Singapore football league system

Last updated

The Singapore football league system organizes association football leagues in Singapore. Association football arrived in the city during the British colonial era. The first ever Nation's cup tournament was held in 1892. Football tournaments continued thereafter. [1] [2]

Contents

History

The Singapore Premier League, formerly known as the S.League, was introduced in 1996 to replace the Semi-Professional FAS Premier League. It is the first Professional football tournament in Singapore where players work under a full-time contract. The Prime League was introduced in 1997 as the reserve team of the Premier Division. It is more or less a professional youth league and youth players who excel there can be promoted to the first team. After the professional league, the Singapore Football League (SFL) is played for clubs associated with the FAS. It makes up the next tier after the professional league and includes two divisions. The SFL Qualification tournament, Singapore Island Wide League or the IWL is the next tier for newly registered Football Association of Singapore clubs compete against each other to gain promotion to the SFL. In 2018, the Prime League was dissolved, making the then called NFL the next tier followed by the IWL.

Outside the FAS leagues, the most competitive football tournaments are the high level amateur tournaments known as the Cosmopolitan Football League, or the cosmoleague and the Equatorial Football Leagues. These leagues consists of mainly expat players in Singapore and teams from the cosmoleague and equatorial football league are known to have beaten the SFL and IWL clubs in pre-season friendlies. However teams do not gain promotion to IWL or SFL as the tournament is not organised by the FAS. [3]

Current system

TierNational Leagues
1 Singapore Premier League [4] [5]
2 (provisionally) Singapore Football League Division 1 [6]
3 (provisionally) Singapore Football League Division 2 [7]
4 (provisionally) Singapore Island Wide League [8]
Non-Tier Leagues
Cosmopolitan Football League
Equatorial Football League [9]
TierWomen's Football Leagues
1 Women’s Premier League
2 Women's National League
TierYouth's Football Leagues
1 Centre of Excellence U19 Developmental League
2 Centre of Excellence U16 Developmental League Tier 1
3 Centre of Excellence U16 Developmental League Tier 2

Past structure

TierMen's Football Leagues
1 S.League
2 FAS National Football League Division 1
3 FAS National Football League Division 2
4 FAS National Football League Division 3
5 FAS Island Wide League
TierYouth's Football Leagues
1 Prime League
2 Centre of Excellence Developmental Leagues

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Football Association of Singapore</span> FAS Singapore Association Football

The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is the governing body responsible for the administration of football in Singapore. Established in 1892 as the Singapore Football Association (SFA), it is the oldest football association in all of Asia. The FAS is also one of the founding members of both the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). It has been affiliated with FIFA since 1952.

David Lee is a Singaporean former footballer who last played for the Singapore national football team and Geylang United as a goalkeeper.

The Football Association of Singapore Premier League was a semi-professional football league competition held in Singapore between 1988 and 1995. The Premier League succeeded the National Football League Division One as the top tier of the Singapore football league structure. It was replaced by the S.League in 1996.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Football in Singapore</span> Overview of association football in Singapore

Association football, known more popularly as football, is considered the national sport of Singapore. The country is home to the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), the oldest football association in Asia with its roots coming from The Football Association in England. The national teams include the men's, women's and youth. Despite the country having a relatively small population pool, it has generally punched above its weight by successively producing squads that has fiercely competed with much larger and more populated countries in both club and international football.

The Singapore Xin Hua Sports Club is a semi-professional football team that currently competing in the Singapore National Football League Division 2. It was founded in 1911 as a local football organisation in Singapore which was initially set up to promote football amongst the Chinese community in colonial Singapore.

Delwinder Singh s/o Ranjit Singh, more commonly known as Delwinder Singh or monoymously as Delwinder, is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or full-back for Cambodia Premier League club Angkor Tiger FC and the Singapore national team. He made his international debut for Singapore in a friendly match against the Philippines on 7 October 2011. Delwinder is the first Singaporean player to play in the Cambodian league.

Admiralty Football Club, also commonly known as Admiralty FC, is a football club which plays in the Division 2 of the Singapore Football League, the third tier of football in Singapore.

The Singapore Football League (SFL) is an amateur football tournament for clubs that are affiliated to the Football Association of Singapore. It makes up the second and third tier of football in Singapore after the professional Singapore Premier League, which was established in 1996 and before the FAS Island Wide League. The teams are also eligible to compete in the Singapore FA Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shawal Anuar</span> Singaporean footballer

Muhammad Shawal bin Anuar is a Singaporean professional footballer who mainly plays as a winger or striker for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors and the Singapore national team. Considered as one of the best players in the league, Shawal is known for his dribbling skills, speed and finishing.

Gymkhana Football Club is a semi-professional Singaporean football club founded in 2002 and is affiliated to the Football Association of Singapore (FAS). They won the National Football League (NFL) Division Two, a third tier of the Singapore football league system, in 2017.

Muhammad Saifullah bin Mohammad Akbar is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Tampines Rovers and the Singapore national team.

Vasileios Zikos Chua Ming Xun is a Singaporean-Greek professional footballer who plays as a forward for Singapore Premier League club Geylang International.

Commonwealth Cosmos Football Club, nickname "the Hyenas", is a Singaporean semi-professional football club founded in 2014, and based in Commonwealth. The club enters the Football Association of Singapore lower division league, the Island Wide League in 2018 where they won the 3rd place. The following year in 2019 they won the title and gain promotion to 2020 Singapore Football League.

Singapore Khalsa Association Football Club is a semi-professional Singaporean football club based in Tessensohn, Singapore, which plays in the Singapore National Football League. The club was founded in 1931 with its objectives to provide for the physical, moral, intellectual, cultural and social improvements, of its members and the establishment for the advancement of the moral, intellectual and physical education and well being of scholars and the general promotion and advancement of education of Sikh students from any school or schools in Singapore. Amongst the very first sports inaugurated was football, a staple of many schoolboys and men.

The 2022 Singapore Premier League was the 5th season of the Singapore Premier League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs, since its rebranding in 2018. The champions of the 2022 Singapore Premier League should have qualified for the AFC Champions League. The season began in March and ended on 15 October.

The Women's Premier League (WPL), currently known as the Deloitte Women's Premier League due to sponsorship reasons with audit firm Deloitte, is the top-flight women's football league in Singapore. It is run by Football Association of Singapore (FAS) and features seven amateur teams.

The 2023 Singapore Football League is the 47th season of the Singapore Football League. The league will feature promotion and relegation between football clubs in League 1, 2 and the Island Wide League.

References

  1. ↑ "Singapore - List of Champions". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Football Association of Singapore". Fas.org.sg. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "History Of Football - The Football Association of Singapore". 26 August 2011. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Football: Goodbye S-League, welcome Singapore Premier League". The Straits Times . 21 March 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Singapore League (S. League) - Infopedia". Eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Singapore Football League Division 1 – Football Association of Singapore". Fas.org.sg. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Singapore Football League Division 2 – Football Association of Singapore". Fas.org.sg. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Island Wide League - Football Association of Singapore". Fas.org.sg. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "L'Olympique Gaulois Singapore, le football français à Singapour". lepetitjournal.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-26.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.