2024 Women's Premier League (Singapore)
Season | 2024 |
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Dates | 9 Mar 2024 -- |
Biggest home win | LCS 18–0 Balestier (4 May 2024) |
Biggest away win | Balestier 0–14 Albirex (S) (11 May 2024) |
Highest scoring | LCS 18–0 Balestier (4 May 2024) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Lion City Sailors |
Longest unbeaten run | 6 matches Lion City Sailors |
Longest winless run | 5 matches Balestier |
Longest losing run | 5 matches Balestier |
← 2023 2025 → |
The 2024 Women's Premier League (also known as the Deloitte Women's Premier League due to sponsorship reasons with audit firm Deloitte[1]) is the 5th season of the Women's Premier League and the 23rd season of the top-flight women's football league in Singapore. The season began on 9 March 2024.
Summary[edit]
Nine teams will be participating in the 2024 season, following the withdrawal of 2023 fifth placed Police Sports Association. The league champions will receive S$25,000, while the second and third-placed teams will receive S$10,000 and S$7,500 respectively.[2]
All the WPL's matches will be played at Choa Chu Kang Stadium.[3] Like previous season, admission to all matches is free to the public.[2] From 23 March, Choa Chu Kang Stadium was closed for maintenance after complaints from the first matchdays of poor pitch conditions.[4] Matches were temporarily played at Jalan Besar Stadium.[4] On 8 April, it was announced that matches from 14 April onwards would be played at two venues, Choa Chu Kang Stadium and ITE College East with one matchday at each venue.[5] While welcoming the change to allow pitch restoration at Choa Chu Kang Stadium, there was some concerns that Geylang International has a home advantage as the team trained there.[5]
Albirex Niigata (S)’s 2023 WPL Player of the Year and Golden Boot winner Kana Kitahara will assume a dual player-head coach role for their women’s team in 2024.[6]
Lion City Sailors will also have a new face after promoting goalkeeping coach Daniel Ong to take over from Yeong Sheau Shyan, who led the side to back-to-back undefeated title-winning campaigns and was WPL Coach of the Year in 2022 and 2023.[6]
Teams[edit]
A total of 9 teams competed in the league.
Team | Team List |
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Albirex Niigata (S) | 2024 |
Balestier Khalsa | |
Hougang United | 2024 |
Geylang International | 2024 |
Lion City Sailors | 2024 |
Still Aerion WFC | 2024 |
BG Tampines Rovers | 2024 |
Tanjong Pagar United | |
Tiong Bahru FC |
Managerial changes[edit]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Albirex Niigata (S) | Nahar Daud[6] | Pre-season | Kana Kitahara[6] | |||
Lion City Sailors | Yeong Sheau Shyan[6] | Pre-season | Daniel Ong[6] | |||
BG Tampines Rovers FC | Joe O'Sullivan | Remained on as Team Manager | Pre-season | Faizal Zainuddin |
Foreign players[edit]
All Clubs may register a maximum of four (4) Foreign Players with a minimum age of sixteen (16) years of age and above at the point of registration.[7]
Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Former Players |
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Albirex Niigata (S) | Kana Kitahara[8] | Manami Fukuzawa [9] | Yuki Monden [10] | Rebecca Jane Harding [11] | |
Balestier Khalsa | Oihana Marine Dany[12] | ||||
Geylang International | Olliana Davies | Maeva Lazorthes Pedauga[12] | |||
Hougang United | Sydney Hector | Riddle Reneelyn Sison | |||
Lion City Sailors | Sara Hayduchok | Miray Hokotate Altun | Madison Telmer[13] | Laura Gänser [14] | |
Still Aerion WFC | Sunisa Srangthaisong | Uraiporn Yongkul | Lauren Reese | Carmen Calisto | |
Tampines Rovers | Priscille Le Helloco | Maia McCoy | Victoria Sarka | Anaya Sehgal | |
Tiong Bahru FC | Helena Constantinou | Larissa Anne Orthmann | |||
Tanjong Pagar United | Ayaka Miki |
Results[edit]
League table[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Lion City Sailors | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 | +44 | 21 |
2 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 4 | +28 | 18 |
3 | Geylang International | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 13 |
4 | Hougang United | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 13 |
5 | Still Aerion | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 8 |
6 | Tiong Bahru | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 25 | −16 | 6 |
7 | Tanjong Pagar United | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 5 |
8 | BG Tampines Rovers | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 2 |
9 | Balestier Khalsa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 53 | −53 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Fixtures and results[edit]
The league operates on a home and away round-robin format from 9 March 2024.[2]
Statistics[edit]
Top scorers[edit]
- As of 19 May 2024
Source: Women's Premier League
Awards[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Women's Premier League Returns With First-Ever Title Sponsor". Press release, Deloitte. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ a b c "Deloitte Women's Premier League 2024 set to return on 9 March". FAS. 22 February 2024.
- ^ Tianbao, Lin (18 March 2024). "'Like a plantation field': Pitch issues for Singapore Women's Premier League draw ire". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ a b Tianbao, Lin (26 March 2024). "Choa Chu Kang Stadium pitch closed for maintenance after complaints of poor conditions". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ a b Tianbao, Lin (9 April 2024). "Singapore's Women's Premier League to be played at two venues from April 14". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Ganesan, Deepanraj (17 January 2024). "No experience? No problem, as Singapore's top two women's football teams hire rookie head coaches". The Straits Times.
- ^ "2024 Deloitte Women's Premier League Regulations" (PDF). FAS. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Kana Kitahara to Assume Dual Roles as Player and Head Coach for the 2024 Season!". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
- ^ "Manami Fukuzawa is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
- ^ "Yuki Monden is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
- ^ "Rebecca Jane Harding is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
- ^ a b "2024 Deloitte Women's Premier League Club Guide". FAS. 8 March 2024.
- ^ "New-look Sailors Women to usher in new era against Royal Arion". Lion City Sailors. 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Sailors Women bolster ranks with experienced Laura Gänser". Lion City Sailors. 5 March 2024.