2024–25 Young Lions F.C. season
2024–25 season | |||
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Chairman | Sakthi Vel Ganesan | ||
Head coach | Nazri Nasir | ||
Ground | Jalan Besar Stadium | ||
Singapore Premier League | TBA | ||
Singapore Cup | TBA | ||
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The 2024–25 season is Young Lions; 21th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League. The club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.
Season review[edit]
Pre-season[edit]
The 2024–25 Singapore Premier League season will be the first season to be played having a two-year schedule where Young Lions participated in the 2024 interim pre-season tournament from 24 February until 19 April. The interim pre-season tournament ensure that the players are adequately prepared for an extended new season that will span nearly 12 months. Young Lions managed to get a impressive records of wins where they had a 3 winning streak against Geylang International (5–2), Tanjong Pagar United (5–1) and Hougang United (3–2) and also drawing against Balestier Khalsa (1–1). Young Lions than play against Malaysia Super League club, Kuching City which is helms by former Young Lions head coach, Aidil Sharin Sahak on 24 March 2024 at the Geylang Training Centre in a move to improve the squad which is mostly compromise of young players. Young Lions lost 3–0 to the Malaysian side.
Squad[edit]
Singapore Premier League[edit]
- As of 13 Mar 2024.
Squad No. | Name | Nationality | Date of Birth (Age) | Last Club | Contract Start | Contract End |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||
1 | Travis Ang | 23 October 2004 | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | 2024 | 2025 | |
13 | Rauf Erwan | 25 April 2005 | Singapore Sports School | 2022 | 2025 | |
25 | Firman Nabil | 27 March 2005 | Albirex Niigata (S) U21 | 2024 | 2025 | |
32 | Umayr Sujuandy | 18 February 2003 | Singapore Sports School | 2021 | 2025 | |
Aizil Yazid | 24 December 2004 | Hougang United | 2023 | 2025 | ||
Defenders | ||||||
2 | Raoul Suhaimi | 18 September 2005 | Singapore Sports School | 2021 | 2025 | |
4 | Syafi Hilman | 27 July 2004 | Lion City Sailors U21 | 2023 | 2025 | |
5 | Jun Kobayashi | 7 May 1999 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2023 | 2025 | |
15 | Kieran Teo Jia Jun | 6 April 2004 | Geylang International U21 | 2023 | 2025 | |
18 | Febryan Pradana | 8 February 2004 | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | 2024 | 2025 | |
19 | Rashid Hayek | Western United Academy | 2024 | 2025 | ||
20 | Wong Ngang Haang | 3 March 2004 | Hougang United U21 | 2024 | 2025 | |
26 | Ikram Mikhail Mustaqim | 5 August 2005 | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | 2023 | 2025 | |
34 | Aqil Yazid | 9 January 2004 | Balestier Khalsa U21 | 2023 | 2025 | |
36 | Danish Haqimi | 22 March 2007 | Singapore Sports School | 2023 | 2025 | |
39 | Izz Anaqi | 17 August 2002 | Geylang International U21 | 2024 | 2025 | |
40 | Haziq Riduan | 23 May 2005 | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | 2024 | 2025 | |
41 | Akash | 2024 | 2025 | |||
Andrew Aw | 29 March 2003 | BG Tampines Rovers U21 | 2023 | 2025 | ||
Nur Adam Abdullah | 13 April 2001 | Lion City Sailors | 2024 | 2025 | ||
Ryaan Sanizal | 3 October 2003 | BG Tampines Rovers U21 | 2024 | 2025 | ||
Midfielders | ||||||
7 | Kan Kobayashi | 27 April 1999 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2023 | 2025 | |
8 | Kaisei Ogawa | 25 February 2001 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2024 | 2025 | |
10 | Amir Syafiz | 21 June 2004 | Singapore Sports School | 2021 | 2025 | |
14 | Ryu Hardy Yussri | 20 April 2005 | Singapore Sports School | 2022 | 2025 | |
16 | Rasul Ramli | 26 March 2007 | Singapore Sports School | 2023 | 2025 | |
30 | Fairuz Fazli Koh | 20 January 2005 | Singapore Sports School | 2022 | 2025 | |
35 | Nyqil Iyyan | 26 June 2008 | Singapore Sports School | 2024 | 2025 | |
37 | Farhan Zulkifli | 10 November 2002 | Hougang United U21 | 2023 | 2025 | |
38 | Samuel Pillai | 22 February 2005 | Fremantle City | 2024 | 2025 | |
42 | Sahoo Garv | 26 March 2006 | Balestier Khalsa U21 | 2023 | 2025 | |
Ethan Henry Pinto | 14 October 2004 | BG Tampines Rovers U21 | 2023 | 2025 | ||
Fathullah Rahmat | 5 September 2002 | Tanjong Pagar United | 2024 | 2025 | ||
Danish Qayyum | 2 February 2002 | Lion City Sailors | 2024 | 2025 | ||
Hariysh Krishnakumar | 23 October 2002 | Hougang United U21 | 2024 | 2025 | ||
Forwards | ||||||
9 | Itsuki Enomoto | 4 June 2000 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 2024 | 2025 | |
21 | Danish Haziq | 12 June 2002 | Geylang International U21 | 2024 | 2025 | |
29 | Lim Zheng Wu | 12 May 2006 | BG Tampines Rovers U21 | 2024 | 2025 | |
Players who left during the season | ||||||
Players who left for NS during season |
Coaching staff[edit]
Position | Name |
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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 |
