# 2020 Balestier Khalsa FC season

The 2020 season is Balestier Khalsa's 25th 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.
| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Zacharial Leong $^{U23}$ | (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2020 |
| 19 | Zaiful Nizam $^{>30}$ | (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 37) | Gombak United | 2013 | 2020 |
| 23 | Hafiz Ahmad $^{U23}$ | (1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 25) | Project Vaults FC | 2021 | 2021 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Fadli Kamis | (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 31) | Young Lions FC | 2016 | 2020 |
| 3 | Jufri Taha $^{>30}$ | (1985-03-04) 4 March 1985 (age 39) | Geylang International | 2020 | 2020 |
| 4 | Khalili Khalif $^{U23}$ | (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27) | Home United U21 | 2018 | 2020 |
| 5 | Ensar Brunčević | (1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 25) | FK Spartak Subotica II (T2) | 2020 | 2020 |
| 15 | R Aaravin | (1996-02-24) 24 February 1996 (age 28) | Warriors FC | 2020 | |
| 18 | Ahmad Syahir | (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32) | Youth Team | 2013 | 2020 |
| 21 | Yeo Hai Ngee | (1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 29) | Warriors FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| 32 | Danish Uwais $^{U23}$ | (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 26) | Tiong Bahru FC (NFL) | 2020 | 2020 |
| 39 | Aiman Zavyan $^{U23}$ | (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 22) | Geylang International U19 | 2020 | 2020 |
| 45 | Christian Chiang Moroni $^{U23}$ | (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 23) | Hougang United U19 | 2020 | 2020 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Aarish Kumar $^{U23}$ | (1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 25) | Warriors FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| 8 | Kristijan Krajcek | (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 31) | NK BSK Bijelo Brdo (T2) | 2019 | 2020 |
| 11 | Karthik Raj $^{U23}$ | (1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2020 | 2020 |
| 12 | Jordan Efe Okwudili Emaviwe $^{U23}$ | (2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23) | | 2020 | 2020 |
| 17 | Zulfadhmi Suzliman | (1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 28) | Tampines Rovers | 2020 | |
| 22 | Elijah Lim Teck Yong $^{U23}$ | (2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 23) | Tampines Rovers U19 | 2020 | 2020 |
| 26 | Faizal Raffi | (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28) | Warriors FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| 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 | 2020 |
| 10 | Šime Žužul | (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 28) | NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac (T2) | 2019 | 2021 |
| 28 | Syukri Noorhaizam $^{U23}$ | (1999-12-14) 14 December 1999 (age 24) | Tiong Bahru FC (NFL) | 2020 | 2020 |

### U19

| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 61 | Martyn Mun $^{U23}$ | (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24) | Jungfrau Punggol FC (NFL) | 2020 | 2020 |
| 88 | Oliver Sim $^{U19}$ | (2001-06-09) 9 June 2001 (age 23) | Home United U19 | 2020 | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 52 | Keshav Kumar $^{U23}$ | (2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 23) | | 2020 | 2020 |
| 59 | Syed Harun Alsagaff $^{U23}$ | (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 (age 24) | | 2020 | 2020 |
| 63 | Azhar Manap $^{U23}$ | (1999-07-22) 22 July 1999 (age 25) | Hougang United | 2020 | 2020 |
| 97 | Faris Fazlee $^{U23}$ | (2000-03-31) 31 March 2000 (age 24) | | 2020 | 2020 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 55 | Azizi Rahman $^{U19}$ | (2000-11-30) 30 November 2000 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2020 | 2020 |
| 62 | Suriya Ramesh $^{U19}$ | | Youth Team | 2019 | 2020 |
| 66 | Puvan Raj Sivalingam $^{U19}$ | (2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2020 | 2020 |
| 74 | Art Faizal $^{U19}$ | | Youth Team | 2020 | 2020 |
| 77 | Sameer Alassane $^{U19}$ | (2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2020 |
| | Yann Weishaupt | | Project Vaults FC | 2020 | |
| Forwards |||||||

