SAFFC 2-1 PSMS Medan Highlights
February 27, 2009
SAF 2-1 PSMS Medan
February 26, 2009
SINGAPORE – Admad Latiff’s historic goal nine minutes into extra-time saw Singapore Armed Forces defeat PSMS Medan 2-1 as the Warriors became the first Singaporean side to qualify for the AFC Champions League.
Therdsak Chaiman, who opened the scoring at Jalan Besar Stadium after 36 minutes and was the star of the show for SAF, found Latiff with an incisive diagonal ball and the latter beat keeper Markus Harison Rihihina from a narrow angle to clinch a second consecutive extra-time victory following last week’s 4-1 triumph over Provincial Electrical Authority.
Mario Costas had cancelled out Therdsak’s effort six minutes after the break but any hope of a late comeback for the Indonesians were effectively ended when Oktovianus Maniani and Edi Sukamoto were sent-off after they fell behind.
SAF started brightly and John Wilkinson had the first good chance after 12 minutes when a neat interchange between Latiff and Aleksandar Duric created an opening but he shot straight at keeper Markus.
Therdsak then found Duric on the edge of the box and the Warriors skipper turned and fired a low drive but Markus palmed the ball away for a corner.
A swift PSMS counter-attack saw Afandi Rachmat surge into the opposition half before picking out Elie Aiboy in the box. The skipper’s first shot was blocked by Hafiz Osman and he fired the rebound just over the bar.
However, SAF took the lead in the 36th minute thanks to a fine effort from Therdsak as the former Thai international weaved his way past Esteban Tejera before drilling a low shot past Markus.
Therdsak, who was the inaugural AFC Champions League MVP after inspiring BEC Tero Sasana to a runner-up finish in 2003, could have grabbed a second on the stroke of half-time but shot wide when free on the edge of the area.
PSMS were more aggressive game in the second-half and grabbed an equaliser after 51 minutes. Having collected a long ball, Elie found Costas and Daniel Bennett allowed the Argentine forward too much time and space to curl a shot into the back of the net.
The ineffective Wilkinson was replaced by Mustaqim Manzur in the 70th minute and SAF immediately regained the initiative but Latiff wasted a chance seven minutes later when his diving header from Shaiful Esah’s cross went agonisingly wide of the far post.
With the game level after 90 minutes, extra-time ensued and Latiff consigned his earlier miss to the past in the 99th minute.
Therdsak was allowed to advance unchallenged to the edge of the area and his diagonal pass found the former Singapore international who found the roof of the net with a powerful strike despite an acute angle.
PSMS were dealt a further blow a minute later when substitute Oktovianus collected his second yellow card after charging into SAF goalkeeper Shahril Jantan.
Edi joined his team-mate in the dressing room when he was also shown a second yellow seven minutes from time as SAF held on to complete a historic victory.
Singapore Armed Forces FC vs PSMS Medan (Indonesia)
February 25, 2009
What : Singapore Armed Forces FC vs PSMS Medan (Indonesia)
Date : Wednesday, 25th February 2009.
Venue : Jalan Besar Stadium.
Time : 7.30pm
AFC U16 Championship 2010 qualifiers
February 22, 2009
VIENTIANE (22 Feb 2009) – The road is tough for Laos and Timor Leste when they found themselves against difficult oppositions in the AFC U16 Championship 2010 qualifiers in October.
The Laotians, who held Australia in the last qualifiers in 2006, will once again cross swords against the side from Down Under where they will also have Malaysia for company in Group H.
With just three teams in the group, only the side which emerged at the top of the round of matches will qualify for the main draw.
On the other hand Timor Leste will be up against two-time winners China alongside Hong Kong and Macau with Singapore and Guam completing the Group F line up.
Thailand, the only ASEAN member to have won the AFC U16 crown will be against Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and the two Koreas in Group G.
Indonesia and Philippines will have to be at their best against a determined Japanese side eager for their AFC U16 title where they will also do battle against Mongolia, Chinese Taipei and Bangladesh in Group E of the qualifiers.
Only the group winner and runner-up of each of the seven six-team groups as well as the best third-place side overall will advance to the 2010 AFC U16 Championship finals.
AFC U16 CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 QUALIFIERS
Group A: Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan.
Group B: Iran, Bahrain, Lebanon, Nepal, Tajikistan, Maldives.
Group C: Syria, Yemen, Qatar, Palestine, Iraq, Bhutan.
