2022 Women's Premier League (Singapore)

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Women's Premier League (Singapore)
Season2022
Dates28 May 2022 - 2 Oct 2022
Champions Lion City Sailors
Matches played42
Goals scored135 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorerIzzati Rosni (LCS) (10 goals)
Biggest home winLion City Sailors 6–0 Hougang Utd
(18 June 2022)
Biggest away winHougang Utd 0–6 Lion City Sailors
(27 August 2022)
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The 2022 Women's Premier League (also known as the Deloitte Women's Premier League due to sponsorship reasons with audit firm Deloitte [1] ) is the top-flight women's football league in Singapore. The 22nd season commenced on Saturday, 28 May 2022.

Contents

Deloitte Singapore became the first title sponsor [1] for Singapore's top-flight women's football league since its launch in August 2000. The league returns after a two-year pandemic-enforced absence and will feature seven clubs in its 21st season. All matches will be held at the Yishun Stadium with free admission. [2]

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]

Lion City Sailors secured the 2022 Deloitte Women's Premier League title off the back of an unbeaten run with two matches left. [3]

New Teams

Albirex Niigata (S) announced on 3 May 2022 that a new women's team was established and will compete in the Women's Premier League. [4]

Hougang United are also making their debut, banding together with players from Middle Rangers FC and adding fresh players from the National University of Singapore. [5]

Lion City Sailors will also be playing in Premier League [5] for the first time under its new name after being privatised in 2020. [6]

Teams

A total of 7 teams competed in the league. [2]

TeamTeam List
Albirex Niigata (S) 2022
Balestier Khalsa 2022
Hougang United 2022
Lion City Sailors 2022
Still Aerion Women's
Tanjong Pagar United 2022
Tiong Bahru

Results

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Lion City Sailors (C)121020393+3632
2 Albirex Niigata (S) 128133116+1525
3 Tanjong Pagar United 127232411+1323
4Tiong Bahru124351512+315
5 Balestier Khalsa 12255719−1211
6 Still Aerion 123181129−1810
7 Hougang United 120210845−372
Source: Women's Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
(C) Champions

Fixtures and results

The league operates on a home and away round-robin format [2] from 28 May to 2 October 2023.

Home \ Away ALB BAL HOU LCS STI TBR TPU
Albirex Niigata (S) 1–14–10–45–13–01–2
Balestier Khalsa 0–30–00–42–10–00–0
Hougang United 1–51–40–60–41–21–4
Lion City Sailors 4–13–06–04–02–12–1
Still Aerion 0–41–01–10–40–10–2
Tiong Bahru1–20–00–00–15–01–2
Tanjong Pagar United 1–25–05–10–01–31–0
Source: Football Association of Singapore
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.

Awards

FAS Awards Night 2022

Outstanding individuals from the 2022 domestic season were recognised at the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) Awards Night 2022 held on 8 November 2022 at Orchard Hotel. [7]

AwardsNominated PlayerClub
Deloitte Player of the yearIzzati RosniLion City Sailors
Haziqah HaszmanTanjong Pagar United
Manami FukuzawaTanjong Pagar United
Young Player of the YearHaziqah HaszmanTanjong Pagar United
Dhaniyah QasimahHougang United
Dorcas ChuLion City Sailors
Coach of the YearYeong Sheau ShyanLion City Sailors
Nahar DaudTanjong Pagar United
Samawira BasriTanjong Pagar United
Goal of the YearNur Emilia NatashaAlbirex Niigata FC (S)
Izzati RosniLion City Sailors
Stephanie DominguezStill Aerion
Top ScorerIzzati RosniLion City Sailors
Golden Globe AwardBeatrice TanLion City Sailors

Note: Winners are in bold.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Women's Premier League Returns With First-Ever Title Sponsor". Press release, Deloitte . Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Deloitte Women's Premier League 2022 to kick off on 28 May". FAS . Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Lion City Sailors seal Deloitte Women's Premier League title". FAS . Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Establishment of Women's Team of White Swans!!". Albirex Niigata (S) . Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Club Guide: 2022 Deloitte Women's Premier League". FAS . Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Boost for Singapore football as Lion City Sailors become first-ever privatised local club, following takeover by leading homegrown internet company Sea". Lion City Sailors . Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Best of 2022 honoured at FAS Awards Night". FAS . Retrieved 24 May 2023.