The starting lineup for Singapore against Timor Leste. (Photo: FAS Facebook)

The Singapore U-19 starting lineup against Timor Leste, a game which Singapore lost 0-2. Back row (L-R): Adib (#21), Joshua Pereira (#4), Lionel Tan (#3), Amer (#13), Amiruldin (#9), Nasrul (#6). Front row (L-R): Akhbar (#22), Pashia (#11), Syahrul (#15), Gareth Low (#8), Rusyaidi (#2). (Photo: FAS Facebook)

Hanoi, Vietnam, September 11-19, 2016 — The Singapore national under-19 team lost 0-2 to Timor Leste and failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Under-19 Championship.

Singapore’s sole win came against the Philippines (2-1) but a 0-0 draw with Vietnam, together with losses to Timor Leste and Malaysia (1-2), knocked them out.

The 23-strong Singapore U-19 squad had an average age of 18.

Vietnam beat Timor Leste (4-1), the Philippines (4-3), and Malaysia (3-1) to top their group. Timor Leste qualified for the semi-finals after finishing second behind Vietnam with wins over Singapore, the Philippines (2-1), and Malaysia (3-2).

Thailand and Australia qualified for the semi-finals from the other group, with Thailand’s 5-1 win over Australia the eye-catching result. Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and Indonesia were the other teams in the group.

A Singapore U-14 team took part in the AFC U-14 Regional Festival of Football in July 2016. Singapore drew 3-3 with Brunei but lost to Thailand (1-10), Myanmar (1-6), and Vietnam (0-8).

That same month, a Singapore U-16 squad took part in the AFF U-16 Championship. Singapore U-16s beat Philippines 3-1 but lost all their other matches to Myanmar (1-4), Malaysia (0-2), Australia (2-6), and Vietnam (0-3).

In 13 matches played in 2016 to date, Singapore national age-group football teams – the U-14s, U-16s, and U-19s – amassed a record of 2 wins, 2 draws, 9 losses.

In those 13 matches, the Singapore teams scored a total of 14 goals and conceded 48.

In the last 10 years, Singapore age-group football teams won 25.6 percent of 125 matches played, losing 52 percent of the time. They scored a total of 172 goals and conceded 242.

Singapore U-19 Roster for AFF U-19 Championship 2016
name (age, position, team)
Ahmad Fadly bin Mohamed Tamiri (19, GK, Tampines)
Muhammad Adib Nur Hakim bin Azahari (18, GK, NFA U18)
Muhammad Zharfan bin Rohaizad (19, GK, Young Lions)
Muhamad Rusyaidi bin Salime (18, DF, Young Lions)
Muhammad Amer Hakeen bin Mohamad Nazri (17, DF, NFA U18)
Muhammad Amirul Hakim bin Onn (18, DF, NFA U18)
Muhammad Syahrul bin Sazali (18, DF, NFA U18)
Muhammed Shafie bin Muliantoh (19, DF, Tampines Rovers)
Muhd Zulkhair bin Mustaffa (18, DF, Balestier Khalsa)
Shaqi bin Sulaiman (17, DF, Home United)
Lionel Tan Han Wei (19, DF, Home United)
Muhammad Ariyan bin Shamsuddin Malik (19, DF/MF, Tampines Rovers)
Chan Zhi Wei Jordan (18, MF, NFA U18)
Low Jun Kit, Gareth (19, MF, Young Lions)
Mohamed Nasrul bin Mohamed Taib (18, MF, Home United)
Muhaad Hami Syahin bin Said (17, MF, Young Lions)
Muhammad Zulqarnaen bin Suliman (18, MF, NFA U18)
Joshua Bernard Pereira (18, MF, Young Lions)
Saifullah bin Mohd Akhbar (17, MF, Tampines Rovers)
Andin Addie Dyayady bin Agustino Saman (19, FW, Tampines Rovers)
Haiqal Pashia Anugrah (17, FW, NFA U18)
Muhammad Amiruldin Asraf bin Muhammad Nodin (19, FW, Home United)
Naufal bin Azman (18, FW, NFA U18)

