Singapore national football team
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{{Infobox National football team
| Name = Singapore
| Badge = Singapore_FA.gif
| Nickname = The Lions
| Association = [[Football Association of Singapore|Football Association<br />of Singapore]]
| Confederation = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] ([[Asia]])
| Coach = {{flagicon|SER}} [[Radojko Avramovic]] (2003-)
| Captain = [[Indra Sahdan Daud|Indra Sahdan]] (2007-Present)
| Most caps = [[Malik Awab]] (123 Caps)
| Top scorer = [[Fandi Ahmad]] (55 Goals)
| Youngest player = [[Hariss Harun]] (16 years 7 months and 5 days old)
| Home Stadium = [[National Stadium, Singapore]]
| FIFA Trigramme = SIN
| FIFA Rank = 127
| 1st ranking date = August 1993
| FIFA max = 73
| FIFA max date = August 1993
| FIFA min = 140
| FIFA min date = October 2007
| Elo Rank = 116
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| First game = {{Flagicon|Singapore}} Singapore 2 - 3 [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] {{Flagicon|South Korea}}<br />([[Singapore]]; [[April 11]], [[1953]])
| Largest win = {{Flagicon|Singapore}} Singapore 11 - 0 [[Laos national football team|Laos]] {{Flagicon|Laos}} <br /> ([[Singapore]]; [[January 15]], [[2007]])
| Largest loss = {{Flagicon|Burma|1948}} [[Myanmar national football team|Burma]] 9 - 0 Singapore {{Flagicon|Singapore}}<br />([[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]; [[November 9]], [[1969]])
| World cup apps =
| World cup first = -
| World cup best = -
| Regional name = [[Asian Cup|AFC Asian Cup]]
| Regional cup apps = 1
| Regional cup first = [[Asian Cup 1984|1984]]
| Regional cup best = Round 1, [[Asian Cup 1984|1984]]
}}
[[Image:NDP Song Reach out for the Sky 05.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Aide Iskandar]], former captain of the Singapore national football team, hoists the [[Tiger Cup]] in 2004.]]
The '''Singapore national football team''' is the national [[football (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 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 national football team|Vietnam]] 1-0 in the final to capture the country's first major international football title. In the 2004-5 competition, Singapore defeated [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]] in a two-leg final 5-2 on aggregate. Singapore successfully retained the trophy in 2007, beating [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]] 3-2 on aggregate in the final.
Although Singapore is widely regarded as a [[Underdog (competition)|minnow]] in the international footballing arena, the national team has ground out quite a few upset results and have made it hard for many away teams in recent years. In the 2007 [[Asian Cup]] qualifiers, for example, Singapore became the only team to beat [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] enroute to their Asian Cup winning campaign. Singapore and also drew with [[China national football team|China]] 0-0 at home in 2006. China also narrowly escaped with a 1-0 victory in [[Tianjin]] thanks to a last minute penalty. [[Japan national football team|Japan]], [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]], [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] and [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] have also come away with narrow 2-1 wins in recent times. In September 2007, Singapore almost took the scalp of [[Gulf Cup of Nations|Gulf Cup]] champions, [[UAE national football team|UAE]] but a late equaliser prevented a win for the Lions. In March 2008, [[Australia national football team|Australia]] became the latest victim when they failed to beat Singapore when the game ended in a goalless draw.
In the [[FIFA World Rankings]], Singapore is currently the number 3 ranked [[Southeast Asia]]n team behind [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]] and the number 20 in [[Asia]] (as of April 2008). Singapore was tagged as the [[Asian Football Confederation]]'s 'Mover of the Year' in 2005.
In January 2007, Singapore achieved a national record 11-0 win against [[Laos national football team|Laos]] in an ASEAN Football Championship match. [[Mohd Noh Alam Shah]] scored 7 goals in the match.
Singapore's main rival on the international stage is their geographical neighbour, [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]], and past matches between these two teams have produced much drama.
All of the players in the Singapore national football team currently play for club teams in Singapore's top professional league, the [[S.League]].
In recent years, Singapore has included several naturalised citizens in its team. Notable foreign-born citizens who have played for Singapore include [[Egmar Goncalves]] from [[Brazil]]; [[Mirko Grabovac]] from [[Croatia]] and [[Itimi Dickson]] from [[Nigeria]]. The current national team also consists of foreign-born citizens such as [[Daniel Bennett]] and [[John Wilkinson (Footballer)|John Wilkinson]] from [[England]]; [[Qiu Li]] and [[Shi Jiayi]] from [[China]]; [[Mustafic Fahrudin]] from [[Serbia]]; [[Precious Emuejeraye]] and [[Agu Casmir]] from [[Nigeria]]; and the [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]]n-born former [[Australia]]n [[Aleksander Duric]].
