2021 Geylang International FC season

Geylang International
2021 season
Chairman	Ben Teng
Head coach	Mohd Noor Ali
Stadium	Our Tampines Hub
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 season is Geylang International's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League. Along with the Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup.

Season Progress Key Milestones

In March 2021, Zikos Chua is ruled out of the season after enlistment to NS.^[1]
In April 2021, Nur Luqman Rahman is ruled out of the season after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in match against Tampines Rovers on 16 April 2021.^[2]
In May 2021, Sylvano Comvalius agreed to mutually terminate his contract with the Eagles after feeling homesick. His family application to join him in Singapore was rejected due to COVID-19.^[3]
In May 2021, Ex-Malaysia Cup star Abbas Saad returns to Singapore for short coaching stint, joining the Eagle as Noor Ali's assistant.^[4]
In 14 Sept 2021, a member of Geylang International FC (GIFC)‘s playing squad has tested positive following a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. ^[5]

Squad

Singapore Premier League

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Hairul Syirhan	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 29)	Young Lions FC	2019	2021
30	Zaiful Nizam ^>30	(1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 37)	Balestier Khalsa	2021	2023
Defenders
2	Adam Hakeem	(1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 27)	Young Lions FC	2020	2021
3	Ilhan Noor ^U23	(2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 21)	Youth Team	2019	2021
5	Darren Teh	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 28)	SAFSA (NFL)	2017	2021
15	Faizal Roslan	(1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 29)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2021
21	Yuki Ichikawa (Captain)	(1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 37)	Albirex Niigata (S)	2014	2021
27	Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib ^>30	(1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 35)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2021
28	Afiq Yunos ^>30	(1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 33)	Hougang United	2021	2021
Midfielders
4	Danny Kim	(1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 (age 26)	Brisbane Roar FC Youth	2021	2021
6	Umar Ramle	(1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 28)	Youth Team	2016	2021
8	Barry Maguire	(1989-10-27) 27 October 1989 (age 35)	Limerick F.C.	2019	2021
13	Izzdin Shafiq ^>30	(1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 33)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2021
14	Asshukrie Wahid ^U23	(1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 (age 26)	Young Lions FC	2021	2021
17	Firdaus Kasman ^>30	(1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 (age 36)	Warriors FC	2019	2021
18	Azri Suhaili ^U23	(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 22)	Youth Team	2019	2021
22	Christopher van Huizen	(1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 31)	Home United	2019	2021
24	Iqram Rifqi	(1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 28)	Lion City Sailors	2021	2021
26	Furqan Raoff ^U21	(2002-03-26) 26 March 2002 (age 22)	Youth Team	2019	2021
Forwards
7	Amy Recha	(1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 32)	Home United	2019	2021
10	Matheus Moresche	(1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 26)	FC Torpedo	2021	2021
16	Idris Sadlizan ^U23	(1998-08-21) 21 August 1998 (age 26)	MOF F.C.	2021	2021
19	Fareez Farhan	(1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 30)	Hougang United	2019	2021
Players on NS / loaned out or left during season
	Joshua Pereira	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 27)	Young Lions FC	2020	2020
	Noor Ariff ^U23	(1998-09-06) 6 September 1998 (age 26)	Youth Team	2017	2020
	Ifwat Ismail	(1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 27)	Young Lions FC	2019	2019
23	Wayne Chew ^U23	(2001-10-22) 22 October 2001 (age 23)	Youth Team	2019	2021
11	Harith Kanadi ^U23	(2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 (age 24)	Tampines Rovers U19	2019	2023
20	Nur Luqman ^U23	(1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 26)	Young Lions FC	2020	2021
47	Zikos Vasileios Chua ^U21	(2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 22)	NFA U16	2018	2021
49	Elijah Lim Teck Yong ^U21	(2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 23)	Balestier Khalsa	2021	2021
9	Sylvano Comvalius	(1987-08-10) 10 August 1987 (age 37)	Sliema Wanderers F.C.	2021	2021
42	Sanders Saurajen ^U21	(2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 (age 24)	Youth Team	2021	2021
25	Zainol Gulam	(1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32)	Warriors FC	2018	2021

