Hougang United FC

Hougang United Football Club is a professional football club based in Hougang, Singapore. The club competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singaporean football. Founded in 1998 as Marine Castle United, the club changed its name to Hougang United in 2011. Nicknamed the Cheetahs, Hougang United has played its home games at Hougang Stadium since its formation.

Currently, the club is playing its home games at the Bishan Stadium, as the Hougang Stadium is undergoing renovation.

The club was founded as Marine Castle United Football Club in 1988 as a National Football League team which was formed by Newcastle United fans in the Marine Parade area. The club was nicknamed the Dolphins.

In 1998, the club managed to enter the S.League but struggled in its early foray in the first few years, finishing in the bottom two for the next four seasons. The club's chairman was Dilwant Singh who became the club manager and head coach of the prime league team throughout his time at the club.

Marine Castle then changed its name to Sengkang Marine Football Club in 2002 and the Dilwant was succeeded by David Rowe in which Dilwant became the assistant head coach. Sengkang Marine then went on to finish in 8th position consecutively, its highest-ever finish in its short history.

While improving in the S.League, financial difficulties then forced Sengkang Marine out of the S.League in 2004.

In January 2006, Sengkang Marine merged with new club Paya Lebar-Punggol Football Club to form Sengkang Punggol Football Club with the club logo featuring a dolphin with the team colour being sea blue. In September, Singapore-based Orientus Asia Hotels and Resorts, a five-month old company, became the main sponsor of the club with a sponsorship deal worth $250,000 in cash till December 2007.

The club continued to play in the league but never went higher than 10th.