Overview
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| clubname = Balestier Khalsa
| image = Balestier Khalsa.png
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| fullname = Balestier Khalsa Football Club
| nickname = Hala Tigers
| founded = as Fathul Karib
as Balestier United Recreation Club
as Balestier Central as Balestier Khalsa| ground = Toa Payoh Stadium
| capacity = 3,800
| chairman = S. Thavaneson
| mgrtitle = Manager
| manager = Peter de Roo
| league = Singapore Premier League
| season = 2022
| position = Singapore Premier League, 7th of 8
| current = 2023 Balestier Khalsa FC season
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Balestier Khalsa Football Club is a Singaporean professional football club based in Toa Payoh, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League. Founded in 1898, the club is considered as the oldest football club in the country. The club have won the Singapore Cup, Singapore League Cup and the Singapore FA Cup once.
History
Tracing their origins all the way back to 1898, the club was formed as Fathul Karib on 10 October 1898 and based in Farrer Park. One of the highlights over the following half century, before the side was renamed Balestier United Recreation Club in the 1975 as it was the outcome of re-organising the local football clubs structure by the Football Association of Singapore. During the time, Balestier United Recreation Club was providing nine players to the Singapore national team which competed in the 1958 Asian Games in Japan, losing 2–1 to both continental heavyweights South Korea and Israel.
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