2016 Tampines Rovers FC season

Tampines Rovers FC
2016 season
Chairman	Desmond Ong
Coach	V. Sundramoorthy
Ground	Jurong West Stadium
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2016 S.League season is Tampines Rovers's 21st season at the top level of Singapore football and 71st year in existence as a football club. The club also competed in the Singapore League Cup, Singapore Cup, Singapore Community Shield and the AFC Cup.

Squad

Sleague Squad

As of 4 May 2017.

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Last club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Izwan Mahbud	(1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 34)	LionsXII	2016
21	Joey Sim	(1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 (age 37)	Geylang International	2015
26	Ahmad Fadly	(1997-03-01) 1 March 1997 (age 27)	Youth Team	2016
44	Haikal Hasnol	(1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 29)	Youth Team	2016
Defenders
2	Ismadi Mukhtar	(1983-12-16) 16 December 1983 (age 40)	Woodlands Wellington	2010
3	Jufri Taha	(1985-03-04) 4 March 1985 (age 39)	Balestier Khalsa	2010
4	Fahrudin Mustafic	(1981-04-17) 17 April 1981 (age 43)	Persela Lamongan	2011
5	Noh Rahman	(1980-08-02) 2 August 1980 (age 44)	Home United	2016
14	Afiq Yunos	(1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 33)	LionsXII	2016
17	Shakir Hamzah	(1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 32)	LionsXII	2016	2017
19	Irwan Shah	(1988-11-02) 2 November 1988 (age 36)	Warriors FC	2016
20	Kwon Jun	(1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 37)	Putrajaya SPA F.C.	2016
32	Ariyan Shamsuddin	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 27)	Youth Team	2016
Midfielders
6	Yasir Hanapi	(1989-06-21) 21 June 1989 (age 35)	Home United	2016
7	Christopher van Huizen	(1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 31)	LionsXII	2016
8	Shahdan Sulaiman	(1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 36)	LionsXII	2016	2017
9	Jermaine Pennant	(1983-01-15) 15 January 1983 (age 41)	Wigan Athletic F.C.	2016
12	Fabian Kwok	(1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 35)	Geylang International	2015
13	Izzdin Shafiq	(1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 33)	LionsXII	2016
15	Nawari Ahmad	(1992-02-15) 15 February 1992 (age 32)	Youth Team	2016
16	Hafiz Sujad	(1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 (age 34)	LionsXII	2016
30	Aide Shazwandi	(1997-01-13) 13 January 1997 (age 27)	Youth Team	2016
38	Gautam Selvamany	(1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 27)	Youth Team	2016
43	Saifullah Akbar	(1999-01-31) 31 January 1999 (age 25)	Youth Team	2016
Forwards
10	Fazrul Nawaz	(1985-04-17) 17 April 1985 (age 39)	Warriors FC	2016
11	Jordan Webb	(1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 (age 36)	Courts Young Lions	2016
18	Sufian Anuar	(1987-08-28) 28 August 1987 (age 37)	LionsXII	2016
25	Billy Mehmet	(1985-01-03) 3 January 1985 (age 39)	Sarawak FA	2016
29	Diego Silvas	(1997-09-25) 25 September 1997 (age 27)	Seattle Sounders FC 2	2016
33	Noor Faridzuan	(1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 (age 28)	Youth Team	2016

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Jürgen Raab
Assistant coach	Herman Zailani
Goalkeeping coach	Rameshpal Singh
Team manager	Desmund Khusnin
Physiotherapist
Kitman	Goh Koon Hiang
Director of Football	Jita Singh

Transfers

Pre-season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
GK	Izwan Mahbud	LionsXII	^[1]
DF	Hafiz Abu Sujad	LionsXII	^[2]
DF	Afiq Yunos	LionsXII	^[2]
DF	Shakir Hamzah	LionsXII	^[3]
DF	Irwan Shah	Warriors FC
DF	Noh Rahman	Home United
DF	Kwon Jun	Putrajaya SPA F.C.	^[1]
MF	Yasir Hanapi	Home United
MF	Izzdin Shafiq	LionsXII	^[2]
MF	Firdaus Kasman	LionsXII	^[2]
MF	Christopher van Huizen	LionsXII	^[2]
MF	Shahdan Sulaiman	LionsXII	^[1]
MF	Jermaine Pennant	Wigan Athletic F.C.	^[1]
FW	Sufian Anuar	LionsXII	^[2]
FW	Fazrul Nawaz	Warriors FC	^[2]
FW	Jordan Webb	Courts Young Lions	^[1]
FW	Billy Mehmet	Sarawak FA	^[4]
FW	Diego Silvas	Seattle Sounders FC 2

