Gombak United FC

Gombak United

Full name	Gombak United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Bulls
Founded	1960; 61 years ago (as Redhill Rangers FC) 1998; 23 years ago (as Gombak United)
Dissolved	2012
Ground	Bukit Gombak Stadium
Capacity	3,000
League	S.League
2012	S.League, 9th of 13
Home colours Away colours

Gombak United Football Club was a professional football club based in Bukit Gombak, Singapore that competes in the top tier of Singapore football league system. The club took part in S.League from 1998 to 2002, and from 2006 to 2012. During the early years of the S. League, Gombak United played their home games at Bukit Gombak Stadium. They have won the Singapore League Cup once.

Prior to joining the S.League, the club was known as Redhill Rangers FC. The club than changed its name to Gombak United in 1998.

From 1998 to 2002, the club played their S.League home games at the Bukit Gombak Stadium before pulling out of the S.League at the end of the 2002 season due to financial difficulties.

Gombak United rejoined the S.League in 2006 and moved their home games to Jurong West Stadium, but they pulled out of the S.League again during the 2013 season after seven seasons due to reduced takings. At the end of 2017, Chairman John Yap applied to the Football Association of Singapore to return to the Singapore Premier League for the 2019 season but the application was not successful.

En route to the League cup final, Gombak United has beaten favourite to win the cup, Home United in the quarter-final and Young Lions in the semi-final. They face Korean Super Reds in the final where O. J. Obatola score a 90' min goal to secure the win for the club first ever silverware in their history

• 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.
• Gombak United sat out the S.League from 2003 to 2005, and for a second spell from 2013.

Last updated on 25 February 2014

• David O'Connor (1999)
• Moey Yoke Ham (Jan 2000 – Aug 2001)
• Ivan Raznevich (Jan 2002 – Feb 2002)
• Jimmy Pearson (May 2002 – Aug 2002)
• Salim Moin (Jan 2006 – Dec 2007)
• Swandi Ahmad (Jan 2008 – July 8)^[1]
• A. Shasi Kumar (interim) (July 8 – Jan 2009)
• Darren Stewart (Jan 2009 – Dec 11)
• K. Balagumaran (Jan 2012 – Dec 13)

Cup

• Singapore League Cup
  • Winners (1): 2008

Rank	Player	Years	Club appearances
1	Bah Mamadou	2001–2002 2008–2010	160
2	Ruhaizad Ismail	2006–2011	158
3	Jaslee Hatta	2006–2011	153
4	Obadin Aikhena	2006–2007 2010–2012	125
5	O. J. Obatola	2006–2009	117
6	Jeremy Chiang	2008–2012	102
7	Agu Casmir	2007 2008–2010	83
8	Zaiful Nizam	2006–2012	81
9	Ridhwan Jamaludin	2008–2012	89
10	Hamqaamal Shah	2009–2012	78

Rank	Player	Club appearances	Total goals
1	O. J. Obatola	117	62
2	Agu Casmir	83	34
3	Fazrul Nawaz	46	25
4	Jang Jo-yoon	60	16
5	Ruhaizad Ismail	158	13
6	Alfred Emuejeraye	18	11
7	Obadin Aikhena	125	10
	Jung Hee-bong	47
9	Kingsley Njoku	27	8
10	Julien Durand	29	7

• Biggest Wins: 6–1 vs Super Reds (On 6 June 2007)
• Heaviest Defeats: 9–3 vs Home United (On 18 July 1998)
• Youngest Goal scorers: Fareez Farhan ~ 16 years 10 months 27 days old (On 25 June 2011 vs SAFFC)
• Oldest Goal scorers: Mustaqim Manzur ~ 30 years 9 months days old (On 28 October 2012 vs Loyola)
• Youngest ever debutant: Fareez Farhan ~ 16 years 8 months 13 days old (On 11 April 2011 vs Albirex Niigata Singapore)

• Official website
• S.League profile on Gombak United FC^[usurped]. Archived 2008-02-18 at the Wayback Machine.