2020 Warriors FC season

Warriors
2020 season
ChairmanPhilip Lam Tin Sing
Head coachAzlan Alipah
StadiumJurong West Stadium
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Warriors FC sat out the 2020 Singapore Premier League season due to financial and legal troubles.[1]

In November 2019, they were charged on court with 107 counts of not paying their staff salaries.[2] In total, they failed to pay more than S$350,000 in salaries to about 30 employees, including players, sports trainers and support staff.

2 days after the incident being reported, ST reported that there were 2 parties that were interested to take over Warriors FC.[3]

On 2 December 2019, the club's management committee said they had paid a total of S$150,000 in salaries to half of its football squad to settle arrears.[4]

On 31 December 2019, FAS had instructed Warriors FC to sit out the 2020 Singapore Premier League season due to their financial issue and legal troubles.[1]

Squad

S.League squad

As of 11 February 2019
Squad No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Start Contract End
Goalkeepers
13 Shahul Rayyan Singapore (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 (age 29) Singapore Albirex Niigata (S) 2019
Defenders
25 Shameer Aziq Singapore (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 28) Singapore Tampines Rovers 2019 2019
Midfielders
10 Poh Yi Feng >30 Singapore (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 (age 38) Singapore Balestier Khalsa 2016 2020
Strikers
15 Fadhil Noh >30 Singapore (1989-03-04) 4 March 1989 (age 35) Singapore Balestier Khalsa 2017
Players left club during season

U19 Squad

Squad No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Contract Start Contract End
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Strikers

Coaching staff

Position Name Ref.
General Manager Singapore Paul Poh
Head Coach Singapore Azlan Alipah
Assistant Coach

Singapore Ismadi Mukhtar

Goalkeeping Coach Singapore Lee Bee Seng [5]
Team Manager Singapore Yeo Jun Xian
Fitness Trainer Singapore
Sports Trainer Singapore Narasiman Sathivelu
Kitman

Transfers

Pre-Season transfers

In

Position Player Transferred From Ref
DF Singapore Illyas Lee Singapore Balestier Khalsa Free
DF Singapore Ruzree Rohzaini Singapore Garena Young Lions Loan Return
FW Singapore Fazrul Nawaz Singapore Hougang United

Note 1: Illyas Lee moves to Tiong Bahru FC after the club was excluded from the 2020 Singapore Premier League season. Note 2: Fazrul Nawaz moves to Tampines Rovers after the club was excluded from the 2020 Singapore Premier League season.

Out

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK Singapore Fashah Iskandar Singapore Tanjong Pagar United
GK SingaporeJapan Kimura Riki Singapore Lion City Sailors U21
DF Japan Kento Fukuda [6]
DF Singapore Delwinder Singh Singapore Tanjong Pagar United
DF Singapore Tajeli Salamat Singapore Home United
DF Singapore Yeo Hai Ngee Singapore Balestier Khalsa
DF SingaporeCanada Danial Scott Crichton Singapore Garena Young Lions
DF SingaporeWales Ryhan Stewart Singapore Garena Young Lions
DF Singapore Illyas Lee Singapore Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)
MF Singapore Suria Prakash Singapore Tanjong Pagar United
MF Singapore Ignatius Ang Singapore Tanjong Pagar United
MF Singapore Gabriel Quak Singapore Home United [7][8]
MF Singapore Faizal Raffi Singapore Balestier Khalsa
MF Singapore C. Aarish Kumar Singapore Balestier Khalsa
FW Singapore Sahil Suhaimi Singapore Hougang United [9]
FW Singapore Khairul Nizam Singapore Geylang International [10]
FW Singapore Fairoz Hassan Singapore Tiong Bahru FC (NFL)
FW France Jonathan Behe Oman Al-Nahda Club [11]

Note 1: Fairoz Hassan moved to Tiong Bahru FC after being released from the club. He subsequently moved to Albirex Niigata (S) during the mid season transfer window

Extension / Retained

Position Player Ref
GK Singapore Shahul Rayyan
DF Singapore Emmeric Ong
DF Singapore R Aaravin
DF Singapore Shameer Aziq
MF Singapore Ammirul Emmran
MF Singapore Poh Yi Feng
FW Singapore Fadhil Noh
Position Player Ref

Trial

Position Player Trial With Ref
FW France Jonathan Behe Malaysia Penang FA [12]
Malaysia Terengganu F.C. II [13]
[14]

Mid-Season Transfer

Out

Position Player Transferred To Ref
DF Singapore Emmeric Ong Singapore Hougang United [15]
FW Singapore Zulkiffli Hassim Singapore Tanjong Pagar United [16]
MF Singapore Ammirul Emmran Singapore Tanjong Pagar United [17]
FW Singapore Fazrul Nawaz Singapore Tampines Rovers [18]
DF Singapore R Aaravin Singapore Balestier Khalsa

Friendly

Pre-Season Friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 29 September 2018
No. Pos. Player Sleague Singapore Cup Total
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %

Singapore Premier League

Main article: 2020 Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Albirex Niigata (S)[a] (C) 14 10 2 2 32 14 +18 32
2 Tampines Rovers 14 8 5 1 27 11 +16 29 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
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
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[a] 14 3 0 11 12 38 −26 9
8 Tanjong Pagar United 14 0 5 9 14 33 −19 5
Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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

Main article: 2020 Singapore Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "FAS instructs Warriors FC to sit out 2020 SPL season, club asks for urgent meeting". Archived from the original on 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  2. ^ "Warriors Football Club charged with not paying players, staff salaries of more than S$350,000". CNA.
  3. ^ "SPL club Warriors up for foreign takeover?". The Straits Times. November 9, 2019.
  4. ^ "Warriors FC pays S$150,000 in salaries out of S$358,000 owed". TODAYonline.
  5. ^ "Football: Goalkeeping coach Lee Bee Seng leaves national set-up, joins Warriors FC". The Straits Times. July 27, 2016.
  6. ^ "Arigatoooo @warriorsfcsg since 2016〜2019 season". Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
  7. ^ "Gabriel Quak on Instagram: "Thank you @warriorsfcsg for a beautiful season & the memories created together 💙 Honoured to have led a club of such rich history, am…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
  8. ^ "Football: Hassan Sunny, 35, back Home with Protectors after leaving Thai side Army United". The Straits Times. December 19, 2019.
  9. ^ "Sahil Suhaimi on Instagram: "Thank you @warriorsfcsg for this memorable 2 years. It has been a pleasure playing for you guys. 💙🦏"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
  10. ^ "PHASE 3.3: Unveiling of Khairul Nizam" – via www.facebook.com.
  11. ^ "Behe joins-Al Nahda" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
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  14. ^ "Behe on trial with Penang FA".
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  16. ^ "Tanjong Pagar sign Zulkiffli Hassim - Football Association of Singapore". spl.sg.
  17. ^ "Tanjong Pagar boost midfield with Ammirul Emmran - Football Association of Singapore". spl.sg.
  18. ^ "Tampines Rovers sign Fazrul Nawaz - Football Association of Singapore". spl.sg.