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Head Coach Tsutomu Ogura has confirmed the 26 players who will represent Singapore at the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup from 8 December 2024 to 5 January 2025.
The Lions are boosted by inclusion of two experienced ASEAN championship winners in the form of
Shahdan Sulaiman and Safuwan Baharudin – who has been given the green light by Selangor FC to join
up with the Lions.
Safuwan is the only overseas-based player in the squad with the other 25 plying their trade in the
Singapore Premier League (SPL).
“We are delighted to be able to include Safuwan on our Mitsubishi Electric Cup campaign and we are
appreciative of Selangor who worked closely with us to release him for this tournament, which sits
outside the FIFA window,” said Ogura.
“I would like to thank all 30 players who were part of the provisional squad for their contributions to
our effort. Now, these 26 selected players are the ones who are charged with the responsibility of
taking us into the tournament as we try to make Singaporeans proud.”
The Lions begin their Group A campaign on Wednesday, 11 Dec when they host Cambodia at the
National Stadium. That is followed by a trip to Vietnam to take on Timor-Leste on 14 Dec, and a home
game against Thailand on 17 Dec before the group stage concludes with the Causeway derby as
Singapore travels to Malaysia on 20 Dec.
The competition features 10 teams in two groups, with each team playing in a round-robin format.
The top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals.
In addition to Singapore’s other foreign-based players, the Lion City Sailors’ Song Uiyoung will not
feature in the ASEAN Championship, due to personal reasons.
“Song has asked not to be considered for National Team selection because of family matters. All of us
in the staff and the team are supportive of his request and we hope that he will be back in contention
to don the Lions jersey in the near future,” said Ogura who has selected 11 players who are in an
ASEAN Championship squad for the first time in their careers.
Rudy Khairullah, Jordan Emaviwe, Irfan Najeeb, Lionel Tan, Raoul Suhaimi, Ryaan Sanizal, Glenn Kweh,
Kyoga Nakamura, Naqiuddin Eunos, Abdul Rasaq and Taufik Suparno will hope to leave their mark at
Southeast Asia’s premier international tournament.
“All the work in the past few months was done in preparation for the Mitsubishi Electric Cup. It’s now
time for our team to rise to the challenge and bring pride to Singapore. This will be a tough challenge
and we hope that our supporters will come and help us turn the National Stadium into a fortress,”
said Ogura.
Starting from $10, tickets for Singapore’s ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup home matches are available
for purchase via Ticketmaster (https://ticketmaster.sg/venues/national-stadium). Fans are
encouraged to use the promo code: ROAR24 to get discounts on their tickets.
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