Nickname(s) | Young Lions | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Association | Football Association of Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Captain | Al-Qaasimy Rahman | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Home stadium | Jalan Besar Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
FIFA code | SIN | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Appearances | 8 (first in 2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | Third Place (2007, 2009, 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Singapore national under-23 football team
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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).
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.
The under-23 football team was formed to represent Singapore in the Southeast Asian Games since 2001.
In 2013, 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.
However, with the resignation of V. Sundramoorthy a few months later, Aide took over the reins of the Singapore national under-23 football team in October 2013. He guided the team to a third placing at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games.
In the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, the under-23 football team has failed to advance into the semi-finals. Aide then consequently resigned as coach of the national under-23 football team.
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