Singapore national football team
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| Nickname | The Lions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Association | Football Association of Singapore |
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| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Radojko Avramovic (w.e.f: 2003) |
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| Captain | Aide Iskandar (w.e.f: 2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Malik Awab (123 Caps) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Fandi Ahmad (55 Goals) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | National Stadium, Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | SIN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 123 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 73 (August 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 126 (January 2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 117 (1337 points) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Singapore 2 - 3 South Korea  (Singapore; April 11, 1953) |
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Biggest win Singapore 11 - 0 Laos  (Singapore; January 15, 2007) |
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Biggest defeat Burma 9 - 0 Singapore (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; November 9, 1969) |
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| AFC Asian Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 1984) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Round 1, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Singapore national football team is the national soccer team of Singapore. The team comes under the organisation of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS).
To date, the most significant successes of the team have come in the the regional ASEAN Football Championship (formerly known as the 'Tiger Cup'), which Singapore has won three times in 1998, 2005 and 2007. In 1998, Singapore beat Vietnam 1-0 in the final to capture the country's first major international soccer title. In the 2004-5 competition, Singapore defeated Indonesia in a two-leg final 5-2 on aggregate. Singapore successfully retained the trophy in 2007, beating Thailand 3-2 on aggregate in the final.
All of the players in the Singapore national football team currently play for club teams in Singapore's top professional league, the S.League.
Singapore is currently the number 2-ranked Southeast Asian team and the number 20 in Asia (as of January 2007) in the FIFA World Rankings. Singapore was tagged as the Asian Football Confederation Mover of the Year in 2005.
In recent years, Singapore has included several naturalised citizens in its team. Notable foreign-born citizens who play for Singapore include Daniel Bennett from England; Precious Emuejeraye, Agu Casmir and Itimi Dickson from Nigeria; Egmar Goncalves from Brazil; Mirko Grabovac from Croatia; Shi Jiayi from China; and Mustafic Fahrudin from Serbia.
In January 2007, Singapore achieved a national record 11-0 win against Laos in an ASEAN Football Championship match against. Mohd Noh Alam Shah scored 7 goals in the match. Singapore went on to win the tournament, beating Thailand 3-2 on aggregate in the final.[1]
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[edit] World Cup record
[edit] Asian Cup record
- 1956 - Did not enter
- 1960 - Did not qualify
- 1964 - Did not enter
- 1968 - Did not qualify
- 1972 - Did not enter
- 1976 - Did not qualify
- 1980 - Did not qualify
- 1984 - Round 1
- 1988 - Did not enter
- 1992 to 2007 - Did not qualify
[edit] ASEAN Football Championship (formerly known as the Tiger Cup) record
- 1996 - Group Stage
- 1998 - Champions
- 2000 - Group Stage
- 2002 - Group Stage
- 2004 - Champions
- 2007 - Champions
[edit] Current squad
Squad called up by national team coach Radojko Avramovic for the 37th King's Cup in Bangkok, Thailand and the ASEAN Football Championship.
- Goalkeepers
- Hassan Sunny, Geylang United
- Lionel Lewis, Home United
- Fadhil Salim, Young Lions
- Defenders
- Daniel Bennett, Woodlands Wellington
- Aide Iskandar (captain), Geylang United
- S Subramani, Home United
- Ismail Yunos, Young Lions
- Baihakki Khaizan, Young Lions
- Precious Emuejeraye, Young Lions
- Hafiz Osman, SAFFC
- Noh Rahman, Geylang United
- Forwards
- Khairul Amri, Young Lions
- Indra Sahdan Daud, Home United
- Mohd Noh Alam Shah, Tampines Rovers
- Masrezwan Masturi, Woodlands Wellington
- Fazrul Nawaz, Young Lions
[edit] Notable players
[edit] 1970s
- Dollah Kassim
- Quah Kim Song
- Samad Allapitchay
[edit] 1980s and 1990s
- Fandi Ahmad
- Malek Awab
- David Lee
- Lee Man Hon
- Lim Tong Hai
- Nazri Nasir
- Terry Pathmanathan
- V. Sundramoorthy
- Steven Tan
- Borhan Abu Samah
- Hasnim Haron
- Rafi Ali
- D. Tokijan
- K.Kannan
[edit] 2000s
- Lionel Lewis
- S Subramani
- Aide Iskandar
- Daniel Bennett
- Baihakki Khaizan
- Goh Tat Chuan
- Sharil Ishak
- Itimi Dickson
- Mohd Noh Alam Shah
- Indra Sahdan Daud
- Agu Casmir
- Khairul Amri
- Mirko Grabovac
- Egmar Goncalves
- Mustafic Fahrudin
