2024–25 Singapore Premier League

The 2024–25 Singapore Premier League (also known as the AIA Singapore Premier League due to sponsorship reasons) is the 7th 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 2024–25 season:

Each club squad must consist of a minimum 18 professional players and a maximum of 25 players.
Clubs must field a minimum of five local players, which is in line with the quota set by the AFC for its club competitions with the exception of Young Lions.
The requirement for local clubs to field a minimum of one Under-23 player of Singaporean nationality during the entire first half of a match has been lifted.
The mandatory fitness tests for SPL players will transition to a more data-driven approach, facilitated through technical GPS tracking.
Quadruple round-robin format where each club will play each other four times in a season, instead of just three in seasons.
Singapore Cup will start in January 2025 and conclude by the end of May.
The Interim Pre-Season Tournament, a one-off tournament, to tide over this season will commence from 23 February to 21 April 2024. It will be a played in a modified single round-robin format, with a total of 20 matches played across 5 game weeks, with rankings to be based on accumulated points.
Each club can now register a maximum of nine foreign players, including representation from an AFC member association and three players under the age of 21 at the point of registration. A player who is initially registered as an under-21 player will remain classified as such for subsequent seasons, regardless of whether they turn 21 years old, until the rules changes.
For the U21 league, all Clubs (including Young Lions and excluding SAFSA) are allowed to register a maximum of 8 Foreign Players who are 21 years or younger, at the point of registration.

The following key changes were made to the rules since the 2022 & 2023 season:

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.
Players shall be allocated jersey numbers 1 to 50 except for Young Lions who are allowed to allocate jersey numbers 1 to 80. A jersey number becomea available for allocation to new members after a player ceased to play for a club. U21 players are allocated jersey numbers 51-80.
VAR technology was feature for the first time in Singapore league history starting 2023.
Players get suspended for one match after 4, 7, and 9 yellow cards in a league, with a fine added after the 9th. A red card comes with a mandatory suspension of 1-6 matches, depending on the severity of the offence. Getting 2 red cards in the season results in a $1,000 fine and a possible harsher penalty from the Disciplinary Committee.

The transfer window will be as follows

1st transfer window: 12 March 2024 to 31 May 2024
2nd transfer window: 1 January 2025 to 31 January 2025

Teams

A total of 9 teams compete in the league. Albirex Niigata (S) would function as a local team, starting this season. As such, they will be subjected to the same rules as Singapore based teams, while DPMM is an invited team from Brunei.

Stadiums and locations

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.

Coaching changes

Foreign players

Each club can now register a maximum of nine foreign players, including representation from an AFC member association and three players under the age of 21 at the point of registration. A player who is initially registered as an under-21 player will remain classified as such for subsequent seasons, regardless of whether they turn 21 years old, until the rules changes.

Teams can also register up to 8 Foreign Players who are 21 years or younger, at the point of registration for the U21 league. These players are eligible for the SPL.

Players name in bold indicates the players were registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Players name in italics indicates the player were out of squad or left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.

^1 Kyoga Nakamura was granted Singaporean citizenship on 25 October 2024.