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.
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10 May 2024 – 25 May 2025 |
| Matches played | 52 |
| Goals scored | 240 (4.62 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Tomoyuki Doi (25 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Geylang International 7–1 Young Lions (25 May 2024) Lion City Sailors 7–1 Albirex Niigata (S) (23 June 2024) Lion City Sailors 7-1 Hougang United (28 July 2024) |
| Biggest away win | Albirex Niigata (S) 0-6 Geylang International (6 July 2024) Young Lions 0-6 Lion City Sailors |
| Highest scoring | Albirex Niigata (S) 7-2 Balestier Khalsa (18 July 2024) |
| Longest winning run | Tampines Rovers (6 matches, 24 May 2024 –18 July 2024) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Tampines Rovers (12 matches, 12 May 2024–11 August 2024) |
| Longest winless run | Hougang United (8 matches, 10 May 2024 – 19 July 2024) |
| Longest losing run | Albirex Niigata (S) (5 matches, 25 May 2024 – 12 July 2024) |
← 2023 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 6 August 2024. | |
Format
editThe following key changes were made to the rules for the 2024–25 season:[1]
- Each club squad must consist of a minimum 18 professional players and a maximum of 25 players.
- 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.
- 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.
- The mandatory fitness tests for SPL players will transition to a more data-driven approach, facilitated through technical GPS tracking.
- Quadruple round-robin format where each club will play each other four times in a season, instead of just three in seasons.
- Singapore Cup will start in January 2025 and conclude by the end of May.
- 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.
- For the U21 league, all Clubs (including Young Lions and excluding SAFSA) are allowed to register a maximum of 8 Foreign Players who are 21 years or younger, at the point of registration.
The following key changes were made to the rules since the 2022 & 2023 season:[2]
- 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]
- Players shall be allocated jersey numbers 1 to 50 except for Young Lions who are allowed to allocate jersey numbers 1 to 80. A jersey number becomea available for allocation to new members after a player ceased to play for a club.[4] U21 players are allocated jersey numbers 51-80.
- VAR technology was feature for the first time in Singapore league history starting 2023.
- Players get suspended for one match after 4, 7, and 9 yellow cards in a league, with a fine added after the 9th. A red card comes with a mandatory suspension of 1-6 matches, depending on the severity of the offence. Getting 2 red cards in the season results in a $1,000 fine and a possible harsher penalty from the Disciplinary Committee.
The transfer window will be as follows [5]
- 1st transfer window: 12 March 2024 to 31 May 2024
- 2nd transfer window: 1 January 2025 to 31 January 2025
Teams
editA 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
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Albirex Niigata (S) Tanjong Pagar United |
Jurong East Stadium | 2,700 |
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Lion City Sailors Balestier Khalsa |
Bishan Stadium | 6,254 |
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Young Lions Hougang United BG Tampines Rovers Geylang International |
Jalan Besar Stadium | 6,000 |
|
DPMM | Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium (Match Day 3) |
28,000 |
Personnel, kit and sponsoring
editNote: 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) |  Keiji Shigetomi
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 Ho Wai Loon[8]
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Fifty50 [9]
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Denka (Men) [10] Samty Asia Investments (Women) |
List
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| Balestier Khalsa |  Peter de Roo
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 Alen Kozar
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 Adidas
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 Jeep
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List
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| BG Tampines Rovers | Gavin Lee[12]
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Syazwan Buhari
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 Warrix
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BG
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List
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| DPMM |  Jamie McAllister[13]
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 Azwan Ali Rahman
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Pitch
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Royal Brunei Airlines
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List
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| Geylang International | Mohd Noor Ali[14]
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Joshua Pereira
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FBT
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Vector Green
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| Hougang United | Marko Kraljević[17]
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Nazrul Nazari
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 Kelme
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List
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| Lion City Sailors |  Aleksandar Ranković[18]
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Hariss Harun
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Puma
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SEA[19]
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| Tanjong Pagar United | Hyrizan Jufri
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Akram Azman[20]
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FBT
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List | |
| Young Lions | Nazri Nasir[21]
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Farhan Zulkifli
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Nike
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List |
Coaching changes
edit| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hougang United | Marko Kraljević (interim)
|
Appointed to permanent role | 1 January 2024 | |||
| DPMM |  Adrian Pennock
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End of contract | 11 December 2023 | Pre-season |  Rui Capela
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12 December 2023 [22] |
| Rui Capela
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Mutual Consent | 5 July 2024 [23] | 5th | Miguel Bragança (interim)
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9 July 2024 [13] | |
| Miguel Bragança (interim)
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End of Interim | 9 July 2024 [23] | 5th | Jamie McAllister
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15 July 2024 [13] | |
| Albirex Niigata (S) | Kazuaki Yoshinaga
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Mutual Consent | 13 July 2024 [24] | 8th | Keiji Shigetomi
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13 July 2024 [25] |
| Tanjong Pagar United | Hasrin Jailani
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Re-designated as Technical Director |
31 August 2024 | 9th | Hyrizan Jufri (interim)
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1 September 2024 [26] |
Foreign players
editEach 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.
^1 Kyoga Nakamura was granted Singaporean citizenship on 25 October 2024.
Naturalisation/heritage players
edit| Club | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| BG Tampines Rovers | Kyoga Nakamura
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| Lion City Sailors |  Song Ui-young
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Results
editThe Interim Pre-Season Tournament, a one-off tournament, to tide over this season was commenced from 23 February to 21 April 2024.
League table
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BG Tampines Rovers | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 26 | +34 | 42 | Qualification for Champions League Two group stage |
| 2 | Lion City Sailors | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 21 | +36 | 39 | Qualification for Champions League Two playoff |
| 3 | Geylang International | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 67 | 36 | +31 | 34 | |
| 4 | Balestier Khalsa | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 26 | |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 25 | |
| 6 | DPMM[a] | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 21 | Ineligible for AFC competition spots |
| 7 | Hougang United | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 19 | |
| 8 | Young Lions[a] | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 18 | Ineligible for AFC competition spots |
| 9 | Tanjong Pagar United | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 73 | −54 | 8 |
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2024. Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
Fixtures and results
editStatistics
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Top scorersedit
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Top assistsedit
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Own goaledit
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Hat-tricksedit
Note 4 Player scored 4 goals
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Clean sheetsedit
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Penalty missededit
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Referee's recordedit
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Team's disciplineedit
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Player's disciplineedit
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Singapore Premier League Awards night winners
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