The 2008 S.League season was Geylang United's 13th season in the top flight of Singapore football and 33rd year in existence as a football club.
Overview On 29 September 2007, Jozef Herel took over Lim Tong Hai as Geylang International FC's head coach as Lim was promoted to head of the football division at the club.
Squad
No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Goalkeepers 1 Amos Boon GK 19 Fajar Sarib GK Defenders 2 Noh Rahman DF 5 Aide Iskandar DF 6 Baihakki Khaizan DF 12 Faizal Senin DF 13 Jonathan Xu DF 15 Fabian Tan DF Midfielders 3 Rastislav Belicak MF 4 Shah Hirul MF 8 Mohd Noor Ali MF 11 Syed Thaha MF 17 Hafiz Rahim MF 18 Lau Meng Meng MF Forwards 9 Miroslav Latiak FW 10 Fazrul Nawaz FW 14 Luiz Carlos Machado Júnior FW 16 Masrezwan Masturi FW 20 Rivaldo Costa Amaral Filho FW
Coaching staff
Position NameHead coach Jozef HerelAssistant coach Darimosuvito TokijanGoalkeeping coach Koh Chuan HweeTeam manager Lim Tong HaiPhysiotherapist Thomas Pang Yok BoonKitman Abdul Halim Yusop
Pre-Season Transfers
In
PositionPlayerTransferred From Sengkang Punggol Young Lions Young Lions Young Lions Gombak United SAFFC SAFFC Geylang International U21 Balestier Khalsa Esporte Clube Tupy Nanchang Bayi MFK Zemplín Michalovce MFK Ružomberok
Out
PositionPlayerTransferred to Tampines RoversReleased SAFFCReleased Home United Sengkang PunggolReleased Provincial Electricity Authority FC Wollongong Woodlands Wellington PSIS Semarang
Pre-season friendlies
S-League Match Date Home/Away Opponent team Score Scorers 1 February 21, 2008 Home Balestier Khalsa 2–1 A. Iskandar , M. Masturi 2 February 26, 2008 Away SAFFC 3–1 M. Masturi 3 March 3, 2008 Home Albirex Niigata (S) 1–1 M. Masturi 4 March 7, 2008 Away (LIVE) Super Reds 1–0 5 March 15, 2008 Away Home United 6–1 F. Nawaz 6 March 19, 2008 Home Young Lions 3–2 F. Nawaz , , 7 March 31, 2008 Away Gombak United 3–1 M. Masturi 8 April 8, 2008 Home Dalian Shide Siwu 1–3 M. Masturi 9 April 11, 2008 Away (LIVE) Tampines Rovers 0–1 Júnior 10 April 20, 2008 Away Woodlands Wellington 1–2 M. Latiak , 11 April 27, 2008 Home Sengkang Punggol 2–0 M. Latiak , F. Nawaz 12 May 4, 2008 Home SAFFC 2–3 Júnior , M. Masturi 13 May 20, 2008 Away Balestier Khalsa 2–2 M. Masturi , R. Costa 14 May 25, 2008 Away Albirex Niigata (S) 1–5 A. Iskandar , M. Masturi , R. Costa , Júnior , N. Ali 15 June 25, 2008 Away Super Reds 2–1 M. Latiak 16 July 1, 2008 Home Home United 1–2 R. Costa 17 July 15, 2008 Away Young Lions 0–0 18 July 18, 2008 Home (LIVE) Gombak United 3–1 A. Iskandar , R. Costa , F. Nawaz 19 July 22, 2008 Home Tampines Rovers 0–1 20 July 25, 2008 Away Dalian Shide Siwu 0–1 R. Costa 21 August 4, 2008 Away Sengkang Punggol 1–2 M. Masturi , M. Latiak 22 August 12, 2008 Home SAFFC 2–2 N. Ali , R. Costa 23 August 27, 2008 Home Balestier Khalsa 2–1 F. Nawaz , N. Ali 24 September 12, 2008 Home Albirex Niigata (S) 1–1 F. Nawaz 25 September 17, 2008 Away Super Reds 2–1 R. Costa (pen.) 26 September 25, 2008 Home Woodlands Wellington 4–1 R. Costa , N. Ali , M. Latiak , M. Masturi , 27 October 3, 2008 Away (LIVE) Home United 3–1 F. Nawaz 28 October 9, 2008 Home Young Lions 1–1 F. Nawaz
Singapore Cup Match Date Round Home/Away Opponent team Score Scorers 1 May 12, 2008 First Knockout Round Away Super Reds 2–1 R. Belicak
Singapore League Cup Match Date Round Home/Away Opponent team Score Scorers 1 May 31, 2008 Singapore League Cup 2008 Home Balestier Khalsa 1–2 M. Latiak
Player seasonal records Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Updated to games played May 25, 2008.
Goalscorers Rank Name S-League Singapore Cup Singapore League Cup Total 1 Masrezwan Masturi 8 (14) 0 (1) 0 (0) 7 (15) 2 Fazrul Nawaz 5 (14) 0 (1) 0 (0) 5 (15) 3 Miroslav Latiak 3 (14) 0 (1) 0 (0) 3 (15) 4 Júnior 3 (14) 0 (1) 0 (0) 3 (15)5 Rivaldo Costa 2 (7) 0 (1) 0 (0) 2 (8) Aide Iskandar 2 (12) 0 (1) 0 (0) 2 (13)6 Rastislav Belicak 0 (13) 1 (1) 0 (0) 1 (14) Noor Ali 1 (14) 0 (1) 0 (0) 1 (15)
Goals conceded Rank Name S-League Singapore Cup Singapore League Cup Total Average per game 1 Amos Boon 27 (13) 2 (1) 0 (0) 29 (14) 2.07 2 Fajar Sarib 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1) 1 3 Nazri Sabri 0 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (1) 0
Discipline RankName S-League Singapore Cup Singapore League CupTotal Total Cards1 Rastislav Belicak 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 7 2 Noh Rahman 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 3 Aide Iskandar 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 4 Jonathan Xu 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 5 Masrezwan Masturi 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 6 Miroslav Latiak 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 4 7 Farizal Basri 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 8 Baihakki Khaizan 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 9 Faizal Senin 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10 Noor Ali 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 Júnior 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 12 Fazrul Nawaz 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 13 Syed Thaha 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14 Faizal Senin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 15 Rivaldo Costa 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
References
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