The 2018 S.League season is Tampines Rovers's 23rd season at the top level of Singapore football and 73rd year in existence as a football club. The club will also compete in the Singapore League Cup, Singapore Cup, Singapore Community Shield and the AFC Cup.
Key events
Pre-season On 9/12/2017, it was announced that the team had signed 15 players in the preparation for the 2018 AFC Champions Leagues qualifier against Bali United.
On 25/12/2017, ESPN FC reported that Jordan Webb rebutted the chance to join Portugal League 2 team as he wanted to work with Rabb.
On 12/1/2018, it was reported that Jordan Webb & Ryutaro Megumi will miss the Tampines' ACL playoff due to injury.
On 28/2/2018, Rabb confirmed that Shannon Stephen will be out of the season due to a ligament injury.
Squad
Sleague Squad
No. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Last club Contract Since Contract End Goalkeepers 1 Hariz Farid U23 Youth Team20172018 21 Haikal Hasnol U23 Youth Team20172020 24 Syazwan Buhari Geylang International 2018 2019 Defenders 2 Madhu Mohana Negeri Sembilan FA20182018 4 Fahrudin Mustafic (captain) >30 Persela Lamongan20112018 5 Amirul Adli U23 Young Lions FC20182020 12 Shannon Stephen Young Lions FC20172020 13 Shameer Aziq U23 Young Lions FC 2018 2018 16 Daniel Bennett >30 Geylang International20172019 17 Irwan Shah Warriors FC20162019 22 Danish Uwais U23 Youth Team20172018 23 Irfan Najeeb U23 NFA U1820182020 63 Ryhan Stewart U19 Youth Team20172018 Midfielders 6 Safirul Sulaiman Geylang International 2018 2019 7 Zulfadhmi Suzliman U23 Youth Team 2017 2020 14 Haziq Razzali U23 NFA U1820182018 18 Yasir Hanapi PDRM FA 2018 2020 20 Faizal Raffi U23 Youth Team20172018 27 Hafiz Sujad JDT II20182018 59 Elijah Lim Teck Yong U19 NFA U1720182018 65 Shah Shahiran U19 NFA U1820182018 Forwards 9 Ryutaro Megumi Aoyama Gakuin University20172019 11 Jordan Webb Warriors FC20182020 19 Khairul Amri >30 Young Lions FC20172020 29 Taufik Suparno U23 SAFSA20182018 Players loaned out 3 Afiq Yunos Home United20182020 8 Shahdan Sulaiman LionsXII20162020 10 Fazrul Nawaz >30 Warriors FC20162019
Coaching staff Position NameRef.Chairman Desmond OngGeneral Manager Desmund KhusninHead coach Jürgen RaabTeam manager Leonard KohAssistant coach Gavin LeeGoalkeeping coach William PhangPhysiotherapist Premjit SinghKitman Goh Koon Hiang
Transfers
Pre-season transfers
In
PositionPlayerTransferred FromRef Geylang International2 years contract Home United3 years contract Garena Young Lions3 years contract NFA U181 year contract Negeri Sembilan FA1 year contract NFA U181 year contract Geylang International2 years contract PDRM FA3 years contract Balestier KhalsaUndisclosed NFA U18Undisclosed Warriors FC3 years contract Garena Young LionsUndisclosed
Out PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef Tiong Bahru FC Nongbua Pitchaya Negeri Sembilan F.C. Warriors FC Geylang International Home United Melaka UnitedSeason loan Ozone F.C. JDT II Home United Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (NFL Club) NK Imotski
Note 1: Rafiq Tajudin was initially promoted to the Sleague before being deregistered.
Note 2: Madhu Mohana initially moved to Malaysia before being released and signed with the Stags for the rest of season.
Note 3: Hafiz Sujad initially moved to Malaysia with JDT II before being released and signed with the Stags for the rest of season.
Retained PositionPlayerRef1) 2 years contract signed in Jan 2017 2) Extend another 3 years in Dec 2017.
Extension PositionPlayerRef3 years contract.1 year contract.2 years contract.2 years contract.3 years contract.2 years contract.3 years contract.2 years contract.
Promoted PositionPlayerRef1 year contract 1 year contract 1 year contract 3 years contract 1 year contract 1 year contract
Trial PositionPlayerTrial @Ref
Mid-season transfers
In
PositionPlayerTransferred FromRef JDT II SAFSA
Out
PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef Geylang InternationalSeason loan Free Agent Hougang UnitedLoan then $50,000 Relegated to U19 squadRelegated to U19 squad
Extension PositionPlayerRef3 years contract.
Friendlies
Pre-Season Friendly
Team statistics
Appearances and goals
Player Sleague Singapore Cup ACL / AFC Cup TotalApps.GoalsApps.GoalsApps.GoalsApps.Goals1GK Hariz Farid0(1)00(1)000202MF Madhu Mohana10(9)120002114DF Fahrudin Mustafic19110702715DF Amirul Adli23420603146MF Safirul Sulaiman2(1)00060907MF Zulfadhmi Suzliman14(8)11(1)03(4)03119FW Ryutaro Megumi244205031411MF Jordan Webb22(1)5213(1)129712DF Shannon Stephen0000212113FW Shameer Aziq17(2)1103023114MF Haziq Razzali0000000016DF Daniel Bennett22(1)11(1)07032117DF Irwan Shah16(5)1206029118MF Yasir Hanapi222105028219FW Khairul Amri16(5)15226(1)2301920MF Faizal Raffi1(1)000002021GK Haikal Hasnol0000101022DF Danish Uwais0000000023DF Irfan Najeeb162204(2)124324GK Syazwan Buhari240206032027MF Hafiz Sujad4(8)01(1)00014029FW Taufik Suparno1(3)00(1)0005059MF Elijah Lim Teck Yong0000000063DF Ryhan Stewart0000000065MF Shah Shahiran0(9)0000(4)0130Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club2MF Hanafi Akbar000000003DF Afiq Yunos1(2)0003(3)09010FW Fazrul Nawaz7(6)4004(2)119514FW Rafiq Tajudin00000000
Competitions
Overview
CompetitionRecord S.League AFC Champions League AFC Cup Singapore Cup Total
Singapore Premier League
AFC Champions League
Qualifying play-off
AFC Cup
Group Match
Singapore Cup
Tampines Rovers lost 4–3 on aggregate.
See also 2017 Tampines Rovers FC season
References