U21

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
Defenders
51	Kieran Teo Jia Jun ^U21	(2004-04-06) 6 April 2004 (age 20)	Lion City Sailors U21	2021	2021
58	Badrul Amin Noh ^U21	(2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 22)	Youth Team	2021	2021
Midfielders
43	Kenta Tan ^U21	(2003-08-22) 22 August 2003 (age 21)	Youth Team	2021	2021
	Todd Bennison ^U21	(2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 (age 24)	Sydney United 58 FC	2021	2021
Forwards
	Danish Haziq ^U21	(2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 22)	Youth Team	2019	2020

Coaching staff

^[6]

Position	Name	Ref.
Chairman	Thomas Gay	^[7]
General manager	Andrew Ang	^[8]
Assistant general manager	Leonard Koh	^[9]
Head coach	Mohd Noor Ali	^[10]
Assistant coach	Abbas Saad	^[11]
Head of Youth
U17 Coach	Azlan Alipah
U15 Coach	Sabrina Mathe
Fitness Coach	Muhammad Razif Ariff
Goalkeeping Coach	Yusri Aziz
Team Manager
Physiotherapist	[[]]
Kitman	Abdul Latiff
Sports Scientist	Andi Agus
Sports Trainer	Benjamin Singh

Transfers

In

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Danish Irfan	Young Lions FC	Loan Return
FW	Fikri Junaidi	Young Lions FC	Loan Return
MF	Izzdin Shafiq	Lion City Sailors	Free ^[12]^[13]
MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	Balestier Khalsa	Free
FW	Matheus Moresche	Riga FC	Free ^[14]
FW	Sylvano Comvalius	Sliema Wanderers F.C.	Free ^[15]
FW	Idris Sadlizan	Free Agent

Note 1: Danish Irfan was loaned to Young Lions FC for 2021 season.

Note 2: Fikri Junaidi was released and joined Albirex Niigata for 2021 season.

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Zaiful Nizam	Balestier Khalsa	Free,2.5year contract ^[16]^[17]
DF	Afiq Yunos	Hougang United	Free, 6 months contract ^[18]
DF	Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib	Lion City Sailors FC	Undisclosed ^[19]^[20]
MF	Danny Kim	Brisbane Roar FC Youth	Free ^[21]^[22]
MF	Asshukrie Wahid	Free Agent	NA

Loan In

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Faizal Roslan	Lion City Sailors	Season loan ^[23]
MF	Iqram Rifqi	Lion City Sailors	Season loan ^[24]

Out

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
FW	Ifwat Ismail	SAFSA	NS till 2021
MF	Joshua Pereira	SAFSA	NS till 2022 ^[25]
MF	Noor Ariff	SAFSA	NS till 2022 ^[25]
GK	Dylan Christopher Goh	Tampines Rovers U19
FW	Iqbal Hussain	Chennai City F.C.	Free ^[26]
DF	Shahrin Saberin	Tanjong Pagar United	Free ^[27]
DF	Nurullah Hussein		Free
DF	Kamolidin Tashiev	FC Abdysh-Ata Kant	Free
DF	Danish Qayyum	Young Lions FC	Free ^[28]
MF	Safirul Sulaiman		Free
FW	Khairul Nizam	Hougang United	Free ^[29]
FW	Fikri Junaidi	Albirex Niigata (S)	Free ^[30]

Mid-season

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Wayne Chew	SAFSA	NS till 2023
DF	Harith Kanadi	SAFSA	NS till 2023
MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	SAFSA	NS till 2023
MF	Nur Luqman	SAFSA	NS till 2023
FW	Zikos Vasileios Chua	SAFSA	NS till 2023
FW	Sylvano Comvalius	Quick Boys (N3)	^[3]^[31]
GK	Sanders Saurajen		Free (Pursue study) ^[32]
GK	Zainol Gulam		Retired ^[33]