==History==
===1921 - 1994===
Between 1921 and 1994, the Football Association of Singapore entered a representative side in the [[Malaysia Cup]] and the [[Malaysian Super League|Malaysian League]]. While this was not the national team ''per se'' – and in 1980s and 1990s this team included some foreign players as permitted by Malaysian League rules – many Singapore football fans viewed the Malaysia Cup side as being the national team, and the team's exploits in the Malaysian competitions generally drew much more attention than Singapore's participation in other international tournaments. Up to 1994, Singapore won 24 Malaysia Cup titles and 2 Malaysian League titles.
After winning the Malaysia Cup and league double in 1994, the Football Association of Singapore withdrew from the Malaysian competitions following a dispute with the [[Football Association of Malaysia]] over gate receipts, and have not been involved since. Singapore subsequently launched its own professional league, the S.League, in 1996, and also began to put much more focus on the performance of its national team in international competitions.
===1995 - 1999===
With the local football scene still suffering from Malaysia Cup hangover, Singapore won the bronze medal in the 1995 [[Southeast Asian Games]], after crashing out in the semi-finals 1-0 to the hosts and eventual gold medalists, Thailand.
The national team then produced some uninspiring results as they crashed out in the group stages of the 1996 [[Tiger Cup]], which Singapore hosted.
The national team continued their jinx of missing out on the gold medal in the Southeast Asian Games in 1997, losing in the semi-finals again to [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]]. This time they also missed out on the bronze medal, when they lost out to [[Vietnam national football team|Vietnam]] 1-0 in the third-placing match.
However in the 1998 edition of the [[Tiger Cup]], against all odds, Singapore's team led by coach [[Barry Whitbread]] stormed through the group stages with victories over Malaysia and the [[Philippines national football team|Philippines]]. In the sem-finals, they beat Indonesia and subsequently edged out hosts Vietnam 1-0 in the final. This was the country's first ever international title.
===2000 - 2002===
[[Jan B. Poulsen]] who was part of the [[Denmark national football team|Danish]] backroom staff in the [[World Cup 1998|1998 World Cup]], was appointed the Technical Director of the [[Football Association of Singapore]] in 1999. However, due to poor results by Singapore in the 2000 [[Tiger Cup]], coach [[Vincent Subramaniam]] was sacked and Poulsen took over as coach in 2001.
2 points out of a possible 18 in the [[World Cup 2002]] qualifiers meant that Poulsen had to deliver in the 2002 Tiger Cup, which was to be held at home, in order to keep his job.
On 18 December 2002, Singapore faced arch-rivals Malaysia in their first game of the Tiger Cup. 40,000 home supporters watched in horror as Singapore crashed 4-0 to their northern neighbours. To this day, the loss remains a major stain on Singapore's international results. Singapore went on to win 2-1 over [[Laos national football team|Laos]], but a 1-1 draw in the final group game against Thailand wasn't enough to book a place in the knock-out stages.
Poulsen was sacked following the premature exit of the team from the tournament.
===2003 - present===
[[Radojko Avramovic]] took over as coach of the flailing and deflated Singapore national football team in 2003.
A string of wins in friendlies and a narrow 2-1 loss at home against [[Japan national football team|Japan]] were signs of the brighter future for Singapore under Avramovic.
Singapore started the [[2004 Tiger Cup]] as underdogs. Many brushed off the team's chances of even making it to the knockout stages. However, a hard-fought 1-1 draw in their first game against hosts Vietnam showed that Singapore meant business. Another draw against Indonesia meant that Singapore needed only to win against minnows [[Cambodia national football team|Cambodia]] and Laos to make it to the semi-finals. And they did just that with two thumping wins.
Singapore were drawn with another underdog, [[Myanmar national football team|Myanmar]], in the two-legged semi-finals. Singapore took a 4-3 away lead back home for the second leg. In the ill-tempered second leg, three Myanmar players were sent off and Singapore went on to win 4-2 (8-5 on aggregrate).
Singapore then won the two-legged final against Indonesia 3-1 in the first leg in [[Jakarta]], before winning 2-1 (5-2 on aggregrate) for the second leg in front of a 55,000-strong delirious home crowd. It was Singapore's second Tiger Cup title and there was more to come.
Avramovic then led Singapore into the 2007 [[Asian Cup]] qualifiers with a stunning 2-0 victory at home over much-fancied [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]], courtesy of goals from strikers [[Khairul Amri]] and [[Mohd Noh Alam Shah]]. However, Singapore failed to build on to this victory and then lost away to the much weaker team from [[Palestine national football team|Palestine]]. The Singapore then took on [[China national football team|China]] away in [[Tianjin]] and they held out till the 93rd minute, when then-captain [[Aide Iskandar]] conceded a penalty and [[Shao Jiayi]] of China dully converted the kick. China came to Singapore for the second meeting and the Singapore defence held out for a 0-0 draw. A subsequent 4-2 loss to Iraq dashed Singapore's hopes of qualifying for the Asian Cup. The Asian Cup qualifying campaign ended with a default 3-0 victory over Palestine as the war-torn country had troubles travelling to Singapore for the match.