Singapore U-14 Roster for AFC U-14 Festival of Football 2016
name (age, position, team)
Dylan Christopher Goh Hsien Chun (14, GK, Singapore Sports School)
Ong Yew Keong, Nicholas (14, GK, Tanjong Katong Secondary School)
Jubilant Chew Jin Kai (14,, DF, St. Joseph’s Institution)
Mohamad Naufal Ilham Bin Mohamad Ismail (13, DF, Singapore Sports School)
Muhamad Saif Ali Bin Muhamad Zameer Ali (13, DF, Geylang Methodist Secondary School)
Muhammad Badrul Amin Bin Noh (14, DF, Singapore Sports School)
Suriya Balakrishnan (14, DF, Singapore Sports School)
Tan Shern, Ryan (14, DF, Singapore Sports School)
Danish Qayyum Putra Shahrin Azhar (14, MF, Coral Secondary School)
Ilhan Fandi Ahmad (13, MF, Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road))
Iman Hakim Bin Ibrahim (13, MF, Singapore Sports School)
Darren Leong Yi Chung (14, MF, St. Joseph’s Institution)
Muhammad Farhan Bin Azman (13, MF, Queensway Secondary School)
Muhammad Haziq Bin Rosni (14, MF, Coral Secondary School)
Muhammad Rukaifi Bin Juraimi (14, MF, Queensway Secondary School)
Niq Harraz Bin Hamizun Shah (14, MF, Singapore Sports School)
Chua Zikos Vasileios Ming Xun (14, FW, Tanjong Katong Secondary School)
Rohin Selvam Ramachandra (14, FW, Singapore Sports School)

Singapore U-16 Roster for AFF U-16 Championship 2016
name (age, position, team)
Koh Chee Onn Darren (16, GK, Woodgrove Secondary School)
Kevin Wong (16, GK, Singapore Sports School)
Akmal Bin Azman (15, DF, Singapore Sports School)
Akram Bin Azman (15, DF, Singapore Sports School)
Zakri Ee Kai Ren (15, DF, Singapore Sports School)
Qayyum Raishyan Bin Rahmat (15, DF, Seng Kang Secondary School)
Jordan Nicolas Vestering (15, DF, Singapore Sports School)
Afiq Azrhy Bin Ahmad Ehwan (16, MF, Singapore Sports School)
Joel Chew Joon Herng (16, MF, Singapore Sports School)
Hadiputradila Bin Saswadimata (16, MF, Singapore Sports School)
Hidayatul Firdaus Bin Johan (15, MF, Hong Kah Secondary School)
Izzul Syahmi Bin Tazhar (15, MF, Singapore Sports School)
Katz Saul Ellison (15, MF, Singapore Sports School)
Khairul Hairie Bin Abdul Hamid (16, MF, Singapore Sports School)
Mahler Jacob William (16, MF, St. Joseph’s Institution)
Rezza Rezky Ramadhani Bin Yacobjan (15, MF, Hong Kah Secondary School)
Mohamad Daniel Matin Bin Mohamad Azlan (16, FW)
Muhammad Syahadat Bin Masnawi (15, FW, Bendemeer Secondary School)
Keefe Soon Ming Hui (16, FW, Singapore Sports School)

Singapore Age-Group Football Statistics

GFA = Goals For Average or average number of goals scored per game; GAA = Goals Against Average or average number of goals conceded per game

Aggregated results for all age-group squads
National Age-Group SquadsPWDLFAGFAGAA
20161322914481.083.69
201527771332551.192.04
20131553729281.931.87
201122651132411.451.86
20103012160.332.00
20091864824371.332.06
200880263220.382.75
20071964937351.951.84
Last 4 years (2013-16)55141229751311.362.38
%25.521.852.7
Last 6 years (2011-16)772017401071421.391.84
%26.022.151.9
Last 10 years (2007-16)1253228651722421.381.94
%25.622.452.0

Singapore Football Results (Age Group Squads)

AFF = ASEAN Football Federation. AFC = Asian Football Confederation. Group = group stage. SEA Games became an U-23 tournament from 2001 onwards.

