2018 Home United FC season

Home United
2018 season
Chairman	Anselm Lopez
Head coach	Aidil Sharin
Stadium	Bishan Stadium
Top goalscorer	League: Shahril Ishak ; 13 goals; All: Song Ui-young ; 20 goals
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 season is Home United's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Prime League, the Singapore Cup, Singapore League Cup.

Key events

Pre-season

On 15/10/2017, it was reported that key striker, Stipe Plazibat, is looking for a move to Thailand with Bangkok Glass interested.^[1]
On 7/11/2017, Irfan Fandi revealed in an interview that he is looking to make an overseas move once he finishes National Service (NS) next February.^[2]
On 7/11/2017, coach Aidil Sharin is rumored to be courted by MSL clubs, namely Felda United, PKNS FC and Kelantan. He was said to have met up Felda United and will be meeting Kelantan management before end of season.^[3]
On 21/11/2017, it was reported that Harris had returned to JDT.^[4]
On 28/11/2017, Tsubasa Sano from Albirex Niigata (S) or Darryl Roberts from Global Cebu F.C. or Fernando Rodríguez from Ceres–Negros F.C. are identified as the replacement for top scorer, Stipe Plazibat.^[5]
On 29/11/2017, Bangkok Glass make offer for Irfan Fandi for 2018 season. However, he is still considering the offer as he is looking to move to Europe.^[6]
On 2/12/2017, Faris Ramli is reported to have rejected a move to Malaysia club to sign a one-year extension to his contract.^[7] However, he is reported to have negotiated a deal with Selangor FA for the new season as his new contract with Home United contained a clause for him to leave.^[8]
On 14/12/2017, Irfan Fandi & his brother, Ikhsan Fandi will go trial with English Championship club, Leeds United in March 2018.^[9]^[10]
On 15/12/2017, Stipe Plazibat reportedly completed his move to Thailand.
On 15/12/2017, Adam Swandi was reported to be close to a move to White Swan, dealing a blow to the team for the 2018 season.^[11]

In-season

On 9/8/2018, the team was crowned as AFC Cup ASEAN Zonal winners after defeating Philippines’ Ceres Negros 3–1 on aggregate over two legs.^[12]
On 26/9/2018, it was reported that Geylang International is interested in bringing Song Ui-young to Bedok Stadium together with their former coach, Lee Lim Saeng for Season 2019. Joining the Eagles to express interest is Indonesian giants Persija Jakarta.^[13]
On 26/9/2018, it was reported that Aidil Shahril is courted by Perak FA for 2019 while their former coach Lee Lim Saeng is also a target for Warriors FC.^[14]

Squad

S.League squad

As of 26 January 2017.

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Contract Since	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Kenji Syed Rusydi ^U23	(1998-07-12) 12 July 1998 (age 26)	Youth Team	2017
22	Eko Pradana Putra	(1993-04-14) 14 April 1993 (age 31)	Geylang International	2016
24	Rudy Khairullah	(1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 (age 30)	Police SA (NFL D1)	2017
Defenders
2	Shakir Hamzah	(1992-10-20) 20 October 1992 (age 32)	Tampines Rovers	2018	2018
4	Juma'at Jantan ^>30	(1984-02-23) 23 February 1984 (age 40)	LionsXII	2013	2019
6	Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib	(1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 35)	Tampines Rovers	2015	2018
9	Faritz Abdul Hameed	(1990-01-16) 16 January 1990 (age 34)	Geylang International	2018	2018
15	Faizal Roslan ^U23	(1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 29)	Young Lions FC	2018	2018
18	Shahrin Saberin ^U23	(1995-02-14) 14 February 1995 (age 29)	Young Lions FC	2018	2018
	Ribiyanda Saswadimata ^U19	(2000-02-05) 5 February 2000 (age 24)		2018	2018
Midfielders
3	Anumanthan Kumar	(1994-07-14) 14 July 1994 (age 30)	Hougang United	2017	2019
7	Aqhari Abdullah	(1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 33)	LionsXII	2016	2018
8	Song Ui-young	(1993-11-08) 8 November 1993 (age 31)	Youth Team	2012	2018
13	Izzdin Shafiq (Captain)	(1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 33)	Tampines Rovers	2017	2018
14	Fazli Ayob	(1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 (age 34)	Tampines Rovers	2018	2018
16	Muhelmy Suhaimi ^U23	(1996-01-22) 22 January 1996 (age 28)	Young Lions FC	2018	2018
19	Hafiz Nor	(1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 36)	Warriors FC	2018	2018
20	Arshad Shamim ^U23	(1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 24)	Youth Team	2018	2018
21	Suhairi Sabri ^U23	(1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 (age 28)	Youth Team	2018	2018
23	Christopher van Huizen	(1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 31)	Young Lions FC	2018	2018
32	Isaka Cernak	(1989-04-09) 9 April 1989 (age 35)	Sisaket	2018	2018
Strikers
5	Amy Recha	(1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 32)	Geylang International	2018	2018
10	Amiruldin Asraf ^U23	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 27)	Youth Team	2017	2018
12	Iqram Rifqi ^U23	(1996-02-25) 25 February 1996 (age 28)	Youth Team	2017	2018
17	Shahril Ishak ^>30	(1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 40)	Warriors FC	2018	2018
Players loaned out / placed on injury list / left during season
11	Sirina Camara	(1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 33)	Etoile FC	2013	2018

