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ESPZEN is the amateur football association organisation founded in 2004. The organisation is based in Singapore and is considered to be the biggest social football organisation in Singapore.The organisations have football leagues for open category, veteran category and juniors category. Apart from an 11-a-side social and amateutfootball, ESPZEN have also organised a well structured and highly competitive and recognised 5-a-side football league and 7-a-side football league whereby currently their 7-a-side football league is the biggest and most competitive 7-a-side football tournament in Singapore. ESPZEN was founded by Lee Taylor, an English banker residing in Singapore and the organisation is affiliated to Football Association of Singapore.

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ESPZEN Sunday League

ESPZEN Sunday League
Organising bodyESPZEN
Founded2004
CountrySingapore
Level on pyramid5-7
Domestic cup(s)ESPZEN Champion Cup
Website espzen.com/index.php

ESPZEN Sunday League was founded in 2004. The league is the top amateur football league in Singapore and the premium football tournament of ESPZEN. The season 15 of the league has over 13 divisions of amateur football teams in Singapore. Together with the Cosmoleague and Equatorial Football League, the ESPZEN Sunday League Division 1 makes up the most competitive amateur football league in Singapore. The very first ESPZEN Sunday League game commenced on 23 May 2004 in the morning between amateur clubs MATADOR Football Club and Killer Whales Football Club with the Killer Whales securing a 1–0 victory over MATADOR. ESPZEN Sunday League make history when the first match on The Float @ Marina Bay was played by the league's team TGA and the Vietnamese side VNNTU in November 2008. Some of the all time well known amateur football clubs competing in the Sunday League are Purple Monkey FC, SCC Tigers, St Davids FC of Wales, Aioli Gaulois FC, FC PROTEGE ESPZEN and one of the leagues original teams DHL FC who are still playing 20 years later. The games are usually play on Sunday at 3.00pm. Although ESPZEN Sunday League is not part of the football pyramid of football league organised by the Football Association of Singapore, it will be from level 5 - level 7 of the system if it has to be defined further. This is because the standard played at this league is a top amateur standard league whereby many ex professional and semi-professional players around the world join as they are residing in Singapore.

ESPZEN Saturday League

ESPZEN Saturday League is a social football league organised by ESPZEN. It serves mainly for academy and social teams for weekend football while the Sunday League is the premium league consisting of numerous registered Expatriate football clubs.

ESPZEN Midweek League

ESPZEN 7-a-side Midweek League

ESPZEN Midweek 7-a-side League
Organising bodyESPZEN
Founded2018
CountrySingapore
Level on pyramid1-3
Website espzen.com/index.php

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