2024–25 Balestier Khalsa FC season

Balestier Khalsa

2024–25 season
Chairman	S Thavaneson
Head coach	Peter De Roo
Stadium	Bishan Stadium
Home colours Away colours
← 2023 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is Balestier Khalsa's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup. ^[1][2]

Season review

Pre-season

The 2024–25 Singapore Premier League season will be the first season to be played having a two-year schedule where Balestier Khalsa participated in the 2024 interim pre-season tournament from 23 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. The Tigers' 2023 season was a bittersweet symphony. Though their 4th-place finish was a record high, it came at a steep price: the departure of nearly half the roster. On 19 April 2024, Balestier Khalsa alongside Brunei DPMM and Laos club Young Elephants was invited by Malaysia Super League club Selangor to participate in the 2024 Selangor Asia Challenge pre-season mini tournament on 26 and 28 April respectively.

Transfer

Top scorer Shuhei Hoshino, national team star Daniel Goh, and captain Ho Wai Loon all left for Albirex Niigata (S). Yet, amidst the exodus, there were glimmers of hope as head coach Peter De Roo remained at the helm, guiding a revamped squad bolstered by familiar faces like Darren Teh, Ignatius Ang, Elijah Lim, Emmeric Ong, Japanese player Masahiro Sugita and Croatian player Alen Kozar. The team also welcome back former players in the lights of Tajeli Salamat and Hafiz Ahmad.

Squad

Singapore Premier League

As of 21 February 2024

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Mukundan Maran		(1998-07-21) 21 July 1998 (age 25)	Hougang United	2023	2024
16	Martyn Mun		(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24)	Young Lions	2020	2025
21	Hafiz Ahmad		(1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 25)	Geylang International	2024	2025
22	Wayne Chew		(2001-10-22) 22 October 2001 (age 22)	Young Lions	2023	2025
Defenders
2	Darren Teh		(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 27)	Geylang International	2022	2026
3	Tajeli Salamat		(1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 (age 30)	Tanjong Pagar United	2024	2025
4	Syabil Hisham		(2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 21)	Young Lions	2023	2023
5	Emmeric Ong		(1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 (age 33)	Tanjong Pagar United	2023	2025
6	Madhu Mohana		(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33)	Tampines Rovers	2022	2025
11	Harith Kanadi		(2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 (age 23)	Lion City Sailors	2024	2025
13	Amer Hakeem		(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 25)	Young Lions	2021	2025
17	Jordan Emaviwe		(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23)	Young Lions	2020	2025
20	Fudhil I’yadh		(2001-08-18) 18 August 2001 (age 22)	Lion City Sailors U21	2023	2026
23	Syukri Noorhaizam		(1999-12-14) 14 December 1999 (age 24)	Tiong Bahru (NFL)	2020	2025
25	Irfan Mika'il Abdullah		(2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 (age 21)	Singapore Sports School	2022	2025
Midfielders
8	Alen Kozar		(1995-04-07) 7 April 1995 (age 29)	NŠ Mura (S1)	2023	2026
14	Elijah Lim Teck Yong		(2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 23)	Young Lions	2023	2025
18	Masahiro Sugita		(1999-11-24) 24 November 1999 (age 24)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2023	2025
27	Reycredo Beremanda FP U21			Nusantara United (I2)	2024	2025
30	Ignatius Ang		(1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 31)	Tanjong Pagar United	2022	2025
Forwards
7	Ismail Sassi		(1991-12-24) 24 December 1991 (age 32)	AS Marsa (T1)	2024	2025
9	Riku Fukashiro		(2000-04-12) 12 April 2000 (age 24)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2024	2025
10	Kodai Tanaka		(1999-12-23) 23 December 1999 (age 24)	Lion City Sailors	2024	2025
19	Amiruldin Asraf		(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 27)	Young Lions	2024	2025
Players who left during season on loan
66	Ryan Praveen		(2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 (age 22)	Youth Team	2020	2022
15	Lewis Lee Chih Yuan		(2005-10-21) 21 October 2005 (age 18)	Youth Team	2022	2023

Remarks:
^{FP U21} These players are registered as U21 foreign players.

