# 2022 Tanjong Pagar United FC season

The 2022 season was Tanjong Pagar United FC's 17th season at the top level of Singapore football. The club also competed in the Singapore Cup, going out in the group stage.

## Squad
### Singapore Premier League

    As of 10 Jan 2022
| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Last club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Veer Karan Sobti $^{U23}$ | (2004-05-06) 6 May 2004 (age 20) | Lion City Sailors U21 | 2022 | 2022 |
| 18 | Fashah Iskandar | (1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 (age 29) | Warriors FC | 2020 | 2022 |
| 28 | Zharfan Rohaizad | (1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 27) | Young Lions FC | 2021 | 2022 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Faritz Hameed (Captain) $^{>30}$ | (1990-01-16) 16 January 1990 (age 34) | Home United | 2020 | 2022 |
| 3 | Shahrin Saberin | (1995-02-14) 14 February 1995 (age 29) | Geylang International | 2021 | 2022 |
| 5 | Emmeric Ong $^{>30}$ | (1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 (age 33) | Hougang United | 2021 | 2022 |
| 7 | Rusyaidi Salime | (1998-04-25) 25 April 1998 (age 26) | Young Lions FC | 2021 | 2022 |
| 8 | Daniel Bennett $^{>30}$ | (1978-01-07) 7 January 1978 (age 46) | Tampines Rovers | 2022 | 2022 |
| 11 | Shakir Hamzah | (1992-10-20) 20 October 1992 (age 32) | Perak F.C. | 2021 | 2022 |
| 13 | Aqhari Abdullah $^{>30}$ | (1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 33) | Lion City Sailors | 2022 | 2022 |
| 40 | Akram Azman $^{U23}$ | (2000-11-21) 21 November 2000 (age 23) | Tampines Rovers | 2022 | 2022 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 4 | Faizal Raffi | (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28) | Balestier Khalsa | 2022 | 2022 |
| 6 | Fathullah Rahmat $^{U23}$ | (2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 22) | Tampines Rovers | 2021 | 2022 |
| 14 | Naufal Ilham $^{U23}$ | (2002-08-16) 16 August 2002 (age 22) | Lion City Sailors U21 | 2021 | 2022 |
| 15 | Shodai Nishikawa | (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993 (age 31) | OFK Petrovac | 2020 | 2022 |
| 16 | Raihan Rahman $^{>30}$ | (1991-02-07) 7 February 1991 (age 33) | Balestier Khalsa | 2020 | 2022 |
| 17 | Ryan Syaffiq | (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29) | Tiong Bahru FC | 2022 | 2022 |
| 20 | Blake Ricciuto | (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 (age 32) | Vélez CF | 2021 | 2022 |
| 21 | Mirko Šugić | (1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 30) | NK Dubrava | 2022 | 2022 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Reo Nishiguchi | (1997-08-21) 21 August 1997 (age 27) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2021 | 2022 |
| 10 | Syukri Bashir | (1998-04-11) 11 April 1998 (age 26) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | 2022 |
| 12 | Khairul Nizam $^{>30}$ | (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 33) | Hougang United | 2022 | 2022 |
| 19 | Khairul Amri $^{>30}$ | (1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 (age 39) | FELDA United | 2021 | 2022 |
| Players loaned out / left during season |||||||
| 22 | Hadiputradila Saswadimata $^{U23}$ | (2000-02-05) 5 February 2000 (age 24) | Home United U19 | 2020 | 2022 |

### U21 Squad

    As of 14 Mar 2021
| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Last club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 52 | Ameer Fiqr $^{U21}$ | (2002-07-26) 26 July 2002 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2021 | 2022 |
| 68 | Keith Chung $^{U21}$ | (2004-11-20) 20 November 2004 (age 19) | | 2022 | 2022 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 56 | Haziq Riduan $^{U21}$ | (2005-05-23) 23 May 2005 (age 19) | Singapore Sports School | 2022 | 2022 |
| 57 | Adam Norkhalis $^{U21}$ | (2004-04-24) 24 April 2004 (age 20) | Lion City Sailors U21 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 54 | Ukaishah Ilhan $^{U21}$ | | Singapore Football Club | 2022 | 2022 |
| 59 | Azim Akbar $^{U21}$ | (2001-12-17) 17 December 2001 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2021 | 2022 |
| 62 | Ikram Mikhail Mustaqim $^{U21}$ | | Singapore Sports School | 2022 | 2022 |
| 63 | Azam Akbar $^{U21}$ | (2001-12-17) 17 December 2001 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2022 | 2022 |
| 66 | Dylan Chia $^{U21}$ | (2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 21) | | 2022 | 2022 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 51 | Irsyad Azarudin $^{U21}$ | (2004-07-16) 16 July 2004 (age 20) | Albirex Niigata (S) U21 | 2022 | 2022 |
| 53 | Muthukumaran Navaretthinam $^{U21}$ | | Singapore Football Club | 2022 | 2022 |
| 65 | Zahil Rahman $^{U21}$ | | | 2022 | 2023 |
| 69 | Kian Ghadessy $^{U21}$ | (2005-12-06) 6 December 2005 (age 18) | Sporting CP Academy | 2022 | 2022 |
| 72 | Afiq Ramlee $^{U21}$ | | | 2022 | 2022 |
| | Indera Iskandar $^{U21}$ | (2003-04-02) 2 April 2003 (age 21) | Etoile FC (S) Youth | 2020 | |
| Players loaned out |||||||
| | Efly Danish $^{U21}$ | (2002-10-15) 15 October 2002 (age 22) | | 2020 | |
| 61 | Suriya Ramesh $^{U21}$ | (2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 (age 24) | Balestier Khalsa U21 | 2022 | 2022 |

