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Young Lions

2021 season
Chairman	Farehan Hussein
Head coach	Nazri Nasir
Stadium	Jurong West Stadium
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The 2021 season is Young Lion's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League.

Squad

Singapore Premier League

As of 26 Sept 2019.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Last Club	Contract Start	Contract End
Goalkeepers
18	Ridhwan Fikri		(1999-04-29) 29 April 1999 (age 25)	GFA Victoria FC	2020	2021
25	Dylan Pereira		(2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 24)	Geylang International U21	2021	2021
32	Putra Anugerah		(2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 24)	Lion City Sailors FC U21	2020	2021
40	Martyn Mun		(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24)	Balestier Khalsa U21	2021	2021
Defenders
2	Nazhiim Harman		(1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 (age 25)	GFA Victoria FC	2020	2020
4	Danish Irfan (Captain)		(1999-03-10) 10 March 1999 (age 25)	Geylang International	2020	2021
5	Syabil Hisham		(2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 22)	Tanjong Pagar United	2021	2021
6	Jacob Mahler		(2000-04-20) 20 April 2000 (age 24)	FFA Under-18	2018	2021
7	Zulqarnaen Suzliman		(1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 26)	Lion City Sailors FC	2021	2021
13	Syahrul Sazali		(1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 26)	Tampines Rovers	2021	2021
16	Ryhan Stewart		(2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 (age 24)	Warriors FC	2020	2021
23	Harhys Stewart		(2001-03-20) 20 March 2001 (age 23)	Hougang United U21	2020	2021
26	Alif Iskandar		(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 25)	Hougang United	2021	2021
29	Raoul Suhaimi		(2005-09-18) 18 September 2005 (age 19)	Singapore Sports School	2021	2021
Midfielders
8	Rezza Rezky		(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 24)	FFA Under-18	2019	2021
9	Shah Shahiran		(1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 25)	Tampines Rovers	2021	2021
10	Daniel Goh		(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 25)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2021	2021
11	Rasaq Akeem		(2001-06-16) 16 June 2001 (age 23)	FFA Under-17	2019	2021
12	Joel Chew		(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 24)	Tampines Rovers	2021	2021
14	Hami Syahin		(1998-12-16) 16 December 1998 (age 26)	Lion City Sailors FC	2020	2021
15	Amir Syafiz		(2004-06-21) 21 June 2004 (age 20)	Singapore Sports School	2021	2021
20	Nor Hakim Redzuan		(2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 24)	Hougang United U21	2020	2021
22	Danish Qayyum		(2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 22)	Geylang International U21	2021	2021
27	Arshad Shamim		(1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 25)	Lion City Sailors FC	2018	2021
30	Jared Gallagher		(2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 22)	Kitchee SC Reserve	2021	2021
31	Bill Mamadou		(2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 23)	Lion City Sailors FC U21	2020	2021
42	Jordan Emaviwe		(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23)	Balestier Khalsa	2021	2021
Forwards
17	Ilhan Fandi		(2002-11-08) 8 November 2002 (age 22)	i2i Football Academy	2019	2021
19	Khairin Nadim		(2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 (age 20)	Woodlands Secondary School	2020	2021
24	Zamani Zamri		(2001-05-31) 31 May 2001 (age 23)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2020	2021
39	Glenn Kweh		(2000-03-26) 26 March 2000 (age 24)		2021	2021
Players who left during the season
1	Nurshafiq Zaini		(1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 (age 25)	Tampines Rovers U21	2020	2021
3	Danial Crichton		(2003-04-11) 11 April 2003 (age 21)	Warriors FC U21	2020	2021
21	Sahffee Jubpre		(2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 (age 23)	Hougang United U21	2020	2021
28	Syed Akmal		(2000-04-28) 28 April 2000 (age 24)	FFA Under-18	2019	2021

U19 squad

(Singapore Sport School)

As of 26 Feb 2017.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Team Manager	Tan Qing Hui Samuel
Head team coach	Nazri Nasir
Assistant coach	Koichiro Iizuka
Assistant coach	Fadzuhasny Juraimi
Goalkeeping coach	Rameshpal Singh
Physiotherapist	Vacant
Sports Trainers	Nasruldin Baharudin Muklis Sawit
Equipment Officer	Omar Mohamed

Transfer

In

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Syabil Hisham	Tanjong Pagar United	Free
MF	Amir Syafiz	Singapore Sports School	Free
MF	Danish Qayyum	Geylang International U21	Free
DF	Alif Iskandar	Hougang United	Free
DF	Raoul Suhaimi	Singapore Sports School	Free
FW	Glenn Kweh		Free

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
MF	Jared Gallagher	Kitchee SC Reserve	Free