Retained

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Joey Sim	^[2]
DF	Mustafic Fahrudin	^[2]
DF	Ismadi Mukhtar	^[2]
DF	Jufri Taha	^[2]
MF	Fabian Kwok	^[2]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Siddiq Durimi
GK	Rodrigo Pacheco
DF	Predrag Počuča	FK BSK Borča
DF	Shaiful Esah	Warriors FC	^[5]
DF	Zulfadli Zainal Abidin	Warriors FC	^[5]
DF	Ismail Yunos	Warriors FC	^[5]
DF	Aqhari Abdullah	Home United
MF	Jamil Ali	Balestier Khalsa
MF	Firdaus Idros
MF	Ridhuan Muhammad	Warriors FC
MF	Robert Alviž	HNK Šibenik
MF	Mohammad Naeem Rahimi	Bankstown Berries FC
MF	Isa Halim	Geylang International	^[6]
FW	Mateo Roskam	Sarawak FA
FW	Rodrigo Tosi	Persija Jakarta
FW	Indra Sahdan Daud	Geylang International	^[7]
FW	Noh Alam Shah

Trial

Position	Player	From	Ref

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		League Cup		AFC Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Izwan Mahbud	18	0	2	0	0	0	9	0	29	0
2	DF	Ismadi Mukhtar	13(4)	1	2	0	4	0	4(3)	0	30	1
3	DF	Jufri Taha	11	0	3	0	4	0	2	0	20	0
4	DF	Fahrudin Mustafic	18(3)	1	4	1	1	0	7(1)	1	34	3
5	DF	Noh Rahman	6	0	0	0	4	0	7	0	17	0
6	MF	Yasir Hanapi	20(2)	3	2(1)	0	0	0	10	1	35	4
7	MF	Christopher van Huizen	5(5)	1	1(1)	0	0	0	3(1)	0	16	1
8	MF	Shahdan Sulaiman	11(2)	2	0	0	1	1	4(2)	0	20	3
9	MF	Jermaine Pennant	15(6)	5	2(2)	0	0	0	6(1)	0	32	5
10	FW	Fazrul Nawaz	15(3)	7	2	1	0	0	5(1)	1	26	9
11	FW	Jordan Webb	22(2)	12	3	0	4	1	7(3)	1	41	14
12	MF	Fabian Kwok	5(4)	0	0(1)	0	4	1	2(2)	0	17	1
13	MF	Izzdin Shafiq	20(4)	0	3	0	0	0	7(2)	0	36	0
14	DF	Afiq Yunos	11(3)	0	2(1)	1	0	0	7(1)	2	25	3
15	MF	Nawari Ahmad	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF	Hafiz Sujad	18(3)	2	3(1)	3	0	0	8(2)	2	35	7
17	DF	Shakir Hamzah	16(4)	2	4	0	0	0	3(1)	0	28	2
18	FW	Sufian Anuar	1(8)	0	2(2)	1	1	1	0(2)	0	16	2
19	DF	Irwan Shah	14(5)	0	4	0	4	0	6(1)	0	34	0
20	DF	Kwon Jun	0	0	0	0	0	0	4(3)	0	7	0
21	GK	Joey Sim	6(1)	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	13	0
25	FW	Billy Mehmet	22	12	3	2	4	3	6(1)	3	36	20
29	FW	Diego Silvas	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
30	MF	Aide Shazwandi	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	2	0
32	DF	Ariyan Shamsuddin	0	0	0	0	1(1)	1	0	0	2	1
33	FW	Noor Faridzuan	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
35	MF	Haiqal Sulaiman	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
38	MF	Guatam Selvamany	0	0	0	0	3(1)	0	0	0	4	0
40	MF	Shafie Muliantoh	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	2	0
43	MF	Saifullah Akbar	0(1)	0	0(1)	1	4	1	0	0	6	2

