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2024–25 Singapore Premier League

The 2024–25 Singapore Premier League (also known as the AIA Singapore Premier League due to sponsorship reasons) is the 7th season of the Singapore Premier League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs, since its rebranding in 2018.

Singapore Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates11 May 2024 – 25 May 2025
Matches played16
Goals scored73 (4.56 per match)
Top goalscorerTomoyuki Doi (8 goals)
Biggest home winGeylang International 7-1 Young Lions FC (25 May 2024)
Biggest away winTanjong Pagar United 0-5 Balestier Khalsa (19 May 2024)
Highest scoringGeylang International 4-4 BG Tampines Rovers (17 May 2024)
Geylang International 7-1 Young Lions FC (25 May 2024)
Hougang United 2-6 Geylang International (14 June 2024)
Longest winning runLion City Sailors (3 matches)
Longest unbeaten runBG Tampines Rovers
Geylang International (4 matches)
Longest winless runHougang United (4 matches)
Longest losing runAlbirex Niigata (S) (2 matches)
← 2023
All statistics correct as of 19 June 2024.

Format

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The following key changes were made to the rules for the 2024–25 season:[1]

  1. Each club squad must consist of a minimum 18 professional players and a maximum of 25 players.
  2. Clubs must field a minimum of five local players, which is in line with the quota set by the AFC for its club competitions with the exception of Young Lions.
  3. The requirement for local clubs to field a minimum of one Under-23 player of Singaporean nationality during the entire first half of a match has been lifted.
  4. The mandatory fitness tests for SPL players will transition to a more data-driven approach, facilitated through technical GPS tracking.
  5. Quadruple round-robin format where each club will play each other four times in a season, instead of just three in seasons.
  6. Singapore Cup will start in January 2025 and conclude by the end of May.
  7. The Interim Pre-Season Tournament, a one-off tournament, to tide over this season will commence from 23 February to 21 April 2024. It will be a played in a modified single round-robin format, with a total of 20 matches played across 5 game weeks, with rankings to be based on accumulated points.

The following key changes were made to the rules since the 2022 & 2023 season:[2]

  1. Clubs will be equipped with Global Positioning Systems (GPS) devices - among other performance and tracking gear. Value of the sponsorship is worth around $620,000.[3]
  2. Players shall be allocated jersey numbers 1 to 50. Jersey number become available for allocation to new members after a player ceased to play for a club.[4]
  3. VAR technology was feature for the first time in Singapore league history starting 2023.


The transfer window will be as follows [5]

  1. 1st transfer window: 12 March 2024 to 31 May 2024
  2. 2nd transfer window: 1 January 2025 to 31 January 2025

Teams

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A total of 9 teams compete in the league. Albirex Niigata (S) would function as a local team, starting this season.[6][7] As such, they will be subjected to the same rules as Singapore based teams, while DPMM FC is an invited team from Brunei.

Stadiums and locations

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Location of 2024–25 Singapore Premier League teams
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Locations of the 2024–25 Singapore Premier League teams from Singapore
Image Team Stadium Capacity
  Albirex Niigata (S)
Tanjong Pagar United 		Jurong East Stadium 2,700
  Lion City Sailors
Balestier Khalsa 		Bishan Stadium 6,254
  Young Lions
Hougang United
BG Tampines Rovers
Geylang International 		Jalan Besar Stadium 6,000
  DPMM FC Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Jalan Besar Stadium (Match Day 3) 		28,000


Personnel, kit and sponsoring

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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main Shirt sponsor Other shirt sponsors
Albirex Niigata (S)   Kazuaki Yoshinaga[8]   Ho Wai Loon[9]   Fifty50 [10]   Denka
(Men) [11]
  Samty Asia Investments
(Women) 		Apparel & Footwear & Training Wear
Dpro Logistics Namics
Skechers Singapore

Jersey Partner
SingaLife
g.spa [12]
Kubota
Reeracoen
Kirin
EnglishCentral
Gain City
Warrantee
Miura
Black Clover

