Singapore women's national football team

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Singapore
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) The Lionesses
Association Football Association
of Singapore
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Flag of Singapore NOOR Abdullah B.
Captain -
Most caps -
Top scorer -
Home stadium National Stadium, Singapore
FIFA code SIN
FIFA ranking 100
Highest FIFA ranking 83 (December 2002)
Lowest FIFA ranking 100 (June 2007)
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
 
First kit
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
 
Second kit
First international
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Biggest win
Flag of Singapore Singapore 6 - 0 Maldives Flag of the Maldives
(Thailand; Feb 19, 2007)
Biggest defeat
Flag of North Korea DPR Korea 24 - 0 Singapore Flag of Singapore
(Thailand; December 06, 2001)

Women's football (soccer) in Singapore is becoming more popular since the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) took women’s football under its wing in 2000. A Women’s Football Division was set up with the FAS in September 2004.

The rapidly growing interest for this sport holds great promise for the future of women’s football in Singapore. Currently, the ground for local women’s football is still being laid, and the grass is still growing but the trend is rising and the response has been overwhelming.

The objectives of the FAS Women’s Football Committee is to increase awareness, knowledge and popularity and raise the standard of the women's football in Singapore. It hopes to create a platform to develop future football talents and media icons and to upgrade the status of women's football in Singapore.

In 2005 Arafura Games held in Darwin, Australia, the Singapore Women’s team produced a fine showing and won the bronze medal. The Arafura Games is held every two years and is a leading international sporting competition for emerging champions of the Asia Pacific region.

Singapore women's national football team is still considered a minnows in the region, being thrashed frequently by fellow Asian teams or even ASEAN teams. Despite the men counterparts is achieving some commendable results, the women's team is still young. There is still a lot of work for the FAS to do for the lioness, if they are to succeed like the Lions.

Contents

[edit] FIFA Women's World Cup

  • 1975 to 2003 - Did Not Qualify

[edit] AFC Women's Championship

  • 1991 - Group Stages
  • 1993 - Did not enter
  • 1995 - Did not enter
  • 1997 - Did not enter
  • 1999 - Did not enter
  • 2001 - Group Stages
  • 2003 - Group Stages
  • 2006 - Qualifying Play-offs

[edit] Olympics Games

[edit] AFF Women's Championship record

  • 2004 - Group Stage
  • 2006 - Did not enter

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