Out

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Veer Karan Sobti	Lion City Sailors	Free
DF	Nur Adam Abdullah	Lion City Sailors	Free
DF	Amer Hakeem	Balestier Khalsa	Free
DF	Shahib Masnawi	Tanjong Pagar United	Free
DF	Akram Azman
MF	Amirul Haikal	Tampines Rovers	Free
FW	Marc Ryan Tan	Tampines Rovers	Free
FW	Shahrulnizam Mazlan		Free

Loan in

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Dylan Pereira	Geylang International U21	Season loan
GK	Nurshafiq Zaini	Tampines Rovers U21	Season loan
DF	Danish Irfan	Geylang International	Season loan
DF	Harhys Stewart	Hougang United U21	Season loan
DF	Sahffee Jubpre	Hougang United U21	Season loan
DF	Syahrul Sazali	SAFSA	Season loan
DF	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	Police SA	Season loan
MF	Jacob Mahler	SAFSA	Season loan
MF	Bill Mamadou	Lion City Sailors U21	Season loan
MF	Joel Chew	SAFSA	Season loan
MF	Daniel Goh	SAFSA	Season loan
MF	Hami Syahin	Police SA	Season loan
MF	Nor Hakim Redzuan	Hougang United U21	Season loan
FW	Zamani Zamri	Albirex Niigata (S)	Season loan

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Martyn Mun	Balestier Khalsa	Season loan
DF	Jacob Mahler	SAFSA	Season loan
MF	Arshad Shamim	SAFSA	Season loan
MF	Jordan Emaviwe	SAFSA	Season loan
MF	Shah Shahiran	SAFSA	Season loan

Loan out

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
MF	Jacob Mahler	SAFSA	NS till 2022

Jacob Mahler subsequently return to the club during the mid-season after his BMT.

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
DF	Danial Crichton	SAFSA	NS till 2023
DF	Sahffee Jubpre	Hougang United	NS till 2023
DF	Syed Akmal	SAFSA	NS till 2023
MF	Rasaq Akeem	SAFSA	NS till 2023

Sahffee Jubpre was enlisted during the mid-season.

Loan return

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Putra Anugerah	Lion City Sailors U21	Loan Return
GK	Nurshafiq Zaini	Tampines Rovers U21	Loan Return
DF	Irfan Najeeb	Tampines Rovers	Loan Return
DF	Danish Irfan	Geylang International	Loan Return
DF	Asraf Zahid	Hougang United U21	Loan Return
DF	Sahffee Jubpre	Hougang United U21	Loan Return
DF	Harhys Stewart	Hougang United U21	Loan Return
DF	Akmal Azman	SAFSA	Loan Return
MF	Nor Hakim Redzuan	Hougang United U21	Loan Return
MF	Hami Syahin	Police SA	Loan Return
MF	Zamani Zamri	SAFSA	Loan Return
MF	Bill Mamadou	Lion City Sailors U21	Loan Return
FW	Fikri Junaidi	Geylang International U21	Loan Return
FW	Idraki Adnan	Hougang United	Loan Return

Note 1: Danish Irfan loan from Geylang International is extended for one more season.

Note 2: Putra Anugerah and Bill Mamadou loan from Lion City Sailors is extended for one more season.

Note 3: Sahffee Jubpre and Harhys Stewart loan from Geylang International is extended for one more season.

Note 4: Hami Syahin loan from Police SA is extended for one more season.

Note 5: Nurshafiq Zaini loan from Tampines Rovers is extended for one more season.

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Nurshafiq Zaini	Tampines Rovers	Loan return

Nurshafiq Zaini returned and retired with immediate effect.

Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Ridhwan Fikri
DF	Nazhiim Harman
DF	Syed Akmal
DF	Ryhan Stewart
DF	Danial Crichton
MF	Rezza Rezky
MF	Rasaq Akeem
FW	Khairin Nadim
FW	Ilhan Fandi

Friendly

Pre-season friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

6 March 2021 1	Young Lions FC	1-3	Lion City Sailors	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Danish Qayyum			Attendance: 0

In-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 March 2021 1	Geylang International	v	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
				Attendance: 0