### U17 Squad

    As of 14 Mar 2021
| No. | Name | Last club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| | Xavier Cheong | Balestier Khalsa U17 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Defenders |||||||
| | Nabil Mazlan | | 2021 | 2022 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| Forwards |||||||
| | Taressh Kannan $^{U17}$ | | 2022 | 2022 |
| | Ouzkaan Poyraz | Albirex Niigata u17 | 2022 | 2022 |

### Women Squad

    As of 14 Mar 2021
| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Last club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Sofea Idayu Ishak | | | | 2022 |
| 18 | Nurul Haziqah | | | | 2022 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 3 | Nur Adrianna Hazeri | | | | 2022 |
| 5 | Rena Lim Shu Ting | | | | 2022 |
| 7 | Sharda Parvin | | | | 2022 |
| 11 | Alyssa Deanna Yazrin | | | | 2022 |
| 14 | Tressa Jane Fernandez | | Petra FC | | 2022 |
| 22 | Yvonne Ang Li Na | | | | 2022 |
| 24 | Imai Nagomi | | | 2018 | 2022 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 4 | Tan Xin Yi | | | | 2022 |
| 6 | Shahidah Lam | | | | 2022 |
| 8 | Rosairiani Suhairi | (2003-09-15) 15 September 2003 (age 21) | | | 2022 |
| 9 | Manami Fukuzawa | | | 2018 | 2022 |
| 12 | Erlysha Khairil | | | | 2022 |
| 13 | Nur Insyiarah Perwaz | | | | 2022 |
| 15 | Lim Ira Maon | | | | 2022 |
| 16 | Nur Batrisyia Baharudin | | | | 2022 |
| 17 | Nicole Ng Wen Sui | | | | 2022 |
| 21 | Madeleine Lim Qian Yu | | | | 2022 |
| 25 | Nurin Zailani | | | | 2022 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 2 | Yuki Monden | | Police SA | 2019 | 2022 |
| 10 | Nuriah Mohamed Noor | | | | 2022 |
| 19 | Nurul Fatin Shukran | | | | 2022 |
| 23 | Farah Nurzahirah | | | | 2022 |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Chairman | Raymond Tang |
| General Manager | Desmund Khusnin |
| Team Manager | Noh Alam Shah |
| Head Coach | Hasrin Jailani |
| Head Coach (Women) | Samawira Basri |
| Assistant Coach | Herman Zailani |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Fajar Sarib |
| Assistant Team Manager Striker Coach Video Analyst | Indra Sahdan |
| Head of Youth | Abdul Musawir |
| U15 Coach | Ridhuan Muhammad |
| U15 Goalkeeper Coach | Rizal Rahman |
| Fitness Coach | Hafiz Osman |
| Physiotherapist | Fadhli Hussein |
| Sport Trainer | Mukhlis Sawit |
| Kitman | Azwan Hishamuddin |

## Transfers
### In

Pre-season
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| FW | Syukri Bashir | SAFSA | End of NS |
| DF | Daniel Bennett | Tampines Rovers | Free |
| DF | Aqhari Abdullah | Lion City Sailors | Free |
| DF | Akram Azman | Free Agent | End of NS |
| MF | Mirko Sugic | NK Dubrava (C2) | Undisclosed |
| MF | Faizal Raffi | Balestier Khalsa | Free |
| MF | Ryan Syaffiq | Tiong Bahru FC | Free |
| MF | Haziq Jalal | Tampines Rovers U21 | Free |
| MF | Suriya Ramesh | Balestier Khalsa U21 | Free |
| FW | Khairul Nizam | Hougang United | Free |
| FW | Joshua De Souza | Balestier Khalsa U21 | Free |

### Loan In

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| GK | Veer Karan Sobti | Lion City Sailors U21 | Season loan |

### Loan Return

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| FW | Anaqi Ismit | Lion City Sailors U21 | Loan Return |

### Out

Pre-season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| GK | Hariz Farid | Yishun Sentek Mariners (SFL1) | Free |
| DF | Delwinder Singh | Balestier Khalsa | Free |
| DF | Prakash Raj | | Free |
| DF | Shahib Masnawi | | Free |
| DF | Julian Tan Jian Tang | Singapore Cricket Club FC (SFL2) | Free |
| MF | Suhairi Sabri | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (SFL1) | Free |
| MF | Ammirul Emmran | Balestier Khalsa | Free |
| MF | Ridhuan Muhammad | NA | Retired |
| FW | Luiz Júnior | C.D. Águila (E1) | Free |
| FW | Daniel Martens | | Free |
| FW | Syahadat Masnawi | GFA Sporting Westlake (SFL1) | Free |
Mid-season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| MF | Suriya Ramesh | Yishun FC (IWL) | Free |

