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 March 2024
Squad No. | Name | Nationality | Date of Birth (Age) | Last Club | Contract Start | Contract End |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||
13 | Rauf Erwan | 25 April 2005 | Singapore Sports School | 2022 | 2025 | |
23 | Travis Ang | 23 October 2004 | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | 2024 | 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 | |
3 | Aqil Yazid | 9 January 2004 | Balestier Khalsa U21 | 2023 | 2025 | |
4 | Ikram Mikhail Mustaqim | 5 August 2005 | Tanjong Pagar United 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 | |
19 | Andrew Aw | 29 March 2003 | BG Tampines Rovers U21 | 2023 | 2025 | |
21 | Danish Haqimi | 22 March 2007 | Singapore Sports School | 2023 | 2025 | |
22 | Febryan Pradana | 8 February 2004 | Tanjong Pagar United U21 | 2024 | 2025 | |
26 | Nur Adam Abdullah | 13 April 2001 | Lion City Sailors | 2024 | 2025 | |
37 | Rashid Hayek | Western United Academy | 2024 | 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 Rai | 2024 | 2025 | |||
Syafi Hilman | 27 July 2004 | Lion City Sailors U21 | 2023 | 2025 | ||
Wong Ngang Haang | 3 March 2004 | Hougang United U21 | 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 | |
11 | Farhan Zulkifli | 10 November 2002 | Hougang United U21 | 2023 | 2025 | |
14 | Ryu Hardy Yussri | 20 April 2005 | Singapore Sports School | 2022 | 2025 | |
16 | Fathullah Rahmat | 5 September 2002 | Tanjong Pagar United | 2024 | 2025 | |
20 | Fairuz Fazli Koh | 20 January 2005 | Singapore Sports School | 2022 | 2025 | |
24 | Danish Qayyum | 2 February 2002 | Lion City Sailors | 2024 | 2025 | |
33 | Ethan Henry Pinto | 14 October 2004 | BG Tampines Rovers U21 | 2023 | 2025 | |
35 | Nyqil Iyyan | 26 June 2008 | Singapore Sports School | 2024 | 2025 | |
38 | Samuel Pillai | 22 February 2005 | Fremantle City | 2024 | 2025 | |
55 | Jonan Tan En Yuan | 27 June 2006 | Lion City Sailors U21 | 2024 | 2025 | |
Sahoo Garv | 26 March 2006 | Balestier Khalsa U21 | 2023 | 2025 | ||
Rasul Ramli | 26 March 2007 | Singapore Sports School | 2023 | 2025 | ||
Hariysh Krishnakumar | 23 October 2002 | Hougang United U21 | 2024 | 2025 | ||
Forwards | ||||||
9 | Itsuki Enomoto | 4 June 2000 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 2024 | 2025 | |
29 | Lim Zheng Wu | 12 May 2006 | BG Tampines Rovers U21 | 2024 | 2025 | |
42 | Khairin Nadim | 8 May 2004 | Lion City Sailors U21 | 2024 | 2025 | |
Danish Haziq | 12 June 2002 | Geylang International 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 [3] |
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 [4] |
DF | Xavier Wong | First Team | Free | |
MF | Jared Gallagher | BG Tampines Rovers | First Team | Free [5] |
MF | Syafi’ie Redzuan | Albirex Niigata (S) | First Team | Free [6] |
MF | Haziq Kamarudin | Albirex Niigata (S) | First Team | Free [7] |
FW | Amiruldin Asraf | Balestier Khalsa | First Team | Free [8] |
FW | Syahadat Masnawi | Tanjong Pagar United | First Team | Free [9] |
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 [10] |
GK | Aizil Yazid | SAFSA (Hougang) | First Team | Season loan [11][12] |
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 [13] |
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 25 May 2024
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Singapore Cup | Total | |||||||||||
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Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | |||||||||||
2 | DF | Raoul Suhaimi | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
3 | DF | Aqil Yazid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
4 | DF | Ikram Mikhail Mustaqim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
5 | DF | Jun Kobayashi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
7 | MF | Kan Kobayashi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
8 | MF | Kaisei Ogawa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
9 | FW | Itsuki Enomoto | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
10 | MF | Amir Syafiz | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
11 | MF | Farhan Zulkifli | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
16 | MF | Fathullah Rahmat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
19 | DF | Andrew Aw | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
20 | MF | Fairuz Fazli Koh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
21 | DF | Danish Haqimi | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
22 | DF | Febryan Pradana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
23 | GK | Travis Ang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
24 | MF | Danish Qayyum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
25 | GK | Firman Nabil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
26 | DF | Nur Adam Abdullah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
28 | MF | Samuel Pillai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
29 | FW | Lim Zheng Wu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
32 | GK | Umayr Sujuandy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
33 | MF | Ethan Henry Pinto | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
35 | MF | Nyqil Iyyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
37 | DF | Rashid Hayek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
42 | FW | Khairin Nadim | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
55 | MF | Jonan Tan En Yuan | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
?? | MF | Sahoo Garv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
? | DF | Syafi Hilman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
? | DF | Wong Ngang Haang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
? | FW | Danish Haziq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
?? | GK | Aizil Yazid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
?? | MF | Rasul Ramli | 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
11 May 2024 1 | Young Lions | 1–2 | DPMM | Jalan Besar |
Farhan Zulkifli 20' Amir Syafiz 75' Ethan Pinto 90+4' |
Miguel Oliveira 22' Yura Indera Putera Yunos 38' Farshad Noor 84' |
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Clarence Leow |
18 May 2024 2 | Lion City Sailors | 3–1 | Young Lions | Bishan |
Maxime Lestienne 18' Shawal Anuar 24' Bart Ramselaar 57' Bailey Wright 45+3' |
Farhan Zulkifli 64' Fairuz Fazli Koh 15' Raoul Suhaimi 59' |
Stadium: Bishan Stadium Referee: Hilmi Fuad |
25 May 2024 3 | Geylang International | 7–1 | Young Lions | Jalan Besar |
Ryoya Tanigushi 13' Sora Tanaka 18' 71' Tomoyuki Doi 54', 66', 89' Vincent Bezecourt 79' Takahiro Tezuka 82' Hairul Syirhan 57' |
Itsuki Enomoto 59' (pen) Fathullah Rahmat 53' Khairin Nadim 80' |
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Jansen Foo |
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 | BG Tampines Rovers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 7 | Qualification for 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two Group Stage |
2 | Lion City Sailors | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Qualification for 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two playoff |
3 | DPMM[a] | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | |
4 | Geylang International | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 5 | |
5 | Balestier Khalsa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 4 | |
6 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
7 | Hougang United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
8 | Tanjong Pagar United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |
9 | Young Lions[a] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 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
20 May 2024 1 | Young Lions FC | 4-1 | Hougang United | Jalan Besar |
Nicholas Jordan Sea | Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium |
31 May 2024 2 | Young Lions FC | 6-1 | Balestier Khalsa | Bishan |
Danish Haziq | Irfan Mika'il Abdullah 69' | Stadium: Bishan Stadium |
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 Enomoto Itsuki to the Young Lions' pride. 🇯🇵".
- ^ "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 ☄️".