Singapore at the AFC Asian Cup

Singapore national football team has only participated in one AFC Asian Cup, during 1984 tournament which they hosted and the only time they played in the big stage of the continent.^[1] Their best performance is also just the group stage, and won only one match against India.

Regarded as a much weaker team in Asia, Singapore nonetheless produced several shock results in the qualifying campaigns, such as 1–1 draw to giant Iran in 1984 edition, when Iran had previously won three titles. However, Singapore is considered to have no luck for the Asian Cup.

1984 AFC Asian Cup

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China PR	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 198421:00

Singapore	2 – 0	India
Awab  36' Saad  81'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)

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5 December 198421:00

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

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 20,752

Referee: Ahmed Jassim (Bahrain)

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8 December 198421:00

Singapore	0 – 1	United Arab Emirates
		Abdulrahman  62'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jassim Mandi (Bahrain)

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10 December 198419:00

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									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
Total	Best: Round 1	4	1	1	2	3	4		58	14	10	34	59	106

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