For the [[2007 ASEAN Football Championship]] (previously known as the Tiger Cup), Singapore was drawn into a group similar to the one they had in the 2004 competition. The pressure was on for Singapore to deliver at home and they started their defence of the title with an uninspiring 0-0 draw with Vietnam. Singapore then trashed minnows Laos 11-0 to record their largest-ever win, gaining a precious 3 points and an unassailable goal difference. In the final group match, Singapore knocked Indonesia out of the tournament in a tight, fiercely fought 2-2 draw. Singapore met their northern rivals Malaysia in the semi-final. In the first leg, Singapore stole a 1-1 draw away in [[Shah Alam]]. In the second leg at Singapore's [[National Stadium, Singapore|National Stadium]], following another draw, Singapore beat Malaysia in a penalty shoot-out 5-4 following heroics from goalkeeper [[Lionel Lewis]] saving the final Malaysian spot kick from [[Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri]]. In the final against Thailand, Singapore won a controversial first leg at home 2-1, and the secured a 1-1 draw in [[Bangkok]] thanks to a late strike from [[Khairul Amri]] to retain the ASEAN Football Championship trophy.
On the [[24 June]] [[2007]], only 16 years 7 months and 5 days old, [[Hariss Harun]] became the youngest ever player to don the national jersey as he came on in the second half in a friendly against [[North Korea national football team|North Korea.]]
Singapore met [[Palestine national football team|Palestine]] in first round of the [[Football World Cup 2010|FIFA World Cup 2010]] [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|Asian Qualifying]]. Singapore won the first leg 4-0 away in Doha, Qatar thanks to a brace from [[Shi Jiayi]] plus goals from [[John Wilkinson (Footballer)|John Wilkinson]] and [[Mohd Noh Alam Shah|Noh Alam Shah]] gave Singapore a massive advantage going into the second leg at the [[National Stadium, Singapore|National Stadium]] on 28 October. However, the Palestinians did not turn up for the game, citing travel problems. Thus, [[FIFA]] awarded Singapore with a 3-0 win. Singapore was drawn with [[Tajikistan national football team|Tajikistan]] in the second round. In the first leg, Singapore's oldest debutant, 37-year-old [[Aleksandar Duric]] bagged a brace in his debut for the Lions.
On the [[9 November]] [[2007]], just hours before the kick off of the [[World Cup 2010]] qualifiers against [[Tajikistan national football team|Tajikistan]], then-captain of the national team, [[Aide Iskandar]] sensationally retired from international football, and by doing so, he handed down the skipper's armband to Indra.
Singapore won the corresponding fixture 2-0 and subsequently drew the return leg 1-1 on 18 November to progress to the group stage of the FIFA World Cup 2010 Asian Qualifying, where they were drawn against Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Uzbekistan. Singapore went into the third round with a genuine chance of advancing to the final group stage of the Asian qualifying section and were poised to give Uzbekistan a run for their money in the race for second place.
As part of the preparations for the World Cup Qualifiers, Singapore will be playing three friendlies with [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]], [[Oman national football team|Oman]] and [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]] on 24, 27 and 31 January 2008 respectively. In the first game, Singapore managed a 2-0 win over Kuwait thanks to [[Mustafic Fahrudin]] and [[Aleksandar Duric]].
Singapore kicked off their first ever World Cup Qualifiers in the Third Round inauspiciously by losing to one of Asia's big guns, [[Saudi national football team|Saudi Arabia]]. But the Lions then rallied back and defeated [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]] 2-0 on home ground with goals from [[Fazrul Nawaz]] and [[Aleksandar Duric]]. But after losing to [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]] 3-7 and 0-1, Singapore's chances of getting into the 4th Round of the qualifiers are slim although they are still mathematically in contention of qualifying.
Singapore were finally put out of the competition when they lost 2-0 to Saudi at home in a game that Singapore needed to win to stay in contention. In the end Singapore finished third in the group with six points from six games after defeating Lebanon 2-1 in [[Beirut]] in their final game.
==Under-23 Team==
Singapore uses a team made up of players who are aged 23 years old or below for competitions like the [[SEA Games]] and the [[Merdeka Cup]]. For competitions like the [[Olympics]] and the [[Asian Games]], an Under-23 team is also used but 3 senior players may also be included. The current Under-23 team is mostly comprised of senior national team players like [[Shahril Ishak]] and [[Khairul Amri]].
[[Image:SingaporeKit 01 till 06.jpg|thumb||150px| Used from 2001 - December 2006]] [[Image:SingaporeKitAseanCup.jpg|thumb||150px| Used from December 2006 - June 2007]] [[Image:SingaporeKiti.jpg|thumb||150px| Used from June 2007 - March 2008]] [[Image:Singapore08-10.jpg|thumb||150px| Used from March 2008 - Present]]
==Kits==
In modern times Singapore's kit has been supplied by [[Admiral (sportswear)|Admiral]], [[Puma AG|Puma]], [[Umbro]], [[Grand Sport]], and [[Tiger Beer|Tiger]]. In November 2006, just before the 2007 [[ASEAN Football Championship]] kicked off, [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] signed a year's deal of kit sponsorship worth SGD$1,000,000. Nike still supplies the kit for the Singapore national team as of now.