19 June 2021 2	Geylang International	4-0	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
				Attendance: 0

4 July 2021 3	Hougang United	1-1	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
			Harhys Stewart	Attendance: 0

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 10 Oct 2021

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Total
			Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
2	DF	Nazhiim Harman	4+1	0	5	0
4	DF	Danish Irfan	7+2	0	9	0
5	DF	Syabil Hisham	1+1	0	2	0
6	DF	Jacob Mahler	11+1	3	14	3
7	DF	Zulqarnaen Suzliman	11+2	0	13	0
8	MF	Rezza Rezky	6+3	0	9	0
9	MF	Shah Shahiran	3	1	4	1
10	FW	Daniel Goh	6+3	1	9	1
11	MF	Rasaq Akeem	0	0	0	0
12	MF	Joel Chew	18+1	1	19	1
13	DF	Syahrul Sazali	13+1	0	14	0
14	MF	Hami Syahin	12+1	4	13	4
15	MF	Amir Syafiz	6+7	0	13	0
16	DF	Ryhan Stewart	20	0	20	0
17	FW	Ilhan Fandi	18	7	18	7
18	GK	Ridhwan Fikri	12	0	12	0
19	FW	Khairin Nadim	14+5	3	19	3
20	MF	Nor Hakim Redzuan	2+2	0	4	0
22	MF	Danish Qayyum	3+7	0	10	0
23	DF	Harhys Stewart	17	2	17	2
24	FW	Zamani Zamri	13+1	1	14	1
25	GK	Dylan Pereira	3	0	3	0
26	DF	Alif Iskandar	1+4	0	5	0
27	MF	Arshad Shamim	1+5	0	6	0
29	DF	Raoul Suhaimi	5+1	0	6	0
30	MF	Jared Gallagher	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Bill Mamadou	1+1	0	2	0
32	GK	Putra Anugerah	0	0	0	0
39	FW	Glenn Kweh	3+7	2	10	2
42	MF	Jordan Emaviwe	1+1	0	2	0
Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club
1	GK	Nurshafiq Zaini	6	0	6	0
3	DF	Danial Crichton	0	0	0	0
21	DF	Sahffee Jubpre	1+3	0	4	0
28	DF	Syed Akmal	11	1	11	1

Competitions

Overview

Singapore Premier League

  Win   Draw   Loss

14 March 2021 1	Young Lions FC	3-3	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Ilhan Fandi 13' Khairin Nadim 58' Hami Syahin 85' Ryhan Stewart 83' Harhys Stewart 87'	Report	Hazzuwan Halim 33' (pen.) Shuhei Hoshino 45+1' 49' Gareth Low 82'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

17 March 2021 2	Young Lions FC	0-3	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Syed Akmal 4' Zamani Zamri 65'	Report	Ryoya Tanigushi 17' Makoto Ito 51' Kiyoshiro Tsuboi 79' 65'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Taufik Thana

20 March 2021 3	Geylang International	1-1	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Sylvano Comvalius 34' Firdaus Kasman 58'	Report	Hami Syahin 24' Khairin Nadim 61' 30' Danish Irfan Azman 70'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Jansen Foo

3 April 2021 4	Young Lions FC	1-3	Lion City Sailors	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Ilhan Fandi 78' Hami Syahin 45+2'	Report	Gabriel Quak 26' 62' Stipe Plazibat 34' Jorge Fellipe 17' Amirul Adli 45+1'  75' Nur Adam Abdullah 60'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Y.Sathyakumar

7 April 2021 5	Tampines Rovers	7-0	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Kyoga Nakamura 13' 69' Boris Kopitović 21' 80' (pen.) 87' Yasir Hanapi 45' 67' Zehrudin Mehmedovic  81'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Chan

10 April 2021 6	Young Lions FC	0-4	Tanjong Pagar United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Hami Syahin 24' Amir Syafiz  73'	Report	Reo Nishiguchi 5' Luiz Júnior 61' 63' Blake Ricciuto 66' Daniel Martens  31' Emmeric Ong  36' Suhairi Sabri 90+2'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Jansen Foo

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 Referee: Taufik Thana

17 July 2021 8 (Rescheduled)	Tanjong Pagar United	1-1	Young Lions FC	Jurong East Stadium
	Luiz Júnior 65'	Report	Hami Syahin 21' (pen.) Jacob Mahler 87' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 90+3'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

15 May 2021 9	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-1	Young Lions FC	Jurong East Stadium
	Nicky Melvin Singh 3' Fumiya Suzuki 49'	Report	Joel Chew 19'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Y.Sathyakumar

25 April 2021 10 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	2-4	Geylang International	Our Tampines Hub
	Hami Syahin 14' (pen.) Syed Akmal 77' Harhys Stewart 41' Ryhan Stewart 41'	Report	Faizal Roslan 10' Amy Recha 53' Matheus Moresche 57' 90+1' Harith Kanadi 61'	Attendance: 237 Referee: Abirami Naidu

22 May 2021 11	Lion City Sailors	1-0	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Shahdan Sulaiman 43' 54' Aniq Raushan 68' Saifullah Akbar  78' Song Ui-young  84' Stipe Plazibat  85'	Report	Hami Syahin 34' Syahrul Sazali 42' Khairin Nadim  87'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Syarqawi Buhari

2 May 2021 12 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	0-4	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Harhys Stewart 35' Hami Syahin 68' Jacob Mahler 78' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 85'	Report	Zehrudin Mehmedović 3' Irwan Shah 19' Kyoga Nakamura 43' Taufik Suparno 80' Ryaan Sanizal 60'	Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

