2023 Women's Premier League (Singapore)

Women's Premier League (Singapore)

Season	2023
Dates	18 March 2023 - 26 November 2023
Champions	Lion City Sailors
Matches played	90
Goals scored	376 (4.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kana Kitahara (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Albirex (S) 11–0 Geylang (26 August 2023)
Biggest away win	Geylang 0–12 Balestier (15 October 2023)
Highest scoring	Geylang 0–12 Balestier (15 October 2023)
Longest winning run	13 matches Lion City Sailors
Longest unbeaten run	18 matches Lion City Sailors
Longest winless run	9 matches Tiong Bahru
Longest losing run	9 matches Tiong Bahru
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Women's Premier League (also known as the Deloitte Women's Premier League due to sponsorship reasons with audit firm Deloitte ^[1] ) was the 4th season of the Women's Premier League and the 22nd season of the top-flight women's football league in Singapore.

Summary

10 teams will be participating in the 2023 season. The vast majority of matches will be played at Choa Chu Kang Stadium with the rest being played at Yishun Stadium, and Our Tampines Hub. ^[2] Admission to all matches is free to the public. ^[3] The stadiums suffered from poor pitches, lack of dugouts and insufficient changing rooms. ^[2]

On 5 November 2023, Lion City Sailors (LCS) sealed their second consecutive title in the 2023 WPL season with an 11-0 victory against Geylang International. ^[4] It was LCS' second title since its founding two years ago.

During FAS Awards Night 2023, Sailors' Yeong Sheau Shyan won the Coach of the Year for the second time in a row. Albirex Niigata (S) defender Kitahara Kana received the Deloitte Player of the Year award, while Dhaniyah Qasimah (Tanjong Pagar United) won Young Player of the Year. ^[5]

Teams

JSSL Tampines Rovers women's team was established in June 2022 under the partnership of Tampines Rovers and private football academy JSSL Singapore, as both sides extended their partnership to 2025. The team decided to compete in the second-tier 2022 Women's National League (WNL), where they finished as runners-up, before submitting their bid to join 2023 Women's Premier League. ^[6]

2022 WNL champions Police Sports Association ^[7] and debutant Geylang International FC also joined the 2023 season, expanding the league to 10 teams. ^[8]

Team	Team List
Albirex Niigata (S)	2023
Balestier Khalsa
Hougang United	2023
Geylang International	2023
Lion City Sailors	2023
Police SA
Still Aerion	2023
JSSL Tampines Rovers	2023
Tanjong Pagar United
Tiong Bahru FC

Foreign players

All teams are allowed to register a maximum of four (4) foreign players. Foreign players shall be sixteen (16) years of age and above (born on or before 31 December 2007) to be eligible for registration. ^[9]

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
Albirex Niigata (S)	Kana Kitahara	Marina Asada	Sierra Castles	Marilou Bautista Rubio	Lauren Reese
Balestier Khalsa	Sydney Hector	Akari Kato	Victoire Quiterie Marie
Geylang International	Nathalia Murillo Rengifo	Olesia Sheremeta
Hougang United	Riddle Reneelyn Sison
Lion City Sailors	Sara Hayduchok	Julia-Vanessa Farr	Miray Hokotate Altun	Nica Siy	Paula Druschke Madison Josephine Telmer
Police SA
Still Aerion WFC	Carmen Calisto	Larissa Anne Orthmann	Annabel Mathilde Marx
Tampines Rovers	Priscille Le Helloco	Maia McCoy			Sara Hayduchok Sofia Rodriguez Giselle Blumke
Tiong Bahru FC
Tanjong Pagar United	Yuki Monden	Manami Fukuzawa

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lion City Sailors (C)	18	17	1	0	73	2	+71	52	Qualification for 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League
2	Albirex Niigata (S)	18	13	4	1	71	17	+54	43
3	Hougang United	18	10	2	6	33	10	+23	32
4	Tanjong Pagar United	18	9	4	5	51	14	+37	31
5	Police SA	18	8	4	6	28	25	+3	28
6	Balestier Khalsa	18	8	1	9	43	50	−7	25
7	Still Aerion	18	6	2	10	22	30	−8	20
8	Tampines Rovers	18	5	2	11	36	39	−3	17
9	Geylang International	18	2	0	16	8	92	−84	6
10	Tiong Bahru	18	2	0	16	11	97	−86	6

Source: Women's Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
(C) Champions

Results

The league operates on a home and away round-robin format from 18 March to 26 November 2023. ^[3]

Home \ Away	ALB	BAL	GEY	HOU	LCS	POL	STI	TAM	TBR	TPU
Albirex Niigata (S)		4–0	11–0	2–1	0–3	1–1	3–1	4–1	5–1	2–1
Balestier Khalsa	1–9		3–0	2–1	0–8	1–0	1–2	3–1	6–1	0–4
Geylang International	0–6	0–12		0–5	0–11	1–4	0–3	0–8	1–2	0–3
Hougang United	0–3	1–0	5–0		0–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	5–0	1–0
Lion City Sailors	1–1	6–0	6–0	1–0		3–0	1–0	1–0	10–0	1–0
Police SA	1–4	3–1	3–1	0–0	0–3		1–0	2–3	3–0	2–2
Still Aerion	1–2	2–4	2–3	0–3	0–3	1–1		1–2	3–1	0–0
Tampines Rovers	3–3	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–6	0–1	0–1		10–0	0–4
Tiong Bahru	0–10	1–8	2–1	0–4	0–6	0–5	0–2	1–6		1–8
Tanjong Pagar United	1–1	6–0	6–0	0–0	0–2	4–0	2–3	6–0	4–1

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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kitahara Kana	Albirex Niigata (S)	17
2	Marina Asada	Albirex Niigata (S)	15
3	Izzati Rosni	Lion City Sailors	12
	Sydney Hector	Balester Khalsa	12
4	Azreena Maat	Balester Khalsa	11

Awards

FAS Awards Night 2023

Award	Winner	Club
Deloitte Player of the Year	Kitahara Kana	Albirex Niigata (S) FC
Young Player of the Year	Dhaniyah Qasimah	Tanjong Pagar United FC
Coach of the Year	Muhammad Yusuf Chatyawan	Lion City Sailors FC

References

1. "Women's Premier League Returns With First-Ever Title Sponsor". Press release, Deloitte . Retrieved 23 May 2023.
2. 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.
3. "Deloitte Women's Premier League returns with 10 clubs, kicks off on 18th March". FAS . Retrieved 22 May 2023.
4. "Lion City Sailors seal second consecutive title in the 2023 WPL season". FAS . Retrieved 15 November 2023.
5. "Best of local football feted at FAS Awards Night 2023". FAS . 24 November 2023.
6. "Football: JSSL, Tampines Rovers to form team for 2023 Women's Premier League". The Straits Times . Retrieved 23 May 2023.
7. "Football: 2023 Deloitte Women's Premier League expanded to 10 teams". The Straits Times . Retrieved 22 May 2023.
8. "Football: New entrants Geylang, Tampines and Police SA looking to make their mark in 2023 Women's Premier League". The Straits Times . Retrieved 23 May 2023.
9. "2023 Deloitte Women's Premier League Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 27 February 2024.

External links

• Football Association of Singapore website
• Women's Premier League website
• Official Facebook Page