Football Association of SingaporeAFC
Founded 29 August 1892
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Headquarters100 Tyrwhitt Rd, Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore 207542FIFA affiliation1952 ; 69 years ago ( )AFC affiliation1954 ; 67 years ago ( )AFF affiliation1984 ; 37 years ago ( )PresidentLim Kia TongWebsitehttp://www.fas.org.sg
The Football Association of Singapore ( FAS ) is the governing body creditworthy for the administration of football in Singapore. Established in 1892 as the Singapore Football Association ( SFA ), it is the oldest football association in all of Asia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The FAS is besides one of the founding members of both the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) and the ASEAN Football Federation ( AFF ). It has been affiliated with FIFA since 1952. The FAS oversees the constitution and development of football and advancing the crippled at all levels in Singapore, and is creditworthy for all aspects of the amateurish and professional game in its territory. This includes its flagship domestic league, the Singapore Premier League ( SPL ), american samoa well as the men ‘s, women ‘s and young national football teams. The FAS is headquartered at the Jalan Besar Stadium, located at Kallang. The FAS besides manages the organization and move of league and cup competitions, the stewardship of external teams, the establishment of young person development, women ‘s football, refereeing and coaching frameworks. [ 3 ]
history [edit ]
The association was besides previously known as the Singapore Amateur Football Association ( abbreviation : SAFA ) on 14 May 1929 before adopting its current name on 13 January 1966. [ 4 ]
Singapore national team [edit ]
The Singapore national football team, administered by FAS, is one of the most successful sides in ASEAN Football Championship history, winning the regional international tournament four times in 1998, 2004/5, 2007 and 2012. [ 3 ] Despite the state having a relatively small population consortium, it has generally punched above its slant by successively producing squads that has fiercely competed with its larger and much more populate neighbours. Singapore has besides achieved luminary results beyond their sub-confederation. In the 2007 AFC asian Cup qualification, Singapore became the alone team to beat Iraq where Iraq were en path to their asian Cup winning campaign. Singapore besides drew with China 0–0 and 1–1 at home in 2006 and 2009 respectively. In March 2008, Australia besides failed to beat Singapore when the game ended in a scoreless draw. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Japan was held to a draw at family at the Saitama Stadium by Singapore, being the merely game where Japan had dropped points in the group .
Youth Development Programmes [edit ]
The FAS focuses on football development and operates national senesce group programmes with U-15, U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-23 teams ( known as Young Lions, who compete in the nation ‘s professional Singapore Premier League ). [ 3 ]
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All Singapore Premier League clubs have besides fully implemented their own programmes for the Under-14s, adding on to the existing U-16s and U-18s program. [ 3 ]
former presidents [edit ]
council members [edit ]
- President: Lim Kia Tong
- Deputy President: Bernard Tan
- Vice-Presidents:
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- Edwin Tong
- S. Thavaneson
- Teo Hock Seng
- Razali Saad
- Honorary Treasurer: Lelaina Lim
- Members:
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- Darwin Jalil
- Dinesh Nair
- Forrest Li
- Kelvin Teo
- Lim Tong Hai
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- Michael Foo
- Rizal Rasudin
- Sharda Parvin
- Yakob Hashim
- General Secretary : Yazeen Buhari
reference : [ 26 ]
FAS Tournaments [edit ]
- Singapore Premier League
- FAS National Football League (2 Divisions)
- FAS Island Wide League
- FAS Women’s Premier League
- FAS Women’s National League
FAS Affiliates 2017 [edit ]
- Academy Junior Football
- Admiralty CSC
- Admiralty FC
- Balestier United RC
- Bishan Barx
- Eunos Crescent
- GFA Sporting Westlake
- GFA Victoria
- Gymkhana FC
- Jungfrau Punggol
- Kaki Bukit SC
- Katong FC
- Kembangan United
- Police Sports Association
- SAFSA
- Siglap FC
- Singapore Cricket Club
- Singapore Khalsa Association
- South Avenue SC
- Starlight Soccerities
- Tiong Bahru FC
- Yishun Sentek Mariners
- Warwick Knights FC
Singapore M-League/M-Cup Team ( The Lions ) [edit ]
former national players [edit ]
Notable Former National Players – Singapore National Football Team
corporate structure [edit ]
The FAS council was first appointed by the government in 1968, and has been controlled continually by government appointees for more than three decades from the 1980s to 2015. [ 29 ] [ 25 ] From 2004 to 2015, its president had been an elective penis of the regnant People ‘s Action Party, and was appointed by the Minister for Sports. [ 30 ] In 2015, FIFA requested an end to political appointments of the home body ‘s council members. [ 31 ] FAS therefore changed its fundamental law in 2016 and held general elections for its council members starting from 2017. [ 32 ] [ 30 ] [ 33 ] In reaction, the FAS besides stated that “ We have always been in consultation with FIFA over the last 30 years. They are aware of the singularity of our situation, and have always given us extra dispensation. ” [ 34 ]
Investments [edit ]
During the Annual General Meeting ( AGM ) on September 2016, it was revealed that organising expenses on grassroots competitions like the National Football League ( NFL ), Island Wide League ( IWL ) and FA Cup amounted to about $ 70,000 during the previous fiscal class from April 2015 to March 2016. This figure which represented a mere 0.2 per penny of the FAS ‘ total annual budget of S $ 35.8 million sparked disapproval within the local anesthetic football community with many perceiving it as FAS ‘s lack of see for grassroots football. [ 35 ] In a urge conference on 13 October 2016, FAS vice-president Bernard Tan clarified that the come did not include prize money and participation fees contributed by the teams counted under the domestic league account. [ 36 ]
Funding [edit ]
In early April 2017, Bill Ng, chair of SPL club Hougang United and NFL golf club Tiong Bahru Football Club ( TBFC ), claimed that he had donated S $ 850,000 to the FAS with the purpose of helping Singapore football, but that the money had gone to the ASEAN Football Federation ( AFF ) alternatively. [ 37 ] The allegations came in the prelude to the foremost open election of the FAS council. [ 38 ] FAS secretary Winston Lee responded that Ng was mindful of where the funds were used, that $ 200,000 went to the former LionsXII, while $ 500,000 was used to support the AFF ‘s Football Management System. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] Lee said that it was erstwhile FAS president of the united states Zainudin Nordin who asked Ng to donate to the AFF, while Ng disputed the claim. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] FAS responded with a statement that Ng ‘s allegations of fiscal impropriety within FAS to damage the credibility of the association was regrettable, and it was strange that Ng had chosen to hide Zainudin ‘s function in the transaction. [ 43 ] On 20 April 2017, the Singapore Police Force ( SPF ) raided the FAS headquarters over alleged fiscal misapply of funds filed by Sport Singapore ( once known as the Singapore Sports Council ). Zainudin Nordin, Winston Lee, Bill Ng and his wife Bonnie Wong, were all arrested before being subsequently released on bail. The four assisted with the Commercial Affairs Department ( CAD ) with the probe into the alleged misapply of funds and obstacle of clubhouse audits of TBFC. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] [ 46 ] In September 2021, the CAD in accord with the Attorney-General announced that they had concluded their investigations and that the individuals involved will not face charges. [ 47 ]
See besides [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
- ^ The FAS was under the management of the National Sports Promotion Board and late, the Singapore Sports Council
References [edit ]
- Official website
- Singapore at AFC site
- Singapore at FIFA site
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