Hougang United FC

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Hougang United
File:Hougang United FC Logo.jpg
Full nameHougang United Football Club
Nickname(s)The Cheetahs
Short nameHUFC
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998) (as Marine Castle United)
2011; 13 years ago (2011) (as Hougang United)
GroundHougang Stadium
Capacity3,800
OwnerNorthstar Group
ChairmanBill Ng
ManagerClement Teo
LeagueSingapore Premier League
2021Singapore Premier League, 5th of 8
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Hougang United Football Club is a Singaporean professional football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League.

History

Hougang United Football Club was founded as Marine Castle United Football Club, which was formed by Newcastle United fans in the Marine Parade area. Upon successful entry into the S.League in 1998, the club struggled in its early foray in the first few years, finishing in the bottom two for the next four seasons.

Marine Castle changed its name to Sengkang Marine Football Club in 2002 and finished in 8th position consecutively, its highest ever finish in its short history.

Financial difficulties then forced Sengkang Marine out of the S.League in 2004, and Paya Lebar-Punggol Football Club took its place in 2005, finishing the season as wooden-spoonist. The two clubs then merged their resources from 2006 to 2010 to form Sengkang Punggol Football Club, finishing no higher than 10th.

On 1 January 2011, the chairman of Sengkang Punggol Football Club, Mr. Bill Ng, announced the changes that began the rewriting of another chapter of the football club. With improved financial status and a change in name to the present Hougang United Football Club, there was renewed optimism among the Hougang fan base around the club's home stadium since its inception, Hougang Stadium.[1] The club also had its fair share of ‘marquee players’ in the earlier days like Grant Holt (formerly Norwich City), Michael Currie (formerly Queens Park Rangers), and Kim See-man (former South Korea youth international).

In November 2014, it was announced that Hougang United and Woodlands Wellington will merge for the 2015 season.[2]

In 2019, Hougang United in a consolidation of home stadiums moved out of Hougang stadium to Jalan Besar Stadium.[1]

From season 2020, much to the joy of the diehard supporters, Hougang United had moved back to Hougang stadium and will continue to grace the North east turf with pride.

Partnership

On 22 November 2014, Hougang United announced a partnership with Global Football Academy for the 2015 S.League season.[3]

Scholarship

The Hougang United FC Scholarship was launched in May 2015. The aim of the scholarship is to support and facilitate the academic development of young non-professional footballing talents.[4]

Supporters

The club has a supporters' community known as the Hougang HOOLS (Hougang Only One Love), which was set up in 2010. The fan group often organise an annual end of season friendly game against the players whom they sing for the entire season. The fan group's main objective is to collate everyone who supports Hougang United and grow them into a healthy fan community. The fan group also has an amateur band called Gate 3, who write songs about celebrating Hougang United.

Seasons

Season Name Changed League Pos. P W D L GS GA Pts Singapore Cup League Cup AFC Champions League FIFA Club World Cup
1998 Marine Castle United S.League 11th 20 2 3 15 19 44 9 Group stage Not qualified
1999 12th 22 3 3 16 21 56 12 Round of 16
2000 11th 22 4 4 14 18 45 16 Round of 16
2001 11th 33 7 6 20 35 71 27 Group stage
2002 Sengkang Marine 8th 33 11 6 16 62 84 39 Semi-finals
2003 8th 33 7 8–1 17 32 66 38 Group stage
2004
2005 Paya Lebar Punggol S.League 10th 27 1 1 25 23 78 4 Preliminary Not qualified Not qualified
2006 Sengkang Punggol 11th 30 4 6 20 32 72 18 Quarter-finals
2007 11th 33 5 10 18 39 69 25 Quarter-finals Runners-up
2008 11th 33 3 10 20 13 54 19 Round of 16 Preliminary
2009 10th 30 5 6 19 26 58 21 Round of 16 Group stage
2010 11th 33 7 6 20 24 48 27 Round of 16 Semi-finals
2011 Hougang United 7th 33 15 3 15 55 63 43* Semi-finals Runners-up
2012 8th 24 7 8 9 31 33 29 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals
2013 10th 27 9 3 15 37 40 30 Quarter-finals Group stage
2014 7th 27 12 6 9 49 42 42 Preliminary Semi-finals
2015 10th 27 4 9 14 28 42 21 Preliminary Semi-finals
2016 6th 24 9 5 10 35 39 32 Preliminary Group stage
2017 6th 24 9 3 12 24 31 30 Semi-finals Group stage
2018 Singapore Premier League 9th 24 2 6 16 22 44 12 Quarter finals
2019 3rd 24 13 4 7 58  45 43 Group stage
2020 6th 14 4 3 7 19  24 15
2021 3rd 21 10 4 7 48  40 34
  • 2003 saw the introduction of penalty shoot-outs if a match ended in a draw in regular time. Winners of penalty shoot-outs gained two points instead of one.
  • Sengkang Marine sat out the 2004 S.League season. They merged with Paya Lebar Punggol to form Sengkang Marine on their return to the S.League in 2006.
  • Hougang United deducted 5-point for a pre-match brawl with Etoile during the 2011 season.
  • Hougang United's highest finish in 2019 season.

