Lions by city, lions by spirit. Sailing their way onwards in a groundbreaking campaign.
And now, more history made.
Lion City Sailors have become the first Singaporean club to reach the final of an Asian Football Confederation tournament -- after a 1-0 second-leg loss to Sydney FC on Wednesday was still enough to see them progress from the AFC Champions League Two semifinals 2-1 on aggregate.
A stirring defensive display at Allianz Stadium saw the Sailors frustrate their more-illustrious Australian opponents for much of the contest, until Joe Lolley's powerful finish in the 85th minute set up a grandstand finish.
Nonetheless, it proved too little too late for Sydney as the visitors were able to hold out till the final whistle and set up a final meeting with United Arab Emirates' Sharjah on May 18.
While the Singapore Premier League has been represented on the continental stage for decades, its clubs have long gotten accustomed to making up the numbers.
Barring the maiden campaign of the AFC Cup -- the predecessor of the ACL Two -- where the now-defunct Home United and Geylang International reached the last four, none have come close.
That is no longer the case.
It would be easy to assume most of the work was done a week ago, when a brilliant display at Jalan Besar Stadium saw the Sailors claim a shock 2-0 victory in the first leg -- a significant-enough advantage for them to defend on their trip to Australia.
On Wednesday, they sure did defend.
With nothing really to lose, Sydney were always going to display attacking intent right from the opening whistle and, if not for a couple of inches, they might easily have drawn level on aggregate by the 43rd minute.
Defenders Jordan Courtney-Perkins and Rhyan Grant could have emerged as unlikely goalscoring heroes but, on both occasions, they were correctly deemed to have been in offside positions when they put the ball into the back of the net for the hosts.
That is not to say it was simply one-way traffic.
The Sailors' ever-dangerous Maxime Lestienne spurned a couple of half-openings in the first half when greater conviction might have seen him score one of his trademark left-footed efforts.
Curiously, the visitors then enjoyed a spell right at the start of the second half where they had three excellent opportunities to effectively kill off the contest but wasted them all -- with Bart Ramselaar, who stole the show a week ago with a stunning long-range effort, letting slip the best of the lot.
Given the stakes on offer, it was no surprise that the drama was never-ending with tempers also starting to boil over as the game wore on.
Sydney's Brazilian star Douglas Costa faced a nervous wait when his lashing-out at Hami Syahin, which initially incurred a yellow, was called for a VAR review although the referee ultimately stood by his original decision.
The hosts then had a penalty call when Patryk Klimala theatrically fell over inside the area after a challenge by Hariss Harun, although replays showed there had been no contact.
As the Sailors grew increasingly content to sit back with the clock ticking on, it did afford the space for Costa to come alive and his deliveries from the left were starting to cause real trouble.
One such cross that found the head of Klimala forced Izwan Mahbud into a fine save flying to his right.
Another, with five minutes remaining, would provide Sydney with the breakthrough they had been toiling so hard for.
With Costa again causing the opposition hesitation with a delivery brimming with pace and curl, it allowed Grant to nod the ball back for Lolley to expertly drill a shot into the bottom corner.
A script written countless times before was waiting to play out once more. Just on Tuesday night, Al Taawoun somehow threw away a first-leg lead in injury-time -- conceding in the 94th and 99th minutes to allow Sharjah to progress from the West region semi.
Still, as they have shown all campaign long, the Sailors hail from the Lion City for good reason.
They repelled whatever else Sydney attempted to throw their way to pull off yet another giant-killing feat when the final whistle blew minutes later.
History made and, perhaps, still more to come.