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Singapore Selection XI

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Singapore Selection XI
Nickname(s)Singa Select
AssociationFootball Association of Singapore (FAS)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachPeter de Roo
Home stadiumJalan Besar Stadium

The Singapore Selection XI is a football team made up of Singapore internationals and selected players from the Singapore Premier League. The team mainly plays in exhibition matches and non-FIFA 'A' international matches.

History

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Singapore Selection XI was created to form one of the best players in Singapore back in the days until 1996 where Football Association of Singapore (FAS), created Singapore first professional league known as the S.League which then the team consists of players playing in the league itself. Since 2001, Singapore Selection XI has participated in the Sultan of Selangor's Cup to strengthen the ties between two rival teams, Selangor FA and Singapore FA and to rekindle their rivalry after Singapore pulled out of the Malaysian League in 1994. The rivalry between two teams are very intense because of their status as the two most successful teams in Malaysian football history and matches between the two sides has even been dubbed as the Malayan El'Clasico back in 1920s until the late 1990s.

From 2012 until 2014, Singapore Selection XI was only restricted using up to maximum four LionsXII players which was at the time competing in the Malaysia Super League.

In 2013, the Singapore Selection XI, coached by V. Sundramoorthy played against Atlético Madrid in the Peter Lim Charity Cup and they lost 0–2.[1] In 2014, the team played against Juventus at the new National Stadium, Singapore and lost 0–5.[2] The team also participated in the Barclays Asia Trophy in July 2015.[3]

In 2024, after a seven years hiatus, Singapore Selection XI was then reformed to take on Selangor at the iconic Merdeka Stadium on 17 August 2024. Balestier Khalsa head coach, Peter de Roo was appointed by FAS as the head coach for the team. de Roo takes on 7 of his club players to the team and also reuniting with 3 of his former players, Ho Wai Loon, Kyoga Nakamura and Daniel Goh bringing up the tally to 10 players he is familiarised with, while Lion City Sailors has refused to released their players due to the club tight fixtures. Faris Ramli appeared four times in the Sultan of Selangor Cup becoming the first player to achieved this feat.

Results and fixtures

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Fixtures doesn't include against Selangor.

Date Location Head coach Opponent Result Tournament
13 July 1977 Old National Stadium Scotland Celtic 0–5
12 June 1983 Old National Stadium Germany Bayern Munich 2–0
18 March 1993 Old National Stadium Japan Nagoya Grampus 4–3
20 May 1995 Old National Stadium England Nottingham Forest 1–3
26 May 1995 Old National Stadium England Tottenham Hotspurs 1–1

(Pen: 4–2)

1 August 1996 Old National Stadium England Newcastle United 0–5 Singapore first professional league all-star team
16 July 2001 Old National Stadium England Liverpool 0–2
24 July 2001 Old National Stadium England Manchester United 1–8
26 July 2009 Old National Stadium England Liverpool 0–5
24 July 2010 Jalan Besar Stadium England Burnley 0–1
22 May 2013 Jalan Besar Stadium V. Sundramoorthy Spain Atletico Madrid 0–2 Peter Lim Charity Cup
16 August 2014 National Stadium, Singapore Bernd Stange Italy Juventus 0–5 1st official match at the New National Stadium
15 July 2015 National Stadium, Singapore V. Sundramoorthy England Arsenal 0–4 2015 Barclays Asia Trophy
18 July 2015 National Stadium, Singapore V. Sundramoorthy England Stoke City 0–2 2015 Barclays Asia Trophy

Players

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Current squad

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The following 20 players were called up for the 2024 Sultan of Selangor Cup.[4] Alen Kozar, Darren Teh, Ryoya Taniguchi and Nur Adam Abdullah have been called up to the squad after Shah Shahiran, Kyoga Nakamura, Shuya Yamashita, Glenn Kweh and Harith Kanadi suffered an injury during Gameweek 12 of the Singapore Premier League fixtures.

Players age are according to match date on 17 August 2024.

No. Player Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Team
Goalkeepers
1 Singapore Syazwan Buhari GK 22 September 1992 (age 31) Singapore Tampines Rovers
21 Singapore Hafiz Ahmad GK 30 December 1998 (age 25) Singapore Balestier Khalsa
Defenders
Singapore Ho Wai Loon DF 20 August 1993 (age 30) Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
17 Singapore Jordan Emaviwe DF 9 April 2001 (age 23) Singapore Balestier Khalsa
6 Singapore Madhu Mohana (captain) DF 6 March 1991 (age 33) Singapore Balestier Khalsa
16 Singapore Darren Teh DF 19 August 1996 (age 27) Singapore Balestier Khalsa
5 Singapore Irfan Najeeb DF 31 July 1999 (age 25) Singapore Tampines Rovers
3 Singapore Nur Adam Abdullah DF 13 April 2001 (age 23) Singapore Young Lions
2 Singapore Farhan Zulkifli DF 10 November 2002 (age 21) Singapore Young Lions
Midfielders
14 Slovenia Alen Kozar MF 7 April 1995 (age 29) Singapore Balestier Khalsa
9 Japan Riku Fukashiro MF 12 April 2000 (age 24) Singapore Balestier Khalsa
8 Japan Ryoya Taniguchi MF 31 August 1999 (age 24) Singapore Geylang International
15 Singapore Joshua Pereira MF 10 October 1997 (age 26) Singapore Geylang International
Singapore Naqiuddin Eunos MF 12 January 1997 (age 27) Singapore Geylang International
4 Singapore Jared Gallagher MF 18 January 2002 (age 22) Singapore Tampines Rovers
Forwards
11 Singapore Daniel Goh FW 13 August 1999 (age 25) Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
10 Japan Kodai Tanaka FW 23 December 1999 (age 24) Singapore Balestier Khalsa
13 Singapore Taufik Suparno FW 31 October 1995 (age 28) Singapore Tampines Rovers
7 Singapore Faris Ramli FW (1992-08-24) 24 August 1992 (age 32) Singapore Tampines Rovers

Veteran team

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Players age are according to match date on 17 August 2024.