Transfer[edit]
In[edit]
Pre-Season
Position | Player | Transferred From | Team | Ref |
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GK | Travis Ang | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | First Team | Free. |
DF | Haziq Riduan | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | First Team | Free |
DF | Febryan Pradana | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | First Team | Free |
DF | Izz Anaqi | Geylang International U21 | First Team | Free |
DF | Rashid Hayek | Western United Academy | First Team | Free |
DF | Wong Ngang Haang | Hougang United U21 | First Team | Free |
MF | Hariysh Krishnakumar | Hougang United U21 | First Team | Free |
MF | Nyqil Iyyan | Singapore Sports School | First Team | Free |
MF | Sahoo Garv | Balestier Khalsa U21 | First Team | Free |
MF | Kaisei Ogawa | Albirex Niigata (S) | First Team | Free [2] |
FW | Danish Haziq | Geylang International U21 | First Team | Free |
FW | Lim Zheng Wu | BG Tampines Rovers U21 | First Team | Free |
FW | Itsuki Enomoto | Matsumoto Yamaga | First Team | Free |
Mid-Season
Position | Player | Transferred From | Team | Ref |
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Out[edit]
Pre-Season
Position | Player | Transferred To | Team | Ref |
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GK | Prathip Ekamparam | Tanjong Pagar United | First Team | Free [3] |
DF | Xavier Wong | First Team | Free | |
MF | Jared Gallagher | BG Tampines Rovers | First Team | Free [4] |
MF | Syafi’ie Redzuan | Albirex Niigata (S) | First Team | Free [5] |
MF | Haziq Kamarudin | Albirex Niigata (S) | First Team | Free [6] |
FW | Amiruldin Asraf | Balestier Khalsa | First Team | Free [7] |
FW | Syahadat Masnawi | Tanjong Pagar United | First Team | Free [8] |
FW | Ameen Shah | First Team | Free |
Mid-Season
Position | Player | Transferred To | Team | Ref |
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Loan In[edit]
Pre-Season
Position | Player | Transferred From | Team | Ref |
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GK | Firman Nabil | Albirex Niigata (S) | First Team | Season loan [9] |
GK | Aizil Yazid | SAFSA (Hougang) | First Team | Season loan [10][11] |
DF | Andrew Aw | SAFSA (Tampines) | First Team | Loan Return |
DF | Kieran Teo Jia Jun | SAFSA (Geylang International) | First Team | Season loan |
DF | Nur Adam Abdullah | SAFSA (Lion City Sailors) | First Team | Season loan |
MF | Danish Qayyum | SAFSA (Lion City Sailors) | First Team | Season loan |
MF | Farhan Zulkifli | SAFSA (Hougang United) | First Team | Season loan |
MF | Fathullah Rahmat | SAFSA (Tanjong Pagar United) | First Team | Season loan |
Mid-Season
Position | Player | Transferred From | Team | Ref |
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Loan Return[edit]
Pre-Season
Position | Player | Transferred To | Team | Ref |
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DF | Sahffee Jubpre | Hougang United | First Team | End of loan |
DF | Ilhan Noor | SAFSA | First Team | End of loan |
MF | Iman Hakim | SAFSA | First Team | End of loan |
FW | Ryan Praveen | SAFSA | First Team | End of loan |
FW | Irfan Iskandar | SAFSA | First Team | End of loan |
FW | Zikos Chua | Geylang International | First Team | End of loan [12] |
Mid-Season
Position | Player | Transferred To | First Team | Ref |
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Loan Out[edit]
Pre-season
Position | Player | Transferred To | Team | Ref |
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DF | Raoul Suhaimi | SAFSA | First Team | NS till July 2025 |
DF | Aqil Yazid | SAFSA | First Team | NS till Jan 2026 |
Retained[edit]
Position | Player | Ref |
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DF | Raoul Suhaimi | |
MF | Fairuz Fazli Koh | |
MF | Ethan Henry Pinto |
Friendly[edit]
Pre-Season Friendly[edit]
Win Draw Loss
2024 SPL Interim Tournament - 23 Feb to 21 Apr
24 February 2024 1 | Young Lions | 1–4 | BG Tampines Rovers | Tampines |
Itsuki Enomoto 20' |
Report | Boris Kopitović 39' (pen) Shuya Yamashita 43' Miloš Zlatković 70' Saifullah Akbar 78' (pen) |
Stadium: Our Tampines Hub Referee: Clarence Leow |
1 March 2024 2 | Young Lions | 5–2 | Geylang International | Jalan Bear |
Itsuki Enomoto 34', 45', 56' Farhan Zulkifli 64' Amir Syafiz 76' |
Hud Ismail 63' Christo Chua 90+3' |
Stadium: Jalan Bear Stadium |
10 March 2024 3 | Young Lions | 5–1 | Tanjong Pagar United | Jalan Besar |
Danish Qayyum 20' Farhan Zulkifli 25', 49' Amir Syafiz 68' (pen) Fathullah Rahmat 86' (pen) |
Rezza Rezky 11' |
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium |
14 April 2024 4 | Young Lions | 3–2 | Hougang United | Jalan Besar |
Itsuki Enomoto 37' Farhan Zulkifli 41' Amir Syafiz 83' |
Ensar Brunčević 51' Gabriel Quak 90+1' |
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium |
19 April 2024 5 | Young Lions | 1–1 | Balestier Khalsa | Bishan |
69' |
