National coach Raddy Avramovic has announced wholesale changes in his 33-man provisional squad for upcoming international friendlies and 2014 World Cup qualifiers. -- ST PHOTO: ALBERT SIM
NATIONAL coach Raddy Avramovic has announced wholesale changes in his 33-man provisional squad for upcoming international friendlies and 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
Eight players from December's Suzuki Cup squad, including former national captain Noh Alam Shah and Baihakki Khaizan, were dropped, although Avramovic, 61, refused to rule them out of future selections. The Serb said he made his choices based on players' form in recent international competitions as well as their current club performances.
Thirteen players received their first call-up for the Lions, including Balestier Khalsa forward Andrew Tan, 24, and Tanjong Pagar United defender Delwinder Singh, the youngest player on the list at 19 years old.
As expected, S-League top scorer Aleksandar Duric, 41, was included on the list, alongside stalwarts Daniel Bennett, Hassan Sunny and Mustafic Fahrudin.
The Lions kick off their set of friendlies against Maldives on June 7, before facing Indonesia on June 29 and July 3, and Laos on July 18. They will then face either neighbours Malaysia or Chinese Taipei in the World Cup qualifiers on July 23 and 28.
Squad: Lionel Lewis, Juma'at Jantan, Shi Jia Yi, Qiu Li, Hassan Sunny, Shahdan Sulaiman, Shaiful Esah, Fazrul Nawaz, Ismail Yunos, Hariss Harun, Khairul Amri, Shahril Ishak, Mustafic Fahrudin, Daniel Bennett, Aleksandar Duric, Isa Halim, Delwinder Singh, Hamqaamal Shah, Ruzaini Zainal, Sufian Anwar, Andrew Tan, Afiq Yunos, Shukor Zailan, Raihan Rahman, Safuwan Baharudin, Fazly Ayob, Khairul Nizam, Faris Ramli, Shakir Hamzah, Zulfahmin Arifin, Izwan Mahbud, Nazrul Nazari, Irwan Shah
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