USER:ISHAAACCC 2024 NORTHERN UNITED FC SEASON

Northern United
2024 season
Owner	BLF Group
Head coach	Umar Khalish (Player-Manager)
Stadium	Wellington Primary School (current); Bishan ActiveSG Futsal Court (futsal)
Top goalscorer	Clovis Yio (5 goals)
Biggest win	5-1 v Sengkang District; 14 January 2024
Biggest defeat	9-2 v Siuuu FC; 27 January 2024
	← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 season is Northern United's 2nd season in existence as an amateur football club. They will be participating in the 2024 SGFSA Community Shield.

On 31 December 2023, the club announced the releasing of Aqid and Avinesh, and the termination of Raees due to undisclosed disciplinary issues alongside the club refusing to exercise the option to extend Adam Mikhail's contract for 2024, with the club citing the player's inability to meet expectations.

Muhaimin was sent on loan to Sengkang District 19 FC as part of their partnership with the club. ^[1]

Foreigner Isaac Yeung's signing was finalised on 1 January 2024 with the player subject to international clearance and medicals.

On 6 January, the club announced the signing of Irwan Shah from Serangoon Belgrade on a dual playing contract. Four days later, Yoong Wen Qing and Nabil was announced. On 12 January, Naufal Nico left the club after terminating his contract to focus on his coaching career. Northern United announced their seventh departure of the year on 24 January 2024 when Khai terminated his contract followed by Ashvein five days later.

At the end of February, the club announced the terminations of Krithik, Nabil, and Wen Qing while welcoming the returns of Nico, Aqid, and Khai whilst Muhaimin returned from his loan. The club also announced the signing of Sheik. ^[2] Prior to the end of March, the arrival of foreign signing Isaac Yeung was confirmed over an overseas call with the player joining on a 1 week contract.

On 24 March, Erfan joined the club after leaving Sengkang District.

Season overview

Season squad

No.	Player	Position	Other Position(s)	Since	App	Goals	Previous Club	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Hian Ze	GK		2023	2	0	Black Lions FC	Dual Play Contract
26	Hendra	GK		2023	5	0	WestsideFC
Defenders
5	Ghazi Fakrullah	DF		2023	3	0	N/A
6	Niq Aqimi	DF		2023	7	0	Teck Whye Hounds	Third Captain
14	Rayyan Hibatullah	DF		2023	5	0	N/A
19	Irwan Shah	DF		2024	0	0	Serangoon Belgrade	Dual Play Contract
20	Haris Nasrullah	DF	MF/GK	2023	12	2	N/A	Captain
27	Jareth	DF	MF	2023	5	0	Sengkang Wolves
29	Erfan	DF		2024	0	0	Sengkang District
33	Sulaiman	DF		2023	5	0	N/A
80	Novian	DF		2023	2	0	N/A
Midfielders
8	Khai	MF		2023	0	0	West Side FC
10	Safuan Ali	MF		2023	1	3	Teck Whye Hounds	On Loan
12	Sheik Mirza	DF		2024	0	0	Bokana FC	Dual Play Contract
13	Farhan Daniel	MF		2023	4	1	N/A
45	Umar Khalish	MF	FW	2023	0	0	Teck Whye Hounds
Forwards
7	Ashvein	FW		2023	9	6	Black Lions FC	Dual Play Contract
11	Naufal Nico	FW		2023	11	17	Sengkang Wolves
17	Aqid Altamis	FW	DF	2023	0	0	Bokana FC	Dual Play Contract
18	Clovis Yio	FW	DF/MF/GK	2023	14	19	Elite Predators	Vice-Captain
31	Muhaimin	FW		2023	6	1	Sengkang District
Players transferred out during the season
4	Krithink Durairaj	DF	FW	2023	1	4	Black Lions FC
16	Nabil	DF		2024	3	0	Elite Predators
21	Yoong Wen Qing	MF		2024	2	0	Elite Predators
Players on trial during the season

Coaching staff

First Team

Position	Name	Ref.
Chairman	Umar Khalish
General manager	Isaac Yeung	^[a]
Head coach	Umar Khalish
Assistant Coach	Clovis Yio	^[b]
Goalkeeping Coach	Clovis Yio	^[b]
Fitness Coach
Physiotherapist	Farhan Daniel
Sports Trainer
Kitman
Sports Scientist

^ Isaac Yeung also is acting as club Technical Director.
^ Clovis Yio was subsequently named as assistant coach during the Merlin Regionals.

Transfers

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Ref

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Ref
1 January 2024	FW		Muhaimin	Sengkang District FC	Loaned till June 30 2024 ^[a]

^ Muhaimin was sent on loan and was not registered as part of the 2024 squad setup.

