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Jun 18, 2010
Singapore football on the up and up
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THE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) would like to take this opportunity to update Mr Patrick Tan ('Importing sports talent: The state of play'; June 11) and other readers on the progress of Singapore football over the years.
These include, at the senior level, winning back-to-back Asean titles in 2004 and 2007 as well as reaching the third round of the 2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifiers, the farthest any Singapore football team has gone in our history.
Last year, we sent our youngest ever squad to the 2009 SEA Games, which is an Under 23 competition. With an average age of only 19.8, the team claimed the second successive bronze medal. FAS also launched the Junior Centre of Excellence for U-8s, U-10s and U-12s last year to complement our Centres of Excellence and National Football Academy programmes, completing the structure of our development pipeline of young talent from eight to 23 years. FAS has thus placed priority and invested significantly in the development of Singapore-born players.
In April last year, FAS launched a comprehensive Strategic Plan 2010-2015 designed to take Singapore football forward to be among the top 10 football nations in Asia by 2015. This plan was endorsed by leading football officials, including Fifa president Sepp Blatter, who commended FAS for its diligence in generating considerable returns on its investment despite facing budgetary constraints, and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohamed Hammam, who noted Singapore football's progress at the Asian level and highlighted that the success of FAS could be attributed to strategic planning. The Singapore Sports Council has also endorsed this plan and will work closely with FAS in its implementation.
A major part of our plan is the player and coach development pathways, which are based on the best practices of leading football nations in the world. These pathways offer aspiring players and coaches every opportunity to excel in their chosen profession.
FAS is fully focused and committed to making the big leap to the Asian level and we will gear all our efforts into achieving our goals and outcomes outlined in the plan. In this regard, we look forward to the continued support from fellow Singaporeans like Mr Tan.
Isaac Christian
Senior Executive (Corporate Communications)
Football Association of Singapore
Singapore football on the up and up
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THE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) would like to take this opportunity to update Mr Patrick Tan ('Importing sports talent: The state of play'; June 11) and other readers on the progress of Singapore football over the years.
These include, at the senior level, winning back-to-back Asean titles in 2004 and 2007 as well as reaching the third round of the 2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifiers, the farthest any Singapore football team has gone in our history.
Last year, we sent our youngest ever squad to the 2009 SEA Games, which is an Under 23 competition. With an average age of only 19.8, the team claimed the second successive bronze medal. FAS also launched the Junior Centre of Excellence for U-8s, U-10s and U-12s last year to complement our Centres of Excellence and National Football Academy programmes, completing the structure of our development pipeline of young talent from eight to 23 years. FAS has thus placed priority and invested significantly in the development of Singapore-born players.
In April last year, FAS launched a comprehensive Strategic Plan 2010-2015 designed to take Singapore football forward to be among the top 10 football nations in Asia by 2015. This plan was endorsed by leading football officials, including Fifa president Sepp Blatter, who commended FAS for its diligence in generating considerable returns on its investment despite facing budgetary constraints, and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohamed Hammam, who noted Singapore football's progress at the Asian level and highlighted that the success of FAS could be attributed to strategic planning. The Singapore Sports Council has also endorsed this plan and will work closely with FAS in its implementation.
A major part of our plan is the player and coach development pathways, which are based on the best practices of leading football nations in the world. These pathways offer aspiring players and coaches every opportunity to excel in their chosen profession.
FAS is fully focused and committed to making the big leap to the Asian level and we will gear all our efforts into achieving our goals and outcomes outlined in the plan. In this regard, we look forward to the continued support from fellow Singaporeans like Mr Tan.
Isaac Christian
Senior Executive (Corporate Communications)
Football Association of Singapore
