# 2019 Home United FC season

The 2019 season is Home United's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League. Along with the Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.

## Key events
### Pre-season

* On 26/9/2018, it was reported that Geylang International is interested in bringing Song Ui-young to Bedok Stadium together with their former coach, Lee Lim Saeng for Season 2019. Joining the Eagles to express interest is Indonesian giants Persija Jakarta.
* On 26/9/2018, it was reported that Aidil Shahril is courted by Perak FA for 2019 while their former coach Lee Lim Saeng is also a target for Warriors FC.
* On 5/10/2018, it was reported that Aidil Shahril is courted by Kedah FA of Malaysia, Ceres–Negros of Philippines, Ports FC of Thailand and Persija Jakarta of Indonesia.
* On 8/10/2018, Shakir Hamzah was banned for 4 AFC Cup matches by AFC.com for using offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures towards the match Official after being sentoff in the match against 4.25. He is also fined US$5000.
* On 9/10/2018, it was confirmed that Aidil Sharin had left Home United to take top role at Kedah FA.
* On 30/10/2018, Shahrin Saberin officially leave Home United after his contract ended to join the Eagles for 2019. He is followed by Amy Recha.
* On 31/10/2018, Song Ui-young says no to US$20,000 a month offer from Persija Jakarta to stay with the team.
* On 9/11/2018, Shakir Hamzah was reported to have been offered a one-year offer from former Malaysia Cup champions Kedah FA

### In-season

* On 19/4/2019, newly appointed coach, Saswadimata Dasuki leaves the club after a dismal start to the season. Assistant coach Noh Rahman takes over as interim head coach.
* On 2/7/2019, former national football coach Raddy Avramovic returns to Singapore as the head coach of Home United.
* On 17/8/2019, Raddy Avramovic steps down as head coach of Home United Football Club for health reasons. Assistant coach Noh Rahman reprises his role as interim head coach

## Squad
### S.League squad

    As of 1 February 2019
| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Nazri Sabri | (1989-09-20) 20 September 1989 (age 35) | Balestier Khalsa | 2019 | 2019 |
| 18 | Haikal Hasnol | (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 29) | Tampines Rovers | 2019 | 2019 |
| 24 | Rudy Khairullah | (1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 (age 30) | Police SA (NFL D1) | 2017 | 2019 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 4 | Juma'at Jantan $^{>30}$ | (1984-02-23) 23 February 1984 (age 40) | LionsXII | 2013 | 2019 |
| 6 | Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib | (1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 35) | Tampines Rovers | 2015 | 2019 |
| 7 | Aqhari Abdullah | (1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 33) | LionsXII | 2016 | 2019 |
| 9 | Faritz Abdul Hameed | (1990-01-16) 16 January 1990 (age 34) | Geylang International | 2018 | 2019 |
| 15 | Faizal Roslan | (1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 29) | Young Lions FC | 2018 | 2019 |
| 21 | Taufiq Muqminin $^{U23}$ | (1996-07-26) 26 July 1996 (age 28) | Young Lions FC | 2019 | 2019 |
| 22 | Ho Wai Loon | (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 31) | Warriors FC | 2019 | 2019 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 8 | Isaka Cernak | (1989-04-09) 9 April 1989 (age 35) | Sisaket | 2018 | 2019 |
| 10 | Song Ui-young | (1993-11-08) 8 November 1993 (age 31) | Youth Team | 2012 | 2020 |
| 11 | Hafiz Nor $^{>30}$ | (1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 36) | Warriors FC | 2018 | 2019 |
| 13 | Izzdin Shafiq (Captain) | (1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 33) | Tampines Rovers | 2017 | 2019 |
| 14 | Fazli Ayob | (1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 (age 34) | Tampines Rovers | 2018 | 2019 |
| 16 | Hami Syahin $^{U23}$ | (1998-12-16) 16 December 1998 (age 25) | Young Lions FC | 2019 | 2019 |
| 20 | Arshad Shamim $^{U23}$ | (1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2018 | 2019 |
| 25 | Suhairi Sabri $^{U23}$ | (1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 (age 28) | Youth Team | 2018 | 2019 |
| 27 | Adam Swandi $^{U23}$ | (1996-01-12) 12 January 1996 (age 28) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2019 | 2019 |
| 28 | Muhelmy Suhaimi $^{U23}$ | (1996-01-22) 22 January 1996 (age 28) | Young Lions FC | 2018 | 2019 |
| Strikers |||||||
| 12 | Iqram Rifqi $^{U23}$ | (1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 28) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2019 |
| 17 | Shahril Ishak $^{>30}$ | (1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 40) | Warriors FC | 2018 | 2019 |
| 19 | Nur Hizami Salim | (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 30) | SAFSA (NFL D1) | 2019 | 2019 |
| 23 | Amiruldin Asraf $^{U23}$ | (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2019 |
| 26 | Oliver Puflett $^{U21}$ | (1999-07-26) 26 July 1999 (age 25) | Western Sydney Wanderers FC | 2019 | 2019 |

