SINGAPORE (17 June 2009) – The Singapore Under-23 squad will play two matches within the space of five days as part of their preparation for the SEA Games which will be held in Laos later this year.
They will take on the Botswana U23 squad later today at the Jalan Besar Stadium before taking on the Indonesia U23 team at the Jurong West Stadium on Sunday. The young Singapore side had fallen to a 3-0 defeat to the Malaysian U23 team last week and will be looking at redemption in these two matches to inject further confidence to their preparation. Tickets for the matches have been priced at SGD 5 each. SINGAPORE UNDER-23 TRAINING SQUAD GOALKEEPERS: Jasper Chan, Izwan Mahbud. DEFENDERS: Safuwan Baharudin, Shakir Hamzah, Shaiful Esah, Madhu Mohana, Eddie Chang, Afiq Yunos, Irwan Shah. MIDFIELDERS: Fazli Ayob, Yasir Hanapi, Shahfiq Ghani, Nazrul Nazari, Raihan Rahman, Zulfahmi Arifin, Abdil Qaiyyim, Firdaus Kasman, Hariss Harun, Faritz Hameed, Gabriel Quak. STRIKERS: Haniff Ja’ffar Sadique, Eugene Luo, Khairul Nizam, Khalili D’cruz, Fairoz Hasan. |