Coaching staff

Source
Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Aidil Sharin
Assistant coach	Saswadimata Dasuki
Goalkeeping coach	Adi Saleh
General Manager	Badri Ghent
Team manager
Physiotherapist	Daisy Sumampong Anarna
Kitman

Transfer

Pre-season transfer

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
DF	Shahrin Saberin	Garena Young Lions	loan return ^[15]
DF	Faizal Roslan	Garena Young Lions	^[16]
DF	Shakir Hamzah	Tampines Rovers	1 Year contract ^[17]
DF	Faritz Hameed	Geylang International	^[18]
MF	Hafiz Nor	Warriors FC	^[19]
MF	Fazli Ayob	Tampines Rovers	^[20]
MF	Amy Recha	Geylang International	^[21]
MF	Muhelmy Suhaimi	Garena Young Lions
FW	Shahril Ishak	Warriors FC	1 Year Contract ^[22]

Out

Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
GK	Hassan Sunny	Army United	^[23]^[24]
GK	Hafiz Ahmad	Balestier Khalsa
DF	Khalili Khalif	Balestier Khalsa
DF	Haziq Azman	Eunos Crescent FC (NFL Club)
DF	Afiq Yunos	Tampines Rovers	^[25]
DF	Sufianto Salleh	Balestier Khalsa	^[26]^[27]
DF	Irfan Fandi	Garena Young Lions
MF	Shamil Sharif	Warriors FC	^[28]
MF	Hariss Harun	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	^[29] Loan Ended
MF	Faris Ramli	PKNS	^[30]
MF	Adam Swandi	Albirex Niigata (S)	^[31]
MF	Noor Akid Nordin	Balestier Khalsa	^[32]
MF	Luqman Ismail
FW	Akbar Shah	Balestier Khalsa
FW	Stipe Plazibat	Bangkok Glass	^[33]
FW	Marijan Šuto	TSV Essingen
FW	Khairul Nizam	Warriors FC	^[34]
FW	Shah Zulkarnean	Singapore Cricket Club FC (NFL Club)

Note 1: Khairul Nizam was reported to have been retained by the club but subsequently transferred to Warriors FC.

Note 2: Faris Ramli was reported to have signed an extension of contract but subsequently moved to PKNS FC after a clause was included in his new contract.

Retained

Position	Player	Ref
DF	Juma'at Jantan	2 years contract signed in 2017 ^[35]
DF	Sirina Camara	2 years contract signed in 2017 ^[36]
DF	Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib	^[37]
MF	Song Ui-young	2 years contract signed in 2017 ^[38]
MF	Anumanthan Kumar	NS till 2019
FW	Khairul Nizam	2 years contract signed in 2017 ^[39]
FW	Amiruldin Asraf	2 years contract signed in 2017 ^[40]

Extension

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Rudy Khairullah	^[41]^[42]
GK	Eko Pradana Putra	^[43]
MF	Izzdin Shafiq	^[44]^[45]
MF	Faris Ramli	1 Year Contract ^[46]
MF	Aqhari Abdullah	^[47]
MF	Christopher van Huizen	1 Year Contract ^[48]

