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Women's Premier League
Season2024
Dates9 March 2024 – 15 September 2024
ChampionsLion City Sailors
Champions LeagueLion City Sailors
Matches played72
Goals scored353 (4.9 per match)
Top goalscorerJapan Manami Fukusawa
(23 goals)
Biggest home winLCS 18–0 Balestier
(4 May 2024)
Biggest away winBalestier 0–14 Albirex (S)
(11 May 2024)
Highest scoringLCS 18–0 Balestier
(4 May 2024)
Longest winning run7 matches
LC Sailors/Albirex (S)
Longest unbeaten run7 matches
LC Sailors/Albirex (S)
Longest winless run16 matches
Balestier
Longest losing run8 matches
Balestier
← 2023
2025 →

The 2024 Women's Premier League (also known as the Deloitte Women's Premier League due to sponsorship reasons with audit firm Deloitte[1]) is the 5th season of the Women's Premier League and the 23rd season of the top-flight women's football league in Singapore. The season began on 9 March 2024.

Summary

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Nine teams will be participating in the 2024 season, following the withdrawal of 2023 fifth placed Police Sports Association. The league champions will receive S$25,000, while the second and third-placed teams will receive S$10,000 and S$7,500 respectively.[2]

All the WPL's matches will be played at Choa Chu Kang Stadium.[3] Like previous season, admission to all matches is free to the public.[2] From 23 March, Choa Chu Kang Stadium was closed for maintenance after complaints from the first matchdays of poor pitch conditions.[4] Matches were temporarily played at Jalan Besar Stadium.[4] On 8 April, it was announced that matches from 14 April onwards would be played at two venues, Choa Chu Kang Stadium and ITE College East with one matchday at each venue.[5] While welcoming the change to allow pitch restoration at Choa Chu Kang Stadium, there was some concerns that Geylang International has a home advantage as the team trained there.[5]

Albirex Niigata (S)’s 2023 WPL Player of the Year and Golden Boot winner Kana Kitahara will assume a dual player-head coach role for their women's team in 2024.[6]

Lion City Sailors will also have a new face after promoting goalkeeping coach Daniel Ong to take over from Yeong Sheau Shyan, who led the side to back-to-back undefeated title-winning campaigns and was WPL Coach of the Year in 2022 and 2023.[6]

Lion City Sailors won their third consecutive Women’s Premier League title and $25,000 prize money after a 6-0 victory over Still Aerion. [7]

Teams

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A total of 9 teams competed in the league.

Team Team List
Albirex Niigata (S) 2024
Balestier Khalsa
Hougang United 2024
Geylang International 2024
Lion City Sailors 2024
Still Aerion WFC 2024
BG Tampines Rovers 2024
Tanjong Pagar United
Tiong Bahru FC

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Albirex Niigata (S) Nahar Daud[6] Pre-season Kana Kitahara[6]
Lion City Sailors Muhammad Yusuf Chatyawan[6] Pre-season Daniel Ong[6]
BG Tampines Rovers FC Joe O'Sullivan Remained on as Team Manager Pre-season Faizal Zainuddin

Foreign players

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All Clubs may register a maximum of four (4) Foreign Players with a minimum age of sixteen (16) years of age and above at the point of registration.[8]

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[9] Japan Manami Fukuzawa[10] Japan Yuki Monden[11] Malaysia Rebecca Jane Harding[12]
Balestier Khalsa United States Oihana Marine Dany[13] Japan Ishita Equzkine Calzada
Geylang International Australia Olliana Davies United States Victoria Sarka France Maeva Lazorthes Pedauga[13]
Hougang United Canada Sydney Hector Philippines Riddle Reneelyn Sison
Lion City Sailors Japan Miray Hokotate Altun United States Sara Hayduchok Canada Madison Telmer[14] France Priscille Le Helloco[15] Germany Laura Gänser[16][15]
Still Aerion WFC England Carmen Calisto Thailand Sunisa Srangthaisong Thailand Uraiporn Yongkul Seychelles Reena Esther Wales Lauren Reese
Tampines Rovers England Maia McCoy India Anaya Sehgal China Vanessa Han Mexico Andrea Moska United States Victoria Sarka
France Priscille Le Helloco
Tiong Bahru FC England Helena Constantinou United States Larissa Anne Orthmann
Tanjong Pagar United Japan Ayaka Miki

