# 2015 Hougang United FC season

The 2015 season is Hougang United's 18th 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 | Ridhuan Barudin | (1987-03-23) 23 March 1987 (age 37) | Tampines Rovers |
| 18 | Jasper Chan | (1988-11-07) 7 November 1988 (age 35) | Eunos Crescent FC |
| 22 | Ahmadulhaq Che Omar | (1981-02-11) 11 February 1981 (age 43) | Woodlands Wellington |
| Defenders |||||
| 3 | Delwinder Singh | (1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 32) | Young Lions |
| 6 | Kunihiro Yamashita | (1986-05-29) 29 May 1986 (age 38) | Tampines Rovers |
| 12 | Faizal Amir | (1984-12-23) 23 December 1984 (age 39) | Balestier Khalsa |
| 16 | Kenneth Chang | (1992-07-07) 7 July 1992 (age 32) | Home United Prime League |
| 17 | Faiz Salleh | (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 32) | Young Lions |
| 21 | Lau Meng Meng | (1983-03-29) 29 March 1983 (age 41) | Geylang United |
| 23 | Yuki Uchiyama | (1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 29) | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Taufiq Ghani | (1989-11-19) 19 November 1989 (age 34) | Woodlands Wellington |
| 7 | Atsushi Shimono | (1988-04-27) 27 April 1988 (age 36) | Woodlands Wellington |
| 8 | Carlos Alberto Delgado | (1986-01-03) 3 January 1986 (age 38) | Nay Pyi Taw F.C. |
| 13 | Ruzaini Zainal | (1988-10-17) 17 October 1988 (age 35) | Tanjong Pagar United |
| 14 | Fazli Jaffar | (1983-05-09) 9 May 1983 (age 41) | Warriors FC |
| 15 | Tengku Mushadad | (1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 (age 30) | Tanjong Pagar United |
| 19 | Nurhilmi Jasni | (1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 37) | Balestier Khalsa |
| Forwards |||||
| 2 | Fairoz Hasan | (1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 (age 35) | Gombak United |
| 5 | Muhaymin Salim | (1992-05-05) 5 May 1992 (age 32) | Young Lions |
| 9 | Diego Gama de Oliveira | (1990-05-13) 13 May 1990 (age 34) | Pusamania Borneo F.C. |
| 10 | Vuk Sotirović | (1982-07-13) 13 July 1982 (age 42) | FK Novi Pazar |
| 11 | Fareez Farhan | (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 30) | Young Lions |
| Players who left club during season |||||
| 3 | Renshi Yamaguchi | (1992-09-16) 16 September 1992 (age 32) | Hosei University |
| 7 | Shunsuke Nakatake | (1990-06-19) 19 June 1990 (age 34) | Eunos Crescent FC |
| 9 | Manato Takahashi | (1990-04-07) 7 April 1990 (age 34) | Fujieda MYFC |
| 10 | Chupe | (1980-05-09) 9 May 1980 (age 44) | Lanexang United F.C. |
| 14 | Matthew Abraham | (1989-03-05) 5 March 1989 (age 35) | Tampines Rovers |

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

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| GK | Ridhuan Barudin | Tampines Rovers | |
| DF | Kunihiro Yamashita | Tampines Rovers | |
| DF | Yuki Uchiyama | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Season loan |
| DF | Ahmad Zaki Bagharib | Balestier Khalsa | |
| MF | Renshi Yamaguchi | Hosei University | |
| MF | Goh Swee Swee | Woodlands Wellington | |
| MF | Muhaymin Salim | Young Lions FC | |
| MF | Nur Ridho | Young Lions FC | |
| MF | Ruzaini Zainal | Tanjong Pagar United | |
| MF | Tengku Mushadad | Tanjong Pagar United | |
| FW | Fareez Farhan | Young Lions FC | |
| FW | Chupe | Lanexang United F.C. | |
| FW | Manato Takahashi | Fujieda MYFC | |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To |
| GK | Nazri Sabri | Eunos Crescent FC |
| GK | Fadhil Salim | |
| DF | Wahyudi Wahid | LionsXII |
| DF | Igor Ferreira Alves | Darwin Olympic SC |
| DF | Igor Čerina | Balestier Khalsa |
| DF | Syaqir Sulaiman | Warriors FC |
| MF | Fazli Jaffar | Warriors FC |
| MF | Sutanto Tan | Mitra Kukar F.C. |
| MF | Haidil Sufian | |
| MF | Salihin Osman | Eunos Crescent FC(NFL Club) |
| MF | Erwan Gunawan | |
| FW | Geison Moura | Minnesota United FC |
| FW | Diego Gama de Oliveira | Pusamania Borneo F.C. |

### Trial

| Position | Player | From | Ref |

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

| Position | Player | Transferred To |
| DF | Delwinder Singh | Young Lions FC |
| MF | Fazli Jaffar | Warriors FC |
| MF | Atsushi Shimono | Woodlands Wellington |
| MF | Carlos Alberto Delgado | Nay Pyi Taw F.C. |
| FW | Diego Gama de Oliveira | Pusamania Borneo F.C. |
| FW | Nicolas Vitorović | FK Nevėžis |

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To |
| DF | Matthew Abraham | |
| MF | Renshi Yamaguchi | Lao Toyota F.C. |
| MF | Shunsuke Nakatake | Kuantan FA |
| MF | Firman Hanif | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC |
| FW | Manato Takahashi | |
| FW | Chupe | Għajnsielem F.C. |

## 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 | Ridhuan Barudin | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | Fairoz Hasan | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Delwinder Singh | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Taufiq Ghani | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | Muhaymin Salim | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Kunihiro Yamashita | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | Atsushi Shimono | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Carlos Alberto Delgado | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Diego Gama de Oliveira | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | Vuk Sotirović | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
| 11 | FW | Fareez Farhan | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | Faiz Amir | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Ruzaini Zainal | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Fazli Jaffar | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Tengku Mushadad | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Kenneth Chiang | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Faiz Salleh | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Jasper Chan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Nurhilmi Jasni | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| 21 | DF | Lau Meng Meng | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Ahmadulhaq Che Omar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Yuki Uchiyama | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 30 | MF | Haidil Sufian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Renshi Yamaguchi | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Shunsuke Nakatake | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Firman Hanif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Manato Takahashi | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Chupe | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Matthew Abraham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Competitions
### S.League

Win  Draw  Loss
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Home United | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 36 |
| 7 | Harimau Muda B | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 33 |
| 8 | Geylang International | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 28 |
| 9 | Young Lions | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 27 |
| 10 | Hougang United | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 21 |
* 1 2 The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and Harimau Muda – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-23 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

### Singapore Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### Singapore TNP League Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Geylang International | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 7 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 | Hougang United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Advance to semi-final |
| 3 | DPMM FC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Singapore Recreation Club | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 1 | |

#### Group matches

Win  Draw  Loss