Promoted

Position	Player	Ref
GK	Kenji Syed Rusydi	^[49]
MF	Arshad Shamim	^[50]
MF	Suhairi Sabri
FW	Iqram Rifqi	^[51]

Trial

Trial (In)

Position	Player	Trial From	Ref
MF	Isaka Cernak	Free Agent	^[52]
MF	Andrezinho	Free Agent	^[53]
MF	Paulin Maguette M'Baye	Free Agent	^[54]

Trial (Out)

Position	Player	Trial @	Ref
DF	Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib	Khonkaen FC	^[55]

Mid-season transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
MF	Isaka Cernak	Free Agent	^[56]

Extension

Position	Player	Ref
DF	Juma’at Jantan	2 Years Contract ^[57]

Friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Win Draw Loss

7 February 2018 (2018-02-07) 1	Home United	0-1	Jungfrau Punggol FC (NFL Club)	Clementi Stadium
		Report

PSM Makassar Super Cup Asia 2018

^[58]

19 January 2018 Semi Final	PSM Makassar	4-0	Home United	Andi Mattalata Stadium, Makassar
	Guy Junior 13,62' Marc Klok 45+2' (pen) Zulham Zamrun 86'

21 January 2018 3rd place playoff	Adelaide United Youth	0-1	Home United	Andi Mattalata Stadium, Makassar
			Song Ui-young 70'

KL Pre-season tour

24 January 2018 1	MISC-MIFA	5-1	Home United	Petaling Jaya Stadium
	Derko 5' Rajesh Perumal 11' Mugenthirran Ganesan 53' Beomguen 69' Kpah Sherman 80'		Hafiz Nor 73'

27 January 2018 2	Negeri Sembilan FA	2-0	Home United	Stadium Maybank Bangi
	Fakhrul Aiman Sidid Renārs Rode

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 6 October 2018.

No.	Pos.	Player	Sleague		Singapore Cup		AFC Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK	Kenji Syed Rusydi	4	0	3	0	0	0	7	0
2	DF	Shakir Hamzah	21	3	5	0	10	1	36	4
3	MF	Anumanthan Kumar	13(6)	1	3(1)	0	10(1)	2	34	3
4	DF	Juma'at Jantan	4(1)	0	0	0	8	0	13	0
5	FW	Amy Recha	5(11)	2	0(3)	0	3(3)	0	25	2
6	MF	Abdil Qaiyyim	15	0	4	0	9	0	28	0
7	MF	Aqhari Abdullah	16(1)	0	2(2)	0	11	0	32	0
8	MF	Song Ui-young	11(2)	10	3	1	11	9	27	20
9	DF	Faritz Hameed	12(6)	2	3(1)	1	10(1)	2	33	5
10	FW	Amiruldin Asraf	6(10)	0	1	0	0(3)	0	20	0
12	FW	Iqram Rifqi	12(4)	2	4(1)	1	0(1)	0	22	3
13	MF	Izzdin Shafiq	21(2)	2	3(1)	0	10	1	37	3
14	MF	Fazli Ayob	3(2)	1	1(3)	0	4(4)	0	17	1
15	DF	Faizal Roslan	24	2	5	0	9(1)	1	39	3
16	MF	Muhelmy Suhaimi	0(2)	0	0(1)	0	1	0	4	0
17	FW	Shahril Ishak	22(1)	13	5	2	12	5	40	19
18	DF	Shahrin Saberin	12(1)	0	1	0	2(4)	0	20	0
19	MF	Hafiz Nor	17(6)	7	5	1	2(8)	1	38	9
20	MF	Arshad Shamim	11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
21	MF	Suhairi Sabri	3(1)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
22	GK	Eko Pradana Putra	2	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
23	MF	Christopher van Huizen	2(10)	0	1	0	2(3)	0	18	0
24	GK	Rudy Khairullah	18	0	1	0	10	0	29	0
32	MF	Isaka Cernak	4	0	4(1)	1	4	1	13	2
43	DF	Danial Hakim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club
11	DF	Sirina Camara	3(4)	2	0	0	2(3)	0	12	2

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
S.League	24	12	7	5	48	36	+12	050.00
AFC Cup	12	7	2	3	25	21	+4	058.33
Singapore Cup	5	1	1	3	8	9	−1	020.00
Total	41	20	10	11	81	66	+15	048.78

Singapore Premier League

Win Draw Loss

4 April 2018 (2018-04-04) 1	Home United	3–1	Balestier Khalsa	Bishan Stadium
	Sirina Camara 77' Song Ui-young 88' Shahril Ishak 90+3'		Keegan Linderboom 27' (pen.)

