2021 Hougang United FC season

Hougang United
2021 season
Chairman	Bill Ng
Head coach	Clement Teo
Stadium	Hougang Stadium
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 season is Hougang United's 24th 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 Singapore Cup.

Squad

Singapore Premier League

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Mukundan Maran ^U23	(1998-07-21) 21 July 1998 (age 26)	Warriors FC	2021	2021
13	Ridhuan Barudin ^>30	(1987-03-23) 23 March 1987 (age 37)	Tampines Rovers	2015	2021
25	Aizil Yazid ^U23	(2004-12-24) 24 December 2004 (age 19)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2021
30	Izwan Mahbud ^>30	(1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 34)	Samut Prakan City F.C.	2021	2021
Defenders
2	Anders Aplin	(1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 33)	Geylang International	2020	2021
5	Lionel Tan	(1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 (age 27)	SAFSA (NFL)	2020	2021
8	Hafiz Sujad ^>30	(1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 (age 34)	Tampines Rovers	2019	2021
11	Nazrul Nazari	(1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 33)	LionsXII	2016	2021
14	Maksat Dzhakybaliev	(2000-02-18) 18 February 2000 (age 24)	Sivasspor U-21	2020	2021
16	Faiz Salleh	(1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 32)	Young Lions FC	2014	2021
20	Muhaimin Suhaimi	(1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29)	Young Lions FC	2018	2021
26	Kishon Philip ^U23	(1999-11-26) 26 November 1999 (age 25)	Youth Team	2021	2021
Midfielders
4	Afiq Noor	(1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 30)	Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)	2019	2021
6	Kaishu Yamazaki	(1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 (age 27)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2021
12	Fabian Kwok (Captain) ^>30	(1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 35)	Tampines Rovers	2017	2021
15	Farhan Zulkifli ^U23	(2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 22)	Home United U19	2019	2021
18	Idraki Adnan ^U23	(1999-03-13) 13 March 1999 (age 25)	Young Lions FC	2021	2021
21	Nikesh Singh Sidhu ^U23	(1999-02-24) 24 February 1999 (age 25)	Home United U19	2019	2021
24	Naufal Azman ^U23	(1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 26)	Young Lions FC	2020	2021
	Zulfahmi Arifin	(1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 (age 33)	Suphanburi F.C.	2021	2021
Strikers
7	Shahfiq Ghani	(1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 32)	Geylang International	2018	2021
9	Tomoyuki Doi	(1997-09-24) 24 September 1997 (age 27)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2021
10	Shawal Anuar	(1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33)	Geylang International	2020	2021
17	Shahril Ishak ^>30	(1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 40)	Warriors FC	2021	2021
19	Gilberto Fortunato	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 37)	FC Drita	2021	2021
22	Khairul Nizam	(1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 33)	Geylang International	2021	2021
23	Sahil Suhaimi	(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 32)	Warriors FC	2020	2021
29	Amir Zalani	(1996-12-04) 4 December 1996 (age 28)	Home United	2021	2021
Players who left during the season
3	Afiq Yunos ^>30	(1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 34)	Trat F.C.	2019	2021

U21 Squad

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
53	Jarrel Ong Jia Wei ^U21	(2002-10-26) 26 October 2002 (age 22)
55	Josiah Phua Yong Qi ^U21	(2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 24)
	Firas Irwan ^U21	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2021
Strikers
57	Hairil Sufi ^U21	(2000-05-27) 27 May 2000 (age 24)	Tampines Rovers U21

Tiong Bahru FC

(Chairman, Bill Ng is also the chairman for the club)

