# 2024–25 Young Lions F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is Young Lions; 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League. The club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.

## Season review
### Pre-season

The 2024–25 Singapore Premier League season will be the first season to be played having a two-year schedule where Young Lions participated in the 2024 interim pre-season tournament from 24 February until 19 April. The interim pre-season tournament ensure that the players are adequately prepared for an extended new season that will span nearly 12 months. Young Lions managed to get a impressive records of wins where they had a 3 winning streak against Geylang International (5–2), Tanjong Pagar United (5–1) and Hougang United (3–2) and also drawing against Balestier Khalsa (1–1). Young Lions than play against Malaysia Super League club, Kuching City which is helms by former Young Lions head coach, Aidil Sharin Sahak on 24 March 2024 at the Geylang Training Centre in a move to improve the squad which is mostly compromise of young players. Young Lions lost 3–0 to the Malaysian side.

### Season highlights

On 15 June 2024, Young Lions defeated Albirex Niigata (S) after being down 2–1 before Itsuki Enomoto and Andrew Aw scored a goal to give Young Lions a 3–2 lead which subsequently earned them the 3 points and their first ever win against Albirex Niigata (S) since 2 November 2015 in the 2015 S.League season.

## Squad
### Singapore Premier League

    As of 13 Mar 2024.
| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Last Club | Contract Start | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Aizil Yazid | (2004-12-24) 24 December 2004 (age 20) | Hougang United | 2023 | 2025 |
| 13 | Rauf Erwan | (2005-04-25) 25 April 2005 (age 19) | Singapore Sports School | 2022 | 2025 |
| 23 | Travis Ang Jia Zheng | (2004-10-23) 23 October 2004 (age 20) | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | 2024 | 2025 |
| 32 | Umayr Sujuandy | (2003-02-18) 18 February 2003 (age 22) | Singapore Sports School | 2021 | 2025 |
| 35 | Firman Nabil | (2005-03-27) 27 March 2005 (age 19) | Albirex Niigata (S) U21 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Raoul Suhaimi | (2005-09-18) 18 September 2005 (age 19) | Singapore Sports School | 2021 | 2025 |
| 3 | Aqil Yazid | (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 21) | Balestier Khalsa U21 | 2023 | 2025 |
| 4 | Ikram Mikhail Mustaqim | (2005-08-05) 5 August 2005 (age 19) | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | 2023 | 2025 |
| 5 | Jun Kobayashi | (1999-05-07) 7 May 1999 (age 25) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2023 | 2025 |
| 6 | Syafi Hilman | (2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 (age 20) | Lion City Sailors U21 | 2023 | 2025 |
| 14 | Wong Ngang Haang | (2004-03-03) 3 March 2004 (age 21) | Hougang United U21 | 2024 | 2025 |
| 15 | Kieran Teo Jia Jun | (2004-04-06) 6 April 2004 (age 20) | Geylang International U21 | 2023 | 2025 |
| 17 | Iryan Fandi | (2006-08-09) 9 August 2006 (age 18) | Hougang United U21 | 2025 | 2025 |
| 19 | Andrew Aw | (2003-03-29) 29 March 2003 (age 21) | BG Tampines Rovers U21 | 2023 | 2025 |
| 21 | Danish Haqimi | (2007-03-22) 22 March 2007 (age 17) | Singapore Sports School | 2023 | 2025 |
| 22 | Febryan Pradana | (2004-02-08) 8 February 2004 (age 21) | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | 2024 | 2025 |
| 25 | Izz Anaqi | (2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 22) | Geylang International U21 | 2024 | 2025 |
| 26 | Nur Adam Abdullah | (2001-04-13) 13 April 2001 (age 23) | Lion City Sailors | 2024 | 2025 |
