Singapore national under-23 football team

Singapore national under-23 football team
Medal record
U-23 Southeast Asian Championship
Merdeka Tournament

Singapore **U-23**
Nickname(s)	Young Lions
Association	Football Association of Singapore
Captain	Al-Qaasimy Rahman
Home stadium	Jalan Besar Stadium
FIFA code	SIN
First colours	Second colours
SEA Games
Appearances	8 (first in 2001)
Best result	Third Place (2007, 2009, 2013)
Medal record
Medal record
U-23 Southeast Asian Championship
Merdeka Tournament

The Singapore national under-23 football team is the national Under 23 association football team of Singapore. The team comes under the organisation of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS).

Players were selected from the nation's Courts Young Lions S.League squad, with other players from the national squad which includes names like Hariss Harun, Safuwan Baharudin.

History

The under-23 football team was formed to represent Singapore in the Southeast Asian Games since 2001.

2013-present

In 2013, former Singapore national football team caretaker head coach V Sundramoorthy was appointed as the head coach of the Singapore national under-23 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.^[1]

However, with the resignation of V. Sundramoorthy a few months later, Aide took over the reins of the Singapore national under-23 football team in October 2013.^[2] He guided the team to a third placing at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games.

In the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, the under-23 football team has failed to advance into the semi-finals.^[3] Aide then consequently resigned as coach of the national under-23 football team.^[4]

Honours

Regional

Southeast Asian Games
- Bronze medal (3): 2007, 2009 and 2013
Pestabola Merdeka
- Third Place (1): 2013

Tournament records

Olympic Games

Olympic Games Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1992	Did Not Qualify
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
Total	0/7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Since 1992, football at the Summer Olympics changes into Under-23 tournament.

Asian Games

Asian Games Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2002	Did Not Qualify
2006	Round 1	23/32	3	0	2	1	1	3
2010	Round 1	19/24	3	0	1	2	1	6
2014	Round 1	17/29	3	1	1	1	5	5
2018	^{[to be determined]}
Total	3/4	0	9	1	4	4	7	14

Since 2002, football at the Asian Games changes into Under-23 tournament.

SEA Games

SEA Games Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2001	Round 1	4/9	4	2	0	2	10	3
2003	Round 1	5/8	3	1	0	2	5	5
2005	Round 1	5/9	4	2	1	1	3	2
2007	Third Place	3/8	5	2	2	1	10	7
2009	Third Place	3/9	5	2	2	1	8	8
2011	Round 1	5/11	4	2	1	1	4	3
2013	Third Place	3/10	6	3	2	1	7	4
2015	Round 1	6/11	4	2	0	2	5	4
2017	^{[to be determined]}
2019	^{[to be determined]}
Total	8/8	Third Place	35	16	8	11	52	36

Since 2001, Football at the Southeast Asian Games changes into Under-23 tournament.

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

SEA Games History
Year	Round	Score	Result
2007	Round 1	Singapore 0 – 0 Laos	Draw
	Round 1	Singapore 3 – 2 Vietnam	Win
	Round 1	Singapore 1 – 1 Malaysia	Draw
	Semi Finals	Singapore 0 – 3 Thailand	Loss
	Third Place	Singapore 5 – 0 Vietnam	Win
2009	Round 1	Singapore 2 – 2 Indonesia	Draw
	Round 1	Singapore 2 – 1 Myanmar	Win
	Round 1	Singapore 0 – 0 Laos	Draw
	Semi Finals	Singapore 1 – 4 Vietnam	Loss
	Third Place	Singapore 3 – 1 Laos	Win
2013	Round 1	Singapore 1 – 1 Laos	Draw
	Round 1	Singapore 1 – 0 Vietnam	Win
	Round 1	Singapore 2 – 0 Brunei	Win
	Round 1	Singapore 1 – 1 Malaysia	Draw
	Semi Finals	Singapore 0 – 1 Thailand	Loss
	Third Place	Singapore 2 – 1 Malaysia	Win

*Win on penalty kicks.

Recent results

Win Draw Lose

2015

2015 Bangabandhu Cup

30 January 2015 Bangabandhu Cup	Thailand	3 – 2	Singapore	Sylhet, Bangladesh
				Stadium: Sylhet District Stadium

1 February 2015 Bangabandhu Cup	Bahrain	0 – 0	Singapore	Dhaka, Bangladesh
				Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium

5 February 2015 Bangabandhu Cup	Malaysia	1 – 0	Singapore	Dhaka, Bangladesh
				Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium

Friendly games

14 February Friendly game	Japan	8 – 1	Singapore	Kallang, Singapore
			Irfan 78'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Studium

21 February Friendly game	Syria	2 – 1	Singapore	Kallang, Singapore
			Irfan 17'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Studium

19 March Friendly game	Cambodia	3 – 1	Singapore	Kallang, Singapore
			Sahil 21'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Studium

2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

27 March 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification	Laos	0 – 0	Singapore	Vientiane, Laos
				Stadium: New Laos National Stadium

29 March 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification	Singapore	0 – 5	China	Vientiane, Laos
				Stadium: New Laos National Stadium