Loans return

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Notes
28 February 2024	FW		Muhaimin	Sengkang District FC	Terminated his loan deal

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Player	From	Ref
6 January 2024	DF	Irwan Shah	Serangoon Belgrade	^[3]
10 January 2024	DF	Nabil	Elite Predators	^[4]
10 January 2024	MF	Yoong Wen Qing	Elite Predators	^[4]
28 February 2024	FW	Aqid Altamis	N/A	^[5]
28 February 2024	MF	Khai	N/A	^[5]
28 February 2024	FW	Naufal Nico	N/A	^[a]^[5]
28 February 2024	MF	Sheik Mirza	N/A
24 March 2024	DF	Erfan	Sengkang District

^ Naufal returned to the club following his coaching stint overseas.

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Player	To	Ref
1 January 2024	MF	Adam Mikhail	N/A	^[a]^[6]
1 January 2024	FW	Aqid	N/A	^[6]
1 January 2024	DF	Avinesh	N/A	^[6]
1 January 2024	FW	Raees	N/A	^[b]^[6]
12 January 2024	FW	Naufal Nico	N/A	^[7]
24 January 2024	MF	Khai	N/A	^[8]
28 January 2024	FW	Ashvein	N/A	^[9]
25 February 2024	DF	Krithik Durairaj	N/A	^[10]
25 February 2024	DF	Nabil	N/A	^[c]^[10]
25 February 2024	MF	Yoong Wen Qing	N/A	^[d]^[10]

^ The club did not exercise the option to extend Adam Mikhail's contract for 2024.
^ Raees was released from the squad following disciplinary reasons.
^ Nabil was released due to internal reasons, club declined to give a reason.
^ Wenqing was released due to contract issues and was subsequently terminated on 25 Feb 2024.

Friendlies

14 January 2024 Preseason Tri-club Series	Northern United	2-6	Kenough United	Boon Keng, Singapore
	Ghazi x1 Yio x1			Stadium: St Wilfried Futsal Court

14 January 2024 Preseason Tri-club Series	Northern United	5-1	Sengkang District 19 FC	Boon Keng, Singapore
	Ghazi x2 Yio x3			Stadium: St Wilfried Futsal Court

27 January 2024 SGFSA Community Cup	Northern United	2-9	Siuuu FC	Bishan, Singapore
	Irwan 32' Safuan 39'	Report	Raiden 4', 6', 40+1' Harish 18', 19', 40+1', 40+4' Vidhurr 22' ( pen.) Yio 33' ( o.g.)	Stadium: Bishan Court

10 March 2024 Friendly	Teck Whye Hounds	8-4	Northern United	Bukit Gombak, Singapore
	Rifqi 4', 5', 16' Randeep 10+2' Rafiuddin 30+1' Iman 33', 37' Firas 40'	Report	Nico 10+1', 18' Safuan 27' Yio 28'	Stadium: Bukit Batok HomeTeam NS

24 March 2024 Terawih Cup	Northern United	3-4	Havelock Town	Bukit Gombak, Singapore
	Sheik Ashvein Safuan	Report		Stadium: Bukit Batok HomeTeam NS

24 March 2024 Terawih Cup	Northern United	2-7	Teck Whye Hounds	Bukit Gombak, Singapore
	Safuan x2	Report		Stadium: Bukit Batok HomeTeam NS

Competitions

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Position	Player	Nationality	Friendlies		Merlin Regionals		Community Shield		Total
No.	Position	Player	Nationality	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Hian Ze		2	0	-	-	1	0	3	0
26	GK	Hendra		1	0	-	-	0	0	1	0
Defenders
5	DF	Ghazi Fakrullah		3	3	-	-	1	0	4	3
19	DF	Irwan Shah		0	0	-	-	1	1	1	1
20	DF	Haris Nasrullah		3	0	-	-	1	0	4	0
27	DF	Jareth		0	0	-	-	0	0	1	0
33	DF	Sulaiman		0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0
39	DF	Niq Aqimi		4	0	-	-	1	0	5	0
41	DF	Rayyan Hibatullah		3	0	-	-	0	0	3	0
80	DF	Novian		0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	Khai		3	0	-	-	0	0	3	0
10	MF	Mo Safuan		5	4	-	-	1	1	6	5
12	DF	Sheik Mirza		2	1	-	-	-	-	2	1
13	MF	Farhan Daniel		3	0	-	-	0	0	3	0
45	MF	Umar Khalish		3	0	-	-	0	0	3	0
Forwards
7	FW	Ashvein		2	1	-	-	1	0	3	1
11	FW	Naufal Nico		1	2	-	-	0	0	1	2
17	FW	Aqid Altamis		2	0	-	-	-	-	2	0
18	FW	Clovis Yio		3	5	-	-	1	0	4	5
31	FW	Muhaimin		1	0	-	-	0	0	1	0
Players transferred out during the season
4	DF	Krithik Durairaj		0	0	-	-	1	0	1	0
16	DF	Nabil		2	0	-	-	1	0	3	0
21	MF	Yoong Wen Qing		2	0	-	-	0	0	2	0

Goalscorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Friendlies	Merlin Regionals	Community Cup	Total
1	FW	18	Clovis Yio	5	-	0	5
1	FW	10	Safuan Ali	4	-	1	5
3	DF	5	Ghazi Fakrullah	3	-	0	3
4	FW	11	Naufal Nico	2	-	-	2
5	FW	7	Ashvein	1	-	-	1
	MF	12	Sheik Mirza	1	-	-
	DF	19	Irwan Shah	0	-	1
Total				16	-	2	18

Assisters

Not all goals have an assist.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Friendlies	Merlin Regionals	Total
1	FW	10	Safuan Ali	5	-	5
2	DF	16	Nabil	3	-	3
3	DF	29	Erfan	2	-	2
4	GK	1	Quek Hian Ze	1	-	1
4	DF	5	Ghazi Fakrullah	1	-	1
Total				12	-	12

Hat-tricks

Key
Score	The score is at the time of the goals.
(H)	Northern United were the home team.	(A)	Northern United were the away team.

Pos.	Nat.	Player	Minutes	Score	Result	Opponent	Competition	Date
FW		Clovis Yio	16', 17', 18'	3-1, 4-1, 5-1	5-1	Sengkang District 19 FC	Friendly	14 January 2024

Own goals

Pos.	Nat.	Player	Minutes	Score	Result	Opponent	Competition	Date
FW		Clovis Yio	33'	1-6	2-9	Siuuu FC	SGFSA Community Cup	27 January 2024

References

^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
^ "🔥 SHEIK MIRZA SIGNS FOR NUFC". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
^ "🌟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒, 𝐈𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐡!". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
^ ^a ^b "🌟 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐍𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐧 𝐐𝐢𝐧𝐠!". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c "👋 Welcome back, boys!". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Here are the list of player releases from the 2023 squad | Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
^ "The club would like to announce Naufal Nico's departure". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
^ "We would like to announce that our Number 8, Khai, has made the decision to withdraw from Northern United FC". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
^ "It is with a heavy heart we announce Ashvein's departure from the Northern United squad". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Club statement regarding our squad rebuild project and the released players". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.

[IY-3] Isaac Yeung also is acting as club Technical Director.

[CY-4] Clovis Yio was subsequently named as assistant coach during the Merlin Regionals.

[MA-5] Muhaimin was sent on loan and was not registered as part of the 2024 squad setup.

[NN-9] Naufal returned to the club following his coaching stint overseas.

[AM-10] The club did not exercise the option to extend Adam Mikhail's contract for 2024.

[R-12] Raees was released from the squad following disciplinary reasons.

[N-17] Nabil was released due to internal reasons, club declined to give a reason.

[Y-18] Wenqing was released due to contract issues and was subsequently terminated on 25 Feb 2024.

[1] "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.

[2] "🔥 SHEIK MIRZA SIGNS FOR NUFC". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.

[6] "🌟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒, 𝐈𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐡!". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.

[:1-7] "🌟 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐍𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐧 𝐐𝐢𝐧𝐠!". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.

[:2-8] "👋 Welcome back, boys!". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.

[:0-11] "Here are the list of player releases from the 2023 squad | Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.

[13] "The club would like to announce Naufal Nico's departure". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.

[14] "We would like to announce that our Number 8, Khai, has made the decision to withdraw from Northern United FC". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.

[15] "It is with a heavy heart we announce Ashvein's departure from the Northern United squad". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.

[:3-16] "Club statement regarding our squad rebuild project and the released players". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.

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Season overview

Season squad

Coaching staff

Transfers

Loans in

Loans out

Loans return

Transfers in

Transfers out

Friendlies

Competitions

Statistics

Appearances

Goalscorers

Assisters

Hat-tricks

Own goals

References

Season overview

Season squad

Coaching staff

Transfers

Loans in

Loans out

Loans return

Transfers in

Transfers out

Friendlies

Competitions

Statistics

Appearances

Goalscorers

Assisters

Hat-tricks

Own goals

References

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