Young Lions (Singapore football team)

Young Lions (Singapore football team)

Football club infobox
clubname = Young Lions


fullname = Young Lions
nickname =
founded = 2002
ground = Jalan Besar Stadium
Singapore
capacity = 6,000
chairman = Eugene Loo
manager = V. Sundramoorthy
assistant manager = Terry Pathmanathan
league = S.League
season =
position =
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The Young Lions are an under-23 soccer team from Singapore. Most of the members of the squad are players from Singapore's national under-23 team. The team comes under the direct control of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), but is managed as a football club and has competed in Singapore's top club competition – the S.League – since 2003. By entering the Young Lions in 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. As such, the Young Lions are one of the few football clubs in the world which place an age restriction on team members while playing in a top-flight professional league. The Singaporean members of the Young Lions squad also represent the country at under-23 international tournaments.

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. 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.

The aim of creating the club was to give young Singaporean players who had shown talent and a potential the opportunity for further exposure in Singapore's top league. It was also hoped that keeping the bulk of the national under-23 squad together at club level would improve Singapore's chances in the international arena, particularly at the Southeast Asian Games (where only under-23 players are allowed to compete in the football competition).

Young Lions play their league matches at the newly re-turfed Jalan Besar Stadium. Their best S.League finish was third-place in 2004 and 2006.

S.League Record

* 2007 - 5th place
* 2006 - 3rd place
* 2005 - 6th place
* 2004 - 3rd place
* 2003 - 12th place

Singapore Cup Record

* 2008 - Semi-finals
* 2007 - First Round
* 2006 - Quarter-finals
* 2005 - Quarter-finals
* 2004 - Quarter-finals
* 2003 - Quarter-finals

Singapore League Cup Record

* 2008 - 4th place
* 2007 - Did not take part

Sponsors

* Main Sponsor: Maxell
* Kit Supplier: Nike

Current players

"As of October 6, 2008

Confirmed 2008 transfers

In

Out

External links

* [http://www.younglions.com.sg/ Official club website]
* [http://www.sleague.com/Web/main.aspx?ID=442c7332-8cec-49ba-880d-36086dc4f539 S.League website page on Young Lions]


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