We have not included the 2010 Youth Olympic Games and the 2011 Lion City Cup in the record. The 2010 YOG had six teams and there was no qualifying tournament to choose them. The five — Vanuatu, Bolivia, Haiti, Montenegro, Zimbabwe — were invited to play on the basis of geography. Singapore were in as hosts. The Lion City Cup is an invitational tournament and the foreign teams are invited on the basis of commercial appeal.
DATETOURNAMENT
2016
AFF U19 C'ship
Sept 19GroupSingapore U190Timor-Leste U192
Sept 17GroupPhilippines U191Singapore U192
Sept 15GroupMalaysia U192Singapore U191
Sept 11GroupSingapore U190Vietnam U190
AFC U14 Regional Festival of Football
Jul 30GroupSingapore U140Vietnam U148
Jul 29GroupMyanmar U146Singapore U141
Jul 27GroupBrunei U143Singapore U143
Jul 27GroupSingapore U141Thailand U1410
AFF U16 C'ship
Jul 18GroupSingapore U160Vietnam U163
Jul 16GroupAustralia U166Singapore U162
Jul 14GroupSingapore U160Malaysia U162
Jul 12GroupSingapore U161Myanmar U164
Jul 10GroupPhilippines U161Singapore U163
2015
AFC U19 Qualifiers
Oct 4GroupSingapore U190Thailand U193
Oct 6GroupSingapore U192Taiwan U192
Sept 30GroupSingapore U1910Northern Mariana Islands U190
Sept 28GroupSingapore U192South Korea U196
AFC U16 Qualifiers
Sept 6GroupSingapore U163Cambodia U161
Sept 4GroupSingapore U160North Korea U163
Sept 2GroupThailand U165Singapore U160
AFF U19 C'ship
Aug 31GroupTimor-Leste U191Singapore U191
Aug 29GroupSingapore U190Vietnam U196
Aug 25GroupMalaysia U194Singapore U190
Aug 23GroupSingapore U190Myanmar U191
AFF U16 C'ship
Aug 3GroupCambodia U160Singapore U160
Aug 1GroupAustralia U168Singapore U162
Jul 30GroupSingapore U164Philippines U161
Jul 28GroupSingapore U161Myanmar U163
SEA Games
Jun 11GroupSingapore U230Indonesia U231
Jun 8GroupCambodia U231Singapore U233
Jun 4GroupSingapore U231Myanmar U232
Jun 1GroupPhilippines U230Singapore U231
AFC U14 Qualifiers
Jun 3GroupSingapore U141Cambodia U140
Jun 2GroupBangladesh U141Singapore U141
May 31GroupSingapore U140Indonesia U140
May 29GroupThailand U142Singapore U140
May 28 GroupLaos U141Singapore U143
AFC U23 Qualifiers
Mar 31GroupSingapore U232Mongolia U232
Mar 29GroupSingapore U230China U235
Mar 27GroupLaos U230Singapore U230
2013
AFC U19 Qualifiers
Oct 12GroupSingapore U19 3Brunei U191
Oct 10GroupSingapore U190North Korea U194
Oct 8GroupThailand U193Singapore U190
AFC U16 Qualifiers
Sept 29GroupAustralia U163Singapore U161
Sept 27GroupSingapore U169Macau U160
Sept 25GroupSingapore U163Chinese Taipei U161
Sept 21GroupHong Kong U164Singapore U161
Merdeka Cup
Sept 143rd/4thThailand U231Singapore U232
Sept 11GroupSingapore U230Myanmar U232
Sept 9GroupThailand U231Singapore U230
Sept 7GroupMalaysia U231Singapore U230
AFF U19 C'ship
Sept 17GroupCambodia U193Singapore U192
Sept 13GroupLaos U193Singapore U190
