Singapore Football League

{{Infobox football league

| name = Singapore Football League

| logo =

| pixels =

| organiser = Football Association of Singapore

| founded = {{Start date and age|1975}} (as National Football League)
{{Start date and age|2020}} (as Singapore Football League)

| promotion =

| relegation = Singapore Island Wide League

| levels = 2–3 (provisionally)

| domest_cup = Singapore FA Cup
SFL Challenge Cup
(invitational)

| champions = Singapore Khalsa Association
(SFL 1)
Tengah FC
(SFL 2)

| most successful club = Singapore Cricket Club
(9 titles in Division 1)
Singapore Chinese
(4 titles in Division 2), (3 titles in Division 3)

| website = [https://www.fas.org.sg/competition/singapore-football-league-division-1/ Division 1]
[https://www.fas.org.sg/competition/singapore-football-league-division-2/ Division 2]

| current = 2025 Singapore Football League

|teams=8 (Division 1), 10 (Division 2)

}}

The Singapore Football League (SFL) is a football tournament for semi-professional clubs that are affiliated to the Football Association of Singapore.{{cite web|title=National Football League|url=http://www.fas.org.sg/competitions/nfl/national-football-league|publisher=Football Association of Singapore|access-date=3 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423181053/http://www.fas.org.sg/competitions/nfl/national-football-league|archive-date=23 April 2012|url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.myactivesg.com/sports/football/how-to-play/did-you-know/national-football-league|title=Singapore's very own National Football League|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032135/https://www.myactivesg.com/sports/football/how-to-play/did-you-know/national-football-league|url-status=live}} The teams are also eligible to compete in the Singapore FA Cup.

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).{{Cite web |last=Ilmi |first=Zahin |date=2022-06-02 |title=Singapore Football League to kick off on Jun 4, 1st edition under new name |url=https://youthopia.sg/read/singapore-football-league-to-kick-off-on-jun-4-1st-edition-under-new-name/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=youthopia.sg |language=en-US |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211161034/https://youthopia.sg/read/singapore-football-league-to-kick-off-on-jun-4-1st-edition-under-new-name/ |url-status=live }} Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, the first season of SFL started in 2022.

Division one clubs as of 2025

Jungfrau Punggol{{Cite web |title=JungfrauPunggolFC (@jungfraupunggolfootballclub) • Instagram photos and videos |url=https://www.instagram.com/jungfraupunggolfootballclub/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.instagram.com |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425173643/https://www.instagram.com/jungfraupunggolfootballclub/ |url-status=live }}
Katong FC{{Cite web |title=Katong FC (@katongfc) • Instagram photos and videos |url=https://www.instagram.com/katongfc/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.instagram.com |language=en}}
Police SA{{Cite web |title=Police Sports Association (@policesportsassociation) • Instagram photos and videos |url=https://www.instagram.com/policesportsassociation/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.instagram.com |language=en}}
Project Vaults Oxley SC{{Cite web |title=ProjectVaultsOxleySportsClub (@pvosc) • Instagram photos and videos |url=https://www.instagram.com/pvosc/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.instagram.com |language=en}}
Singapore Cricket Club{{Cite web |title=SCC SFL (@sccsfl) • Instagram photos and videos |url=https://www.instagram.com/sccsfl/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.instagram.com |language=en}}
Singapore Khalsa Association{{Cite web |title=SingaporeKhalsaFootball (@skafootball) • Instagram photos and videos |url=https://www.instagram.com/skafootball/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.instagram.com |language=en}}
Tengah
Yishun Sentek Mariners{{Cite web |title=Yishun Sentek Mariners FC (@yishunsentekmarinersfc) • Instagram photos and videos |url=https://www.instagram.com/yishunsentekmarinersfc/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.instagram.com |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425173708/https://www.instagram.com/yishunsentekmarinersfc/ |url-status=live }}

