Gombak United Football Club was a professional football club based in Bukit Gombak, Singapore that competes in the top tier of Singapore football league system. The club took part in S.League from 1998 to 2002, and from 2006 to 2012. During the early years of the S. League, Gombak United played their home games at Bukit Gombak Stadium. They have won the Singapore League Cup once.
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| Full name | Gombak United Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Bulls | ||
| Founded | 1960; 61 years ago (as Redhill Rangers FC) 1998; 23 years ago (as Gombak United) | ||
| Dissolved | 2012 | ||
| Ground | Bukit Gombak Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| League | S.League | ||
| 2012 | S.League, 9th of 13 | ||
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History
editPrior to joining the S.League, the club was known as Redhill Rangers FC. The club than changed its name to Gombak United in 1998.
From 1998 to 2002, the club played their S.League home games at the Bukit Gombak Stadium before pulling out of the S.League at the end of the 2002 season due to financial difficulties.
Gombak United rejoined the S.League in 2006 and moved their home games to Jurong West Stadium, but they pulled out of the S.League again during the 2013 season after seven seasons due to reduced takings. At the end of 2017, Chairman John Yap applied to the Football Association of Singapore to return to the Singapore Premier League for the 2019 season but the application was not successful.
2008 Singapore League Cup Winners
editEn route to the League cup final, Gombak United has beaten favourite to win the cup, Home United in the quarter-final and Young Lions in the semi-final. They face Korean Super Reds in the final where O. J. Obatola score a 90' min goal to secure the win for the club first ever silverware in their history
Seasons
edit| Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup | |||||||
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| Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||
| 1998 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 52 | 13 | Group stage | |
| 1999 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 32 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2000 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 37 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2001 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 36 | 72 | 28 | Group stage | |
| 2002 | 12 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 33 | 83 | 12 | Group stage | |
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| 2006 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 54 | 32 | Round of 16 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 40 | 48 | Quarter-finals | 2nd Runners-up |
| 2008 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 39 | 54 | Round of 16 | Winners |
| 2009 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 52 | 32 | 53 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals |
| 2010 | 6 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 25 | 46 | Round of 16 | Semi-finals |
| 2011 | 6 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 41 | 48 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| 2012 | 9 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 2nd Runners-up | Quarter-finals |
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- 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.
- Gombak United sat out the S.League from 2003 to 2005, and for a second spell from 2013.
Last updated on 25 February 2014
Managers
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David O'Connor (1999)
Moey Yoke Ham (Jan 2000 – Aug 2001)
Ivan Raznevich (Jan 2002 – Feb 2002)
Jimmy Pearson (May 2002 – Aug 2002)
Salim Moin (Jan 2006 – Dec 2007)- Swandi Ahmad (Jan 2008 – July 8)[1]
- A. Shasi Kumar (interim) (July 8 – Jan 2009)
- Darren Stewart (Jan 2009 – Dec 11)
- K. Balagumaran (Jan 2012 – Dec 13)
Honours
editDomestic
editCup
- Singapore League Cup
- Winners (1): 2008
Records and statistics
editTop 10 all-time appearances
edit| Rank | Player | Years | Club appearances |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bah Mamadou
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2001–2002
2008–2010 |
160 |
| 2 | Ruhaizad Ismail
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2006–2011 | 158 |
| 3 | Jaslee Hatta
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2006–2011 | 153 |
| 4 |  Obadin Aikhena
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2006–2007
2010–2012 |
125 |
| 5 | O. J. Obatola
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2006–2009 | 117 |
| 6 | Jeremy Chiang
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2008–2012 | 102 |
| 7 | Agu Casmir
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2007
2008–2010 |
83 |
| 8 | Zaiful Nizam
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2006–2012 | 81 |
| 9 | Ridhwan Jamaludin
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2008–2012 | 89 |
| 10 | Hamqaamal Shah
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2009–2012 | 78 |
Top 10 all-time scorers
edit| Rank | Player | Club appearances | Total goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O. J. Obatola
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117 | 62 |
| 2 | Agu Casmir
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83 | 34 |
| 3 | Fazrul Nawaz
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46 | 25 |
| 4 |  Jang Jo-yoon
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60 | 16 |
| 5 | Ruhaizad Ismail
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158 | 13 |
| 6 | Alfred Emuejeraye
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18 | 11 |
| 7 | Obadin Aikhena
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125 | 10 |
| Jung Hee-bong
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47 | ||
| 9 | Kingsley Njoku
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27 | 8 |
| 10 |  Julien Durand
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29 | 7 |
- Biggest Wins: 6–1 vs Super Reds (On 6 June 2007)
- Heaviest Defeats: 9–3 vs Home United (On 18 July 1998)
- Youngest Goal scorers: Fareez Farhan ~ 16 years 10 months 27 days old (On 25 June 2011 vs SAFFC)
- Oldest Goal scorers: Mustaqim Manzur ~ 30 years 9 months days old (On 28 October 2012 vs Loyola)
- Youngest ever debutant: Fareez Farhan ~ 16 years 8 months 13 days old (On 11 April 2011 vs Albirex Niigata Singapore)
References
edit- ^ "Singapore: Swandi Ahmad Dismissed By Gombak - Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
External links
edit- Official website
- S.League profile on Gombak United FC[usurped]. Archived 2008-02-18 at the Wayback Machine.