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
Defenders
3	Syaqir Sulaiman	(1986-08-12) 12 August 1986 (age 38)	Warriors FC	2018	2020
5	Igor Ferreira Alves	(1985-02-21) 21 February 1985 (age 39)	Hougang United	2017	2020
8	Zulfadli Zainal Abidin	(1988-04-26) 26 April 1988 (age 36)	Geylang International	2019	2020
10	Ang Zhiwei	(1989-08-02) 2 August 1989 (age 35)	Warriors FC	2018	2020
14	Kenneth Chang	(1992-07-07) 7 July 1992 (age 32)	Hougang United	2016	2020
26	Illyas Lee	(1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 29)	Balestier Khalsa	2020	2020
Midfielders
12	Jonathan Tan	(1995-12-13) 13 December 1995 (age 29)	Balestier Khalsa	2020	2020
24	Nurhilmi Jasni	(1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 38)	Hougang United	2019	2020
	Ryan Syaffiq	(1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29)	Geylang International	2019	2020
Forwards
7	Liam Shotton	(1987-05-28) 28 May 1987 (age 37)	Singapore Cricket Club	2018	2020
9	Goh Swee Swee	(1986-06-02) 2 June 1986 (age 38)	Eunos Crescent	2018
13	Hazim Faiz	(1995-09-28) 28 September 1995 (age 29)	Young Lions FC	2017
16	Cameron Ayrton Bell	(1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30)	Geylang International	2019	2020

Coaching staff

^[1]

Position	Name	Ref.
General Manager	Matthew Tay
Head Coach	Clement Teo
Assistant Coach	Firdaus Kassim
Goalkeeping Coach	Scott Starr
Head of Youth (COE)	Han Yiguang
U17 Coach
U15 Coach	Winston Yap
Fitness Coach	Hairil Amin
Team Manager	Robert Eziakor
Marketing Media	Liu Jueming
Sports Trainer	Thomas Pang
Sports Trainer	Ryan Wang
Kitman	Wan Azlan

Transfers

In

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Mukundan Maran	Free Agent	Free ^[2]
GK	Aizil Yazid	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free ^[3]
DF	Kaishu Yamazaki	Lion City Sailors	Free ^[4] ^[5]
DF	Kishson Philip		End of NS ^[6]
FW	Khairul Nizam	Geylang International	Free ^[7]
FW	Shahril Ishak	Lion City Sailors	Free ^[8] ^[9] ^[10]
FW	Gilberto Fortunato	FC Drita	Free ^[11]
FW	Tomoyuki Doi	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free ^[12] ^[13]
MF	Firas Irwan	Free Agent	NA

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Izwan Mahbud	Samut Prakan City F.C.	^[14] ^[15]
FW	Amir Zalani	Free Agent	^[16]

Loan Return

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Asraf Zahid	Young Lions FC	Loan Return
DF	Sahffee Jubpre	Young Lions FC	Loan Return
DF	Harhys Stewart	Young Lions FC	Loan Return ^[17]
MF	Nor Hakim Redzuan	Young Lions FC	Loan Return
MF	Zulfahmi Arifin	Suphanburi F.C.	Loan Return
FW	Idraki Adnan	Young Lions FC	Loan Return ^[18]

Note 1: Zulfahmi Arifin loan to Suphanburi was cancelled before moving to Samut Prakan City on loan.

Note 2: Harhys Stewart loan to Young Lions was extended for another season.

Note 3: Sahffee Jubpre loan to Young Lions was extended for another season.

Note 4: Asraf Zahid left the club after returning to the club.

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
MF	Zulfahmi Arifin	Samut Prakan City F.C.	Loan Return

Note 1: Zulfahmi Arifin loan to Samut Prakan City was terminated before the agreed date, May 2022.

Out

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Jordan Vestering	SAFSA	NS till 2022 ^[19]
GK	Heng How Meng	SAFSA	NS till 2022
GK	Khairulhin Khalid
GK	Daniel Ong	Singapore U19	Goalkeeper Coach
DF	Alif Iskandar	Young Lions FC	Free ^[20]
DF	Emmeric Ong	Tanjong Pagar United	Free ^[21]
DF	Zachary Anderson	Olympic FC	Free ^[22]
MF	Charlie Machell	Visakha FC	Free ^[23]
MF	Anumanthan Kumar	Kedah FA	Free ^[24]
MF	Mahathir Azeman		Free
MF	Justin Hui	Lion City Sailors	Free ^[25]
FW	Daniel Martens	Tanjong Pagar United	Free ^[26]
DF	Asraf Zahid		Free

Note 1: Zulfahmi Arifin loan to Suphanburi was cancelled before moving to Samut Prakan City on loan till May 2022 .