Others
Daiho Group
JTB
NSG
Sanpoutei Ramen
SMBC
ACCEA Singapore
PR Times
Prestige Property
ANA
EAA Direct
IGPI Group
Ma Masion
Dr. Stretch
JPlus+
Salonpas
Soken Medical
OneTap Sports
Crown Line
Tomi Sushi
Sankyu
One Asia Lawyers
SD Aircon
SETA Technologies
Hiroyuki
AO Service Pro
Itadakimasu
Pocari Sweat
KoachHub
Fuji Electric Asia Pacific
Sugoyose
Any1 Choco
Balestier Khalsa   Peter de Roo   Alen Kozar   Adidas   Jeep Weston Corporation
Project Vaults
PSB Academy
TopGrid Pest
StarBalm
Boys' Town YouthReach
Dr. Stretch
BG Tampines Rovers   Gavin Lee[13]   Kyoga Nakamura   Warrix   BG StarBalm
Fit Together
Black Clover
Construction Investment Managers
Therabody
My Protein Singapore
Rookbook
The Physio Circle
Ryudben Sports
Blackhole Group
JSSL FC
Dr. Stretch
WeAreReady.sg
DPMM   Rui Capela[14]   Azwan Ali Rahman   Pitch   Royal Brunei Airlines Brunei Shell Marketing
Mitsubishi
Baiduri Bank
DST
Setia Motors
You C1000
BGIB
Begawan Athlete
Waznah
StarBalm
Geylang International   Mohd Noor Ali[15]   Joshua Pereira   FBT   Vector Green
  Rolos by Constructor
(Men) [16] 		Epson[17][18]
Broadway
Dr. Stretch
Extra Ordinary People
Optimum Nutrition
TRUE Fitness
Medcallz
Hougang United   Marko Kraljević   Nazrul Nazari   Kelme Cafe Football (CF)
The Arena
SpeedFitness
Advance Capital
StarBalm
My Protein Singapore
Lion City Sailors   Aleksandar Ranković[19]   Hariss Harun   Puma   SEA[20] Shopee
Garena
Optimum Nutrition
Mari Bank
AMP Lab (Women)
Tanjong Pagar United   Hasrin Jailani   Akram Azman[21]   FBT Samtrade Academy
Hyundai
StarBalm
The Rehab Lab
Young Lions   Nazri Nasir[22]   Farhan Zulkifli   Nike Catapult

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head Clcoach Date of appointment
Hougang United   Marko Kraljević (interim) Appointed to permanent role 1 January 2024
DPMM FC   Adrian Pennock End of contract 11 December 2023 Pre-season   Rui Capela 12 December 2023 [23]

Foreign players

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Each club can now register a maximum of nine foreign players, including representation from an AFC member association and three players under the age of 21 at the point of registration.