Singapore had initially worn sky blue shirts and shorts as their home kit. In the late 80's, The Lions adopted the national colours of red and white for their home kit while they kept blue as the colour for the away kit. This tradition stayed on through the 90's. However, in 2006, kit supplier, Nike reverted the national team's colours back to blue as its home kit and white as the change kit, for the 2007 [[ASEAN Football Championship]]. The move raised a few eyebrows since red had been the traditional colour for nearly two decades. But right after the ASEAN Football Championships, red was the colour again and it is still the colour of the national team jerseys as of now.
Before 2006, Singapore had been using the same kit for nearly 5 years, supplied by [[Tiger Beer|Tiger]] who had a tie-in with [[Diadora]]. Now with the team under sponsorship of American sportswear giant, Nike, the kits are expected to be changed every 2 years. The previous home kit (used during the 2007 [[ASEAN Football Championship]]) made its final appearance on [[4 February]], [[2007]] against [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]]. The current kit was first used on [[24 June]], [[2007]] against [[North Korea national football team|DPR Korea]]. The jersey has white trims at the edge of the sleeves and around the neck. Unlike most national teams which use the country's footballing association as a logo on the kit, the national flag of [[Singapore]] takes up the spot on the left chest instead while a white Nike logo is on the right chest and. This symmetry also applies to the away jersey. The numbering and lettering font and colour is the same as the previous two home jerseys.
On [[13 February]] [[2008]], a leaked photo from a photo shoot surfaced on the internet showing the unreleased kit showing national captain, [[Indra Sahdan Daud]] modelling the kit with [[Hariss Harun]]. The new kit was officially announced on [[20 March]] [[2008]], featuring tight-fit jerseys in the two traditional team colours: Atom red for the home games and Marina blue for the away matches. The kit will was worn for the first time by the national team in the International Friendly against Australia in preparation for the World Cup 2010 qualifier home game against [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]] on [[26 March]] [[2008]]<ref>[http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sportsnews/view/336320/1/.html Channelnewsasia.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.
==Home stadium==
Before the [[National Stadium, Singapore|Kallang National Stadium]] was opened in 1973, from 1932, [[Jalan Besar Stadium]] hosted all home games of Singapore's representative side's which participated in the [[Malaysia Cup]].
On the 11th of April 1953, Singapore played its first international game, hosting [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] in a friendly that Singapore lost 3-2 at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Jalan Besar Stadium continued to host Singapore's Malaysia Cup and international matches till the 55,000 capacity [[National Stadium, Singapore|Kallang National Stadium]] opened in 1973. From then on, all of Singapore's representative side's home games in the Malaysia Cup and the national team home matches were played at the Kallang National Stadium.
However, the National Stadium was slated for demolishment in early 2007 to make way for the new [[Singapore Sports Hub]] which was to be completed in 2011. Singapore played [[Australia national football team|Australia]] in what was supposedly the last game ever to be played at that stadium. However, due to some delays caused by the addition of new plans for the Singapore Sports Hub, the National Stadium continued to host more of the Singapore's matches. Since the supposed 'last game', the stadium has hosted 5 more matches, and it was also be the venue for 2 more [[World Cup 2010]] qualifier matches which was played in June 2008.
The stadium was finally closed once and for all after the World Cup 2010 qualifier game against [[Saudi national football team|Saudi Arabia]]. Singapore is slated to play all of their future matches at the Jalan Besar Stadium, although they are possibilities of having the [[Marina Bay Floating Stadium]] as a venue for home games, provided [[FIFA]] gives Singapore the green light once the the artificial turf of that stadium passes the lab testing from FIFA officials.
From the start of 2004, Singapore has played its home matches in 4 different stadiums all over Singapore.