Group D: UAE, India, Turkmenistan, Oman, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan.
Group E: Japan, Indonesia, Mongolia, Chinese Taipei, Bangladesh, Philippines.
Group F: China, Singapore, Guam, Hong Kong, Macau, Timor Leste.
Group G: Korea Republic, Thailand, Vietnam, DPR Korea, Cambodia, Myanmar.
Group H: Australia, Malaysia, Laos.
AFC Under-19 Championship 2010 Qualifiers
February 22, 2009
JAKARTA (22 Feb 2009) – The might of Japan and Australia stand in the way of both Indonesia and Singapore in the qualifying round of the AFC Under-19 Championship 2010.
The Japanese, who came close to winning the crown on several occasions, have been placed in Group F of the qualifiers against Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong.
But the road is not easy either for the rest of the ASEAN member nations with Thailand, Laos and Vietnam having to contend with 11-time winners Korea Republic in Group E.
The other teams in the group are Macau and Bangladesh.
Malaysia, Myanmar and the Philippines on the other hand will be up against China – who last won the tournament in 1985 – in Group G with 2006 winners DPR Korea and also Guam.
Only the group winners and runners-up will advance to the main draw alongside the one best third-placed team from the West Zone and one best third-placed team from the East.
AFC U-19 CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 QUALIFIERS
Group A – Tajikistan, Jordan, Yemen, Nepal*, Palestine, Kyrgyzstan
Group B – UAE*, Syria, Qatar, Bahrain, Bhutan, Sri Lanka
Group C – Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, Kuwait, India, Afghanistan
Group D – Uzbekistan, Iran, Lebanon, Turkmenistan, Maldives, Pakistan*
Group E – Korea Republic, Thailand*, Laos, Vietnam, Macau, Bangladesh
Group F – Australia, Japan, Indonesia*, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong
Group G – China*, DPR Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Guam, the Philippines
S-League 2009 Week 1 results
February 22, 2009
Mon 16 Feb: Tampines Rovers 0-0 Home United
Tue 17 Feb: Geylang United 3-1 Albirex Niigata (S)
Thu 19 Feb: Super Reds 0-0 Young Lions
Fri 20 Feb: Sengkang Punggol 0-1 Gombak United
Sun 22 Feb: Balestier Khalsa 0-3 SAFFC
Super Reds 0-0 Young Lions
February 20, 2009
Final Score
Super Reds 0
Young Lions 0
| Super Reds | Young Lions | ||||||
| 1 Kang Su Ho (GK) | 1 Hyrulnizam Juma’at (GK) | ||||||
| 2 Kim Shin Yui | 4 Isa Halim (C) | ||||||
| 3 Park Chul Hyung | 7 Gabriel Quak Jun Yi | ||||||
| 5 Shin Dae Kyung (C) | 9 Faritz Abdul Hameed | ||||||
| 6 Choi Dong Soo | 10 Irwan Shah | ||||||
| 7 Kwon Jin (24 Song Wang Suk 71′) | 14 Afiq Yunos (28 Azfar Zainal Abidin 83′) | ||||||
| 8 Yu Hyun Koo | 16 Shahir Hamzah | ||||||
| 9 Lee Du Ri (15 Park Kang Jin 61′) | 20 Obadin Aikhena | ||||||
| 17 Jeon Byung Euk | 21 Erwan Gunawan (27 Eugene Luo 59′) | ||||||
| 22 Park Han Seok (19 Yun Bo Young 61′) | 23 Arif Aiman (8 Hafiz Abu Sujad 65′) | ||||||
| 25 Joo Ki Hwan | 25 Fadhil Noh | ||||||
Attendance: 2,464
Provincial Electric Authority 1-4 SAFFC
February 19, 2009
Final Score
Provincial Electric Authority 1 (Apipoon)
SAFFC 4 (Kenji Arai, Therdsak Chaiman 2, Mustaqim Manzur)
Provincial Electric Authority: Umarin Yaodam; Apichet Puttan, Henri Joel, Panupong Wongsa, Rangsan Vivatchaichok; Phonlawut Donchui (Victor Mensah 45’), Yutthajak Konjan, Apipoo Suntornpanavej, Supakit Jinajai; Ronnachai Rangsiyo (Theerathon Bunmathan 70’), Richard Falcao (Lamnao Singto 101’).
