AVRAMOVIC NAMES SINGAPORE TRAINING SQUAD

SINGAPORE (29 Oct 2008) – Radojko Avramovic, the head coach of the Singapore national team has short listed 30 players for their defence of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 which kicks off in December, 2008.

This follows the team’s recent scoreless draw they notched in a friendly against Vietnam in Hanoi.

Each participating team must submit a list of 30 players by 5 November, 2008 to the Asean Football Federation (AFF) with the final squad of 22 to be announced prior to their departure for Jakarta on 1 December, 2008.

The Lions are in Group A of the biennial tournament which will be based in Jakarta where they will be up against hosts Indonesia, Myanmar and Cambodia.

Group B are co-hosts Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Laos.

SINGAPORE TRAINING SQUAD

GOALKEEPERS: Hassan Sunny, Lionel Lewis, Jasper Chan, Hyrulnizam Juma’at.

DEFENDERS: Baihakki Khaizan, Mohamed Noh Rahman, Precious Emuejeraye, Daniel Bennett, Ismail Yunos, Shariff Abdul Samat, Afiq Yunos, Shaiful Esah Nain, Juma’at Jantan, Rosman Sulaiman.

MIDFIELDERS: Muhammad Ridhuan Muhamad, Isa Halim, Shi Jiayi, John Wilkinson, Fahrudin Mustafic, Shahril Ishak, Tengku Mushadad, Syed Fadhil, Mustaqim Manzur.

STRIKERS: Noh Alam Shah, Aleksandar Duric, Indra Sahdan Daud, Agu Casmir, Khairul Amri, Fazrul Nawaz, Qiu Li.