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %

S.League

Win Draw Loss

15 February 1	Tampines Rovers	3 – 3	Geylang International	Jurong West, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Webb 13' Mehmet 34' Yasir 86'	Details^[usurped]	Amy 35' Delgado 55' Ng 78'	Stadium: Jurong West Stadium Attendance: 2,930^[8] Referee: Sukhbir Singh

26 February 2	Tampines Rovers	4 – 1	Hougang United	Jurong West, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00	Shahdan 8' Ismadi 11' Pennant 20' Fazrul 84'	Details^[usurped]	Plazibat 26'	Stadium: Jurong West Stadium Attendance: 2,106^[9] Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

3 March 3	Home United	1 – 1	Tampines Rovers	Bishan, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Ilsø 25'	Details^[usurped]	Pennant 40'	Stadium: Bishan Stadium Attendance: 3,551^[10] Referee: Muhd Taqi

19 March 4	Brunei DPMM	1 – 2	Tampines Rovers	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
20:15 UTC+08:00	Ramazotti 59'	Details^[usurped]	Mehmet 4' Webb 15'	Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium Referee: Farhad Mohd

3 April 5	Garena Young Lions	1 – 2	Tampines Rovers	Kallang, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Fareez 62' (pen.)	Details^[usurped]	Shakir 45' van Huizen 50'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 2,200^[11] Referee: W. Ravisanthiran

7 April 6	Tampines Rovers	1 – 0	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong West, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Webb 47'	Details^[usurped]		Stadium: Jurong West Stadium Referee: Jansen Foo

16 April 7	Albirex Niigata (S)	1 – 0	Tampines Rovers	Jurong East, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Inui 71' (pen.)	Details^[usurped]		Stadium: Jurong East Stadium Attendance: 2,550 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

21 April 8	Geylang International	0 – 1	Tampines Rovers	Bedok, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00		Details^[usurped]	Yasir 28'	Stadium: Bedok Stadium Attendance: 2,369 Referee: G. Letchman

30 April 9	Tampines Rovers	4 – 2	Warriors	Jurong West, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Mehmet 38' Pennant 54' (pen.) Hafiz 75', 87'	Details^[usurped]	Hafiz N. 41' Ridhuan 45'	Stadium: Jurong West Stadium Attendance: 1,756^[12] Referee: Farhad Mohd

4 May 10	Hougang United	1 – 1	Tampines Rovers	Hougang, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Iqbal 70'	Details^[usurped]	Mehmet 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Hougang Stadium Attendance: 1,538^[13] Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

13 May 11	Tampines Rovers	1 – 2	Home United	Kallang, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00	Fazrul 22'	Details^[usurped]	Azhar 24' Ilsø 70'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 2,099^[14] Referee: Farhad Mohd

17 May^A 12	Warriors	0 – 0	Tampines Rovers	Choa Chu Kang, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00		Details^[usurped]		Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium Referee: Jansen Foo

11 June 13	Tampines Rovers	4 – 3	Brunei DPMM	Jurong West, Singapore
20:00 UTC+08:00	Fazrul 38' Webb 45' Mehmet 63' Pennant 79'	Details^[usurped]	Hendra 43' Ramazotti 57', 70'	Stadium: Jurong West Stadium Referee: Muhd Taqi

14 June 14	Tampines Rovers	6 – 1	Garena Young Lions	Jurong West, Singapore
20:00 UTC+08:00	Fazrul 20' Webb 25', 48', 80' Mustafić 41' Pennant 78' (pen.)	Details^[usurped]	Fareez 33'	Stadium: Jurong West Stadium Referee: Nathan Chan

17 June 15	Balestier Khalsa	2 – 3	Tampines Rovers	Toa Payoh, Singapore
20:00 UTC+08:00	Krištić 64' Fadli 90'	Details^[usurped]	Mehmet 6' Fazrul 43', 74'	Stadium: Toa Payoh Stadium Referee: Sukhbir Singh

