2023 Singapore Premier League

Singapore Premier League
Match between DPMM and Hougang United
Season2023
ChampionsAlbirex Niigata (S)
Matches played88
Goals scored346 (3.93 per match)
Top goalscorerBelgium Maxime Lestienne (25 goals)
Highest attendance2,497
Albirex Niigata (S) 3–1 Lion City Sailors FC
(16 July 2023)
Average attendance752
← 2022
All statistics correct as of 24 February 2023.

The 2023 Singapore Premier League (also known as the AIA Singapore Premier League due to sponsorship reasons) is the 6th season of the Singapore Premier League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs, since its rebranding in 2018.

Format

The following key changes were made to the rules for the 2023 season:

  1. Young Lions will be allowed to register between 20 and 40 players, three of whom may be foreign or overaged Singaporean players.
  2. Young Lions and Hougang United to play their home games at Jalan Besar Stadium while Lion City Sailors and Balestier Khalsa will play at Bishan Stadium. Other stadiums used are: (1) Our Tampines Hub (Tampines Rovers and Geylang International), (2) Jurong East Stadium (Albirex Niigata and Tanjong Pagar United), and (3) Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium (DPMM). DPMM will play their 1st three home matches in Jalan Besar Stadium as their home ground is undergoing renovation.
  3. For Brunei DPMM, they are required to have a minimum of one Under-23 player of Bruneian nationality fielded during the entire first half of a match.
  4. All clubs may include a maximum of five players from its COE Under-21 team in its match-day squad.
  5. VAR technology will feature for the first time in Singapore league history.

The following key changes were made to the rules since the 2022 season:[1]

  1. Each team is able to register up to 25 players in their squad, a reduction of 3 players as compared from 2020.
  2. Albirex is allowed to have a minimum squad of eighteen (18) Players under non-amateur (Professional) contract, as at the pre-season minimum registration deadline and a maximum of twenty-five (25) Players.
  3. From 2021, Albirex is allowed to sign a maximum of 2 overage Singaporean players.[2] One U-23 Singaporeans need to be in their starting lineup for each game.
  4. Clubs will be equipped with Global Positioning Systems (GPS) devices - among other performance and tracking gear. Value of the sponsorship is worth around $620,000.[3]
  5. SPL clubs are now allowed to register a maximum of four foreign players with no age restrictions, of whom at least one shall be of the nationality of an AFC Member Association (Asian). A maximum of four foreign players may be named or fielded in any one match.[4]
  6. Players shall be allocated jersey numbers 1 to 50. Jersey number become available for allocation to new members after a player ceased to play for a club.[5]
  7. 1st transfer window: 1 January 2023 to 19 March 2023, 2nd transfer window: 1 June 2023 to 28 June 2023

Teams

A total of 9 teams competed in the league. Albirex Niigata (S) is an invited foreign club from Japan, while DPMM FC is an invited foreign club from Brunei.

Stadiums and locations

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Location of 2023 Singapore Premier League teams
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Locations of the 2023 Singapore Premier League teams from Singapore
Image Team Stadium Capacity
Albirex Niigata (S)
Tanjong Pagar United 		Jurong East Stadium 2,700
Lion City Sailors
Balestier Khalsa 		Bishan Stadium 6,254
Young Lions
Hougang United
DPMM FC 		Jalan Besar Stadium 6,000
Tampines Rovers
Geylang International 		Our Tampines Hub
Jalan Besar Stadium (Btw 12-20 Apr 2023) 		5,100


