title: 2016 Hougang United FC season
text: # 2016 Hougang United FC season
  
  The 2016 season is Hougang United's 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.
  
  ## Squad
  
      As of 6 January 2017.
  
  ### Sleague
  
  | No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Goalkeepers |||||
  | 1 | Ridhuan Barudin | (1987-03-23) 23 March 1987 (age 36) | Tampines Rovers |
  | 13 | Fawwaz Anuar | (1994-01-06) 6 January 1994 (age 29) | Tampines Rovers Prime League |
  | 18 | Khairulhin Khalid | (1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 (age 32) | LionsXII |
  | Defenders |||||
  | 2 | Yusiskandar Yusop | (1985-07-15) 15 July 1985 (age 38) | Balestier Khalsa |
  | 3 | Ali Hudzafi | (1992-03-23) 23 March 1992 (age 31) | Young Lions |
  | 4 | Delwinder Singh | (1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 30) | Young Lions |
  | 11 | Nazrul Nazari | (1991-02-11) 11 February 1991 (age 32) | LionsXII |
  | 17 | Faiz Salleh | (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 31) | Young Lions |
  | 21 | Khairulnizam Jumahat | (1990-12-08) 8 December 1990 (age 32) | Geylang International |
  | 22 | Wahyudi Wahid | (1989-10-29) 29 October 1989 (age 33) | LionsXII |
  | Midfielders |||||
  | 6 | Anumanthan Kumar | (1994-07-14) 14 July 1994 (age 29) | Young Lions FC |
  | 8 | Fumiya Kogure | (1989-06-28) 28 June 1989 (age 34) | Albirex Niigata (S) |
  | 10 | Nur Naiim Ishak | (1993-12-24) 24 December 1993 (age 29) | Young Lions FC |
  | 12 | Nur Ridho | (1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 (age 28) | Young Lions FC |
  | 15 | Huzaifah Aziz | (1994-06-27) 27 June 1994 (age 29) | Geylang International |
  | 16 | Raihan Rahman | (1991-02-07) 7 February 1991 (age 32) | LionsXII |
  | 19 | Nurhilmi Jasni | (1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 36) | Balestier Khalsa |
  | 20 | Afiq Noor | (1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 29) | Young Lions |
  | Forwards |||||
  | 5 | Fairoz Hasan | (1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 (age 34) | Gombak United |
  | 7 | Jozef Kapláň | (1986-04-02) 2 April 1986 (age 37) | Geylang International |
  | 9 | Stipe Plazibat | (1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 (age 33) | NK Dugopolje |
  | 14 | Iqbal Hussain | (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 30) | Young Lions |
  | 23 | Samuel Benjamin | (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 28) | LionsXII |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### Pre-season transfers
  
  **In**
  
  | Position | Player | Transferred From |
  | - | - | - |
  | GK | Khairulhin Khalid | LionsXII |
  | DF | Ali Hudzafi | Young Lions FC |
  | DF | Nazrul Nazari | LionsXII |
  | DF | Wahyudi Wahid | LionsXII |
  | DF | Yusiskandar Yusop | Balestier Khalsa |
  | MF | Afiq Noor | Young Lions FC |
  | MF | Anumanthan Kumar | Young Lions FC |
  | MF | Nur Naiim Ishak | Young Lions FC |
  | MF | Fumiya Kogure | Albirex Niigata (S) |
  | MF | Huzaifah Aziz | Geylang International |
  | MF | Raihan Rahman | LionsXII |
  | FW | Jozef Kapláň | Geylang International |
  | FW | Stipe Plazibat | NK Dugopolje |
  | FW | Iqbal Hussain | Young Lions FC |
  | FW | Samuel Benjamin | LionsXII |
  
  **Out**
  
  | Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | GK | Ahmadulhaq Che Omar | Admiralty FC(NFL Club) | |
  | DF | Kunihiro Yamashita | Yangon United | |
  | DF | Yuki Uchiyama | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Loan Return |
  | DF | Lau Meng Meng | Eunos Crescent FC | |
  | DF | Faizal Amir | Released | |
  | DF | Matthew Abraham | Released | |
  | DF | Kenneth Chang | Tiong Bahru FC(NFL Club) | |
  | MF | Atsushi Shimono | JPV Marikina F.C. | |
  | MF | Carlos Alberto Delgado | Geylang International | |
  | MF | Ruzaini Zainal | Retired | |
  | MF | Firman Hanif | Yishun Sentek Mariners FC(NFL Club) | |
  | MF | Taufiq Ghani | Geylang International | |
  | FW | Diego Gama de Oliveira | Pusamania Borneo F.C. | |
  | FW | Vuk Sotirović | FK Borac Čačak | |
  | FW | Muhaymin Salim | Released | |
  | FW | Fareez Farhan | Young Lions | Season loan |
  
  ### Trial
  
  | Position | Player | From | Ref |
  | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Mid-season transfers
  
  **Out**
  
  | Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | MF | Anumanthan Kumar | Home United | National Service |
  
  ## Coaching staff
  
  | Position | Name |
  | - | - |
  | Head coach | Philippe Aw |
  | Assistant coach | Clement Teo |
  | Prime League Coach | Robin Chitrakar |
  | Fitness coach | Dirk Schauenberg |
  | Goalkeeping coach | Lim Queen Cher |
  | Team manager | Clement Teo |
  | Sports trainer | Thomas Pang |
  | Kitman | |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
  | No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
  | 1 | GK | Ridhuan Barudin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
  | 2 | DF | Yusiskandar Yusop | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | Ali Hudzafi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | Delwinder Singh | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
  | 5 | FW | Fairoz Hasan | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
  | 6 | MF | Anumanthan Kumar | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
  | 7 | FW | Jozef Kapláň | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 8 |
  | 8 | MF | Fumiya Kogure | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 8 |
  | 9 | FW | Stipe Plazibat | 24 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 |
  | 10 | MF | Nur Na'iim | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
  | 11 | DF | Nazrul Nazari | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
  | 12 | MF | Nur Ridho | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
  | 13 | GK | Fawwaz Anuar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 14 | FW | Iqbal Hussain | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 6 |
  | 15 | MF | Huzaifah Aziz | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
  | 16 | MF | Raihan Rahman | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
  | 17 | DF | Faiz Salleh | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
  | 18 | GK | Khairulhin Khalid | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
  | 19 | MF | Nurhilmi Jasni | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
  | 20 | MF | Afiq Noor | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
  | 21 | DF | Khairulnizam Jumahat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
  | 22 | DF | Wahyudi Wahid | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
  | 23 | DF | Samuel Benjamin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
  | 24 | DF | Faliq Sudir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||||
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overview
  
  | Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
  | S.League | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 037.50 |
  | Singapore Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
  | League Cup | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 033.33 |
  | Total | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 035.71 |
  
  ### S.League
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  Round 1
  
  Round 2
  
  Round 3
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | Home United | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 37 | Qualification to AFC Cup Play-off Round |
  | 5 | Geylang International | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 37 | |
  | 6 | Hougang United | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 32 | |
  | 7 | Warriors FC | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 28 | |
  | 8 | Balestier Khalsa | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 42 | −19 | 19 | |
  
  ### Singapore Cup
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ### Singapore TNP League Cup
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | DPMM FC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance to semi-final |
  | 2 | Tampines Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | Advance to semi-final |
  | 3 | Hougang United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 | |
  | 4 | Warriors FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |
  
  **Group matches**
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  