Lion City Sailors FC


Lion City Sailors Football Club, formerly Home United Football Club, is a professional football club that plays in the Singapore Premier League.

History

The Police Sports Association was founded in the mid-1940s to organise football activities for the Singapore Police Force. It sent two teams to compete in the Singapore Amateur Football Association League in the 1950s and 1960s, but neither team won any trophies. Under coach Choo Seng Quee, Police SA won the inaugural President's Cup in 1968, then reached and lost the next two finals. In 1979, it joined the National Football League, was placed in Division III, and immediately earned promotion to Division II. In 1980, Police SA won the Division II title, the President's Cup and the Boggars Cup. In 1985, it was national league champions, after setting a national record as the only team to go unbeaten for 17 consecutive games. The performances of Police SA led to its selection as one of eight teams to compete in the newly formed S.League.
When the S.League was formed in 1996, the club was known as the Police Football Club. The following year, its name was changed to Home United to reflect the fact that the team represented not only the Singapore Police Force, but also other HomeTeam departments of the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs such as the Singapore Civil Defence Force and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.
Home United was two-time S.League winners and holders of a record six Singapore Cup trophies. It was the first club to achieve the S.League and Singapore Cup double in 2003.
The team's nickname was the "Protectors"; its mascot, a dragon; its home ground, the Bishan Stadium.
On 14 February 2020, the club was privatised for the first time in its history, when Singaporean billionaire Forrest Li announced that he had purchased a 100% stake in the club. Home United Football Club was officially renamed Lion City Sailors Football Club, and its signature red kits and badge were replaced with white tops and a blue crest.

Lion City Sailors Football Academy

Home United was the first and only S.League club to own and operate its own football academy. Located at 8 Mattar Road, HYFA comprises ten futsal courts, two full-size football pitches, an events plaza, staff offices, meeting rooms and a Sports Performance Centre.
According to its mission statement, HYFA will: help local, talented youths to achieve excellence in the sport of football as professional players, technical support staff, club administrators, or referees, in tandem with their academic pursuits; help them become law-abiding and responsible individuals; and help raise the standards for professional football clubs in Singapore so that Singapore qualifies for the World Cup.
In June 2020 numerous news sources announced the launch of the new the Lion City Sailors Football Academy and further plans on youth development and its investments.

Seasons

SeasonLeaguePos.PWDLGSGAPtsSingapore CupLeague Cup
1996-1S.League6th14455222317
1996-2S.League8th14221018408
1997S.League9th16211317417
1998S.League7th20848422828Third place
1999S.League1st221561421651Third place
2000S.League4th221174382140Winners
2001S.League3rd332337693672Winners
2002S.League2nd3318105714264Quarter-finals
2003S.League1st33262–321044285Winners
2004S.League2nd271728764353Runners-up
2005S.League4th271449624446Winners
2006S.League4th301569494051Preliminary
2007S.League2nd332463733578Quarter-finalsSemi-finals
2008S.League3rd332337753172Quarter-finalsQuarter-finals
2009S.League4th301659503253Quarter-finalsThird place
2010S.League3rd3318114553165Round of 16Quarter-finals
2011S.League2nd332526812977WinnersSemi-finals
2012S.League5th241176432940Quarter-finalsQuarter-finals
2013S.League2nd271638422551WinnersQuarter-finals
2014S.League4th271359514144Runners-upQuarter-finals
2015S.League6th27999383436Runners-upGroup stage
2016S.League4th241149504237Quarter-finalsSemi-finals
2017S.League3rd241554582650Semi-finalsGroup stage
2018Singapore Premier League2nd241275483643Semi-finals

Current squad

U23
U23
U23
U23
U23
U23
U23
U23
U19
U19
U19
U19
U19
U19

Club officials

Management

League
Cup
Reserves
Current RankCountryTeam
46Istiklol
47Al-Wehdat
48Home United
49Al-Zawra’a
50Altyn Asyr

Performance by coach

ManagercareerWin %Achievements
Lee Lim-saengDecember 2009 - December 2014
2013 Singapore Cup-----
Philippe AwDecember 2014 - August 2016
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Aidil SharinAugust 2016 - December 2018
2018 AFC Cup Zonal finals-----
Saswadimata DasukiDecember 2018 - April 2019
Singapore Community Shield-----
Noh RahmanApril 2019 - July 2019
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Radojko AvramovićJuly 2019 - August 2019
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Noh RahmanAugust 2019 - Present
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