Singapore national under-23 football team

 Singapore U-23s

Nickname(s)	Young Lions
Association	Football Association of Singapore
Head coach	Aide Iskandar
Captain	Hassan Sunny
Home stadium	New Singapore National Stadium (April 2014 onwards)
FIFA code	SIN
First colours Second colours
SEA Games
Appearances	7 (First in 2001)
Best result	Third Place (2007, 2009, 2013)
Honours Singapore national under-23 football team Medal record U-23 Southeast Asian Championship Bronze 2007 Thailand Team Bronze 2009 Laos Team Bronze 2013 Myanmar Team Merdeka Tournament Bronze 2013 Malaysia Team

The Singapore national under-23 football team is the national Under 23 association football team of Singapore. The team comes under the organization 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

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]

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 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 2000 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 2004 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 2008 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 2012 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 2016 - - - - - - - Total 0/6 - 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 - - - - - - - Total 3/4 - 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 - - - - - - - 2017 - - - - - - - 2019 - - - - - - - Total 7/7 Third Place 31 14 8 9 47 32 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 Bangabandhu Cup 30 January 2015 Thailand  3 – 2  Singapore Sylhet, Bangladesh   Stadium: Sylhet District Stadium 2015 Bangabandhu Cup 1 February 2015 Bahrain  0 - 0  Singapore Dhaka, Bangladesh   Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium 2015 Bangabandhu Cup 5 February 2015 Malaysia  1 - 0  Singapore Dhaka, Bangladesh   Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Friendly Game 14 February 2015 Japan  8 - 1  Singapore Kallang, Singapore   Irfan Fandi  78' Stadium: Jalan Besar Studium Friendly Game 21 February 2015 Syria  2 - 1  Singapore Kallang, Singapore   Irfan Fandi  17' Stadium: Jalan Besar Studium Friendly Game 19 March 2015 Cambodia  3 - 1  Singapore Kallang, Singapore   Sahil Suhaimi  21' Stadium: Jalan Besar Studium 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 27 March 2015 Laos  0 - 0  Singapore Vientiane,Laos   Stadium: New Laos National Studium 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 29 March 2015 Singapore  0 - 5  China PR Vientiane,Laos   Stadium: New Laos National Studium 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 31 March 2015 Singapore  2 - 2  Mongolia Vientiane,Laos   Stadium: New Laos National Studium Players Current Squad The following 20 players, 3 of which are overaged were called up for the competition for the 2014 Asian Games on 14 September 2014 in Korea, .[2] Caps and goals updated as 16 September for 2014 Asian Games 0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Hassan Sunny (1984-04-02) April 2, 1984 Warriors FC 1GK Rudy Khairullah (1994-07-19) July 19, 1994 Courts Young Lions 2DF Safuwan Baharudin (1991-09-22) September 22, 1991 LionsXII 2DF Baihakki Khaizan (1984-01-31) January 31, 1984 LionsXII 2DF Shakir Hamzah (1992-10-10) October 10, 1992 LionsXII 2DF Afiq Yunos (1990-12-10) December 10, 1990 LionsXII 2DF Al-Qaasimy Rahman (1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 Courts Young Lions 2DF Fadli Kamis (1994-03-24) March 24, 1994 Courts Young Lions 2DF Amirul Adli (1996-01-13) January 13, 1996 Courts Young Lions 3MF Anumanthan Kumar (1994-07-14) July 14, 1994 Courts Young Lions 3MF Faris Ramli (1992-08-24) August 24, 1992 LionsXII 3MF Zulfahmi Arifin (1991-10-05) October 5, 1991 LionsXII 3MF Suria Prakash (1993-12-23) December 23, 1993 Warriors FC 3MF Adam Swandi (1996-01-12) January 12, 1996 Courts Young Lions 3MF Nazrul Nazari (1991-02-11) February 11, 1991 LionsXII 4FW Shahfiq Ghani (1992-03-17) March 17, 1992 LionsXII 4FW Sahil Suhaimi (1992-07-08) July 8, 1992 Courts Young Lions 4FW Khairul Nizam (1991-06-25) June 25, 1991 LionsXII 4FW Iqbal Hussain (1993-06-06) June 6, 1993 Courts Young Lions 4FW Shameer Aziq (1995-12-30) December 30, 1995 Courts Young Lions Recent Call ups The following players have also been called up within last 12 months. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Syazwan Buhari (1992-06-07) June 7, 1992 Courts Young Lions v  Philippines, 13 June 2013 DF Shannon Stephen (1994-02-06) February 6, 1994 Tampines Rovers FC v  Philippines, 13 June 2013 DF Sheikh Abdul Hadi (1992-03-24) March 24, 1992 Courts Young Lions v  Philippines, 13 June 2013 MF Shamil Sharif (1992-05-08) May 8, 1992 Courts Young Lions v  Philippines, 13 June 2013 MF Stanely Ng (1992-05-27) May 27, 1992 Home United v  Philippines, 13 June 2013 FW Fareez Farhan (1994-07-29) July 29, 1994 Hougang United v  Philippines, 13 June 2013 FW Irfan Fandi (1997-08-13) August 13, 1997 3 2 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica v  Syria, 21 February 2015 See also Singapore national football team Singapore national youth football team Young Lions Singapore women's national football team References ↑ "Sundram to lead SEA Games squad". Goal.com Singapore.  ↑ "Sundram names under-23 squad for friendly match against Indonesia under-23". fas.org.sg. FAS. Retrieved 10 July 2013.  National under-23 football teams of Asia (AFC) Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong* India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau* Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Northern Mariana Islands† Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen † Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA *FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China. Football in Singapore Football Association of Singapore National teams Men's U-23 U-22 U-19 U-17 U-16 Women's League competitions S.League Prime League National Football League Cup competitions Singapore Cup Singapore League Cup Singapore Charity Shield List of football clubs List of venues