Tanjong Pagar United FC

Early years and formation (1974–1996)

Prior to the formation of the S.League, the club were formed as Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club in 1975 and debuted in Division III of the National Football League, from which they were promoted as champions in 1978. This was followed by a second successive promotion in 1979, bringing the Jaguars to Division I. In 1982, they won the President's Cup and the following year, they were national league champions. They represented Singapore in the 1984 ASEAN Club Games, finishing third, then captured The Double in 1987.

The early 1990s saw further successes, as they were Pools Cup winners in 1991 and 1993, finished runners-up in the FAS Premier League from 1991 to 1993 and bagged the FA Cup in 1994.

S. League era (1996–2004)

Their strong performances led to their selection as one of eight clubs to compete in the newly 1996 S.League season, so they were renamed to Tiong Bahru Football Club and obtained a permanent home at the Queenstown Stadium.^[4]

In 1998, the club changed its name to Tanjong Pagar United and Lim Tong Hai captained the club in its debut season to a Singapore Cup and Singapore FA Cup double.

Dissolvement (2004–2010)

In the 2004 season, Tanjong Pagar United went through a period of difficult times where they sit at the bottom of the league table throughout the entire season. They manage to record a total of 4 wins, 5 draws and 18 losses thus seeing the club being dissolved at the end of the season due to financial problems where France defender Gimmy Bade was converted to the play in the forward position for some matches. At the end of the season, All of the club foreign players, Gimmy Bade and Jean-Marc Audemar, Benoît Salviat and Nicodeme Boucher eventually left the club.

Return of the club (2011–2014)

In the 2011 season, Tanjong Pagar United replaced Beijing Guoan Talent for the S.League spot and therefore returned to action after a six years hiatus. The Jaguars signed Korean duo Kim Seong-kyu and Kim Jong-oh, Japanese Takaya Kawanabe from J1 League side, Omiya Ardija and France player, Cyril Bagnost. The Jaguars finished the season with 3 wins, 5 draws and 27 losses finishing in 11th out of 12th position in the league.

In the 2012 season. Tanjong Pagar United bought in Gilbert Bayonne, Carlos Delgado and Anthony Aymard in which they ended their season without any slight improvement finishing in the season at the same spot.

In the 2013 season, Tanjong Pagar United reached an agreement with France head coach Patrick Vallee in which he signs France-Algerian forward duoIsmaël Benahmed and Kamel Ramdani, Brazilian-France goalkeeper Aurélien Hérisson, Moroccan Monsef Zerka and retaining Anthony Aymard for the season. The Jaguars season turned out pretty well where they finished in 6th spot out of 12th position in the league. In the 2014 season, The Jaguars signed Sébastien Etiemble to replace Ismaël Benahmed which left for USM Bel Abbès.

Second dissolvement (2015–2019)

The Jaguars also signed Germany youngster Lucas Jester for the Prime League squad. Tanjong Pagar United managed to finished in 9th spot out of 12th in the 2014 S.League which they had to dissolved the club at the end of the season due to another financial problems.

In 2017, the owners of Tanjong Pagar United stated their intent to return to Singapore Premier League for the 2019 season,^[5] and in November 2017 applied to FAS to rejoin the league.^[6] On the same month, the team also appeals to continue their jackpot operations, which is the source of club's income, after new regulations by the Ministry of Home Affairs forced the club to wind down their operations.^[7] But after their appeals were rejected by Ministry of Home Affairs and were ordered to shut down their jackpot operations in April 2018,^[8] as of September 2019, there were no further updates from the club regarding this intent.

Returned to action (2020–present)

On 16 January 2020, the Football Association of Singapore confirms Tanjong Pagar United's participation in the 2020 Singapore Premier League season signing Japanese duo Takahiro Tanaka and Shodai Nishikawa and also Brazilians duo Luiz Júnior and Yann Motta.^[1] Tanjong Pagar United went on to have their best finished in the league finishing in fifth place during the 2021 season. In the 2023 season, Singaporean star player, Khairul Amri received the "Goal of the Year" award while playing for the club which he scored an scissors kick against Hougang United in a 2–1 away win on 6 April 2023.

On 26 April 2024, Tanjong Pagar United sign Zenivio from Cambodian club, Kirivong Sok Sen Chey in which he became the first Timorese player to play in the league. The club also signed former player Shodai Nishikawa for the 2024–25 season.