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Afiq Yunos	Geylang International	Free, 6 months contract ^[27]

Loan out

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Zulfahmi Arifin	Suphanburi F.C.	Season loan till May 2021 ^[28] ^[29]
MF	Zulfahmi Arifin	Samut Prakan City F.C.	Season loan till May 2022
DF	Harhys Stewart	Young Lions FC	Season loan
DF	Sahffee Jubpre	Young Lions FC	Season loan
MF	Nor Hakim Redzuan	Young Lions FC	Season loan

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Zulfahmi Arifin	Sukhothai F.C.	Season loan till May 2022

Retained / Extension

Position	Player	Ref
Coach	Clement Teo	^[30]
GK	Ridhuan Barudin	^[31]
DF	Nazrul Nazari	2 years contract signed in 2019 ^[32] ^[33]
DF	Muhaimin Suhaimi	2 years contract signed in 2019 ^[34] ^[35]
DF	Anders Aplin	^[36]
DF	Lionel Tan	^[37]
DF	Hafiz Sujad	^[38]
DF	Faiz Salleh	^[39]
DF	Maksat Dzhakybaliev	^[40]
DF	Afiq Yunos	^[41]
MF	Afiq Noor	^[42]
MF	Fabian Kwok	^[43]
MF	Farhan Zulkifli	^[44]
MF	Nikesh Singh Sidhu	^[45]
FW	Shahfiq Ghani	2 years contract signed in 2019 ^[46] ^[47]
FW	Shawal Anuar	2 years contract signed in 2019 ^[48] ^[49] ^[50]
FW	Sahil Suhaimi	^[51]
FW	Naufal Azman	^[52]

Friendlies

Pre-Season Friendly

Win Draw Loss

5 March 2021 (2021-03-05)	Tampines Rovers	6-1	Hougang United	Singapore
	Yasir Hanapi Armin Bosnjak Taufik Suparno Kyoga Nakamura			Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

Mid-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

8 June 2021 1	Geylang International	2-3	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Asshukrie Wahid Moresche		Gilberto Fortunato pen' Shahril Ishak Tomoyuki Doi	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}

4 July 2021 2	Hougang United	1-1	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Harhys Stewart	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

10 July 2021 3	Albirex Niigata (S)	v	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
				Attendance: 0 ^{[note 2]}

16 July 2021 4	Albirex Niigata (S)	v	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
				Attendance: 0 ^{[note 2]}

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 13 Aug 2021

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Mukundan Maran	4	0	4	0
2	DF	Anders Aplin	11+3	1	14	1
4	MF	Afiq Noor	3+11	1	14	1
5	DF	Lionel Tan	18	3	18	3
6	DF	Kaishu Yamazaki	20	1	20	1
7	FW	Shahfiq Ghani	3+8	1	11	1
8	DF	Hafiz Sujad	7+7	4	14	4
9	FW	Tomoyuki Doi	18+2	19	20	19
10	FW	Shawal Anuar	12+6	3	18	3
11	DF	Nazrul Nazari	9+3	1	12	1
12	MF	Fabian Kwok	15+3	2	18	2
13	GK	Ridhuan Barudin	7	0	7	0
14	DF	Maksat Dzhakybaliev	14	1	14	1
15	MF	Farhan Zulkifli	20	0	20	0
16	DF	Faiz Salleh	6	0	6	0
17	FW	Shahril Ishak	1+7	0	8	0
18	MF	Idraki Adnan	12	4	12	4
19	FW	Gilberto Fortunato	8+3	4	11	4
20	DF	Muhaimin Suhaimi	2+4	0	6	0
22	FW	Khairul Nizam	2+4	0	6	0
23	FW	Sahil Suhaimi	0	0	0	0
24	FW	Naufal Azman	11	0	11	0
26	DF	Kishon Philip	9+1	1	10	1
29	FW	Amir Zalani	0+1	0	1	0
30	GK	Izwan Mahbud	10	0	10	0
53	MF	Jarrel Ong Jia Wei	1	1	1	1
55	MF	Josiah Phua Yong Qi	5	0	5	0
57	MF	Hairil Sufi	1	0	1	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
3	DF	Afiq Yunos	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Overview

