Five members of the Lion City Sailors’ 2024 Deloitte Women’s Premier League (WPL) winning squad have been selected to represent the Singapore Women’s National Team at the upcoming ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Cup in Laos in late November.

Sailors Women’s vice-captain Syazwani Ruzi, along with Qarissa Putri, Natasha Naszri, Nurhidayu Naszri (pictured below), and attacker Cara Chang have been named in the 23-strong Lionesses squad for the newly introduced qualifying tournament for the ASEAN Women’s Championship, which is scheduled to take place in 2025.

Placed in Group A, Karim Bencherifa’s side will entertain Timor-Leste next Tuesday, 26 November before taking on hosts Laos three days later – with both matches to be played at the New Laos National Stadium in Vientiane.

The top two teams of the group will advance into the semi-finals. A third-place playoff and a final will follow on 5 December, with the eventual top three teams making it through to the tournament proper.