Warriors FC
| Warriors FC | |||
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| Surname | Warriors Football Club | ||
| Seat | Singapore | ||
| founding | 1975 | ||
| president | BG Lam Shiu Tong | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach |
 Azlan Alipah
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| Venue | Jurong East Stadium | ||
| Places | 2700 | ||
| league | until 2019 Singapore Premier League | ||
| 2019 | 7th place | ||
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The Warriors Football Club is a Singaporean football club . Until 2019, the club played in the professional Singapore Premier League , the top division in Singapore.
Warriors FC is the country's most successful club. Since the introduction of the S. League in 1996, he has won the championship nine times, making him the record champions. He was also able to win the current national cup, the Singapore Cup (introduced in 1998) four times . Before founding the professional S. League he was able to win the national championship three more times and his national cup four times.
Club history
The association represents the armed forces of Singapore (SAF). It was founded in 1975 as the Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association (SAFSA) to give talented national service football players the opportunity to play competitive football. By 1996 SAFSA had won the championship three times and the cup three times.
When the S. League was founded, the SAF withdrew the SAFSA from the league operations of the National Football League, which was the top division to date, and founded the Singapore Armed Forces Football Club on February 16, 1995 , which was based on the success of the SAFSA as one of eight clubs was allowed to participate in the newly introduced professional league.
The SAFFC dominated the new S. League from the start and is now the record champion with eight titles.
By winning the championship in 2008, the club was allowed to qualify for the AFC Champions League 2009 . In the first round, the club won against Provincial Electricity Authority FC from Thailand. In the final, PSMS Medan from Indonesia was defeated and the Armed Forces became the first Singaporean club to enter the Champions League. The former MVP of the AFC Champions League Therdsak Chaiman played a major role in this success . In both games he scored an important goal.
On January 20, 2013, the club was called Warriors Football Club .
From the 2020 season, the club was suspended due to financial problems.
Mascot and nickname
The mascot, which can also be seen in the club's coat of arms, is a rhinoceros . The club's nickname is "The Warriors". Originally the club wanted to have a "Warrior" as a mascot, but that was not in the sense of the S. League. She only wanted animals as mascots and turned down the warrior. Instead, the S. League suggested choosing a wolf . The SAF did not like this because a wolf did not reflect the image and characteristics of the SAF. Therefore it was decided to use the rhinoceros as heraldic animal.
Club successes
- National Football League
- Master: 1978, 1981, 1986
- Champion: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014
- Vice champion: 1996, 1999, 2001, 2005
- President's Cup
- Winner: 1975, 1984, 1986
- Singapore FA Cup
- Winner: 1997, 2006, 2008, 2017
- 2nd place: 1996
- Winner: 1999, 2007, 2008, 2012
- 2nd place: 1998, 2000, 2019
- Winner: 2008, 2010, 2015
- 2nd place: 2013
Stadion
The club plays its home games at Jurong East Stadium in Jurong . The sports facility has a capacity of 2700 spectators.
