# 2021 Balestier Khalsa FC season

The 2021 season is Balestier Khalsa's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.

## Squad
### Singapore Premier League

    As of 21 September 2018.
| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Kimura Riki $^{U23}$ | (2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 23) | Lion City Sailors FC | 2021 | 2021 |
| 25 | Zacharial Leong $^{U23}$ | (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Fadli Kamis | (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 31) | Young Lions FC | 2016 | 2021 |
| 5 | Ensar Brunčević | (1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 25) | FK Spartak Subotica II (T2) | 2020 | 2022 |
| 13 | Amer Hakeem $^{U23}$ | (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 25) | Young Lions FC | 2021 | 2022 |
| 17 | Sameer Alassane $^{U23}$ | (2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2021 |
| 18 | Ahmad Syahir | (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32) | Youth Team | 2013 | 2021 |
| 22 | Khalili Khalif | (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27) | SAFSA | 2021 | 2021 |
| 24 | Ho Wai Loon | (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 31) | Lion City Sailors FC | 2021 | 2021 |
| 39 | Aiman Zavyan $^{U23}$ | (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 22) | Geylang International U19 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 3 | Max Goh Yi Qi $^{U23}$ | (1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 26) | Project Vaults FC | 2021 | 2021 |
| 4 | Faizal Raffi | (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28) | Warriors FC | 2020 | 2021 |
| 6 | Aarish Kumar $^{U23}$ | (1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 25) | Warriors FC | 2020 | 2021 |
| 8 | Kristijan Krajcek | (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 31) | NK BSK Bijelo Brdo (T2) | 2019 | 2021 |
| 14 | Hariysh Krishnakumar $^{U23}$ | (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 21) | Geylang International U19 | 2021 | 2021 |
| 15 | Gautam Selvamany | (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 27) | Warriors Prime League | 2021 | 2021 |
| 28 | Gareth Low | (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 27) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2021 | 2021 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Hazzuwan Halim | (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30) | Tanjong Pagar United | 2015 | 2021 |
| 9 | Shuhei Hoshino | (1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 (age 28) | Busan Transportation FC (T3) | 2020 | 2021 |
| 10 | Šime Žužul | (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 28) | NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac (T2) | 2019 | 2021 |
| 11 | Iqbal Hussain | (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 31) | Chennai City FC | 2021 | 2021 |
| Players who left during season |||||||
| 12 | Jordan Emaviwe $^{U23}$ | (2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23) | F.C. Castiglione (I3) | 2020 | 2021 |
| 19 | Zaiful Nizam (Captain) $^{>30}$ | (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 37) | Gombak United | 2013 | 2021 |
| 61 | Martyn Mun $^{U21}$ | (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24) | Jungfrau Punggol FC (NFL) | 2020 | 2021 |

### U21

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| | Oliver Sim $^{U21}$ | (2001-06-09) 9 June 2001 (age 23) | Home United U19 | 2020 | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 46 | Aqil Yazid $^{U21}$ | (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 20) | Singapore Sports School | 2021 | 2021 |
| 52 | Keshav Kumar $^{U21}$ | (2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2020 | 2021 |
| 55 | Aidil Johari $^{U21}$ | (2003-04-05) 5 April 2003 (age 21) | Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 |
| | Syed Harun Alsagaff $^{U21}$ | (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 (age 24) | | 2020 | 2020 |
| | Azhar Manap $^{U21}$ | (1999-07-22) 22 July 1999 (age 25) | Hougang United | 2020 | 2020 |
| | Faris Fazlee $^{U21}$ | (2000-03-31) 31 March 2000 (age 24) | | 2020 | 2020 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 44 | Aravindan Ramanathan $^{U21}$ | (2000-05-29) 29 May 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 |
| 50 | Seng Hong Kai $^{U21}$ | (2004-08-10) 10 August 2004 (age 20) | Project Vaults FC | 2021 | 2021 |
| 67 | Iftiqar Parizan $^{U21}$ | | Project Vaults FC | 2021 | 2021 |
| | Suriya Ramesh $^{U21}$ | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2020 |
| | Art Faizal $^{U21}$ | | Youth Team | 2020 | 2020 |
| | Azizi Rahman $^{U21}$ | (2000-11-30) 30 November 2000 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2020 | 2020 |
| | Yann Weishaupt $^{U21}$ | | Project Vaults FC | 2021 | 2021 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 45 | Joshua De Souza $^{U21}$ | (2000-10-10) 10 October 2000 (age 23) | Warriors FC U19 | 2021 | 2021 |
| 53 | Ryan Praveen $^{U21}$ | (2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2020 | 2021 |
| 66 | Puvan Raj Sivalingam $^{U21}$ | (2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2020 | 2021 |

