2023 Young Lions FC season

Young Lions
2023 season
Chairman	Farehan Hussein
Head coach	Philippe Aw
Stadium	Jalan Besar Stadium
S.League	8th of 8th
Singapore Cup	on progress
Top goalscorer	League: Jun Kobayashi (3 goals); All: Jun Kobayashi (3 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022 2024–25 →

The 2023 season is Young Lion's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League.^[1]

Squad[edit]

As of 26 Sept 2019.

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Last Club	Contract Start	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Prathip Ekamparam	(2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 22)	Lion City Sailors U21	2023	2023
13	Rauf Erwan	(2005-04-25) 25 April 2005 (age 19)	Singapore Sports School	2022	2023
25	Aizil Yazid	(2004-12-24) 24 December 2004 (age 19)	Hougang United	2023	2023
32	Umayr Sujuandy	(2003-02-18) 18 February 2003 (age 21)	Singapore Sports School	2021	2023
Defenders
5	Jun Kobayashi	(1999-05-07) 7 May 1999 (age 24)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2023	2023
8	Harhys Stewart	(2001-03-20) 20 March 2001 (age 23)	Hougang United U21	2020	2023
15	Kieran Teo Jia Jun	(2004-04-06) 6 April 2004 (age 20)	Geylang International U21	2023	2023
20	Ilhan Noor	(2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 21)	Geylang International	2023	2023
26	Ikram Mikhail Mustaqim	(2005-08-05) 5 August 2005 (age 18)	Tanjong Pagar United U21	2023	2023
27	Syafi Hilman	(2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 (age 19)	Lion City Sailors U21	2023	2023
34	Aqil Yazid	(2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 20)	Balestier Khalsa U21	2023	2023
36	Danish Haqimi	(2007-03-22) 22 March 2007 (age 17)	Singapore Sports School	2023	2023
38	Xavier Wong		FC Inter Turku	2023	2023
39	Sahffee Jubpre	(2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 (age 23)	Hougang United U19	2023	2023
Midfielders
4	Jared Gallagher	(2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 22)	Kitchee SC Reserve	2021	2023
7	Kan Kobayashi	(1999-04-27) 27 April 1999 (age 25)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2023	2023
10	Amir Syafiz	(2004-06-21) 21 June 2004 (age 19)	Singapore Sports School	2021	2023
21	Iman Hakim	(2002-03-09) 9 March 2002 (age 22)	Tampines Rovers	2023	2024
30	Fairuz Fazli Koh	(2005-01-20) 20 January 2005 (age 19)	Singapore Sport School	2022	2023
35	Loo Kai Sheng	(2007-01-09) 9 January 2007 (age 17)	Singapore Sport School	2023	2023
37	Farhan Zulkifli	(2002-11-10) 10 November 2002 (age 21)	Hougang United U21	2023	2024
42	Haziq Kamarudin	(2001-03-06) 6 March 2001 (age 23)	Lion City Sailors U21	2023	2023
	Rasul Ramli	(2007-03-26) 26 March 2007 (age 17)	Singapore Sport School	2023	2023
	Ethan Henry Pinto	(2004-10-14) 14 October 2004 (age 19)	Tampines Rovers U21	2023	2024
Forwards
9	Zikos Vasileios Chua	(2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 22)	Geylang International	2018	2023
16	Ryan Praveen	(2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 (age 21)	Balestier Khalsa U21	2023	2023
18	Syafi’ie Redzuan	(2003-10-25) 25 October 2003 (age 20)	Hougang United U21	2023	2023
19	Syahadat Masnawi	(2001-11-07) 7 November 2001 (age 22)	Sporting Westlake	2023	2023
28	Ameen Shah	(2005-08-08) 8 August 2005 (age 18)	Albirex Academy	2023	2023
40	Amiruldin Asraf	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 27)	Lion City Sailors	2023	2023
41	Irfan Iskandar	(2004-08-16) 16 August 2004 (age 19)	Singapore Sports School	2022	2023
	Khairin Nadim	(2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 (age 19)	Woodlands Secondary School	2020	2022
Players who left during the season
3	Danial Crichton	(2003-04-11) 11 April 2003 (age 21)	Warriors FC U21	2020	2023
6	Jacob Mahler	(2000-04-20) 20 April 2000 (age 24)	FFA Under-18	2018	2023
11	Harith Kanadi	(2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 (age 23)	Geylang International	2022	2023
17	Adam Reefdy	(2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 (age 19)	Tampines Rovers U21	2023	2024
22	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	(2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 22)	Geylang International	2022	2023
23	Jordan Emaviwe	(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23)	Balestier Khalsa	2021	2023
24	Wayne Chew	(2001-10-22) 22 October 2001 (age 22)	Geylang International	2022	2023
Players who left for NS during season
14	Ryu Hardy Yussri	(2005-04-20) 20 April 2005 (age 19)	Singapore Sport School	2022	2023
31	Keshav Kumar	(2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 23)	Balestier Khalsa	2023	2023
29	Andrew Aw	(2003-03-29) 29 March 2003 (age 21)	Tampines Rovers U21	2023	2024
33	Danial Iliya	(2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 21)	Tampines Rovers	2023	2023
2	Raoul Suhaimi	(2005-09-18) 18 September 2005 (age 18)	Singapore Sports School	2021	2023

