Singapore national football team

This article is about the Singapore men's senior team. For the women's team, see Singapore women's national football team. For the youth team, see Singapore national youth football team.

Singapore

Nickname(s)	The Lions
Association	Football Association of Singapore
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Bernd Stange
Captain	Shahril Ishak
Most caps	Daniel Bennett (122)
Top scorer	Fandi Ahmad (52)
Home stadium	Jalan Besar Stadium (Temporary: 2011 – present)
FIFA code	SIN
FIFA ranking	165 0 (May 2013)
Highest FIFA ranking	73 (August 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking	165 (April 2013)
Elo ranking	140
Highest Elo ranking	103 (4 November 2009)
Lowest Elo ranking	163 (8 October 2004)
First colours Second colours
First international
Singapore 2–3 South Korea (Singapore; 11 April 1953)
Biggest win
Singapore 11–0 Laos (Singapore; 15 January 2007)
Biggest defeat
Burma 8–0 Singapore (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 9 November 1969)
Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1984)
Best result	Round 1

The Singapore national football team is the national association football team of Singapore. The team comes under the organization of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS)

To date, the most significant successes of the team have come in the regional AFF Suzuki Cup (formerly known as the 'Tiger Cup'), which Singapore has won four times in 1998, 2005, 2007 and 2012. Singapore is the first team to achieve this feat and the only team to win in all the finals they played. In 1998, Singapore beat Vietnam 1–0 in the final to capture the country's first major international football title. In the 2004-05 competition, Singapore defeated Indonesia in a two-leg final 5–2 on aggregate. Singapore retained the trophy in 2007, beating Thailand 3–2 on aggregate in the final. In the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup, Singapore won the trophy for a record 4th time when they defeated three-time champions Thailand 3-2 on aggregate in the final.

In the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers, Singapore became the only team to beat Iraq en route to their Asian Cup winning campaign. Singapore also drew with China 0–0 and 1–1 at home in 2006 and 2009 respectively. In March 2008, Australia also failed to beat Singapore when the game ended in a goalless draw.

In the FIFA World Rankings, Singapore's highest standing was in the first release of the figures, in August 1993, at 73rd. Singapore was the Asian Football Confederation's 'Mover of the Year' in 2005.

In January 2007, Singapore achieved a national record 11–0 win against Laos in an ASEAN Football Championship match. Mohd Noh Alam Shah scored 7 goals in the match.

Singapore's main rival on the international stage is their geographical neighbour, Malaysia and Indonesia, and past matches between these two teams have produced much drama. Over the years, Singapore has included several naturalised citizens in its team. Currently, the squad includes Aleksandar Đurić and Mustafic Fahrudin from Yugoslavia, Daniel Bennett from England, Shi Jiayi and Qiu Li from China.

History

1892–1994

In 1892, the Singapore Amateur Football Association applied to become a registered society. The HMS Malaya Cup (which was later known as the Malaysia Cup) was launched in 1921 by officers of a British battleship in Malaya, and Singapore was one of the six teams that took part in the inaugural year, and won the event. While the representative side in the Malaysia Cup and the Malaysian League was not the national team per se – this team included some foreign players – many Singapore football fans viewed the Malaysia Cup side as being the national team, and the team's exploits in the Malaysian competitions generally drew much more attention than Singapore's participation in other international tournaments.^{[citation needed]} They either won or were runners up in the event every year until 1941, after which it was suspended because of World War II.

Overall, Singapore won 24 Malaysia Cup titles and 2 Malaysian League titles. After winning the Malaysia Cup and league double in 1994, the Football Association of Singapore withdrew from the Malaysian competitions following a dispute with the Football Association of Malaysia over gate receipts, and have not been involved since. Singapore subsequently launched its own professional league, the S.League, in 1996, and also began to put much more focus on the performance of its national team in international competitions.

1995–1999

Singapore won the bronze medal in the 1995 Southeast Asian Games, after losing 1–0 in the semi-finals to the hosts and eventual gold medalists, Thailand. Singapore hosted the 1996 Tiger Cup but were eliminated in the group stages.

The national team again reached the semi-finals of the Southeast Asian Games in 1997, losing to Indonesia, and lost to Vietnam 1–0 in the third-place match.

