Singapore_national_under-22_football_team

Singapore national under-23 football team

Singapore national under-23 football team

National association football team


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).

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Players are usually selected from the Singapore Premier League team, Young Lions as the squad is composed mostly of players undergoing their National Service and also because of their time playing together in the same squad.

History

Singapore U-22 has a disastrous performance at the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia. Not only the team failed to win a single match, the team were mauled 7–0 by arch-rivals Malaysia U-22 in their final match, and ended the campaign finishing in tenth place at the rock-bottom of the table ranking as the worst team at the tournament.

On 18 May 2023, Football Association of Singapore (FAS) announced that coach Philippe Aw has been granted a ‘leave of absence’ as the head coach of the Young Lions team in which a technical review of the SEA Games performance will subsequently take place after his return.

The poor performances of the Singapore U-22 team in at the SEA GAMES have triggered fans who vented their anger and frustrations on social media, with some calling for officials from the FAS to be axed and the time to look at the appointments at every level of Singapore football to ensure that the people of the right expertise are appointed for the right jobs.

Acting FAS president, Bernard Tan also added that until the review has been completed, the Singapore U-22 has decided not to send the team to the upcoming 2023 AFF U-23 Championship held in August and the Asian Games in Hangzhou that will be held in September. As FAS recalibrates its priority on two tournaments, the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification fixtures being held in Vietnam and the 2025 SEA Games. In the review, one of the recommendations was for the Young Lions to focus on the two above mentioned competitions and for all other tournaments to be regarded as developmental opportunities.

On 7 July 2023, FAS unveiled 10 recommendations to improve the country's performance at future SEA Games including giving key U-23 and U-22 players more game time and to approach the multisport event as a two-year project to allow the coach and team to develop over a longer period. The recommendations were formulated based on internal reports submitted by FAS departments after the tournament, “objective" analytics, “subjective" feedback gathered by a SEA Games review committee which interviewed personnel involved in the Games, and discussions with individuals including from other countries' football associations. FAS noted that only eight players in the SEA Games squad were playing regularly in the 2023 Singapore Premier League season where the lack of game time possibly affected the ability of players, especially those not exposed to sufficient minutes, to cope with the tempo of the tournament, where a game is played every two to three days over the course of two days

On 12 July 2023, FAS has confirmed the departure of Philippe Aw as U-23 head coach. He was replaced by former national team player, Nazri Nasir who lead the squad during the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers. Additionally, Nazri, who is currently the Senior Singapore national team assistant coach, will also be assigned to the Young Lions team in the Singapore Premier League. This enables him to track the progress and oversee the development of the young footballers. Players will also have individual development plans to allow the coach to improve their abilities over the two years of preparation. The review panel observed that players arrived for pre games training with different levels of fitness and conditioning. A standard operating procedure will be drawn up to aim to deliver at least two warm-up matches prior to the tournaments. The FAS will also adjust the league scheduling to ensure the age-group players meet this requirement with a minimum of two weeks preparation for the priority tournaments while diets of the players will also be planned when the FAS has control of the meals which currently, only hydration is monitored, while players are advised on healthy eating.

Nazri have his provisional squad report for centralised training from 21 August 2023 in which FAS has made adjustments to the 2023 Singapore Premier League fixture calendar to allow the team to have uninterrupted 14-day preparation as they travelled to Thailand to play a couple of friendly before flying off to Vietnam for their 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers. Eventually Singapore failed to qualify to the final tournament.

Current coaching staff

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Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were selected for the upcoming 2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024 Qualifiers in September. [1]

Caps and goals updated as of 6 Sept 2023, after the match against  Yemen.

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Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up in the last 12 months to the Singapore squad.

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  • INJ Withdrew due to an injury
  • PRE Preliminary squad
  • OA Overage player

Tournament records

Olympic Games

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AFC U-23 Championship

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Asian Games

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SEA Games

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Recent results

  Win   Draw   Lose

2014

2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy

9 August 2014 Group B Vietnam  4–0  Singapore Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Hồ Tuấn Tài 18', 49'
Nguyễn Công Phượng 58'
Nguyễn Văn Toàn 81'
Report Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Brunei
Referee: Steve Supresencia, (Philippines)
11 August 2014 Group B Cambodia  3–1  Singapore Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Chan Vathanaka 23'
Nub Tola 38'
Prak Mony Udom 43'
Zakir Samsudin 55' Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Brunei
Referee: Xaypaseuth Phongsanit, (Laos)
13 August 2014 Group B Brunei  3–1  Singapore Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Rashid 2', 68'
Adi Said 39'
Yuz Henzry 83' Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Brunei
Referee: Suhaizi Shukri, (Malaysia)
16 August 2014 Group B Malaysia  3–0  Singapore Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Shahrul Igwan 8'
Ramzi Sufian 59', 80'
Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Brunei
Referee: Steve Supresencia, (Philippines)