Coaching staff[edit]

Position	Name
Team Manager	Matthew Sean Sakthi Vel Ganesan
Head team coach	Nazri Nasir
Assistant coach	Koichiro Iizuka Fadzuhasny Juraimi Afiq Yahya
Goalkeeping coach	Ahmadulhaq Che Omar
Fitness coach	Donald Wan
Physiotherapist	Vacant
Sports Trainers	Nasruldin Baharudin Muklis Sawit
Equipment Officer	Omar Mohamed

^[2]

Transfer[edit]

In[edit]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Team	Ref
GK	Prathip Ekamparam	Lion City Sailors	First Team	Free
DF	Syafi Hilman	Lion City Sailors U21	First Team	Free
DF	Aqil Yazid	Balestier Khalsa U21	First Team	Free ^[3]
DF	Keshav Kumar	Balestier Khalsa	First Team
DF	Jun Kobayashi	Albirex Niigata (S)	First Team	Free ^[4] ^[5]
MF	Kan Kobayashi	Albirex Niigata (S)	First Team	Free ^[6] ^[7]
MF	Ethan Henry Pinto	Tampines Rovers U21	First Team	Free
MF	Haziq Kamarudin	NA	First Team	Free
FW	Syahadat Masnawi	Sporting Westlake	First Team	Free

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Team	Ref
DF	Danish Haqimi	Singapore Sports School	First Team	Free
DF	Sahffee Jubpre	SAFSA	First Team	Free
MF	Loo Kai Sheng	Singapore Sports School	First Team	Free
FW	Irfan Iskandar		First Team	Free
FW	Amiruldin Asraf	Lion City Sailors	First Team	Free

Out[edit]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref
GK	Ridhwan Fikri	Geylang International	First Team	Free ^[8]
GK	Dylan Pereira	Retired	First Team
DF	Moritz Faizal Radewaldt	FC Bad Wörishofen (Kreisliga Bayern)	First Team	Free
DF	Syabil Hisham	Balestier Khalsa	First Team	Free ^[9]
DF	Syed Akmal	Tanjong Pagar United	First Team	Free
MF	Syed Adel Alsree	Lion City Sailors U21	U21	Free
MF	Danish Qayyum	Lion City Sailors U21	U21	Free^[10]
MF	Nor Hakim Redzuan		First Team	Free
FW	Abdul Rasaq	Lion City Sailors	First Team	Free ^[11]
FW	Khairin Nadim	Lion City Sailors U21	U21	Free ^[a]
FW	Glenn Kweh	Tampines Rovers	First Team	Free ^[12]

