Football Association of Singapore (FAS) became responsible for the development of women's football in 2000, and a women's football department was established in 2004. Women's football in Singapore has become more popular since then. In 2015, FAS started its first all-girl training centres for those aged five to 12 at Bowen and Queensway Secondary Schools with a combined intake of about 30. The ‘A’ and Under-14 Women’s National Teams were honoured when
Moya Dodd,
FIFA Executive Committee member,
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Vice President and Chairman of the AFC Women’s Football Committee, paid a visit at the training session during her Singapore stopover on 17 April 2015. In July 2015, the Lionesses were invited to compete in the Luen Thai Cup tournament in Hong Kong. It was considered a milestone moment for the team as the quadrangular was the first international tournament that the team participated in since 2013. They took on Chelsea Hong Kong SC,
Northern Mariana Islands All-Stars and Guangdong Agriculture University Team. On 29 January 2016, the Lionesses played their first international match in two years, losing 1-0 to
Sri Lanka at Jalan Besar Stadium. The team comprises players with an average age of 23. The Lionesses was removed the FIFA women's football world rankings because of the 2-year hiatus from international football. Singapore hosted
Indonesia,
Luxembourg and the
Maldives for the FAS International Women’s Quadrangular 2018. The tournament was supported by the
UEFA Assist programme – an international programme by the European confederation to provide practical support in the development of football to member associations and confederations worldwide. The Lionesses lost 4-0 to Luxembourg in the final. In 2019, the third all-girl training centre was launched at Meridian Secondary School. In preparation for the
2021 SEA Games, the Lionesses played their first-ever ticketed matches in the
2022 FAS Tri-Nations Series. This was also the first time in four years for the team to play in front of a home crowd. The last time the team played at home was for the FAS International Women's Quadrangular in 2018. During the 2021 SEA Games, they registered their first win in nearly 37 years by defeating
Laos 1-0. They had not won a match at the SEA Games since 1985. On 13 July 2022, the Lionesses claimed their first victory at the
AFF Women's Championship in 18 years by defeating a depleted Indonesia side 2-0 at Binan Football Stadium in Manila. Indonesia could name only four substitutes as nine players were unwell. They finished fourth with four points in the six-team
Group A. On 14 October 2022, the FAS announced that by mutual agreement,
Stephen Ng would step down from his role as Singapore Women’s National Team Head Coach with effect 31 October 2022. Former international Ratna Suffian, who served as Ng’s assistant, took over as the interim coach.
Karim Bencherifa was appointed as the new Women’s National Team Head Coach from 1 March 2023. On 6 December 2024, the Lionesses defeated
Timor-Leste 1-0 in the
2024 AFF Women's Cup third-place play-off to ensure their qualification for the
2025 ASEAN Women's Championship. However, on 9 June 2025, FAS announced that the team would not be participating in the competition, seven hours after the draw ceremony. The decision was influenced by the need to manage player welfare, maintain performance standards and prepare the teams for the challenges ahead. The Lionesses would then focus on the remaining three competitions, namely
AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers,
AFC Under-20 Women's Asian Cup qualifiers and the
2025 SEA Games, that were held later that year. ==Results and fixtures==