Singapore women's national football team

Singapore

Nickname(s)	The Lionesses
Association	Football Association of Singapore
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	N.A.
Captain	-
Most caps	-
Top scorer	-
Home stadium	NIL
FIFA code	SIN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	NR (25 September 2015)
Highest	82 (December 2009)
Lowest	148 (September 2015)
First international
-
Biggest win
Singapore 6 - 0 Maldives  (Thailand; February 19, 2007)
Biggest defeat
North Korea 24 - 0 Singapore  (Thailand; December 6, 2001)

Women's football (soccer) in Singapore has become more popular since the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) took women’s football 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.^[1]

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.

AFC Women's Asian Cup record

Women's Asian Cup
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1975	Group Stage	2	0	0	2	0	6	-6
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	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Group Stage	4	0	0	4	0	21	-21
1993	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Group Stage	4	1	0	3	2	47	-45
2003	Did Not Enter	4	0	0	4	0	24	-24
2006	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Did Not Enter[2]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	7/18	27	7	1	19	21	115	-94

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympics Games

• 2008 Beijing - Qualifying

AFF Women's Championship record

• 2004 - Group Stage
• 2006 - Did not enter
• 2007 - Group Stage
• 2008 - Group Stage

See also

• Women's association football around the world
• Football Association of Singapore

References

1. Tandoc Jr., Edson C. (13 April 2005). "Tourism boost for Marikina". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
2. "Singapore women's team set to miss 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup". Goal.com. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.

External links

• Football Association of Singapore Women's team page
• http://www.shekickstoo.blogspot.com