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref
DF	Jacob Mahler	Madura United	First Team	Free ^[13] ^[14]
DF	Danial Crichton	University TRGV	First Team	Free
MF	Loo Kai Sheng	ESC La Liga Academy	U15	Free

Loan In[edit]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Team	Ref
GK	Wayne Chew	SAFSA (Geylang)	First Team	Season loan till 2023
GK	Danial Iliya	SAFSA (Tampines)	First Team	Season loan till 2023
GK	Aizil Yazid	SAFSA (Hougang)	First Team	Season loan till 2024
MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	SAFSA (Geylang)	First Team	Season loan till 2023
DF	Ilhan Noor	SAFSA (Geylang)	First Team	Season loan till 2024
DF	Harith Kanadi	SAFSA (Geylang)	First Team	Season loan
DF	Kieran Teo Jia Jun	SAFSA (Geylang)	First Team	Season loan
DF	Harhys Stewart	SAFSA (Hougang)	First Team	Season loan
DF	Ikram Mikhail Mustaqim	SAFSA (Tanjong Pagar)	First Team	Season loan
DF	Andrew Aw	SAFSA (Tampines)	First Team	Season loan till 2024
DF	Adam Reefdy	SAFSA (Tampines)	First Team	Season loan till 2024
DF	Jordan Emaviwe	Balestier Khalsa	First Team	Season loan
MF	Iman Hakim	SAFSA (Tampines)	First Team	Season loan
FW	Zikos Vasileios Chua	SAFSA (Geylang)	First Team	Season loan
FW	Ryan Praveen	SAFSA (Balestier)	First Team	Season loan
FW	Syafi’ie Redzuan	SAFSA (Hougang)	First Team	Season loan
FW	Khairin Nadim	SAFSA (LCS)	First Team	Season loan

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Team	Ref
MF	Farhan Zulkifli	SAFSA (Hougang)	First Team	Season loan
MF	Amir Syafiz	SAFSA ^[b]	First Team	Season loan

^ Khairin Nadim signed and loaned to Young lions while serving NS
^ Amir Syafiz take a break of 3 months for enlistment before returning to the team.

Loan Return[edit]

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Putra Anugerah	Lion City Sailors FC	Loan Return
GK	Martyn Mun	SAFSA	Loan Return
DF	Harhys Stewart	Hougang United	Loan Return
MF	Jordan Emaviwe	SAFSA	Loan Return ^[a]
MF	Nor Hakim Redzuan	Hougang United	Loan Return
MF	Shah Shahiran	SAFSA	Loan Return

^ Jordan Emaviwe extends his loan after completion of NS in March 2023 till June 2023

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred To	First Team	Ref
GK	Danial Iliya	SAFSA (Tampines)	First Team	Loan Return
DF	Andrew Aw	SAFSA (Tampines)	First Team	Loan Return
DF	Adam Reefdy	SAFSA (Tampines)	First Team	Loan Return
DF	Jordan Emaviwe	Balestier Khalsa	First Team	Loan Return ^[a]
GK	Wayne Chew	SAFSA (Geylang)	First Team	Loan Return ^[b]
DF	Harith Kanadi	SAFSA (Geylang)	First Team	Loan Return ^[c]
MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	SAFSA (Geylang)	First Team	Loan Return ^[d]

^ Jordan Emaviwe re-join Balestier after his loan to Young Lions ended.
^ Wayne Chew joined Balestier after his loan to Young Lions ended and released by Geylang.
^ Harith Kanadi joined LCS after his loan to Young Lions ended.
^ Elijah Lim joined Balestier after his loan to Young Lions ended and released by Geylang.

