# 2017 Hougang United FC season

The 2017 season is Hougang United's 20th 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

    As of 6 January 2017.

### Sleague

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Zulfairuuz Rudy | (1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 30) | Home United |
| 13 | Ridhuan Barudin | (1987-03-23) 23 March 1987 (age 37) | Tampines Rovers |
| 18 | Khairulhin Khalid | (1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 (age 33) | LionsXII |
| Defenders |||||
| 3 | Ali Hudzafi | (1992-03-23) 23 March 1992 (age 32) | Young Lions |
| 4 | Delwinder Singh | (1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 32) | Young Lions |
| 5 | Atsushi Shirota | (1991-11-06) 6 November 1991 (age 33) | Albirex Niigata (S) |
| 17 | Faiz Salleh | (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 32) | Young Lions |
| 21 | Lionel Tan | (1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 (age 27) | Home United |
| 25 | Wahyudi Wahid | (1989-10-29) 29 October 1989 (age 35) | LionsXII |
| Midfielders |||||
| 2 | Fairoz Hasan | (1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 (age 36) | Gombak United |
| 8 | Azhar Sairudin | (1986-12-30) 30 December 1986 (age 38) | Home United |
| 10 | Fumiya Kogure | (1989-06-28) 28 June 1989 (age 35) | Albirex Niigata (S) |
| 11 | Nazrul Nazari | (1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 33) | LionsXII |
| 12 | Fabian Kwok | (1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 35) | Tampines Rovers |
| 16 | Syahiran Miswan | (1994-01-22) 22 January 1994 (age 30) | Home United |
| 19 | Nurhilmi Jasni | (1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 38) | Balestier Khalsa |
| 20 | Afiq Noor | (1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 31) | Young Lions |
| 23 | Zulfahmi Arifin | (1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 (age 33) | Home United |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | Fareez Farhan | (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 30) | Young Lions |
| 9 | Pablo Rodriguez | (1985-07-20) 20 July 1985 (age 39) | Madura United |
| 14 | Iqbal Hussain | (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 31) | Young Lions |
| 24 | Amir Zalani | (1996-12-04) 4 December 1996 (age 28) | Home United |

### Prime league

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 32 | Ahmad Fadly | (1994-05-22) 22 May 1994 (age 30) | Tampines Rovers |
| 42 | Heng How Meng | | Home United Prime League |
| Defender |||||
| 27 | Daniel Goh | | Home United Prime League |
| 28 | Nasrul Taib | (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 27) | Home United Prime League |
| 34 | Ariyan Shamsuddin | (1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 27) | Tampines Rovers Prime League |
| 39 | Amer Hakeem | (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 26) | NFA U18 |
| 40 | Shahrul Affandy | (1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 (age 26) | NFA U18 |
| 41 | Shaqi Sulaiman | (1998-11-10) 10 November 1998 (age 26) | Home United Prime League |
| 43 | Kishon Philip | (1999-11-26) 26 November 1999 (age 25) | NFA U18 |
| 46 | Asraf Zahid | (1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 (age 25) | |
| 47 | Gerald Joseph Ting | (1999-03-03) 3 March 1999 (age 25) | |
| Midfielder |||||
| 29 | Benedict Sim Yu Hao | | Home United Prime League |
| 30 | Prakash Raj | | NFA U18 |
| 31 | Aarish Kumar | | |
| 33 | Justin Hui | (1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 26) | NFA U18 |
| 35 | Royston Tan | (1998-02-22) 22 February 1998 (age 26) | NFA U18 |
| 36 | Gareth Low Jun Kit | (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 27) | Young Lions |
| 38 | Darren Yap | (1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 26) | NFA U17 |
| 44 | Karthik Raj | (1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 27) | Home United Prime League |
| Forward |||||
| 26 | Antonie Viterale | (1996-07-01) 1 July 1996 (age 28) | Hellas Verona |
| 27 | Daniel Goh Ji Xiong | (1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 25) | |
| 37 | Syukri Bashir | (1998-04-11) 11 April 1998 (age 26) | NFA U18 |
| 45 | Nurhalis Azmi | (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 (age 27) | Home United Prime League |

