Singapore national under-22 football team

Singapore national under-22 football team
Nickname(s) The Young Lions
Association Football Association of Singapore
Sub-confederation AFF (Southeast Asia)
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Singapore Richard Bok
FIFA code SIN
First colours
Second colours

The Singapore national under-22 football team is an under-22 football team representing Singapore in the biannual AFC U-22 Asian Cup.[1] It is organised and managed by the Football Association of Singapore.[2]

Singapore U-22 Squad

As players born before 1 January 1991 are not eligible to compete in the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification tournament, the Singapore U-22 team is made up of nine players from the Courts Young Lions, as well as another nine players from various S.League sides.

In addition to that, four players were also roped in from the LionsXII squad, which plays in the Malaysia Super League.[3]


Staff and Coach

  • Team Manager: Visakan S/O Subramanian
  • Head Coach: Richard Bok
  • Assistant Coach: Harald Irmscher
  • Coach  : Dilwant Singh
  • Fitness Coach  : Narasiman Sathivelu
  • Goalkeeper Coach: Lim Queen Cher
  • Physio  : Paul Doohan

Source:[4]


Current Squad

The following 21 players were called up for the 2015 Bangabandhu Cup.

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
GK Muhd Zhafran Rohaizad February 21, 1997 0 0 Singapore Singapore LIONSXII
GK Mohamed Zulfairuuz Mohamed Rudy May 22, 1994 5 0 Singapore Young Lions FC
GK Santa Maria Russel James March 23, 1995 0 0 Singapore Young Lions FC
DF Taufiq Muqminin Bin Hossain July 26, 1996 5 1 Singapore National Football Academy (Singapore)
DF Muhammad Shahrin Bin Saberin August 5, 1994 4 0 Singapore Young Lions FC
DF Muhammad Faris Azienuddin Khaire March 24, 1994 4 0 Singapore Singapore LIONSXII
DF Sufianto Bin Salleh March 9, 1993 4 1 Singapore Home United FC
DF Dhukilan s/o Jeevamani March 24, 1994 5 0 Singapore Young Lions FC
DF R. Aaravin February 7, 1995 4 0 Singapore Young Lions FC
MF Ammirul Emmran April 18, 1995 1 0 Singapore Young Lions FC
MF Muhammad Nur Na'im Mohamed Ishak December 24, 1993 4 0 Singapore Young Lions FC
MF Muhaimin Suhaimi February 20, 1995 5 1 Singapore Young Lions FC
MF Jonathan Tan Zen Yang November 11, 1995 2 0 Singapore Young Lions FC
MF Nur Ishafiq Naim August 5, 1995 5 1 Singapore Home United FC
MF Muhammad Syahiran Mohammad Miswan February 22, 1994 5 1 Singapore Home United FC
MF Samuel Benjamin s/o Nadarajah October 31, 1994 0 0 Singapore Young Lions FC
MF Ikhsan Fandi Ahmad April 9, 1999 2 0 Singapore Young Lions FC
FW Cameron Ayrton Bell April 18, 1994 4 0 Singapore Tampines Rovers FC
FW Iqram Rifqi Mohd Yazid February 25, 1996 4 0 Singapore National Football Academy (Singapore)
FW Taufik Suparno February 9, 1995 1 0 Singapore Tampines Rovers FC
FW Muhamad Amirul Iskandar Khairul Anuar July 29, 1995 3 1 Singapore

Source:[5] Correct as of 6 February 2015.

2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup Qualification

The AFC U-22 Asian Cup is a new competition intended to promote the development of youth football in the region. The Singapore team was drawn into Group E of the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification tournament on 14 February 2012.[6]

The Singapore U-22 team was initially coached by Courts Young Lions coach, Robin Chitrakar. However, Chitrakar had to attend Phase Two of his AFC Pro-Diploma Course, which was conducted in Japan during the time when the qualifiers were taking place in Indonesia. On 7 June 2012, the Football Association of Singapore announced that they had appointed former Geylang United coach, Mike Wong, as the coach of the Singapore U-22 team.[7]

The 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualifiers for Group E took place in Pekanbaru, Indonesia from 5 July 2012 to 15 July 2012.

Singapore} had a good chance of advancing to the next round when they only had to beat Indonesia by one goal in the final match of Group E on 15 July 2012, after second placed Australia was beaten 5-0 by Japan in an earlier match on the same day. However, the Garuda Muda beat the Young Lions 2-0 with both goals coming from Agung Supriyanto, hence ending their 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualifying campaign.[8]

Group E Final Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 5500202+1815
 Australia 531177010
 Indonesia 53027709
 Singapore 52126607
 Timor-Leste 51045943
 Macau 5005418140

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Fixtures & Results

References

  1. "Singapore U22 defeats Macau U22 with a Convincing 3-0 Win". The Football Association of Singapore.
  2. "U23 Young Lions". The Football Association of Singapore.
  3. "Singapore squad for AFC Under-22 qualifiers announced". Goal.com Singapore.
  4. "SINGAPORE U22 STAFF". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  5. "SINGAPORE U22S HEAD TO BANGLADESH FOR BANGABANDHU GOLD CUP". fas.org.sg. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  6. "AFC U-22 Asian Cup Qualifiers draw". Goal.com Singapore. 14 February 2012.
  7. "FAS appoints Mike Wong as Singapore U-22 head coach". Axross The Line. 7 June 2012.
  8. "Singapore U22 falls to host nation, Indonesia U22 in final game of AFC U22 qualifiers". Football OPOD. 16 July 2012.
  9. "Asian Football Consideration". Retrieved 30 July 2012.