Lion City Sailors FC (women)

Lion City Sailors

Full name	Lion City Sailors Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Sailors
Short name	LCS
Founded	1997; 28 years ago (1997) as Home United 2020; 5 years ago (2020) as Lion City Sailors
Ground	Bishan Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium (International football)
Capacity	6,000
Owner	Sea Limited
Chairman	Forrest Li
Head coach	Muhamnad Yusuf Chatyawan
League	Women's Premier League
2024	Singapore Premier League, 1st of 10
Website	https://www.lioncitysailorsfc.sg/women/
Home colours Away colours

The Lion City Sailors FC (LCS) is a Singaporean women's football club affiliated with Lion City Sailors FC and currently playing in the Women's Premier League (WPL).

LCS have won two league titles in 2022, 2023, 2024 and was the runners up five times.

History

The club was affiliated with Home United[1] and had its name changed to Lion City Sailors FC in February 2020 when Home United was privatised by Forrest Li, who owns Sea Limited, a tech conglomerate, and changed to Lion City Sailors FC.[1][2] The team's league debut as the LCS was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore which caused a suspension of the WPL from 2020 to 2021.[3] The LCS made it debut in the 2022 season and went on to win that season's title unbeaten with 10 victories and two draws.[4] It also won the 2023 season's championship unbeaten with 17 victories and 1 draw.[5] Consequentially, they were selected as Singapore's representative for the 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League.[4]

On 24 June 2024, LCS was defeated by Geylang International FC 2–1, ending their unbeaten streak since the start of the 2022 season. They were unbeaten for 37 matches with 34 victories and draws draws.[4]

On 15 September 2024, LCS won their third consecutive Women’s Premier League title after a 6-0 victory over Still Aerion. [6]

Honors

League

• Women's Premier League (Singapore)
  • Winners (3): 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Runners-up (5): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2019

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SGP Izairida Shakira 4 DF  SGP Nur Umairah Hamdan 6 DF  SGP Seri Nurinsyirah 8 DF  SGP Syazwani Ruzi 17 DF  SGP Khairunnisa Anwar 24 DF  SGP Nurhidayu Naszri 25 DF  USA Sara Hayduchok 27 DF  SGP Tia Foong 76 DF  SGP Tyan Foong 2 MF  CAN Madison Telmer 7 MF  SGP Cara Chang 13 MF  SGP Natasha Naszri

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  SGP Qarissa Putri 16 MF  SGP Hui Xin Ho 23 MF  SGP Sarah Zu'risqha 32 MF  SGP Nur Ain Salleh 69 MF  SGP Natasha Kaur 5 FW  JPN Miray Altun 9 FW  SGP Raeka Ee 11 FW  SGP Liyana Rickit 12 FW  SGP Josephine Ang 19 FW  SGP Yuvika Suresh 20 FW  SGP Dorcas Chu

References

1. "Tanjong Pagar clinch Women's Challenge Cup". Asean Football Federation. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
2. Duerden, John (25 January 2021). "Commentary: Singapore has its first multimillion-dollar football signing. But what next?". Channel News Asia. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
3. "Sailors women charting a path to the summit in WPL debut". Lion City Sailors FC. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
4. Ganesan, Deepanraj (24 June 2024). "Geylang International women's team end Lion City Sailors' unbeaten run of over two years". The Straits Times. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
5. "Sailors stay unbeaten as 2023 Deloitte Women's Premier League season concludes". Football Association of Singapore. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
6. Kwek, Kimberly (16 February 2024). "Lion City Sailors set sights beyond S'pore after third straight Deloitte Women's Premier League title". The Straits Times.