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

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

13 March 2021 1	Albirex Niigata (S)	3-1	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 25' 85' Takahiro Tezuka 39' Ryoya Tanigushi 78'		Jarrel Ong Jia Wei 42' Idraki Adnan 24' Kaishu Yamazaki 44' Hafiz Sujad 78' Farhan Zulkifli 80'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Muhammad Taqi

17 March 2021 2	Hougang United	4-1	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi 10' 51' (pen.) Hafiz Sujad 80' Gilberto Fortunato 83' Farhan Zulkifli 55' Shawal Anuar 74' Lionel Tan 85'	Report	Amy Recha 4' Faizal Roslan 51'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Nathan Chan

20 March 2021 3	Lion City Sailors	1-3	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Stipe Plazibat 85' Nur Adam Abdullah 65'	Report	Lionel Tan 19' Tomoyuki Doi 20' 59' Mukundan Maran 69'	Attendance: 0^{[note 3]} Referee: Juherman Zaiton

3 April 2021 4	Hougang United	5-1	Tampines Rovers	Hougang Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi 19' 22' 90' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 68' 54' Shahfiq Ghani 71' Lionel Tan 8'	Report	Boris Kopitović 23' Baihakki Khaizan 36' 70' Shah Shahiran 83'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Lim Liang Yi

7 April 2021 5	Tanjong Pagar United	3-3	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Shodai Nishikawa 6' Luiz Júnior 60' Reo Nishiguchi 84' Shahrin Saberin 31' Fashah Iskandar 36' Naufal Ilham 54' Ammirul Emmran 74'	Report	Idraki Adnan 27' Tomoyuki Doi 61' 90+6' Farhan Zulkifli 16' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 39' Fabian Kwok 80' Anders Aplin 86'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Syarqawi Buhari

10 April 2021 6	Balestier Khalsa	0-1	Hougang United	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Ensar Brunčević 21' Ahmad Syahir 72' Aarish Kumar 72'	Report	Tomoyuki Doi 63' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 74'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Y.Sathyakumar

17 April 2021 7	Hougang United	1-1	Young Lions FC	Hougang Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi 90+1' Anders Aplin 41' Lionel Tan 88'	Report	Glenn Kweh 74' Harhys Stewart 81'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Taufik Thana

9 May 2021 8	Hougang United	4-3	Balestier Khalsa	Hougang Stadium
	Kaishu Yamazaki 9' Lionel Tan 29' Idraki Adnan 36' Hafiz Sujad 87' Ridhuan Barudin 56' Muhaimin Suhaimi 61' Nazrul Nazari 88'	Report	Šime Žužul 3' Faizal Raffi 45' Kristijan Krajcek 72' 78' Marko Kraljević 45+2'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Ahmad A'qasyah

16 May 2021 9	Geylang International	2-5	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Amy Recha 86' Sylvano Comvalius 90+3' Darren Teh 45+2' Yuki Ichikawa 87'	Report	Tomoyuki Doi 28' 90+5' Idraki Adnan 36' Afiq Noor 66' Shawal Anuar 72' Lionel Tan 35'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Nathan Chan

24 April 2021 10 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	0-1	Lion City Sailors	Hougang Stadium
	Farhan Zulkifli 7' Idraki Adnan 47' Anders Aplin 79'	Report	Diego Lopes 69' Jorge Fellipe 90+3'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Farhad Mohamed

22 May 2021 11	Tampines Rovers	2-3	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Yasir Hanapi 12' Boris Kopitović 62'	Report	Nazrul Nazari 45+1' 39' Tomoyuki Doi 50' Idraki Adnan 55' Shafiq Ghani 88' Muhaimin Suhaimi 90+4'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Taufik Thana

24 July 2021 12 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	1-4	Tanjong Pagar United	Hougang Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi 62' Gilberto Fortunato 63' Rusyaidi Salime 76'	Report	Anaqi Ismit 48' Luiz Júnior 67' Reo Nishiguchi 88' Khairul Amri 90+4'	Referee: Jansen Foo

