Singapore women's national football team

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)

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.

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	1GK	Noor Kusumawati bte Mohammad Rosman	(1990-09-29) 29 September 1990	34		Warriors FC
22	1GK	Beatrice Tan Li Bin	(1992-06-29) 29 June 1992	4		Tanjong Pagar United FC
23	1GK	Pamela Kong Zi En	(1991-08-05) 5 August 1991	1		Still Aerion

2	2DF	Dhaniyah Qasimah	(2004-07-07) 7 July 2004	6		GDT Circuit FC
5	2DF	Siti Rosnani	(1997-05-22) 22 May 1997	27		Home United
6	2DF	Nur Farhanah Ruhaizat	(1998-07-26) 26 July 1998	16		Tanjong Pagar United FC FC
14	2DF	Suria Priya d/o Vaatharaja	(1991-05-27) 27 May 1991	21		Curtin University FC
15	2DF	Umairah Hamdan	(2002-03-11) 11 March 2002	10	0	Tampines-Changkat CSC
16	2DF	Nur Syazwani Ruzi	(2001-12-20) 20 December 2001	6	0	Still Aerion FC
24	2DF	Mira Ruzana	(2001-01-06) 6 January 2001	0		Still Aerion FC

7	3MF	Lim Li Xian	(1996-11-24) 24 November 1996	25		Warriors FC
10	3MF	Nur Izzati Rosni	(1999-05-24) 24 May 1999	10		Still Aerion FC
12	3MF	Ho Huixin	(1992-04-23) 23 April 1992	4		Home United
13	3MF	Ernie Sulastri	(1988-11-24) 24 November 1988	32		Home United
18	3MF	Faradila Rafidi	(1998-10-15) 15 October 1998	4		Still Aerion FC
19	3MF	Danelle Tan	(2004-10-25) 25 October 2004	3	1	Still Aerion FC
20	3MF	Dorcas Chu	(2002-07-29) 29 July 2002	4		Warriors FC
21	3MF	Venetia Lim	(2003-10-14) 14 October 2003	2		Still Aerion FC

4	4FW	Stephanie Gigette A Dominguez	(1998-09-27) 27 September 1998	13		Still Aerion FC
7	4FW	Chris Yip-Au Hew Seem	(1992-04-05) 5 April 1992	17		Monaro Panthers FC
8	4FW	Sitianiwati Rosielin	(1997-05-26) 26 May 1997	20		Warriors FC
9	4FW	Raudhah Kamis	(1999-03-04) 4 March 1999	19		Tiong Bahru FC
11	4FW	Zuni Ha	(1993-05-15) 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	Did Not Qualify								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