1996 Geylang United FC season

Geylang United FC
1996 season
Chairman	Patrick Ang
Ground	Bedok Stadium
S.League	Champions
Singapore FA Cup	Champions
	1997 →

The 1996 S.League season is Geylang United's 1st season in the top flight of Singapore football and 21rd year in existence as a football club.

Squad

Sleague

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	David Lee	(1958-04-10) 10 April 1958 (age 66)	Singapore FA
	Shahri Rahim
Defenders
5	Borhan Abu Samah	(1964-11-30) 30 November 1964 (age 59)	Singapore FA
7	Mohammad Khakpour	(1969-02-20) 20 February 1969 (age 55)	Persepolis F.C.
12	Zulkarnaen Zainal	(1973-10-01) 1 October 1973 (age 51)	Youth Team
13	Kamaruddin Ismail
16	Kadir Yahaya	(1968-02-15) 15 February 1968 (age 56)	Singapore FA
18	Robin Chitrakar	(1976-10-02) 2 October 1976 (age 48)	Balestier United
	R. Sasikumar
Midfielders
10	Syed Faruk	(1967-02-11) 11 February 1967 (age 57)	Singapore FA
14	Hamid Estili	(1967-04-01) 1 April 1967 (age 57)	Qadsia SC
	Chris Riley	(1964-08-19) 19 August 1964 (age 60)
Strikers
17	Fandi Ahmad	(1962-05-26) 26 May 1962 (age 62)	Singapore FA
23	Zlatko Vidan	(1966-06-22) 22 June 1966 (age 58)
	Mohsen Garousi	(1968-11-28) 28 November 1968 (age 55)	PAS Tehran F.C.

S.League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Geylang United	14	9	1	4	27	14	+13	28	Qualification to S.League Championship play-off match
2	Woodlands Wellington	14	8	2	4	25	20	+5	26
3	Balestier Central	14	7	3	4	22	18	+4	24
4	Singapore Armed Forces	14	5	3	6	27	25	+2	18
5	Tiong Bahru United	14	4	5	5	20	19	+1	17
6	Police FC	14	4	5	5	22	23	−1	17
7	Sembawang Rangers	14	3	4	7	17	32	−15	13
8	Tampines Rovers	14	3	3	8	18	27	−9	12

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Singapore Armed Forces	14	9	5	0	32	14	+18	32	Qualification to S.League Championship play-off match
2	Tiong Bahru United	14	8	3	3	35	18	+17	27
3	Balestier Central	14	7	3	4	25	19	+6	24
4	Woodlands Wellington	14	6	3	5	29	25	+4	21
5	Geylang United	14	6	3	5	20	16	+4	21
6	Sembawang Rangers	14	4	3	7	14	23	−9	15
7	Tampines Rovers	14	2	2	10	10	28	−18	8
8	Police FC	14	2	2	10	18	40	−22	8

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Tiger Beer Series

20 April 1996 1	Geylang United	3-0	Sembawang Rangers	Bedok Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

24 April 1996 2	Geylang United	0-1	Woodlands Wellington	Bedok Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

26 April 1996 3	Tiong Bahru United	1-3	Geylang United	Queenstown Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

30 April 1996 4	Geylang United	3-1	Singapore Armed Forces	Bedok Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

3 May 1996 5	Singapore Armed Forces	1-3	Geylang United	Jurong Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

7 May 1996 6	Geylang United	0-1	Balestier Central	Bedok Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

11 May 1996 7	Tampines Rovers	2-0	Geylang United	Tampines Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

17 May 1996 8	Police	1-3	Geylang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

21 May 1996 9	Geylang United	3-1	Tampines Rovers	Bedok Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

25 May 1996 10	Balestier Central	1-0	Geylang United	Toa Payoh Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

28 May 1996 11	Geylang United	1-0	Police	Bedok Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

3 June 1996 12	Sembawang Rangers	1-4	Geylang United	Yishun Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

7 June 1996 13	Geylang United	2-1	Tiong Bahru United	Bedok Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

14 June 1996 14	Woodlands Wellington	1-1	Geylang United	Woodlands Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

Pionner Series

13 July 1996 15	Geylang United	0-2	Singapore Armed Forces	Bedok Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

19 July 1996 16	Balestier Central	2-0	Geylang United	Toa Payoh Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

24 July 1996 17	Geylang United	1-1	Woodlands Wellington	Bedok Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

27 July 1996 18	Tiong Bahru United	1-1	Geylang United	Queenstown Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

6 Aug 1996 19	Sembawang Rangers	1-2	Geylang United	Yishun Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

13 August 1996 20	Geylang United	3-0	Tampines Rovers	Bedok Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

17 August 1996 21	Police	2-3	Geylang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

20 August 1996 22	Geylang United	4-0	Police	Bedok Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

24 August 1996 23	Tampines Rovers	2-1	Geylang United	Tampines Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

17 September 1996 24	Geylang United	0-1	Sembawang Rangers	Bedok Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

21 September 1996 25	Geylang United	2-0	Tiong Bahru United	Bedok Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

28 September 1996 26	Woodlands Wellington	3-1	Geylang United	Woodlands Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

5 October 1996 27	Geylang United	1-0	Balestier Central	Bedok Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

19 October 1996 28	Singapore Armed Forces	1-1	Geylang United	Jurong Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)

S.League Championship play-off

9 November 1996 Final	Singapore Armed Forces	1-2	Geylang United	Kallang Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)	Eres Jure 52'		Mohammad Khakpour 46' Hamid Reza Estili 61'