Singapore men's football team is expected to start: 5-3-2 based on defense, 8 players in the team stay in the foreign team The captain has tried out Shenhua
On the evening of March 21, Beijing time, in the third round of the World Cup Asian round of 36, the Chinese men's football team challenged Singapore away. In terms of world rankings, Singapore is ranked 156th and 31st in Asia, while the national football team is ranked 88th in the world and 13th in Asia. It may seem that there is a big gap between the two teams, but in recent years, Singapore football has made significant progress.
In terms of total value, the Singapore men's football team is 3.53 million euros, less than the national football team's 11.58 million. However, the Singapore men's team has a total of eight players in the team, seven of whom play in the Southeast Asian league and one who plays in the Belgian second division.
With the Singapore men's football team losing both games, this game is quite important, and if they lose again, Singapore will likely be eliminated two rounds early and miss out on the round of 18.
The expected starting line-up for the Singapore men's football team is as follows:
Goalkeepers: 18 - Sonny;
Defenders: 2-Nazari, 3-Stewart, 15-Chen Hanwei, 21-Baharuddin, 22-Jacob Mahler;
Midfielders: 6-Kumar, 7-Song Yiyong, 14-Halan;
Forwards: 19-Ilhan Fandi, 20-Shawar Anuar.
Although the Singapore men's football team has only won once in the history of the national football team, it was in 1980, but in recent years, there have been quite a few cup and friendly matches in Southeast Asian football, and all teams have been fully trained and improved.
The Singapore men's football team drew 0-0 with Vietnam in the group stage of the Southeast Asian Championship 22-23. At that time, the Vietnamese team had just beaten the national football team and drew with Japan in the round of 12.
In today's Singapore men's football team, the star players of the team are mainly the following three people.
Harris Harun, who plays in central midfield, is the current captain of the Singapore team, playing for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Mariners, and he started for Singapore at the age of 16 years and 217 days, making him the youngest player to play in the club's history.
In July 2010, under the guidance of then-national team coach Avramovich, Harris Haroun came to Shanghai Shenhua for a 10-day trial, but was not awarded a contract.
Ilhan Fandi, who is currently the hottest rising star of the Singapore men's football team, is a 22-year-old who has made a name for himself early. In 2022, Ilhan Fandi joined Singapore league side Niigata Swans B, scoring 15 goals in 17 appearances in less than a season, plus two goals in the Young Lions, Ilhan Fandi won the Singapore league's homegrown top scorer with 17 goals and won the award of Young Athlete of the Year.
In the same year, Ilhan Fandi signed for Belgian second division side KMSK Denzer, becoming the first player in the history of Singapore football to play in the Belgian league.
It is worth noting that Ilhan Fandi's two elder brothers, Ihsan Fandy and Irfan Fandi, are also active Singapore internationals, and his father is also a football celebrity.
In addition, striker Shavar Anuar is also eye-catching, scoring first in a friendly match between the Lion City Mariners and Tottenham Hotspur on 26 July 2023 to give the Lion City Mariners the lead.
Shawar Anual became the third Singaporean player to score against an English side after Van Di Ahmed against Nottingham Forest in 1995 and Indra Sahdan against Manchester United in 2001.
In the 2023-24 AFC Champions League match against Jeonbuk Hyundai, Shavar Anuar assisted Richard Chivkovic twice to help the Lion City Mariners win 2-0 at home. Shawar Anuar was also named in the Singapore Premier League Team of the Year 2023.
On November 21, 2023, Shawar Anuar received a pass from Song Yiyong and scored a goal in the second round of the group stage of the World Cup Asian Qualifiers against Thailand.
The head coach of the Singapore team, Tsutomu Ogura from Japan, said in an interview: "Our only goal is to win, everyone wants to win, and we want to be able to play a high-intensity game!"