2024 Women's Premier League (Singapore) Explained

Competition:Women's Premier League
Season:2024
Dates:9 March 2024 – 15 September 2024
Winners:Lion City Sailors
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Lion City Sailors
Matches:72
Total Goals:353
League Topscorer: Manami Fukusawa
(23 goals)
Biggest Home Win:LCS 18–0 Balestier
(4 May 2024)
Biggest Away Win:Balestier 0–14 Albirex (S)
(11 May 2024)
Highest Scoring:LCS 18–0 Balestier
(4 May 2024)
Longest Wins:7 matches
LC Sailors/Albirex (S)
Longest Unbeaten:7 matches
LC Sailors/Albirex (S)
Longest Winless:16 matches
Balestier
Longest Losses:8 matches
Balestier
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason: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

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

A total of 9 teams competed in the league.

TeamTeam List
Albirex Niigata (S)2024
Balestier Khalsa
Hougang United2024
Geylang International2024
Lion City Sailors2024
Still Aerion WFC2024
BG Tampines Rovers2024
Tanjong Pagar United
Tiong Bahru FC

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Albirex Niigata (S)Nahar DaudPre-seasonKana Kitahara
Muhammad Yusuf ChatyawanPre-seasonDaniel Ong
BG Tampines Rovers FCJoe O'SullivanRemained on as Team ManagerPre-seasonFaizal Zainuddin

Foreign players

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.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Former players
Albirex Niigata (S) Kana Kitahara[9] Manami Fukuzawa[10] Yuki Monden[11] Rebecca Jane Harding[12]
Balestier Khalsa Oihana Marine Dany[13] IshitaEquzkine Calzada
Geylang International Olliana Davies Victoria Sarka Maeva Lazorthes Pedauga
Hougang United Sydney Hector Riddle Reneelyn Sison
Lion City Sailors Miray Hokotate Altun Sara Hayduchok Madison Telmer[14] Priscille Le Helloco[15] Laura Gänser[16]
Still Aerion WFC Carmen Calisto Sunisa Srangthaisong Uraiporn Yongkul Reena Esther Lauren Reese
Tampines Rovers Maia McCoy Anaya Sehgal Vanessa Han Andrea Moska Victoria Sarka
Priscille Le Helloco
Tiong Bahru FC Helena Constantinou Larissa Anne Orthmann
Tanjong Pagar United Ayaka Miki

Results

League table

Fixtures and results

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

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 15 September 2024

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Manami FukuzawaAlbirex Niigata (S)23
2 Raeka EeLion City Sailors18
3 Farah NurzahirahGeylang International15
4 Josephine AngLion City Sailors12
Kana KitaharaAlbirex Niigata (S)12
5 Sydney HectorHougang11
6 Uraiporn YongkulStill Aerion10
7 Victoria SarkaGeylang / Tampines9

Source: Women's Premier League

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's Premier League Returns With First-Ever Title Sponsor . Press release, Deloitte. 23 May 2023.
  2. Web site: 22 February 2024 . Deloitte Women's Premier League 2024 set to return on 9 March . FAS.
  3. News: Tianbao . Lin . 18 March 2024 . ‘Like a plantation field’: Pitch issues for Singapore Women’s Premier League draw ire . 25 March 2024 . The Straits Times . en . 0585-3923.
  4. News: Tianbao . Lin . 26 March 2024 . Choa Chu Kang Stadium pitch closed for maintenance after complaints of poor conditions . 2024-05-08 . The Straits Times . en . 0585-3923.
  5. News: Tianbao . Lin . 9 April 2024 . Singapore’s Women’s Premier League to be played at two venues from April 14 . 2024-05-08 . The Straits Times . en . 0585-3923.
  6. News: 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. News: 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. Web site: 2024 Deloitte Women's Premier League Regulations . 27 February 2024 . FAS.
  9. Web site: Kana Kitahara to Assume Dual Roles as Player and Head Coach for the 2024 Season!. Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
  10. Web site: Manami Fukuzawa is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!. Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
  11. Web site: Yuki Monden is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!. Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
  12. Web site: Rebecca Jane Harding is coming to Albirex Niigata FC Singapore for 2024 season!. Albirex Niigata Singapore Official website.
  13. Web site: 2024 Deloitte Women’s Premier League Club Guide . 8 March 2024 . FAS.
  14. Web site: New-look Sailors Women to usher in new era against Royal Arion. Lion City Sailors. 9 January 2024.
  15. Web site: Sailors Women bolster squad for WPL and AWCL challenges with 4 new players. Lion City Sailors. 21 June 2024.
  16. Web site: Sailors Women bolster ranks with experienced Laura Gänser. Lion City Sailors. 5 March 2024.