| 31 | Ryaan Sanizal | (2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 (age 21) | BG Tampines Rovers U21 | 2024 | 2025 |
| 40 | Haziq Riduan | (2005-05-23) 23 May 2005 (age 19) | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | 2024 | 2025 |
| 41 | Akash Rai | | Hougang United U17 | 2024 | 2025 |
| 47 | Ryan Vishal | | Sailors Development Center U17 | 2024 | 2025 |
| 49 | Zaki Jumlan | | ActiveSG U17 | 2024 | 2025 |
| 53 | Bill Mamadou | (2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 23) | Lion City Sailors | 2025 | 2025 |
| 77 | Danial Crichton | (2003-04-11) 11 April 2003 (age 21) | University TRGV | 2024 | 2025 |
| | Ariq Rizzuwan | | ActiveSG U17 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 7 | Kan Kobayashi | (1999-04-27) 27 April 1999 (age 25) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2023 | 2025 |
| 8 | Kaisei Ogawa | (2001-02-25) 25 February 2001 (age 24) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2024 | 2025 |
| 10 | Amir Syafiz | (2004-06-21) 21 June 2004 (age 20) | Singapore Sports School | 2021 | 2025 |
| 16 | Fathullah Rahmat | (2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 22) | Tanjong Pagar United | 2024 | 2025 |
| 18 | Samuel Pillai | (2005-02-22) 22 February 2005 (age 20) | Fremantle City | 2024 | 2025 |
| 20 | Fairuz Fazli Koh | (2005-01-20) 20 January 2005 (age 20) | Singapore Sports School | 2022 | 2025 |
| 24 | Danish Qayyum | (2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 23) | Lion City Sailors | 2024 | 2025 |
| 27 | Sahoo Garv | (2006-03-26) 26 March 2006 (age 18) | Balestier Khalsa U21 | 2023 | 2025 |
| 28 | Ryu Hardy Yussri | (2005-04-20) 20 April 2005 (age 19) | Singapore Sports School | 2022 | 2025 |
| 29 | Rasul Ramli | (2007-03-26) 26 March 2007 (age 17) | Singapore Sports School | 2023 | 2025 |
| 33 | Ethan Henry Pinto | (2004-10-14) 14 October 2004 (age 20) | BG Tampines Rovers U21 | 2023 | 2025 |
| 45 | Nyqil Iyyan | (2008-06-26) 26 June 2008 (age 16) | Singapore Sports School | 2024 | 2025 |
| 46 | Ikmal Hazlan | 2007 | Sailors Development Center U17 | 2024 | 2025 |
| 56 | Loo Kai Sheng | (2007-01-09) 9 January 2007 (age 18) | ESC La Liga Academy | 2024 | 2025 |
| | Ajay Robson | (2003-12-06) 6 December 2003 (age 21) | Hougang United | 2023 | 2025 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 12 | Danish Haziq | (2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 22) | Geylang International U21 | 2024 | 2025 |
| ?? | Lim Zheng Wu | (2006-05-12) 12 May 2006 (age 18) | BG Tampines Rovers U21 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Players who left during the season |||||||
| 9 | Itsuki Enomoto | (2000-06-04) 4 June 2000 (age 24) | Matsumoto Yamaga | 2024 | 2025 |
| 11 | Farhan Zulkifli | (2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 22) | Hougang United U21 | 2023 | 2025 |
| 37 | Rashid Hayek | | Western United Academy | 2024 | 2025 |
| 42 | Khairin Nadim | (2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 (age 20) | Lion City Sailors U21 | 2024 | 2025 |
| 55 | Jonan Tan En Yuan | (2006-06-27) 27 June 2006 (age 18) | Lion City Sailors U21 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Players who left for NS during season |||||||

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Team Manager | Matthew Sean Sakthi Vel Ganesan |
| Head team coach | Nazri Nasir |
| Assistant coach | Koichiro Iizuka Fadzuhasny Juraimi Afiq Yahya |
| Goalkeeping coach | Ahmadulhaq Che Omar |
| Fitness coach | Donald Wan |
| Physiotherapist | Vacant |
| Sports Trainers | Nasruldin Baharudin Muklis Sawit |
| Equipment Officer | Omar Mohamed |

