National Football Academy (Singapore)

National Football Academy

Short name	NFA
Founded	13 August 2000; 21 years ago (13 August 2000)
Association	Football Association of Singapore
League	Prime League
Stadium	Jalan Besar Sports and Recreation Centre Jalan Besar, Singapore Coordinates: 1°18′36″N 103°51′37″E / 1.310016°N 103.860347°E / 1.310016; 103.860347
Branches	NFA Blues U-17 NFA Reds U-18

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 Singapore Premier 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 Singapore Premier 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. Pos. Nation Player 1  SIN Muhammad Zharfan Bin Rohaizad 2 DF  SIN Adam Hakeem 4  SIN Royce Chua 5  SIN Lionel Tan (c) 6  SIN Ribiyanda Saswadimata 7  SIN Mohamed Nasrul Bin Mohamed Taib 9  SIN Andin Addie 10  SIN Syafiq Irawan 11  SIN Amiruldin Asraf 12  SIN Hafiz Baharuddin

No. Pos. Nation Player 13  SIN Joshua Bernard Pereira 14  SIN Rydha Syarriel 15  SIN Leonard Chen 17 MF  SIN Karthik Raj 18  SIN Russell Joachim Lee 19  SIN Zulkhair Mustaffa 20  SIN Shah Zulkarnean 22  SIN Ahmad Fadly Bin Mohamed Tamiri 24  SIN Ariyan Shamsuddin 25  SIN 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. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SIN Kenny Loh 2 DF  SIN Ramle Umar Akhbar 3 DF  SIN Darren Teh 4 DF  SIN Taufiq Muqminin 5 DF  SIN Sadik Said 6 DF  SIN Kenneth Lee 7 MF  SIN Zulfadhmi Suzliman 8 MF  SIN Muhelmy Suhaimi (c) 9 FW  SIN Iqram Rifqi 10 MF  SIN Suhairi Sabri

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

See also[]

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

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