However in the 1998 edition of the Tiger Cup, Singapore's team led by coach Barry Whitbread won the group stage with victories over Malaysia and the Philippines. In the semi-finals, they beat Indonesia and subsequently edged out hosts Vietnam 1–0 in the final. This was the country's first ever international title.

2000–2002

Jan B. Poulsen, who was part of the Danish backroom staff in the 1998 World Cup, was appointed the Technical Director of the Football Association of Singapore in 1999. However, due to poor results by Singapore in the 2000 Tiger Cup, coach Vincent Subramaniam was sacked and Poulsen took over as coach in 2001. Singapore hosted the 2002 Tiger Cup, but lost 4–0 to arch-rivals Malaysia in their first game. Before the game, local newspaper The New Paper was encouraging fans to turn up in numbers. After the game, the Lions attributed the heavy defeat to the surprise huge turnout. The team was not used to playing in-front of so many people. Singapore went on to win 2–1 over Laos, but a 1–1 draw in the final group game against Thailand wasn't enough to reach the knock-out stages and so Poulsen was sacked.

2003–2004 (Tiger Cup)

Radojko Avramovic took over as coach of the flailing and deflated Singapore national football team in 2003. Singapore started the 2004 Tiger Cup as underdogs but a 1–1 draw in their first game against hosts Vietnam, another draw against Indonesia, and wins against Cambodia and Laos saw the qualify for the semi-finals.

Singapore were drawn with Myanmar, in the two-legged semi-finals. Singapore took a 4–3 away lead back home for the second leg. In the ill-tempered second leg, three Myanmar players were sent off and a reserve Myanmar Goalkeeper even threw a water bottle at defender S.Subramanium. Singapore went on to win 4–2 after extra time to clinch a win 8–5 on aggregrate.

Singapore then won the first leg of the two-legged final against Indonesia 3–1 in Jakarta, before winning 2–1 (5–2 on aggregrate) in the second leg in front of a 55,000 home crowd.

2007 Asian Cup Qualifiers

In 2006, Avramovic then led Singapore into the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers with a 2–0 victory at home over Iraq, but Singapore failed to build on this victory and then lost away to Palestine. The Singapore team then took on China away in Tianjin and lost to an injury time penalty. China travelled to Singapore for the second meeting and the Singapore defence held out for a 0–0 draw. A subsequent 4–2 loss to Iraq dashed Singapore's hopes of qualifying for the Asian Cup. The Asian Cup qualifying campaign ended with a default 3–0 victory over Palestine, who were unable to fulfill the fixture.

2007 ASEAN Football Championship

In 2007, For the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, Singapore hosted the group stage. After a 0–0 draw with Vietnam, Singapore then trashed Laos 11–0 to record their largest-ever win. In the final group match, Singapore knocked Indonesia out of the tournament in a 2–2 draw. Singapore met Malaysia in the semi-final. The first leg saw a 1–1 draw in Shah Alam, while in the second leg at Singapore's National Stadium, following another 1–1 draw, Singapore beat Malaysia in a penalty shoot-out 5–4, goalkeeper Lionel Lewis saving the final Malaysian spot kick from Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri. In the final against Thailand, Singapore won a controversial first leg at home 2–1, and then secured a 1–1 draw in Bangkok thanks to a late strike from Khairul Amri to retain the ASEAN Football Championship trophy.

2008 AFF Suzuki Cup

In 2008, For the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup held in Indonesia and Thailand, Singapore was drawn in Group A to meet co-hosts Indonesia, Myanmar and Cambodia. Singapore progressed from the group, topping the table. However, they lost out to eventual winners Vietnam, 1–0 on aggregate.

2010 World Cup Qualifiers

Singapore met Palestine in first round of the FIFA World Cup 2010 Asian Qualifying. Singapore won the first leg 4–0 away in Doha, and the Palestinians again failed to fulfill the away fixture, so FIFA awarded Singapore a 3–0 win.

Singapore was drawn with Tajikistan in the second round: Singapore won the home match 2–0 and drew the return leg 1–1 on 18 November to progress to the group stage of the FIFA World Cup 2010 Asian Qualifying for the first time, where they were drawn against Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Uzbekistan.