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First-team squad

As of 1 September 2025^[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CAN Matt Silva 2 MF  SGP Azim Akbar 3 DF  SGP Syahrul Sazali 4 DF  KOR Kim Li-kwan 5 DF  SGP Syed Akmal 6 MF  SGP Fathullah Rahmat U23 7 FW  BRA Guilherme Rodrigues 8 MF  AUS Jesse Daley 9 FW  ESP Youssef Ezzejjari 10 MF  BRA Bruno Dybal 11 FW  TLS Zenivio FP U21 12 GK  SGP Kenji Syed Rusydi 13 DF  SGP Emmeric Ong

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  SGP Syahadat Masnawi 15 DF  SGP Faizal Roslan (vice-captain) 16 MF  SGP Raihan Rahman 17 MF  SGP Naqiuddin Eunos 18 GK  SGP Sunny Tia U23 19 GK  SGP Zaiful Nizam 20 MF  TPE Emilio Estevez 22 MF  SGP Naufal Ilham U23 24 DF  AUS Aaron Evans (captain) 25 MF  JPN Shodai Nishikawa 32 FW  SGP Sahil Suhaimi 33 DF  SUI Aymeric Ngankam FP U21 77 MF  KOR Lim Hyun-sub FP U21 (on loan from Suwon Samsung Bluewings)

Reserve League (SPL2) squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  SGP Farid Jafri U21 23 DF  SGP Danish Haqimi U21 26 FW  SGP Saiful Azhar Saifuddin U21 27 DF  SGP Aiqel Aliman U21 28 MF  SGP Aloysius Pang U21 29 FW  SGP Risvi Aaqil U21 30 GK  SGP Ryan Effendy U21

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 GK  SGP Muhammad Afiq U21 34 MF  SGP Samuel Pillai U21 35 FW  SGP Lim Kai Pin U21 36 FW  SGP Danny Ali U21 37 MF  SGP Xuan Hui U21 38 MF  CRO Vinnie Ucchino FP U21

On Loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SGP Anaqi Ismit (at SAFSA until 2026) — FW  SGP Zahil Rahman (at SAFSA until 2026) — MF  SGP Prathip Ekamparam (at SAFSA until 2027)

Management

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Noh Alam Shah
Assistant coach	Isa Halim
Goalkeeping coach	Fajar Sarib
Goalkeeping coach	Scott Starr
Fitness coach	Hafiz Osman
Youth coach	Ridhuan Muhammad
Academy manager	Jaslee Hatta
Physiotherapist	Muklis Bin Sawit
Video Analyst	Razif Ariff
Team manager	Azwan Hishamuddin

Domestic

• League Player of the Year
  • Shunmugham Subramani (1998)
  • Daniel Bennett (2001)

• League Young Player of the Year
  • Lim Soon Seng (1998)
• League Coach of the Year
  • P. N. Sivaji (1996)

• League Goal of the Year
  • Khairul Amri against Hougang United on 6 April 2023.

• League Team of the Year
  • Luiz Júnior (2020)

Top 10 all-time appearances

Rank	Player	Years	Club appearances
1	Shodai Nishikawa	2020–2022, 2024–present	88
2	Asraf Rashid	2012–2015	82
3	Raihan Rahman	2020–2023, 2025–present	78
4	Delwinder Singh	2011–2012, 2020–2021	77
5	Hanafi Salleh	2012–2015	74
6	Blake Ricciuto	2021–2023	72
7	Aurélien Hérisson	2013–2015	68
8	Monsef Zerka	2013–2014	65
9	Zahid Ahmad	1997, 2012–2014	64
	Khairul Amri	2021–2023

Top 10 all-time scorers

Rank	Player	Club appearances	Total goals
1	Reo Nishiguchi	51	39
2	Monsef Zerka	65	33
3	Kamel Ramdani	57	20
4	Luiz Júnior	32	18
5	Takaya Kawanabe	58	15
6	Khairul Amri	61	14
7	Shodai Nishikawa	88	13
	Blake Ricciuto	70
9	Ismaël Benahmed	34	11
	Sébastien Etiemble	32
	Aleksandar Đurić	16

• Biggest Wins: 8–1 vs Young Lions (1 October 2022)
• Heaviest Defeats: 9–0 vs Tampines Rovers (16 March 2004)
• Youngest Goal scorers: Arisman Arman ~ 18 years 10 months 17 days old (On 19 June 2011 vs Young Lions)
• Oldest Goal scorers: Daniel Bennett ~ 44 years 7 months 27 days old (On 3 September 2022 vs Hougang United)
• Youngest ever debutant: George Thomas ~ 16 years 9 months 29 days old (On 10 April 2023 vs Albirex Niigata (S))