24 June 16	Tampines Rovers	1 – 0	Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong West, Singapore
20:00 UTC+08:00	Fazrul 81'	Details^[usurped]		Stadium: Jurong West Stadium Referee: Jansen Foo

4 August 17	Tampines Rovers	2 – 1	Geylang International	Jurong West, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Webb 21' Mehmet 39'	Details^[usurped]	Hartmann 42'	Stadium: Jurong West Stadium Referee: W. Ravisanthiran

12 August 18	Warriors	2 – 3	Tampines Rovers	Choa Chu Kang, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Béhé 23' Ridhuan 34'	Details^[usurped]	Mehmet 1', 75' (pen.) Webb 57'	Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium Referee: G. Letchman

17 August 19	Tampines Rovers	1 – 2	Hougang United	Jurong West, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Webb 45'	Details^[usurped]	Plazibat 22' Kogure 90+2'	Stadium: Jurong West Stadium Referee: Sukhbir Singh

10 September 20	Home United	1 – 0	Tampines Rovers	Bishan, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Shamil 74'	Details^[usurped]		Stadium: Bishan Stadium Referee: G. Letchman

1 October 21	Tampines Rovers	0 – 1	Brunei DPMM	Jurong West, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00		Details^[usurped]	Rahman 4'	Stadium: Jurong West Stadium Referee: G. Letchman

15 October 22	Garena Young Lions	1 – 3	Tampines Rovers	Kallang, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Syaffiq 57'	Details^[usurped]	Mehmet 54' Hanapi 61' Webb 76'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: W. Ravisanthiran

22 October 23	Tampines Rovers	2 – 0	Balestier Khalsa	Kallang, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Hamzah 39' Mehmet 90+3'	Details^[usurped]		Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Farhad Mohd

26 October 24	Albirex Niigata (S)	1 – 5	Tampines Rovers	Kallang, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00	Ishiyama 90'	Details^[usurped]	Mehmet 9' Webb 37' Silvas 42', 73' Sulaiman 64'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Albirex Niigata (S)^[a]	24	16	2	6	50	24	+26	50
2	Tampines Rovers	24	15	4	5	50	28	+22	49	Qualification to AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1 or AFC Cup Group Stage
3	DPMM FC^[a]	24	12	5	7	47	37	+10	41
4	Home United	24	11	4	9	50	42	+8	37	Qualification to AFC Cup Play-off Round
5	Geylang International	24	10	7	7	35	29	+6	37

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2016. Source: S.League^[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

Singapore Cup

Quarter-final

29 June 2016	Tampines Rovers	3–1	Global FC	Jurong West Stadium, Singapore
20:00 UTC+8	Mehmet 15' Fazrul 61' Hafiz 69'	Details^[usurped]	Bahadoran 44'	Referee: Farhad Mohd

2 July 2016	Global FC	1–2	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
20:00 UTC+8	Minegishi 21'	Details^[usurped]	Mehmet 42' Hafiz 72'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

Tampines Rovers won 5–2 on aggregate.

Semi-final

21 August 2016	Tampines Rovers	2–1	Ceres-La Salle	Jurong West Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8	Mustafic 12' Sufian 49'	Details^[usurped]	Bienve 17'	Referee: Farhad Mohd

24 August 2016	Ceres-La Salle	2–3	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:45 UTC+8	Schröck 12' (pen.) Reichelt 78'	Details^[usurped]	Hafiz Sujad 57' Afiq Yunos 105' S. Akbar 112'	Referee: Muhd Taqi

Tampines Rovers won 5-3 on aggregate.