Loan Out

Pre-season

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Dylan Pereira	Young Lions FC	Season loan
DF	Danish Irfan	Young Lions FC	Season loan

Extension / Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Hairul Syirhan	^[34]
GK	Wayne Chew	^[35]
GK	Zainol Gulam	^[36]
DF	Adam Hakeem	^[37]
DF	Yuki Ichikawa	^[38]
DF	Darren Teh	^[39]
DF	Harith Kanadi	^[40]
MF	Umar Ramle	^[41]
MF	Azri Suhaili	^[42]
MF	Firdaus Kasman	^[43]
MF	Nur Luqman	^[44]
MF	Christopher van Huizen	2 years contract signed in 2019 ^[45]
MF	Barry Maguire	^[46]
FW	Zikos Vasileios Chua	^[47]
FW	Amy Recha	^[48]
FW	Fareez Farhan	^[49]

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

6 March 2021 1	Geylang International	2-1	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	Christopher van Huizen Zikos Vasileios Chua		Joshua De Souza	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}

In-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

19 March 2021 1	Geylang International	v	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
				Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}

8 June 2021 2	Geylang International	2-3	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Asshukrie Wahid Moresche		Gilberto Fortunato pen' Shahril Ishak Tomoyuki Doi	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}

19 June 2021 3	Geylang International	4-0	Young Lions FC	Jalan Besar Stadium
				Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}

25 June 2021 4	Geylang International	2-0	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Iqram Rifqi Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib			Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}

16 July 2021 5	Lion City Sailors	3-0	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Diego Lopes			Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 25 August 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		AFC Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Hairul Syirhan	4+1	0	0	0	5	0
2	DF	Adam Hakeem	1+1	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	Ilhan Noor	10	2	0	0	10	2
4	MF	Danny Kim	8+2	1	0	0	10	1
5	DF	Darren Teh	11+2	0	0	0	13	0
6	MF	Umar Ramle	1+5	0	0	0	6	0
7	FW	Amy Recha	18+3	12	0	0	21	12
8	MF	Barry Maguire	16	0	0	0	16	0
10	FW	Matheus Moresche	17+4	11	0	0	21	11
13	MF	Izzdin Shafiq	9+6	0	0	0	15	0
14	MF	Asshukrie Wahid	7	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Faizal Roslan	11+4	1	0	0	15	1
17	MF	Firdaus Kasman	13	0	0	0	13	0
18	MF	Azri Suhaili	4+2	0	0	0	6	0
19	FW	Fareez Farhan	5+9	0	0	0	14	0
21	DF	Yuki Ichikawa	19	0	0	0	19	0
22	MF	Christopher van Huizen	7+12	1	0	0	19	1
24	MF	Iqram Rifqi	2+5	0	0	0	7	0
27	DF	Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib	6+1	0	0	0	7	0
28	DF	Afiq Yunos	6	0	0	0	6	0
30	GK	Zaiful Nizam	3	0	0	0	3	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
9	FW	Sylvano Comvalius	4+3	2	0	0	7	2
11	DF	Harith Kanadi	16	0	0	0	16	0
20	MF	Nur Luqman	4	0	0	0	4	0
23	GK	Wayne Chew	5	0	0	0	5	0
25	GK	Zainol Gulam	6+1	0	0	0	7	0
42	GK	Sanders Saurajen	2	0	0	0	2	0
47	FW	Zikos Vasileios Chua	2	0	0	0	2	0
49	MF	Elijah Lim Teck Yong	13	0	0	0	13	0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

14 March 2021 1	Geylang International	2-1	Tanjong Pagar United	Our Tampines Hub
	Matheus Moresche 18' (pen) 74' Amy Recha 49'	Report	Blake Ricciuto 21' 41' Delwinder Singh 38' Luiz Júnior 39' Ammirul Emmran 62'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Lim Liang Yi

