27 players to vie for spot in final squad for Group B campaign in Vietnam

 

 

SINGAPORE, 19 APRIL 2022 – A provisional squad of 27 players was named today for the Singapore Men’s Under-23 National Team’s upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games campaign in Vietnam.

 

Most of the 27 players will undergo a local centralised training camp from 25 April 2022 in preparation for the tournament before a final squad of 20 players is named ahead of the team’s departure on 4 May 2022. The sibling duo of Irfan and Ikhsan Fandi will not be joining the centralised training due to ongoing club commitments. Similarly, Hami Syahin, Nur Adam Abdullah and Saifullah Akbar are involved with their club’s Asian Football Confederation Champions League campaign in Thailand.

 

Having previously been a Under-22 tournament, men’s football at this year’s SEA Games will be a Under-23 tournament to factor in the six-month postponement of the Games, with each team able to call up a maximum of three overaged players. Goalkeeper Zaiful Nizam, defender Irfan Fandi and midfielders Hami Syahin and Zulfahmi Arifin are in contention to fill the overaged player slots.

 

Meanwhile, striker Ilhan Fandi and midfielder Farhan Zulkifli have been ruled out of the tournament after sustaining injuries while representing their clubs in the AIA Singapore Premier League.

 

 

Head Coach Nazri Nasir said: “Most of the players are in the youth and senior set-up so they are already familiar with our style of our play. We will use the centralised training to further build chemistry between the players and to practice patterns of play so that the boys will be able to execute our philosophy on the pitch. The overaged players that I have selected will also fit into the system that we will deploy, and I am thankful for the support their clubs have given for the national cause.

 

“It is unfortunate that Ilhan and Farhan will not be participating in this year’s SEA Games, but it will be a great opportunity for other players to step up and prove to me they deserve a spot in the final squad.”

 

Singapore has been drawn in Group B along with Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Laos. The Young Lions’ first game will be against Laos on 7 May 2022 before they take on record 16-time winner Thailand three days later. All Group B matches will be held at the Thien Truong Stadium in Nam Dinh.

 

Provisional Singapore Under-23 Men’s National Team Squad for SEA Games

S/N	Name	Pos	Age	DOB	Club
1	Ridhwan Fikri	GK	22	29-Apr-99	Young Lions
2	Zaiful Nizam*	GK	34	24-Jul-87	Geylang International
3	Riki Kimura	GK	21	14-Nov-00	Balestier Khalsa
4	Harith Kanadi	DF	21	01-Aug-00	Young Lions
5	Irfan Fandi*	DF	24	13-Aug-97	BG Pathum (THA)
6	Irfan Najeeb	DF	22	31-Jul-99	Tampines Rovers
7	Jacob Mahler	DF	22	10-Apr-00	Young Lions
8	Jordan Emaviwe	DF	21	09-Apr-01	Young Lions
9	Nur Adam Abdullah	DF	20	13-Apr-01	Lion City Sailors
10	Ryaan Sanizal	DF	19	31-May-02	Tampines Rovers
11	Ryhan Stewart	DF	22	15-Feb-00	Young Lions
12	Syabil Hisham	DF	19	20-Sep-02	Young Lions
13	Arshad Shamim	MF	22	09-Dec-99	Young Lions
14	Danish Qayyum	MF	20	02-Feb-02	Young Lions
15	Jared Gallagher	MF	20	18-Jan-02	Young Lions
16	Joel Chew	MF	22	09-Feb-00	Young Lions
17	Hami Syahin*	MF	23	16-Dec-98	Lion City Sailors
18	Harhys Stewart	MF	21	20-Mar-01	Young Lions
19	Rezza Rezky	MF	21	08-Nov-00	Young Lions
20	Saifullah Akbar	MF	23	31-Jan-99	Lion City Sailors
21	Shah Shahiran	MF	22	14-Nov-99	Young Lions
22	Zulfahmi Arifin*	MF	30	05-Oct-91	Hougang United
23	Glenn Kweh	FW	22	26-Mar-00	Young Lions
24	Ikhsan Fandi	FW	23	09-Apr-99	BG Pathum (THA)
25	Khairin Nadim	FW	17	08-May-04	Young Lions
26	Nicky Melvin Singh	FW	19	13-Jun-02	Albirex Niigata (S)
27	Zikos Chua	FW	20	15-Apr-02	Young Lions

 

SEA Games Group B Fixtures

Date	Match	Venue
7 May 2022, Saturday	Singapore vs Laos	Thien Truong Stadium, Nam Dinh, Vietnam
9 May 2022, Monday	Thailand vs Singapore
11 May 2022, Wednesday	Cambodia vs Singapore
14 May 2022, Saturday	Singapore vs Malaysia

 

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