Final

29 October 2016	Albirex Niigata (S)	2–0	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
20:00 UTC+8	Kawata 28' Nagasaki 87'	Report		Referee: Sukhbir Singh

Singapore TNP League Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	DPMM FC	3	3	0	8	1	+7	9	Advance to semi-final
2	Tampines Rovers	3	2	1	10	6	+4	6	Advance to semi-final
3	Hougang United	3	1	2	8	9	−1	3
4	Warriors FC	3	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Source: S.League^[usurped]

Win Draw Loss

13 July 2016	Tampines Rovers	6 – 4	Hougang United	Jurong West Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8	Shahdan 28' Na'iim 32' (o.g.) Webb 35' Sufian 44' (pen.) Mehmet 75' (pen.) Saifullah 83'	Details^[usurped]	Kogure 56' Kapláň 67', 87' Plazibat 90'	Referee: Sukhbir Singh

17 July 2016	Warriors FC	0 – 3	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8		Details^[usurped]	Mehmet 45' Kwok 55' Ariyan 62'	Referee: Jansen Foo

21 July 2016	DPMM FC	2 – 1	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8	Adi Said 24' Azim Izamuddin 86'	Details^[usurped]	Billy Mehmet 75' (pen)	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

Semi-final

26 July 2016	Albirex Niigata (S)	4 – 0	Tampines Rovers	Jurong East Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8	Kawata 32' (67), 72' Tatsuro 87'	Details^[usurped]		Referee: Farhad Mohd

AFC Champions League

Win Draw Loss

Qualifying play-off

27 January 2016 (2016-01-27)	Mohun Bagan	3–1	Tampines Rovers	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
19:00 UTC+5:30	Lalpekhlua 6' Glen 42' Yusa 84'	Report	Hanapi 44'	Attendance: 12,640 Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

AFC Cup

Group stage

Win Draw Loss

23 February 2016 (2016-02-23)	Tampines Rovers	4–0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8	Mehmet 2' Abu Sujad 33' Yunos 52' Barman 54' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 2,378 Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08)	Selangor	0–1	Tampines Rovers	Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium, Selayang
20:45 UTC+8		Report	Fazrul 26'	Attendance: 5,985 Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)

15 March 2016 (2016-03-15)	Tampines Rovers	1–1	Ceres	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8	Abu Sujad 69'	Report	Gallardo 88'	Attendance: 2,241 Referee: Ho Wai Sing (Hong Kong)

12 April 2016 (2016-04-12)	Ceres	2–1	Tampines Rovers	Panaad Park and Stadium, Bacolod
19:00 UTC+8	Bienve 21' (pen.) Gallardo 36' (pen.)	Report	Mehmet 64'	Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Wang Di (China)

26 April 2016 (2016-04-26)	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi	3–2	Tampines Rovers	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
18:30 UTC+6	Darboe 20', 82' Onuoha 56' (pen.)	Report	Mustafić 44' Mehmet 70'	Attendance: 550 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)	Tampines Rovers	1–0	Selangor	National Stadium, Singapore
19:00 UTC+8	Hanapi 31'	Report		Attendance: 11,875 Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

^[15]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CER	TAM	SEL	SJD
1	Ceres	6	3	3	0	12	4	+8	12	Knockout stage	—	2–1	2–2	5–0
2	Tampines Rovers	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10	Knockout stage	1–1	—	1–0	4–0
3	Selangor	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8		0–0	0–1	—	2–1
4	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi	6	1	0	5	7	19	−12	3		0–2	3–2	3–4	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

24 May 2016 (2016-05-24)	Mohun Bagan	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Tampines Rovers	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
19:00 UTC+5:30	Singh 72'	Report	Webb 63' Yunos 116'	Attendance: 282 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

14 September 2016 (2016-09-14)	Bengaluru FC	1–0	Tampines Rovers	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
16:00 UTC+5:30	Vineeth 7'	Report		Attendance: 120^{[note 1]} Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

21 September 2016 (2016-09-21)	Tampines Rovers	0–0	Bengaluru FC	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+8		Report		Attendance: 1,985 Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

Bengaluru FC won 1–0 on aggregate.

Notes

^ The Bengaluru FC v Tampines Rovers match was played behind closed doors due to local unrest.^[16]

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[table_note_ALB0.46377494719987-15] The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

[Bengaluru_FC_v_Tampines_Rovers-18] The Bengaluru FC v Tampines Rovers match was played behind closed doors due to local unrest.^[16]

[auto-1] Chua, Siang Yee (January 20, 2016). "Football: Revamped Tampines Rovers set for title charge in 2016 S-League". The Straits Times.

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