Loan Out[edit]

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref
DF	Keshav Kumar	SAFSA	First Team	NS till July 2025
DF	Raoul Suhaimi	SAFSA	First Team	NS till July 2025
MF	Amir Syafiz	SAFSA	First Team	NS till July 2025
MF	Ryu Hardy Yussri	SAFSA	First Team	NS till July 2025

Retained[edit]

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Umayr Sujuandy	1 year extension till 2023 ^[15]
GK	Rauf Erwan
GK	Wayne Chew ^[a]
DF	Raoul Suhaimi ^[b]
DF	Danial Crichton ^[c]
DF	Jacob Mahler ^[d]
MF	Jared Gallagher
MF	Amir Syafiz ^[e]
MF	Ryu Hardy ^[f]
MF	Fairuz Fazli

^ Wayne Chew extends contract till end of NS.
^ Raoul Suhaimi extends contract till start of NS.
^ Danial Crichton extends contract till end of NS.
^ Jacob Mahler extends contract till end of NS.
^ Amir Syafiz extends contract till start of NS.
^ Ryu Hardy extends contract till start of NS.

Training Stint[edit]

Position	Player	Club
MF	Jared Gallagher	Sligo Rovers F.C.

Friendly[edit]

Pre-Season Friendly[edit]

Win Draw Loss

Team statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals (SPL)[edit]

As of 26 Nov 2023

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Prathip Ekamparam	1	0	1	0	2	0
4	MF	Jared Gallagher	19	2	4	1	22	2
5	DF	Jun Kobayashi	24	3	3	0	27	3
7	MF	Kan Kobayashi	18	1	1+1	1	19	1
8	DF	Harhys Stewart	18+3	3	4	0	24	3
9	FW	Zikos Vasileios Chua	2+2	1	1	0	5	1
10	MF	Amir Syafiz	6+1	0	1+1	0	8	0
13	GK	Rauf Erwan	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Kieran Teo Jia Jun	18	1	3+1	1	21	1
16	FW	Ryan Praveen	0+8	0	1+2	0	11	0
18	FW	Syafi’ie Redzuan	7+7	1	0	0	14	1
19	FW	Syahadat Masnawi	15+5	1	1+1	0	22	1
20	DF	Ilhan Noor	10+4	0	1	0	15	0
21	MF	Iman Hakim	5+3	0	4	0	11	0
25	GK	Aizil Yazid	19+1	0	0	0	20	0
26	DF	Ikram Mikhail Mustaqim	0+4	0	0+1	0	4	0
27	DF	Syafi Hilman	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
28	FW	Ameen Shah	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Fairuz Fazli Koh	17+6	2	0	0	23	1
32	GK	Umayr Sujuandy	1	0	3	0	3	0
34	DF	Aqil Yazid	11+4	0	1	0	16	0
35	MF	Loo Kai Sheng	0+2	0	0+1	0	3	0
36	DF	Danish Haqimi	0+2	0	3+1	0	5	0
37	MF	Farhan Zulkifli	6+1	0	3	1	9	0
39	DF	Sahffee Jubpre	0+1	0	3	0	4	0
40	FW	Amiruldin Asraf	4+2	2	2+2	0	9	2
41	FW	Irfan Iskandar	0	0	0+2	0	2	0
42	MF	Haziq Kamarudin	4+11	1	3	0	17	1
??	MF	Ethan Henry Pinto	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club
2	DF	Raoul Suhaimi	9	0	0	0	9	0
3	DF	Danial Scott Crichton	2+1	0	0	0	3	0
6	DF	Jacob Mahler	3+1	0	0	0	4	0
11	DF	Harith Kanadi	9+8	1	0	0	17	1
14	MF	Ryu Hardy Yussri	3+5	1	0	0	8	1
17	DF	Adam Reefdy	4+3	0	0	0	7	0
22	MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	9+6	2	0	0	15	2
23	DF	Jordan Emaviwe	6+1	3	0	0	7	3
24	GK	Wayne Chew	3	0	0	0	3	0
29	DF	Andrew Aw	10+3	0	0	0	13	0
31	DF	Keshav Kumar	1+1	0	0	0	2	0
33	GK	Danial Iliya	0	0	0	0	0	0

