Singapore Football League

The Singapore Football League (SFL) is a football tournament for semi-professional clubs that are affiliated to the Football Association of Singapore.^[1] 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.^[2] The teams are also eligible to compete in the Singapore FA Cup.^[2]

Singapore Football League

Organising body	Football Association of Singapore
Founded	1975; 50 years ago (1975) (as National Football League) 2020; 5 years ago (2020) (as Singapore Football League)
Country	Singapore
Number of clubs	8 (Division 1), 10 (Division 2)
Level on pyramid	2–3 (provisionally)
Relegation to	Singapore Island Wide League
Domestic cup(s)	Singapore FA Cup SFL Challenge Cup (invitational)
Current champions	Singapore Khalsa Association (SFL 1) Tengah FC (SFL 2)
Most championships	Singapore Cricket Club (9 titles in Division 1) Singapore Chinese (4 titles in Division 2), (3 titles in Division 3)
Website	Division 1 Division 2
Current: 2025 Singapore Football League

Although it is an amateur competition organized by the FAS, several former Singapore internationals and ex-S.League players have played in the league such as Jonathan Xu, Indra Sahdan Daud, Precious Emuejeraye and Ahmad Latiff (Eunos Crescent), Yazid Yasin (Gymkhana) and Zulkiffli Hassim (Yishun Sentek Mariners).

History

The history of the National Football League (NFL) can be traced back to the earliest 20th century during the British colonization of Singapore, whereby the Singapore Amateur Football Association (SAFA) was formed in year of 1892. SAFA was responsible for organising the top tier football leagues in Singapore with NFL as the top tier football league from early 20th century, until the formation of FAS Premier League in 1988. It was previously made up of Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3, with the bottom team of Division 3 being relegated to the FAS Island Wide League.

As of 2018, it makes up provisional tiers 2 and 3, behind the professional Singapore Premier League, with rules of promotion and relegation applied for teams in NFL Division One and NFL Division Two. Teams play two-round league home-away format. League features promotions and relegations for all the teams in both divisions, where the top two teams of a division will be promoted to the upper division, and the last two relegated to the lower division.

In 2020, the NFL was renamed as Singapore Football League (SFL).^[3] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, the first season of SFL started in 2022.^[3]

Division one clubs as of 2025

Main article: 2025 Singapore Football League

• Jungfrau Punggol^[4]
• Katong FC^[5]
• Police SA^[6]
• Project Vaults Oxley SC^[7]
• Singapore Cricket Club^[8]
• Singapore Khalsa Association^[9]
• Tengah
• Yishun Sentek Mariners^[10]

Division 2 clubs as of 2025

Main article: 2025 Singapore Football League

• Admiralty CSN^[11]
• Bishan Barx^[12]
• GDT Circuit (Pink Roses)
• GFA Victoria FC (formerly GFA Sporting Westlake^[13])^[14]
• Kaki Bukit SC
• South Avenue SC^[15]
• Starlight Soccerites^[16]
• Tiong Bahru^[17]
• Westwood El'Junior (EJC Westwood)
• Warwick Knights^[18]

Active Island Wide League clubs* as of 2025

Main article: 2025 Island Wide League

• Admiralty City* (est. 2025^[19])
• Ayer Rajah Gryphons
• Bedok South Avenue SC
• Bukit Timah FC (formerly Bukit Timah Juniors)(The Northern Stallions)
• Commonwealth Cosmos
• East Dragon FC*
• Eastern Thunder (formerly Admiralty^[20])
• Geylang Serai
• Gymkhana
• Mattar Sailors ^[21]
• Pasirian Lions (Viva Lions)
• Sembawang City* (est. 2024) (The Otters)
• Simei United (The Sabres)
• Singapore Xin Hua
• Tanah Merah United (The Oryx)
• Tessensohn Khalsa Rovers
• Verde Cresta Combined SC
• Winchester Isla
• Woodlands Lions*
• Woodlands Rangers
• Yishun (The Northern Pride)

Former clubs

• Siglap
• Admiralty Rangers
• Boon Keng SRC
• Woodlands United
• Woodlands Warriors
• Marsiling Causeway Bay (The Wildcats) (2022-2023)
• Prison SRC (2018-2023)
• Balestier United RC (-2024)
• East Coast United (-2024)
• Eunos Crescent (-2024)
• Jungfrau Punggol 'B' (2024)
• Sembawang Park Rangers (formerly GFA Victoria^[20])(2022-2024)
• Singapore Recreational Club (2024)

Past champions

In 1975, the Football Association of Singapore revamped the existing league structure involving 118 teams into a two-tier league system.^[22] For the 1987 season, the teams play each other once in a league format. The top eight placed teams in the league progressed to a knock-out stage to determine the champions.^[23] League stage winners Tiong Bahru defeated 4th-placed Tampines Rovers 2–1 in the final to clinch the championship.^[24][25][26] The top tier of the football league system was replaced by the FAS Premier League from 1988. FAS then created a professional league, the S.League from 1996 which was then revamped to Singapore Premier League in 2018 thus becoming a semi-professional league.