Sept 11GroupSingapore U193Philippines U191
Sept 9GroupSingapore U191Timor-Leste U191
AFF U16 C'ship
Aug 29GroupLaos U164Singapore U162
Aug 27GroupIndonesia U161Singapore U161
Aug 25GroupSingapore U162Philippines U160
Aug 23GroupMalaysia U161Singapore U161
AFC U14 C'ship
Jun 3GroupSingapore U141Cambodia U140
Jun 2GroupBangladesh U141Singapore U141
May 31GroupSingapore U140Indonesia U140
May 29GroupThailand U142Singapore U140
May 28GroupLaos U141Singapore U143
2012
AFC U22 C'ship
Jul 15GroupIndonesia U222Singapore U220
Jul 12GroupSingapore U223Macau U220
Jul 10GroupAustralia U220Singapore U220
Jul 7GroupJapan U223Singapore U221
Jul 5GroupSingapore U222Timor Leste U221
2011
SEA Games
Nov 17GroupSingapore U232Thailand U230
Nov 11GroupSingapore U230Indonesia U232
Nov 9GroupSingapore U232Cambodia U231
Nov 7GroupSingapore U230Malaysia U230
AFC U19 Qualifiers
Nov 8GroupSingapore U190Indonesia U193
Nov 4GroupSingapore U190China U1911
Nov 2GroupSingapore U190Australia U191
Oct 31GroupSingapore U190Macau U190
AFF U19 C'ship
Sept 17GroupSingapore U190Thailand U193
Sept 15GroupSingapore U191Cambodia U191
Sept 13GroupSingapore U190Malaysia U196
Sept 9GroupSingapore U191Philippines U191
AFC U16 Qualifiers
Sept 18GroupSingapore U168East Timor U161
Sept 15GroupSingapore U161Malaysia U161
Sept 13GroupSingapore U160North Korea U161
Sept 10GroupSingapore U161China U163
AFF U16 C'ship
Jul 203rd/4thSingapore U161Myanmar U162
Jul 18Semi-FinalsSingapore U160Thailand U162
Jul 16GroupSingapore U164Cambodia U160
Jul 14GroupSingapore U161Myanmar U162
Jul 10GroupSingapore U165Philippines U160
Jul 8GroupSingapore U165Vietnam U160
2010
Asian Games
Nov 7GroupSingapore U230Qatar U230
Nov 9GroupSingapore U230Kuwait U232
Nov 11GroupSingapore U231India U234
2009
SEA Games
Dec 173rd/4thSingapore U233Laos U231
Dec 14Semi-FinalSingapore U231Vietnam U234
Dec 10GroupSingapore U230Laos U230
Dec 7GroupSingapore U232Myanmar U231
Dec 5GroupSingapore U232Indonesia U232
AFC U19 Qualifiers
Nov 17GroupSingapore U193Taiwan U191
Nov 14GroupSingapore U190Japan U192
Nov 12GroupSingapore U190Australia U198
Nov 9GroupSingapore U191Hong Kong U192
Nov 7GroupSingapore U190Indonesia U191
AFC U17 Qualifiers
Oct 1GroupSingapore U170China U177
Sept 28GroupSingapore U171Hong Kong U171
Sept 26GroupSingapore U170East Timor U173
Sept 23GroupSingapore U173Guam U171
Sept 21GroupSingapore U174Macau U170
AFF U19 C'ship
Aug 8GroupSingapore U190Thailand U191
Aug 6GroupSingapore U193Cambodia U191
Aug 4GroupSingapore U191Australia U191
2008
AFC U17 C'ship
Oct 8GroupSingapore U171Iran U174
Oct 6GroupSingapore U170Bahrain U173
Oct 4GroupSingapore U170Uzbekistan U177
AFF U16 C'ship
Jul 193rd/4thSingapore U160Malaysia U163
Jul 17GroupSingapore U161Indonesia U161
Jul 15GroupSingapore U161Australia U161