17 March 2021 2	Hougang United	4-1	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
	Tomoyuki Doi 10' 51' (pen) Hafiz Sujad 80' Gilberto Fortunato 83' Farhan Zulkifli 55' Shawal Anuar 74' Lionel Tan 85'	Report	Amy Recha 4' Faizal Roslan 51'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Nathan Chan

20 March 2021 3	Geylang International	1-1	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Sylvano Comvalius 34' Firdaus Kasman 58'	Report	Hami Syahin 24' Khairin Nadim 61' 30' Danish Irfan Azman 70'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Jansen Foo

4 April 2021 4	Albirex Niigata (S)	1-0	Geylang International	Jurong East Stadium
	Takahiro Tezuka 33' Kazuki Hashioka 25' Ryoya Tanigushi 38' Reo Kunimoto 50'	Report	Harith Kanadi 70'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Zulfiqar Mustaffa

7 April 2021 5	Balestier Khalsa	2-1	Geylang International	Toa Payoh Stadium
	Kristijan Krajcek 36' Ensar Brunčević 45+1' 57' Amer Hakeem 39' Ahmad Syahir 81' Shuhei Hoshino 90+1' Hazzuwan Halim 90+3'	Report	Amy Recha 53' 57'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Taufik Thana

11 April 2021 6	Geylang International	0-8	Lion City Sailors	Our Tampines Hub
	Darren Teh 41' Yuki Ichikawa 49' Fareez Farhan 50'	Report	Gabriel Quak 7' 60' Diego Lopes 18' 37' 90+2' Saifullah Akbar 30' Stipe Plazibat 67' 77'	Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Lim Liang Yi

16 April 2021 7	Tampines Rovers	3-2	Geylang International	Our Tampines Hub
	Zehrudin Mehmedović 32' (pen) Boris Kopitović 51' Taufik Suparno 79'	Report	Matheus Moresche 50' 62' Firdaus Kasman 34' Harith Kanadi 89'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Ahmad A'qashah

9 May 2021 8	Lion City Sailors	2-1	Geylang International	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Stipe Plazibat 21' Saifullah Akbar 57' Jorge Fellipe 30' Shahdan Sulaiman 90+2'	Report	Matheus Moresche 27' Ilhan Noor 3' Firdaus Kasman 12' Christopher van Huizen 71' Barry Maguire 82'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Juherman Zaiton

16 May 2021 9	Geylang International	2-5	Hougang United	Our Tampines Hub
	Amy Recha 86' Sylvano Comvalius 90+3' Darren Teh 45+2' Yuki Ichikawa 87'	Report	Tomoyuki Doi 28' 90+5' Idraki Adnan 36' Afiq Noor 66' Shawal Anuar 72' Lionel Tan 35'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Nathan Chan

25 April 2021 10 (Rescheduled)	Young Lions FC	2-4	Geylang International	Our Tampines Hub
	Hami Syahin 14' (pen) Syed Akmal 77' Harhys Stewart 41' Ryhan Stewart 41'	Report	Faizal Roslan 10' Amy Recha 53' Matheus Moresche 57' 90+1' Harith Kanadi 61'	Attendance: 237 Referee: Abirami Naidu

23 May 2021 11	Geylang International	1-2	Albirex Niigata (S)	Our Tampines Hub
	Matheus Moresche 46' Elijah Lim Teck Yong 37'	Report	Kosuke Chiku 14' Takahiro Tezuka 66' Makoto Ito 87'	Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]} Referee: Abirami Naidu

25 July 2021 12 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	3-1	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	Amy Recha 41' 63' 62' Matheus Moresche 54' Harith Kanadi 35'	Report	Šime Žužul 11' Kimura Riki 24'	Referee: Taufik Thana

1 August 2021 13 (Rescheduled)	Tanjong Pagar United	1-3	Geylang International	Jurong East Stadium
	Luiz Júnior 62' 78' Shakir Hamzah 8' Fathullah Rahmat 47'	Report	Ilhan Noor 14' 38' Shakir Hamzah 35' (o.g) Afiq Yunos 18' Faizal Roslan 68' Izzdin Shafiq 78' Yuki Ichikawa 78'	Referee: Farhad Mohamed

