Gombak United Football Club was a professional

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club which competed in the

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, the top division of

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. The club was based in

Bukit Gombak Bukit Gombak is a subzone of Bukit Batok, Singapore. It is a hilly neighbourhood in the west-central area of the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore. In the Malay language, ''bukit'' means hill and ''gombak'' a bunch or collection of somethi ...

. During the early years of the S. League, Gombak United played their home games at

Bukit Gombak Stadium The Bukit Gombak Stadium is located in Bukit Batok, Singapore, and has a capacity of 3,000 people. The stadium was home to Gombak United FC in the S-league before they left the S-league in the year 2002. Thereafter, the stadium was converted to ...

before moving to

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in 2006 until they dissolved in 2012.

History

Prior to joining the

, the club was known as Redhill Rangers FC. From 1998 to 2002, the club played their

home games at the

before pulling out of the

at the end of the 2002 season due to financial difficulties. Gombak United rejoined the

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and moved their home games to

, but they pulled out of the S.League again during the

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season after seven seasons due to reduced takings. The club has indicated its intentions to rejoin the

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in 2019.

Seasons

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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

Managers

* David O'Connor (1999) * Moey Yoke Ham (Jan 2000 – Aug 2001) * Ivan Raznevich (Jan 2002 – Feb 2002) * Jimmy Pearson (May 2002 – Aug 2002) *

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(Jan 2006 – Dec 2007) * Swandi Ahmad (Jan 2008 – July 8) * A. Shasi Kumar ''(interim)'' (July 8 – Jan 2009) *

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(Jan 2009 – Dec 11) * K Balagumaran (Jan 2012 – Dec 13)

Honours

Domestic

Cup *

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: 1 :*

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References

External links

Official website

S.League profile on Gombak United FC
{{S-League Football clubs in Singapore Singapore Premier League clubs