* [[National Stadium, Singapore|Kallang National Stadium]] - 24
* [[Jalan Besar Stadium]] - 7
* [[Choa Chu Kang Stadium]] - 1
* [[Jurong West Stadium]] - 1
<small>*figures correct as of July 12 2008</small>
[[Image:Adasdss.jpg|thumb|center|400px|View from the Marina Bay Floating Stadium Grandstand]]
==World Cup Record==
* [[Football World Cup 1930|1930]] to [[Football World Cup 1974|1974]] - ''Did not enter''
* [[Football World Cup 1978|1978]] to [[Football World Cup 2010|2010]] - ''Did not qualify''
==Asian Cup Record==
* [[Asian Cup 1956|1956]] - ''Did not enter''
* [[Asian Cup 1960|1960]] - ''Did not qualify''
* [[Asian Cup 1964|1964]] - ''Did not enter''
* [[Asian Cup 1968|1968]] - ''Did not qualify''
* [[Asian Cup 1972|1972]] - ''Did not enter''
* [[Asian Cup 1976|1976]] - ''Did not qualify''
* [[Asian Cup 1980|1980]] - ''Did not qualify''
* [[Asian Cup 1984|1984]] - Round 1
* [[Asian Cup 1988|1988]] - ''Did not enter''
* [[Asian Cup 1992|1992]] to [[Asian Cup 2007|2007]] - ''Did not qualify''
==ASEAN Football Championship Record==
This competition was formerly known as the [[Tiger Cup]]
* [[1996 Tiger Cup|1996]] - Group Stage
* [[1998 Tiger Cup|1998]] - '''Champions'''
* [[2000 Tiger Cup|2000]] - Group Stage
* [[2002 Tiger Cup|2002]] - Group Stage
* [[2004 Tiger Cup|2004]] - '''Champions'''
* [[2007 ASEAN Football Championship|2007]] - '''Champions'''
==Asian Games Record (Under-23 Team Since 2002)==
* 1951 - Did Not Enter
* 1954 - Eliminated at Group Stage
* 1958 - Eliminated at Group Stage
* 1962 - Did Not Enter
* 1966 - 4th Position
* 1970 - Did Not Enter
* 1974 - Did Not Enter
* 1978 - Did Not Enter
* 1982 - Did Not Enter
* 1986 - Did Not Enter
* 1990 - Eliminated at Group Stage
* 1994 - Did Not Enter
* 1998 - Did Not Enter
* 2002 - Did Not Enter
* 2006 - Eliminated in Preliminary Round
==SEA Games Record (Under-23 Team since 2001)==
* [[1959 SEA Games|1959]] - Did Not Enter
* [[1961 SEA Games|1961]] - Did Not Enter
* [[1963 SEA Games|1963]] - Cancelled
* [[1965 SEA Games|1965]] - Eliminated at Preliminary Round
* [[1967 SEA Games|1967]] - Did Not Enter
* [[1969 SEA Games|1969]] - NA
* [[1971 SEA Games|1971]] - Eliminated at Group Stage
* [[1973 SEA Games|1973]] - 4th Position
* [[1975 SEA Games|1975]] - Bronze Medallists
* [[1977 SEA Games|1977]] - Eliminated at Group Stage
* [[1979 SEA Games|1979]] - Eliminated at Preliminary Round
* [[1981 SEA Games|1981]] - 4th Position
* [[1983 SEA Games|1983]] - Silver Medallists
* [[1985 SEA Games|1985]] - Silver Medallists
* [[1987 SEA Games|1987]] - Eliminated at Group Stage
* [[1989 SEA Games|1989]] - Silver Medallists
* [[1991 SEA Games|1991]] - Bronze Medallists
* [[1993 SEA Games|1993]] - Bronze Medallists
* [[1995 SEA Games|1995]] - Bronze Medallists
* [[1997 SEA Games|1997]] - 4th Position
* [[1999 SEA Games|1999]] - 4th Position
* [[2001 SEA Games|2001]] - Eliminated at Group Stage
* [[2003 SEA Games|2003]] - Eliminated at Group Stage
* [[2005 SEA Games|2005]] - Eliminated at Group Stage
* [[2007 SEA Games|2007]] - Bronze Medallists
==Singapore Squad==
===Latest squad===
[[Image:SingaporeNationalFootballTeamvsLebanon.jpg|thumb||300px| Singapore lines up before the game against Lebanon]]
For the friendly against [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]] and the [[World Cup 2010]] qualifying round 3 games, against [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]], [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]] and [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]]
{| class="infobox" style="font-size: 75%"
! bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|Most Recent Squad
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Date announced
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[May 15]] [[2008]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Game(s)
|colspan="2" valign="top"|{{fb|Bahrain}}, [[28 May]] [[2008]], <br />
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|
|colspan="2" valign="top"|{{fb|Uzbekistan}}, [[2 June]] and [[7 June]] [[2008]], <br />
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|
|colspan="2" valign="top"|{{fb|Saudi Arabia}}, [[14 June]] [[2008]], <br />
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|
|colspan="2" valign="top"|{{fb|Lebanon}}, [[22 June]] [[2008]], <br />
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Venue{s}
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Singapore]]<br />
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Uzbekistan]]<br />
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Lebanon]]<br />
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Competitions
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[World Cup 2010]] qualifiers <br />
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Dropped
|valign="top"| [[Faizal Hamid]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Injured
|valign="top"| [[Hariss Harun]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Called Up
|valign="top"| [[Afiq Yunos]], [[Shaiful Esah]], [[Qiu Li]]
|-
!align="left" valign="top"|Pulled Out
|valign="top"|
|-
|-
|-
|}
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;Goalkeepers
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!DOB
!Club
!Caps (goals)
!Debut
|-
| [[Jasper Chan]] || [[November 7]] [[1988]]|| {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Young Lions (Singapore football team)|Young Lions]] || Uncapped || N/A
