Tanjong Pagar United FC

Tanjong Pagar United Football Club is a professional football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club took part in S.League from 1996 to 2004, and from 2011 to 2014. The club withdrew from the league after the 2004 season because of financial problems, but returned in 2011, with several similar breaks meanwhile.[1][2]

Tanjong Pagar United
Full nameTanjong Pagar United Football Club
Nickname(s)The Jaguars
Short nameTPU
Founded1974 (1974) as Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club

1996 (1996) as Tiong Bahru United

1998 (1998) as Tanjong Pagar United
GroundJurong East Stadium
Capacity2,700
ManagerHasrin Jailani
LeagueSingapore Premier League
2021Singapore Premier League, 5th of 8

The club also has its women's section.[3]

History

Prior to the formation of the S.League, the team was known as Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club, and won Singapore's National Football League in 1983 and 1987. The club changed its name to Tiong Bahru United Football Club in 1996, and then to Tanjong Pagar United in 1998.

The team's mascot was a Jaguar. During its first run in the S.League, the club's home ground was the Queenstown Stadium. However, as the Queenstown Stadium was occupied since 2010 by French club Etoile FC, Tanjong Pagar United was based in Clementi Stadium for the duration of the 2011 season. However, due to Etoile FC's withdrawal from the S-League by the end of the 2011 season, Tanjong Pagar shifted back to Queenstown Stadium for the 2012 season.

The club were formed as Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club in 1975 and debuted in Division III of the National Football League, from which they were promoted as champions in 1978. This was followed by a second successive promotion in 1979, bringing the Jaguars to Division I. In 1982, they won the President's Cup and the following year, they were national league champions. They represented Singapore in the 1984 ASEAN Club Games, finishing third, then captured The Double in 1987. The early 1990s saw further successes, as they were Pools Cup winners in 1991 and 1993, finished runners-up in the FAS Premier League from 1991 to 1993 and bagged the FA Cup in 1994. Their strong performances led to their selection as one of eight clubs to compete in the newly formed S.League, so in 1995, they were renamed to Tiong Bahru Football Club and obtained a permanent home at the Queenstown Stadium.[4]

In 2017, the owners of Tanjong Pagar United stated their intent to return to Singapore Premier League for the 2019 season,[5] and in November 2017 applied to FAS to rejoin the league.[6] On the same month, the team also appeals to continue their jackpot operations, which is the source of club's income, after new regulations by the Ministry of Home Affairs forced the club to wind down their operations.[7] But after their appeals were rejected by Ministry of Home Affairs and were ordered to shut down their jackpot operations in April 2018,[8] as of September 2019, there were no further updates from the club regarding this intent.

On 16 January 2020, the Football Association of Singapore confirms Tanjong Pagar United's participation in the 2020 Singapore Premier League season.[3]

Seasons

Season S.League Singapore Cup Singapore League Cup
Pos P W D L F A Pts
1996-1 5th 14455201917
1996-2 2nd* 14833351827
1997 2nd 161042331634
1998 2nd 201442391546 Winners
1999 3rd 221183402541 Round of 16
2000 2nd 221273502343 Quarter-finals
2001 4th 331869684760 Semi-finals
2002 9th 3311418497237 Quarter-finals
2003 10th 3382–023367828 Group stage
2004 10th 274518297217 Preliminary
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011 11th 333525217714 Round of 16 Preliminary
2012 12th 245514174120 Round of 16 Group stage
2013 6th 27999363436 Runners-up Quarter-finals
2014 9th 278514354429 Quarter-finals Runners-up
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020 8th 1405914335
2021 5th 21579364922
  • 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.
  • Tanjong Pagar United sat out the S.League from 2005 to 2010, and withdrew from the competition between 2015 - 2019.

Players

Current squad

As of 26 April 2022[9]

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  SIN Veer Karan Sobti (on loan from Lion City Sailors)U23
2 DF  SIN Faritz Abdul Hameed (Captain)
3 DF  SIN Shahrin Saberin
4 MF  SIN Faizal Raffi
5 DF  SIN Emmeric Ong
6 MF  SIN Fathullah Rahmat U23
7 MF  SIN Rusyaidi Salime
8 DF  SIN Daniel Bennett
9 FW  JPN Reo Nishiguchi
10 FW  SIN Syukri Bashir
11 DF  SIN Shakir Hamzah
12 FW  SIN Khairul Nizam
13 DF  SIN Aqhari Abdullah
14 MF  SIN Naufal Ilham U23
15 MF  JPN Shodai Nishikawa
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  SIN Raihan Rahman
17 MF  SIN Ryan Syaffiq
18 GK  SIN Fashah Iskandar
19 FW  SIN Khairul Amri (Vice Captain)
20 MF  AUS Blake Ricciuto
21 MF  CRO Mirko Šugić
22 MF  SIN Hadiputradila Saswadimata U23
28 GK  SIN Zharfan Rohaizad
52 GK  SIN Ameer Fiqr U21
59 MF  SIN Azim Akbar U21
DF  SIN Akram Azman U23
FW  SIN Joshua De Souza U21
DF  SIN Haziq Jalal 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
GK  SIN Kenji Syed Rusydi (National Service till 2022)
FW  SIN Syahadat Masnawi (National Service till 2022)
MF  SIN Elfy Danish (National Service till 2023)

Former players

Club Officials

Management

  • Chairman: Raymond Tang
  • Vice-Chairman: Andrew Chua
  • Honorary Secretary: Zen Tay
  • Honorary Treasurer: Chan Kok Hock
  • Club Supervisor: Richard Woon

Technical staff

  • First Team Manager: Hasrin Jailani
  • First Team Assistant Manager: Herman Zailani
  • First Team Goalkeeping Coach:Fajar Sarib
  • Fitness Coach:Hafiz Osman
  • Youth Coach:Muhammad Ridhuan
  • Forward Coach & Video Analyst:Indra Sahdan
  • Head of first team football:Noh Alam Shah

Managers

Honours

Domestic

League

  • 1983, 1987

Cups

  • 1982, 1985, 1987, 1994

Sponsors

Main SponsorsOther SponsorsKit Supplier
Tokyo Century Komoco Motors FBT

References

  1. 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.
  2. Low, Lin Fhoong (5 November 2014). "Uncertainty over S-League's changes for 2015". Today. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  3. "FAS confirms Tanjong Pagar United's participation in the 2020 SPL season | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  4. Malathi Das and Palakrishnan (1996), "S.League: the kick-off", Singapore Professional Football League Pte Ltd, p. 56
  5. "Football: Jaguars confident of S-League return by 2019". The Straits Times. 26 June 2017.
  6. Osman, Shamir (10 November 2017). "Gombak, Tanjong Pagar apply to rejoin S.League in 2019". The New Paper.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Football: Tanjong Pagar and Gombak United will soon exist only on paper as appeals fail". The Straits Times. 25 July 2018.
  9. "SPL 2021 Club Guide: Tanjong Pagar United". Singapore Premier League. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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