Tanjong Pagar United

Full name	Tanjong Pagar United Football Club
Nickname	The Jaguars
Short name	TPU
Founded	1974; 51 years ago (1974) asTiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club 1996; 29 years ago (1996) asTiong Bahru United 1998; 27 years ago (1998) asTanjong Pagar United
Ground	Jurong East Stadium
Capacity	2,700
Chairman	Raymond Tang
Head Coach	Noh Alam Shah
League	Singapore Premier League
2024–25	Singapore Premier League, 9th of 9
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Tanjong Pagar United Football Club is a professionalfootball club based inQueenstown,Singapore. The club currently competes in theSingapore Premier League, the top tier ofSingaporean football.

Tanjong Pagar United took part in the S.League from 1996 to 2004, and from 2011 to 2014. The club withdrew from the league after the 2004 season because of financial problems, but returned in 2011, with several similar breaks meanwhile. The club has since returned from 2020.^[1][2][3]

Prior to the formation of theS.League, the club were formed asTiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club in 1975 and debuted in Division III of theNational 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 capturedThe 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.

Their strong performances led to their selection as one of eight clubs to compete in the newly1996 S.League season, so they were renamed toTiong Bahru Football Club and obtained a permanent home at theQueenstown Stadium.^[4]

In 1998, the club changed its name toTanjong Pagar United andLim Tong Hai captained the club in its debut season to aSingapore Cup andSingapore FA Cup double.

In the2004 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 defenderGimmy 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 andJean-Marc Audemar,Benoît Salviat andNicodeme Boucher eventually left the club.

In the2011 season, Tanjong Pagar United replacedBeijing Guoan Talent for the S.League spot and therefore returned to action after a six years hiatus. The Jaguars signed Korean duoKim Seong-kyu andKim Jong-oh, JapaneseTakaya Kawanabe fromJ1 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 the2012 season. Tanjong Pagar United bought in Gilbert Bayonne,Carlos Delgado andAnthony Aymard in which they ended their season without any slight improvement finishing in the season at the same spot.

In the2013 season, Tanjong Pagar United reached an agreement with France head coachPatrick Vallee in which he signs France-Algerian forward duoIsmaël Benahmed andKamel Ramdani, Brazilian-France goalkeeperAurélien Hérisson, MoroccanMonsef 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 signedSébastien Etiemble to replace Ismaël Benahmed which left forUSM Bel Abbès.

The Jaguars also signed Germany youngsterLucas Jester for the Prime League squad. Tanjong Pagar United managed to finished in 9th spot out of 12th in the2014 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 toSingapore 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.

On 16 January 2020, theFootball Association of Singapore confirms Tanjong Pagar United's participation in the2020 Singapore Premier League season signing Japanese duoTakahiro Tanaka andShodai Nishikawa and also Brazilians duoLuiz Júnior andYann Motta.^[1] Tanjong Pagar United went on to have their best finished in the league finishing in fifth place during the2021 season. In the2023 season, Singaporean star player,Khairul Amri received the "Goal of the Year" award while playing for the club which he scored an scissors kick againstHougang United in a 2–1 away win on 6 April 2023.

On 26 April 2024, Tanjong Pagar United signZenivio 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 playerShodai Nishikawa for the2024–25 season.

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Period	Kit Supplier	Main Sponsors
1996	Adidas	Canon
1997	Puma
1998–2002		JVC
2002–2004	Lotto
2010–2011	Thorb	Michezo Group
2012		No sponsors
2013–2014		SINGA Energy Drink
2020		No sponsors
2021	Adhoc Apparel	Tokyo Century
2022–2023	FBT
2024–2025		No sponsors
2025–present	Hummel	Adactive AsiaCarats & Co

The Jaguars initially played their home games at theQueenstown Stadium since 1970. However, as theQueenstown Stadium was occupied since 2010 by the French clubÉtoile academy, Tanjong Pagar United was temporarily based atClementi Stadium for the duration of the2011 season. Due to Étoile's withdrawal by the end of the 2011 season, Tanjong Pagar United shifted back to Queenstown Stadium in 2012. Ever since they were reinstalled back into the league in 2020, they share theJurong East Stadium withAlbirex Niigata (S).

As of 1 September 2025^[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA 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 RahmatU23 7 FW  BRA Guilherme Rodrigues 8 MF  AUS Jesse Daley 9 FW  ESP Youssef Ezzejjari 10 MF  BRA Bruno Dybal 11 FW  TLS ZenivioFP 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 TiaU23 19 GK  SGP Zaiful Nizam 20 MF  TPE Emilio Estevez 22 MF  SGP Naufal IlhamU23 24 DF  AUS Aaron Evans(captain) 25 MF  JPN Shodai Nishikawa 32 FW  SGP Sahil Suhaimi 33 DF  SUI Aymeric NgankamFP U21 77 MF  KOR Lim Hyun-subFP U21 (on loan fromSuwon Samsung Bluewings)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  SGP Farid JafriU21 23 DF  SGP Danish HaqimiU21 26 FW  SGP Saiful Azhar SaifuddinU21 27 DF  SGP Aiqel AlimanU21 28 MF  SGP Aloysius PangU21 29 FW  SGP Risvi AaqilU21 30 GK  SGP Ryan EffendyU21

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 GK  SGP Muhammad AfiqU21 34 MF  SGP Samuel PillaiU21 35 FW  SGP Lim Kai PinU21 36 FW  SGP Danny AliU21 37 MF  SGP Lim Xuan HuiU21 38 MF  CRO Vinnie UcchinoFP U21

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

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

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

Bold is for those competition that are currently active.

• 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 againstHougang United on 6 April 2023.

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

Manager	Period	Achievements
P. N. Sivaji	1996
Robert Alberts	1996–1998
Tohari Paijan	1998–2002	1998 Singapore FA Cup
Moey Yoke Ham	2003–2004
Karim Bencherifa	2004
Dissolvement (2004–2010)
Terry Pathmanathan	2011–2012
Patrick Vallée	2012–2014
Dissolvement (2015–2019)
Hairi Su'ap	2020
Hasrin Jailani	2020–2024
Hyrizan Jufri	2024
Noh Alam Shah (interim)	2025–

• The1996 season of the S.League was split into two series. Tiger Beer Series winnersGeylang United defeated Pioneer Series winnersSingapore Armed Forces in the Championship playoff to clinch the S.League title.
• 2003 saw the introduction of penalty shoot-outs if a match ended in a draw in regular time. Winners of penalty shoot-outs gained two points instead of one.
• Tanjong Pagar United sat out the S.League from 2005 to 2010, and withdrew from the competition between 2015 and 2019.

As of 8 June 2025.

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

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

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