In the midst of the Singapore Lionesses playing in Tajikistan for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers, we feel it is timely to feature a local amateur women football club who are truly passionate in donning their club crest.
Phoenix Pride Football Club was formed in the late 2018 and debuted in the FAS Women’s National League in 2019. Together with players Elly and Atiqah, Club President Nisa started the team and slowly got some of their keen friends to join. This number grew to the current size of 32 players since the club was formed.
The club currently has three coaches who are unpaid volunteers but enjoy leading the training sessions as they share the same vision and aim for the club. The coaching team is led by Head Coach Ikhwan, together with two other GK coaches Calvin and Justine.
The players, coaches and staff are highly motivated and till now, they are still getting queries from young ladies wanting to join the team. This is encouraging for them as it shows that women’s football is gaining popularity in Singapore.
Like most local amateur clubs, the only issue is the funds needed to keep the club afloat. According to the Club President, Nisa, “In all honesty, as much as we want to be part of the local women’s football scene and FAS, we are not optimistic and disappointed about our sustainability due to lack of funds. As you would have imagined, it’s not easy to get support and sponsorship as a new team. Having a consistent training venue is very costly.“
We understand the pain and every day we are hoping someone or some company will come forward to support these clubs financially like how Forrest Li did with LCS.
Nisa’s closing lines, in response to our email,
“We do not need medals. We need support.
Nonetheless, we have chose to remain steadfast in our aim and sincerely put in our best efforts to help our current and future players to fuel their aspirations and passion for the sport.“
If you have the means, do come forward. You can find them on IG.
Till next time, #supportSGfootball!
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