Jul 11GroupSingapore U160Bahrain U161
Jul 9GroupSingapore U160Malaysia U162
2007
SEA Games
Dec 143rd/4thSingapore U235Vietnam U230
Dec 11Semi-FinalSingapore U230Thailand U233
Dec 8GroupSingapore U231Malaysia U231
Dec 3 GroupSingapore U233VietnamU232
Dec 1GroupSingapore U230Laos U230
AFC U19 Qualifiers
Nov 14GroupSingapore U194Macau U190
Nov 10GroupSingapore U190Malaysia U190
Nov 8GroupSingapore U191North Korea U193
Nov 6GroupSingapore U191China U197
AFC U16 Qualifiers
Oct 9GroupSingapore U161China U162
Oct 5GroupSingapore U164Macau U161
Oct 3GroupSingapore U164Guam U160
Oct 1GroupSingapore U168Mongolia U160
AFF U17 C'ship
Aug 24GroupSingapore U170Laos U17 4
Aug 22GroupSingapore U173Myanmar U173
Aug 20GroupSingapore U170Vietnam U172
AFF U20 C'ship
Aug 5GroupSingapore U201Myanmar U202
Aug 3GroupSingapore U201Laos U202
Aug 1GroupSingapore U200Malaysia U203
2005
SEA Games
Nov 28GroupSingapore U231Myanmar U230
Nov 26GroupSingapore U231Laos U230
Nov 24GroupSingapore U230Indonesia U230
Nov 20GroupSingapore U231Vietnam U232
AFC U19 Qualifiers
Nov 25GroupSingapore U191Indonesia U191
Nov 23GroupSingapore U190Thailand U192
AFF U23 C'ship
Sept 7FinalSingapore U230Thailand U233
Sept 5Semi-FinalMyanmar U231Singapore U232
Sept 2GroupThailand U234Singapore U231
Aug 31GroupLaos U231Singapore U233
Aug 29GroupSingapore U233Cambodia U232
AFF U20 C'ship
Aug 14GroupSingapore U202Maldives U201
Aug 12GroupSingapore U203Timor Leste1
Aug 10GroupSingapore U200Laos U201
Aug 8GroupSingapore U200Vietnam U200
2003
AFC U17 Qualifiers
Dec 13GroupSingapore U171Thailand U173
Dec 11GroupThailand U174Singapore U170
SEA Games
Dec 6GroupSingapore U235Cambodia U231
Dec 3GroupSingapore U230Malaysia U232
Nov 29GroupSingapore U230Myanmar U232
2002
AFC U17 Qualifiers
May 17GroupSingapore U170Myanmar U176
May 15GroupSingapore U170Hong Kong U173
AFF U17 C'ship
Feb 24GroupSingapore U177Brunei U173
Feb 22GroupSingapore U170Myanmar U174
Feb 20GroupSingapore U173Vietnam U173
Feb 18GroupSingapore U171Malaysia U174
AFF U20 C'ship
Jan 28GroupSingapore U203Indonesia U201
Jan 26GroupSingapore U201Malaysia U200
Jan 24GroupSingapore U207Myanmar U201
Jan 23GroupSingapore U201Thailand U205
2001
SEA Games
Sept 7GroupSingapore U231Myanmar U232
Sept 5GroupSingapore U235Cambodia U230
Sept 3GroupSingapore U230Thailand U231
Sept 1GroupSingapore U234Laos U230
2000
AFC U17 Qualifiers
Jun 25GroupSingapore U179Philippines U170
Jun 23GroupSingapore U171Japan U176
Jun 21GroupSingapore U174Indonesia U176
1998
AFC U17 Qualifiers
Apr 25GroupSingapore U172Brunei U171
Apr 23GroupSingapore U172Indonesia U172
Apr 21GroupSingapore U170Thailand U179
1992
AFC U17 Qualifiers
N/AGroupSingapore U170Indonesia U172
N/AGroupSingapore U170Thailand U1710
N/AGroupSingapore U172Malaysia U171

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