JSSL Singapore (or Junior Soccer School and League Singapore) is a privately owned youth soccer academy based in Singapore which runs regular league tournaments and also provides professional coaching for competitive pathway development. It is also known as the Largest Youth Tournament in Asia.
As of 2025, JSSL Singapore managed 15 youth leagues categories with more than 450 teams and over 6,000 youth players and coaches across 15 countries.[1] The academy was founded in 2002, and as of 2025, it is based at "The Arena" in Woodleigh Park, Singapore after being forced to relocate from the Home United Youth Football Academy grounds by the Singapore Land Authority following complaints from residents of very high noise levels.[2]
History
In 2017, JSSL was forced to relocate after Home United Youth Football Academy (HYFA) was ordered by the Singapore Land Authority to restrict operations on its two 11-a-side pitches at Mattar Road, both managing director Harvey Davis and executive director who is a former Manchester United defender, Paul Parker criticised the manner of the eviction. Prior to the injunction, the academy had been made aware of complaints about the noise from residents living nearby and had taken measures to mitigate the problem, but it was not enough. After a few weeks of being left in a limbo, JSSL finally found a new home at The Arena, a brand spanking new sports park at Woodleigh, which also incorporates Singapore’s first Cafe Football, which is partly owned by Manchester United icons Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville.
Format
The tournament begins with a group stage. Teams are divided into groups of six or seven teams, where all teams play each other once. Following that, the top four placed teams of the group will qualify for the knockout stage, while the remaining teams in the group will qualify to the Plate knockout stages series. The tournament is played under all applicable FIFA rules. Each game is given 25 minutes with no half time.
Currently there are eleven boys categories each ranging from 6-years old until 16-years old and for girls there are four categories each ranging from 10-years old until 16-years old.
All fixtures and results will be updated immediately after the end of the game. Positions in the table will be updated according to all other results too. The automated system will also allow teams to know their knock-out game schedules and timings immediately after the group stage fixtures are done.
Tournament app
The official JSSL 7s Mobile App is available for all Apple and Android devices. Matches, schedules, results, tournament updates, videos, images, social media can all be accessed through the interactive JSSL 7s App.
Management
JSSL Singapore is led by owner and managing director Harvey Davis, alongside general manager Gavin Lee and executive director Paul Parker, a former England and Manchester United defender. In addition, the academy contracts over 20 coaches across the various age divisions.[3]
Venue
With JSSL growing year by year, with more venues and fields to play on, waiting time is minimised. The main venue is located at based at "The Arena" in Woodleigh Park.
In 2016, the media reported that JSSL Singapore and English club Fulham had started a partnership at the end of 2015 in which outstanding youth players in Singapore would be provided with the opportunity to train at the Fulham Academy for two weeks.[4]
In 2017, JSSL Singapore invited Fulham FC's Under-15 team to participate in the JSSL Professional Academies Singapore International 7s, and fully funded their trip to Singapore to participate in the tournament.[5] Later that year, it was announced that Benjamin James Davis, a young Thai footballer holding Singaporean citizenship and the son of JSSL's director, had signed a two-year scholarship at Fulham's academy after rising through the ranks at JSSL Singapore and the Football Association of Singapore's Junior Centre of Excellence.[6]
In March 2018, JSSL Singapore and local Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers officially announced a partnership to create pathways for talented youth players for professional development.[8] The agreement, initially set to last for three years until 2021, saw JSSL Singapore coordinate youth development programmes for Tampines Rovers and feed promising talents into the professional side's youth setup. In addition, JSSL Singapore also provided full scholarships to 60 local youth players between 6 and 14 years old to cover the costs of participation at the academy's programme for a year.
LALIGA has a firm commitment with the development of Youth Football since 2021 in Singapore its collaboration agreement until 2026 for the national project "Unleash the Roar!", together with Sport Singapore and the Football Association of Singapore.
Others
As of 2025, JSSL Singapore collaborate with Hotelplanner which has appointed over 10 official hotels. All hotels will offer the best rates available with the Holiday Inn Atrium Singapore, the no 1 Official Hotel where all of the participating team will be staying. The official hotels provide a range of 3 star to 5 star across different price ranges to accommodate all the teams needs and price ranges.
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