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
ChairmanRaymond Tang
ManagerHasrin Jailani
LeagueSingapore Premier League
2023Singapore Premier League, 8th

Tanjong Pagar United Football Club is a professional football club based in Queenstown, 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. The club has since returned from 2020 onwards.[1][2][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 is a Jaguar.

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.

In 1998, the club changed it named to Tanjong Pagar United and Lim Tong Hai captained the club in its debut season to a Singapore Cup and Singapore FA Cup double.

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.

Returned to action

On 16 January 2020, the Football Association of Singapore confirms Tanjong Pagar United's participation in the 2020 Singapore Premier League season.[1] Tanjong Pagar United went on to have their best finished in the league finishing in fifth place during the 2021 season. In the 2023 season, Singaporean star player, Khairul Amri received the "Goal of the Year" award while playing for the club which he scored an scissors kick against Hougang United in a 2–1 away win on 6 April 2023.

Sponsors

Kit SupplierMain SponsorsBack Sponsors
FBT Tokyo Century Komoco Motors

Stadium

The Jaguars initially played their home games at the Queenstown Stadium since 1970 which can held up to a total of 3,800 spectators however as the Queenstown Stadium was occupied since 2010 by French club Étoile FC, Tanjong Pagar United was temporarily based at Clementi Stadium for the duration of the 2011 season. However, due to Étoile FC's withdrawal from the league by the end of the 2011 season, Tanjong Pagar United shifted back to Queenstown Stadium for the 2012 season. Ever since they reinstalled back into the league in 2020, they will share the Jurong East Stadium with Albirex Niigata (S) instead.

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 October 2023[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
3 DF Singapore SGP Shahrin Saberin
4 MF Singapore SGP Azim Akbar U23
5 DF Singapore SGP Faizal Roslan
7 MF Singapore SGP Naqiuddin Eunos
9 FW Singapore SGP Syukri Bashir
10 MF Singapore SGP Khairul Hairie U23
14 FW Croatia CRO Marin Mudražija
15 MF Croatia CRO Mirko Šugić
16 DF Singapore SGP Raihan Rahman
17 MF Singapore SGP Zulfadhmi Suzliman
18 GK Singapore SGP Fashah Iskandar
19 FW Singapore SGP Khairul Amri
20 MF Australia AUS Blake Ricciuto
21 DF Singapore SGP Syed Akmal U23
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Singapore SGP Akram Azman U23
23 GK Singapore SGP Kenji Syed Rusydi
26 DF Brazil BRA Pedro Dias
27 DF Singapore SGP Tajeli Salamat
51 DF Indonesia IDN Febryan Pradana
53 MF Singapore SGP Saiful Azhar
54 DF Singapore SGP Farid Jafri
55 MF Singapore SGP Daniel Elfian
58 DF Singapore SGP Ahmad Dzulfaqar
63 FW Singapore SGP Zahil Rahman
65 MF England ENG George Thomas
68 MF Australia AUS Charlie Taynor

Under-21s and Academy

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
51 DF Indonesia IDN Febryan Pradana U21
52 GK Singapore SGP Travis Ang U21
53 MF Singapore SGP Saiful Azhar Saifuddin U21
54 DF Singapore SGP Farid Jafri U21
55 MF Singapore SGP Daniel Elfian U21
56 MF Singapore SGP Rian Haziq Rosley U21
58 DF Singapore SGP Ahmad Dzulfaqar U21
62 MF Singapore SGP Syahmi Indallah U21
No. Pos. Nation Player
63 FW Singapore SGP Zahil Abdul Rahman U21
64 DF Singapore SGP Jeevesh Harikumar U21
65 MF England ENG George Thomas U21
66 MF Singapore SGP Ahmad Danial U21
67 DF Singapore SGP Nifail Noorhaizam U21
68 MF Australia AUS Charlie Traynor U21
69 DF Singapore SGP Haziq Riduan 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
56 MF Singapore SGP Elfy Danish (National Service till 2023)
22 MF Singapore SGP Hadiputradila Saswadimata (National Service till 2024)
62 DF Singapore SGP Ikram Mikhail Mustaqim (National Service till 2025, to Young Lions FC)
6 MF Singapore SGP Naufal Ilham (National Service till 2025)
8 MF Singapore SGP Fathullah Rahmat (National Service till 2025)

Management and staff

Management

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

Technical staff

Position Name
Manager Singapore Hasrin Jailani
Goalkeeping Coach Singapore Fajar Sarib
Fitness Coach Singapore Hafiz Osman
Youth Coach Singapore Jaslee Hatta
Head of first team football Singapore Noh Alam Shah
Physiotherapist Singapore Fadhli Hussein

Former managers

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
2022 6th 28 10 7 11 59 69 37
2023 8th 24 6 3 15 39 62 21
  • 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 and 2019.

Statistics and records

As of 12 December 2023.

Top 10 all-time appearances

Rank Player Years Club appearances
1 Singapore Asraf Rashid 2012–2015 82
2 Singapore Delwinder Singh 2011–2012,

2020–2021

77
3 Singapore Hanafi Salleh 2012–2015 74
4 Australia Blake Ricciuto 2021–present 72
5 France Aurélien Hérisson 2013–2015 68
6 Singapore Raihan Rahman 2020–present 67
7 Morocco Monsef Zerka 2013–2014 65
8 Japan Shodai Nishikawa 2020–2022 64
Singapore Zahid Ahmad 1997,

2012–2014

Singapore Khairul Amri 2021–present

Top 10 all-time scorers

Rank Player Club appearances Total goals
1 Japan Reo Nishiguchi 51 39
2 Morocco Monsef Zerka 65 33
3 France Kamel Ramdani 57 20
4 Brazil Luiz Júnior 32 18
5 Japan Takaya Kawanabe 58 15
6 Singapore Khairul Amri 61 14
7 Australia Blake Ricciuto 70 13
8 France Sébastien Etiemble 32 11
France Ismaël Benahmed 34
10 Japan Shodai Nishikawa 64 10
  • Biggest Wins: 8–1 vs Young Lions (1 October 2022)
  • Heaviest Defeats: 9–0 vs Tampines Rovers (16 March 2004)
  • Youngest Goal scorers: Arisman Arman ~ 18 years 10 months 17 days old (On 19 June 2011 vs Young Lions)
  • Oldest Goal scorers: Daniel Bennett ~ 44 years 7 months 27 days old (On 3 September 2022 vs Hougang United)
  • Youngest ever debutant: George Thomas ~ 16 years 9 months 29 days old (On 10 April 2023 vs Albirex Niigata S)

Honours

Domestic

League

Cups

Reserves

References

  1. 1 2 "FAS confirms Tanjong Pagar United's participation in the 2020 SPL season | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. Low, Lin Fhoong (5 November 2014). "Uncertainty over S-League's changes for 2015". Today. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  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. "Seven clubs with jackpot machines to wind down operations by April 2018 - CNA". Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  8. "Football: Tanjong Pagar and Gombak United will soon exist only on paper as appeals fail". The Straits Times. 25 July 2018.
  9. "SPL 2023 Transfer Centre: Tanjong Pagar United". Singapore Premier League. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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