  • Players name in bold indicates the players were registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Players name in italics indicates the player were out of squad or left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 AFC Player U21 Player 1 U21 Player 2 U21 Player 3 Former players
Unregistered players
Albirex Niigata (S)   Shuhei Hoshino[24]   Koki Kawachi[25]   SteviaEgbus Mikuni[26]   Yohei Otake[27]   Yojiro Takahagi[28]   Arya Igami Tarhani[29]   Kai Yamamoto [30]   Shingo Nakano [31]
Balestier Khalsa   Masahiro Sugita[32]   Kodai Tanaka[33]   Alen Kozar[34]   Ismail Sassi[35]   Riku Fukashiro[36]   Reycredo Beremanda [37]   Souhaib Benchakroune   Cho Jung-hyun
BG Tampines Rovers   Seia Kunori[38]   Kyoga Nakamura[39]   Boris Kopitović[40]   Miloš Zlatković[41]   Shuya Yamashita[42]   Thitipat Ekarunpong[43]   Thanet Suknate[43]
DPMM   Farshad Noor[44]   Julio Cruz[45][46]   Kristijan Naumovski[47]   Miguel Oliveira[48]   Patrick Flottmann[49]   Gabriel Gama[48]
Geylang International   Vincent Bezecourt[50]   Keito Hariya[51]   Rio Sakuma[52]   Ryoya Taniguchi[53]   Takahiro Tezuka[54]   Tomoyuki Doi[55]   Barnaby Davies[56]   Sora Tanaka[57]   Sho Gamoh   Zach Whitehouse[56]
Hougang United   Petar Banović[58]   Kristijan Krajček[59]   Stjepan Plazonja[60]   Ensar Brunčević[61]   Dejan Račić [62]   Shodai Yokoyama[63]   Faris Hasic[64]   Ismail Salihovic   Puttipat Kaewsawad [65]
Lion City Sailors   Maxime Lestienne[66]   Toni Datković[67]   Lennart Thy [68][69]   Bart Ramselaar[70]   Rui Pires[71]   Bailey Wright[72]   Obren Kljajic[73]   Joshua Little   Sergio Carmona[74]   Richairo Živković[75][76]
Tanjong Pagar United   Salif Cissé[77]   Pathy Malumandsoko[78]   Shodai Nishikawa[79]   Stefan Paunović[80]   Timur Talipov[81]   Tomoki Wada[82]   Fariz Fadilla Lubis   Curtis Gray   Zenivio[83]
Young Lions   Itsuki Enomoto[84][85]   Jun Kobayashi   Kan Kobayashi   Kaisei Ogawa[86]   Rashid Hayek[87]   Nils Vandersmissen

Results

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2024 SPL Interim Tournament

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The Interim Pre-Season Tournament, a one-off tournament, to tide over this season was commenced from 23 February to 21 April 2024.

Home \ Away ALB BAL TAM GEY HOU LCS TPU YLI
Albirex Niigata (S) 3–7 3–0 3–1
Balestier Khalsa 4–1 2–2
BG Tampines Rovers 7–1 3–3 4–1
Geylang International 0–1 3–1
Hougang United 0–3 3–0 1–0
Lion City Sailors 1–3 1–13 0–3
Tanjong Pagar United 4–0 1–5
Young Lions 5–2 3–2
Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2023. Source: spl.sg
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BG Tampines Rovers 4 3 1 0 14 7 +7 10 Qualification for 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two Group Stage
2 Lion City Sailors 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9 Qualification for 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two playoff
3 Geylang International 4 2 2 0 19 9 +10 8
4 DPMM[a] 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Ineligible for AFC competition spots
5 Balestier Khalsa 3 1 1 1 9 6 +3 4
6 Albirex Niigata (S) 4 1 0 3 5 10 −5 3
7 Young Lions[a] 4 1 0 3 6 14 −8 3 Ineligible for AFC competition spots
8 Hougang United 4 0 1 3 4 12 −8 1
9 Tanjong Pagar United 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1
Updated to match(es) played on 18 June 2024. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Two clubs – DPMM FC and the FAS under-23 team Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Fixtures and results

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Teams ALB BAL TAM DPM GEY HOU LCS TPU YLI ALB BAL TAM DPM GEY HOU LCS TPU YLI
Albirex Niigata (S) 1–4 1–0
Balestier Khalsa 2–4 2–2
BG Tampines Rovers 3–1 3–0
Brunei DPMM 0–2
Geylang International 4–4 7–1
Hougang United 2–6 1–4
Lion City Sailors 3–1
Tanjong Pagar United 0–5 1–1
Young Lions 3–2 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 18 June 2024. Source: spl.sg
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Statistics

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Awards

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Monthly awards

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Month Player of the Month Young Player of the Month Coach of the Month Goal of the Month Ref
Player Club Player Club Coach Club Player vs.
May
June
July