30 July 2021 13 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	1-2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang Stadium
	Kishon Philip 30' Hafiz Sujad 77' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 89'	Report	Kuraba Kondo 51' Takahiro Tezuka 65' Ryoya Tanigushi 90+5'	Referee: Syarqawi Buhari

7 August 2021 14 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	0-1	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Hami Syahin 20' 71' Arshad Shamim 72'	Report	Tomoyuki Doi 77'	Referee: Nathan Chan

13 August 2021 15 (Rescheduled)	Albirex Niigata (S)	4-1	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Reo Kunimoto 2' 78' Yasuhiro Hanada 89' Takahiro Tezuka 90+1'	Report	Takahiro Tezuka 82' (o.g.) Maksat Dzhakybaliev 22' Nazrul Nazari 30' Anders Aplin 40'	Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

20 August 2021 16 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	2-1	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
	Shawal Anuar 59' Hafiz Sujad 75'	Report	Amy Recha 82' Yuki Ichikawa 38'	Referee: Jansen Foo

27 August 2021 17 (Rescheduled)	Lion City Sailors	1-1	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Stipe Plazibat 75' Hafiz Nor 78' Diego Lopes 90+2'	Report	Anders Aplin 50' Farhan Zulkifli 35' Hafiz Sujad 75'	Referee: Taufik Thana

11 September 2021 18 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	7-3	Tampines Rovers	Hougang Stadium
	Fabian Kwok 3' Tomoyuki Doi 18' 23' 33' Lionel Tan 65' Gilberto Fortunato 73' Hafiz Sujad 80' Farhan Zulkifli 55'	Report	Zehrudin Mehmedović 12' 30' Boris Kopitović 42' 59' Taufik Suparno 65'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton

18 September 2021 19 (Rescheduled)	Tanjong Pagar United	1-1	Hougang United	Jurong East Stadium
	Khairul Amri 53' Raihan Rahman 70' Faritz Hameed 85'	Report	Gilberto Fortunato 8' Fabian Kwok 21'	Referee: Shadiq Al-Hussain

6 October 2021 20 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	3-2	Hougang United	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Puvan Raj Sivalingam 10' 35' Šime Žužul 85'	Report	Gilberto Fortunato 53' Shawal Anuar 62' Muhaimin Suhaimi 66' Maksat Dzhakybaliev 67'	Referee: Hilmi Fuad

10 October 2021 21 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	1-3	Young Lions FC	Hougang Stadium
	Fabian Kwok 73' 77' Kishon Philip 45'	Report	Harhys Stewart 15' Shah Shahiran 32' Zamani Zamri 55' 80'	Referee: Taufil Thana

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lion City Sailors	21	14	6	1	59	21	+38	48	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Albirex Niigata (S)^[a]	21	13	7	1	50	19	+31	46
3	Hougang United	21	10	4	7	48	40	+8	34	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
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

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

^ 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

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.
^ ^a ^b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this match was played behind closed doors.
^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this match was played behind closed doors.

References

[table_note_ALB0.59937120489747-56] 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.

[closed-53] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.

[closed_door-54] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this match was played behind closed doors.

[closed2-55] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this match was played behind closed doors.

[1] "TECHNICAL STAFF".

[2] "Mukundan Maran signs for the Cheetahs! 📝⁣".

[3] "Aizil Yazid commits to Cheetahs! ✔️".

[4] "Our Japanese defender, Kaishu Yamazki, will be leaving the Sailors".

[5] "Kaishu Yamazaki to reinforce Hougang United defence".

[6] "Kishson Philip joins the first team squad!".

[7] "Khairul Nizam is now a Cheetah! 🐆".

[8] "Shahril Ishak – thank you for everything this season, legend".

[9] "Shahril Ishak signs for Hougang United! 📝⁣".

[10] "Singapore stalwart Shahril Ishak joins Hougang United".

[11] "Hougang United sign Brazilian forward Gilberto Fortunato".

[12] "Tomoyuki Doi confirmed to join White Swans for 2020 Season".

[13] "Doi Tomoyuki has completed his transfer to Hougang United FC".

[14] "Izwan Mahbud has signed for Hougang United⁣".