Riku Fukashiro 14' |
Stadium: Bishan Stadium |
Others
24 April 2024 | Young Lions | 0–3 | Kuching City | Geylang |
Stadium: Geylang Training Centre |
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 | |||||||||||
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Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | |||||||||||
1 | GK | Travis Ang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
2 | DF | Raoul Suhaimi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
4 | DF | Syafi Hilman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
5 | DF | Jun Kobayashi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
7 | MF | Kan Kobayashi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
8 | MF | Kaisei Ogawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
9 | FW | Itsuki Enomoto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
10 | MF | Amir Syafiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
13 | GK | Rauf Erwan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
14 | MF | Ryu Hardy Yussri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
15 | DF | Kieran Teo Jia Jun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
16 | MF | Rasul Ramli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
18 | DF | Febryan Pradana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
19 | DF | Rashid Hayek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
20 | DF | Wong Ngang Haang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
21 | FW | Danish Haziq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
25 | GK | Firman Nabil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
26 | DF | Ikram Mikhail Mustaqim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
28 | MF | Samuel Pillai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
29 | FW | Lim Zheng Wu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
30 | MF | Fairuz Fazli Koh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
32 | GK | Umayr Sujuandy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
35 | MF | Nyqil Iyyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
36 | DF | Danish Haqimi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
37 | MF | Farhan Zulkifli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
42 | MF | Sahoo Garv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
?? | GK | Aizil Yazid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
?? | DF | Andrew Aw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
?? | DF | Nur Adam Abdullah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
?? | MF | Ethan Henry Pinto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
?? | MF | Fathullah Rahmat | 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 |
Competitions[edit]
Overview[edit]
Results summary (SPL)
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Singapore Premier League[edit]
Win Draw Loss
18 October 2024 17 | DPMM | v | Young Lions | Bandar Seri Begawan |
Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for 2025–26 AFC Champions League 2 Group Stage |
2 | Balestier Khalsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for 2025–26 AFC Champions League 2 playoff |
3 | Brunei DPMM[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Hougang United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Geylang International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Lion City Sailors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Tampines Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Tanjong Pagar United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Young Lions[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
Singapore Cup[edit]
Competition (U21)[edit]
Win Draw Loss
League table
See also[edit]
- 2017 Garena Young Lions season
- 2018 Young Lions season
- 2019 Young Lions season
- 2020 Young Lions season
- 2021 Young Lions season
- 2022 Young Lions season
- 2023 Young Lions season
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Fandi to take charge of the Young Lions". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
- ^ "Kaisei Ogawa will be joining Young Lions in 2024 season".
- ^ "Welcome @ha.prathip 🤝🏽🐆".
- ^ "𝗝𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱'𝘀 𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴 😎💛".
- ^ "Syafiie Basheer is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".
- ^ "Haziq Kamarudin is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!".
- ^ "Amiruldin Asraf, the 26-year-old forward, joins from Young Lions!".
- ^ "Welcome back, Syahadat Masnawi! 🤝🏽🐆".
- ^ "Firman Nabil will be joining Young Lions in 2024 season (Loan)".
- ^ "Welcome to the club Adam Reefdy, Aizil Yazid, Ameen Sabri, Andrew Aw, Aqil Yazid and Danial Iliya. 🦁". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ "Aizil Yazid will be enlisted for the national service in the coming weeks.". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ^ "The Young Prodigy is Back ☄️".