|-
| [[Lionel Lewis]] || [[December 16]] [[1982]]|| {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Home United]] || 55 (0) || v [[Maldives national football team|Maldives]], [[9 April]] [[2002]]
|-
| [[Hassan Sunny]] || [[April 2]] [[1984]]|| {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Tampines Rovers]] || 16 (0) || v [[India national football team|India]], [[18 February]] [[2004]]
|-
|}
;Defenders
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=17%|Name
!width=16%|DOB
!width=18%|Club
!width=13%|Caps (goals)
!width=35%|Debut
|-
| [[Precious Emuejeraye]] || [[March 21]] [[1983]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Gombak United]] <br /> || 38 (0) || v [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]], [[26 January]] [[2006]]
|-
| [[Daniel Bennett]] || [[January 7]] [[1978]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[SAFFC]] <br /> || 74 (6) || v [[Philippines national football team|Philippines]], [[11 November]] [[2002]]
|-
| [[Baihakki Khaizan]] || [[January 31]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Young Lions (Singapore football team)|Young Lions]] <br /> || 58 (1) || v [[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]], [[4 August]] [[2003]]
|-
| [[Ismail Yunos]] || [[October 24]] [[1986]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Young Lions (Singapore football team)|Young Lions]] || 6 (0) || v [[Vietnam national football team|Vietnam]], [[28 December]] [[2006]]
|-
| [[Juma'at Jantan]] || [[February 23]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Home United]] || 7 (0) || v [[Cambodia national football team|Cambodia]], [[11 October]] [[2005]]
|-
| [[Sevki Sha'ban]] || [[May 2]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Gombak United]] || 1 (0) || [[Vietnam national football team|Vietnam]], [[28 December]] [[2001]]
|-
| [[Noh Rahman]] || [[August 2]] [[1980]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Geylang United]] <br /> || 57 (0) || v [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]], [[27 January]] [[2001]]
|-
| [[Shariff Abdul Samat]] || [[14 January]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Tampines Rovers]] <br /> || Uncapped || N/A
|-
| [[Afiq Yunos]] || [[12 October]] [[1990]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Young Lions (Singapore football team)|Young Lions]] <br /> || Uncapped || N/A
|-
| [[Shaiful Esah]] || [[26 May]] [[1986]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[SAFFC]] <br /> || Uncapped || N/A
|-
|-
|}
;Midfielders
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=17%|Name
!width=16%|DOB
!width=18%|Club
!width=13%|Caps (goals)
!width=35%|Debut
|-
| [[Hariss Harun]] || [[19 November]] [[1990]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Young Lions (Singapore football team)|Young Lions]] <br /> || 6 (0) || v [[North Korea national football team|DPR Korea]], [[24 June]] [[2007]]
|-
| [[Shahril Ishak]] || [[23 January]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Home United]] <br /> || 61 (5) || v [[Maldives national football team|Maldives]], [[4 March]] [[2003]]
|-
| [[Shi Jiayi]] || [[2 September]] [[1983]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Home United]] <br /> || 34 (2) || v [[Cambodia national football team|Cambodia]], [[27 January]] [[2001]]
|-
| [[John Wilkinson (Singaporean footballer)|John Wilkinson]] || [[August 24]] [[1979]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[SAFFC]] <br /> || 17 (3) || v [[North Korea national football team|DPR Korea]], [[24 June]] [[2007]]
|-
| [[Ridhuan Muhammad]] || [[May 6]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Tampines Rovers]] <br /> || 42 (3) || v [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]], [[19 November]] [[2003]]
|-
| [[Mustafic Fahrudin]] || [[April 17]] [[1981]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Tampines Rovers]] <br /> || 37 (4) || v [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]], [[26 January]] [[2006]]
|-
| [[Isa Halim]] || [[May 15]] [[1986]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Young Lions (Singapore football team)|Young Lions]] <br /> || 21 (0) || v [[Cambodia national football team|Cambodia]], [[11 October]] [[2005]]
|-
|}
;Strikers
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=17%|Name
!width=16%|DOB
!width=18%|Club
!width=13%|Caps (goals)
!width=35%|Debut
|-
| [[Indra Sahdan Daud]] || [[March 5]] [[1979]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Home United]] <br /> || 96 (24) || v [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]], [[26 April]] [[1997]]
|-
| [[Khairul Amri]] || [[March 14]] [[1985]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Young Lions (Singapore football team)|Young Lions]] <br /> || 51 (8) || v [[Oman national football team|Oman]], [[9 June]] [[2004]]
|-
| [[Fazrul Nawaz]] || [[April 17]] [[1985]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Geylang United]] <br /> || 29 (2) || v [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]], [[4 June]] [[2005]]
|-
| [[Aleksandar Duric]] || [[August 12]] [[1970]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[SAFFC]] <br /> || 12 (5) || v [[Tajikistan national football team|Tajikistan]], [[9 November]] [[2007]]
|-