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Singapore Premier League[edit]

Win Draw Loss

25 February 2023 1	Albirex Niigata (S)	3-0	Young Lions FC	Jurong East
	Shuto Komaki 33' Asahi Yokokawa 51' Koki Kawachi 89'	Report	Aqil Yazid 11' Elijah Lim Teck Yong 74'	Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Taufik Thana

28 February 2023 2	Geylang International	4-2	Young Lions FC	Tampines
	Yushi Yamaya 25' (pen) 90+7' Naufal Azman 56' Rio Sakuma 63' 70' Takahiro Tezuka 48' Akmal Azman 78' Joshua Pereira 90+1'	Report	Harith Kanadi 7' Jun Kobayashi 52' Elijah Lim Teck Yong 43'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Clarence Leow

4 March 2023 3	Balestier Khalsa	3-1	Young Lions FC	Bishan
	Shuhei Hoshino 6' Ho Wai Loon 32' 46'	Report	Jordan Emaviwe 90+10' (pen) Harith Kanadi 45+3' Jared Gallagher 50' Amir Syafiz 77'	Stadium: Bishan Stadium Referee: Hilmi Faud

9 March 2023 4	Young Lions FC	0-3	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar
	Ilhan Noor 90'	Report	Taufik Suparno 31' Faris Ramli 34' Ong Yu En 82' Kyoga Nakamura 49' Syed Firdaus Hassan 79'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Andrea Verolino

18 March 2023 5	Young Lions FC	2-1	Hougang United	Jalan Besar
	Jared Gallagher 81' Harhys Stewart 83' Ilhan Noor 31' Jacob Mahler 90+5'	Report	Hazzuwan Halim 44' Naoki Kuriyama 38' Nazrul Nazari 63'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Clarence Leow

1 April 2023 6	Tanjong Pagar United	2-1	Young Lions FC	Jurong East
	Syukri Bashir 39' Shakir Hamzah 54' Faizal Roslan 44' Tajeli Salamat 48' Marin Mudražija 74'	Report	Jacob Mahler 11' 23' Amir Syafiz 61' Harhys Stewart 78' 70' Aizil Yazid 90'	Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Hilmi Fuad

8 April 2023 7	Young Lions FC	1-3	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar
	Kan Kobayashi 10' Aqil Yazid 18' Harith Kanadi 32' 36'	Report	Ryoya Tanigushi 16' 86' Daniel Goh 23' Fudhil I'yadh 36' Madhu Mohana 47' Iqram Rifqi 48' Fabian Kwok 76' Syukri Noorhaizam 79'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Jansen Foo

11 April 2023 8	Young Lions FC	2-2	DPMM FC	Jalan Besar
	Kieran Teo Jia Jun 87' Jordan Emaviwe 89' Harhys Stewart 60'	Report	Ángel Martínez 45+3' Andrey Varankow 81'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Taufik Thana

15 April 2023 9	Young Lions FC	1-1	Lion City Sailors	Jalan Besar
	Jordan Emaviwe 90+8' (pen)	Report	Maxime Lestienne 6' Hami Syahin 32' Lionel Tan 90+5'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Andrea Verolino

20 May 2023 10	Tampines Rovers	1-0	Young Lions FC	Tampines
	Boris Kopitović 2'	Report		Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Clarence Leow Hong Wei

27 May 2023 11	Young Lions FC	0-2	Geylang International	Jalan Besar
	Raoul Suhaimi 48'	Report	Iqbal Hussain 41' Amirul Adli 70' Gareth Low 62'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Farhad Mohamed

3 June 2023 12	Hougang United	3-0	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar
	Sahil Suhaimi 7' Nazrul Nazari 12' Gabriel Quak 45+2' Ajay Robson 85'	Report	Ryu Hardy Yussri 52' Syahadat Masnawi 70'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Taufik Thana