## Transfer
### In

Pre-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Team | Ref |
| GK | Travis Ang | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | First Team | Free. |
| DF | Haziq Riduan | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | First Team | Free |
| DF | Febryan Pradana | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | First Team | Free |
| DF | Izz Anaqi | Geylang International U21 | First Team | Free |
| DF | Rashid Hayek | Western United Academy | First Team | Free |
| DF | Wong Ngang Haang | Hougang United U21 | First Team | Free |
| MF | Nyqil Iyyan | Singapore Sports School | First Team | Free |
| MF | Sahoo Garv | Balestier Khalsa U21 | First Team | Free |
| MF | Kaisei Ogawa | Albirex Niigata (S) | First Team | Free |
| MF | Loo Kai Sheng | ESC La Liga Academy | U17 | Free |
| FW | Danish Haziq | Geylang International U21 | First Team | Free |
| FW | Lim Zheng Wu | BG Tampines Rovers U21 | First Team | Free |
| FW | Itsuki Enomoto | Matsumoto Yamaga | First Team | Free |
Mid-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Team | Ref |
| DF | Ariq Rizzuwan | ActiveSG U17 | U21 | Free |
| DF | Zaki Jumlan | ActiveSG U17 | U21 | Free |
| DF | Ryan Vishal | Sailors Development Center U17 | U21 | Free |
| MF | Ikmal Hazlan | Sailors Development Center U17 | U21 | Free |

### Out

Pre-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Team | Ref |
| GK | Prathip Ekamparam | Tanjong Pagar United | First Team | Free |
| DF | Xavier Wong | | First Team | Free |
| MF | Jared Gallagher | BG Tampines Rovers | First Team | Free |
| MF | Syafi’ie Redzuan | Albirex Niigata (S) | First Team | Free |
| MF | Haziq Kamarudin | Albirex Niigata (S) | First Team | Free |
| FW | Amiruldin Asraf | Balestier Khalsa | First Team | Free |
| FW | Syahadat Masnawi | Tanjong Pagar United | First Team | Free |
| FW | Ameen Shah | | First Team | Free |
Mid-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Team | Ref |
| DF | Raoul Suhaimi | BG Tampines Rovers | First Team | Free |
| DF | Rashid Hayek | Essendon Royals (A3) | First Team | Free |
| FW | Itsuki Enomoto | BG Tampines Rovers | First Team | Free |

### Loan in

Pre-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Team | Ref |
| GK | Firman Nabil | Albirex Niigata (S) | First Team | Season loan |
| GK | Aizil Yazid | SAFSA (Hougang) | First Team | Season loan |
| DF | Andrew Aw | SAFSA (Tampines) | First Team | Loan Return |
| DF | Kieran Teo Jia Jun | SAFSA (Geylang International) | First Team | Season loan |
| DF | Nur Adam Abdullah | SAFSA (Lion City Sailors) | First Team | Season loan |
| MF | Danish Qayyum | SAFSA (Lion City Sailors) | First Team | Season loan |
| MF | Farhan Zulkifli | SAFSA (Hougang United) | First Team | Season loan till Nov 2024 |
| MF | Fathullah Rahmat | SAFSA (Tanjong Pagar United) | First Team | Season loan |
| FW | Khairin Nadim | SAFSA (Lion City Sailors) | First Team | Season loan till Nov 2024 |
Mid-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Team | Ref |
| DF | Bill Mamadou | Lion City Sailors | First Team | Season loan |
| DF | Danial Crichton | University TRGV | First Team | Season loan |
| MF | Ajay Robson | SAFSA (Hougang United) | First Team | Season loan |
| DF | Iryan Fandi | SAFSA (Hougang United) | First Team | Season loan |

### Loan return

Pre-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Team | Ref |
| DF | Sahffee Jubpre | Hougang United | First Team | End of loan |
| DF | Ilhan Noor | Police SA | First Team | End of loan |
| MF | Iman Hakim | SAFSA | First Team | End of loan |
| FW | Ryan Praveen | SAFSA | First Team | End of loan |
| FW | Irfan Iskandar | SAFSA | First Team | End of loan |
| FW | Zikos Chua | Geylang International | First Team | End of loan |
Mid-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | First Team | Ref |
| MF | Farhan Zulkifli | Hougang United | First Team | End of NS |
| FW | Khairin Nadim | Lion City Sailors | First Team | End of NS |
| MF | Jonan Tan En Yuan | Lion City Sailors | First Team | End of NS |

