page_title: Sport in Singapore
section_title: Football
hierarchical_section_title: Sport in Singapore / List of achievements / Football
caption_attribution_description: English: National Stadium, a panorama of its closing ceremony.
context_page_description: Singaporeans participate in a wide variety of sports for recreation as well as for competition. Popular sports include football, basketball, cricket, rugby union, swimming, badminton, and cycling. Many public residential areas provide amenities like swimming pools, outdoor spaces and indoor sport centres, with facilities for badminton, squash, table tennis, gymnastics, indoor basketball and volleyball, among others.
  Since Singapore is an island, Singaporeans also enjoy many water activities including sailing, kayaking and waterskiing. There is also a number of avid recreational scuba divers, a prominent diving spot being the southern island of Pulau Hantu, famous for its coral reefs.
  Football is arguably the most popular spectator sport. Singapore has its own professional football league, known as the Singapore Premier League. Launched in 1996, it consists of 10 teams competing against one another. Each team has its own home stadium, which are mostly located in heartland towns. In 1998, 2004, 2007 and 2012, the Singapore national football team were champions in the AFF Championship, the premier football competition in Southeast Asia.
context_section_description: Singapore Lions
  Malaysia Cup
  24 times Champion
  Singapore national football team
  ASEAN Football Championship
  1998-Champions
  2004-Champions
  2007-Champions
  2012-Champions
  Fandi Ahmad
  1983–1985, Played for FC Groningen. Scored in a shock 2–0 against Inter Milan. In 1999, was voted one of the best 25 players ever to play for FC Groningen, earning him a place in the club's Hall of Fame. In 2003, he was named in the club's best eleven of the twentieth century.
  1988, Golden Boot Award, Malaysia Cup
  V. Sundramoorthy
  Played at FC Basel for Switzerland
  Adam Swandi
  Played at French division 3 team FC Metz
  Safuwan Baharudin
  Played at Australia top division team Melbourne City
caption: Singapore National Stadium
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