2016 Tampines Rovers FC season explained

The 2016 S.League season is Tampines Rovers's 21st season at the top level of Singapore football and 71st year in existence as a football club. The club also competed in the Singapore League Cup, Singapore Cup, Singapore Community Shield and the AFC Cup.

Squad

Sleague Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Last club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Izwan Mahbud		14 July 1990		LionsXII	2016
21	Joey Sim		2 March 1987	Geylang International	2015
26	Ahmad Fadly		1 March 1997	Youth Team	2016
44	Haikal Hasnol		4 November 1995	Youth Team	2016
Defenders
2	Ismadi Mukhtar		16 December 1983		Woodlands Wellington	2010
3	Jufri Taha		4 March 1985		Balestier Khalsa	2010
4	Fahrudin Mustafic		17 April 1981	Persela Lamongan	2011
5	Noh Rahman		2 August 1980	Home United	2016
14	Afiq Yunos		1990 12, df=yes	LionsXII	2016
17	Shakir Hamzah		10 October 1992	LionsXII	2016	2017
19	Irwan Shah		2 November 1988		Warriors FC	2016
20			1987 10, df=yes	Putrajaya SPA F.C.	2016
32	Ariyan Shamsuddin		28 August 1997	Youth Team	2016
Midfielders
6	Yasir Hanapi		21 June 1989	Home United	2016
7	Christopher van Huizen		1992 11, df=yes	LionsXII	2016
8	Shahdan Sulaiman		9 May 1988	LionsXII	2016	2017
9	Jermaine Pennant		1983 1, df=yes	Wigan Athletic F.C.	2016
12	Fabian Kwok		17 March 1989	Geylang International	2015
13			1990 12, df=yes	LionsXII	2016
15	Nawari Ahmad		15 February 1992	Youth Team	2016
16	Hafiz Sujad		1 November 1990	LionsXII	2016
30	Aide Shazwandi		13 January 1997	Youth Team	2016
38	Gautam Selvamany		10 November 1996	Youth Team	2016
43	Saifullah Akbar		31 January 1999	Youth Team	2016
Forwards
10	Fazrul Nawaz		17 April 1985	Warriors FC	2016
11			1988 3, df=yes	Courts Young Lions	2016
18	Sufian Anuar		28 August 1987	LionsXII	2016
25			1985 1, df=yes	Sarawak FA	2016
29			1997 9, df=yes	Seattle Sounders FC 2	2016
33	Noor Faridzuan		7 January 1996	Youth Team	2016

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Jürgen Raab
Assistant coach	Herman Zailani
Goalkeeping coach	Rameshpal Singh
Team manager	Desmund Khusnin
Physiotherapist
Kitman	Goh Koon Hiang
Director of Football	Jita Singh

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
			[1]
			[2]
			[3]
			[4]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
			[5]
		Home United
		Balestier Khalsa
		Geylang International	[6]
		Geylang International	[7]

Trial

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

		Player	Sleague	Singapore Cup	League Cup	AFC Cup	Total
		Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Izwan Mahbud	18	0	2	0	0	0	9	0	29	0
2	DF	Ismadi Mukhtar	13(4)	1	2	0	4	0	4(3)	0	30	1
3	DF	Jufri Taha	11	0	3	0	4	0	2	0	20	0
4	DF	Fahrudin Mustafic	18(3)	1	4	1	1	0	7(1)	1	34	3
5	DF	Noh Rahman	6	0	0	0	4	0	7	0	17	0
6	MF	Yasir Hanapi	20(2)	3	2(1)	0	0	0	10	1	35	4
7	MF	Christopher van Huizen	5(5)	1	1(1)	0	0	0	3(1)	0	16	1
8	MF	Shahdan Sulaiman	11(2)	2	0	0	1	1	4(2)	0	20	3
9	MF	Jermaine Pennant	15(6)	5	2(2)	0	0	0	6(1)	0	32	5
10	FW	Fazrul Nawaz	15(3)	7	2	1	0	0	5(1)	1	26	9
11	FW	Jordan Webb	22(2)	12	3	0	4	1	7(3)	1	41	14
12	MF	Fabian Kwok	5(4)	0	0(1)	0	4	1	2(2)	0	17	1
13	MF	Izzdin Shafiq	20(4)	0	3	0	0	0	7(2)	0	36	0
14	DF	Afiq Yunos	11(3)	0	2(1)	1	0	0	7(1)	2	25	3
15	MF	Nawari Ahmad	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF	Hafiz Sujad	18(3)	2	3(1)	3	0	0	8(2)	2	35	7
17	DF	Shakir Hamzah	16(4)	2	4	0	0	0	3(1)	0	28	2
18	FW	Sufian Anuar	1(8)	0	2(2)	1	1	1	0(2)	0	16	2
19	DF	Irwan Shah	14(5)	0	4	0	4	0	6(1)	0	34	0
20	DF	Kwon Jun	0	0	0	0	0	0	4(3)	0	7	0
21	GK	Joey Sim	6(1)	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	13	0
25	FW	Billy Mehmet	22	12	3	2	4	3	6(1)	3	36	20
29	FW	Diego Silvas	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
30	MF	Aide Shazwandi	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	2	0
32	DF	Ariyan Shamsuddin	0	0	0	0	1(1)	1	0	0	2	1
33	FW	Noor Faridzuan	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
35	MF	Haiqal Sulaiman	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
38	MF	Guatam Selvamany	0	0	0	0	3(1)	0	0	0	4	0
40	MF	Shafie Muliantoh	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	2	0
43	MF	Saifullah Akbar	0(1)	0	0(1)	1	4	1	0	0	6	2

Competitions

S.League

See main article: 2016 S.League.

Singapore Cup

See main article: 2016 Singapore Cup.

Quarter-final

Tampines Rovers won 5–2 on aggregate.----

Semi-final

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Tampines Rovers won 5-3 on aggregate.----

Final

Singapore TNP League Cup

See main article: 2016 Singapore League Cup.

Semi-final

AFC Champions League

See main article: 2016 AFC Champions League.

Qualifying play-off

AFC Cup

See main article: 2016 AFC Cup.

Group stage

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Knockout stage

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Bengaluru FC won 1–0 on aggregate.

Notes and References

1. News: Football: Revamped Tampines Rovers set for title charge in 2016 S-League. January 20, 2016. The Straits Times. Chua. Siang Yee.
2. Web site: S.League clubs already signing LionsXII players, with Tampines leading the way. Shamir. Osman. December 10, 2015. The New Paper.
3. Web site: Only four LionsXII players still to find contracts. Shamir. Osman. December 19, 2015. The New Paper.
4. Web site: Tampines Rovers sign Malaysian Super League hotshot striker Billy Mehmet. TODAYonline.
5. Web site: Warriors fortify defence in title bid. TODAYonline.
6. Web site: ISA HALIM – Midfielder signs for Geylang International FC | Geylang International FC.
7. Web site: Geylang Signs Veteran Striker Indra Sahdan - Football Association of Singapore. spl.sg.
8. Web site: Schedule & Results – AFC. the-afc.com. 23 May 2017.