Singapore national football team has participated in the AFC Asian Cup since its inception in 1956. Singapore did not advance through the qualifying rounds except in the 1984 AFC Asian Cup which they qualified by hosting the tournament. [1]
Regarded as a much weaker team in Asia, Singapore was eliminated from the group stage with four points, a 2–0 win over India and a 1–1 draw with Iran. The draw with Iran was considered a shock result as Iran was three times champions of the tournament.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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China | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 |
Iran | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
United Arab Emirates | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 |
Singapore | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
India | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 |
Singapore | 0–2 | China |
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Jia Xiuquan 21' Zhao Dayu 39' |
Singapore | 0–1 | United Arab Emirates |
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Abdulrahman 62' |
Singapore | 1–1 | Iran |
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Saad 61' | Shahrokh Bayani 55' (pen.) |
AFC Asian Cup record | Asian Cup qualification | |||||||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
1956 | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
1960 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||||||
1964 | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
1968 | Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||||||
1972 | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
1976 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
1980 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||
1984 | Round 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Qualified as hosts | ||||||
1988 | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
1992 | Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
1996 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | ||||||||
2000 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
2004 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||
2007 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
2011 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | ||||||||
2015 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | ||||||||
2019 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | ||||||||
2023 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 22 | ||||||||
Total | Best: Round 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 71 | 18 | 11 | 42 | 74 | 136 |
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