Personnel, kit and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main Shirt sponsor Other shirt sponsors
Albirex Niigata (S) Japan Kazuaki Yoshinaga[6] Japan Asahi Yokokawa Japan Mizuno Japan Denka[7] Lensmode
Kubota
Reeracoen
Kirin
EnglishCentral
Gain City
Dpro Logistics Namics
One Asia Lawyers
JPLUS+
Daiho Group
JTB
NSG
Sanpoutei Ramen
SMBC
ACCEA Singapore
PR Times
Nippon Medical Care
HIT Singapore
With You Global Creations
SD Aircon
At Twenty
Salonpas
Crown Line
SETA Technologies
Salonpas
Soken Medical
Dr. Stretch
Miura
IGPI
Thomson Jap Family Clinic
Akinori Singapore
Black Clover
Pocari Sweat
SingaLife
Balestier Khalsa Netherlands Peter de Roo Singapore Ho Wai Loon Germany Adidas United States Jeep Weston Corporation
Project Vaults
PSB Academy
TopGrid Pest
Dr. Stretch
StarBalm
Boys' Town YouthReach
DPMM England Adrian Pennock Brunei Wardun Yussof Brunei Pitch Brunei Shell Marketing
Mitsubishi Corporation
Baiduri Bank
DST
You C1000
BGI
BEGAWAN ATHLETE
Waznah
Geylang International Singapore Mohd Noor Ali[8] Singapore Joshua Pereira Thailand FBT Australia Rolos by Constructor [9] Epson[10][11]
Broadway
Dr. Stretch
Extra Ordinary People
Optimum Nutrition
TRUE Fitness
Hougang United CroatiaGermany Marko Kraljević (Interim) Singapore Zulfahmi Arifin Thailand Ari Singapore The Physio Circle[12] Cafe Football (CF)
The Arena
SpeedFitness
Advance Capital
StarBalm
My Protein Singapore
Lion City Sailors Serbia Aleksandar Ranković[13] Singapore Hariss Harun Germany Puma Singapore SEA[14] Shopee
Garena
Optimum Nutrition
GXA Bank
Tampines Rovers Singapore Gavin Lee[15] Singapore Yasir Hanapi Japan Mizuno Japan ANA Courier Express [16] Rookbook
Ryudben Sports
Blackhole Group
Vintage Studio
Battlewin
My Protein Singapore
Bauerfeind Sports
JSSL FC
Canadian 2 for 1 pizza
StarBalm
Fit Together
Black Clover
Tanjong Pagar United Singapore Hasrin Jailani Singapore Shakir Hamzah Thailand FBT Japan Tokyo Century Samtrade Academy
Hyundai
StarBalm
The Rehab Lab
Young Lions Singapore Nazri Nasir[17] Singapore Harhys Stewart United States Nike Catapult
a. Jacob Mahler was club captain at Young Lions until 19 May 2023, when it was announced he signed for Madura United. Harhys Stewart is now serving as the de facto captain.

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing Head Coach Manner of Departure Date of Vacancy Position
in table 		Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
Balestier Khalsa Netherlands Peter de Roo (interim) Appointed to permanent role 30 November 2022 [18]
Hougang United Singapore Firdaus Kassim (interim) Appointed to permanent role 15 January 2023 [19]
Young Lions Singapore Nazri Nasir Stepped down 16 December 2022 [20] Pre-season Singapore Philippe Aw 17 December 2022 [17]
Lion City Sailors Serbia Luka Lalic (interim) End of Interim 20 December 2022 [21] Bosnia and Herzegovina Risto Vidaković 20 December 2022 [22]
Hougang United Singapore Firdaus Kassim Redesignated as Youth Coach 17 April 2023 [23] 9th CroatiaGermany Marko Kraljević (interim) 17 April 2023 [23]
Young Lions Singapore Philippe Aw Leave of Absence 18 May 2023 [24] Singapore Fadzuhasny Juraimi
Japan Koichiro Iizuka (Interim) 		18 May 2023 [25]
Lion City Sailors Bosnia and Herzegovina Risto Vidaković Sacked 19 June 2023 [26] 3rd Spain Pablo Muñiz
Netherlands Daan van Oudheusden (interim) 		19 June 2023 [27]
Spain Pablo Muñiz
Netherlands Daan van Oudheusden (interim) 		End of Interim 28 June 2023 [28] Serbia Aleksandar Ranković 28 June 2023 [13]
Young Lions Singapore Fadzuhasny Juraimi
Japan Koichiro Iizuka (Interim) 		13 July 2023 [25] 9th Singapore Nazri Nasir 13 July 2023 [29]

Foreign players

Singapore Premier League clubs can sign a maximum of four foreign players in the 2023 season.[30] However, one of them has to be an AFC player.

Player name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player U21 Player Former Players
Unregistered Players
Balestier Khalsa Slovenia Alen Kozar[31] Japan Shuhei Hoshino[32] Japan Ryoya Tanigushi[33] Japan Masahiro Sugita[34] England Max McCoy
New Zealand Curtis Gray
France Alexandre Bertholon 		United States Conor MacKay
DPMM FC Belarus Andrey Varankow[35] Spain Ángel Martínez[35] North Macedonia Kristijan Naumovski[36] Afghanistan Farshad Noor[36] Uzbekistan Akmal Tursunbaev[35]
Croatia Josip Balić[35]
Geylang International France Vincent Bezecourt[37] Japan Takahiro Tezuka[32] Japan Rio Sakuma[32] Japan Yushi Yamaya[38] England Zach Whitehouse
Hougang United Croatia Kristijan Krajcek[39] Serbia Đorđe Maksimović Japan Naoki Kuriyama[40] Japan Kazuma Takayama[41] Argentina Brian Ferreira
Lion City Sailors Brazil Diego Lopes[42] Belgium Maxime Lestienne[43] Curaçao Richairo Zivkovic [44] Australia Bailey Wright [45] Belgium Nils Vandersmissen
Republic of Ireland Joshua Little
Nepal Aryan Bahadur Chhetri 		Australia Obren Kljajic[46]
Brazil Pedro Henrique[47]
Japan Kodai Tanaka[48][49]
Spain Súper[50]
Australia Bernie Ibini-Isei[51]
Tampines Rovers Montenegro Boris Kopitović[32] Serbia Miloš Zlatković[52] Japan Shuya Yamashita[53] Japan Kyoga Nakamura[54]
Tanjong Pagar United Brazil Pedro Dias[55] Croatia Mirko Šugić[56] Croatia Marin Mudražija[57] Australia Blake Ricciuto[58] England George Thomas
Australia Charlie Traynor

