S'pore national football team reforged for World Cup qualifier

[maffia_2010]

Originally Posted by bonafido

Wrong investment i think!!even how much $$$ pour in, if the FAS dun change management u still see afew bunch of players playing "Kachiam puteh soccer"

the players which took part in the YOG. that shd be our future. invest $$ into them. as for now do not waste $$ on the current pool in the pretext of world cup qualifier , etc. Disband the current senior team and pump all resources in the youth and in a decade shd see some results.

[Beerman]

Woodland vs Tampine! Unbelievable goal from woodland! If this is not cheating or so call do ball beer on me!

[glyeo84]

If winning titles, improve FIFA ranking and reputation is of primary importance, then should bring in more quality FTs to make up a formidable national team (just like the French team). Likewise for the S League is to have more quality foreign teams to enhance and re-live the interest of fans.

[PNT Guy]

Originally Posted by maffia_2010

the players which took part in the YOG. that shd be our future. invest $$ into them. as for now do not waste $$ on the current pool in the pretext of world cup qualifier , etc. Disband the current senior team and pump all resources in the youth and in a decade shd see some results.

Yeah. This is what i call national pride too. U can see them truly playing for the glory of the nation and singing the Majulah Singapura with pride unlike the national team filled with FT and cant even play like true FT and once another country offer more $$$ n off they go.

Remember beijing guoan last year? The FT club. Opps i mean FT for foreign thugs. Also gt talent ba... For so many yrs none of the S league matches has been stop half way.

[Beerman]

Goverment say must give all the minister high pay so they dont funny thing like eat $$$... same for our football team, if u dont have good quality player and lousy pay.... this is wat u get! Funny football stlye, fuuny passing and funny goal keepping!

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7 countries smaller than Singapore that have reached the World Cup

By Ramesh William
10 Oct 2017 05:21PM
(Updated: 10 Oct 2017 05:30PM)


SINGAPORE: It’s official. The deltoid workout du jour that is the Viking Thunder-Clap will return for another outing at a major football championship.

Iceland, who wowed us all at Euro 2016, have reached their first ever World Cup at Russia 2018 following a 1-0 win over Kosovo.

There’s a nice bit of incongruity here: One of the world’s tiniest nations will play at the planet’s biggest sporting event in the world’s largest country.

With just over 330,000 people, Iceland will now be the smallest country ever to play at the World Cup – breaking the record held by the 1.3 million-strong Trinidad and Tobago.

Singapore, with around 3.4 million citizens making up its 5.6 million population, once harboured World Cup hopes too.

Goal 2010, which was an ambitious project to reach South Africa, failed in its objective and, by the looks of it, it will be some time before the Lions reach the beautiful game’s pinnacle.

So it’s clear as day: When it comes to football, size doesn’t matter. Here are seven countries (there are more; but let’s not stick it in too deep) smaller than Singapore that have reached the World Cup.

ICELAND
Best known for its geysers, tectonic plates and a lack of forests, Iceland is the World Cup’s newest debutant. Its national sport isn’t even football; that honour goes to handball.

To be fair though, most football fans saw this coming.

Its volcanic-hot performances at Euro 2016 – where it reached the quarter-finals – and its sprinkling of class footballers across European leagues pointed to the fact that the country was in the throes of a golden generation, football-wise.

We'll be looking forward to their happy clappy fans at Russia 2018.

Fun Icelandic fact: Mosquitoes do not exist in Iceland.

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Trinidad and Tobago's squad poses prior to the 2006 World Cup match against Sweden, Jun 10, 2006 at Dortmund stadium. (Photo: AFP)

Before Iceland’s exploits, cricket-crazy Trinidad and Tobago held the smallest-country-to-have-gone-there-done-that trophy.

They reached Germany 2006 after an impressive qualifying campaign – and did not embarrass themselves on the big-stage, earning a draw and two defeats.

And at 34, football fans finally got to see former Manchester United smiling assassin Dwight Yorke at a major tournament. He did disappoint, unfortunately.

Fun Trinidad and Tobago fact: Trinidad’s Moruga Scorpion Pepper is the world’s hottest.

KUWAIT
Sheikh Fahd al-Ahmed al-Sabah (C), brother of Emir of Kuwait is pictured during the World Cup football match between France and Kuwait on Jun 21, 1982, in Valladolid. (Photo: AFP/GEORGES BENDRIHEM)

When Kuwait reached the World Cup in 1982, the tiny Gulf state had a population of under 2 million. With a large part of that number comprising foreign workers, the Kuwaitis really had a small pool to choose from.

What made their achievements even more laudable was the fact that Asia only had one spot at the 24-team tournament.

And Kuwait left one of the more indelible images at that tournament in Spain. A Kuwaiti sheikh made his way down to the field in protest when opponents France scored. Following his intervention, the goal was disallowed.

Fun Kuwait fact: Kuwait is smaller than the US state of New Jersey.

NORTHERN IRELAND
Gerry Armstrong scores to given Northern Ireland a shock 1-0 win over hosts Spain in the 1982 World Cup. (Photo: Bob Thomas/Getty/AFP)
When it made its debut at the 1958 World Cup, Northern Ireland had a population of 1.4 million. That figure now stands at around 1.8 million – making the fact that they reached three World Cu

[loveikan]

Uruquay too.
Should be slightly more 3mil only

[globalcookie]

SINGAPORE: The Singapore national football team has slumped to its lowest-ever position in FIFA's world rankings, according to the latest table published on Monday (Oct 16).

The Lions, on the back of October defeats to Turkmenistan in an Asian Cup qualifier tie and Qatar in an international friendly, dropped 11 notches from September's ranking of 162 to 173.

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Maybe world.cup 2010 is, the bigger e no the nearer to e cup. 11 more countries to beat.

[stargazer]

It will take an all fandis or quahs to reach the qualifier stage.

If can be king of southeast asia already must buy roast pig thank the gods liao.