2008 Geylang United FC season explained

The 2008 S.League season is Geylang United's 13th season in the top flight of Singapore football and 33rd year in existence as a football club.

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Amos Boon		GK	12 July 1972
19	Fajar Sarib		GK	4 August 1977
Defenders
2	Noh Rahman			2 August 1980
5	Aide Iskandar			28 May 1975
6	Baihakki Khaizan			31 January 1984
12	Faizal Senin			12 January 1982
13	Jonathan Xu		DF	7 September 1983
15	Fabian Tan		DF	25 February 1985
Midfielders
3	Rastislav Belicak			9 November 1977
4	Shah Hirul			7 May 1986
8	Mohd Noor Ali			16 May 1975
11	Syed Thaha			2 May 1985
17	Hafiz Rahim			19 November 1983
18	Lau Meng Meng			29 May 1983
Forwards
9	Miroslav Latiak		FW	19 March 1981
10	Fazrul Nawaz		FW	17 April 1985
14	Luiz Carlos Machado Júnior		FW	5 June 1979
16	Masrezwan Masturi		FW	17 February 1981
20			FW	8 May 1978

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Jozef Herel
Assistant coach	Darimosuvito Tokijan
Goalkeeping coach	Koh Chuan Hwee
Team manager	Lim Tong Hai
Physiotherapist	Thomas Pang Yok Boon
Kitman	Abdul Halim Yusop

Pre-Season Transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From
		Young Lions
		SAFFC
		SAFFC
		Geylang International U21
		Balestier Khalsa
		Esporte Clube Tupy
		Nanchang Bayi
		MFK Zemplín Michalovce
		MFK Ružomberok

Out

Position	Player	Transferred to
		Tampines Rovers
		Released
		SAFFC
		Released
		Home United
		Sengkang Punggol
		Released
		Provincial Electricity Authority FC
		Wollongong
		Woodlands Wellington
		PSIS Semarang

Pre-Season Friendlies

S-League

Match	Date	Home/Away	Opponent team	Score	Scorers
1	February 21, 2008	Home	Balestier Khalsa	2 - 1
2	February 26, 2008	Away	SAFFC	3 - 1
3	March 3, 2008	Home	Albirex Niigata (S)	1 - 1
4	March 7, 2008	Away (LIVE)	Super Reds	1 - 0
5	March 15, 2008	Away	Home United	6 - 1
6	March 19, 2008	Home	Young Lions	3 - 2	F. Nawaz,,
7	March 31, 2008	Away	Gombak United	3 - 1
8	April 8, 2008	Home	Dalian Shide Siwu	1 - 3
9	April 11, 2008	Away (LIVE)	Tampines Rovers	0 - 1
10	April 20, 2008	Away	Woodlands Wellington	1 - 2	M. Latiak,
11	April 27, 2008	Home	Sengkang Punggol	2 - 0
12	May 4, 2008	Home	SAFFC	2 - 3
13	May 20, 2008	Away	Balestier Khalsa	2 - 2
14	May 25, 2008	Away	Albirex Niigata (S)	1 - 5
15	June 25, 2008	Away	Super Reds	2 - 1
16	July 1, 2008	Home	Home United	1 - 2
17	July 15, 2008	Away	Young Lions	0 - 0
18	July 18, 2008	Home (LIVE)	Gombak United	3 - 1
19	July 22, 2008	Home	Tampines Rovers	0 - 1
20	July 25, 2008	Away	Dalian Shide Siwu	0 - 1
21	August 4, 2008	Away	Sengkang Punggol	1 - 2
22	August 12, 2008	Home	SAFFC	2 - 2
23	August 27, 2008	Home	Balestier Khalsa	2 - 1
24	September 12, 2008	Home	Albirex Niigata (S)	1 - 1
25	September 17, 2008	Away	Super Reds	2 - 1	R. Costa (pen.)
26	September 25, 2008	Home	Woodlands Wellington	4 - 1	R. Costa, N. Ali, M. Latiak, M. Masturi,
27	October 3, 2008	Away (LIVE)	Home United	3 - 1
28	October 9, 2008	Home	Young Lions	1 - 1