| [[Qiu Li]] || [[June 6]] [[1981]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Tampines Rovers]] <br /> || 4 (0) || v [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]], [[28 May]] [[2008]]
|-
|}
<small>*caps and goals are correct as of Saturday, 14 June 2008 </small>
====Recent callups====
The following players have also been called up to the Singapore squad within the last twelve months:
;Goalkeepers
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=22%|Name
!width=15%|DOB
!width=19%|Club
!width=8%|Caps (goals)
!width=19%|Debut
!width=19%|Most recent callup
|-
| [[Zaiful Nizam]] || [[July 24]] [[1987]] || {{flagicon|SGP}} [[No Club]] || Uncapped || NA || v [[North Korea national football team|DPR Korea]] / [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi]] / [[Australia national football team|Australia]] <br /> <small> June 2007 </small>
|-
|}
;Defenders
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=22%|Name
!width=15%|DOB
!width=19%|Club
!width=8%|Caps (goals)
!width=19%|Debut
!width=19%|Most recent callup
|-
| [[Faizal Hamid]] || [[September 9]] [[1981]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Gombak United]] <br /> || 7 (0) || v [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]], [[4 September]] [[2004]] || v [[Tajikistan national football team|Tajikistan]] <br /><small> November 2007 </small>
|-
| [[Aide Iskandar]](Retired) || [[October 28]] [[1975]] || {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Geylang United]] || 120 (0) || v [[Myanmar national football team|Myanmar]]
<br /> <small> [[28 December]] [[2006]] </small>
|| v [[Tajikistan national football team]]
<br /><small> November 2007 </small>
|-
| [[Hafiz Osman]] || [[February 15]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|SGP}} [[SAFFC]] || 6 (0) || [[Laos national football team|Laos]] <br /> <small> [[15 January]] [[2007]] </small>
|| v [[North Korea national football team|DPR Korea]] / [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi]] / [[Australia national football team|Australia]]
<br /><small> June 2007 </small>
|-
| [[Shahril Alias]] || [[May 14]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Home United]] || Uncapped || NA || v [[North Korea national football team|DPR Korea]] / [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi]] / [[Australia national football team|Australia]] <br /><small> June 2007 </small>
|-
|}
;Midfielders
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=22%|Name
!width=15%|DOB
!width=19%|Club
!width=8%|Caps (goals)
!width=19%|Debut
!width=19%|Most recent callup
|-
| [[Itimi Dickson]] || [[November 14]] [[1983]] || {{flagicon|INA}} [[Persitara]] || 24 || 1 || v [[North Korea national football team|DPR Korea]] / [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi]] / [[Australia national football team|Australia]] <br /><small> June 2007 </small>
|-
| [[Erwan Gunawan]] || [[March 20]] [[1987]] || {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Young Lions (Singapore football team)|Young Lions]] || Uncapped || NA || v [[North Korea national football team|DPR Korea]] / [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi]] / [[Australia national football team|Australia]] <br /><small> June 2007 </small>
|-
| [[Ridhwan Jamaludin]] || [[January 22]] [[1985]] || {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Home United]] || Uncapped || NA || v [[North Korea national football team|DPR Korea]] / [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi]] / [[Australia national football team|Australia]] <br /><small> June 2007 </small>
|-
| [[Tengku Mushadad]] || [[November 17]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Young Lions (Singapore football team)|Young Lions]] || 5 (0) || [[Japan national football team|Japan]] <small><br /> [[28 December]] [[2004]] </small> || v [[North Korea national football team|DPR Korea]] / [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi]] / [[Australia national football team|Australia]] <br /> <small> June 2007 </small>
|-
| [[Goh Swee Swee]] || [[June 2]] [[1986]] || {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Home United]] || Uncapped || NA || v [[North Korea national football team|DPR Korea]] / [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi]] / [[Australia national football team|Australia]] <br /><small> June 2007 </small>
|-
|-
|}
;Strikers
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=22%|Name
!width=15%|DOB
!width=19%|Club
!width=8%|Caps (goals)
!width=19%|Debut
!width=19%|Most recent callup
|-
| [[Agu Casmir]] || [[March 22]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[PDRM FA]] <br /> || 22 (7) || v [[Norway national football team|Norway]] <small><br /> [[28 January]] [[2004]] </small> || v [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]] <br /> <small> February 2008 </small>
|-
| [[Mohd Noh Alam Shah]] || [[September 3]] [[1980]] || {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[PDRM FA]] <br /> || 62 (24) || v [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] <small><br /> [[28 December]] [[1999]] </small> || v [[Tajikistan national football team|Tajikistan]] <br /> <small> November 2007 </small>
|-
| [[Ashrin Shariff]] || [[October 10]] [[1982]] || {{flagicon|SGP}} [[SAFFC]] || 12 (1) || [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] <small><br /> [[12 July]] [[2004]] </small> || v [[North Korea national football team|DPR Korea]] / [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi]] / [[Australia national football team|Australia]] <br /> <small> June 2007 </small>