Singapore's group stage campaign began with a loss to Saudi Arabia, but the Lions then beat Lebanon 2–0 at home. Successive losses to Uzbekistan, 3–7 and 0–1, left Singapore with little chance of getting into the next round. Singapore were finally eliminated when they lost 2–0 to the Saudis at home. Singapore finished third in the group with six points from six games after defeating Lebanon 2–1 in Beirut in their final game. With the elimination, Goal 2010 was also dropped.^{[citation needed]}

2011 Asian Cup Qualification

For the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Singapore was drawn in Group E, together with Iran, Thailand and Jordan. Singapore were beaten 6–0 by Iran in the first match, and then defeated Jordan 2–1. In November 2009, Singapore hosted Thailand at the National Stadium and lost 3–1, but won the return fixture 1–0 a few days later, earning Singapore their first victory on Thai soil in 48 years. Singapore next hosted Iran, losing 3–1, and a 2–1 defeat against Jordan ended their hopes of Asian Cup football in 2011. The players reported some players were smoking during halftime in the match against Jordan.

2010 AFF Suzuki Cup

In 2010, Singapore drew with the Philippines 1–1, defeated Myanmar 2–1, then duly lost to Vietnam 1–0 in the knockout stage decider. As a result, the Singapore national football team was knocked out in group stage in Hanoi. The Lions were criticised for their dismal performance in the Suzuki Cup, which they won in 1998, 2004, and 2007.

2011–2012

In Jan 2011, The Football Association of Singapore decided to disband & revamp the national team. 6 months later, The Lions were back in action after the dismal performances in 2010 (in which The Lions was knocked out of the group stage in the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup). In May 2011, National team coach Raddy Avramovic announced the new 33-strong (men) national provisional squad for the upcoming international friendlies and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification The Lions were scheduled to play international friendies against Maldives on 7 June 2011 and Laos on 18 July 2011. Few days after releasing the provisional 33-men squad,national team training started in preparation of the match against Maldives. Avramovic led the new-look Lions in a game where Singapore won Maldives 4–0 at the Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore in a friendly match. (Note. The match was not an 'A' international because unlimited substitutions were allowed) After the 4–0 win against Maldives, a closed-door friendly match against Etoile FC (of the S.League) was played at the Jalan Besar Stadium, in which the Lions were triumphant, with goals from Aleksandar Duric and Qiu Li sealing the 2–1 win. Less than a week later before the World Cup qualifier, a last preparation friendly match was played against Chinese Taipei. Eventually, Singapore won the match 3–2 with goals from Aleksandar Duric, Shi Jiayi and Fazrul Nawaz.

Since their 2nd time succession to the third round of the World Cup Qualifier, the Lions prepared a friendly non 'A' match against Thailand national football team before the World Cup Qualifier match against China national football team The Lions resulted in a 0–0 draw against the Thais.

The Lions are taking part in the 10th Edition of Sultan Selangor Cup in replacement of Singapore Selection on Oct 1 at the Shah Alam Stadium, Malaysia The match is to prepare for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Jordan Eventually, Singapore won 1–0 to Selangor Selection. Singapore won the Sultan Selangor Cup for the 6th time. The following match was Singapore vs Philippines which ended 2–0 for Singapore.

Few months later, Coach Raddy Avramovic announced the new 27-men strong squad for the national team. Most of the players are from Singapore LIONSXII.

2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier (Asian Qualifier)

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Singapore received a bye to the second round by the football governing body due to them reaching the third round of the qualification process in 2007 (for the World Cup in South Africa). A causeway clash as Singapore met Malaysia for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification second round in the first leg. Singapore beat Malaysia 5–3 in the first leg of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (Asian Zone) second round goals from Singapore Aleksandar Duric, Qiu Li, Mustafic Fahrudin and Shi Jiayi. The 2nd leg was held at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil on 28 July 2011. The match ended 1–1 as Shi Jiayi scored the important goal in the second half to send Singapore through to the 3rd Round of Asian Zone World Cup 2014 Qualifying for the 2nd time in succession.

In the preliminary draw in Brazil on 30 July 2011 by the football governing body FIFA, Singapore was drawn into Group A for their Round 3 of the Asian qualifier. Group A includes Jordan, Iraq and China.