### Loan out

Pre-season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Team | Ref |
| DF | Raoul Suhaimi | SAFSA | First Team | NS till July 2025 |
| DF | Aqil Yazid | SAFSA | First Team | NS till Jan 2026 |

### Retained

| Position | Player |
| DF | Raoul Suhaimi |
| MF | Fairuz Fazli Koh |
| MF | Ethan Henry Pinto |

## Friendly
### Pre-season friendly

Win  Draw  Loss
2024 SPL Interim Tournament - 23 Feb to 21 Apr
Others

## Team statistics
### Appearances and goals (SPL)

    As of 16 March 2025
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 | Aizil Yazid | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Raoul Suhaimi | 11+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Aqil Yazid | 12+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ikram Mikhail Mustaqim | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Jun Kobayashi | 21+1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | Syafi Hilman | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Kan Kobayashi | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Kaisei Ogawa | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | Amir Syafiz | 10+10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
| 12 | FW | Danish Haziq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Rauf Erwan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Wong Ngang Haang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Kieran Teo Jia Jun | 13+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Fathullah Rahmat | 11+5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Iryan Fandi | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Samuel Pillai | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Andrew Aw | 6+14 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Fairuz Fazli Koh | 11+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 17 | 2 |
| 21 | DF | Danish Haqimi | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Febryan Pradana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Travis Ang | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Danish Qayyum | 14+6 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| 25 | DF | Izz Anaqi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Nur Adam Abdullah | 18+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Sahoo Garv | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Ryu Hardy Yussri | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Rasul Ramli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Ryaan Sanizal | 12+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | Umayr Sujuandy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Ethan Henry Pinto | 4+5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 45 | MF | Nyqil Iyyan | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | Ryan Vishal | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | Bill Mamadou | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Danial Scott Crichton | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ?? | GK | Firman Nabil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ?? | MF | Ajay Robson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ?? | FW | Lim Zheng Wu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||
| 9 | FW | Itsuki Enomoto | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 |
| 11 | MF | Farhan Zulkifli | 13+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| 37 | DF | Rashid Hayek | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | Khairin Nadim | 9+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 55 | MF | Jonan Tan En Yuan | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |

## Competitions
### Overview

Results summary (SPL)
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

### Singapore Premier League

Win  Draw  Loss
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lion City Sailors | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 80 | 27 | +53 | 58 | Qualification for Champions League Two group stage |
| 2 | BG Tampines Rovers | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 72 | 32 | +40 | 51 | Qualification for Champions League Two playoff |
| 3 | Geylang International | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 82 | 45 | +37 | 44 | |
| 4 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 25 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 35 | |
| 5 | Balestier Khalsa | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 67 | 70 | −3 | 32 | |
| 6 | Hougang United | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 27 | |
| 7 | DPMM | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 25 | Ineligible for AFC competition spots |
| 8 | Young Lions | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 65 | −26 | 24 | Ineligible for AFC competition spots |
| 9 | Tanjong Pagar United | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 85 | −60 | 12 | |
* ↑ Match location changed due to Radio Television Brunei not able to broadcast the match
* 1 2 Two clubs – DPMM FC and the FAS under-23 team Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

### Singapore Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | BG Tampines Rovers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | DPMM | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Hougang United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Young Lions (E) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata (S) (E) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | |

## Competition (U21)

Win  Draw  Loss
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lion City Sailors | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 74 | 21 | +53 | 50 | League champion |
| 2 | Tanjong Pagar United | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 45 | |
| 3 | Young Lions B | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 37 | |
| 4 | Geylang International | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 37 | |
| 5 | Hougang United | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 36 | |
| 6 | Tampines Rovers | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 21 | |
| 7 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 29 | 76 | −47 | 13 | |
| 8 | SAFSA | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 62 | −42 | 9 | |
| 9 | Balestier Khalsa | 20 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 68 | −54 | 7 | |