Hougang United Football Club is a

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an professional

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club that competes in the

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History

Hougang United Football Club was founded as Marine Castle United Football Club, which was formed by

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fans in the Marine Parade area. Upon successful entry into the S.League in 1998, the club struggled in its early foray in the first few years, finishing in the bottom two for the next four seasons. Marine Castle changed its name to Sengkang Marine Football Club in 2002 and finished in 8th position consecutively, its highest ever finish in its short history. Financial difficulties then forced Sengkang Marine out of the S.League in 2004, and Paya Lebar-Punggol Football Club took its place in 2005, finishing the season as wooden-spoonist. The two clubs then merged their resources from 2006 to 2010 to form Sengkang Punggol Football Club, finishing no higher than 10th. On 1 January 2011, the chairman of Sengkang Punggol Football Club, Mr. Bill Ng, announced the changes that began the rewriting of another chapter of the football club. With improved financial status and a change in name to the present Hougang United Football Club, there was renewed optimism among the Hougang fan base around the club's home stadium since its inception,

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. The club also had its fair share of ‘marquee players’ in the earlier days like

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(formerly

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), Michael Currie (formerly

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), and Kim See-man (former South Korea youth international). In November 2014, it was announced that Hougang United and

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will merge for the 2015 season. In 2019, Hougang United in a consolidation of home stadiums had to move out of Hougang Stadium to

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. Just a year later however, Hougang United moved back to their home stadium, much to the delight of its home supporters. On 19 November 2022, Hougang United defeated defending champions Tampines Rovers 3–2 in the Singapore Cup final to win their inaugural Singapore Cup. It is their first ever silverware.

Partnership

On 22 November 2014, Hougang United announced a partnership with Global Football Academy for the 2015 S.League season. On 16 November 2021, Hougang United announced the signing of main sponsorship with The Physio Circle for 3 years starting from 2022 to 2024. On 19 October 2022, Hougang United announced the signing of sponsorship with Advance Capital Partners Pte Ltd for it's women's team competing in the FAS Women's Premier League.

Scholarship

The Hougang United FC Scholarship was launched in May 2015. The aim of the scholarship is to support and facilitate the academic development of young non-professional footballing talents.

Supporters

The club uniquely has an enthusiastic supporters' club known as the Hougang HOOLS (Hougang Only One Love), which was set up in 2010. The fan group often organise an annual end of season friendly game against the players whom they sing for the entire season. The fan group's main objective is to collate everyone who supports Hougang United and grow them into a healthy fan community. The fan group also has an amateur band called Gate 3, who write songs about celebrating Hougang United.

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. * Sengkang Marine sat out the 2004 S.League season. They merged with Paya Lebar Punggol to form Sengkang Marine on their return to the S.League in 2006. * Hougang United deducted 5-point for a pre-match brawl with Etoile during the 2011 season.

Continental record

Players

Current squad

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On loan

(to

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) (National Service until 2022) (National Service until 2023) (National Service until 2023)

Technical staff

Managers

Manufacturers and sponsors

Honours

Cup *

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: Champion **

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References

External links

Official Hougang United FC Website

S.League website page on Hougang United FC

Hougang United FC Facebook page

Official Hougang United Twitter

Official Hougang United Instagram
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