In a start of 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying campaign Round 3, Singapore lost to China 1–2 in Kunming. Singapore succumbed a second defeat 2–0 to Iraq because of a few injured players. The next match was slated to be held at Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore on October 11 against Jordan which Singapore lost 3–0. With a little chance to qualify for the 4th and Final Round, Singapore lost 2–0 to Jordan in Amman which knocked Singapore out of the Qualifier and hopes to 4th Round. Last match of the year, Singapore end with a lost at the Jalan Besar Stadium with the scoreline of 4–0 to China PR, being defeated 5 times in a row. Singapore ended their campaign with a 7–1 loss to Iraq in Doha, Qatar.

2012 AFF Suzuki Cup

Main article: 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup

In 2012, Singapore kicked start the tournament with a 3–0 win over rival, Malaysia. Then, they were defeated 1–0 by Indonesia, before winning 4–3 in the knockout stage decider against Laos. As such, the Singapore national football team topped the group with 2 wins and 1 loss. In the semi-finals knockout stage of the competition, they faced Philippines whereby Singapore won 1–0 in aggregate following a goal from Khairul Amri during the home leg of the semi-finals. That sent Singapore to the final of the tournament meeting Thailand. The first leg of the Final was held in Singapore and they won 3–1. In the away leg, despite a loss of 1–0, the aggregate stood at 3–2. Thus, Singapore was crowned the champion of the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup. With that, they too broke the tournament record for the most amount of "champions", winning the tournament 4 times in total.

2013-Present

The Football Association of Singapore announced on 15 May 2013 that they had appointed German Bernd Stange as the new head coach of the national team.

Former caretaker head coach, V Sundramoorthy, was also appointed as the head coach of the Under-23 national football team with Aide Iskandar as his assistant coach. The duo were tasked with preparing the squad for the upcoming 2013 SEA Games which will take place in end 2013 at Naypidaw, Myanmar.

On 22 May 2013, a Singapore selection side, which includes Hassan Sunny (Warriors FC), Izwan Mahbud (LionsXII), Shakir Hamzah, Hafiz Abu Sujad, Baihakki Khaizan, Safuwan Baharudin (LionsXII), Daniel Bennett (Warriors FC), Afiq Yunos (Courts Young Lions), Noh Rahman (Home United), Rosman Sulaiman (Woodlands Wellington), Faris Ramli, Isa Halim, Hariss Harun, Fazrul Nawaz (LionsXII), Sirina Camara (Home United), Mustafic Fahrudin (Tampines Rovers), Ahmad Latiff (Tanjong Pagar United), Josep Kaplan (Geylang International), Shahril Ishak (LionsXII), Indra Shahdan (Home United), Aleksandar Duric (Tampines Rovers) and Monsef Zerka (Tanjong Pagar United), played a friendly match against Atletico Madrid, which Atletico Madrid won 2-0. The match was to raise funds for Singapore millionaire Peter Lim's charity organisation and the team was coached by V. Sundramoorthy.

Kits

2011 Singapore Home Jersey

There have been different suppliers for the jerseys, from Admiral, Puma, Umbro, Grand Sport to Tiger. In November 2006, Nike signed a year's deal of kit sponsorship worth SGD$1,000,000.

Singapore had initially worn blue shirts and shorts as their home kit. However, in the late 1980s, The Lions adopted the national colours of red and white for their home kit while they kept blue as the colour for the away kit. This tradition stayed on through the 1990s. For the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, the national team's colours reverted back to blue as its home kit and white as the other kit.

Before 2006, Singapore had been using the same kit for nearly 5 years, supplied by Tiger who had a tie-in with Diadora. The kit used during the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship made its final appearance on 4 February 2007 against Thailand. The next kit was first used on 24 June 2007 against DPR Korea. The jersey has white trims at the edge of the sleeves and around the neck. Unlike most national teams which use the country's footballing association as a logo on the kit, the national flag of Singapore takes up the spot on the left chest instead while a white Nike logo is on the right chest and. This symmetry also applies to the away jersey. The numbering and lettering font and colour is the same as the previous two home jerseys.

On 13 February 2008, a leaked photo from a photo shoot surfaced on the internet showing the unreleased kit showing national captain, Indra Sahdan Daud modelling the kit with Hariss Harun. The new kit was officially announced on 20 March 2008, featuring tight-fit jerseys in the two traditional team colours: red for the home games and blue for the away matches. The kit was worn for the first time by the national team in the international friendly against Australia in preparation for the World Cup 2010 qualifier home game against Lebanon on 26 March 2008.