6 June 2023 12	Young Lions FC	3-4	Tanjong Pagar United	Jalan Besar
	Jared Gallagher 27' 41' Elijah Lim Teck Yong 29' 39'	Report	Blake Ricciuto 33' Jun Kobayashi 55' (o.g.) Faizal Roslan 71' Shakir Hamzah 89' Fathullah Rahmat 15' Marin Mudražija 76'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Clarence Leow Hong Wei

10 June 2023 14	Lion City Sailors	4-1	Young Lions FC	Bishan
	Kan Kobayashi 18' (o.g.) Shawal Anuar 32' Abdul Rasaq 40' Maxime Lestienne 53' Anumanthan Kumar 45+2' Hami Syahin 48' Nur Adam Abdullah 61'	Report	Jun Kobayashi 87' Aqil Yazid 90+2'	Stadium: Bishan Stadium Referee: Andrea Verolino

24 June 2023 15	DPMM FC	6-0	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar
	Azwan Ali Rahman 2' Andrey Voronkov 6' 50' Farshad Noor 39' (pen) Hanif Farhan Azman 48' Hakeme Yazid Said 66' Fakharrazi Hassan 45+1' Syafiq Hilmi Shahrom 87'	Report	Harith Kanadi 45+2' Ryu Hardy Yussri 80' Syafi’ie Redzuan 81'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium ^[a] Referee: Jansen Foo

1 July 2023 16	Young Lions FC	2-4	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar
	Ryu Hardy Yussri 64' 76' Jun Kobayashi 90+5' Harhys Stewart 29' Kan Kobayashi90+4	Report	Harhys Stewart 3' (o.g.) Nicky Melvin Singh 33' Keito Komatsu 43' Shodai Yokoyama 88' Seia Kunori 86'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Hilmi Fuad

7 July 2023 17	Young Lions FC	0-4	Lion City Sailors	Jalan Besar
	Syahadat Masnawi 61' Aqil Yazid 63' Jun Kobayashi 88'	Report	Maxime Lestienne 60' 68' 88' Shawal Anuar 86' Hafiz Nor 75' Rusyaidi Salime 90+1'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Farhad Mohamed

12 July 2023 18	Balestier Khalsa	4-2	Young Lions FC	Bishan
	Shuhei Hoshino 33' Ryoya Tanigushi 65' 82' Alen Kozar 71'	Report	Haziq Kamarudin 48' Amiruldin Asraf 90+5' Harhys Stewart 16' Jared Gallagher 72'	Stadium: Bishan Stadium Referee: Taufik Thana

15 July 2023 19	Young Lions FC	2-3	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar
	Syahadat Masnawi 41' Fairuz Fazli Koh 71' Harith Kanadi 65' Jared Gallagher 89'	Report	Yasir Hanapi 18' 62' Faris Ramli 62' Syazwan Buhari 48' Ryaan Sanizal 90+3'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Jansen Foo

22 July 2023 20	Albirex Niigata (S)	5-0	Young Lions FC	Jurong East
	Keito Komatsu 6' 15' 23' (pen) Hilman Norhisam 67' Shunsaku Kishimoto 82'	Report	Aqil Yazid 31' 35' Haziq Kamarudin 40'	Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Hilmi Fuad Man of the Match: Keito Komatsu

29 July 2023 21	Young Lions FC	2-6	Hougang United	Jalan Besar
	Harhys Stewart 47' Zikos Vasileios Chua 90+2' Fairuz Fazli Koh 44' Jared Gallagher 65'	Report	Djordje Maksimovic 9' 67' Kristijan Krajcek 41' 90+1' Gabriel Quak 52' Kazuma Takayama 64' Naoki Kuriyama 15'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Syarqawi Buhari

