Singapore women's national football team

Infobox National football team
Name = Singapore
Badge = Singapore_FA.gif
Nickname = The Lionesses
Association = Football Association
of Singapore
Confederation = AFC (Asia)
Coach = flagicon|Singapore NOOR Abdullah B.
Captain = -
Most caps = -
Top scorer = -
Youngest player = -
Home Stadium = National Stadium, Singapore
FIFA Trigramme = SIN
FIFA Rank = 100
1st ranking date = May 1994
FIFA max = 83
FIFA max date = December 2002
FIFA min = 100
FIFA min date = June 2007
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First game = -
Largest win = Flagicon|Singapore Singapore 6 - 0 Maldives Flagicon|Maldives (Thailand; Feb 19, 2007)
Largest loss = Flagicon|North Korea DPR Korea 24 - 0 Singapore Flagicon|Singapore (Thailand; December 06, 2001)

Women's football (soccer) in Singapore is becoming more popular since the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) took women’s football under its wing in 2000. A Women’s Football Division was set up with the FAS in September 2004.

The rapidly growing interest for this sport holds great promise for the future of women’s football in Singapore. Currently, the ground for local women’s football is still being laid, and the grass is still growing but the trend is rising and the response has been overwhelming.

The objectives of the FAS Women’s Football Committee is to increase awareness, knowledge and popularity and raise the standard of the women's football in Singapore. It hopes to create a platform to develop future football talents and media icons and to upgrade the status of women's football in Singapore.

In 2005 Arafura Games held in Darwin, Australia, the Singapore Women’s team produced a fine showing and won the bronze medal. The Arafura Games is held every two years and is a leading international sporting competition for emerging champions of the Asia Pacific region.

Singapore women's national football team is still considered a minnows in the region, being thrashed frequently by fellow Asian teams or even ASEAN teams. Despite the men counterparts is achieving some commendable results, the women's team is still young. There is still a lot of work for the FAS to do for the lioness, if they are to succeed like the Lions.

FIFA Women's World Cup

*1975 to 2003 - "Did Not Qualify"

AFC Women's Championship

*1991 - Group Stages
*1993 - "Did not enter"
*1995 - "Did not enter"
*1997 - "Did not enter"
*1999 - "Did not enter"
*2001 - Group Stages
*2003 - Group Stages
*2006 - Qualifying Play-offs

= Olympics Games =
*2008 Beijing - Qualifying

= AFF Women's Championship record =
*2004 - Group Stage
*2006 - "Did not enter"

ee also

*Football Association of Singapore
*Singapore national football team
*List of women's football teams
*List of women's football (soccer) competitions

References

External links

* Football Association of Singapore Women's team page [http://www.fas.org.sg/default.asp?V_DOC_ID=1069]
* http://www.shekickstoo.blogspot.com