### U19 squad

    As of 1 February 2019
| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 40 | Prathip Ekamparam $^{U19}$ | (2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| 52 | Putra Anugerah $^{U19}$ | (2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| | Oliver Sim $^{U19}$ | (2001-06-09) 9 June 2001 (age 23) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| | Kevin Kahlert $^{U19}$ | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 38 | Lai Jia Jie $^{U19}$ | (2001-09-09) 9 September 2001 (age 23) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 39 | Danial Azman $^{U19}$ | (2001-01-15) 15 January 2001 (age 23) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 41 | Syafiq Sani $^{U19}$ | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| 42 | Nabil Fikri $^{U19}$ | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| 43 | Elfiean Firdaus $^{U19}$ | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| 44 | Danish Iftiqar $^{U19}$ | (2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| 55 | Fudhil I'yadh $^{U19}$ | (2001-08-18) 18 August 2001 (age 23) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 36 | Sheikh Faris $^{U19}$ | (1999-02-18) 18 February 1999 (age 25) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| 37 | Anaqi Ismit $^{U19}$ | (2001-08-24) 24 August 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| 45 | Aizal Murhamdani $^{U19}$ | (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 23) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 47 | Bill Mamadou $^{U19}$ | (2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 23) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 58 | Nizar Syafiq $^{U19}$ | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| 59 | Sharul Shah $^{U19}$ | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2019 |
| | Haziq Kamarudin $^{U19}$ | (2001-03-06) 6 March 2001 (age 23) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| Strikers |||||||
| 54 | Khairul Hairie $^{U19}$ | (2000-04-09) 9 April 2000 (age 24) | NFA U18 | 2019 | 2019 |

## Coaching staff

Source :
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | |
| Assistant coach | Noh Rahman |
| Assistant coach | Syed Karim |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Adi Saleh |
| General Manager | Badri Ghent |
| Team manager | |
| Physiotherapist | Daisy Sumampong Anarna |
| Kitman | |

## Transfer
### Pre-season transfer
#### In

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| Coach | Saswadimata Dasuki | Promoted | |
| GK | Nazri Sabri | Balestier Khalsa | |
| GK | Haikal Hasnol | Tampines Rovers | Season loan (NS) |
| DF | Ho Wai Loon | Warriors FC | |
| DF | Taufiq Muqminin | Young Lions FC | |
| MF | Hami Syahin | Young Lions FC | |
| MF | Adam Swandi | Albirex Niigata (S) | |
| FW | Nur Hizami Salim | SAFSA | Return from loan |
| FW | Oliver Puflett | Western Sydney Wanderers FC Reserves | |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To |
| Coach | Aidil Shahril | Kedah FA |
| GK | Eko Pradana Putra | |
| GK | Kenji Syed Rusydi | Garena Young Lions |
| DF | Shakir Hamzah | Kedah FA |
| DF | Shahrin Saberin | Geylang International |
| DF | Sirina Camara | |
| DF | Ribiyanda Saswadimata | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (NFL D1) |
| MF | Anumanthan Kumar | Hougang United |
| MF | Christopher van Huizen | Geylang International |
| FW | Amy Recha | Geylang International |

