Lion City Sailors full-back Nur Adam Abdullah has been named in Gavin Lee’s 26-man strong Singapore National Team squad for the upcoming March international window, alongside six of his Sailors teammates: Hariss Harun, Hami Syahin, Shawal Anuar, Lionel Tan, Akram Azman, and January signing Kyoga Nakamura.

The call-up is the 24-year-old’s first since November 2024, when he came on as a second-half substitute for the Lions in an international friendly against Chinese Taipei at the National Stadium. 

Nur Adam has been enjoying a strong run of form, featuring in six of the Sailors’ last seven Singapore Premier League (SPL) matches since February – including successive starts against Geylang International and Balestier Khalsa before the international break. 

“It’s always a huge honour to get a call-up to the national team and I have to say I really missed pulling on the Lions jersey,” said Nur Adam, who has earned 10 caps since making his national debut in November 2021.

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“I’m going to work very hard during the upcoming centralised training so that I can earn another national team cap.”

With their international friendly against the Faroe Islands in Dubai cancelled due to safety concerns, the Lions will instead take part in a local centralised training programme before taking on Bangladesh on 31 March in their final match of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup™ Saudi Arabia 2027 qualifiers. 

The Singapore national team have already qualified for next year’s showpiece event following an important away victory over Hong Kong last November.