title: 2020 Warriors FC season
text: # 2020 Warriors FC season
  
  Warriors FC sat out the 2020 Singapore Premier League season due to financial and legal troubles.
  
  In November 2019, they were charged on court with 107 counts of not paying their staff salaries. In total, they failed to pay more than S$350,000 in salaries to about 30 employees, including players, sports trainers and support staff.
  
  2 days after the incident being reported, ST reported that there were 2 parties that were interested to take over Warriors FC.
  
  On 2 December 2019, the club's management committee said they had paid a total of S$150,000 in salaries to half of its football squad to settle arrears.
  
  On 31 December 2019, FAS had instructed Warriors FC to sit out the 2020 Singapore Premier League season due to their financial issue and legal troubles.
  
  ## Squad
  
  ### S.League squad
  
      As of 11 February 2019
  
  | Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Start | Contract End |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Goalkeepers |||||||
  | 13 | Shahul Rayyan | (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 (age 28) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2019 | |
  | Defenders |||||||
  | 25 | Shameer Aziq | (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 27) | Tampines Rovers | 2019 | 2019 |
  | Midfielders |||||||
  | 10 | Poh Yi Feng $^{>30}$ | (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 (age 36) | Balestier Khalsa | 2016 | 2020 |
  | Strikers |||||||
  | 15 | Fadhil Noh $^{>30}$ | (1989-03-04) 4 March 1989 (age 34) | Balestier Khalsa | 2017 | |
  | Players left club during season |||||||
  
  ### U19 Squad
  
  * Squad No.
  * Goalkeepers ||||||
  * Defenders ||||||
  * Midfielders ||||||
  * Strikers ||||||
  
  ## Coaching staff
  
  | Position | Name |
  | - | - |
  | General Manager | Paul Poh |
  | Head Coach | Azlan Alipah |
  | Assistant Coach | Ismadi Mukhtar |
  | Goalkeeping Coach | Lee Bee Seng |
  | Team Manager | Yeo Jun Xian |
  | Fitness Trainer | |
  | Sports Trainer | Narasiman Sathivelu |
  | Kitman | |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### Pre-Season transfers
  
  **In**
  
  | Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | DF | Illyas Lee | Balestier Khalsa | Free |
  | DF | Ruzree Rohzaini | Garena Young Lions | Loan Return |
  | FW | Fazrul Nawaz | Hougang United | |
  
  Note 1: Illyas Lee moves to Tiong Bahru FC after the club was excluded from the 2020 Singapore Premier League season. Note 2: Fazrul Nawaz moves to Tampines Rovers after the club was excluded from the 2020 Singapore Premier League season.
  
  **Out**
  
  | Position | Player | Transferred To |
  | - | - | - |
  | GK | Fashah Iskandar | Tanjong Pagar United |
  | GK | Kimura Riki | Lion City Sailors U21 |
  | DF | Kento Fukuda | |
  | DF | Delwinder Singh | Tanjong Pagar United |
  | DF | Tajeli Salamat | Home United |
  | DF | Yeo Hai Ngee | Balestier Khalsa |
  | DF | Danial Scott Crichton | Garena Young Lions |
  | DF | Ryhan Stewart | Garena Young Lions |
  | DF | Illyas Lee | Tiong Bahru FC (NFL) |
  | MF | Suria Prakash | Tanjong Pagar United |
  | MF | Ignatius Ang | Tanjong Pagar United |
  | MF | Gabriel Quak | Home United |
  | MF | Faizal Raffi | Balestier Khalsa |
  | MF | C. Aarish Kumar | Balestier Khalsa |
  | FW | Sahil Suhaimi | Hougang United |
  | FW | Khairul Nizam | Geylang International |
  | FW | Fairoz Hassan | Tiong Bahru FC (NFL) |
  | FW | Jonathan Behe | Al-Nahda Club |
  
  Note 1: Fairoz Hassan moved to Tiong Bahru FC after being released from the club. He subsequently moved to Albirex Niigata (S) during the mid season transfer window
  
  **Extension / Retained**
  
  | Position | Player |
  | - | - |
  | GK | Shahul Rayyan |
  | DF | Emmeric Ong |
  | DF | R Aaravin |
  | DF | Shameer Aziq |
  | MF | Ammirul Emmran |
  | MF | Poh Yi Feng |
  | FW | Fadhil Noh |
  
  **Promoted**
  
  | Position | Player | Ref |
  | - | - | - |
  
  **Trial**
  
  | Position | Player | Trial With | Ref |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | FW | Jonathan Behe | Penang FA | |
  | FW | Jonathan Behe | Terengganu F.C. II | [13] [14] |
  
  ### Mid-Season Transfer
  
  **Out**
  
  | Position | Player | Transferred To |
  | - | - | - |
  | DF | Emmeric Ong | Hougang United |
  | FW | Zulkiffli Hassim | Tanjong Pagar United |
  | MF | Ammirul Emmran | Tanjong Pagar United |
  | FW | Fazrul Nawaz | Tampines Rovers |
  | DF | R Aaravin | Balestier Khalsa |
  
  ## Friendly
  
  ### Pre-Season Friendly
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ## Team statistics
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
      As of 29 September 2018
  
  | No. | Pos. | Player | Sleague | Sleague | Singapore Cup | Singapore Cup | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overview
  
  | Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
  
  ### Singapore Premier League
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Albirex Niigata (S) (C) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 32 | |
  | 2 | Tampines Rovers | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 29 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
  | 3 | Lion City Sailors | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 27 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
  | 4 | Geylang International | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 20 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
  | 5 | Balestier Khalsa | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 19 | |
  | 6 | Hougang United | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 15 | |
  | 7 | Young Lions | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 38 | −26 | 9 | |
  | 8 | Tanjong Pagar United | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 5 | |
  
  * 1 2 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.
  
  ### Singapore Cup
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  