Young Lions FC

By entering the Young Lions into the S.League, the FAS hopes to expose young players to top-level competition, thus helping to prepare them for international tournaments such as the Southeast Asian Games. While the bulk of the Young Lions squad is made up of members of Singapore's national under-23 team, the club also takes in promising young foreign players (e.g. Luka Savić). However, foreign players are normally only recruited into the Young Lions squad if they could potentially change their nationality to Singaporean and be eligible to play international football for Singapore at some point in the future.

In 2011, the Football Association of Singapore and the Football Association of Malaysia reached an agreement that would see greater cooperation between the two nations. One of the intended avenues will see Young Lions play in the Malaysian Super League and Malaysia Cup from 2012 onwards, the first time a Singaporean team has participated in Malaysian domestic football since Singapore won the 1994 M-League and Malaysia Cup double. Although the new Singapore team will have the existing Young Lions set up at its core, the squad will be permitted up to five local players over the age of 14–16 players, as well as a number of overseas players in accordance with the quota set out by the rules of the Malaysian competitions the team will play in.[1]

Ultimately though, a new team was created for the Malaysia league: the LionsXII, while Young Lions remained in the S.League.

Most of the Young Lions players come from the NFA (National Football Academy) and new players (from the NFA) will be promoted to the Young Lions squad every season.

The National Football Academy enters both the Singapore NFA U-17 and Singapore NFA U-18 teams into the Prime League to allow their players to gain more exposure and match experience by playing against older and more established players.[2]

• 2003 saw the introduction of penalty shoot-outs if a match ended in a draw in regular time. Winners of penalty shoot-outs gained two points instead of one.

As of 8 Sep 2021[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  SIN Nazhiim Harman 4 DF  SIN Danish Irfan Azman (Captain) 5 DF  SIN Syabil Hisham 6 MF  SIN Jacob Mahler 7 DF  SIN Zulqarnaen Suzliman 8 MF  SIN Rezza Rezky 9 MF  SIN Shah Shahiran 10 MF  SIN Daniel Goh 11 MF  SIN Rasaq Akeem 12 MF  SIN Joel Chew 13 DF  SIN Syahrul Sazali (Vice Captain) 14 MF  SIN Hami Syahin 15 MF  SIN Amir Syafiz 16 DF  SIN Ryhan Stewart 17 FW  SIN Ilhan Fandi 18 GK  SIN Ridhwan Fikri

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  SIN Khairin Nadim 20 MF  SIN Nor Hakim Redzuan 22 MF  SIN Danish Qayyum 23 MF  SIN Harhys Stewart 24 MF  SIN Zamani Zamri 25 GK  SIN Dylan Pereira Singh 26 DF  SIN Alif Iskandar 27 DF  SIN Arshad Shamim 29 DF  SIN Raoul Suhaimi 30 MF  SIN Jared Gallagher 31 MF  SIN Bill Mamadou 32 GK  SIN Putra Anugerah Sahrin 39 FW  SIN Glenn Kweh 40 GK  SIN Martyn Mun 42 DF  SIN Jordan Emaviwe

Source:[4]

• Azkals Development Team, a Filipino professional football club whose players also play for the Philippines' national youth teams.

• Official club website
• S.League website page on Young Lions