2015

2015 Bangabandhu Cup
Friendly
14 February 2015 Japan  8–1  Singapore Singapore
Irfan 78' Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
18 February 2015 Syria  6–1  Singapore Singapore
Hael Albadri 4'
Mahmoud Al Baher 24'
Abdul Mannan Ibrahim 34' 62'
Adnan Altaki 39' 75'
Report Tajeli Selamat 88' Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
21 February 2015 Syria  2–1  Singapore Singapore
Irfan 17' Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
28 February 2015 Cambodia  3–0  Singapore Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Report Stadium: Navy Headquarters Football Field
19 March 2015 Cambodia  3–1  Singapore Singapore
Sahil 21' Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Football at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games
1 June 2015 Group stage Philippines  0–1  Singapore Singapore
20:30 UTC+8 Report[permanent dead link] Sheikh 45' Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
4 June 2015 Group stage Singapore  1–2  Myanmar Singapore
20:30 UTC+8 Faris 34' (pen.) Report[permanent dead link] Nay Lin Tun 24'
Ye Ko Oo 60'
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
8 June 2015 Group stage Cambodia  1–3  Singapore Singapore
20:30 UTC+8 Vathanaka 57' Report Safirul 45+1'
Faris 45+2'
Sahil 90'
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
11 June 2015 Group stage Singapore  0–1  Indonesia Singapore
20:30 UTC+8 Report Evan 47' Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

2016

2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
31 March 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification Singapore  2–2  Mongolia Vientiane, Laos
Irfan 18', 59' Report
Stadium: New Laos National Stadium

Friendly

4 September 2016 Bahrain  1–0  Singapore Singapore
Abdulaziz Rajab 60' Report Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
4 October 2016 China  4–1  Singapore Inner Mongolia, China
Gui Hong 6'
Cheng Jin 36,39'
Liang Xueming 71'
Shafeeq Faruk 80'
Adam Swandisoccer ball with red X
Stadium: Hohhot Stadium
8 October 2016 China  1–0  Singapore Yunnan, China
Gao Zhunyi 6' (pen) Stadium: Qujing City Sports Centre Stadium

2017

Friendly

28 March 2017 Home United Singapore 2–0  Singapore U22 B-Team Singapore
Stadium: Bishan Stadium
1 May 2017 Vanuatu  2–3  Singapore Singapore
Bong Kalo 10'
Kenneth Soromon 75'
Report Hami Syahin 28'
Jordan Chan 45'
Muhaimin Suhaimi 62'
Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
4 May 2017 Vanuatu  1–1  Singapore Singapore
Godine Tenene 9' Report Hanafi Akbar 82' Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
7 May 2017 Vanuatu  1–1  Singapore Singapore
Kalo 90+1' (pen.) Suhaimi 90' (pen.) Stadium: Bishan Stadium
15 June 2017 Qatar  3–0  Singapore Doha, Qatar
Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
17 June 2017 Qatar  2–0  Singapore Doha, Qatar
Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
9 July 2017 India  1–0  Singapore Singapore
Singh 80' Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
12 July 2017 India  0–1  Singapore Singapore
Ikhsan 51' (pen.) Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium
8 August 2017 Western Australia Australia 5–3  Singapore Perth, Australia
Gordon Smith 6'
Niccolo Sabatini 24'
Alex Salmon 49', 70', 90'
Hami Syahin 45+1'
Taufik Suparno 60'
Shahrin Saberin 85'
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens

Dubai International Cup

2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

19 July 2017 Myanmar  2–0  Singapore Yangon, Myanmar
Aung Thu 60'
Hlaing Bo Bo 90+3'
Report Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)
21 July 2017 Australia  7–0  Singapore Yangon, Myanmar
Mauk 8'
Blackwood 13', 18'
Popovic 39', 60'
Clut 68' (pen)
Sotirio 73'
Report Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
23 July 2017 Brunei  1–4  Singapore Yangon, Myanmar
Azim Izamuddin 45' Report Ikhsan Fandi 13' 90'
Hanafi Akbar 39'
Taufil Suparno 86'
Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

