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| Full name | Gombak United Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Bulls | ||
| Founded | 1960; 61 years ago (asRedhill Rangers FC) 1998; 23 years ago (asGombak United) | ||
| Dissolved | 2012 | ||
| Ground | Bukit Gombak Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| League | S.League | ||
| 2012 | S.League, 9th of 13 | ||
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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.Leaguein2006 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
| Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||
| 1998 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 52 | 13 | Group stage | |
| 1999 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 32 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2000 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 37 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2001 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 36 | 72 | 28 | Group stage | |
| 2002 | 12 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 33 | 83 | 12 | Group stage | |
| 2003 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | ||||||||||
| 2005 | ||||||||||
| 2006 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 54 | 32 | Round of 16 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 40 | 48 | Quarter-finals | 2nd Runners-up |
| 2008 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 39 | 54 | Round of 16 | Winners |
| 2009 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 52 | 32 | 53 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals |
| 2010 | 6 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 25 | 46 | Round of 16 | Semi-finals |
| 2011 | 6 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 41 | 48 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| 2012 | 9 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 2nd Runners-up | Quarter-finals |
| 2013 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||
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
| 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 |