5 August 2023 22	Tanjong Pagar United	3-2	Young Lions FC	Jurong East
	Syukri Bashir6 42' (pen) Marin Mudrazija 7' Pedro Dias 69'	Report	Amiruldin Asraf31 84' Syafi’ie Redzuan 51'	Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

12 August 2023 23	Young Lions FC	0-2	DPMM FC	Jalan Besar
	Syafi'ie Redzuan 80'	Report	Nazirrudin Ismail 67' 90+4' Azwan Bin Ali Rahman 87' Kristijan Naumovski 90+3'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Taufik Thana

19 August 2023 24	Geylang International	3-0	Young Lions FC	Tampines
	Joshua Pereira 40' 72' Gareth Low 57'	Report	Jared Gallagher 70' Ilhan Noor 83'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Andrea Verolino Man of the Match: Joshua Pereira

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Geylang International	24	10	3	11	41	52	−11	33
6	Hougang United	24	9	2	13	37	57	−20	29
7	Brunei DPMM^[b]	24	6	5	13	39	43	−4	23
8	Tanjong Pagar United	24	6	3	15	39	62	−23	21
9	Young Lions^[b]	24	1	2	21	24	76	−52	5

Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

^ Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium unavailable due to ongoing renovations.
^ ^a ^b Three clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and the FAS under-23 team Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brunei DPMM (Q)	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	10	Semi-finals
2	Tampines Rovers (Q)	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6	7	Semi-finals
3	Albirex Niigata (S)	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5
4	Geylang International	4	1	0	3	6	12	−6	3
5	Young Lions	4	1	0	3	4	10	−6	3

Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2023. Source: FAS
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

24 September 2023 Group Match 1	Tampines Rovers	5-0	Young Lions FC	Tampines
	Shuya Yamashita 50' Yasir Hanapi 64' Boris Kopitović45+10 82' Faris Ramli 85' 90+1' Kyoga Nakamura 36' Shah Shahiran 60'	Report	Aqil Yazid 28' Nazri Nasir 45+10' Harhys Stewart 83' Syahadat Masnawi 85'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Farhad Mohamed

22 October 2023 Group Match 2	Albirex Niigata (S)	2-0	Young Lions FC	Jurong East
	Seia Kunori 37' Shodai Yokoyama 75'	Report		Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

4 November 2023 Group Match 3	Young Lions FC	0-1	Brunei DPMM	Jalan Besar
	Sahffee Jubpre 90+2' Farhan Zulkifli87	Report	Farshad Noor 34' Hanif Hamir 83'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Clarence Leow Hong Wei

26 November 2023 Group Match 4	Geylang International	2-4	Young Lions FC	Tampines
	Takahiro Tezuka 39' Yushi Yamaya 43' Ahmad Syahir 49' Shahfiq Ghani 75'	Report	Kan Kobayashi 56' Kieran Teo Jia Jun 59' Jared Gallagher 90+1' 61' Farhan Zulkifli 90+4' Haziq Kamarudin 38' Harhys Stewart 87'	Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Taufik Thana

Competition (U21)[edit]

Win Draw Loss

10 July 2023 1 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions B	3-5	Lion City Sailors	Hougang
				Stadium: Hougang Stadium

28 April 2023 2	Young Lions B	1-2	Tanjong Pagar United	Jurong West
			Zulfadhmi Suzliman Khairul Amri	Stadium: Jurong West Stadium

2 May 2023 3	Young Lions B	0-2	Hougang United	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

9 May 2023 4	Young Lions B	0-0	Geylang International	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

12 June 2023 5 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions B	2-4	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong East
				Stadium: Jurong East Stadium

22 May 2023 6	Young Lions B	3-0	SAFSA	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

30 May 2023 7	Young Lions B	3-2	Balestier Khalsa	Toa Payoh
	Ameen Shah 35' Ryan Praveen 68' Jared Gallagher 90+5'		Larry Lim 33' Max Mc Coy 66'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium

4 July 2023 8	Young Lions B	1-0	Tampines Rovers	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

18 July 2023 9	Young Lions B	2-0	SAFSA	Bedok
				Stadium: Bedok Camp II

24 July 2023 10	Young Lions B	3-2	Tanjong Pagar United	Jalan Besar
			Zahil Rahman Pedro Dias	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

1 August 2023 11	Young Lions B	3-2	Hougang United	Jalan Besar
			Louka Tan Syed Adel Alsree	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

8 August 2023 12	Young Lions B	3-2	Geylang International	Tampines
				Stadium: Our Tampines Hub

15 August 2023 13	Young Lions B	2-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

10 October 2023 14 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions B	1-2	Lion City Sailors	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

19 September 2023 15	Young Lions B	5-4	Balestier Khalsa	Bishan
	Amiruldin Asraf 2' Ryan Praveen 22' Haziq Kamaruldin 24', 44' Ilhan Noor 49'		Aqil Dany Jahsh Ruzzman 29' Kian Ghadessy 65', 72', 87'	Stadium: Bishan Stadium

6 October 2023 16 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions B	2-2	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar
				Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tanjong Pagar United U21 (C)	16	10	4	2	48	21	+27	34	Group A
2	Young Lions B	16	9	2	5	34	30	+4	29
3	Lion City Sailors U21	16	8	3	5	40	24	+16	27
4	Geylang International U21	16	7	4	5	26	23	+3	25
5	Tampines Rovers U21	16	6	6	4	29	21	+8	24	Group B
6	Hougang United U21	16	7	3	6	28	32	−4	24
7	Balestier Khalsa U21	16	7	0	9	31	38	−7	21
8	Albirex Niigata (S) U19	16	5	3	8	23	32	−9	18
9	SAFSA	16	0	1	15	16	54	−38	1

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
(C) Champions

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

[12] Khairin Nadim signed and loaned to Young lions while serving NS

[16] Amir Syafiz take a break of 3 months for enlistment before returning to the team.

[17] Jordan Emaviwe extends his loan after completion of NS in March 2023 till June 2023

[18] Jordan Emaviwe re-join Balestier after his loan to Young Lions ended.

[19] Wayne Chew joined Balestier after his loan to Young Lions ended and released by Geylang.

[20] Harith Kanadi joined LCS after his loan to Young Lions ended.

[21] Elijah Lim joined Balestier after his loan to Young Lions ended and released by Geylang.

[23] Wayne Chew extends contract till end of NS.

[24] Raoul Suhaimi extends contract till start of NS.

[25] Danial Crichton extends contract till end of NS.

[26] Jacob Mahler extends contract till end of NS.

[27] Amir Syafiz extends contract till start of NS.

[28] Ryu Hardy extends contract till start of NS.

[std-29] Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium unavailable due to ongoing renovations.

[table_note_ALB0.13879556308444-30] Three clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and the FAS under-23 team Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

[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] "Yazid Yasin's penalty-saving heroics spark sons' footballing dreams".

[4] "Kobayashi Jun (Kwansei Gakuin University) will be joining us for 2022 season!".

[5] "Kobayashi Jun will be joining Young Lions for 2023 season!".

[6] "Kobayashi Kan (Tsukuba University) will be joining us for 2022 season!".

[7] "Kobayashi Kan will be joining Young Lions for 2023 season!".

[8] "New safe hands for the Eagles".

[9] "Tigers signed Syabil Hisham from Young Lions".

[10] "Danish Qayyum is determined to fulfil his potential with the Lion City Sailors".

[11] "An opportunity to relish: Rasaq".

[13] "Glenn the new Stags".

[14] "Jacob Mahler secure move to Madura United".

[15] "Madura United Officially Signs Singapore National Team Players".

[auto3-22] "2022/2023 Singapore Premier League: Retained and Released List - Football Association of Singapore". spl.sg.

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