Results

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lion City Sailors (C) 16 14 1 1 95 4 +91 43 Qualification for AFC Women's Champions League
2 Albirex Niigata (S) 16 14 0 2 84 9 +75 42
3 Geylang International 16 9 4 3 48 16 +32 31
4 Still Aerion 16 8 4 4 38 27 +11 28
5 Hougang United 16 8 3 5 37 22 +15 27
6 Tanjong Pagar United 16 5 2 9 15 25 −10 17
7 BG Tampines Rovers 16 3 2 11 22 59 −37 11
8 Tiong Bahru 16 2 1 13 11 81 −70 7
9 Balestier Khalsa 16 0 1 15 3 110 −107 1
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2024. Source: Women's Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
(C) League champions

Fixtures and results

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The league operates on a home and away round-robin format from 9 March 2024.[2]

Home \ Away ALB BAL GEY HOU LCS STI TAM TIB TPU
Albirex Niigata (S) 6–0 3–0 4–1 1–3 3–1 8–0 6–0 4–0
Balestier Khalsa 0–14 0–5 0–6 0–11 0–8 0–2 1–1 0–2
Geylang International 0–3 13–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 5–1 7–0 3–0
Hougang United 2–3 3–0 3–3 0–4 1–1 4–1 5–0 0–0
Lion City Sailors 2–1 18–0 0–0 3–0 6–0 9–0 5–0 3–0
Still Aerion 0–8 5–0 1–1 2–0 0–4 2–2 6–0 2–0
BG Tampines Rovers 0–6 7–0 1–2 1–3 0–10 0–1 3–0 1–1
Tiong Bahru 0–13 5–0 0–4 0–4 0–13 1–7 4–3 0–2
Tanjong Pagar United 0–1 4–2 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–1 4–0 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2024. Source: Football Association of Singapore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 15 September 2024
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Japan Manami Fukuzawa Albirex Niigata (S) 23
2 Singapore Raeka Ee Lion City Sailors 18
3 Singapore Farah Nurzahirah Geylang International 15
4 Singapore Josephine Ang Lion City Sailors 12
Japan Kana Kitahara Albirex Niigata (S) 12
5 Canada Sydney Hector Hougang 11
6 Thailand Uraiporn Yongkul Still Aerion 10
7 United States Victoria Sarka Geylang / Tampines 9

Source: Women's Premier League

Awards

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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 c "Deloitte Women's Premier League 2024 set to return on 9 March". FAS. 22 February 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Tianbao, Lin (26 March 2024). "Choa Chu Kang Stadium pitch closed for maintenance after complaints of poor conditions". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b Tianbao, Lin (9 April 2024). "Singapore's Women's Premier League to be played at two venues from April 14". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Ganesan, Deepanraj (17 January 2024). "No experience? No problem, as Singapore's top two women's football teams hire rookie head coaches". The Straits Times.
  7. ^ Kwek, Kimberly (16 February 2024). "Lion City Sailors set sights beyond S'pore after third straight Deloitte Women's Premier League title". The Straits Times.
  8. ^ "2024 Deloitte Women's Premier League Regulations" (PDF). FAS. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Kana Kitahara to Assume Dual Roles as Player and Head Coach for the 2024 Season!". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
  10. ^ "Manami Fukuzawa is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
  11. ^ "Yuki Monden is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
  12. ^ "Rebecca Jane Harding is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!". Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
  13. ^ a b "2024 Deloitte Women's Premier League Club Guide". FAS. 8 March 2024.
  14. ^ "New-look Sailors Women to usher in new era against Royal Arion". Lion City Sailors. 9 January 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Sailors Women bolster squad for WPL and AWCL challenges with 4 new players". Lion City Sailors. 21 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Sailors Women bolster ranks with experienced Laura Gänser". Lion City Sailors. 5 March 2024.
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