National Football Academy (Singapore)

National Football Academy

Jalan Besar Sports and Recreation Centre
Established	13 August 2000
Location	Jalan Besar, Singapore, Singapore
Coordinates	1°18′36″N 103°51′37″E / 1.310016°N 103.860347°E / 1.310016; 103.860347Coordinates: 1°18′36″N 103°51′37″E / 1.310016°N 103.860347°E / 1.310016; 103.860347

The National Football Academy, commonly referred to as NFA, is a football academy based in Jalan Besar, Singapore. It was launched by the Football Association of Singapore on 13 August 2000 with the aim of developing Singapore's most promising young footballers.^[1] Trainees are scouted through a systematic talent identification process before being given the chance to develop their skills under some of the best youth coaches in the country. With teams at every age level from U-14 to U-18, the NFA co-ordinates the development of young Singaporean footballers at a national level through the domestic league system, international youth tournaments as well as overseas training attachments.

The NFA Under-18 team is made up of promising Singaporean players under the age of 18 and serves as a feeder squad mainly to the Young Lions as well as other clubs in the S.League. The FAS enters both the NFA Blues U-17 and NFA Reds U-18 teams in the Prime League, the official reserve league of the S.League to allow their players to gain more exposure and match experience by playing against older and more established players. The NFA U-15 and U-16 teams also participate in the annual Lion City Cup organised by the FAS since 2011.

The NFA has produced many graduates who went on to represent the Singapore national team.

NFA Under-15

NFA U-15 performance record at the Lion City Cup

NFA Under-16

NFA U-16 performance record at the Lion City Cup

NFA Under-17

Jurong West Stadium

NFA Blues

The NFA Blues is based at the 3,200-seater Jurong West Stadium for its Prime League matches.

2014 Prime League squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 Muhammad Zharfan Bin Rohaizad 2 DF Adam Hakeem 4 Royce Chua 5 Lionel Tan (c) 6 Ribiyanda Saswadimata 7 Mohamed Nasrul Bin Mohamed Taib 9 Andin Addie 10 Syafiq Irawan 11 Amiruldin Asraf 12 Hafiz Baharuddin

No. Position Player 13 Joshua Bernard Pereira 14 Rydha Syarriel 15 Randall Au 17 MF Karthik Raj 18 Russell Joachim Lee 19 Zulkhair Mustaffa 20 Shah Zulkarnean 22 Ahmad Fadly Bin Mohamed Tamiri 24 Ariyan Shamsuddin 25 Brandon Marc Cher

NFA Under-18

NFA Reds

The NFA Reds is based at the 3,000-seater Bukit Gombak Stadium for its Prime League matches.

2014 Prime League squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Kenny Loh 2 DF Ramle Umar Akhbar 3 DF Darren Teh 4 DF Taufiq Muqminin 5 DF Sadik Said 6 DF Kenneth Lee 7 MF Zulfadhmi Suzliman 8 MF Muhelmy Suhaimi (c) 9 FW Iqram Rifqi 10 MF Suhairi Sabri

No. Position Player 11 MF Fahrish Khan 12 GK Tham Yong Jun 13 MF Haiqal Sulaiman 14 MF Ashshiddiq Misban 15 MF Khairuddin Omar 16 DF Bryan Tan 17 DF Daniel Shafiq 19 MF Ashari Borhan 20 FW A Pavithran 21 FW Jeremy Lam

See also

• Lion City Cup
• Young Lions
• Singapore national youth football team
• Singapore national football team

References