# 2020 Lion City Sailors FC season

The 2020 season was Lion City Sailors' 25th consecutive season in the Singapore Premier League and the 1st season since privatising from Home United. Along with the Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.

## Squad
### SPL squad

    As of 5 January 2020
| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 18 | Hassan Sunny $^{>30}$ | (1984-04-02) 2 April 1984 (age 40) | Army United F.C. | 2020 | 2021 |
| 24 | Rudy Khairullah | (1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 (age 30) | Police SA (NFL D1) | 2017 | 2020 |
| 30 | Adib Hakim $^{U23}$ | (1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 (age 27) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Zulqarnaen Suzliman $^{U23}$ | (1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 26) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | |
| 3 | Tajeli Salamat | (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 (age 31) | Warriors FC | 2020 | |
| 5 | Kaishu Yamazaki | (1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 (age 27) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2020 | |
| 6 | Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib $^{>30}$ | (1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 35) | Tampines Rovers | 2015 | 2020 |
| 7 | Aqhari Abdullah | (1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 33) | LionsXII | 2016 | 2020 |
| 12 | Iqram Rifqi | (1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 29) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2020 |
| 15 | Faizal Roslan | (1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 29) | Young Lions FC | 2018 | 2019 |
| 19 | Naqiuddin Eunos $^{U23}$ | (1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 (age 27) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| 22 | Ho Wai Loon | (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 31) | Warriors FC | 2019 | 2019 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 8 | Shahdan Sulaiman $^{>30}$ | (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 36) | Tampines Rovers | 2020 | 2021 |
| 10 | Song Ui-young | (1993-11-08) 8 November 1993 (age 31) | Youth Team | 2012 | 2020 |
| 13 | Izzdin Shafiq (Captain) | (1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 34) | Tampines Rovers | 2017 | 2020 |
| 14 | Gabriel Quak | (1990-12-22) 22 December 1990 (age 34) | Warriors FC | 2020 | 2021 |
| 20 | Arshad Shamim $^{U23}$ | (1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 25) | Youth Team | 2018 | 2019 |
| 27 | Adam Swandi | (1996-01-12) 12 January 1996 (age 29) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2019 | 2021 |
| 28 | Saifullah Akbar $^{U23}$ | (1999-01-31) 31 January 1999 (age 26) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | |
| Strikers |||||||
| 11 | Hafiz Nor $^{>30}$ | (1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 36) | Warriors FC | 2018 | 2019 |
| 17 | Shahril Ishak $^{>30}$ | (1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 41) | Warriors FC | 2018 | 2019 |
| 23 | Amiruldin Asraf $^{U23}$ | (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 28) | Youth Team | 2017 | 2020 |
| 25 | Haiqal Pashia $^{U23}$ | (1998-11-29) 29 November 1998 (age 26) | Young Lions FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| 29 | Stipe Plazibat | (1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 (age 35) | Hougang United | 2020 | 2021 |
| Players who left during the season |||||||
| 9 | Andy Pengelly | (1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 (age 27) | Brisbane Strikers FC | 2020 | |

### 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 | |
| | Kimura Riki $^{U23}$ | (2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 24) | Warriors FC | 2020 | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 44 | Danish Iftiqar $^{U19}$ | (2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2020 |
| 55 | Fudhil I'yadh$^{U19}$ | (2001-08-18) 18 August 2001 (age 23) | NFA U17 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 65 | Aizal Murhamdani$^{U19}$ | (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2017 | |
| | Naufal Ilham $^{U19}$ | (2002-08-16) 16 August 2002 (age 22) | FFA U16 | 2020 | 2020 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 37 | Anaqi Ismit$^{U19}$ | (2001-08-24) 24 August 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2020 |
| Strikers |||||||

## Coaching staff

Source :
| Position | Name |
| Chairman | Forrest Li |
| General Manager | Badri Ghent |
| Team Manager | Herwandy Hamid |
| Head coach | Aurelio Vidmar |
| Assistant coach | Noh Rahman |
| Goalkeeping coach | Chua Lye Heng |
| Academy director | Luka Lalić |
| Head of Youth (COE) | Robin Chitrakar |
| Video analyst | Adi Saleh |
| Sports Trainer | Fazly Hasan |
| Sports Performance Coach | Shazaly Ayob |
| Physiotherapist | Zahir Taufeek |
| Kitman | |