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

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| GK | Zulfairuuz Rudy | Home United | |
| DF | Atsushi Shirota | Albirex Niigata | |
| DF | Lionel Tan | Home United Prime League | |
| DF | Ariyan Shamsuddin | NFA U17 | To play for Prime League |
| MF | Fabian Kwok | Tampines Rovers | |
| MF | Azhar Sairudin | Home United | |
| MF | Zulfahmi Arifin | Home United | |
| MF | Syahiran Miswan | Home United | |
| MF | Gareth Low Jun Kit | Young Lions | To play for Prime League |
| FW | Fareez Farhan | Young Lions | |
| FW | Antonie Viterale | Hellas Verona Primavera | |
| FW | Amir Zalani | Home United Prime League | |
| FW | Pablo Rodriguez | Madura United | |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To |
| GK | Fawwaz Anuar | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club) |
| DF | Yusiskandar Yusop | Released |
| DF | Khairulnizam Jumahat | South Avenue SC |
| DF | Faliq Sudir | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club) |
| MF | Nur Na'im Ishak | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club) |
| MF | Nur Ridho Jafri | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club) |
| MF | Raihan Rahman | Balestier Khalsa |
| MF | Huzaifa Aziz | Balestier Khalsa |
| FW | Jozef Kapláň | FK Poprad |
| FW | Stipe Plazibat | Home United |
| FW | Samuel Benjamin | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club) |

### Trial

| Position | Player | From | Ref |

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

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| MF | Anumanthan Kumar | Home United | National Service |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### In-season friendlies
## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Philippe Aw |
| Assistant coach | Clement Teo |
| Prime League Coach | Robin Chitrakar |
| Fitness coach | Dirk Schauenberg |
| Goalkeeping coach | Lim Queen Cher |
| Team manager | Clement Teo |
| Sports trainer | Thomas Pang |
| Kitman | |

## Team statistics
### Appearances and goals

| 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 | Zulfairuuz Rudy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Fairoz Hasan | 6(4) | 1 | 1(2) | 1 | 1(2) | 1 | 8(8) | 3 |
| 3 | DF | Ali Hudzafi | 11(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16(2) | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Delwinder Singh | 13(1) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20(1) | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Atsushi Shirota | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Fareez Farhan | 7(5) | 4 | 3(3) | 1 | 1(1) | 1 | 11(9) | 6 |
| 8 | MF | Azhar Sairudin | 14(2) | 2 | 1(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17(3) | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Pablo Rodriguez | 8(4) | 2 | 3(1) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13(5) | 7 |
| 10 | MF | Fumiya Kogure | 17(2) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2(1) | 0 | 24(3) | 9 |
| 11 | MF | Nazrul Nazari | 18(2) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26(2) | 3 |
| 12 | MF | Fabian Kwok | 16(3) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24(3) | 1 |
| 13 | GK | Ridhuan Barudin | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Iqbal Hussain | 6(7) | 3 | 2(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 8(10) | 3 |
| 16 | MF | Syahiran Miswan | 14(3) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21(3) | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Faiz Salleh | 12(4) | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 16(7) | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Khairulhin Khalid | 17(1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22(1) | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Nurhilmi Jasni (captain) | 10(3) | 2 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(4) | 2 |
| 20 | MF | Afiq Noor | 6(4) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 8(7) | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Lionel Tan | 12(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13(2) | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Zulfahmi Arifin | 19(1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26(1) | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Amir Zalani | 3(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(5) | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Wahyudi Wahid | 4(1) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(2) | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Antoine Viterale | 9(4) | 0 | 0(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10(6) | 1 |
| 33 | MF | Justin Hui | 1(4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(5) | 1 |
| 34 | DF | Ariyan Shamsuddin | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Gareth Low Jun Kit | 2(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(3) | 0 |
| 37 | FW | Syukri Bashir | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 |
| 47 | DF | Gerald Ting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Anumanthan Kumar | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| S.League | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 037.50 |
| Singapore Cup | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 060.00 |
| League Cup | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 39 | +0 | 037.50 |

### S.League

Win  Draw  Loss
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Geylang International | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 36 |
| 5 | Warriors FC | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 34 |
| 6 | Hougang United | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 30 |
| 7 | Balestier Khalsa | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 33 | −16 | 19 |
| 8 | DPMM FC | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 30 | 61 | −31 | 17 |
* ↑ 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

#### Quarter-final

Hougang United won 8-1 on aggregate

#### Semi-final

Hougang United lost 4-3 on aggregate

#### 3rd/4th place
### Singapore TNP League Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 | Warriors | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | Advance to semi-final |
| 3 | Hougang United | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Home United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | |

#### Group matches

Win  Draw  Loss