U21

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
58	Efan Qiszman U21		(2006-09-20) 20 September 2006 (age 17)	Sailors Development Centre	2023	2023
68	Suffian Abdullah U21		(2004-04-12) 12 April 2004 (age 20)	Tampines Rovers U17	2022	2023
72	Zico U21		(2005-06-21) 21 June 2005 (age 18)	Tanjong Pagar United U17	2024	2025
75	Syazani Hashari U21		(2003-12-09) 9 December 2003 (age 20)		2022	2023
	Aidiel U21			Balestier Khalsa U17	2023	2025
Defenders
60	Merrick Tan Yi Ern U21		(2006-03-05) 5 March 2006 (age 18)	Sailors Development Centre	2023	2025
62	Darren Teo U21		(2003-12-21) 21 December 2003 (age 20)		2022	2025
64	Aadil Ferhan U21				2022	2023
66	Akmal Danial U21			Sailors Development Centre	2022	2023
70	Aqil Dany Jahsh Ruzzman U21			Lion City Sailors U21	2023	2023
80	Aaron Singh Sirna U21			Balestier Khalsa U17	2023	2025
	Azrul Afiq U21			Tampines Rovers U21	2023	2023
Midfielders
52	Syahmi Indallah U21			Tanjong Pagar United U21	2024	2025
54	Larry Lim Chee Keat U21		(2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 21)	Project Vaults Oxley	2022	2023
55	Faisz U21				2022	2023
56	Syaraf Ammar U21			Lion City Sailors U17	2023	2023
59	Scott U21				2024	2025
67	Iftiqar Parizan U21		(2003-04-21) 21 April 2003 (age 21)	Project Vaults Oxley	2021	2023
68	Rafael U21				2024	2025
71	Cho Jung-hyun U21				2023	2025
	Karthik U21				2022	2023
	Ben Marshall U21			Lion City Sailors U21	2024	2025
	Shahreez Basheer U21		(2005-05-08) 8 May 2005 (age 19)	Hougang United U21	2024	2025
	Shameer U21			Sailors Development Centre	2022
Forwards
74	Faizal Jaleel U21				2023	2023
78	Alexandre Bertholon U21		(2007-06-14) 14 June 2007 (age 17)	JSSL	2023	2024
	Max McCoy U21		(2004-04-03) 3 April 2004 (age 20)	Weymouth	2023	2023
Players who left during the season

Coaching staff

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Transfer

In

Pre-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Team	Ref
GK	Hafiz Ahmad	Geylang International	First team	Free [4]
DF	Harith Kanadi	Lion City Sailors	First Team	Free [5]
DF	Tajeli Salamat	Tanjong Pagar United	First team	Free [6]
MF	Shahreez Basheer	Hougang United U17	U21	Free
MF	Syahmi Indallah	Tanjong Pagar United U21	U21	Free
FW	Ismail Sassi	AS Marsa	First Team	Free [7]
FW	Riku Fukashiro	Albirex Niigata (S)	First Team	Free [8]
FW	Kodai Tanaka	Lion City Sailors	First Team	Free [9]
FW	Amiruldin Asraf	Young Lions	First Team	Free [10]

Note 1: .

Mid-Season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Team	Ref
FW	Heroshi Rudy Kurniawan	Tampines Rovers U17	U17	Free

Loan In

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Team	Ref
MF	Reycredo Beremanda	Nusantara United FC	First Team	Season loan [11]

Loan Return

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To / From	Team	Ref
GK	Martyn Mun	SAFSA	First Team	End of NS

Out

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref
GK	Hairul Syirhan	Geylang International	First Team	Free [12] [13]
DF	Fabian Kwok	Retired	First Team	N.A.
DF	Iqram Rifqi	Kedah Darul Aman	First Team	Free [14]
DF	Syabil Hisham		First Team	Free
DF	Aidil Johari	Albirex Niigata (S) U21	First Team	Free [15]
DF	Sameer Alassane	Hougang United	First Team	Free
DF	Bradly Yap Zhi Hao	Tanjong Pagar United U21	U21	Free
DF	Curtis Gray	Tanjong Pagar United U21	U21	Free
MF	Ho Wai Loon	Albirex Niigata (S)	First Team	Free [16] [17]
MF	Farhan Sahlan	Albirex Niigata (S) U21	U21	Free
MF	Sahoo Garv	Young Lions	U21	Free
FW	Daniel Goh	Albirex Niigata (S)	First Team	Free [18] [19]
FW	Shuhei Hoshino	Albirex Niigata (S)	First Team	Free [20] [21]
FW	Ryoya Tanigushi	Geylang International	First Team	Free [22]
FW	Puvan Raj Sivalingam		First Team	Free [23]
FW	Kian Ghadessy	Lion City Sailors U21	U21	Free
FW	Ryan Peh Jun Wen	Tampines Rovers U21	U21	Free