#### Retained

| Position | Player | Ref |
| GK | Rudy Khairullah | 2 years contract signed in 2018 |
| DF | Juma'at Jantan | 2 years contract signed in 2018 |
| MF | Izzdin Shafiq | |

#### Extension

| Position | Player | Ref |
| GK | Kenji Syed Rusydi | |
| DF | Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib | 1 Year Contract |
| DF | Aqhari Abdullah | 1 Year Contract |
| DF | Faizal Roslan | 1 Year Contract |
| DF | Faritz Abdul Hameed | 1 Year Contract |
| MF | Song Ui-young | 2 years contract signed in Oct 2018 |
| MF | Isaka Cernak | 1 Year Contract |
| MF | Arshad Shamim | 1 Year Contract |
| MF | Hafiz Nor | 1 Year Contract |
| MF | Suhairi Sabri | 1 Year Contract |
| MF | Fazli Ayob | 1 Year Contract |
| MF | Muhelmy Suhaimi | |
| FW | Iqram Rifqi | 1 Year Contract |
| FW | Shahril Ishak | 1 Year Contract |
| FW | Amiruldin Asraf | 1 Year Contract |

#### Promoted

| Position | Player | Ref |

#### Trial
##### Trial (In)

| Position | Player | Trial From | Ref |

##### Trial (Out)

| Position | Player | Trial @ | Ref |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss
Tour of Malaysia (18 to 27 January)

## Team statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 15 March 2019
| No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | ACL / AFC Cup | ACL / AFC Cup | Charity Shield | Charity Shield | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Nazri Sabri | 18(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Juma'at Jantan | 10(5) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | Aqhari Abdullah | 15(3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Isaka Cernak | 3(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | Faritz Abdul Hameed | 12(5) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Song Ui-young | 16(2) | 6 | 2(1) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11 |
| 11 | MF | Hafiz Nor | 15(5) | 6 | 2(1) | 0 | 5(2) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 9 |
| 12 | FW | Iqram Rifqi | 15(1) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0(5) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Izzdin Shafiq | 9(2) | 1 | 1(2) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Fazli Ayob | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Faizal Roslan | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Hami Syahin | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| 17 | FW | Shahril Ishak | 12(4) | 7 | 1(1) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 |
| 18 | GK | Haikal Hasnol | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Nur Hizami Salim | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Arshad Shamim | 12(2) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | Taufiq Muqminin | 3(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Ho Wai Loon | 12(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Amiruldin Asraf | 12(5) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 24 | GK | Rudy Khairullah | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Suhairi Sabri | 4(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Oliver Puflett | 10(4) | 4 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| 27 | MF | Adam Swandi | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| 28 | MF | Muhelmy Suhaimi | 3(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Anaqi Ismit | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | Bill Mamadou | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Note 1: Ho Wai Loon scored an own goal in AFC Champions League qualifier against Persijia Jakarta.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Charity Shield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Singapore Premier League | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 037.50 |
| Singapore Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 000.00 |
| AFC Champions League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| AFC Cup | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | 35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 034.29 |

### Charity Shield

Win  Draw  Loss

### Singapore Premier League

Win  Draw  Loss
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 41 |
| 5 | Geylang International | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 33 |
| 6 | Home United | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 30 |
| 7 | Warriors | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 23 |
| 8 | Young Lions | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 22 |
* 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.

### AFC Champions League

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Qualifying play-off
### AFC Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PSM | HOM | KAY | LAO |
| 1 | PSM Makassar | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 14 | Zonal semi-finals | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 7–3 |
| 2 | Home United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 10 | | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Kaya–Iloilo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 8 | | 1–2 | 5–0 | — | 5–1 |
| 4 | Lao Toyota | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 1 | | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — |
Win  Draw  Loss

#### Group stage
### Singapore Cup

Win  Draw  Loss