# 2019 Balestier Khalsa FC season

The 2019 season is Balestier Khalsa's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

## Squad
### Sleague Squad

    As of 21 September 2018.
| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| Goalkeepers ||||
| 1 | Naqiuddin Nodin | (1994-08-12) 12 August 1994 (age 30) | |
| 13 | Zacharial Leong $^{U23}$ | (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26) | |
| 19 | Zaiful Nizam | (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 37) | Gombak United |
| 24 | Faris Danial $^{U23}$ | (1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 27) | Geylang International |
| Defenders ||||
| 2 | Fadli Kamis | (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 32) | Garena Young Lions |
| 4 | Khalili Khalif $^{U23}$ | (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27) | Home United |
| 6 | Nurullah Hussein | (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 31) | Garena Young Lions |
| 10 | Sufianto Salleh | (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 31) | Home United |
| 15 | Sheikh Abdul Hadi | (1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 (age 32) | Garena Young Lions |
| 18 | Ahmad Syahir Sahimi | (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32) | |
| 20 | Ahmad Zaki $^{U23}$ | (1997-04-20) 20 April 1997 (age 27) | Geylang International |
| 21 | Fazli Shafie $^{U23}$ | (1997-06-06) 6 June 1997 (age 27) | Jungfrau Punggol FC |
| 26 | Illyas Lee | (1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 29) | Hougang United |
| Midfielders ||||
| 5 | Max Goh Yi Qi $^{U23}$ | (1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 26) | Project Vaults FC |
| 7 | Hazzuwan Halim | (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30) | |
| 8 | Raihan Rahman | (1991-02-07) 7 February 1991 (age 33) | Hougang United |
| 11 | Huzaifah Aziz | (1994-06-24) 24 June 1994 (age 30) | Hougang United |
| 12 | Jonathan Tan | (1995-12-13) 13 December 1995 (age 29) | SAFSA |
| 14 | Afiq Salman Tan | (1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 29) | |
| 16 | Khairuddin Omar $^{U23}$ | (1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 28) | Home United |
| 17 | Fariz Faizal $^{U23}$ | (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 28) | |
| 25 | Kristijan Krajcek | (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 31) | NK BSK Bijelo Brdo |
| 27 | Sanjin Vrebac $^{U19}$ | (2000-02-25) 25 February 2000 (age 24) | VfR Fischeln |
| | Jordan Chan $^{U23}$ | (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 26) | Hougang United |
| Strikers ||||
| 9 | Sime Zuzul | (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 28) | NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac |
| 22 | Daniel Goh $^{U23}$ | (1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 25) | Hougang United |
| 23 | Akbar Shah $^{U23}$ | (1996-05-29) 29 May 1996 (age 28) | Home United |
| Player who left during season ||||
| 3 | Shaqi Sulaiman $^{U23}$ | (1998-11-10) 10 November 1998 (age 26) | Hougang United |

### U19 Squad

    As of 9 March 2019.
| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| Goalkeepers ||||
| 45 | Amirul Halim $^{U19}$ | | |
| 51 | Haziq Roslan $^{U19}$ | | |
| Defenders ||||
| 36 | Adil Izzudin $^{U19}$ | | |
| 42 | Fiqry Ady $^{U19}$ | | |
| 43 | Nauffal Shah $^{U19}$ | | Tampines Rovers U19 |
| 50 | Dinie Syazani $^{U19}$ | | |
| 52 | Keshav Kumar $^{U19}$ | | |
| 55 | Rudy Taufiq $^{U19}$ | | |
| 60 | Aqil Rahmat $^{U19}$ | | |
| 65 | Hadi Danial $^{U19}$ | | |
| Midfielders ||||
| 37 | Suzairhe Fadly $^{U19}$ | | |
| 41 | Aravindhan Ramanathan $^{U19}$ | | |
| 43 | Nauffal Shah $^{U19}$ | | |
| 44 | Sameer Alassane $^{U19}$ | (2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 (age 24) | |
| 54 | Larry Sim $^{U19}$ | | |
| 63 | Arif Saiyadi $^{U19}$ | | |
| 64 | Azri Manap $^{U19}$ | | |
| 66 | Hadi Danial $^{U19}$ | | |
| 68 | Danie Shahil $^{U19}$ | (2001-12-13) 13 December 2001 (age 23) | NFA U17 |
| 69 | Elston Lo $^{U19}$ | | |
| 70 | N.Sakthivelchezhian $^{U19}$ | | |
| Strikers ||||
| 57 | Kenny Kamil $^{U19}$ | | |
| 62 | Suriya Ramesh $^{U19}$ | | |
| 67 | Dhiraj Rai $^{U19}$ | | |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Khidhir Khamis |
| Assistant Coach | Haris Sumri |
| Assistant Coach | Sead Muratović |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Koh Chuan Hwee/ Rizal Abdul Rahman |
| Fitness Coach | Rosman Sulaiman |
| Team Chairman | Darwin Jalil |
| Physiotherapist | Mohamed Nasser |
| Kitman | Abdul Latiff |

