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2024–25 Singapore Premier League

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Singapore Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates10 May 2024 – 25 May 2025
Matches played52
Goals scored240 (4.62 per match)
Top goalscorerTomoyuki Doi (25 goals)
Biggest home winGeylang 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 winAlbirex Niigata (S) 0-6 Geylang International (6 July 2024)
Young Lions 0-6 Lion City Sailors
Highest scoringAlbirex Niigata (S) 7-2 Balestier Khalsa (18 July 2024)
Longest winning runTampines Rovers (6 matches, 24 May 2024 –18 July 2024)
Longest unbeaten runTampines Rovers (12 matches, 12 May 2024–11 August 2024)
Longest winless runHougang United (8 matches, 10 May 2024 – 19 July 2024)
Longest losing runAlbirex Niigata (S) (5 matches, 25 May 2024 – 12 July 2024)
← 2023
All statistics correct as of 6 August 2024.

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.

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.
  8. 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]

  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 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.
  3. VAR technology was feature for the first time in Singapore league history starting 2023.
  4. 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]

  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 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 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) Japan Keiji Shigetomi Singapore Ho Wai Loon[8] Singapore Fifty50 [9] Japan Denka
(Men) [10]
Japan Samty Asia Investments
(Women)
List
  • Apparel & Footwear & Training Wear
    Dpro Logistics Namics
    Skechers Singapore

    Jersey Partner
    SingaLife
    g.spa [11]
    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 Netherlands Peter de Roo Slovenia Alen Kozar Germany Adidas United States Jeep
List
  • Weston Corporation
    Project Vaults
    PSB Academy
    TopGrid Pest
    StarBalm
    Boys' Town YouthReach
    Dr. Stretch
    KoachHub
    The Original Vadai
BG Tampines Rovers Singapore Gavin Lee[12] Singapore Syazwan Buhari Thailand Warrix Thailand BG
List
  • StarBalm
    Black Clover
    Construction Investment Managers
    Therabody
    My Protein Singapore
    Rookbook
    The Physio Circle
    Ryudben Sports
    JSSL FC
    Dr. Stretch
DPMM Scotland Jamie McAllister[13] Brunei Azwan Ali Rahman Brunei Pitch Brunei Royal Brunei Airlines
List
Geylang International Singapore Mohd Noor Ali[14] Singapore Joshua Pereira Thailand FBT Singapore Vector Green
List
  • Sponsors
    Epson[15][16]
    Koshin Kogyo
    Medcallz
    Westpoint

    Partners
    City Football Club
    Dr. Stretch
    Koach Hub
    Optimum Nutrition
    TRUE Fitness
    KoachHub
    Think Batik
Hougang United Germany Marko Kraljević[17] Singapore Nazrul Nazari Spain Kelme
List
  • Cafe Football (CF)
    The Arena
    SpeedFitness
    Advance Capital
    StarBalm
    My Protein Singapore
Lion City Sailors Serbia Aleksandar Ranković[18] Singapore Hariss Harun Germany Puma Singapore SEA[19]
List
  • Sponsors
    Shopee
    Garena

    Partners
    Optimum Nutrition
    Mari Bank
    StarBalm
    Griddy Grid
    #WLJK
    AMP Lab (Women)
Tanjong Pagar United Singapore Hyrizan Jufri Singapore Akram Azman[20] Thailand FBT
List
  • Samtrade Academy
    Hyundai
    StarBalm
    The Rehab Lab
Young Lions Singapore Nazri Nasir[21] Singapore Farhan Zulkifli United States Nike
List

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Hougang United Germany Marko Kraljević (interim) Appointed to permanent role 1 January 2024
DPMM England Adrian Pennock End of contract 11 December 2023 Pre-season Portugal Rui Capela 12 December 2023 [22]
Portugal Rui Capela Mutual Consent 5 July 2024 [23] 5th Portugal Miguel Bragança (interim) 9 July 2024 [13]
Portugal Miguel Bragança (interim) End of Interim 9 July 2024 [23] 5th Scotland Jamie McAllister 15 July 2024 [13]
Albirex Niigata (S) Japan Kazuaki Yoshinaga Mutual Consent 13 July 2024 [24] 8th Japan Keiji Shigetomi 13 July 2024 [25]
Tanjong Pagar United Singapore Hasrin Jailani Re-designated as
Technical Director 		31 August 2024 9th Singapore Hyrizan Jufri (interim) 1 September 2024 [26]