### 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 |||||||
| 1 | Keion Ing | | Olympique Gaulois | 2019 | 2020 |
| 25 | Ameerul Shafiq | (1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 32) | Admiralty FC | 2020 | 2020 |
| 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 | |
| 12 | Iftiqar Parizan | | Bukit Timah Juniors | 2020 | 2020 |
| 14 | Helmi Mohd | | Bukit Timah Juniors | 2020 | 2020 |
| 15 | Nurisham Jupri | (1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 28) | Balestier Khalsa | 2019 | 2020 |
| 17 | Yann Weishaupt | | Olympique Gaulois | 2020 | 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 |
| Assistant Coach | Nasaruddin Jalil |
| Assistant Coach | Nasruldin Baharuddin |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Yazid Yasin |
| Fitness Coach | Rosman Sulaiman |
| Physiotherapist | Mohamed Nasser |
| Kitman | |

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

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| GK | Martyn Mun | Jungfrau Punggol FC | Free |
| GK | Oliver Sim | Home United U21 | Free |
| DF | Jufri Taha | Geylang International | Free |
| DF | Ensar Brunčević | FK Spartak Subotica II | Free |
| DF | Danish Uwais | Tiong Bahru FC (NFL) | Free |
| DF | Aiman Zavyan | Geylang International U21 | Free |
| DF | Christian Chiang Moroni | Hougang United U21 | Free |
| DF | Yeo Hai Ngee | Warriors FC | Free |
| MF | Noor Akid Nordin | Albirex Niigata (S) | Loan Return |
| MF | Faizal Raffi | Warriors FC | |
| MF | Aarish Kumar | Warriors FC | |
| MF | Zulfadhmi Suzliman | Tampines Rovers | Undisclosed |
| MF | Elijah Lim Teck Yong | Tampines Rovers | Free |
| MF | Karthik Raj | Hougang United | |
| FW | Shuhei Hoshino | Busan Transportation FC | Free |
| FW | Syukri Noorhaizam | Tiong Bahru FC (NFL) | Free |
Note 1: Noor Akid Nordin returns to the team after the loan and subsequently retires from football.

#### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| GK | Naqiuddin Nodin | | |
| GK | Faris Danial | | |
| DF | Sufianto Salleh | | |
| DF | Sheikh Abdul Hadi | | |
| DF | Ahmad Zaki | | |
| DF | Fazli Shafie | | |
| DF | Nurullah Hussein | Geylang International | Free |
| DF | Illyas Lee | Warriors FC | Free |
| MF | Huzaifah Aziz | Tampines Rovers | Free |
| MF | Daniel Goh | Albirex Niigata (S) | Free |
| MF | Raihan Rahman | Tanjong Pagar United | Free |
| MF | Afiq Salman Tan | Retired | |
| MF | Noor Akid Nordin | Albirex Niigata (S) | |
| MF | Max Goh Yi Qi | | |
| MF | Sanjin Vrebac | FK Panevėžys | |
| MF | Jonathan Tan | Tiong Bahru FC (NFL) | |

#### Extension / Retained

| Position | Player | Ref |
| GK | Zaiful Nizam | 1 year contract signed in 2019 |
| GK | Zacharial Leong | 1 year contract signed in 2019 |
| DF | Fadli Kamis | 1 year contract signed in 2019 |
| DF | Ahmad Syahir Sahimi | 1 year contract signed in 2019 |
| DF | Khalili Khalif | 1 year contract signed in 2019 |
| MF | Kristijan Krajcek | 1 year contract signed in 2019 |
| FW | Hazzuwan Halim | 2 years contract signed in 2019 |
| FW | Šime Žužul | 2 year contract signed in 2019 |

#### Promoted

| Position | Player | Ref |

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

| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| GK | Hafiz Ahmad | SAFSA | Free |
| DF | R Aaravin | Warriors FC | |
| MF | Jordan Efe Okwudili Emaviwe | | |

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | Fadli Kamis | 11(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jufri Taha | 2(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Khalili Khalif | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ensar Brunčević | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | Aarish Kumar | 11(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Hazzuwan Halim | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Kristijan Krajcek | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | Shuhei Hoshino | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | Šime Žužul | 11(3) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | MF | Karthik Raj | 5(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Jordan Emaviwe | 4(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | R Aaravin | 7(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Zulfadhmi Suzliman | 4(10) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Ahmad Syahir | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | Zaiful Nizam | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Yeo Hai Ngee | 1(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Elijah Lim Teck Yong | 4(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Faizal Raffi | 2(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Syukri Noorhaizam | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Danish Uwais | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 39 | DF | Aiman Zavyan | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | Keshav Kumar | 4(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | Azizi Rahman | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Sameer Alassane | 6(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 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 |
| 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 | |
* ↑ 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