Singapore national under-22 football team


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

History

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.

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.
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.
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

Group E Final Standings

Players

The following players were called up for the 2019 SEA Games.

Recent call-ups

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

2012

2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification

2015

Friendly
2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

2016

Friendly

2017

Friendly
Dubai International Cup
2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
2017 Southeast Asian Games

2019

Friendly
2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
2019 Merlion Cup
2019 Southeast Asian Games