The Young Lions are technically Singapore's Under-22 development team but, in reality, the Singapore Premier League (SPL) team are even younger this year.
As Fandi Ahmad's team take on Balestier Khalsa in their opening SPL fixture today at the Jalan Besar Stadium, they will have an average age of just 20, with many of them rookies in professional football.
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