Coordinates: 1 ° 20 ′ 48.2 " N , 103 ° 43 ′ 47.6" E
player
Status: February 2019
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Well-known former players
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Therdsak Chaiman (2002, 2005-2009) -
André Gumprecht (2004) -
Federico Martínez (2010) -
Indra Sahdan Bin Daud (2010-2011) -
Gabriel Quak (2019)
Trainer since 2005
| Surname | Time at Warriors FC | |
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| from | to | |
 Kim Poulsen |
July 1 | June 30, 2006 |
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Richard Bok |
May 9, 2006 | December 31, 2012 |
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V Selvaraj |
January 1, 2013 | June 12th, 2013 |
 Alex Weaver |
June 12th, 2013 | October 24, 2015 |
 Karim Bencherifa |
October 24, 2015 | January 6, 2016 |
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Razif Onn |
October 26, 2015 | December 31, 2015 |
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Jörg Steinebrunner |
January 1, 2016 | May 12, 2016 |
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Razif Onn |
May 13, 2016 | 1st January 2018 |
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Mirko Grabovac |
4th January 2018 | 1st November 2018 |
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Azlan Alipah |
1st January 2019 | today |
Asia cup balance
| season | competition | round | opponent | total | First leg | Return leg |
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| 1997/98 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 1 round |
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6: 3 | 3: 2 (A) | 3: 1 (H) |
| 2nd round |
 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
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0: 8 | 0: 2 (H) | 0: 6 (A) | ||
| 1998/99 | Asian Club Championship | 1 round |
 Selangor FA
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2: 4 | 1: 4 (H) | 1: 0 (A) |
| 1999/2000 | Asian Club Championship | 1 round |
 Royal Dolphins
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11: 3 | 8: 1 (H) | 3: 2 (A) |
| 2nd round |
Chula United FC
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2: 3 | 1: 1 (H) | 1: 2 (A) | ||
| 2000/01 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 1 round |
 FC Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
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0: 2 | 0: 0 (A) | 0: 2 (H) |
| 2001/02 | Asian Club Championship | 1 round |
BEC-Tero Sasana
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1: 8 | 0: 3 (A) | 1: 5 (H) |
| 2007 | AFC Cup | Group stage |
 Mahindra United
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1: 2 | 0: 2 (H) | 1: 0 (A) |
 Happy Valley AA
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3: 5 | 1: 4 (A) | 2: 1 (H) | |||
 New radians
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6: 3 | 3: 1 (H) | 3: 2 (A) | |||
| Quarter finals |
 Shabab Al-Ordon Club
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3: 5 | 0: 5 (A) | 3: 0 (H) | ||
| 2008 | AFC Cup | Group stage |
Kitchee SC
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6-0 | 4: 0 (H) | 2: 0 (A) |
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Perak FA
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6: 3 | 6: 1 (A) | 0: 2 (H) | |||
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New radians
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4: 1 | 3: 0 (A) | 1: 1 (H) | |||
| Quarter finals |
 Al-Nahda Club
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2: 4 | 2: 1 (H) | 0: 3 (A) | ||
| 2009 | AFC Champions League | 1st qualifying round |
PEA FC
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4: 1 a.d. | ||
| 2nd qualifying round |
 PSMS Medan
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2: 1 a.d. | ||||
| Group stage |
 Shanghai Shenhua
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2: 5 | 1: 4 (A) | 1: 1 (H) | ||
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Suwon Samsung Bluewings
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1: 5 | 0: 2 (H) | 1: 3 (A) | |||
 Kashima Antlers
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1: 9 | 1: 4 (H) | 0: 5 (A) | |||
| 2010 | AFC Champions League | 1st qualifying round |
Sriwijaya FC
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3-0 | ||
| 2nd qualifying round |
Muangthong United
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0: 0 n.v. (4: 3 in good condition) |
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| Group stage |
Henan Construction
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2: 1 | 0: 0 (A) | 2: 1 (H) | ||
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Suwon Samsung Bluewings
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2: 8 | 0: 2 (H) | 2: 6 (A) | |||
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Gamba Osaka
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2: 7 | 2: 4 (H) | 0: 3 (A) | |||
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Group stage |
Semen Padang FC
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1: 5 | 1: 3 (A) | 0: 2 (H) |
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Kitchee SC
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2: 9 | 2: 4 (H) | 0: 5 (A) | |||
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Churchill Brothers SC
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1: 3 | 0: 3 (A) | 1: 0 (H) | |||
| 2015 | AFC Champions League | 1st qualifying round |
 Yadanarbon FC
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1: 1 n.V. (6: 5 p.e.) |
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| 2nd qualifying round |
Guangzhou R&F
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0: 3 | ||||
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Group stage |
Persipura Jayapura
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-: - | 1: 3 (A) | -:- (H) |
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Maziya S&RC
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-: - | -: - (A) | -:- (H) | |||
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Bengaluru FC
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-: - | -: - (A) | -:- (H) | |||
Individual evidence / explanations
- ↑ Blocking of the club from 2020 goal.com (English), accessed on August 15, 2020
- ↑ rsssf.com List of Masters in Singapore
- ↑ rsssf.com List of cup winners in Singapore