No. Player Position (s) Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
Singapore Rezal Hassan GK 14 February 1975 (age 49)
Defenders
Singapore Idham Ridhuan DF (age 64)
Singapore Razali Saad DF 14 August 1964 (age 60)
Singapore Nazri Nasir DF 17 January 1971 (age 53)
Singapore Syed Farouk DF 11 February 1967 (age 57)
Singapore Zulkarnaen Zainal DF 1 October 1973 (age 50)
Singapore Tan Sio Beng DF 27 June 1976 (age 48)
Midfielders
Singapore Leong Kok Fann MF (age 67)
Singapore Malek Awab MF 11 January 1961 (age 63)
Singapore Ellamulai Manimohan MF (age 56)
Singapore Steven Tan MF 28 December 1970 (age 54)
Singapore Dalis Supait MF (age 53)
Singapore Rafi Ali MF 11 December 1972 (age 51)
Singapore Fahmie Abdullah MF (age 50)
Singapore Mohd Noor Ali MF 16 May 1975 (age 49)
Singapore Aliimran Lomri MF (age 48)
Singapore Azhar Baskin MF 26 November 1976 (age 47)
Forwards
Singapore Tay Peng Kee FW 19 October 1961 (age 63)
Singapore Fandi Ahmad (captain) FW 29 May 1962 (age 62)
Singapore Nahar Daud FW (age 55)

Managerial history

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Sultan of Selangor Cup
Manager Year Achievements
France Patrick Vallée 2013
Singapore Amin Nasir 2014
Singapore Varadaraju Sundramoorthy 2015
Singapore Philippe Aw 2016 2016 edition
Singapore Fandi Ahmad 2017 2017 edition
Croatia Marko Kraljević 2018
Singapore Nazri Nasir 2019
Netherlands Peter de Roo 2024
Others tournament
Manager Competition Year Achievements
Singapore Varadaraju Sundramoorthy Peter Lim Charity Cup 2013 Runners-up
Germany Bernd Stange Friendly vs Juventus 2014
Singapore Varadaraju Sundramoorthy Premier League Asia Trophy 2015 Fourth place

Captain history

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Sultan of Selangor Cup
Captain Year Achievements
Singapore Aleksandar Đurić 2013
Singapore Fadhil Salim 2014
Singapore Juma'at Jantan 2016 2016 edition
Singapore Shahril Ishak 2017 2017 edition
Singapore Yasir Hanapi 2018[5]
Singapore Shahdan Sulaiman 2019
Singapore Madhu Mohana 2024
Others tournament
Captain Competition Year
Singapore Shahril Ishak Peter Lim Charity Cup 2013
Friendly vs Juventus 2014
Singapore Izwan Mahbud Premier League Asia Trophy 2015

Foreigners used in the team

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Sultan of Selangor Cup
Player Year Achievements
Japan Atsushi Shimono

Morocco Monsef Zerka

France Kamel Ramdani

2013
Japan Shunsuke Nakatake

Japan Kazuya Okazaki

Brazil Geison Moura

Argentina Leonel Felice

Croatia Igor Čerina

2014
Croatia Stipe Plazibat

France Sirina Camara

South Korea Song Ui-young

Denmark Ken Ilsø

2016 2016 edition
Japan Yasutaka Yanagi

Japan Kento Nagasaki

Canada Jordan Webb

2017 2017 edition
Japan Shuhei Hoshino

Japan Kento Fukuda

Japan Wataru Murofushi

Japan Ryutaro Megumi

2018
Japan Kyoga Nakamura

Japan Kaishu Yamazaki

France Jonathan Béhé

2019
Japan Kodai Tanaka

Japan Riku Fukashiro

Japan Ryoya Taniguchi

Slovenia Alen Kozar

2024
Others tournament
Player Competition Year
Morocco Monsef Zerka

France Sirina Camara

Slovenia Jozef Kapláň

Peter Lim Charity Cup 2013
Argentina Nicolás Vélez

France Sirina Camara

Croatia Miroslav Pejić

Friendly vs Juventus 2014
Argentina Nicolás Vélez

France Sirina Camara

Brazil Rodrigo Pacheco

Premier League Asia Trophy 2015

References

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  1. ^ "Singapore Selection falls to valiant defeat against Atletico Madrid". fas.org.sg. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  2. ^ CHUA SIANG YEE. "Football: Juventus beat Singapore Selection 5-0 in friendly at new National Stadium". straitstimes.com.
  3. ^ "BARCLAYS ASIA TROPHY COMES TO SINGAPORE FOR THE FIRST TIME - ARSENAL, EVERTON AND STOKE CITY TO COMPETE". fas.org.sg. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Singapore Select XI squad announced for SOS 2017". Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Singapore Selection lose on penalties in 2018 Sultan of Selangor's Cup - Football Association of Singapore". www.fas.org.sg. Retrieved 18 August 2024.