Home United FC

Home United

Full name	Home United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Protectors
Founded	1940
Ground	Bishan Stadium
Ground Capacity	6,500
Chairman	Anselm Lopez
Head Coach	Aidil Sharin
League	S.League
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Home United Football Club, is a professional football club which plays in Singapore's S.League.

History

The Police Sports Association was founded in the mid-1940s to organise football activities for the Singapore Police Force. They sent two teams to compete in the Singapore Amateur Football Association League in the 1950s and 1960s, but neither team won any trophies. Under coach Choo Seng Quee, Police SA won the inaugural President's Cup in 1968, then reached and lost the next two finals. In 1979, they joined the National Football League, were placed in Division III, and immediately earned promotion to Division II. In 1980, Police SA won the Division II title, the President's Cup and the Boggars Cup. In 1985, they were national league champions, after setting a national record as the only team to go unbeaten for 17 consecutive games. The performances of Police SA led to their selection as one of eight teams to compete in the newly formed S.League.^[1]

When the S.League was formed in 1996, the club was known as the Police Football Club. The following year, its name was changed to Home United to reflect that the team represents not only the Singapore Police Force, but also other HomeTeam departments of the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs such as the Singapore Civil Defence Force and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.

Home United were two-time S.League winners and holders of a record six Singapore Cup trophies. They were the first club to achieve the S.League and Singapore Cup double in 2003.

The team's nickname is the "Protectors", and its mascot is a dragon. The team's home ground is the Bishan Stadium.

Home United Youth Football Academy

Home United is the first and only S.League club to own and operate its own physical football academy. Located at 8 Mattar Road, HYFA boasts 10 futsal courts, 2 full-size football pitches, events plaza, staff offices, meeting rooms and a Sports Performance Centre. HYFA aims to nurture youths towards achieving excellence in the sport of football in tandem with their academic pursuits. It seeks to raise the standards for professional football club in Singapore, and serve our dream to be in the World Cup. More importantly, HYFA will provide youths the opportunities to establish themselves in football, either as a professional player, technical support staff, or referee and even as club administrators.

HYFA's core missions are:

a) Developing local football talent: To develop and prepare our youths talent for a career professional football b) Youth character development: To impart sound life values that would aid character development and guide our youths to be upright, law-abiding and responsible persons.

Seasons

• The 1996 season of the S.League was split into two series. Tiger Beer Series winners Geylang United defeated Pioneer Series winners Singapore Armed Forces in the Championship playoff to clinch the S.League title.
• 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.

Players

Sleague current squad

As of 6 January 2017^[2]

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

No. Position Player 2 MF Hariss Harun (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim) 3 DF Afiq Yunos 4 DF Juma'at Jantan 5 DF Haziq Azman 6 DF Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib 7 MF Aqhari Abdullah 8 MF Song Ui-young 9 FW Stipe Plazibat 10 MF Faris Ramli 11 DF Sirina Camara 12 FW Khairul Nizam 13 MF Izzdin Shafiq

No. Position Player 14 MF Shamil Sharif 15 DF Luqman Ismail 16 FW Amiruldin Asraf 17 FW Irfan Fandi 18 GK Hassan Sunny (captain) 19 DF Sufianto Salleh 20 MF Christopher van Huizen 21 MF Mahathir Azeman 22 GK Eko Pradana Putra 23 MF Adam Swandi 24 GK Rudy Khairullah 32 MF Anumanthan Kumar

Prime league squad

As of 6 January 2017^[2]

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

No. Position Player 26 FW Marijan Šuto 27 FW Iqram Rifqi 28 FW Khairuddin Omar 30 DF Sadik Said 31 FW Qayyum Hakim 32 MF Khalili Khalif 33 Syukri Noorhaizam 34 Nor'Salihin Isham 35 DF Ridhuan Shamsuddin 36 FW Izzat Zalani 37 DF Ribiyanda Saswadimata

No. Position Player 38 MF Arshad Shamim 39 DF Khairul Shari 40 GK Kenji Syed Rusydi 41 FW Shah Zulkarnean 42 Sharul Shah 43 Sheikh Faris 44 MF Syed Firdaus 45 Nikesh Singh Sidhu 46 MF Akbar Shah 47 Ifwat Akid Seperan

Club officials

Management

• Chairman: Winston Wong^[3]
• Deputy chairman: Deculan Goh
• Deputy chairman: Charles Shng
• Honorary Secretary: Muhammad Azni
• Honorary Treasurer: Fan Peck Yen
• Honorary Legal Advisor: Alvin Chang
• general manager: Azrulnizam Shah Sohaimi

Technical staff

• Team Manager: Badri Ghent
• Head Coach: Aidil Sharin
• Assistant Coach: Saswadimata Dasuki
• Goalkeeper Coach: Adi Saleh
• Sports Performance Specialist: Andrew Tay
• Sports Trainer: Fazly Hasan

Head coaches

• Zsolt Bücs
• P. N. Sivaji (January 2008 – December 2009)
• Lee Lim-saeng (January 2010 – December 2014)
• Philippe Aw (December 2014 – July 2016)
• Aidil Sharin (July 2016–present)

Honours

League

• S.League: 2

• 1999, 2003

• National Football League Division One: 1

• 1985

Cup

• Singapore Cup: 6

• 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2013

• President's Cup: 1

• 1980

• FAS Challenge Cup: 1

• 1968

Reserves

• Prime League: 7

• 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2016

• FA Cup: 3

• 2013, 2015, 2016

Performance in AFC competitions

• Asian Club Championship: 1 appearances

2001: Second round

• AFC Cup: 8 appearances

2004: Semi-finals ( lost to Al Jaish Damascus 1–6 on Argegate )

2005: Quarter-Finals ( lost to Al Nejmeh 2–6 on Argegate )

2006: Group stage ( Group E )

2008: Quarter-finals ( lost to Dempo 4–5 on Argegate )

2009: Round of 16 ( lost to South China 0–4 )

2012: Round of 16 ( lost to Al-Wahda SC Damascus 0–3 )

2014: Group stage ( Group E )

2017: Zonal Final( lost to Ceres–Negros 2–3 on aggregate )

AFC clubs ranking

As of 02 JULY 2017.^[4]

Current Rank	Country	Team
80		Maziya S&RC
81		Ceres–Negros
82		Global Cebu
83		Al-Riffa
84		Home United

Sponsors

• Main Sponsor: Linco Investments
• Kit Supplier: Puma

References

1. ↑ Malathi Das and Palakrishnan (1996), "S.League: the kick-off", Singapore Professional Football League Pte Ltd, p. 33
2. 1 2 http://www.sleague.com/clubs-profile/home-utd/team-profile
3. ↑ "Lopez leaves Home after 19 years, Wong appointed chairman". fourfourtwo.com. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017. 
4. ↑ "AFC Club Ranking (2nd July 2017 )". globalfootballranks.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2 July 2017. 

External links

• Official club website
• S.League website page on Home United FC