Singapore uses U20 squad to challenge U23 Vietnam in Asian qualifiers

In the list of participants just announced by the Singapore Football Federation, Singapore surprised with a squad consisting mostly of players who just participated in the 2026 AFC U20 qualifiers. The oldest of the 23 players are only 3 people born in 2003, meaning they are only 22 years old this year.

The rest of the Singapore squad consists mostly of players born after 2005. Notably, the team has three 17-year-old players: Harith Danish, Luth Harith and Rae Peh.

With an average age of under 20, this can be said to be Singapore's U20 team. Unlike Vietnam or Yemen, which have many national players under the age of U23, Singapore is just a collection of young talents who have not had many opportunities to compete internationally or domestically. Most of them have just been promoted from the domestic U21 tournament.

Most Singaporean players were born after 2005.

Their record is also not impressive. In the recent U20 Asian qualifiers, Singapore lost all 3 matches and finished last, not even scoring a single goal.

By continuing to compete in the 2026 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers, it can be said that this squad of players is targeted for the 33rd SEA Games campaign in Thailand. In the immediate future, in the 2026 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers from September 3 to 9, Singapore continues to aim to hone and improve their skills instead of going far.

Singapore's chances of qualifying for the finals are slim as they are in the same group as Vietnam and Yemen. Perhaps the main opponent for Singapore to hope to earn honorable points is Bangladesh.

List of U23 Singapore players participating in the U23 Asian qualifiers

STT	Name	Location	Year of birth	Club
1	Ainun Nuha	GK	2006	Young Lions
2	Aizil Yazid	GK	2004	Young Lions
3	Firman Nabil	GK	2005	Young Lions
4	Adam Reefdy	DF	2004	Young Lions
5	Andrew Aw	DF	2003	Young Lions
6	Aqil Yazid	DF	2004	Young Lions
7	Junki Yoshimura	DF	2004	Young Lions
8	Kieran Teo	DF	2005	Young Lions
9	Luth Harith	DF	2008	Young Lions
10	Marcus Mosses	DF	2005	Young Lions
11	Raoul Suhaimi	DF	2005	Young Lions
12	Ajay Robson	MF	2003	Young Lions
13	Ethan Pinto	MF	2005	Geylang
14	Harith Danish	MF	2008	Young Lions
15	Muhammad Asis	MF	2005	FC Vizela (Portugal)
16	Ong Yu En	MF	2003	Young Lions
17	Rae Peh	MF	2008	BG Tampines Rovers
18	Ryu Hardy	MF	2005	Young Lions
19	Amir Syafiz	FW	2004	Young Lions
20	Jonan Tan	FW	2006	FC Vizela (Portugal)
21	Khairin Nadim	FW	2004	FC Vizela (Portugal)
22	Kian Jared Ghadessy	FW	2005	Young Lions
23	Louka Tan-Vaissiere	FW	2005	Young Lions