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 2	Brunei DPMM FC	4–2	Home United	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
	Volodymyr Pryyomov 13,54' Abdul Aziz Tamit 15' Mojtaba Esmaeilzadeh 71'		Haimie Anak Nyaring 73' (o.g.) Shahril Ishak 90+2'	Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

18 April 2018 (2018-04-18) 3	Home United	1–6	Albirex Niigata (S)	Bishan Stadium
	Shahril Ishak 90' (pen.)		Shuhei Hoshino 8,20' Taku Morinaga 53' Wataru Murofushi 69' Daiki Asaoka 72' Adam Swandi 90+4'

22 April 2018 (2018-04-22) 4	Geylang International	1–4	Home United	Bedok Stadium
	Shawal Anuar 49' Fairoz Hassan 11' Darren Teh 90+3'		Hafiz Nor 2,24' Shahril Ishak 36' Faizal Roslan 45+1'

2 May 2018 (2018-05-02) 5	Hougang United	3–3	Home United	Hougang Stadium
	Iqbal Hussain 57' Adam Mitter 74' Faiz Salleh 78'		Song Ui-young 34' Faritz Abdul Hameed 40' 44' Shahril Ishak 65' Anumanthan Kumar 13' Hafiz Nor 67'

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 6	Home United	3–3	Warriors FC	Bishan Stadium
	Song Ui-young 14', 85' (pen.) Faizal Roslan 83' Shakir Hamzah 68'		Ho Wai Loon 2' Jonathan Béhé 82' 90+4' Hafiz Sulaiman 13' Firdaus Kasman 55' Emmeric Ong 84'

26 June 2018 (2018-06-26) 7 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	1–0	Home United	Our Tampines Hub
	Amirul Adli 46'			Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)

19 May 2018 (2018-05-19) 8	Balestier Khalsa	2–1	Home United	Singapore National Stadium
	Vedran Mesec 87' Huzaifah Aziz 90+1'		Hafiz Nor 9' Anumanthan Kumar 90+5'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)

26 May 2018 (2018-05-26) 9	Home United	3–1	Brunei DPMM	Bishan Stadium
	Shakir Hamzah 10' Song Ui-young 34' Song Ui-young 75'		Adi Said 30'

6 June 2018 (2018-06-06) 10	Home United	4–1	Garena Young Lions	Bishan Stadium
	Shakir Hamzah 2' Iqram Rifqi 45' Song Ui-young 55' (pen.) Izzdin Shafiq 85'		Amirul Hakim 15'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)

9 June 2018 (2018-06-09) 11	Albirex Niigata (S)	3–0	Home United	Jurong East Stadium
	Shuhei Hoshino 52', 84' Kenya Takahashi 58'			Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) 12	Home United	2–0	Geylang International	Bishan Stadium
	Amy Recha 47' Shahril Ishak 89' Anumanthan Kumar 33' Shakir Hamzah 51'

23 June 2018 (2018-06-23) 13	Garena Young Lions	1–1	Home United	Singapore National Stadium
	Haiqal Pashia 6' Zulqarnaen Suzliman 73'		Iqram Rifqi 89'

1 July 2018 (2018-07-01) 14	Home United	1–0	Hougang United	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Anumanthan Kumar 57' Shakir Hamzah 43'		Syahiran Miswan 8'	Referee: Y.Sathyakumar (Singapore)

4 July 2018 (2018-07-04) 15	Warriors FC	0–2	Home United	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
			Izzdin Shafiq 51' Shahril Ishak 76'

8 July 2018 (2018-07-08) 16	Home United	0–0	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
				Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

11 July 2018 (2018-07-11) 17	Home United	2–0	Garena Young Lions	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Shahril Ishak12 Amy Recha 19' Hafiz Nor 27'