NFL Division 1 Season Winners 1975 Geylang International 1976 Geylang International 1977 Geylang International 1978 SAFSA 1979 Tampines Rovers 1980 Tampines Rovers 1981 SAFSA 1982 Farrer Park United 1983 Tiong Bahru CSC 1984 Tampines Rovers 1985 Police SA 1986 SAFSA 1987 Tiong Bahru CSC 1988 Tyrwhitt Soccerites 2006 Admiralty FC 2007 Admiralty FC 2009 Singapore Cricket Club 2011 Singapore Recreation Club 2012 Singapore Recreation Club 2015 Singapore Recreation Club 2016 Eunos Crescent 2017 Yishun Sentek Mariners 2018 Tiong Bahru 2019 Tiong Bahru 2022 Singapore Khalsa Association 2023 Singapore Khalsa Association 2024 Singapore Khalsa Association

NFL Division 2 Season Winners 1982 Cairnhill 1983 Geylang International 1984 South Avenue 1987 Tyrwhitt Soccerites 2002 Katong 2006 Eunos Crescent 2007 West United 2008 Singapore Cricket Club 2009 Prisons SRC 2012 Admiralty FC 2014 Yishun Sentek Mariners 2015 Singapore Cricket Club 2017 Gymkhana 2018 Singapore Khalsa Association 2019 Project Vault Oxley 2022 Jungfrau Punggol 2023 Police SA 2024 Tengah FC

NFL Division 3 Season Winners 1975 Cairnhill 1982 Punggol CSC 1984 Mountbatten 1986 Singapore Chinese 2001 Katong FC 2006 Kaki Bukit 2007 Tiong Bahru Island Wide League Season Winners 1991 Wellington FC 1999 Singapore Recreation Club 2010 Sporting Westlake 2011 Siglap CSC 2012 Vipers FAA 2013 Yishun Sentek Mariners 2014 Kembangan United 2015 South Avenue 2016 SAFSA 2018 Project Vault Oxley 2019 Commonwealth Cosmos 2022 Xin Hua FC 2023 Bedok South Avenue SC 2024 GDT Circuit FC

Champions

Titles by club

NFL Division 1

Club	Winners	Winning years
Geylang International	3	1975, 1976, 1977
Tampines Rovers	3	1979, 1980,1984
SAFSA	3	1978, 1981, 1986
Singapore Recreation Club	3	2011, 2012, 2015
Singapore Khalsa Association	3	2022, 2023, 2024
Tiong Bahru CSC	2	1983, 1987
Admiralty FC	2	2006, 2007
Tiong Bahru FC	2	2018, 2019
Farrer Park United	1	1982
Police SA	1	1985
Tyrwhitt Soccerites	1	1988
Singapore Cricket Club	1	2009
Eunos Crescent	1	2016
Yishun Sentek Mariners	1	2017

NFL Division 2

Club	Winners	Winning years
Singapore Cricket Club	2	2008, 2015
Cairnhill	1	1982
Geylang International	1	1983
South Avenue	1	1984
Tyrwhitt Soccerites	1	1987
Katong	1	2002
Eunos Crescent	1	2006
West United	1	2007
Prisons SRC	1	2009
Admiralty FC	1	2012
Yishun Sentek Mariners	1	2014
Gymkhana	1	2017
Singapore Khalsa Association	1	2018
Project Vault Oxley	1	2019
Jungfrau Punggol	1	2022
Police FA	1	2023
Tengah FC	1	2024

Stadium

Vacant stadiums used

• Bedok Stadium
• Bukit Gombak Stadium
• Choa Chu Kang Stadium
• Clementi Stadium
• Woodlands Stadium
• Yishun Stadium

Current Singapore Premier League clubs stadium used

• Hougang Stadium
• Jalan Besar Stadium
• Toa Payoh Stadium

See also

• FAS Premier League
• Singapore Premier League
• Singapore FA Cup
• Singapore League Cup
• Prime League
• List of football clubs in Singapore
• List of Singapore's football leagues winners
• Singapore football league system