### Project Vaults Oxley SC

(Deputy Chairman, Darwin Jalil is the President for the club)
| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 25 | Ameerul Shafiq | (1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 32) | Admiralty FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| | Nazri Sabri | (1989-09-20) 20 September 1989 (age 35) | Home United | 2021 | 2021 |
| | Hafiz Ahmad | (1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 25) | Balestier Khalsa | 2021 | 2021 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 5 | Zairul Rahmat | | | 2019 | 2020 |
| 11 | Nordine Talhi | (1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 38) | Admiralty FC | 2019 | 2020 |
| 16 | Haziq Sudhir | | Admiralty FC | 2019 | 2020 |
| 18 | Hairudin Dahlan | | Keppel Bay FC | 2019 | 2020 |
| 22 | Salihin Shafiee | | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC | 2019 | 2020 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Nazrul Isnin | (1997-02-22) 22 February 1997 (age 27) | Eunos Crescent FC | 2019 | 2020 |
| 8 | Safwan Ramlan | (1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 33) | | 2019 | 2020 |
| 10 | Maziz Rahman | | Free Agent | 2020 | |
| 14 | Helmi Mohd | | Bukit Timah Juniors | 2020 | 2020 |
| 15 | Nurisham Jupri | (1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 28) | Balestier Khalsa | 2019 | 2020 |
| 21 | Xavier Boey | | Eunos Crescent FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| 24 | Ganesan Devadas | | Free Agent | 2020 | |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Osman Shainin | | GFA Sporting Westlake FC | 2019 | 2020 |
| 9 | Roy Tan | | Free Agent | 2020 | |
| 13 | Adam Xu | (1983-09-07) 7 September 1983 (age 41) | Balestier Khalsa | 2019 | 2020 |
| 23 | Fareez Rahman | | | 2019 | 2020 |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Team Manager | Darwin Jalil |
| General Manager | Tim Nee Cheng |
| Head Coach | Marko Kraljević |
| Academy Manager | Syed Azmir |
| Assistant Coach | Nasaruddin Jalil |
| Assistant Coach | Nasruldin Baharuddin |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Yazid Yasin |
| Fitness Coach | Rosman Sulaiman |
| Physiotherapist | Mohamed Nasser |
| Kitman | |

## Transfer
### In

Pre-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| DF | Amer Hakeem | Young Lions FC | 2 years contract signed in 2020 |
| MF | Gareth Low Jun Kit | Albirex Niigata (S) | |
| MF | Hariysh Krishnakumar | Geylang International U19 | |
| MF | Gautam Selvamany | Free Agent | |
| MF | Yann Weishaupt | Project Vaults FC | |
| FW | Joshua De Souza | Free Agent | |
Mid-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| MF | Max Goh Yi Qi | Free agent | |
| FW | Iqbal Hussain | Chennai City F.C. | Free |

### Out

Pre-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| GK | Hafiz Ahmad | Project Vaults FC | |
| DF | R Aaravin | Retired | |
| DF | Jufri Taha | | |
| DF | Danish Uwais | | |
| DF | Christian Chiang Moroni | | |
| DF | Yeo Hai Ngee | | |
| MF | Karthik Raj | | |
| MF | Zulfadhmi Suzliman | | |
| MF | Elijah Lim Teck Yong | Geylang International | Free |
Mid-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| GK | Zaiful Nizam | Geylang International | Terminated |

### Loan In

Pre-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| GK | Kimura Riki | Lion City Sailors | Season loan |
Mid-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| DF | Ho Wai Loon | Lion City Sailors | Season loan |

### Loan Return

Mid-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| DF | Khalili Khalif | SAFSA | Loan Return |

### Loan Out

Pre-Season
| Position | Player | Ref |
| DF | Khalili Khalif | NS till 2022 |
| DF | Shaqi Sulaiman | NS till 2021 |
| FW | Syukri Noorhaizam | NS till 2022 |
Mid-Season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| GK | Martyn Mun | Young Lions FC | Season loan |
| MF | Jordan Emaviwe | SAFSA | NS till 2023 |

### Extension / Retained

| Position | Player | Ref |
| FW | Hazzuwan Halim | 2 years contract signed in 2019 |
| FW | Šime Žužul | 2 year contract signed in 2019 |
| FW | Shuhei Hoshino | 1 years contract signed in 2020 |
| DF | Ensar Brunčević | 2 years contract signed in 2020 |
| MF | Kristijan Krajcek | 1 year contract signed in 2020 |
| DF | Ahmad Syahir | 1 year contract signed in 2020 |
| GK | Zacharial Leong | 1 year contract signed in 2020 |
| DF | Aiman Zavyan | |
| DF | Fadli Kamis | |
| MF | Jordan Emaviwe | |
| MF | Aarish Kumar | |
| MF | Faizal Raffi | |
| GK | Zaiful Nizam | |

## Friendly
### Pre-Season Friendly

Win  Draw  Loss

### In-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Team statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 10 Oct 2021
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Kimura Riki | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Fadli Kamis | 18+3 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Max Goh Yi Qi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Faizal Raffi | 8+6 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Ensar Brunčević | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Aarish Kumar | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Hazzuwan Halim | 18+2 | 3 | 20 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Kristijan Krajcek | 17 | 6 | 17 | 6 |
| 9 | FW | Shuhei Hoshino | 20+1 | 3 | 21 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | Šime Žužul | 15+5 | 15 | 20 | 15 |
| 11 | FW | Iqbal Hussain | 1+5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Amer Hakeem | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Hariysh Krishnakumar | 2+7 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Gautam Selvamany | 0+6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Sameer Alassane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Ahmad Syahir | 15+3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Khalili Khalif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Ho Wai Loon | 7+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Zacharial Leong | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Gareth Low | 17+3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | Aiman Zavyan | 1+6 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Aravindan Ramanathan | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | Joshua De Souza | 2+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | Aqil Yazid | 4+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | Aidil Johari | 11+3 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 66 | FW | Puvan Raj Sivalingam | 10+2 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||
| 12 | MF | Jordan Emaviwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | Zaiful Nizam | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 61 | GK | Martyn Mun | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |

### Singapore Premier League

Win  Draw  Loss
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Tampines Rovers | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 27 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 5 | Tanjong Pagar United | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 22 | |
| 6 | Geylang International | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 20 | |
| 7 | Balestier Khalsa | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 19 | |
| 8 | Young Lions | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 16 | |
* ↑ 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