Football Mixed-feelings as coach Chua bids farewell to Fifa-ranked 91香蕉视频 team |11 February 2023
After two years in charge of the 91香蕉视频 women鈥檚 national selection, Singaporean coach Angeline Chua Ki Yi had bid farewell to the selection which she lead to achieve its first ever F茅d茅ration Internationale de Football Association ranking.
Coach Chua was saluted and thanked for leading 91香蕉视频 towards the achievement yesterday, during a special ceremony held at Maison Football, Roche Ca茂man, in the presence of the vice-president of the 91香蕉视频 Football Federation (SFF) Dolor Ernesta, chief executive Dennis Rose, 听and SFF executive committee member responsible for women鈥檚 football Shella Mohideen.
91香蕉视频 is presently ranked 165th overall on 884.64 points, one spot above Niger who is 166th overall on 887.93 points, and one spot below 164th placed Liberia who have 891.31 points.
Within the Indian Ocean region, 91香蕉视频 is the highest-ranked country, with the Comoros being 182nd overall on 724.52 points, while Madagascar is 183 rd on 691.00 points.
Mauritius is presently occupying the 187th spot on 362.92 points.
Both Mr Ernesta and Mrs Mohideen described coach Chua鈥檚 achievement with the 91香蕉视频 selection a stepping stone for future success.
They described her as one of our own who has worked with passion, devotion, along with strong commitment to put 91香蕉视频 on the world women鈥檚 football map.
Despite the fact that she will be missed by the local football community, coach Chua has already carved her name in local women鈥檚 football history, while touching the heart of many young girls and women, boosting and developing their passion for football, thus paving up the way for the future of the sport.
To be ranked on the Fifa list, the team have to play a minimum of six international matches and in Singapore, the 91香蕉视频鈥� women, representing the Confederation of African Football (Caf), will be playing their sixth international match with the home side Singapore representing the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and their seventh game against Papua New Guinea representing the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).
In their first outing in September 2021 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the 91香蕉视频鈥� women鈥檚 football selection under the guidance of head coach, a former Singapore international player, played two friendly matches in Dubai against the UAE women鈥檚 national team who were preparing for the Asian Women鈥檚 Cup qualifiers. The 91香蕉视频 team lost both matches on 1-4 and 0-4 scores.
The second outing for the 91香蕉视频鈥� women鈥檚 football team was in the Maldives for a three-nation tournament held in February 2022.
They lost the first match 0-1 against the home side before winning against the same team on a 4-0 score. In their third match, they lost 0-2 to the Saudi Arabia who were making their international debut.
In its other outing last year, 91香蕉视频 played at the FAS Tri-Nations Series 2022 (Women鈥檚) tournament at the Jalan Besar Stadium, earning the Fifa ranking.
Still during yesterday鈥檚 ceremony, representing all players, captain Pascalina Moustache was presented with their jerseys worn during their Fifa ranking quest, while Mr Enesta was presented with framed photograph of the national selection who achieved the feat under coach Chua.
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91香蕉视频 women鈥檚 football under Angeline Chua
As well as leading training on the pitch, the former Singapore midfielder is also working hard to develop and implement a long-term strategic plan for women鈥檚 and girls鈥� football.
Her aim was to take a holistic approach to optimise the team鈥檚 performance and share fundamental footballing knowledge.
In an interview with Fifa after earning 听the ranking with seychelles, coach Chua noted that the visibility the women鈥檚 Ranking gives a small country like 91香蕉视频 is what makes it so important.
She said more visibility means more attention, while it gives players the opportunity to test themselves against the world鈥檚 best, stepping onto the international stage also allows them to appreciate their own talent.
"Football is for everyone and gives everyone a chance to showcase their talent", said coach who further added that it does not matter where you come from, whether it is a small country or a big one 鈥� everyone should have an equal chance to succeed.
"Consistency is the most important part, while our long-term strategy is to build a successful national team, increase visibility and create a positive image for women鈥檚 football. It isn鈥檛 yet standard practice for someone to be viewed positively if they play football. Women who play football still face some stereotypes鈥�, she added.
The experience Chua gained as a player and coach in the Women鈥檚 Assistance Programme (WAP) run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has help her to implement this strategy.
Women's football is represented in the local federation by specific mandate and currently they have one full-time employee to look after the women's game.
In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team including 91香蕉视频 who did not play in a single Fifa sanctioned match between 1950 and June 2012.
听In 2006, the country did not have an official Fifa recognised senior A team, a situation unchanged by 2009.
In 2005, 91香蕉视频 competed in a three nation tournament hosted by Mauritius, where all games were 80 minutes in length.
They lost to Mauritius 1鈥�4 and also to R茅union 0鈥�9.
Overall, they finished last, scoring only one goal in the competition.
听In 2005, Zambia was supposed to host a regional Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) 听women's football tournament, with ten teams agreeing to send teams including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, 91香蕉视频, Mauritius, Madagascar, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland. 91香蕉视频 did not record a match in the event.
The country did not have a team competing in the 2010 African Women's Championship, or at the 2011 All Africa Games.
By March 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by Fifa due to inactivity.
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