Division 2 clubs as of 2025

Admiralty CSN{{Cite web |title=Admiralty CSN (@admiralty_csn) • Instagram photos and videos |url=https://www.instagram.com/admiralty_csn/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.instagram.com |language=en}}
Bishan Barx{{Cite web |title=(@bishanbarxfc) {{!}} Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/bishanbarxfc/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.instagram.com |language=en}}
GDT Circuit (Pink Roses)
GFA Victoria FC (formerly GFA Sporting Westlake{{cite web |title= Societies Act 1966 and Societies Regulations - Change of name approved |url=https://assets.egazette.gov.sg/2025/Government%20Gazette/Notices%20under%20other%20Acts/1074.pdf |access-date=23 May 2025 |website=egazette.gov.sg |format=PDF |date=27 Mar 2025}}){{Cite web |title=GFA Singapore (since 2005) (@globalfootballacademysg) • Instagram photos and videos |url=https://www.instagram.com/globalfootballacademysg/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.instagram.com |language=en}}
Kaki Bukit SC
South Avenue SC{{Cite web |title=South Avenue SC (@southavenuesc) • Instagram photos and videos |url=https://www.instagram.com/southavenuesc/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.instagram.com |language=en}}
Starlight Soccerites{{Cite web |title=Starlight Soccerites Football Club (@starlight_socceritesfc) • Instagram photos and videos |url=https://www.instagram.com/starlight_socceritesfc/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.instagram.com |language=en}}
Tiong Bahru{{Cite web |title=Tiong Bahru FC (@tiongbahrufc) • Instagram photos and videos |url=https://www.instagram.com/tiongbahrufc/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.instagram.com |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425173711/https://www.instagram.com/tiongbahrufc/ |url-status=live }}
Westwood El'Junior (EJC Westwood)
Warwick Knights{{Cite web |title=Warwick Knights (@warwick_knights) • Instagram photos and videos |url=https://www.instagram.com/warwick_knights/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.instagram.com |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425173709/https://www.instagram.com/warwick_knights/ |url-status=live }}

Active Island Wide League clubs* as of 2025

Admiralty City* (est. 2025{{cite web |title=Societies Act 1966 - Registered |url=https://assets.egazette.gov.sg/2025/Government%20Gazette/Notices%20under%20other%20Acts/0793.pdf |access-date=23 May 2025 |website=egazette.gov.sg |format=PDF |date=27 Mar 2025}})
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{{cite web |title=FAS Annual Report (April 2023 – March 2024) |url=https://fas.org.sg/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/FAS-AR-2024-D11.pdf |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=www.instagram.com |format=PDF |language=en}})
Geylang Serai
Gymkhana
Mattar Sailors {{Cite web |title=Mattar Sailors FC (@mattarsailorsfc) • Instagram photos and videos |url=https://www.instagram.com/mattarsailorsfc/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.instagram.com |language=en}}
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)(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.{{cite news|last=Dorai|first=Joe|title='Super' league will bring soccer to doorstep|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19750207-1.2.103.15|newspaper=The Straits Times|page=31|date=7 February 1975|access-date=26 June 2023|archive-date=3 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803085311/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19750207-1.2.103.15|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite news|last=Dorai|first=Joe|title=Doorstep, rather than lip, service|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19870103-1.2.46.15|newspaper=The Straits Times|page=33|date=3 January 1987|access-date=26 June 2023|archive-date=10 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210161504/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19870103-1.2.46.15|url-status=live}} League stage winners Tiong Bahru defeated 4th-placed Tampines Rovers 2–1 in the final to clinch the championship.{{cite news|last=Dorai|first=Joe|title=Bedok now made a top venue|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19870224-1.2.47.30|newspaper=The Straits Times|page=27|date=24 February 1987|access-date=26 June 2023|archive-date=11 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211161036/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19870224-1.2.47.30|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Siow|first=Peter|title=Tiong Bahru rule in rugged final|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19870326-1.2.53.16|newspaper=The Straits Times|page=31|date=26 March 1987|access-date=26 June 2023|archive-date=10 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210161504/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19870326-1.2.53.16|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Singapore - List of Champions |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/singchamp.html |accessdate=7 May 2014 |website=RSSSF |archive-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222170653/http://rsssf.com/tabless/singchamp.html |url-status=live }} 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.