Singapore Premier League Awards night winners

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References

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  2. ^ "Young footballers to take centrestage in revamped 2018 S-League". TODAYonline.
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  5. ^ "FIFA Transfer Window" (PDF).
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  10. ^ "Apparel wear and foot wear partnership contract with Fifty50 and Skechers Singapore for 2024 Season".
  11. ^ "New Main Partner is Denka Chemicals Holdings Asia Pacific Pte Ltd!". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
  12. ^ "New official Partnership (Jersey Partners) with g.spa".
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  15. ^ "Noor to continue adventure with the Eagles - Geylang International FC". December 2, 2022.
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  24. ^ "Shuhei Hoshino returns after 6 years".
  25. ^ "Koki Kawachi signs for 2024 season!".
  26. ^ "Stevia Egbus Mikuni is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".
  27. ^ "Yohei Otake is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".
  28. ^ "Yojiro Takahagi is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore!".
  29. ^ "Arya Igami Tarhani is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore".
  30. ^ "Kai Yamamoto is coming back to Albirex.S."
  31. ^ "Shingo Nakano is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore from El Camino College (USA)".
  32. ^ "Masahiro Sugita has inked a contract extension with Balestier Khalsa!".
  33. ^ "Introducing the powerhouse addition to our squad, Kodai Tanaka! ⚽🔥".
  34. ^ "Alen Kozar extends his stay with Balestier Khalsa".
  35. ^ "Bonjour Ismaïl! Our newest French signing!". Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  36. ^ "Riku Fukashiro will be joining Balestier Khalsa FC in 2024 season".
  37. ^ "Reycredo Beremanda has officially joined the Singapore Premier League club@balestierkhalsaon loan for the 2024/25 season".
  38. ^ "Seia Kunori will be joining Tampines Rovers FC in 2024 season".
  39. ^ "Introducing Your Stag For The Next Half-Decade: Kyoga Nakamura!". 16 January 2022.
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  42. ^ "Kyoga & Shuya STAYS for 2024/2025".
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  50. ^ "Vincent Bezecourt pledges his commitment to the Eagles".
  51. ^ "Keito Hariya will be joining Geylang International FC in 2024 season".
  52. ^ "Rio Sakuma is back for his third year with the club".
  53. ^ "Ryoya is green 💚".
  54. ^ "Takahiro Tezuka fights on with the Eagles 🎌".
  55. ^ "Doi is hungry for more 🔥".
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  57. ^ "Sora Tanaka, 19, joins us on loan from Matsumoto Yamaga FC".
  58. ^ "Welcome Petar to the den".
  59. ^ "Anders Aplin , Kristijan Krajcek & Umar Ramle will continue with us in the 2024 season ✍️🧡".
  60. ^ "HGFC welcome Stjepan Plazonja".
  61. ^ "Welcome Ensar 🔥🇷🇸".
  62. ^ "Welcome to Hougang United , Dejan Račić 🧡🇲🇪".
  63. ^ "Shodai Yokoyama will be joining Hougang United FC in 2024 season".
  64. ^ "Welcome Faris Hasic 🇧🇦".
  65. ^ "Welcome to the Hougang United family, Puttipat Kaewsawad!".
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  76. ^ "Thank you, Richi". 30 May 2024.
  77. ^ "Welcome cisse_salif22 🤝🏽".
  78. ^ "Welcome Pathy.Alondo".
  79. ^ "Ecstatic to welcome back Shodai Nishikawa".
  80. ^ "Thrilled to welcome our final foreign signing from Serbia, Stefan Paunovic".
  81. ^ "Welcome Timur Talipov".
  82. ^ "Introducing our newest addition, Tomoki Wada!".
  83. ^ "Welcome to the team, Zenivio Mota! 🇹🇱🐆".
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  85. ^ "Welcome Enomoto Itsuki to the Young Lions' pride. 🇯🇵".
  86. ^ "Kaisei Ogawa will be joining Young Lions in 2024 season".
  87. ^ "Hayek Rashid Bilal (Australia) signed for YL".
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