15 July 2018 (2018-07-15) 18	Home United	1–1	Balestier Khalsa	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Shahril Ishak 42' (pen.)		Fadil Kamis 16'	Referee: G.Letchman (Singapore)

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) 19	Brunei DPMM	1–2	Home United	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
	Brian McLean 80' Adi Said 75' Volodymyr Pryyomov 89'		Hafiz Nor 45' Shahril Ishak 47' Arshad Shamim 82'	Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (Singapore)

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) 20 (Rescheduled)	Home United	1-1	Albirex Niigata (S)	Bishan Stadium
	Shahril Ishak 48'		Taku Morinaga10 Wataru Murofushi 90+4' Shuhei Sasahara 76'	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)

15 August 2018 (2018-08-15) 21	Geylang International	1-5	Home United	Bedok Stadium
	Darren Teh 87'		Faritz Hameed 40' Shakir Hamzah 27' Shahril Ishak 56' 61' Hafiz Nor 58'	Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 22 (Rescheduled)	Hougang United	1-2	Home United	Hougang Stadium
	Shahfiq Ghani 62'		Hafiz Nor 34' Song Ui-young 84'

23 September 2018 (2018-09-23) 23	Home United	4-3	Warriors FC	Bishan Stadium
	Song Ui-young 10' 50' 80' (pen) Faritz Abdul Hameed 73'		Khairul Nizam 17' (pen) 42' Ignatius Ang 71' Ho Wai Loon 68' Emmeric Ong 80'	Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (Singapore)

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 24 (Rescheduled)	Tampines Rovers	1-1	Home United	Our Tampines Hub
	Khairul Amri 72' (pen) Madhu Mohana 20' Shameer Aziq 20' Shah Shahiran 90+5'		Shahril Ishak 77' Song Ui-Young Iqram Rifqi 40' Abdil Qaiyyim 71'	Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Albirex Niigata (S)^[a] (C)	24	21	3	0	69	17	+52	66
2	Home United	24	12	7	5	48	36	+12	43	Qualification to AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1
3	DPMM FC^[a]	24	11	8	5	46	38	+8	41
4	Tampines Rovers	24	12	4	8	43	27	+16	40	Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
5	Warriors FC	24	7	7	10	32	35	−3	28

Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2018. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

AFC Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HOM	CER	BKA	SHA
1	Home United	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13^[a]	Zonal semi-finals	—	1–1	6–0	3–2
2	Ceres–Negros	6	4	1	1	17	3	+14	13^[a]	Zonal semi-finals	0–2	—	9–0	2–0
3	Boeung Ket Angkor	6	2	0	4	8	24	−16	6		3–2	0–4	—	1–2
4	Shan United	6	1	0	5	5	12	−7	3		0–1	0–1	1–4	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Home United 1–1 Ceres–Negros, Ceres–Negros 0–2 Home United.

Win Draw Loss

Group stage

13 February 2018 (2018-02-13) Matchday 1	Shan United	0–1	Home United	Yangon, Myanmar
	Htike Htike Aung 57' Chit Su Moe 85'		Song Ui-young 75' Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib 86' Rudy Khairullah 90+3'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

27 February 2018 (2018-02-27) Matchday 2	Home United	1–1	Ceres–Negros	Singapore
	Shahril Ishak 23' (pen.) Sirina Camara 9' 49' Faizal Roslan 67' Shakir Hamzah 80'		Bienvenido Marañón Manuel Herrera 79' Omid Nazari 75' Jeffrey Christiaens 90+6'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,331 Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

6 March 2018 (2018-03-06) Matchday 3	Boeung Ket Angkor	3–2	Home United	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
	Maycon Calijuri 12', 41' (pen.) Samuel Ajayi 13' Sun Sovanrithy 68'		Song Ui-young 2' Faritz Abdul Hameed 67' 68'	Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium Attendance: 626 Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

14 March 2018 (2018-03-14) Matchday 4	Home United	6–0	Boeung Ket Angkor	Singapore
	Shahril Ishak 37' Song Ui-young 42' Faritz Abdul Hameed 55' Anumanthan Kumar 72', 83' Izzdin Shafiq 86' Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib 28'		Samuel Ajayi 81'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 767 Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) Matchday 5	Home United	3–2	Shan United	Singapore
	Faizal Roslan 19' Song Ui-young 25' Shahril Ishak 39'	Report	Zin Min Tun 9' Christopher Chizoba 28'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