In November 2010, Nike Singapore launched a new football kit for Singapore, specially made for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. The home kit's design was of half dark red and light red. The away kit features half navy blue and light blue that was once worn by Singapore football team in 1970's era.

Home stadium

From 1932, until the Kallang National Stadium was opened in 1973, Jalan Besar Stadium hosted all home games of Singapore's representative sides which participated in the Malaysia Cup. Since then, all of Singapore's home games in the Malaysia Cup and the national team home matches were played at the Kallang National Stadium.

However, the National Stadium was slated for demolishment in 2010 to make way for the new Singapore Sports Hub which was to be completed in 2014. Singapore played Australia in what was supposedly the last game ever to be played at that stadium. However, due to some delays caused by the addition of new plans for the Singapore Sports Hub, the National Stadium continued to host more of the Singapore's matches. Since the supposed 'last game', the stadium has hosted 5 more matches, and it was also be the venue for 2 more World Cup 2010 qualifier matches which was played in June 2008 and a friendly match against the Brazilian Under-23 team who were preparing for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The stadium is currently under works for the new Sports Hub, and the current home base for the Singapore National Team will be the Jalan Besar Stadium, sharing it with The Cubs, their youth counterparts, LIONSXII, their Malaysia League Singapore team, the U15 and 16s.

Since the start of 2004, Singapore has played its home matches in 5 different stadiums all over Singapore.

• Kallang National Stadium
• Jalan Besar Stadium
• Choa Chu Kang Stadium
• Jurong West Stadium
• Jurong East Stadium

Competition records

FIFA World Cup records

World Cup Finals										World Cup Qualifications
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1974	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		4	2	1	1	5	6
1982	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		3	0	1	2	1	3
1986	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		4	0	1	3	2	11
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		6	2	1	3	12	9
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		8	5	0	3	12	12
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		4	0	1	3	2	8
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		6	0	2	4	3	8
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		6	1	0	5	3	13
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		10	5	1	4	17	17
2014	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		8	1	1	6	8	24
Total	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		59	16	9	34	65	111

AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup Finals								Asian Cup Qualifications
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1956	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1960	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0	0	2	3	9
1964	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0	1	3	2	10
1972	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0	0	2	1	3
1980	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0	0	3	1	11
1984	Round 1	4	1	1	2	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0	1	2	2	4
1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	3	0	16	7
2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	0	1	2	3
2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	1	4	8	11
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	1	3	4	6
2011	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	0	4	6	15
2015	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	0	1	0	4
Total	Best: Round 1	4	1	1	2	3	4	42	11	7	24	45	79

ASEAN Football Championship

This competition was formerly known as the Tiger Cup

ASEAN Football Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Round 1	4	2	1	1	7	2
1998	Champions	5	4	1	0	9	2
2000	Round 1	4	2	0	2	4	2
2002	Round 1	3	1	1	1	3	6
2004	Champions	8	6	2	0	23	10
2007	Champions	7	2	5	0	18	6
2008	Semi-Finals	5	3	1	1	10	2
2010	Round 1	3	1	1	1	3	3
2012	Champions	7	4	1	2	11	6
Total	Best: Champions	46	25	13	8	88	39

Asian Games

Asian Games
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Group stage	2	0	1	1	2	7
1958	Group stage	2	0	0	2	2	4
1962	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Fourth Place	7	2	1	4	11	15
1970 to 1986	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Group stage	3	1	0	2	7	13
1994	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: 4th place	14	3	2	9	22	39

*Under-23 tournament since 2002

SEA Games record

SEA Games record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1959 to 1961	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1963	Cancelled	-	-	-	-	-	-
1965	Preliminary round	2	0	0	2	1	6
1967 to 1969	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1971	Group stage	2	0	0	2	2	11
1973	Fourth Place	4	1	2	1	2	4
1975	Third place	3	0	2	1	4	5
1977	Group stage	2	0	0	2	1	7
1979	Group stage	4	1	1	2	4	8
1981	Fourth Place	4	1	1	2	5	4
1983	Runner Up	4	3	0	1	12	3
1985	Runner Up	4	2	1	1	6	4
1987	Group stage	2	0	2	0	0	0
1989	Runner Up	4	2	1	1	7	4
1991	Third place	4	2	2	0	4	1
1993	Third place	5	3	2	0	16	5
1995	Third place	6	3	2	1	11	5
1997	Fourth Place	6	2	2	2	6	6
1999	Fourth Place	6	3	2	1	8	5
Total	Best: Runner Up	62	23	20	19	89	78