31 July 2021 13 (Rescheduled)	Balestier Khalsa	2-3	Young Lions FC	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Hazzuwan Halim 47' Šime Žužul 89' Kristijan Krajcek 34' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 90+4'	Report	Hami Syahin 18' (pen.) Daniel Goh 35' Harhys Stewart 85' Nazhiim Harman 5'	Referee: Jansen Foo

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

14 August 2021 15 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	4-2	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Ilhan Fandi 18' 45+1' Jacob Mahler 28' Khairin Nadim 41' Ryhan Stewart 77' Alif Iskandar 90'	Report	Šime Žužul 68' 75' Fadli Kamis 11' Hazzuwan Halim 42' Ahmad Syahir 45'	Referee: Syarqawi Buhari

22 August 2021 16 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	0-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Rezza Rezky  38' Jacob Mahler  52'	Report	Ryosuke Nagasawa 3' (pen.) Ong Yu En  45' Shuya Yamashita 59'	Referee: Abirami Naidu

28 August 2021 17 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	2-3	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Amy Recha 7' Matheus Moresche 56' Wayne Chew  3' Harith Kanadi 52'	Report	Jacob Mahler 3' (pen.) Ilhan Fandi 84' 90+4' Rezza Rezky  41' Zulqarnaen Suzliman  85'	Referee: Hilmi Fuad

12 September 2021 18 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	1-3	Lion City Sailors	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Ilhan Fandi 17' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 42' Raoul Suhaimi  58'  68' Harhys Stewart  73' Syahrul Sazali  80' Philippe Aw  90+2' Jordan Emaviwe  90+1'	Report	Jorge Fellipe 50' 85' 85' Gabriel Quak 90+1' Saifullah Akbar  47' Faris Ramli  90+4'	Referee: Nathan Chan

18 September 2021 19 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	2-1	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Daniel Goh 34' (o.g.) Taufik Suparno 71' Baihakki Khaizan 15' Amirul Haikal 29' Madhu Mohana 69' Yasir Hanapi  90'	Report	Jacob Mahler 70' (pen.) Shah Shahiran  82'	Referee: Abirami Naidu

26 September 2021 20 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	1-2	Tanjong Pagar United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Glenn Kweh 23' Joel Chew  45+1' Ridhwan Fikri  45+1' Syahrul Sazali  67' Ryhan Stewart  85'	Report	Reo Nishiguchi 5' Luiz Júnior 67' (pen.) Rusyaidi Salime  45+1' Raihan Rahman  45+1'	Referee: Leow Hong Wei Clarence

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

1. 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.

See also

• 2017 Garena Young Lions FC season
• 2018 Young Lions FC season
• 2019 Young Lions FC season
• 2020 Young Lions FC season

Notes

1. ^ Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed door.

References

1. "2018 changes".
2. "Fandi to take charge of the Young Lions". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
3. "Syabil joins the GYL project".
4. "Amir Syafiz will aim to make his professional debut this season".
5. "Say hello to our fourth new arrival! 🦁 #coyl".
6. "Another addition to our camp! 🦁 #coyl".
7. "Raoul Suhaimi will aim to make his professional debut this season".
8. "Glenn Kweh joins the team".
9. "Our second mid-season arrival - welcome, Jared! 🦁 #coyl".
10. "All the best to Idraki (Hougang) and Karan (Sailors) at their new teams! 🦁 #coyl".
11. "Welcome on board up-and-coming defender Nur Adam Abdullah".
12. "Amer has joined us!".
13. "Tanjong Pagar United has secured the services of Shahib Masnawi for the 2021 @sgpremierleague season".
14. "Stags announce the signing of 21 year-old Amirul Haikal for 2021".
15. "Stags signed 18 year-old Forward Marc Ryan Tan for 2021 season".
16. "A new recruit between the sticks".
17. "Stone is back with us for 2021! 🦁 #coyl".
18. "Mamat is back with GYL".
19. "welcome back, Jacob".
20. "Joel, the first arrival for 2021 season".
21. "Daniel Goh leave the team to Serve the Country".
22. "Hami returns in red".
23. "Irfan Najeeb will complete his National Service at the end of January and rejoin the Stags for season 2021!".
24. "Major transfers for Young Lions".
25. "Sahffee makes debut for Young Lions".
26. "Sahffee makes debut for Young Lions".
27. "Harhys makes debut for Young Lions".
28. "Hami returns in red!".
29. "Zamani Zamri leave the team to Serve the Country".
30. "Zamani Zamri joins Young Lions".
31. "Bill Mamadou joins Young Lions".
32. "Idraki Adnan is back with the Cheetahs! 🐆⁣".
33. "Statement on Young Lions player Nurshafiq Zaini".

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