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) Japan Shuhei Hoshino[27] Japan Koki Kawachi[28] Japan SteviaEgbus Mikuni[29] Japan Yohei Otake[30] Japan Shingo Nakano [31] Japan Arya Igami Tarhani[32] Japan Kai Yamamoto [33] Japan Yojiro Takahagi [34] [35]
Balestier Khalsa Japan Riku Fukashiro[36] Japan Masahiro Sugita[37] Slovenia Alen Kozar[38] Tunisia Ismaïl Sassi[39] Japan Kodai Tanaka[40] England Max McCoy France Alexandre Bertholon Indonesia Reycredo Beremanda[41]
BG Tampines Rovers Japan Seia Kunori[42] Montenegro Boris Kopitović[43] Serbia Miloš Zlatković[44] Japan Shuya Yamashita[45] Thailand Thitipat Ekarunpong[46] Thailand Thanet Suknate[46] Japan Kyoga Nakamura [47] ^1
DPMM Iceland Damir Muminovic [48] North Macedonia Kristijan Naumovski[49] Portugal Miguel Oliveira[50] Afghanistan Farshad Noor[51] Brazil Gabriel Gama[50] Australia Patrick Flottmann [52]
Mexico Julio Cruz[53][54] [55]
Geylang International France Vincent Bezecourt[56] Japan Tomoyuki Doi[57] Japan Keito Hariya[58] Japan Rio Sakuma[59] Japan Ryoya Taniguchi[60] Japan Takahiro Tezuka[61] Australia Barnaby Davies[62] Australia Jake Ellenberger Belgium Nils Vandersmissen England Zach Whitehouse[62]
Japan Sora Tanaka[63]
Hougang United Bosnia and Herzegovina Petar Banović[64] Croatia Kristijan Krajček[65] Croatia Stjepan Plazonja[66] Montenegro Dejan Račić[67] Serbia Ensar Brunčević[68] Japan Shodai Yokoyama[69] Bosnia and Herzegovina Faris Hasić[70] Serbia Ismail Salihović [71] Thailand Puttipat Kaewsawad [72]
Lion City Sailors Belgium Maxime Lestienne[73] Croatia Toni Datković[74] Germany Lennart Thy[75][76] Netherlands Bart Ramselaar[77] Portugal Rui Pires[78] Australia Bailey Wright[79] Australia Obren Kljajic [80] England Harry Spence Spain Sergio Carmona [81] Curaçao Richairo Živković[82][83]
Tanjong Pagar United East Timor Zenivio[84] France Salif Cissé[85] Japan Shodai Nishikawa[86] Japan Tomoki Wada[87] Serbia Stefan Paunović[88] Uzbekistan Timur Talipov[89] Australia Thorsten Takashi Cross England Casey Seddon New Zealand Curtis Gray France Pathy Malumandsoko[90][91]
Young Lions Japan Itsuki Enomoto[92][93] Japan Jun Kobayashi Japan Kan Kobayashi Japan Kaisei Ogawa[94] Australia Rashid Hayek[95]

^1 Kyoga Nakamura was granted Singaporean citizenship on 25 October 2024.

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 1–1
BG Tampines Rovers 7–1 3–3 4–1
Geylang International 0–3 0–1 3–1
Hougang United 0–3 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 Lion City Sailors 17 12 3 2 57 21 +36 39 Qualification for Champions League Two group stage
2 BG Tampines Rovers 19 11 6 2 55 26 +29 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 18 2 2 14 19 68 −49 8
Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 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 BGT DPM GEY HOU LCS TPU YLI ALB BAL BGT DPM GEY HOU LCS TPU YLI
Albirex Niigata (S) 7–2 2–4 1–4 0–6 1–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–3 2–1
Balestier Khalsa 2–3 2–4 4–2 2–2 3–1 2–4 5–2 3–2 2–2 1–4
BG Tampines Rovers 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–2 5–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–3
Brunei DPMM 0–0 2–2 3–2 3–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–3
Geylang International 5–1 4–4 4–4 2–4 0–1 1–1 5–3 7–1 0–3 4–0
Hougang United 1–0 3–3 1–1 2–2 2–6 1–4 5–1 2–2 6–0
Lion City Sailors 7–1 3–1 0–5 3–0 2–2 7–1 3–0 3–1 3–1
Tanjong Pagar United 2–1 0–5 0–3 3–2 2–7 1–1 0–6 1–3 0–5
Young Lions 3–2 2–7 0–2 1–2 0–3 4–4 0–6 3–2
Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 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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Singapore Premier League Awards night winners

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References

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  89. ^ "Welcome Timur Talipov".
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