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref

Loan Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Team	Ref
FW	N. Sakthivelchezhian	SAFSA	U21	NS till Dec 2024
FW	Ryan Praveen	SAFSA	U21	NS till Jan 2025
FW	Lewis Lee Chih Yuan	SAFSA	U21	NS till Jan 2026

Retained / Extension / Promoted

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Position	Player	Ref
GK	Mukundan Maran	2 years contract from Jan 2023 till Dec 2024 [25]
GK	Wayne Chew	1.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2025 [26]
DF	Darren Teh	2.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2026 [27]
DF	Fudhil I’yadh	2.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2026 [28]
DF	Syukri Noorhaizam	1.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2025 [29]
DF	Emmeric Ong	1.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2025 [30]
DF	Irfan Mika'il Abdullah	1.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2025 [31]
MF	Ignatius Ang	1.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2025 [32]
MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	1.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2025 [33]
MF	Masahiro Sugita	1.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2025 [34]
MF	Alen Kozar	2.5 years contract from Jan 2024 till Jun 2026 [35] [36]

Friendly

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

2024 SPL Interim Tournament – 23 February to 21 April 2024

2024 Selangor Asia Challenge – 26 to 28 April 2024

Notes

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As at 24 May 2024

No.	Pos.	Player	SPL		Singapore Cup		Charity Shield		Total
			Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Mukundan Maran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Darren Teh	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3	DF	Tajeli Salamat	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4	DF	Syabil Hisham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Emmeric Ong	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	Madhu Mohana	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7	FW	Ismail Sassi	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8	MF	Alen Kozar	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9	FW	Riku Fukashiro	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
10	FW	Kodai Tanaka	3	6	0	0	0	0	3	6
11	DF	Harith Kanadi	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
13	DF	Amer Hakeem	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	Martyn Mun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Jordan Emaviwe	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
18	MF	Masahiro Sugita	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
19	FW	Amiruldin Asraf	0+1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
20	DF	Fudhil I’yadh	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	GK	Hafiz Ahmad	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	GK	Wayne Chew	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Syukri Noorhaizam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	Irfan Mika'il Abdullah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Reycredo Beremanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Ignatius Ang	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club

Competitions

Overview

Results summary (SPL)

Overall								Home						Away
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

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	BG Tampines Rovers	4	3	1	0	14	7	+7	10	Qualification for 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two Group Stage
2	Lion City Sailors	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Qualification for 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two playoff
3	Geylang International	4	2	2	0	19	9	+10	8
4	DPMM[a]	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6	Ineligible for AFC competition spots
5	Balestier Khalsa	3	1	1	1	9	6	+3	4
6	Albirex Niigata (S)	4	1	0	3	5	10	−5	3
7	Young Lions[a]	4	1	0	3	6	14	−8	3	Ineligible for AFC competition spots
8	Hougang United	4	0	1	3	4	12	−8	1
9	Tanjong Pagar United	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1

Singapore Cup

2024–25 Singapore Cup

Competition (U21)

  Win   Draw   Loss

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Young Lions B	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9
2	Tampines Rovers U21	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7
3	Tanjong Pagar United U21	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
4	Geylang International U21	4	1	3	0	10	6	+4	6
5	Hougang United U21	3	1	1	1	9	8	+1	4
6	Lion City Sailors U21	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
7	SAFSA	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0
8	Albirex Niigata (S) U21	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0
9	Balestier Khalsa U21	4	0	0	4	3	16	−13	0

Competition (U17)

Warning: The SYL official website has stopped publishing results since March 16, 2024. Therefore, the table you are viewing may not accurately reflect the actual goals scored, conceded, or the goal difference. Any actual result published is based on club or fan club released.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Classification Stage Group A League matches & table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Balestier Khalsa U17	6	6	0	0	51	3	+48	18	Qualify for Stage 2 Div 1
2	Tanjong Pagar United U17	6	5	0	1	40	6	+34	15
3	F17 Football Academy	6	3	1	2	17	8	+9	10	Qualify for Stage 2 Div 2
4	Tasek Sailors East U17	6	2	2	2	18	24	−6	8
5	Admiralty CSN U17	6	2	1	3	12	20	−8	7
6	Singapore Football Club U17	6	1	0	5	8	27	−19	3	Qualify for Stage 2 Div 3
7	Barcelona Academy	6	0	0	6	2	60	−58	0

