Balestier Khalsa FC

Balestier Khalsa FC
Full name Balestier Khalsa Football Club
Nickname(s) The Tigers
Founded 1898
Ground Toa Payoh Stadium
Ground Capacity 3,896
Chairman Thavaneson Selvaratnam
Head Coach Marko Kraljević
League S.League
2016 8th
Website Club home page

Balestier Khalsa Football Club is a professional football club which plays in Singapore's S.League. The club's logo depicts a Tiger, the nickname of the club, on top of a pair of Kirpan. The logo is made up of key elements from the two clubs it was merged from. The Tiger is the mascot of the Balestier half of the merged entity while the kirpan is a religious dagger worn by members of the Sikh faith, who were a major backer of half of the merged entity through the Clementi club. [1]

History

Tracing their origins all the way back to 1898, the club was formed as Fathul Karib and based in Farrer Park. One of the highlights over the following half century, before the side was renamed Balestier United Recreation Club in the 1970s, was providing nine players to the Singapore side which competed in the 1958 Asian Games, losing 2-1 to both continental heavyweights South Korea and Israel.[2]

Balestier United Recreational Club

The club's name was changed to Balestier United Recreation Club[3] in April 1975, when it joined the inaugural National Football League. The team captured the Singapore Cup in 1958 and 1992. The club played in the Singapore Premier League (the forerunner to the S.League) from 1988 to 1995. The club became the first club in Singapore to bring in foreign players when they signed two Yugoslavian players, Josko Spanjic and Boris Lucic, for the 1989 season.

Balestier Central FC

In 1996, Balestier United Recreational Club became a founder member of the S.League and changed its name to Balestier Central FC.

Clementi Khalsa FC

Clementi Khalsa FC logo

Clementi Khalsa FC was formed as a club to represent Singapore's Sikh community and joined the S.League in 1999. Prior to the merger with Balestier Central, the club was based in the Clementi area of Singapore and played its home games at the Clementi Stadium.

Merger

The club is an amalgamation of Balestier Central Football Club and Clementi Khalsa Football Club who merged at the end of the 2002 S.League season. Due to its link with Clementi Khalsa, the club is very popular amongst Singapore’s Sikh community.

Balestier Khalsa FC

On August 10, 2012, Balestier Khalsa won the first League Cup Plate Final as the team defeated Courts Young Lions in the at Jalan Besar Stadium. On 14 September 2013, The Tigers went one level higher by scoring a huge 4–0 win over Brunei DPMM in the League Cup Final and clinched their first ever silverware. Balestier Khalsa signed former U-21 Croatian international Goran Ljubojević on February 11 2014 as their first ever marquee signing.[4] The Tigers won their first ever Singapore Cup on 7 November 2014.[5]

Seasons

As Balestier Central / Balestier Khalsa

Season S.League Singapore Cup Singapore League Cup
Pos P W D L F A Pts
1996-1 3rd* 14 7 3 4 22 18 24
1996-2 3rd* 14 7 3 4 25 19 24
1997 4th 16 8 4 4 43 26 28
1998 4th 20 9 4 7 47 43 31 Group Stage
1999 7th 22 6 8 8 25 27 26 Semi-finals
2000 12th 22 3 5 14 16 42 14 Round of 16
2001 7th 33 8 11 14 43 57 35 Group Stage
2002 11th 33 6 5 22 50 103 23 Group Stage
2003 11th 33 5 2–6 20 37 76 25 Quarter-finals
2004 8th 27 6 2 19 36 73 20 Quarter-finals
2005 7th 27 10 6 11 45 52 36 Preliminary
2006 7th 30 10 7 13 50 61 37 Semi-finals
2007 9th 33 7 8 18 44 63 29 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals
2008 12th 33 3 8 22 26 60 17 Round of 16 Third Place
2009 11th 30 4 6 20 22 58 18 Round of 16 Group Stage
2010 8th 33 10 7 16 26 40 37 Quarter-finals Preliminary
2011 10th 33 7 5 21 28 63 26 Round of 16 Preliminary
2012 6th 24 11 6 7 23 20 39 Round of 16 Group Stage
2013 4th 27 12 7 8 38 28 43 Runners-up Winners
2014 7th 27 11 7 9 46 34 40 Winners Group Stage
2015 4th 27 12 8 7 39 35 44 Quarter-finals Runners-up
2016 8th 24 4 7 13 23 42 19 Semi-finals Group Stage

As Clementi Khalsa

Season Pos P W D L F A Pts Singapore Cup
1999 11th 22 3 6 13 29 55 15 Round of 16
2000 8th 22 5 10 7 33 46 25 Round of 16
2001 9th 33 7 9 17 43 76 30 Group Stage
2002 10th 33 7 4 22 45 84 25 Group Stage

Sponsors

Honours

Domestic

Cup

  • 1992
  • 1958

Performance in AFC competitions

2015: Group Stage
2016: Group stage

Players

Current Squad

As of 11 March 2016 [6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Singapore GK Daniel Ong
2 Singapore DF Fadli Kamis
3 Singapore DF Hanafi Salleh
4 Serbia DF Emir Lotinac
5 Singapore MF Shah Hirul
6 Singapore DF Nurullah Hussein
7 Singapore FW Zulkiffli Hassim
9 Croatia FW Niko Tokić
11 Serbia FW Miroslav Krištić
12 Singapore DF Sheikh Abdul Hadi
13 Singapore MF Jamil Ali
No. Position Player
14 Singapore MF Fazli Ayob
15 Singapore FW Fadhil Noh
17 Singapore FW Syafiq Zainal
18 Singapore DF Ahmad Syahir Sahimi
19 Singapore GK Zaiful Nizam (Captain)
20 Singapore DF Ho Wai Loon
21 Singapore FW Daniel Tan
22 Singapore GK Ameerul Shafiq
23 Singapore MF Danial Mazlan
24 Singapore MF Hazzuwan Halim
25 Singapore DF Gary Loo

Prime League Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
26 Singapore MF Syafiq Irawan
27 Serbia MF Sadin Smajović
28 Singapore DF Syahfuddin Eska
29 Singapore MF Daniel Jaafaran
30 Singapore DF Shah Zulkarnean
31 Singapore Danial Salem
32 Singapore DF Hakeem Amran
33 Singapore MF Zulkhair Mustaffa
34 Singapore DF Syarifuddin Suhaimi
35 Singapore Irfan Rosley
No. Position Player
36 Singapore Tan Yee Heng
37 Singapore Anirhan Jumadi
38 Singapore DF K Krishnan
40 Singapore A Renonathan
41 Singapore Khairul Nizam
42 Singapore Nasrullah Noor
43 Singapore Fauzi Zainuddin
44 Singapore MF Asshukrie Wahid
45 Singapore MF Zaid Hussain

Managers

References

External links

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