2017 Southeast Asian Games

14 August 2017 Myanmar  2–0  Singapore Selayang, Malaysia
Aung Thu 45+1, 61' Stadium: MP Selayang Stadium
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan, Chinese Taipei
16 August 2017 Malaysia  2–1  Singapore Shah Alam, Malaysia
Azih 68'
Nadarajah 74'
Amiruldin Asraf 38' Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium
Referee: Võ Minh Trí, Vietnam
18 August 2017 Laos  0–2  Singapore Selayang, Malaysia
Taufik Suparno 2'
Ikhsan Fandi 11' (pen.)
Stadium: MP Selayang Stadium
Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi, Oman
23 August 2017 Brunei  0–1  Singapore Selayang, Malaysia
Khalid Wassadisalleh 74' (o.g.) Stadium: MP Selayang Stadium

2018

Friendly

26 June 2018 Friendly Singapore  cancelled  Macau Singapore
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

2018 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy

25 April 2018 Group B Laos  1–5  Singapore Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Phithack Kongmathilath 20' Rusyaidi Salime 18,90+2'
Hami Syahin 40'
Ikhsan Fandi 45,49'
Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Brunei
Referee: Amidillah Zainuddin, (Brunei)
2 May 2018 Semi Final East Timor  2–1  Singapore Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Rufino Gama 76'
Henrique Cruz 78'
Ikhsan Fandi 34' Stadium: Track & Field Sports Complex, Brunei
Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev, (Kyrgyzstan)

2019

Friendly

6 September 2019  Fiji 0–2  Singapore Singapore
Daniel Goh 6'
Syahrul Sazali 60'
Stadium: Bishan Stadium
9 October 2019  United Arab Emirates 3–0  Singapore Singapore
16'
70'
74'
Stadium: Bishan Stadium
Referee: Muhammad Zulfiqar (Singapore) Singapore
13 October 2019  Macau National Team 0–4  Singapore Singapore
Amiruldin Asraf 6'
Jordan Nicolas Vestering 10'
Haiqal Pashia 13'
Daniel Goh 33'
Stadium: Bishan Stadium
12 November 2019 Australia Perth Glory U20 1–4  Singapore Singapore
Bryce Baffordsoccer ball with red X63
Alessandro Circatione 88'
Haiqal Pashia 9'
Irfan Fandi 10'
Hami Syahin 57'
Faris Ramli 69' (pen)
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

22 March 2019 Hong Kong  1–1  Singapore Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Report
Stadium: MFF Football Centre
Attendance: 100
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
24 March 2019 North Korea  1–1  Singapore Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • Pak Kwang-hun 7'
Report
Stadium: MFF Football Centre
Attendance: 98
Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)
26 March 2019 Mongolia  1–3  Singapore Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Report
Stadium: MFF Football Centre
Attendance: 420
Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

Merlion Cup

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07) Semi Final Singapore  3–0  Philippines Singapore
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
9 June 2019 (2019-06-09) Final Singapore  1–0  Thailand Singapore
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium

2019 Southeast Asian Games

26 November 2019  Laos 0–0  Singapore Manila, Philippines
Somxay KeohanamYellow card 64' Report Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
Referee: Salman Ahmad Falahi (Qatar) Qatar
3 December 2019  Vietnam 1–0  Singapore Manila, Philippines
Hà Đức Chinh 85' Report Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait) Kuwait
5 December 2019  Brunei 0–7  Singapore Manila, Philippines
Irfan Fandi 3'
Ikhsan Fandi 68' 90+2' 90+3'
Saifullah Akbar 70'
Faris Ramli 84' 87'
Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
Referee: Linjun Talaver (Philippines) Philippines

2021

Friendly

2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification

25 October 2021 2022 AFCU23Q Singapore  2–2  East Timor Singapore
Glenn Kweh 34'
Jordan Emaviwe 90+5'Yellow card
Jacob MahlerYellow card
Elias 38'
Paulo Gali 41'Red card 44'
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 943
Referee: Majed Al Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)
28 October 2021 2022 AFCU23Q Philippines  0–1  Singapore Singapore
Report Glenn Kweh 34' Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 984
Referee: Zaid Thamer (Iraq)
31 October 2021 2022 AFCU23Q South Korea  5–1  Singapore Singapore
Kim Chan 3'
Cho Sang-jun 5'
Park Jeong-in 24' 40'
Choi Jun 50'
Report Nur Adam Abdullah 57'
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 993
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