Continental record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2020 AFC Cup Group F Laos Lao Toyota Cancelled 1–3 3rd
Vietnam Hồ Chí Minh City 2–3 Cancelled
Myanmar Yangon United Cancelled 1–0
2022 AFC Cup Group I Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown
Vietnam Viettel
Laos Young Elephants

Players

Current squad

As of 18 June 2022[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Singapore SGP Mukundan Maran
2 DF Singapore SGP Anders Aplin
4 DF Singapore SGP Nazrul Nazari (vice-captain)
5 DF Singapore SGP Lionel Tan (vice-captain)
6 DF Japan JPN Kaishu Yamazaki
7 MF Singapore SGP Shahfiq Ghani
8 MF Singapore SGP Hafiz Abu Sujad
9 FW Brazil BRA Pedro Bortoluzo
10 FW Singapore SGP Shawal Anuar
11 MF Singapore SGP Afiq Noor
12 MF Singapore SGP Fabian Kwok (captain)
13 GK Singapore SGP Ridhuan Barudin
14 MF Croatia CRO Kristijan Krajček
16 DF Singapore SGP Faiz Salleh (vice-captain)
17 MF Singapore SGP Shahril Ishak
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Singapore SGP Amy Recha
20 MF Singapore SGP Muhaimin Suhaimi
21 DF Singapore SGP Nazhiim Harman U23
22 MF Singapore SGP Kishon Phillip U23
23 FW Singapore SGP Sahil Suhaimi
24 MF Singapore SGP Amir Zalani
25 GK Singapore SGP Aizil Yazid U23
30 MF Brazil BRA André Moritz
31 GK Singapore SGP Zainol Gulam
32 DF Singapore SGP Jordan Vestering U23
37 MF Singapore SGP Zulfahmi Arifin
53 MF Singapore SGP Jarrel Ong U21
55 MF Singapore SGP Farhan Zulkifli U21
66 DF Singapore SGP Ajay Robson U21

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Singapore SGP Harhys Stewart (to Young Lions FC)
— GK Singapore SGP Heng How Meng (National Service until 2022)
— MF Singapore SGP Nikesh Singh Sidhu (National Service until 2023)
— DF Singapore SGP Sahffee Jubpre (National Service until 2023)

Technical staff

Position Name
General Manager/Team Manager Singapore Matthew Tay
Head coach Singapore Clement Teo
Assistant coach Singapore Firdaus Kassim
Fitness coach Singapore Hairil Amin
Goalkeeper coach Australia Scott Starr
Strength and Conditioning coach Singapore Syaqir Sulaiman
Head Of Development / U-21 coach Singapore Han Yiguang
Sports Trainer Singapore Thomas Pang
Equipment manager Singapore Richard Lim
Equipment Officer Singapore Wan Azlan Bin Wan Adanan
U-15 coach Singapore Tay Puay Guan
U-17 coach Nigeria Robert Eziakor

Managers

Name Nat Period Silverware
As Marine Castle United
Alan Vest New Zealand (1 January–30 July 2001)
As Sengkang Marine
Trevor Morgan England (1 August 2001–30 July 2003)
Abdullah Noor England (1 August–31 December 2003)
As Paya Lebar Punggol
Chow Kwai Lam Malaysia (1 January–4 June 2005)
Qi Yubo China (12 June–31 December 2005)
As Sengkang Punggol
Trevor Morgan England (10 January 2006–19 September 2007)
Saswadimata Dasuki Singapore (20 September 2007–21 July 2008)
Mirko Grabovac (caretaker) Croatia (29 July–5 October 2008)
Swandi Ahmad (interim) Singapore (6 October–31 December 2008)
Jorg Steinebrunner Germany (1 January–24 June 2009)
As Hougang United
Aide Iskandar (interim) Singapore (25 June–31 December 2009)
Aide Iskandar Singapore (1 January 2010–31 December 2011)
Nenad Bacina Croatia (1 December 2011–30 November 2012)
Johana Bin Johari (interim) Singapore (30 November–31 December 2012)
Alex Weaver England (1 January–31 March 2013)
Johana Bin Johari (interim) Singapore (April–August 2013)
Amin Nasir Singapore (21 August 2013–31 December 2014)
Salim Moin Singapore (1 January–30 October 2015)
K. Balagumaran Singapore (1 November 2015–30 November 2016)
Philippe Aw Singapore (Jan 2017–June 2018)
Clement Teo Singapore (June 2017–)

Manufacturers and sponsors

Kit manufacturers
Season Name
2011 Mitre
2012 Acono
2013 Waga
2014 Macron
2015–2018 Vonda
2019– Warrix
Season Name
2015–2016 ESW Manage
2017–2020 ESW Manage
2021– Northstar Group

References

  1. ^ a b "Eight Singapore Premier League clubs to share stadiums, views divided over 'semi-permanent move'". Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ Ong, Terence (4 November 2014). "Jaguars to sit out next S-League season, Rams to merge with Hougang". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Hougang United aim to do more for community". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Hougang United F.C. Scholarship". hgfc.com.sg. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  5. ^ "SPL 2021 Club Guide: Hougang United". Singapore Premier League. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

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