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

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| Coach | Khidhir Khamis | Free Agent | |
| GK | Naqiuddin Nodin | Free Agent | |
| GK | Faris Danial | Geylang International | Free |
| DF | Illyas Lee | Hougang United | |
| DF | Ahmad Zaki | Geylang International | Free |
| DF | Fazli Shafie | Jungfrau Punggol FC | Free |
| MF | Kristijan Krajcek | NK BSK Bijelo Brdo | |
| MF | Šime Žužul | NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac | |
| MF | Max Goh | Project Vaults Oxley Sports Club | |
| MF | Jordan Chan | Hougang United | |
| FW | Daniel Goh | Hougang United | |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| Coach | Marko Kraljević | Kelantan FA | |
| GK | Nazri Sabri | Home United | |
| GK | Syahrul Nizam | Jungfrau Punggol FC | |
| DF | Nurisham Jupri | Project Vaults Oxley Sports Club | |
| DF | Zakir Samsudin | | |
| DF | Sharin Majid | | |
| MF | Noor Akid Nordin | Albirex Niigata (S) | Undisclosed |
| MF | Vedran Mesec | NK Sesvete (Tier 2) | |
| FW | Keegan Linderboom | Auckland City FC (Tier 1) | |
| FW | Dusan Marinkovic | | |

#### Extension

| Position | Player |
| DF | Khalili Khalif |
| DF | Sufianto Salleh |
| DF | Ahmad Syahir Sahimi |

#### Retained

| Position | Player | Ref |
| GK | Zacharial Leong | |
| GK | Zaiful Nizam | 2 years contract signed in 2018 |
| DF | Fadli Kamis | 2 years contract signed in 2018 |
| DF | Sheikh Abdul Hadi | 2 years contract signed in 2018 |
| DF | Sufianto Salleh | 2 Years Contract signed in 2018 |
| DF | Nurullah Hussein | 2 Years Contract signed in 2018 |
| DF | Shaqi Sulaiman | 2 Years Contract signed in 2018 |
| MF | Raihan Rahman | 2 years contract signed in 2018 |
| MF | Huzaifah Aziz | 2 years contract signed in 2018 |
| MF | Hazzuwan Halim | 2 years contract signed in 2018 |
| MF | Fariz Faizal | 2 Years Contract signed in 2018 |
| MF | Khairuddin Omar | 2 Years Contract signed in 2018 |
| MF | Noor Akid Nordin | 2 Years Contract signed in 2018 |
| MF | Afiq Salman Tan | 2 Years Contract signed in 2018 |
| FW | Akbar Shah | 2 Years Contract signed in 2018 |
| MF | Sanjin Vrebac | |
Note 1: Noor Akid Nordin moved to Albirex Niigata (S) despite signing a 2 years contract in 2018.

#### Promoted

| Position | Player | Ref |

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

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| Coach | Marko Kraljević | Kelantan FA | |
| MF | Jonathan Tan | SAFSA | loan return |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| Coach | Khidhir Khamis | Sacked | |
| DF | Shaqi Sulaiman | | NS till 2021 |

## Friendly
### Pre-Season Friendly

Win  Draw  Loss

## Team statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 15 September 2018
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Naqiuddin Nodin | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Fadli Kamis | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Khalili Khalif | 18(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Max Goh Yi Qi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Nurullah Hussein | 16(1) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Hazzuwan Halim | 16(2) | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Raihan Rahman | 17(3) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Sime Zuzul | 16(1) | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | Sufianto Salleh | 7(6) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Huzaifah Aziz | 18(3) | 2 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Jonathan Tan | 1(2) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Zacharial Leong | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Afiq Salman Tan | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Sheikh Abdul Hadi | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Khairuddin Omar | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Fariz Faizal | 9(5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Ahmad Syahir Sahimi | 17(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | Zaiful Nizam | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Ahmad Zaki Bagharib | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Fazli Shafie | 6(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Daniel Goh Ji Xiong | 16(4) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Akbar Shah | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Faris Danial | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Kristijan Krajcek | 15(2) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Illyas Lee | 10(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Sanjin Vrebac | 11(10) | 5 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Sameer Alassane | 10(3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | FW | Suriya Ramesh | 0(3) | 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 % |
| Singapore Premier League | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 016.67 |
| Singapore Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 018.52 |

### Singapore Premier League

Win  Draw  Loss
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 9 | Balestier Khalsa | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 17 |
* ↑ 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