Stage 2 Division 1 League matches & table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Geylang International U17	9	8	0	1	27	5	+22	24
2	Lion City Sailors U17	8	7	1	0	32	3	+29	22
3	BG Tampines Rovers U17	9	5	1	3	25	14	+11	16
4	ActiveSG FA	7	4	0	3	20	9	+11	12
5	Albirex Niigata (S) U17	8	3	2	3	13	7	+6	11
6	Balestier Khalsa U17	8	3	2	3	12	18	−6	11
7	Tanjong Pagar United U17	9	3	1	5	14	20	−6	10
8	Hougang United U17	9	3	0	6	17	29	−12	9
9	Woodlands Lions U17	8	1	2	5	3	15	−12	5	Relegated to 2024 Division 2
10	Woodlands Warriors FC U17	9	0	1	8	0	43	−43	1

Competition (U15)

Warning: The SYL official website has stopped publishing results since March 16, 2024. Therefore, the table you are viewing may not accurately reflect the actual goals scored, conceded, or the goal difference. Any actual result published is based on club or fan club released.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Classification Stage Group A League matches & table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lion City Sailors U15	9	8	1	0	69	3	+66	25	Qualify for Stage 2 Div 1
2	Balestier Khalsa U15	9	8	1	0	54	5	+49	25
3	Hougang United U15	9	6	0	3	37	11	+26	18
4	Tasek Sailors West A U15	9	6	0	3	32	13	+19	18
5	School Football Academy	9	5	1	3	20	12	+8	16	Qualify for Stage 2 Div 2
6	Verde Cresta Combined U15	9	2	2	5	10	20	−10	8
7	Westwood El'Junior U15	9	2	2	5	9	35	−26	8
8	Pasirian Lions U15	9	1	3	5	9	39	−30	6	Qualify for Stage 2 Div 3
9	EuroAsia U15	9	1	0	8	4	49	−45	3
10	F17 Football Academy	9	1	0	8	4	61	−57	3
11	Island City U15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdraw

Stage 2 Division 1 League matches & table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim U15	3	3	0	0	24	0	+24	9
2	Active SG	3	2	1	0	8	6	+2	7
3	Lion City Sailors U15	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	4
4	Geylang International U15	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
5	Balestier Khalsa U15	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
6	Tanjong Pagar United U15	2	1	0	1	1	8	−7	3
7	Singapore Sports School	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
8	BG Tampines Rovers U15	2	0	1	1	3	9	−6	1
9	Tasek Sailors West A U15	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0	Relegated to 2024 Division 2
10	Hougang United U15	2	0	0	2	1	14	−13	0

Competition (U13)

Warning: The SYL official website has stopped publishing results since March 16, 2024. Therefore, the table you are viewing may not accurately reflect the actual goals scored, conceded, or the goal difference. Any actual result published is based on club or fan club released.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Classification Stage Group B League matches & table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	BG Tampines Rovers U13	8	7	0	1	60	8	+52	21	Qualify for Stage 2 Div 1
2	EuroAsia U13	8	6	0	2	53	9	+44	18
3	Barcelona Academy	8	4	0	4	28	15	+13	12
4	Balestier Khalsa U13	8	2	0	6	33	28	+5	6	Qualify for Stage 2 Div 2
5	French Football Academy	8	1	0	7	3	117	−114	3

Stage 2 Division 2 League matches & table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Balestier Khalsa U13	4	4	0	0	28	6	+22	12	Promoted to 2024 Division 1
2	Flair Football Academy	2	1	0	1	15	6	+9	3
3	ActiveSG	3	3	0	0	19	2	+17	9
4	Woodlands Lions U13	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
5	Star Soccer Academy U13	4	3	0	1	13	3	+10	9
6	St Michael SA	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6
7	NDC Girls U15	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
8	Albirex SG FA U13	1	0	0	1	5	7	−2	0
9	Verde Cresta Combined U13	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0
10	French Football Academy	2	0	0	2	0	16	−16	0
11	Pasirian Lions U13	4	0	0	4	2	24	−22	0

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See also

• 2016 Balestier Khalsa season
• 2017 Balestier Khalsa season
• 2018 Balestier Khalsa season
• 2019 Balestier Khalsa season
• 2020 Balestier Khalsa season
• 2021 Balestier Khalsa season
• 2022 Balestier Khalsa season
• 2023 Balestier Khalsa season

Notes

References