- 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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pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=_thinblacksides|pattern_ra2=|leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=000000|socks2=FFFFFFThe 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 theFootball Association of Singapore (FAS), but is managed as afootball club and has competed in Singapore's top club competition – theS.League – since2003 . 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 theSoutheast 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 in2004 and2006 .S.League Record
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2007 - 5th place
*2006 - 3rd place
*2005 - 6th place
*2004 - 3rd place
*2003 - 12th placeSingapore Cup Record
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2008 - Semi-finals
*2007 - First Round
*2006 - Quarter-finals
*2005 - Quarter-finals
*2004 - Quarter-finals
*2003 - Quarter-finalsSingapore League Cup Record
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2008 - 4th place
*2007 - Did not take partSponsors
* Main Sponsor:
Maxell
* Kit Supplier: NikeCurrent players
"As of October 6, 2008
Confirmed 2008 transfers
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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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