SAFFC: Shahril Jantan; Hafiz Osman (Razaleigh Khalik 106’), Daniel Bennett, Kenji Arai, Shaiful Esah; Masahiro Fukasawa, John Wilkinson, Therdsak Chaiman (Syed Karim 120’), Park Tae Won (Mustaqim Manzur 70’); Ahmad Latiff Khamarudin, Aleksandar Duric.
Geylang United 3-1 Albirex
February 18, 2009
Final Score
Geylang United 3
Ashrin Shariff 41′(p),85′, Noor Ali 45′
Albirex Niigata (S) 1
Kenji Adachihara 32′
| Geylang United | Albirex Niigata (S) | ||||||
| 19 Yazid Yasin (GK) | 1 Yoshito Matsushita (GK) | ||||||
| 3 Rastislav Belicak | 2 Ryuta Hayashi (3 Shota Matsuoka 79′) | ||||||
| 5 Walid Lounis | 4 Park Myung Eun (17 Takasuke Goto 71′) | ||||||
| 6 Baihakki Khaizan | 7 Keisuke Ogawa | ||||||
| 8 Haruki Seto | 8 Yoshitaka Komori | ||||||
| 9 Miroslav Latiak | 10 Ken Matsumoto | ||||||
| 10 Rickey Harris (14 Farhan Farook 88′) | 11 Shunsuke Sunaga (C) | ||||||
| 11 Syed Thaha (2 Faizal Senin 79′) | 13 Atsushi Shimono | ||||||
| 18 Ashrin Shariff | 14 Kenji Adachihara | ||||||
| 20 Noor Ali (C) | 18 Taisuke Akiyoshi | ||||||
| 27 Yasir Hanapi | 26 Ryota Kobayashi | ||||||
Cautions
Geylang: Baihakki Khaizan 5′, Noor Ali 19′, Syed Thaha 61′, Rickey Harris 79′, Faizal Senin 88′
Albirex: Park Myung Eun 38′, Ryota Kobayashi 53′, Kenji Adachihara 62′
Expulsions
Geylang: nil
Albirex: nil
Match Officials
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
Asst Referee 1: Rosli Omar
Asst Referee 2: Lim Kok Heng
Fourth Officials: Zaid Hussein
Match Commissioner: A Raamasamy
Attendance: 2,521
Tampines 0-0 Home United
February 17, 2009
Final Score
Tampines Rovers 0
Home United 0
| HOME UNITED | TAMPINES ROVERS | ||||
| 18 Lionel Lewis (GK) | 1 Hassan Sunny (GK) | ||||
| 3 Ismail Yunos | 2 Shariff Abdul Samat | ||||
| 4 Juma’at Jantan | 3 Ridhuan Muhammad | ||||
| 5 S Subramani (C) | 8 Akihiro Nakamura | ||||
| 6 Shahril Alias | 9 Noh Alam Shah | ||||
| 8 Tengku Mushadad | 10 Qiu Li | ||||
| 10 Kengne Ludovick | 12 Zulkarnaen Zainal | ||||
| 13 Valery Hiek | 14 Sutee Suksomkit | ||||
| 15 Fadzuhasny Juraimi (7 Shi Jiayi 46′) | 15 Benoit Croissant | ||||
| 17 Shahril Ishak | 17 Fahrudin Mustafic (C) | ||||
| 20 Peres de Oliveira | 18 Seiji Kaneko | ||||
| Substitutes | Substitutes | ||||
| 1 Ridzuan Fatah Hassan | 6 Edward Tan | ||||
| 12 Itimi Dickson | 7 Fathi Yunus | ||||
| 19 Azhar Sairudin | 13 Alimin Mohamed | ||||
| 24 Firdaus Idros | 16 Shukor Zailan | ||||
| 30 Nurhilmi Jasni | 19 Aliff Shafaein | ||||
| 21 Firdaus Kasman | |||||
| 22 Taufiq Rahmat | |||||
Cautions
Tampines Rovers: Noh Alam Shah 46′
Home United: Peres de Oliveira 34′, Tengku Mushadad 43′, Shahril Alias 80′
Expulsions
Tampines Rovers: nil
Home United: nil
Match Officials
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir
Asst Referee 1: Jeffrey Goh
Asst Referee 2: Megat Azman
Fourth Official: T Aravinthan
Match Commissioner: Sulaini Said
Attendance: 3,377