*Under-23 tournament since 2001

Current squad

Singapore's next match:

Match Date: 14 August 2013
Opponent: Oman (2015 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers)
Caps and goals correct as of: 6 February 2013

#	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Club	Caps	Goals	Debut
Goalkeepers
1	Izwan Mahbud	(1990-07-14) 14 July 1990	LionsXII	21	0	v. Malaysia, 23 July 2011
22	Joey Sim	(1987-03-02) 2 March 1987	Geylang International	1	0	v. Pakistan, 19 November 2012
18	Hassan Sunny	(1984-04-02) 2 April 1984	Warriors FC	34	0	v. India, 18 February 2004
Defenders
3	Shaiful Esah	(1986-05-26) 26 May 1986	Tampines Rovers	34	1	v. Vietnam, 29 January 2009
5	Baihakki Khaizan(Vice Captain)	(1984-01-31) 31 January 1984	LionsXII	97	3	v. Japan, 31 March 2004
11	Ismail Yunos	(1986-10-24) 24 October 1986	Home United	19	0	v. Palestine, 8 October 2007
13	Shakir Hamzah	(1992-10-20) 20 October 1992	LionsXII	3	0	v. Philippines, 7 September 2012
16	Daniel Bennett	(1978-01-07) 7 January 1978	Warriors FC	124	7	v. Philippines, 11 November 2002
20	Irwan Shah	(1988-11-02) 2 November 1988	LionsXII	19	0	v. Thailand, 17 January 2010
21	Safuwan Baharudin	(1991-09-22) 22 September 1991	LionsXII	25	1	v. Thailand, 17 January 2010
23	Juma'at Jantan	(1984-02-23) 23 February 1984	Home United	29	0	v. Cambodia, 11 October 2005
Midfielders
2	Zulfahmi Arifin	(1991-10-05) 5 October 1991	LionsXII	1	0	v. Bahrain, 1 February 2013
4	Isa Halim	(1986-05-15) 15 May 1986	LionsXII	53	1	v. Cambodia, 11 October 2005
6	Noh Rahman	(1980-08-02) 2 August 1980	Home United	79	0	v. Thailand, 2001
8	Shahdan Sulaiman	(1988-05-09) 9 May 1988	Tampines Rovers	29	2	v. Thailand, 11 August 2010
9	Firdaus Idros	(1986-08-12) 12 August 1986	Home United	4	0	v. Jordan, 12 November 2011
12	Firdaus Kasman	(1988-01-24) 24 January 1988	Tampines Rovers	6	0	v. Malaysia, 8 June 2012
17	Shahril Ishak(Captain)	(1984-01-23) 23 January 1984	LionsXII	106	11	v. Maldives, 4 March 2003
24	Hafiz Rahim	(1983-11-19) 19 November 1983	Home United	7	0	v. China PR, 2 September 2011
14	Hariss Harun(Vice Captain)	(1990-11-19) 19 November 1990	LionsXII	29	0	v. North Korea, November 2007
15	Fahrudin Mustafić	(1981-04-17) 17 April 1981	Tampines Rovers	79	8	v. Denmark, 26 January 2006
Strikers
7	Erwan Gunawan	(1987-03-20) 20 March 1987	Warriors FC	1	0	v. Bahrain, 1 February 2013
10	Fazrul Nawaz	(1985-04-17) 17 April 1985	LionsXII	64	6	v. Malaysia, 4 June 2005
15	Sufian Anuar	(1987-08-06) 6 August 1987	Warriors FC	4	0	v. Uzbekistan, 2 June 2008
19	Khairul Amri	(1985-03-15) 15 March 1985	Tampines Rovers	78	15	v. India, 13 October 2004