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

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| Coach | Aurelio Vidmar | NA | |
| GK | Hassan Sunny | Army United F.C. (Tier 2) | 2 years contract signed in 2019 |
| GK | Kenji Syed Rusydi | Young Lions FC | Loan Return |
| GK | Adib Hakim | Young Lions FC | |
| GK | Kimura Riki | Warriors FC | |
| DF | Kaishu Yamazaki | Albirex Niigata (S) | Free |
| DF | Zulqarnaen Suzliman | Young Lions FC | |
| MF | Gabriel Quak | Warriors FC | 2 years contract signed in 2019 |
| MF | Shahdan Sulaiman | Tampines Rovers | Undisclosed |
| MF | Saifullah Akbar | Young Lions FC | |
| MF | Naqiuddin Eunos | Young Lions FC | |
| FW | Haiqal Pashia | Young Lions FC | |
| FW | Andy Pengelly | Brisbane Strikers FC (Tier 2) | Free |
Note 1: Kenji Syed Rusydi returned to the team after the loan and move to Tanjong Pagar United.

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| GK | Kenji Syed Rusydi | Tanjong Pagar United | |
| GK | Nazri Sabri | Project Vaults Oxley SC | |
| GK | Haikal Hasnol | | |
| DF | Taufiq Muqminin | | |
| DF | Faritz Abdul Hameed | Tanjong Pagar United F.C. | |
| DF | Juma'at Jantan | Retired | |
| MF | Isaka Cernak | Phrae United F.C. (Tier 2) | |
| MF | Fazli Ayob | | |
| MF | Suhairi Sabri | Tanjong Pagar United F.C. | |
| MF | Muhelmy Suhaimi | | |
| MF | Hami Syahin | Police SA | NS till 2022 |
| FW | Nur Hizami Salim | | |
| FW | Oliver Puflett | Sydney Olympic FC | |

#### Extension / Retained

| Position | Player | Ref |
| GK | Rudy Khairullah | |
| DF | Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib | |
| DF | Aqhari Abdullah | |
| DF | Faizal Roslan | |
| DF | Ho Wai Loon | |
| DF | Iqram Rifqi | |
| MF | Izzdin Shafiq | |
| MF | Song Ui-young | 2 years contract signed in Oct 2018 |
| MF | Hami Syahin | NS till 2022 |
| MF | Adam Swandi | 2 years contract signed in Dec 2019 |
| MF | Arshad Shamim | |
| FW | Hafiz Nor | |
| FW | Shahril Ishak | |
| FW | Amiruldin Asraf | |

#### Promoted

| Position | Player | Ref |

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

| Position | Player | Trial From | Ref |

##### Trial (Out)

| Position | Player | Trial @ | Ref |

### Mid-season transfer
#### In

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| FW | Stipe Plazibat | Hougang United | Undisclosed 2 years contract |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| GK | Putra Anugerah | Young Lions FC | Season loan |
| FW | Andy Pengelly | Peninsula Power FC | Free |
| MF | Bill Mamadou | Young Lions FC | Season loan |

#### Loan Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| DF | Zulqarnaen Suzliman | Young Lions FC | NS till 2022 |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Tour of Malaysia
## Team statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 15 March 2019
| No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 3 | DF | Tajeli Salamat | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Kaishu Yamazaki | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Aqhari Abdullah | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Shahdan Sulaiman | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Song Ui-young | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 |
| 11 | FW | Hafiz Nor | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | Iqram Rifqi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Izzdin Shafiq | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Gabriel Quak | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| 15 | DF | Faizal Roslan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Shahril Ishak | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 18 | GK | Hassan Sunny | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Naqiuddin Eunos | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Arshad Shamim | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 22 | DF | Ho Wai Loon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Rudy Khairullah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Haiqal Pashia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Adam Swandi | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| 28 | MF | Saifullah Akbar | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 29 | FW | Stipe Plazibat | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||
| 2 | DF | Zulqarnaen Suzliman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Andy Pengelly | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Singapore Premier League | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 057.14 |
| Total | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 057.14 |

### Singapore Premier League

Win  Draw  Loss
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata (S) (C) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 32 | |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 29 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lion City Sailors | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 27 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 4 | Geylang International | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 20 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 5 | Balestier Khalsa | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 19 | |
| 6 | Hougang United | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 15 | |
| 7 | Young Lions | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 38 | −26 | 9 | |
| 8 | Tanjong Pagar United | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 5 | |
* 1 2 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

Win  Draw  Loss