2025–26 Lion City Sailors FC youth season
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| Owner | Sea Limited | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Forrest Li | ||
| Head coach | Aleksandar Ranković | ||
| Stadium | Bishan Stadium | ||
| Singapore Premier League | Pre-season | ||
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The 2025–26 season is Lion City Sailors' 30th consecutive season in the Singapore Premier League and the 6th season since privatising from Home United.[1] Their youth team will play in the Singapore Premier League 2.
Squad
U21 squad
| Squad No. | Name | Nationality | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||
| 51 | Ashman Saravanan U21 | 5 March 2008 | 2024 | 2025 | |||
| 53 | Ainun Nuha Ilyasir U21 | 11 March 2006 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 60 | Benjamin Žerak U21 | 14 December 2006 | 2025 | 2027 | |||
| Kaiden Ng U21 | 17 October 2006 | 2023 | 2023 | ||||
| Defenders | |||||||
| 57 | Enrico Walmrath Silveira U21 | 6 April 2006 | 2023 | 2026 | |||
| 58 | Iliya Naufal U21 | 6 July 2008 | 2024 | 2025 | |||
| 78 | Danie Hafiy U21 | 6 April 2004 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 79 | Aniq Raushan U21 | 5 October 2003 | 2021 | 2025 | |||
| Marcus Mosses U21 | 21 January 2005 | 2022 | 2027 | ||||
| Midfielders | |||||||
| 61 | Andy Reefqy U21 | 14 July 2008 | 2023 | 2025 | |||
| 64 | Harith Danish Irwan U21 | 27 November 2008 | 2024 | 2025 | |||
| 67 | Izzan Rifqi U21 | 4 March 2010 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 71 | Aaditya Aprameya Rao U21 | 12 March 2009 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 76 | Farrel Mohammad U21 | 15 March 2009 | 2022 | 2024 | |||
| Yasir Nizamudin U21 | 21 January 2005 | 2022 | 2025 | ||||
| Forwards | |||||||
| 70 | Ewan Seddon U21 | 1 November 2008 | 2024 | 2025 | |||
| 72 | Ilyasin Zayan U21 | 22 March 2004 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 73 | Ahmad Luthfi Rusfatzilella U21 | 15 August 2007 | 2023 | 2025 | |||
| 74 | Tiago Martins U21 | 8 February 2005 | 2024 | 2025 | |||
| 75 | Harry Spence U21 | 15 March 2006 | 2024 | 2025 | |||
| Izrafil Yusof U21 | 27 January 2004 | 2022 | 2027 | ||||
| Players loaned out | |||||||
| 54 | Harith Luth Hadi U21 | 19 March 2008 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 55 | Jonan Tan En Yuan U21 | 27 June 2006 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 56 | Muhammad Fadly U21 | 30 May 2007 | 2023 | 2025 | |||
| 59 | Ilhan Rizqullah U21 | 17 September 2008 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 66 | Sarrvin Raj U21 | 5 April 2008 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 59 | Qaisy Noranzor U21 | 24 January 2006 | 2022 | 2023 | |||
| 63 | Idzham Eszuan U21 | 14 February 2007 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 67 | Issac Goh Jun Yang U21 | 5 June 2007 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 70 | Kieran Aryan Azhari U21 | 31 May 2003 | 2021 | 2025 | |||
| 71 | Yazid Rais U21 | 16 March 2006 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 71 | Kian Ghadessy U21 | 30 November 2005 | 2024 | 2025 | |||
| 79 | Fernandez Casey Klein U21 | 5 February 2007 | 2023 | 2025 | |||
| Aniq Tiryaq U21 | 10 October 2006 | 2021 | 2025 | ||||
| Uvayn Kumar U21 | 25 May 2005 | 2022 | 2025 | ||||
| Aqil Khusni U21 | 23 April 2004 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||
| Uchenna Eziakor U21 | 17 May 2008 | 2022 | 2025 | ||||
| Players left during the season | |||||||
U17 / AFA DC U17 squad
| Squad No. | Name | Nationality | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | Contract Since | Contract End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | |||||||
| 31 | Seth Lee AFA DC U17 | 2024 | 2024 | ||||
| 39 | Dhruv Bafna U17 | January 2009 | 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Luthfi Sufaiqish U17 | 2024 | 2024 | |||||
| Ilhan Hady U17 | 19 March 2010 | 2023 | |||||
| Luthfi Naqeeb Syazani U17 | 23 August 2010 | 2023 | |||||
| Arnav Kumar U17 | 24 February 2010 | 2023 | |||||
| Defenders | |||||||
| 21 | Haziq Yazid AFA DC U17 | 2024 | 2024 | ||||
| 28 | Caden Pereira U17 | 3 February 2010 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 35 | Anatol Schraudolph U17 | 1 January 2008 | 2022 | 2023 | |||
| 36 | Zamir Nasri U17 | 6 March 2009 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 37 | Algirdas Karlonas U17 | 21 January 2009 | 2024 | 2025 | |||
| 39 | Ayden Haziq U17 | 27 September 2009 | 2022 | 2024 | |||
| 44 | Noor Aiman Eszuan U17 | 1 December 2009 | 2022 | 2024 | |||
| 45 | Anton Jerga U17 | 24 July 2007 | 2022 | 2022 | |||
| 73 | Caleb Leo Chin Hee U17 | 28 March 2010 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 84 | Darwisy Fitri U17 | 18 February 2009 | 2025 | 2025 | |||
| Jacas Tjhai Jun Heo U17 | 5 January 2010 | 2022 | 2025 | ||||
| Shlok Ranadive U17 | 10 June 2010 | 2025 | |||||
| Aaryan Azraqi Hermi U17 | 24 February 2009 | 2025 | |||||
| Midfielders | |||||||
| 16 | Tan Yu Bin U17 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