### Loan Out

Pre-season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| GK | Kenji Syed Rusydi | SAFSA | NS till 2022 |
| MF | Efly Danish | SAFSA | NS till 2023 |
| FW | Hadiputradila Saswadimata | SAFSA | NS till 2024 |

### Extension / Retained

| Position | Player | Ref |
| GK | Zharfan Rohaizad | 1 year contract till 2022 |
| GK | Fashah Iskandar | 1 year contract till 2022 |
| DF | Faritz Hameed | 1 year contract till 2022 |
| DF | Shahrin Saberin | 1 year contract till 2022 |
| DF | Rusyaidi Salime | 1 year contract till 2022 |
| DF | Shakir Hamzah | 1 year contract till 2022 |
| DF | Emmeric Ong | 1 year contract till 2022 |
| MF | Naufal Ilham | 1 year contract till 2022 (U21) |
| MF | Fathullah Rahmat | 1 year contract till 2022 (U21) |
| MF | Shodai Nishikawa | 1 year contract till 2022 |
| MF | Raihan Rahman | 1 year contract till 2022 |
| MF | Hadiputradila Saswadimata | 1 year contract till 2022 |
| MF | Blake Ricciuto | 1 year contract till 2022 |
| FW | Reo Nishiguchi | 1 year contract till 2022 |
| FW | Khairul Amri | 1 year contract till 2022 |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss

### In-season

Win  Draw  Loss

## Team statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 6 Nov 2022
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
| No. | Pos. | Player | SPL | SPL | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 2 | DF | Faritz Hameed | 25+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Shahrin Saberin | 4+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Faizal Raffi | 5+12 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Emmeric Ong | 12+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Fathullah Rahmat | 18+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Rusyaidi Salime | 16+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | Daniel Bennett | 12+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Reo Nishiguchi | 26+1 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 30 |
| 10 | FW | Syukri Bashir | 7+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Shakir Hamzah | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Khairul Nizam | 3+13 | 5 | 0+2 | 0 | 18 | 5 |
| 13 | DF | Aqhari Abdullah | 25+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Naufal Ilham | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Shodai Nishikawa | 26+1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| 16 | MF | Raihan Rahman | 23+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Ryan Syaffiq | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Fashah Iskandar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Khairul Amri | 10+12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 |
| 20 | MF | Blake Ricciuto | 25+1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 7 |
| 21 | MF | Mirko Šugić | 24+1 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| 28 | GK | Zharfan Rohaizad | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Akram Azman | 15+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 59 | MF | Azim Akbar | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||
| 1 | GK | Veer Karan Sobti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Hadiputradila Saswadimata | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |

### Singapore Premier League

Win  Draw  Loss
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Geylang International | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 39 | |
| 5 | Hougang United | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 71 | −6 | 39 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage (Cup Winner) |
| 6 | Tanjong Pagar United | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 69 | −10 | 37 | |
| 7 | Balestier Khalsa | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 45 | 78 | −33 | 24 | |
| 8 | Young Lions | 28 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 34 | 103 | −69 | 8 | |
* ↑ The foreign club – Albirex Niigata (S) – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

### Singapore Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tampines Rovers (Q) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Hougang United (Q) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Tanjong Pagar United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | Geylang International | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 | |
Win  Draw  Loss

#### Group
## Competition (U21)
### Stage 1

Win  Draw  Loss
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Young Lions B | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 15 | Group A |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers U21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 13 | Group A |
| 3 | Hougang United U21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 13 | Group A |
| 4 | Geylang International U21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 12 | Group A |
| 5 | Lion City Sailors U21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 9 | Group B |
| 6 | Balestier Khalsa U21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 7 | Group B |
| 7 | Albirex Niigata (S) U19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 9 | Group B |
| 8 | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 27 | −23 | 3 | Group B |
* ↑ Teams are split into two groups (A and B) after each have played 7 matches.

### Stage 2

League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Balestier Khalsa U21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Plate winner |
| 2 | Lion City Sailors U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Albirex Niigata (S) U19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |

## Competition (U17)
### U17 League

Win  Draw  Loss
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lion City Sailors U17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 33 | Champion for 2022 |
| 2 | Hougang United U17 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 32 | |
| 3 | Balestier Khalsa U17 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 23 | |
| 4 | Tampines Rovers U17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 21 | |
| 5 | Geylang International U17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 16 | |
| 6 | Tanjong Pagar United U17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 15 | |
| 7 | ActiveSG Football Academy | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 11 | |
| 8 | Woodlands Lions U17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 41 | −30 | 5 | |

## Competition (WPL)
### WPL League

Win  Draw  Loss