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Women's Premier League (Singapore)
Season2023
Dates18 March 2023 - 26 November 2023
ChampionsLion City Sailors
Champions LeagueLion City Sailors
Matches played90
Goals scored376 (4.18 per match)
Top goalscorerJapan Kana Kitahara
(17 goals)
Biggest home winAlbirex (S) 11–0 Geylang
(26 August 2023)
Biggest away winGeylang 0–12 Balestier
(15 October 2023)
Highest scoringGeylang 0–12 Balestier
(15 October 2023)
Longest winning run13 matches
Lion City Sailors
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
Lion City Sailors
Longest winless run9 matches
Tiong Bahru
Longest losing run9 matches
Tiong Bahru
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 Women's Premier League (also known as the Deloitte Women's Premier League due to sponsorship reasons with audit firm Deloitte[1]) was the 4th season of the Women's Premier League and the 22nd season of the top-flight women's football league in Singapore.

Summary

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10 teams will be participating in the 2023 season. The vast majority of matches will be played at Choa Chu Kang Stadium with the rest being played at Yishun Stadium, and Our Tampines Hub.[2] Admission to all matches is free to the public.[3] The stadiums suffered from poor pitches, lack of dugouts and insufficient changing rooms.[2]

On 5 November 2023, Lion City Sailors (LCS) sealed their second consecutive title in the 2023 WPL season with an 11-0 victory against Geylang International.[4] It was LCS' second title since its founding two years ago.

During FAS Awards Night 2023, Sailors' Yeong Sheau Shyan won the Coach of the Year for the second time in a row. Albirex Niigata (S) defender Kitahara Kana received the Deloitte Player of the Year award, while Dhaniyah Qasimah (Tanjong Pagar United) won Young Player of the Year.[5]

Teams

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JSSL Tampines Rovers women's team was established in June 2022 under the partnership of Tampines Rovers and private football academy JSSL Singapore, as both sides extended their partnership to 2025. The team decided to compete in the second-tier 2022 Women's National League (WNL), where they finished as runners-up, before submitting their bid to join 2023 Women's Premier League.[6]

2022 WNL champions Police Sports Association[7] and debutant Geylang International FC also joined the 2023 season, expanding the league to 10 teams.[8]

Team Team List
Albirex Niigata (S) 2023
Balestier Khalsa
Hougang United 2023
Geylang International 2023
Lion City Sailors 2023
Police SA
Still Aerion 2023
JSSL Tampines Rovers 2023
Tanjong Pagar United
Tiong Bahru FC

Foreign players

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All teams are allowed to register a maximum of four (4) foreign players. Foreign players shall be sixteen (16) years of age and above (born on or before 31 December 2007) to be eligible for registration.[9]

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

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former Players
Albirex Niigata (S) Japan Kana Kitahara Japan Marina Asada United States Sierra Castles Philippines Marilou Bautista Rubio Wales Lauren Reese
Balestier Khalsa Canada Sydney Hector Japan Akari Kato France Victoire Quiterie Marie
Geylang International Colombia Nathalia Murillo Rengifo Ukraine Olesia Sheremeta
Hougang United Philippines Riddle Reneelyn Sison
Lion City Sailors United States Sara Hayduchok Germany Julia-Vanessa Farr Japan Miray Hokotate Altun Philippines Nica Siy Germany Paula Druschke
Canada Madison Josephine Telmer
Police SA
Still Aerion WFC England Carmen Calisto United States Larissa Anne Orthmann Germany Annabel Mathilde Marx
Tampines Rovers France Priscille Le Helloco England Maia McCoy United States Sara Hayduchok
Spain Sofia Rodriguez
Brazil Giselle Blumke
Tiong Bahru FC
Tanjong Pagar United Japan Yuki Monden Japan Manami Fukuzawa


League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lion City Sailors (C) 18 17 1 0 73 2 +71 52 Qualification for 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League
2 Albirex Niigata (S) 18 13 4 1 71 17 +54 43
3 Hougang United 18 10 2 6 33 10 +23 32
4 Tanjong Pagar United 18 9 4 5 51 14 +37 31
5 Police SA 18 8 4 6 28 25 +3 28
6 Balestier Khalsa 18 8 1 9 43 50 −7 25
7 Still Aerion 18 6 2 10 22 30 −8 20
8 Tampines Rovers 18 5 2 11 36 39 −3 17
9 Geylang International 18 2 0 16 8 92 −84 6
10 Tiong Bahru 18 2 0 16 11 97 −86 6
Source: Women's Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
(C) Champions

Results

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The league operates on a home and away round-robin format from 18 March to 26 November 2023.[3]

Home \ Away ALB BAL GEY HOU LCS POL STI TAM TBR TPU
Albirex Niigata (S) 4–0 11–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 2–1
Balestier Khalsa 1–9 3–0 2–1 0–8 1–0 1–2 3–1 6–1 0–4
Geylang International 0–6 0–12 0–5 0–11 1–4 0–3 0–8 1–2 0–3
Hougang United 0–3 1–0 5–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 5–0 1–0
Lion City Sailors 1–1 6–0 6–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 10–0 1–0
Police SA 1–4 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 2–3 3–0 2–2
Still Aerion 1–2 2–4 2–3 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–0
Tampines Rovers 3–3 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–6 0–1 0–1 10–0 0–4
Tiong Bahru 0–10 1–8 2–1 0–4 0–6 0–5 0–2 1–6 1–8
Tanjong Pagar United 1–1 6–0 6–0 0–0 0–2 4–0 2–3 6–0 4–1
Source: Football Association of Singapore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Kitahara Kana Albirex Niigata (S) 17
2 Marina Asada Albirex Niigata (S) 15
3 Izzati Rosni Lion City Sailors 12
Sydney Hector Balester Khalsa 12
4 Azreena Maat Balester Khalsa 11

Awards

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FAS Awards Night 2023

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Award Winner Club
Deloitte Player of the Year Kitahara Kana Albirex Niigata (S) FC
Young Player of the Year Dhaniyah Qasimah Tanjong Pagar United FC
Coach of the Year Muhammad Yusuf Chatyawan Lion City Sailors FC

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Premier League Returns With First-Ever Title Sponsor". Press release, Deloitte. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b Tianbao, Lin (18 March 2024). "'Like a plantation field': Pitch issues for Singapore Women's Premier League draw ire". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Deloitte Women's Premier League returns with 10 clubs, kicks off on 18th March". FAS. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Lion City Sailors seal second consecutive title in the 2023 WPL season". FAS. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Best of local football feted at FAS Awards Night 2023". FAS. 24 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Football: JSSL, Tampines Rovers to form team for 2023 Women's Premier League". The Straits Times. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Football: 2023 Deloitte Women's Premier League expanded to 10 teams". The Straits Times. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Football: New entrants Geylang, Tampines and Police SA looking to make their mark in 2023 Women's Premier League". The Straits Times. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 Deloitte Women's Premier League Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 27 February 2024.
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