| 13 | Caleb Tan Kai Zhe AFA DC U17 | 2010 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 22 | Xavier Tan Shan Yang AFA DC U17 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
| 27 | Aydin Adfan U17 | 2009 | 2022 | 2023 | |||
| 31 | Iliya Asano U17 | 7 November 2010 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 41 | Adam Faisal U17 | 1 December 2009 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 48 | Hugh Alexander Lobsey U17 | 2025 | 2025 | ||||
| Aiman Zayani Yazid U17 | 2024 | 2024 | |||||
| Aryan Sahib U17 | 12 September 2009 | 2022 | |||||
| Dante James Pinto U17 | 20 January 2010 | 2023 | |||||
| 82 | Aqil Zulkarnain Supandy AFA DC U17 | 2023 | 2025 | ||||
| Bryan Khng En AFA DC U17 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
| Jan Tze AFA DC U17 | 2024 | 2024 | |||||
| Harris Ilhan U17 | 7 July 2007 | 2022 | 2022 | ||||
| Thomas Cunning U17 | 3 June 2008 | 2022 | 2022 | ||||
| Strikers | |||||||
| 30 | Tyler Tan U17 | 7 July 2010 | 2023 | 2025 | |||
| 35 | Farrel Farhan U17 | 2022 | 2025 | ||||
| 83 | Danish Irfan U17 | 6 May 2009 | 2022 | 2025 | |||
| 9 | Jadon Quah Song Yee AFA DC U17 | 20 April 2008 | 2023 | 2025 | |||
| 14 | Brayden Goh Zhong Yuan AFA DC U17 | 11 April 2007 | 2023 | 2025 | |||
| 15 | Firdaus Roslan AFA DC U17 | 2024 | 2024 | ||||
| 16 | Ryan Seak Zheng Wei AFA DC U17 | 2024 | 2024 | ||||
| Jasper Chen Hong-an U17 | 19 April 2009 | 2022 | |||||
| Players who left mid season | |||||||
U16/15 squad
U14/13 squad
U12 squad
Transfers
In
Pre-season
| Date | Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U23 | |||||
| 1 June 2025 | DF | End of loan | |||
| MF | End of NS | ||||
| MF | End of loan | ||||
| MF | End of loan | ||||
| FW | End of loan[a] | ||||
| 31 July 2025 | MF | End of loan [2][b] | |||
Out
Pre-season
| Date | Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U23 | |||||
| 30 June 2025 | MF | Free | |||
| MF | Free | ||||
| FW | Free | ||||
| 1 July 2025 | DF | Season loan | |||
| DF | Season loan | ||||
| DF | Season loan | ||||
| DF | Season loan | ||||
| MF | Season loan | ||||
| MF | Season loan | ||||
| MF | Season loan | ||||
| FW | Season loan | ||||
| FW | Season loan | ||||
| FW | Season loan | ||||
| FW | Season loan | ||||
| 2 July 2025 | MF | Season loan till May 2026 [2][a] | |||
| 1 August 2025 | MF | Season loan till May 2026 | |||
| 13 August 2025 | DF | Season loan | |||
| MF | Season loan | ||||
Loan out
Pre-season
| Position | Player | Transferred to | Team | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | U21 | On national service until December 2025 | ||
| DF | U21 | On national service until April 2026 | ||
| MF | U21 | On national service until April 2026 | ||
| FW | U21 | On national service until April 2026 | ||
| GK | U21 | On national service until May 2026 | ||
| DF | U21 | On national service until May 2026 | ||
| MF | U21 | On national service until May 2026 | ||
| DF | U21 | On national service until July 2026 | ||
| FW | U15 | Season loan till May 20226 [3] | ||
| FW | U21 | On national service until October 2026 | ||
| MF | U21 | On national service until March 2027 [4] | ||
| DF | U21 | On national service until April 2027 | ||
| DF | U21 | On national service until April 2027 | ||
| DF | U21 | On national service until April 2027 |
- ^ Asis will primarily train and play with Estrela’s B Team, while also turning out for the club’s Under-23 side.
Competition (SPL2)
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Singapore Premier League 2 | 1 September 2025 | 21 April 2026 | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |||
Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Inaugural Champion |
| 2 | Balestier Khalsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | BG Tampines Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Geylang International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Hougang United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Lion City Sailors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Tanjong Pagar United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Young Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 10 September 2025. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Matches
Win Draw Loss
| 1 September 2025 1 | Lion City Sailors | – | | Jurong East |
| Stadium: Jurong East Stadium |
| 29 September 2025 3 | Lion City Sailors | – | | Choa Chu Kang |
| Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium |
| 17 November 2025 8 | Tanjong Pagar United | – | | Jurong East |
| Stadium: Jurong East Stadium |
References
- ^ "Singapore tech firm Sea takes ownership of Home United; club changes name to Lion City Sailors FC". Archived from the original on 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ^ a b "Nur Muhammad Asis secures historic loan move to Portuguese top-flight club C.F. Estrela da Amadora". 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Has Singapore football Unleashed the Roar to achieve its goals?". January 4, 2025 – via The Straits Times.
- ^ Sailors, Lion City (March 29, 2025). "Continued growth the key as young Nathan relishes the spotlight".
