Singapore set to compete at regional tournament for first time since 2003

 

Lionesses marching out for a practice match in Chonburi, Thailand, 27 April 2022.

 

SINGAPORE, 30 APRIL 2022 – Singapore Women’s National Team Head Coach Stephen Ng today named a final squad of 20 players for the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam.

 

The team will travel to Cam Pha on 7 May 2022 and begin their Group B campaign against Thailand three days later. Laos and Myanmar are the other teams in the group. All of Singapore’s matches will be streamed live on Mediacorp’s meWATCH platform.

 

The final selection was trimmed from a provisional squad of 27 players that had been undergoing centralised training since 20 April 2022. That team recently concluded an eight-day training camp in Thailand on Thursday.

 

With an average age of 22.9 years, the Lionesses are set to make their first SEA Games appearance since 2003 and their fifth overall, having featured in 1985, 1995 and 2001. All 20 players in the team, who will be captained by Ernie Sulastri, will be looking forward to making their SEA Games debuts.

 

 

Coach Ng can count on the international experience of defender Siti Rosnani Azman, midfielder Putri Syaliza and forwards Danelle Tan and Nicole Lim, who play in Japan, the United States of America, England and Scotland respectively.

 

Rosnani will don the national colours for the first time since the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Championship in August 2019. The 24-year-old moved to Australia in 2020 to play for semi-professional club Southwest Queensland (SWQ) Thunder in the country’s second-tier division. She then inked a professional contract with Japan’s Women Empowerment League club International Athletic Club Kobe Leonessa and was subsequently loaned out to Kibi International University Charme to play in Nadeshiko League 2.

 

Coach Ng said: “We have prepared for this competition with two international friendly matches at the FAS Tri-Nations Series 2022 and three more practice matches in Chonburi, Thailand. Throughout this period, I have emphasised the need for belief and courage, and I am confident that the players will fight and put up a tough challenge for our opponents.

 

“We may be underdogs going into the SEA Games, given it has been 19 years since Singapore has participated. Regardless, we will be focused on the team’s performance and want to make a statement to the region that the Singapore women’s national football team is a force to be reckoned with.”

 

Rosnani said: “I feel honoured to be called up to play for Singapore again and it is an exciting time for women’s football in Singapore. It has been a while since I last played with the team, but I am eager to adapt and fit right in with the players, under Coach Stephen. Even though I have been in Australia and Japan the last two years, I have been following the team’s progress and have kept in touch with my team-mates, and we talk daily, so I am looking forward to being on the pitch with them again.”

 

Singapore Women’s National Team Squad for 31st SEA Games

S/N	Name	Pos	Caps	Goals	DOB	Club
1	Beatrice Tan	GK	5	0	29-Jun-92	Lion City Sailors
2	Noor Kusumawati	GK	37	0	29-Sep-90	Lion City Sailors
3	Dhaniyah Qasimah	DF	9	0	7-Jul-04	Hougang United
4	Ernie Sulastri	DF	44	0	24-Nov-88	Lion City Sailors
5	Fatin Ridzwan	DF	6	0	11-Jun-94	Lion City Sailors
6	Khairunnisa Anwar	DF	2	0	21-Feb-03	Lion City Sailors
7	Nurhidayu Naszri	DF	4	0	16-Mar-04	Bussorah Youth Sports Club
8	Rosnani Azman	DF	28	0	22-May-97	Kibi International University (JPN)
9	Syazwani Ruzi	DF	11	0	20-Dec-01	Lion City Sailors
10	Umairah Hamdan	DF	11	0	11-Mar-02	Lion City Sailors
11	Dorcas Chu	MF	9	1	29-Jul-02	Lion City Sailors
12	Farhanah Ruhaizat	MF	20	0	26-Jul-98	Still Aerion
13	Ho Hui Xin	MF	29	0	23-Apr-92	Lion City Sailors
14	Izzati Rosni	MF	14	1	24-May-99	Lion City Sailors
15	Mastura Jeilani	MF	11	0	10-Jul-92	Balestier Khalsa
16	Putri Syaliza	MF	8	1	17-Mar-03	Eastern Florida State (USA)
17	Venetia Lim	MF	6	0	14-Oct-03	Lion City Sailors
18	Danelle Tan	FW	7	3	25-Oct-04	Mill Hill School (ENG)
19	Nicole Lim	FW	1	0	10-Apr-02	University of Edinburgh (SCT)
20	Stephanie Gigette	FW	17	4	27-Sep-98	Still Aerion

 

SEA Games Group B Fixtures

Date	Time	Match	Venue
10 May 2022, Tuesday	8pm (SGT)	Thailand vs Singapore	Cẩm Phả Stadium, Quảng Ninh, Vietnam
13 May 2022, Friday	5pm (SGT)	Laos vs Singapore
15 May 2022, Sunday	5pm (SGT)	Singapore vs Myanmar

 

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