Singapore women's national football team

The Singapore women's national football team represents the city-state of Singapore in international women's football and is organised by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), the governing body for football in Singapore.

Singapore

Nickname(s)	The Lionesses
Association	Football Association of Singapore
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	K. Balagumaran
Captain	Kusumawati Rosman
Home stadium	Jalan Besar Stadium
FIFA code	SIN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	NR (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest	82 (December 2009)
Lowest	148 (September 2015)
First international
Thailand 6–0 Singapore  (Bangkok, Thailand; 1 January 1986)
Biggest win
Singapore 6–0 Maldives  (Thailand; 19 February 2007)
Biggest defeat
North Korea 24–0 Singapore  (Thailand; 6 December 2001)

History

Beginnings

Women's football has become more popular since FAS took them 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.

In 2005, the country was one of seven teams that included Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia, East Timor, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and Singapore, that were expected to field a women's football team to compete at the Asian Games in Marikina in December.[2]

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.

Team image

Nicknames

The Singapore women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Lionesses".

Home stadium

The Singapore women's national football team plays their home matches on the Jalan Besar Stadium.

Results and fixtures

• Source: Singapore Women’s Results at fas.org.sg (in English)

• The following is a list of matches in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of December 2020

Position	Name
Team manager	Julie Teo Chwee Lian
Head coach	K. Balagumaran
Assistant coach	Chen Caiying
Goalkeeping coach	Kenny Loh
Physiotherapist	Herath Mudiyanselage Indika Sukitha Kumar
Equipment manager	Ervianti binte Mohamed Posari
Technical advisor	Hesterine de Reus

Players

• Source: Singapore Women’s Players at fas.org.sg (in English)

Current squad

• The following players were named for the 2019 AFF Women's Championship.

• Caps and goals correct as of 23 August 2019 after the match against  Philippines.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Noor Kusumawati bte Mohammad Rosman	29 September 1990	34		Warriors FC
22	GK	Beatrice Tan Li Bin	29 June 1992	4		Tanjong Pagar United FC
23	GK	Pamela Kong Zi En	5 August 1991	1		Still Aerion
2	DF	Dhaniyah Qasimah	7 July 2004	6		GDT Circuit FC
5	DF	Siti Rosnani	22 May 1997	27		Home United
6	DF	Nur Farhanah Ruhaizat	26 July 1998	16		Tanjong Pagar United FC FC
14	DF	Suria Priya d/o Vaatharaja	27 May 1991	21		Curtin University FC
15	DF	Umairah Hamdan	11 March 2002	10	0	Tampines-Changkat CSC
16	DF	Nur Syazwani Ruzi	20 December 2001	6	0	Still Aerion FC
24	DF	Mira Ruzana	6 January 2001	0		Still Aerion FC
7	MF	Lim Li Xian	24 November 1996	25		Warriors FC
10	MF	Nur Izzati Rosni	24 May 1999	10		Still Aerion FC
12	MF	Ho Huixin	23 April 1992	4		Home United
13	MF	Ernie Sulastri	24 November 1988	32		Home United
18	MF	Faradila Rafidi	15 October 1998	4		Still Aerion FC
19	MF	Danelle Tan	25 October 2004	3	1	Still Aerion FC
20	MF	Dorcas Chu	29 July 2002	4		Warriors FC
21	MF	Venetia Lim	14 October 2003	2		Still Aerion FC
4	FW	Stephanie Gigette A Dominguez	27 September 1998	13		Still Aerion FC
7	FW	Chris Yip-Au Hew Seem	5 April 1992	17		Monaro Panthers FC
8	FW	Sitianiwati Rosielin	26 May 1997	20		Warriors FC
9	FW	Raudhah Kamis	4 March 1999	19		Tiong Bahru FC
11	FW	Zuni Ha	15 May 1993	7		Tiong Bahru FC

Recent call-ups

• The following players have also been called up to the Singapore squad in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Records

Individual records

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players # Player Year(s) Caps

Top goalscorers # Player Year(s) Goals Caps

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Finals record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD		GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1996	Did Not Qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		No Qualification Tournament; teams selected by FIFA to take part
2000	Did Not Qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	Did Not Qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		3	0	0	3	0	15	−15
2008	Did Not Qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		3	1	0	2	6	8	−2
2012 to 2016	Did Not Enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2020		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	0/5	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	0	5	6	23	−17

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Finals record										Qualification record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD		GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1975	Group Stage	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6		No Qualification Tournament
1977	Third Place	4	2	0	2	3	5	−2
1979	Did Not Enter
1981	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3
1983	Fourth Place	6	3	1	2	12	5	+7
1986 to 1989	Did Not Enter
1991	Group Stage	4	0	0	4	0	21	−21
1993 to 1999	Did Not Enter
2001	Group Stage	4	1	0	3	2	47	−45
2003	Group Stage	4	0	0	4	0	24	−24
2006	Did Not Qualify									3	0	1	2	0	7	−7
2008										2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
2010 to 2014[3]	Did Not Enter									–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2018	Did Not Qualify									4	1	0	3	1	20	−19
2022	To Be Determined									To Be Determined
Total	7/19	27	7	1	19	21	115	−94		9	2	1	6	2	29	−27

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games

Finals record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1951 to 1986	No competition	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1990 to 2018	Did Not Enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2022		–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

AFF Women's Championship

AFF Women's Championship record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
2004	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6
2006	Did not enter
2007	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13
2008		3	0	0	3	1	15	−14
2011		3	0	0	3	2	17	−15
2012		3	0	0	3	2	28	−26
2013 to 2015	Did not enter
2016	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	24	-24
2018		4	0	1	3	0	20	-20
2019		4	0	0	4	1	18	–17
Total	8/11	26	1	1	21	9	144	−135

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Southeast Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1985	Runners-up	3	1	0	1	2	6	−4
1995	5th	4	0	0	4	1	9	−8
1997	Did not enter
2001	Group Stage	2	0	1	1	0	6	−6
2003	Group Stage	2	0	0	3	0	5	−5
2005 to 2019	Did not enter
Total	4/9	11	1	1	8	3	26	−23

See also

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
2. Tandoc Jr., Edson C. (13 April 2005). "Tourism boost for Marikina". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
3. "Singapore women's team set to miss 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup". Goal.com. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.

External links

• Singapore women's national football team – official website at fas.org.sg (in English)
• FIFA profile