Albirex Niigata can sign an unlimited number of Singaporean players for this season. Only 2 local players above 23 years old are allowed.[59]

Club SG Overaged Player 1 SG Overaged Player 2 SG Player 1 SG Player 2 SG Player 3 Former Players
Albirex Niigata (S) Singapore Hassan Sunny[60] Singapore Hyrulnizam Juma'at [61] Singapore Zamani Zamri[62] Singapore Shakthi Vinayagavijayan[63] Singapore Junki Kenn Yoshimura[63] Singapore Nicky Melvin Singh[64]
SG Player 4 SG Player 5 SG Player 6 SG Player 7 SG Player 8 Former Players
Singapore Jarrel Ong Jia Wei[65] Singapore Kenji Austin[66] Singapore Hilman Norhisam[67] Singapore Firman Nabil[68]

Young Lions can register a total of three foreign or overaged Singaporean players.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Former Players
Unregistered Players
Young Lions Japan Kan Kobayashi[69][70] Japan Jun Kobayashi[71] Singapore Amiruldin Asraf

Results

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Albirex Niigata (S)[a] (C) 24 20 2 2 86 20 +66 62
2 Lion City Sailors (Q) 24 17 3 4 79 39 +40 54 Qualification for 2024-25 AFC Champions League 2 Group Stage
3 Tampines Rovers (Q) 24 14 6 4 47 32 +15 48 Qualification for 2024-25 AFC Champions League 2 playoff
4 Balestier Khalsa 24 12 0 12 60 71 −11 36
5 Geylang International 24 10 3 11 41 52 −11 33
6 Hougang United 24 9 2 13 37 57 −20 29
7 Brunei DPMM[a] 24 6 5 13 39 43 −4 23
8 Tanjong Pagar United 24 6 3 15 39 62 −23 21
9 Young Lions[a] 24 1 2 21 24 76 −52 5
Source: Singapore Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Three clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and the FAS under-23 team Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.

Fixtures and results

Statistics


Awards

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month Young Player of the Month Coach of the Month Goal of the Month Ref
Player Club Player Club Coach Club Player vs.
February / March Singapore Faris Ramli Tampines Rovers Japan Seia Kunori Albirex Niigata (S) Singapore Gavin Lee Tampines Rovers Belarus Andrey Varankow
vs. Tanjong Pagar United (14/3/2023)
April / May Belgium Maxime Lestienne Lion City Sailors Singapore Abdul Rasaq Lion City Sailors Netherlands Peter de Roo Balestier Khalsa Singapore Abdul Rasaq
vs. Albirex Niigata (S) (21/5/2023)
June Brunei Hakeme Yazid Said DPMM FC Japan Kazuaki Yoshinaga Albirex Niigata (S) Singapore Shakir Hamzah
vs. Young Lions FC (6/6/2023)
July Japan Keito Komatsu Albirex Niigata (S) Japan Ryoya Tanigushi
vs. Young Lions FC (12/7/2023)

Singapore Premier League Awards night winners

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Awards Winners Club
Player of the Year Belgium Maxime Lestienne Lion City Sailors
Young Player of the Year Japan Seia Kunori Albirex Niigata (S)
Coach of the Year Japan Kazuaki Yoshinaga Albirex Niigata (S)
Top Scorer Award Belgium Maxime Lestienne Lion City Sailors
Golden Gloves Singapore Syazwan Buhari Tampines Rovers
Goal of the Year Singapore Khairul Amri
vs. Hougang United (6/4/2023) 		Tanjong Pagar United
Fair Play Award Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
Referee of the Year Singapore Andrea Verolino
AIA Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Singapore Syazwan Buhari
(Tampines Rovers)
Defence Japan Koki Kawachi
(Albirex Niigata (S)) 		Japan Asahi Yokokawa
(Albirex Niigata (S)) 		Serbia Miloš Zlatković
(Tampines Rovers)
Midfield Japan Kyoga Nakamura
(Tampines Rovers) 		Japan Ryoya Taniguchi
(Balestier Khalsa) 		Brazil Diego Lopes
(Lion City Sailors) 		Belgium Maxime Lestienne
(Lion City Sailors)
Attack Japan Seia Kunori
(Albirex Niigata (S)) 		Brunei Hakeme Yazid
(DPMM FC) 		Singapore Shawal Anuar
(Lion City Sailors)

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External links

  • Football Association of Singapore website
  • Singapore Premier League website Archived 2017-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
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