Singapore, Tuesday, July 5, 2011 — 25 players have made the cut for the squad for the upcoming Round 2 World Cup qualifiers against Malaysia.

Injury has again cost Khairul Amri a chance for international football and national team coach Raddy Avramovic has brought in uncapped forwards Andrew Tan and Erwan Gunawan to fill the ranks.

Hassan Sunny’s ACL injury also means a place in the squad for newcomer Muhd Ridhuan of Tanjong Pagar. With Izwan Mahbud also without any international caps, Lionel Lewis is the only experienced goalkeeper in the squad.

Malaysia came through the first round of qualifying when they beat Taiwan over two legs on the away goals rule after the two teams finished 4-4 on aggregate. Malaysia lost the second leg 2-3 in Taiwan.

The first leg will be played on 23rd July in Singapore at the Jalan Besar Stadium while the second leg will see Malaysia play hosts to the Lions in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

25-Man World Cup Qualifying Squad
name (year of birth, club, caps, goals, position)

Lionel Lewis (’84, Home United, 68, GK)
Izwan Mahbud (’90, Young Lions, 0, GK)
Muhd Ridhuan (’97, Tanjong Pagar, 0, GK)

Afiq Yunos (’90, Young Lions, 2, 0, DF)
Delwinder Singh (’92, Tanjong Pagar United, 0, 0, DF)
Juma’at Jantan (’84, Home United, 18, DF)
Shaiful Nain (’86, SAFFC, 9, DF)
Ismail Yunos (’86, Gombak United, 13, 0, DF)
Safuwan Baharudin (’91, Young Lions, 4, 0, DF)
Hamqaamal Shah (’86, Gombak United, 2, 0, DF)
Juma’at Jantan (’84, Home United, 18, 0, DF)
Daniel Bennett (’79, SAFFC, 96, 6, DF)
Shaiful Esah (’86, SAF FC, 9, 0, DF)

Hariss Harun (’90, Young Lions, 16, 0, MF)
Ruzaini Bin Zainal (’88, SAFFC, 2, 0, MF)
Shahdan Sulaiman (’88, Young Lions, 3, 0, MF)
Isa Halim (’86, Home United, 32, 0, MF)
Shi Jia Yi (’83, Home United, 48, 5, MF)
Sharil Ishak (’84, Medan Chiefs, 82, 5, MF)
Mustafic Fahrudin (’81, Tampines Rovers, 54, 6, MF)
Shukor Bin Zailan (’85, Tampines Rovers, 2, 0, MF)

Andrew Tan (’87, Balestier Khalsa, 0, 0, FW)
Khairul Nizam (’91, Young Lions, 2, 0, FW)
Qiu Li (’81, Home United, 5, 0, FW)
Erwan Gunawan (’87, SAF FC, 0, 0, FW)
Fazrul Nawaz (’85, SAF FC, 43, 3, FW)
Aleksandar Duric (’70, Tampines Rovers, 32, 14, FW)

Players that did not make the squad
Hassan Sunny (’84, Tampines Rovers, 32, GK) — injured

Irwan Shah Arismail (’88, Young Lions, 4, DF)
Shakir Hamzah (’92, Young Lions, 0, DF)

Raihan Rahman (’91, Young Lions, 1, M)
Faris Ramli (’92, Young Lions, 0, M)
Zulfahmi Arifin (’91, Young Lions, 0, M)
Nazrul Nazari (’91, Young Lions, 0, MF)
Fazly Ayob (’91, Young Lions, 1, MF)

Shahdan Sulaiman (’88, Tampines Rovers, 3, FW)
Khairul Amri (’85, Persiba Balikpapan, 65, FW) — injured
Sufian Bin Anwar (’87, Home United, 1, FW)