Singapore at the AFC Asian Cup

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]

1984 AFC Asian Cup

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.

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

2 December 1984

21:00

Singapore	2–0	India
Awab 36' Saad 81'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)

5 December 1984

21:00

Singapore	0–2	China
		Jia Xiuquan 21' Zhao Dayu 39'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 20,752

Referee: Ahmed Jassim (Bahrain)

8 December 1984

21:00

Singapore	0–1	United Arab Emirates
		Abdulrahman 62'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jassim Mandi (Bahrain)

10 December 1984

19:00

Singapore	1–1	Iran
Saad 61'		Shahrokh Bayani 55' (pen.)

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Abu Wahid Shanbe (Oman)

Singapore's performance in AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup record								Asian Cup qualification
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	Did not qualify							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

References

^ "Flashback: Saudi Arabia's historic triumph at the 1984 AFC Asian Cup | Football | News |".

[1] "Flashback: Saudi Arabia's historic triumph at the 1984 AFC Asian Cup | Football | News |".

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v t e Singapore national football team
General	Football Association of Singapore History Managers
Venues	National Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium Former National Stadium
Players	Players Born outside Singapore
AFC Asian Cup	1984
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Other tournaments	The Olympics Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
Rivalries	Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Thailand Vietnam
results	1948–1969 1970–1989 1990–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Other Singapore teams	Men's U-23 U-21 U-20 U-17 Women's Futsal Celebral palsy

v t e Countries at the AFC Asian Cup
Team appearances
AFF	Australia Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam¹
CAFA	Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
EAFF	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan North Korea South Korea
SAFF	Bangladesh India
WAFF	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Former	Israel² South Yemen³
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under other name(s). ² Israel was a member of the AFC until 1974. ³ Recognized by FIFA as defunct.