|-
| [[Masrezwan Masturi]] || [[October 17]] [[1981]] || {{flagicon|SGP}} [[SAFFC]] || 17 (1) || [[North Korea national football team|DPR Korea]] <small><br /> [[7 February]] [[2002]] </small> || v [[North Korea national football team|DPR Korea]] / [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi]] / [[Australia national football team|Australia]] <br /> <small> June 2007 </small>
|-
|}
===Previous squads===
* [[ASEAN Football Championship squads#Singapore|Tiger Cup 1998]]
* [[ASEAN Football Championship squads#Singapore 2|Tiger Cup 2004]]
* [[AFF Football Championship squads#Singapore 3|Tiger Cup 2006/2007]]
===Backroom staff===
{|
|-
|'''Head Coach'''|| {{flagicon|SER}} [[Radojko Avramović]]
|-
|'''Assistant Coach'''|| vacant
|-
|'''Team Manager'''|| {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Eugene Loo]]
|-
|'''Goalkeeping Coach'''|| {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Lee Bee Seng]]
|-
|'''Goalkeeping Coach'''|| {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Koh Chuan Wee]]
|-
|'''Goalkeeping Coach'''|| {{flagicon|SGP}} [[K.Krishnan]]
|-
|'''Fitness Coach'''|| {{flagicon|SER}} [[Aleksandar Bozenko]]
|-
|'''Physiotherapist'''|| {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Yeo Hwee Koon]]
|- valign=top
|rowspan=3|'''Masseurs'''|| {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Audrey Lim]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Sheik Abdullah Ismail]]
|}
==Player History==
===Famous Players===
===1970s===
* [[Dollah Kassim]]
* [[Quah Kim Song]]
* [[Samad Allapitchay]]
* [[Mohd Noh]]
* [[Eric Paine]]
* [[Edmund Wee]]
* [[S Rajagopal]]
===1980s and 1990s===
* [[Fandi Ahmad]]
* [[Malek Awab]]
* [[David Lee (Singaporean footballer)|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]]
* [[Kadir Yahya]]
* [[Yahya Madon]]
* [[Razali Saad]]
* Abdul Malek
===2000s===
* [[Lionel Lewis]]
* [[S Subramani]]
* [[Aide Iskandar]]
* [[Daniel Bennett]]
* [[Baihakki Khaizan]]
* [[Goh Tat Chuan]]
* [[Shahril Ishak]]
* [[Itimi Dickson]]
* [[Mohd Noh Alam Shah]]
* [[Indra Sahdan Daud]]
* [[Agu Casmir]]
* [[Khairul Amri]]
* [[Mustafic Fahrudin]]
* [[Egmar Goncalves]]
* [[Mirko Grabovac]]
===Singapore captains===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Player
!Reign
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Indra Sahdan Daud]]
|2007-present
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Aide Iskandar]]
|2003- 2007
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Nazri Nasir]]
|1997-2003
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[David Lee (Singaporean footballer)|David Lee]]
|1997
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Fandi Ahmad]]
|1993-1997
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Razali Saad]]
|1993
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Terry Pathmanathan]]
|1990-1992
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Razali Saad]]
|1986-88
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Malek Awab]]
|1985-1986
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Au Yeong Pak Kuan]]
|1981-1984
|-
|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Lee Kok Seng]]
|1954-1965
|}
===Singapore Head-Coaches===
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Head-Coach
!Reign
!Played
!Won
!Drawn
!Lost
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{sortname|Radojko|Avramovic}}
|2003 -
|67
|24
|18
|25
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{sortname|Jan B.|Poulsen}}
|2000 - 2002
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{sortname|Vincent|Subramaniam}}
|1998 - 2000
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{sortname|Barry|Whitbread}}
|1996 - 1998
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{sortname|Douglas|Moore|Douglas Moore (footballer)}}
|1994 - 1996
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{sortname|Ken|Worden}}
|1994
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{sortname|PN|Sivaji}}
|1992 - 1994
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{sortname|Milous|Kvacek}}
|1992
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{sortname|Robin|Chan}}
|1990 - 1992
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{sortname|Jita|Singh}}
|1988-1989
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{sortname|Poh Leong|Seah}}
|1986 - 1988
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{sortname|Hussein|Aljunied}}
|1984-1986
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{sortname|Yong Liang| Lim}}
|19?? - 1984
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|{{sortname|Seng Quee| Choo}}
|19?? - 19??
|
|
|
|-
|}
==See also==
* [[Football Association of Singapore]]
* [[Young Lions (Singapore football team)|Young Lions]]
* [[Singapore women's national football team]]
* [[Singapore M-League Team]]
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
* [http://www.fas.org.sg Football Association of Singapore website]
* [http://www.sleague.com S.League official website]
* [http://kallangroar.com Singapore's premier football community]
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| years = [[2004/2007 Tiger Cup|2004-07]] (3rd title)
| after = Incumbent
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