Recent call-up

The following players have also been called up to the Singapore squad.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Hyrulnizam Juma'at (1986-11-14) November 14, 1986 4 0 Warriors FC 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup GK Lionel Lewis (1982-12-16) December 16, 1982 73 0 Home United FC 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) group stage, v China 15 November 2011 GK Ridhuan Barudin (1987-03-23) March 23, 1987 0 0 Tampines Rovers 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2, 1st Leg v Malaysia 23 July 2011 DF Sevki Sha'ban (1984-05-02) May 2, 1984 6 0 Home United International Friendlies, v India 16 October 2012 DF Raihan Rahman (1991-02-07) February 7, 1991 3 0 LionsXII International Friendlies, v India 16 October 2012 DF Jufri Taha (1985-03-04) March 4, 1985 3 0 Tampines Rovers International Friendlies, v India 16 October 2012 DF Delwinder Singh (1992-05-08) May 8, 1992 4 0 Geylang International International Friendlies, v Myanmar 11 September 2012 MF Shi Jiayi (1983-09-02) September 2, 1983 68 7 Warriors FC 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup, v Indonesia 28 November 2012 MF Fazli Ayob (1990-01-24) January 24, 1990 2 0 Young Lions 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup MF Yasir Hanapi (1989-06-21) June 21, 1989 1 0 Geylang International International Friendlies, v India 16 October 2012 MF Hafiz Abu Sujad (1990-11-01) November 1, 1990 1 0 LionsXII International Friendlies, v India 16 October 2012 MF Safirul Sulaiman (1992-12-10) December 10, 1992 5 0 LionsXII International Friendlies, v Myanmar 11 September 2012 MF Nazrul Nazari (1991-02-11) February 11, 1991 3 0 LionsXII International Friendlies, v Myanmar 11 September 2012 MF Shahfiq Ghani (1992-03-17) March 17, 1992 2 0 LionsXII International Friendlies, v Philippines 7 September 2012 MF Poh Yi Feng (1986-11-15) November 15, 1986 1 0 Balestier Khalsa International Friendlies, v Hong Kong 15 August 2012 MF Ruzaini Zainal (1988-10-17) October 17, 1988 2 0 Warriors FC 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) group stage, v Iraq 29 February 2012 MF Faris Ramli (1992-08-24) August 24, 1992 0 0 LionsXII Training Session for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) FW Qiu Li (1981-06-06) June 6, 1981 24 4 Balestier Khalsa 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup, v Thailand 22 December 2012 FW Agu Casmir (1984-03-23) March 23, 1984 42 14 Sun Hei SC International Friendlies, v Myanmar 11 September 2012 FW Khairul Nizam (1991-06-25) June 25, 1991 6 0 LionsXII International Friendlies, v Hong Kong 15 August 2012 FW Ahmed Fahmie (1987-04-20) April 20, 1987 2 0 Tampines Rovers International Friendlies, v Hong Kong 12 June 2012 FW Patrick Paranjody (1987-07-29) July 29, 1987 1 0 Balestier Khalsa 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) group stage, v Iraq 29 February 2012 FW Andrew Tan (1987-05-18) May 18, 1987 1 0 Geylang International 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Round 2, 1st Leg v Malaysia 23 July 2011

Previous squads

• 1996 Tiger Cup squad
• 1998 Tiger Cup squad
• 2000 Tiger Cup squad
• 2002 Tiger Cup squad
• 2004 Tiger Cup squad
• 2007 AFF Championship squad
• 2008 Suzuki Cup squad
• 2010 Suzuki Cup squad
• 2012 Suzuki Cup squad

