nội | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 13 | Zonal semi-finals | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 13 | | 1–1 | — | 4–3 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Yangon United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 6 | | 2–5 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Nagaworld | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 27 | −21 | 3 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Tampines Rovers 1–1 Hà Nội, Hà Nội 2–0 Tampines Rovers.
Win  Draw  Loss

#### Group stage
## Tampines Rovers End of Season Award Night

| Awards | Winners |
| Player of the Year | Shahdan Sulaiman |
| Fans' Player of the Year | Jordan Webb |
| Young Player of the Year | Shah Shahiran |
| Golden Boot | Jordan Webb |