[15] "Izwan Mahbud signs for Hougang United".

[16] "Amir Zalani has rejoined the Cheetahs! 🐆⁣".

[17] "Harhys makes debut for Young Lions".

[18] "Idraki Adnan is back with the Cheetahs! 🐆⁣".

[19] "Jordan's decision to enlist for National Service that saw his time at Hougang United come to an end rather than footballing reasons".

[20] "Another addition to our camp! 🦁 #coyl".

[21] "Tanjong Pagar United has further reinforced its defence with the signing of Emmeric Ong".

[22] "Hougang United defender Zachary Anderson has left Hougang United".

[23] "Hougang United defender Zachary Anderson has left Hougang United".

[24] "M. Anumanthan eyes silverware with new team Kedah".

[25] "our final signing for the new season, Justin Hui 😎".

[26] "The club is pleased to announce the signing of Daniel Martens".

[27] "Afiq to add steel to Eagles' defence".

[28] "Suphanburi FC signs Singaporean midfielder Zulfahmi Arifin on their ASEAN quota".

[29] "Zulfahmi Arifin has joined Thailand Premier League club, Suphanburi F.C. on a season long deal next year. ⁣ ⁣".

[30] "Head Coach Clement Teo signs for another year with the Cheetahs! ⁣".

[31] "Our custodian, Ridhuan Barudin has signed for another season".

[32] "Singapore International, Nazrul Nazari has signed a 2-year contract extension with the club!⁣⁣".

[33] "Another season for Nazrul Nazari!".

[34] "Singapore International, Muhaimin Suhaimi has signed a 2-year contract extension with the club!⁣⁣".

[35] "Muhaimin Suhaimi continues with the Cheetahs! 🤝⁣⁣⁣".

[36] "Anders Aplin continues with the Cheetahs!".

[37] "Lionel signs for the new season".

[38] "Hafiz Sujad stays for 2021! ✔️⁣".

[39] "Faiz Salleh extends his contract!".

[40] "Maksat Dzhakybaliev commits for another season! 🇰🇬⁣".

[41] "0-year-old defender has rejoined the team after his stint with Thai Premier League club, Trat FC in the 2020 season.⁣".

[42] Afiq Noor signs for the Cheetahs! 🖌⁣ ⁣

[43] "Fabian Kwok ties the knot, for another year with the Cheetahs".

[44] "Farhan Zulkifli extends his stay! ✨⁣".

[45] "Nikesh has signed for another term! 💫⁣".

[46] "Singapore International, Shahfiq Ghani has signed a 2-year contract extension with the club!⁣⁣".

[47] "Shahfiq Ghani still a Cheetah! 🐆⁣".

[48] "New cheetah Shawal Anuar joining from Eagles".

[49] "Shawal Anuar joins Hougang United!⁣⁣".

[50] "Another year for Shawal Anuar! 📝⁣ ⁣".

[51] "Sahil Suhaimi extends his stay!".

[52] "Naufal Azman continues with the Cheetahs! 🪄".

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v t e Hougang United FC
Club	Players History All articles
Stadium	Jalan Besar Stadium
Managers	Morgan (2002–03) Chow K.L. (2004–05) Morgan (2006–07) Saswadimata (2008) Grabovac (2008) Swandi (2008) Steinebrunner (2009) Aide (2009–11) Baćina (2011–12) Johana (2012) Weaver (2012–13) Johana (2013) Amin (2013–14) Salim (2015) Balagumaran (2015–16) Philippe (2017–18) Clement (2018–present)
Current squad	2 Aplin 4 Nazrul 5 Lionel 7 Shahfiq 11 Afiq 14 Krajček 16 Faiz 19 Amy 20 Muhaimin 21 Nazhiim 23 Sahil 24 Amir 31 Zainol 32 Vestering 37 Zulfahmi 55 Farhan 68 Iryan
Seasons	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024-25

Squad

Singapore Premier League

U21 Squad

Tiong Bahru FC

Coaching staff

Transfers

In

Loan Return

Out

Loan out

Retained / Extension

Friendlies

Pre-Season Friendly

Mid-season friendlies

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

Singapore Cup

See also

Notes

References