Press Releases ● Oct 05, 2015

Announcement Of National Squad For Upcoming International Matches

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SINGAPORE, 5 OCTOBER 2015: The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) today announced the national squad for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018 Preliminary Qualification Round 2 matches on 8th October (vs Afghanistan) and 13th October 2015 (vs Cambodia).

With an average age of 25.5, the squad includes LionsXII midfielder Christopher van Huizen and Courts Young Lions duo Amirul Adli and Anumanthan Mohan Kumar.

This is the first call-up to the national team for Christopher, while Adli and Anu last played for the Lions in 2014.

National Coach Bernd Stange said: “Christopher, Adli and Anu are three of our best young talents and they have performed well for their respective clubs in the past few months. Their call-up to the National A Team is testament to the hard work they have put in as well as the significant roles played by their club coaches.

“I am happy to have this squad and these are the best available players. Going forward, I will continue to identify and select more young players for the national team.”

‚ÄúOn the suspensions of Hariss Harun and Safuwan Baharudin, Coach Stange said: ‚ÄúWe will continue to play our way of football, and our players will have to step up. With passion, commitment and determination, we will try to overcome the absence of Hariss and Safuwan ‚Äì two of our top players ‚Äì for the Afghanistan match. This is a young team but I am confident in these boys.  We have to fight from the first till the very last minute against Afghanistan and we need to give our very best. If we do so and together with our fans, there will only be one winner ‚Äì and that is us.‚Äù

Expressing delight and excitement at his first call-up to the national team, Christopher said: “It has been a great year for me and I must thank Coaches Bernd Stange and Fandi Ahmad for their roles in guiding and mentoring me. I am grateful to them for their trust and confidence in me and I will continue to work hard and keep learning from my coaches.

“In addition, my family and fans also played a key role in my progress during the past one year and it is my wish to see our fans clad in red and pack the National Stadium on both match-days. This is a young team and the fans’ support will make a difference to us.”

The National Team will commence training at Geylang Field this evening (5.30pm). Coach Stange will be available to speak to the media at 5pm.

The full squad list is appended below:   

S/N Names AGE POSITION CAPS GOALS CLUB
1 BAIHAKKI BIN KHAIZAN 31 DF 118 5 JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM II
2 CHRISTOPHER JAMES VAN HUIZEN 23 MF 0 0 LIONSXII
3 MUHAMMAD KHAIRUL NIZAM BIN MOHAMMAD KAMAL 24 FW 14 0 LIONSXII
4 HASSAN BIN ABDULLAH SUNNY 31 GK 51 0 ARMY UTD
5 MUHAMMAD YASIR BIN HANAPI 26 MF 3 0 HOME UNITED FC
6 MADHU M MOHANA 24 DF 7 0 LIONSXII
7 MUHAMMAD AMIRUL ADLI BIN AZMI 19 DF 4 0 COURTS YOUNG LIONS
8 MOHAMAD IZWAN BIN MAHBUD 25 GK 34 0 LIONSXII
9 MUHAMMAD IZZDIN SHAFIQ BIN YACOB 25 MF 7 0 LIONSXII
10 MOHAMAD SHAIFUL BIN ESAH NAIN 29 DF 50 5 TAMPINES ROVERS FC
11 MOHAMMAD KHAIRUL AMRI BIN MOHAMMAD KAMAL 30 FW 101 28 LIONSXII
12 MOHAMMAD SHAHRIL BIN ISHAK 31 FW 124 13 JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM II
13 MUHAMMAD HAFIZ BIN ABU SUJAD 25 MF 20 0 LIONSXII
14 MUHAMMAD SAFUWAN BIN BAHARUDIN 24 DF 51 4 LIONSXII
15 MUHAMMAD ZULFAHMI BIN MOHD ARIFIN 24 MF 11 0 LIONSXII
16 MUHAMMAD NAZRUL BIN AHMAD NAZARI 24 DF 10 0 LIONSXII
17 MUHAMMAD FARIS BIN RAMLI 23 MF 17 2 LIONSXII
18 ANUMANTHAN S/O MOHAN KUMAR 21 MF 4 0 COURTS YOUNG LIONS
19 FAZRUL NAWAZ S/O SHAHUL HAMEED 30 FW 75 8 WARRIORS FC
20 ZAIFUL NIZAM BIN ABDULLAH 28 GK 1 0 BALESTIER KHALSA FC
21 HARISS/S O HARUN 25 MF 56 4 JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM
22 MUHAMMAD SHAKIR BIN HAMZAH 23 DF 12 0 LIONSXII
23 SAHIL BIN SUHAIMI 23 FW 9 0 LIONSXII
24 MOHAMMED FARITZ BIN ABDUL HAMEED 25 DF 10 0 LIONSXII

 

 

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