25 April 2018 (2018-04-25) Matchday 6	Ceres–Negros	0–2	Home United	Bacolod, Philippines
			Izzdin Shafiq 80' Song Ui-young 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Panaad Park and Stadium Attendance: 5,015 Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

Knockout stage

8 May 2018 (2018-05-08) Zonal Semi-final 1st leg	Home United	3–2	Persija Jakarta	Singapore
19:30 SST	Maman Abdurrahman 2' (o.g) Song Ui-young 9' Hafiz Nor 79' Aqhari Abdullah 33'	Report	Ramdani Lestaluhu 32', 49' Sandi Darma Sute 43'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,528 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

15 May 2018 (2018-05-15) Zonal Semi-final 2nd leg	Persija Jakarta	1–3 (3–6 agg.)	Home United	Jakarta, Indonesia
19:30 WIB	Marko Šimić 9' (pen.) Jaimerson Xavier 11' 37' Daryono 45' Rohit Chand 65'	Report	Shahril Ishak 6', 12' Song 44' M.Anumanthan 39' Sirina Camara 62' Rudy Khairullah 76'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Attendance: 62,198 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

Home United won 6-3 on aggregate.

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) Zonal Final 1st leg	Ceres–Negros	1–1	Home United	Bacolod, Philippines
19:30 PST	Blake Powell 8' (pen.) Patrick Reichelt 43'	Report	Isaka Cernak 23' Abdil Qaiyyim 83' Amiruldin Asyraf 90+6'	Stadium: Panaad Park and Stadium Attendance: 6,705 Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

8 August 2018 (2018-08-08) Zonal Final 2nd leg	Home United	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Ceres–Negros	Singapore
19:30 SST	Shakir Hamzah 62' Song Ui-young 74' Shahrin Saberin 81'	Report	Súper 69'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 3,392 Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

Home United won 3-1 on aggregate.

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) Inter-zone Semi-final 1st leg	Home United	0-2	April 25	Singapore
SST	Faritz Hameed 89'	Report	Pak Myong-song 62' An Il-bom 81' An Tae-Song 78' Sim Hyon-Jin 79' Kwon Chung-Hyok 89'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 2,856 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Inter-zone Semi-final 2nd leg	April 25	9-1 (11-1 agg.)	Home United	Pyongyang, North Korea
17:00 PYT	Om Chol-song 23' Rim Chol-min 30' 40' 45+2' (pen) An Il-bom 51' (pen) 65' Han Song-hyok 61' Son Phyong-il 79' Yun Il-gwang 84'	Report	Song Ui-young 19'	Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

Home United lost 1-11 on aggregate.

Singapore Cup

Win Draw Loss

27 July 2018 (2018-07-27) Quarter Final 1st Leg	Home United	1–2	Tampines Rovers	Jalan Besar Stadium
	Shahril Ishak 61'		Khairul Amri 45+1' Jordan Webb 85' Yasir Hanapi 90'	Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) Quarter Final 2nd Leg	Tampines Rovers	1-3 (3-4 agg.)	Home United	Our Tampines Hub
	Khairul Amri 45' Daniel Bennett 86' Syazwan Buhari 90+4'		Song Ui-young 21' Iqram Rifqi 34' Shahril Ishak 71' Izzdin Shafiq 83'	Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)

Home United won 4-3 on aggregate.

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) Semi Final 1st Leg	Albirex Niigata (S)	3-2	Home United	Jurong East Stadium
	Adam Swandi 12' Wataru Murofushi 57' 75' (pen) Daiki Asaoka 45+1' Taku Morinaga 66' 90+4'	Report	Hafiz Nor 2' Shuhei Sasahara 36' (o.g) M. Anumanthan 19' Izzdin Shafiq 71' Shakir Hamzah 84' Fazli Ayob 90+4'	Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore)

3 October 2018 Semi Final 2nd Leg

Home United

0-1
(2-4 agg.)

Albirex Niigata (S)

[table_note_ALB0.77705754143049-59] The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

[table_hth_HOM0.26890594571312-60] Head-to-head results: Home United 1–1 Ceres–Negros, Ceres–Negros 0–2 Home United.

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