31 March 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification	Singapore	2 – 2	Mongolia	Vientiane, Laos
				Stadium: New Laos National Stadium

Football at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games

1 June Group stage	Philippines	0 – 1	Singapore	Kallang, Singapore
20:30 UTC+8		Report	Sheikh 45'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

4 June Group stage	Singapore	1 – 2	Myanmar	Kallang, Singapore
20:30 UTC+8	Faris 34' (pen.)	Report	Nay Lin Tun 24' Ye Ko Oo 60'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)

8 June Group stage	Cambodia	1 – 3	Singapore	Kallang, Singapore
20:30 UTC+8	Vathanaka 57'	Report	Safirul 45+1' Faris 45+2' Sahil 90'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Referee: Ma Ning (China)

11 June Group stage	Singapore	0 – 1	Indonesia	Kallang, Singapore
20:30 UTC+8		Report	Evan 47'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	TBC
Assistant Coach	S. Subramani
Goalkeeping Coach	John Burridge
Fitness Coach	Jürgen Raab

Players

Current Squad

The following 20 players were called up to the Singapore national under-23 team squad for the Football at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games set to be held in Singapore.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
24	1GK	Syazwan Buhari	(1992-06-07) 7 June 1992 (age 31)	Courts Young Lions
1	1GK	Rudy Khairullah	(1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 (age 29)	Courts Young Lions

13	2DF	Ho Wai Loon	(1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 30)	Balestier Khalsa FC
2	2DF	Shakir Hamzah	(1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 31)	Courts Young Lions
18	2DF	Al-Qaasimy Rahman	(1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 32)	Courts Young Lions
15	2DF	Sheikh Abdul Hadi	(1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 (age 32)	Courts Young Lions
3	2DF	Fadli Kamis	(1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 (age 30)	Courts Young Lions
4	2DF	Amirul Adli	(1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 28)	Courts Young Lions

10	3MF	Faris Ramli	(1992-08-24) 24 August 1992 (age 31)	LionsXII
19	3MF	Stanely Ng	(1992-05-27) 27 May 1992 (age 31)	Home United
28	3MF	Safirul Sulaiman	(1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 31)	Courts Young Lions
6	3MF	Anumanthan Kumar	(1994-07-14) 14 July 1994 (age 29)	Courts Young Lions
5	3MF	Adam Swandi	(1996-01-12) 12 January 1996 (age 28)	Courts Young Lions
23	3MF	Suria Prakash	(1993-12-23) 23 December 1993 (age 30)	Courts Young Lions
12	3MF	Pravin Guanasagaran	(1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 31)	Canning City

7	4FW	Sahil Suhaimi	(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 31)	LionsXII
11	4FW	Shahfiq Ghani	(1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 32)	Courts Young Lions
8	4FW	Shamil Shari	(1992-05-08) 8 May 1992 (age 32)	Courts Young Lions
17	4FW	Irfan Fandi	(1997-08-13) 13 August 1997 (age 26)	Courts Young Lions
9	4FW	Amy Recha Pristifana	(1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 31)	Courts Young Lions

Recent Call ups

The following players have also been called up within last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Shannon Stephen	(1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 30)	Tampines Rovers	v Philippines, 13 June 2013
MF	Muhaimin Suhaimi	(1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29)	Courts Young Lions	v Laos, 23 May 2015
FW	Fareez Farhan	(1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 29)	Hougang United	v Philippines, 13 June 2013
FW	Iqbal Hussain	(1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 30)	Courts Young Lions	2014 Asian Games
FW	Shameer Aziq	(1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 28)	Courts Young Lions	2014 Asian Games

Singapore U19

Updates 2016

Paramoth Naidu, who represented his both school's Woodlands Secondary School Football Team and St. Gabriel's School Football Team, will be leading his team in this year's AFF CUP 2016 on the 23 to 26 Jan 2016.

This year 23 to 26 Jan 2016 Fandi Ahmad's elder son Irfan Fandi and Singapore's Under-19 both captain and vice-captain Paramoth Naidu and Haqil Osman will be flying off to play for Australia starlet Football Club (Anza F.C.) and this players are personally chosen to play for the club (Anza F.C.) for 3 days stint. Let's wish them luck for their marvellous transfer move.

References

^ "Sundram to lead SEA Games squad". Goal.com Singapore.
^ "Aide Iskandar replaces Sundram for SEA Games". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "Young Lions fail to progress after narrow defeat". www.fas.org.sg. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "Football: Coach Aide Iskandar resigns after SEA Games failure". channelnewsasia.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "Young Lions unveil 20-strong football squad for SEA Games 2015". Channel News Asia. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

[1] "Sundram to lead SEA Games squad". Goal.com Singapore.

[2] "Aide Iskandar replaces Sundram for SEA Games". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[3] "Young Lions fail to progress after narrow defeat". www.fas.org.sg. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[4] "Football: Coach Aide Iskandar resigns after SEA Games failure". channelnewsasia.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[5] "Young Lions unveil 20-strong football squad for SEA Games 2015". Channel News Asia. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

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