25 August 2021 14 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	3-1	Tampines Rovers	Our Tampines Hub
	Danny Kim 59' Amy Recha 65' Christopher van Huizen 77' Afiq Yunos 53' Barry Maguire 88'	Report	Boris Kopitović 45'	Referee: Juherman Zaiton

14 August 2021 15 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	2-4	Tanjong Pagar United	Our Tampines Hub
	Anaqi Ismit 15' (o.g.) Amy Recha 18' Harith Kanadi 45' Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib 90+4'	Report	Shodai Nishikawa 43' Reo Nishiguchi 49' Khairul Amri 78' 90' Faritz Abdul Hameed 42' Shakir Hamzah 56' Blake Ricciuto 70'	Referee: Y Sathyakumar

20 August 2021 16 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	2-1	Geylang International	Hougang Stadium
	Shawal Anuar 59' Hafiz Sujad 75'	Report	Amy Recha 82' Yuki Ichikawa 38'	Referee: Jansen Foo

28 August 2021 17 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	2-3	Young Lions FC	Our Tampines Hub
	Amy Recha 7' Matheus Moresche 56' Wayne Chew 3' Harith Kanadi 52'	Report	Jacob Mahler 3' (pen) Ilhan Fandi 84' 90+4' Rezza Rezky 41' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 85'	Referee: Hilmi Fuad

11 September 2021 18 (Rescheduled)	Albirex Niigata (S)	5-0	Geylang International	Jurong East Stadium
	Fikri Junaidi 30' Ryosuke Nagasawa 60' Ryoya Tanigushi 79' 88' Kuraba Kondo 90' 82' Kazuki Hashioka 52'	Report	Afiq Yunos 3' Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib 52' Ilhan Noor 56' Yuki Ichikawa 85'	Referee: Jansen Foo

3 October 2021 19 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	3-0	Balestier Khalsa	Our Tampines Hub
	Amy Recha 61' Ensar Brunčević 63' (o.g.) Matheus Moresche 73' Ilhan Noor 85' Christopher van Huizen 87'	Report	Ensar Brunčević 53' Amer Hakeem 67'	Referee: Syarqawi Buhari

26 September 2021 20 (Rescheduled)	Geylang International	0-3	Lion City Sailors	Our Tampines Hub
	Matheus Moresche 56'	Report	Faris Ramli 32' Song Ui-young 39' 52' Hafiz Nor 87'	Referee: Jansen Foo

10 October 2021 21 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	1-1	Geylang International	Our Tampines Hub
	Taufik Suparno 73' Iman Hakim 90'	Report	Amy Recha 90' (pen) Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib 62' 90'	Referee: Farhad Mohamed

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lion City Sailors	21	14	6	1	59	21	+38	48	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Albirex Niigata (S)^[a]	21	13	7	1	50	19	+31	46
3	Hougang United	21	10	4	7	48	40	+8	34	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
4	Tampines Rovers	21	7	6	8	48	51	−3	27	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
5	Tanjong Pagar United	21	5	7	9	36	49	−13	22
6	Geylang International	21	6	2	13	33	52	−19	20
7	Balestier Khalsa	21	5	4	12	34	52	−18	19
8	Young Lions^[a]	21	4	4	13	26	50	−24	16

Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2021. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The foreign club – Albirex Niigata (S) – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

AFC Cup

On 11 November 2020, the AFC approved a new calendar for the competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, where the group stage is played as centralized single round-robin tournament, and the preliminary round, play-off round, and ASEAN Zone semi-finals and final are played as a single match.^[50]

Pos	Team v t	VIS	LAL	TER	GEY
1	Visakha	—	Cancelled	—	Cancelled
2	Lalenok United	—	—	Cancelled	—
3	Terengganu	Cancelled	—	—	Cancelled
4	Geylang International	—	Cancelled	—	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Win Draw Loss

Group stage

Matchday 1

Visakha FC

cancelled

Geylang International

Matchday 2

Geylang International

cancelled

Lalenok United

Matchday 3

Terengganu FC

cancelled

Geylang International

Singapore Cup

Win Draw Loss

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed doors.

