Hougang United FC

Hougang United
Full name Hougang United Football Club
Nickname(s) The Cheetahs
Founded 1981
Ground Hougang Stadium
Ground Capacity 3,800
Chairman Bill Ng
Head Coach Philippe Aw
League S.League
2016 5th
Website Club website

Hougang United Football Club is a professional football club in Singapore's professional league S.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 this 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. 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.[1][2] With the announcement that Hougang United will retain its name after the merger and assimilation of most of Woodlands staff into Hougang's structure, including players and head coach Salim Moin, Woodlands Wellington ceased to exist in the S.League from 2015.[3]

Partnership

On 22 November 2014, Hougang United announced the partnership with Global Football Academy for the 2015 S.League season.[4]

Scholarship

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.[5]

Supporters

The club has a group of supporters known as the Hougang HOOLS (Hougang Only One Love). They are known to be fervent fans who, in a very large degree, celebrate their club.

Seasons

Season S.League Singapore Cup League Cup
Club Pos P W D L F A Pts
1998 Marine Castle United 11th 20 2 3 15 19 44 9 Group Stage
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 10th 27 1 1 25 23 78 4 Preliminary
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 Third Place
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 Quarter-finals
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

Players

Current Squad

As of 6 January 2017 [6]

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

No. Position Player
1 Singapore GK Zulfairuuz Rudy
2 Singapore MF Fairoz Hasan
3 Singapore DF Ali Hudzaifi
4 Singapore DF Delwinder Singh
5 Japan DF Atsushi Shirota
7 Singapore FW Fareez Farhan
8 Singapore MF Azhar Sairudin (vice-captain)
9 Spain FW Pablo Rodriguez
10 Japan MF Fumiya Kogure
11 Singapore MF Nazrul Nazari
12 Singapore DF Fabian Kwok
No. Position Player
13 Singapore GK Ridhuan Barudin
14 Singapore MF Iqbal Hussain
16 Singapore MF Syahiran Miswan
17 Singapore DF Faiz Salleh
18 Singapore GK Khairulhin Khalid
19 Singapore MF Nurhilmi Jasni (captain)
20 Singapore MF Afiq Noor
21 Singapore DF Lionel Tan
23 Singapore MF Zulfahmi Arifin
24 Singapore FW Amir Zalani
25 Singapore DF Wahyudi Wahid

Prime League Squad

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

No. Position Player
26 Italy FW Antonie Viterale
27 Singapore DF Daniel Goh
28 Singapore DF Nasrul Taib
29 Singapore MF Benedict Sim Yu Hao
30 Singapore MF Prakash Raj
31 Singapore MF Aarish Kumar
32 Singapore GK Ahmad Fadly
33 Singapore MF Justin Hui
34 Singapore DF Ariyan Shamsuddin
35 Singapore DF Royston Tan Jia Jie
36 Singapore MF Gareth Low Jun Kit
No. Position Player
37 Singapore FW Syukri Bashir
38 Singapore MF Darren Yap
39 Singapore DF Amer Hakeem
40 Singapore DF Shahrul Affandy
41 Singapore DF Shaqi Sulaiman
42 Singapore GK Heng How Meng
43 Singapore DF Kishon Philip
44 Singapore MF Karthik Raj
45 Singapore FW Nurhalis Azmi
46 Singapore DF Asraf Zahid

Managers

Sponsors

Kit Sponsors
Season Sponsor Name
2011 Mitre
2012 Acono
2013 Waga
2014 Macron
2015– 2018 Vonda
Season Sponsor Name
2015–2016 ESW Manage
2017 Green Rubber Global
Season Co-Sponsor Name
2017 ESW Manage
2017 Living Star
2017 VX Sports
2017 Churros Factory
2017 Cita Rasa Kitchen
2017 Pin Si Restaurant

References

  1. Ong, Terence (4 November 2014). "Jaguars to sit out next S-League season, Rams to merge with Hougang". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  2. Low, Lin Fhoong (5 November 2014). "Uncertainty over S-League’s changes for 2015". Today. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  3. "S.League.com – Hougang United To Retain Name After Merger". sleague.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  4. "HGFC is pleased to announce the signing... - Hougang United Football Club (HGFC) - Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  5. "Hougang United F.C. Scholarship". hgfc.com.sg. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  6. "The Team". Hougang United Football Club. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
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