Singapore Cup

Match	Date	Round	Home/Away	Opponent team	Score	width=30%	Scorers
1	May 12, 2008	First Knockout Round	Away	Super Reds	2 - 1

Singapore League Cup

Match	Date	Round	Home/Away	Opponent team	Score	width=30%	Scorers
1	May 31, 2008	Singapore League Cup 2008	Home	Balestier Khalsa	1 - 2

Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Updated to games played May 25, 2008.

Goalscorers

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1	Masrezwan Masturi	8 (14)	0 (1)	0 (0)	7 (15)
2	Fazrul Nawaz	5 (14)	0 (1)	0 (0)	5 (15)
3	Miroslav Latiak	3 (14)	0 (1)	0 (0)	3 (15)
4	Júnior	3 (14)	0 (1)	0 (0)	3 (15)
5	Rivaldo Costa	2 (7)	0 (1)	0 (0)	2 (8)
	Aide Iskandar	2 (12)	0 (1)	0 (0)	2 (13)
6	Rastislav Belicak	0 (13)	1 (1)	0 (0)	1 (14)
	Noor Ali	1 (14)	0 (1)	0 (0)	1 (15)

Goals conceded

width=3%	Rank	width=15%	Name	width=10%	S-League	width=10%	Singapore Cup	width=10%	Singapore League Cup	width=10% style="background: #DCDCDC"	Total	width=10% style="background: #DCDCDC"	Average per game
1	Amos Boon	27 (13)	2 (1)	0 (0)	29 (14)	2.07
2	Fajar Sarib	1 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (1)	1
3	Nazri Sabri	0 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (1)	0

Discipline

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width=3% rowspan="2"	Rank	Name	S-League		Singapore Cup		Singapore League Cup		Total
									Total Cards
1	Rastislav Belicak	6	0	1	0	0	0	7 <	--Y-->	0 <	--R-->	7 <	-- Total-->
2	Noh Rahman	5	0	0	0	0	0	5 <	--Y-->	0 <	--R-->	5 <	-- Total-->
3	Aide Iskandar	3	1	0	0	0	0	3 <	--Y-->	1 <	--R-->	4 <	-- Total-->
4	Jonathan Xu	4	0	0	0	0	0	4 <	--Y-->	0 <	--R-->	4 <	-- Total-->
5	Masrezwan Masturi	4	0	0	0	0	0	4 <	--Y-->	0 <	--R-->	4 <	-- Total-->
6	Miroslav Latiak	3	0	1	0	0	0	4 <	--Y-->	0 <	--R-->	4 <	-- Total-->
7	Farizal Basri	3	0	0	0	0	0	3 <	--Y-->	0 <	--R-->	3 <	-- Total-->
8	Baihakki Khaizan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3 <	--Y-->	0 <	--R-->	3 <	-- Total-->
9	Faizal Senin	2	0	0	0	0	0	2 <	--Y-->	0 <	--R-->	2 <	-- Total-->
10	Noor Ali	1	0	0	0	0	0	1 <	--Y-->	0 <	--R-->	1 <	-- Total-->
11	Júnior	1	0	0	0	0	0	1 <	--Y-->	0 <	--R-->	1 <	-- Total-->
12	Fazrul Nawaz	1	0	0	0	0	0	1 <	--Y-->	0 <	--R-->	1 <	-- Total-->
13	Syed Thaha	1	0	0	0	0	0	1 <	--Y-->	0 <	--R-->	1 <	-- Total-->
14	Faizal Senin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1 <	--Y-->	0 <	--R-->	1 <	-- Total-->
15	Rivaldo Costa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1 <	--Y-->	0 <	--R-->	1 <	-- Total-->