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^ "Fareez Farhan is the latest addition to the class of 2021!". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
^ "New competition dates approved by AFC Competitions Committee". AFC. 11 November 2020.

[table_note_ALB0.84037991698849-51] The foreign club – Albirex Niigata (S) – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

[closed-50] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Due to Covid 19, this match is played behind closed doors.

[1] "Round 6: Preview".

[2] "Round 8: Preview".

[goal.com-3] "The remarkable story of ex-Geylang International journeyman extraordinaire Sylvano Comvalius".

[4] "Ex-Malaysia Cup star Abbas Saad returns to Singapore for short coaching stint".

[5] "SPL statement on Geylang International COVID-19 Case".

[6] "Eagles staff". Archived from the original on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2018-10-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[7] "Geylang International FC chairman Ben Teng hands over reins to Thomas Gay".

[8] "Andrew Ang has returned to GIFC as the club's General Manager".

[9] "Leonard returns to Eagles' nest".

[10] "NOOR ALI SIGNS 3-YEAR DEAL | Facebook". www.facebook.com.

[11] "Abbas Saad returns to Singapore for short coaching stint". www.facebook.com.

[12] "My Captain! Thank you for leading us in our debut season". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.

[13] "Izzdin Shafiq signs for Geylang International".

[14] "Former Vasco youngster Matheus Moresche joins Geylang International".

[15] "Dutch hitman Sylvano Comvalius joins Geylang International".

[16] "Balestier Khalsa sack skipper-goalkeeper Zaiful Nizam".

[17] "Zaiful finds home in Eagles' nest".

[18] "Afiq to add steel to Eagles' defence".

[19] "Abdil Qaiyyim joins Geylang International".

[20] "Abdil joins Eagles on permanent transfer".

[21] "Danny Kim departs Brisbane Roar".

[22] "Geylang International sign former Australia U-17 midfielder Danny Kim".

[23] "Faizal Roslan announced as 1st new signing". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.

[24] "Iqram Rifqi announced as 2nd signing for the season". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.

[auto-25] "Geylang sign midfielder Nasrul Taib - Football Association of Singapore". spl.sg.

[26] "Iqbal signs 4 months contract with Chennai City FC".^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[27] "Tanjong Pagar United is delighted to present our next new signing - Shahrin Saberin". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.

[28] "Say hello to our fourth new arrival! 🦁 #coyl". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.

[29] "Khairul Nizam is now a Cheetah! 🐆".

[30] "Fikri Junaidi (Young Lions) will join Albirex for 2021 season!".

[31] "Sylvano Comvalius has joined Dutch Club, Quick Boys".

[32] "Thankful Saurajen takes a pause from football to pursue dentistry degree".

[33] "Geylang International goalkeeper Zainol Gulam retires".

[34] "Hairul stays for AFC Cup Quest".

[35] "Wayne extends his stay with the Eagles!".

[36] "Zainol Gulam will be back between the sticks for the Eagles in 2021".

[37] "THE 1.93m Adam extends his stay!".

[38] "8 seasons and counting for Yuki".

[39] "Our vice captain remains an eagle!".

[40] "Harith commits to the eagles!".

[41] "Fan favourite Umar signs!".

[42] "Azri Suhaili, the rising star stays!".

[43] "Firdaus Kasman remains with the Eagles!".

[44] "Nur Luqman stays!".

[45] "King of assist, CVH, stays!".

[46] "Flying Dutchman stays!".

[47] "Zikos will be back!".

[48] "Amy Recha stays!".

[49] "Fareez Farhan is the latest addition to the class of 2021!". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.

[52] "New competition dates approved by AFC Competitions Committee". AFC. 11 November 2020.

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