2022

2022 AFF U-23 Youth Championship

16 February 2022 Thailand  3–1  Singapore Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Teerasak Poeiphimai 45', 62'
Niphitphon Wongpanya 55'
Report Ilhan Fandi 16' Stadium: Prince Stadium
Referee: Yudi Nurcahya (Indonesia)
19 February 2022 Vietnam  7–0  Singapore Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Nguyễn Văn Tùng 3', 37'
Đinh Xuân Tiến 33'
Dụng Quang Nho 56'
Nguyễn Ngọc Thắng 77'
Nguyễn Thành Khôi 89'
Vũ Tiến Long 90+5'
Report Stadium: Prince Stadium
Referee: Khuon Virak (Cambodia)

Friendly

2021 Southeast Asian Games

7 May 2022 Singapore  2–2  Laos Nam Định, Vietnam
Report
  • Ekkamai 14'
  • Chony 50'
Stadium: Thiên Trường Stadium
Attendance: 10,152
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
9 May 2022 Singapore  0–5  Thailand Nam Định, Vietnam
Report
Stadium: Thiên Trường Stadium
Attendance: 28,998
Referee: Adam Fazeel (Maldives)
11 May 2022 Singapore  1–0  Cambodia Nam Định, Vietnam
Akbar 36' Report Stadium: Thiên Trường Stadium
Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam)
14 May 2022 Singapore  2–2  Malaysia Nam Định, Vietnam
Report
Stadium: Thiên Trường Stadium
Referee: Venkatesh Ramachandran (India)

2023

Merlion Cup (24-26 March)

24 March 2023 (2023-03-24) Semi Final Singapore  0–1  Hong Kong Jalan Besar, Singapore
Ichikawa 40'
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Referee: Farhan Mohd (Singapore)
26 March 2023 (2023-03-26) 3rd/4th Placing Singapore  1-2  Cambodia Jalan Besar, Singapore
Jordan Emaviwe 71'
Voeun Va 12'
Ky Rina 31'
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Referee: Syarqawi Buhari (Singapore)

2023 Southeast Asian Games (29 April - 17 May)

3 May 2023 GS Singapore  1-3  Vietnam Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Vũ Tiến Long 90+3' (o.g.)
Report Nguyễn Văn Tùng 36'
Nguyễn Thái Sơn 43'
Ilhan Noor 80' (o.g.)
Stadium: Prince Stadium
Attendance: 2,267
Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)
6 May 2023 GS Singapore  0-0  Laos Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Syahadat Masnawi soccer ball with red X65
Report Stadium: Prince Stadium
Referee: Khin Ouseyha (Cambodia)
11 May 2023 GS Singapore  0-7  Malaysia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Report Saravanan Thirumurugan 15' 48' 54' 63'
Haqimi Azim 45+3'
Mukhairi Ajmal 87'
Aiman Afif 90+4'
Stadium: Prince Stadium
Attendance: 1,320
Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)

Friendly

25 August 2023 North Bangkok University Thailand v  Singapore Thailand
Stadium: North Bangkok University
29 August 2023 Bangkok United Thailand v  Singapore Thailand
Stadium: North Bangkok University
1 September 2023 Thailand  2-0  Singapore Chonburi, Thailand
Stadium: Chonburi Stadium

2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification (4-12 September)

6 September 2023 Singapore  0-3  Yemen Phú Thọ, Vietnam
Ahmed Maher 32' 45+1'
Hamzah Hanash 41'
Stadium: Việt Trì Stadium
Attendance: 1,326
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro (Australia)
9 September 2023 Guam  1-1  Singapore Phú Thọ, Vietnam
Ngeschekle Meyar 88'
Farhan Zulkifli 63' (pen)
Stadium: Việt Trì Stadium
Attendance: 1,238
Referee: Manir Ahmmad (Bangladesh)
12 September 2023 Vietnam  2-2  Singapore Phú Thọ, Vietnam
Nguyễn Đình Bắc 13' (pen.)
Nguyễn Hữu Nam 78'
Nguyễn Hồng Phúc 58' (o.g.)
Zikos Chua 85'
Stadium: Việt Trì Stadium
Attendance: 11,268
Referee: Owen Goldrick (Australia)

Competitive record

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

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AFC U-22 Championship

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SEA Games

More information Qualification, SEA Games ...

Merlion Cup

More information Qualification, Merlion Cup ...

Honours

Regional

See also


References

  1. "PROVISIONAL UNDER-22 SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR AFC U-23 ASIAN CUP QATAR 2024 QUALIFIERS".
  2. Osman, Shamir (27 June 2018). "Football: No go for Fandi Ahmad's Lions at Asian Games". Retrieved 28 June 2018.

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