Fixtures and results

Date	Opponent	Score	Status	Competition	Venue
24 August 2011	Thailand	0–0	Draw	International Friendly Match ('A' Match)	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand (A)
2 September 2011	China PR	1–2	Lose	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 3rd Round ('A' Match)	Tuodong Stadium, Kunming, China (A)
6 September 2011	Iraq	0–2	Lose	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 3rd Round ('A' Match)	Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, Singapore (H)
1 October 2011	Selangor Selection	1–0	Win	2011 Sultan Selangor Cup	Shah Alam Stadium, Malaysia (A)
7 October 2011	Philippines	2–0	Win	International Friendly Match ('A' match)	Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, Singapore (H)
11 October 2011	Jordan	0–3	Lose	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 3rd Round ('A' Match)	Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, Singapore (H)
11 November 2011	Jordan	0–2	Lose	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 3rd Round ('A' Match)	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan (A)
15 November 2011	China PR	0–4	Lose	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 3rd Round ('A' Match)	Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, Singapore (H)
24 February 2012	Azerbaijan	2–2	Draw	International Friendly Match ('A' Match)	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, UAE (A)
29 February 2012	Iraq	1–7	Lose	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 3rd Round ('A' Match)	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar (A)
1 June 2012	Hong Kong	0–1	Lose	International Friendly Match ('A' Match)	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong (A)
8 June 2012	Malaysia	2–2	Draw	International Friendly Match ('A' Match)	Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, Singapore (H)
12 June 2012	Malaysia	0–2	Lose	International Friendly Match ('A' Match)	Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia (A)
15 August 2012	Hong Kong	2–0	Win	International Friendly Match ('A' Match)	Jurong West Stadium, Jurong West, Singapore (H)
7 September 2012	Philippines	0–2	Lose	International Friendly Match ('A' Match)	Jurong West Stadium, Jurong West, Singapore (H)
11 September 2012	Myanmar	1–1	Draw	International Friendly Match ('A' Match)	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar (A)
16 October 2012	India	2–0	Win	International Friendly Match ('A' Match)	Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Choa Chu Kang, Singapore (H)
15 November 2012	Philippines	0–1	Lose	International Friendly Match ('A' Match)	Cebu City Sports Complex, Cebu City, Philippines (A)
19 November 2012	Pakistan	4–0	Win	International Friendly Match ('A' Match)	Jurong West Stadium, Jurong West, Singapore (H)
25 November 2012	Malaysia	3–0	Win	2012 AFF Suzuki Cup Group Stage ('A' Match)	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (A)
28 November 2012	Indonesia	0–1	Lose	2012 AFF Suzuki Cup Group Stage ('A' Match)	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (N)
1 December 2012	Laos	4–3	Win	2012 AFF Suzuki Cup Group Stage ('A' Match)	Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia (N)
8 December 2012	Philippines	0–0	Draw	2012 AFF Suzuki Cup Semi-finals (1st leg)	Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines (A)
12 December 2012	Philippines	1–0	Win	2012 AFF Suzuki Cup Semi-finals (2nd leg)	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore (H)
19 December 2012	Thailand	3–1	Win	2012 AFF Suzuki Cup Final (1st leg)	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore (H)
22 December 2012	Thailand	0–1	Lose	2012 AFF Suzuki Cup Finals (2nd leg)	Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand (A)
1 February 2013	Bahrain	1−3	Lose	International Friendly Match (Non 'A' Match)	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa (A)
6 February 2013	Jordan	0−4	Lose	2015 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers	King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan (A)
4 June 2013	Malaysia	?−?	?	Causeway Challenge	Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor (A)
7 June 2013	Malaysia	?−?	?	Causeway Challenge	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore (H)
14 August 2013	Oman	?−?	?	2015 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers	? (H)
15 October 2013	Syria	?−?	?	2015 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers	? (H)
15 November 2013	Syria	?−?	?	2015 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers	? (A)
19 November 2013	Jordan	?−?	?	2015 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers	? (H)
5 March 2014	Oman	?−?	?	2015 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers	? (A)

Coaches

Rahim Sattar (1960–1967) Choo Seng Quee (1967,1971) Mat Ariff (1973 at least) Lim Yong Liang (1974–1976) Choo Seng Quee (1976-1977) Sebastian Yap (1978) Jita Singh (1979–19??) Trevor Hartley (19??-19??) Hussein Aljunied (1984–1986) Seak Poh Leong (1986–1988)

Jita Singh (1988–1989) Robin Chan (1990–1992) Milouš Kvaček (1992) PN Sivaji (1992–1994) Ken Worden (1994) Douglas Moore (1994–1996) Barry Whitbread (1996–1998) Vincent Subramaniam (1998–2000) Jan B. Poulsen (2000–2002) Radojko Avramović (2003–2012) V. Sundramoorthy (interim) (2013) Bernd Stange (2013-)

Titles

Preceded by 1996 Thailand	ASEAN Football Championship 1998 (First title)	Succeeded by 2000 Thailand
Preceded by 2002 Thailand	ASEAN Football Championship 2004 (Second title) 2007 (Third title)	Succeeded by 2008 Vietnam
Preceded by 2010 Malaysia	ASEAN Football Championship 2012 (Fourth title)	Succeeded by

See also

• Singapore national youth football team
• Young Lions
• Singapore women's national football team
• Singapore's Malaysian Super League Team (LionsXII)

References

External links

• Football Association of Singapore website