The 2025–26 Singapore Premier League (also known as the AIA Singapore Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the Singapore Premier League under its current name and the 30th season of Singapore's professional top-flight football league. The season began on 23 August 2025 and concluded on 18 May 2026.
Eight clubs competed in the league. Lion City Sailors won their second consecutive Singapore Premier League title, finishing two points ahead of BG Tampines Rovers. Albirex Niigata Singapore finished third.
The season was the first to feature the Singapore Premier League 2, a developmental reserve competition contested by the same eight clubs. DPMM left the Singapore league system before the season after announcing its intention to return to Malaysian football.
Competition format
The eight clubs played a three-round round-robin tournament. Each club played every other club three times, either twice at home and once away or once at home and twice away. Each club therefore played 21 league matches, producing 84 matches across the season.
Clubs received three points for a win, one point for a draw and no points for a defeat. Teams were ranked by total points, followed by goal difference, goals scored and number of wins.
Clubs registered combined squads for the Singapore Premier League and Singapore Premier League 2. Each combined squad contained between 36 and 50 players, including at least 25 local players. In Singapore Premier League matches, clubs were required to field at least four local players and could field no more than seven foreign players at any time.
The first registration window ran from 9 June to 31 August 2025. The second registration window ran from 1 to 31 January 2026. Teams
Eight clubs competed in the league, one fewer than in 2024–25. DPMM left the competition after the preceding season and no replacement club was admitted.
Club Position in 2024–25 Primary home ground Albirex Niigata (S) 6th Jurong East Stadium Balestier Khalsa 4th Bishan Stadium BG Tampines Rovers 2nd Our Tampines Hub Geylang International 5th Our Tampines Hub Hougang United 8th Bishan Stadium Lion City Sailors 1st Jalan Besar Stadium Tanjong Pagar United 9th Jurong East Stadium Young Lions 7th Jalan Besar Stadium
Stadiums and locations
Fixtures were occasionally transferred to other grounds because of scheduling, operational or stadium-availability requirements. The stadiums below were the principal home grounds used during the season. Capacities are approximate and rounded to the nearest hundred.
Photo Stadium Clubs Approximate capacity Bishan Stadium Balestier KhalsaHougang United 6,200 Jalan Besar Stadium Lion City SailorsYoung Lions 6,500 Town Square at Our Tampines Hub BG Tampines RoversGeylang International 5,100 Jurong East Stadium Albirex Niigata (S)Tanjong Pagar United 2,700
Personnel, kits and sponsoring
Flags indicate national-team eligibility under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor Albirex Niigata (S) Keiji Shigetomi Kim Tae-uk Shingo Nakano Kelme Godzilla Balestier Khalsa Marko Kraljević Madhu Mohana Darren Teh Adidas Komoco BG Tampines Rovers William Phang (interim) Syazwan Buhari Warrix BG Geylang International Mohd Noor Ali Joshua Pereira FBT Emerald Eagles Hougang United Akbar Nawas Anders Aplin Volt Supercharge Daikin Lion City Sailors Jesús Casas Hariss Harun Adidas Sea Tanjong Pagar United Noh Alam Shah Aaron Evans Hummel Adactive Asia Young Lions Firdaus Kassim Amir Syafiz Select Dongfeng
Coaching changes
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position Incoming head coach Date of appointment Tanjong Pagar United Noh Alam Shah (interim) Appointed permanently — Pre-season Noh Alam Shah 1 July 2025 Hougang United Robert Eziakor (interim) Appointed permanently — Pre-season Robert Eziakor 1 July 2025 Balestier Khalsa Peter de Roo End of contract 31 May 2025 Pre-season Marko Kraljević 30 June 2025 BG Tampines Rovers Gavin Lee Mutual agreement 17 June 2025 Pre-season Akbar Nawas 20 June 2025 Young Lions Fadzuhasny Juraimi (interim) End of interim period 25 June 2025 Pre-season Firdaus Kassim 25 June 2025 BG Tampines Rovers Akbar Nawas Mutual agreement 11 September 2025 4th Noh Rahman (interim) 11 September 2025 Hougang United Robert Eziakor Mutual agreement 27 October 2025 6th Pannarai Pansiri (interim) 27 October 2025 Lion City Sailors Aleksandar Ranković Mutual agreement 6 February 2026 1st Varo Moreno (interim) 6 February 2026 BG Tampines Rovers Noh Rahman (interim) Mutual agreement 14 February 2026 2nd Robert Eziakor (interim) 14 February 2026 Lion City Sailors Varo Moreno (interim) End of interim period 22 February 2026 1st Jesús Casas 22 February 2026 BG Tampines Rovers Robert Eziakor (interim) End of interim period 3 April 2026 2nd Katsuhito Kinoshi 3 April 2026 Hougang United Pannarai Pansiri (interim) Redesignated as assistant coach 12 April 2026 6th Akbar Nawas 12 April 2026 BG Tampines Rovers Katsuhito Kinoshi Resigned 15 April 2026 2nd William Phang (interim) 15 April 2026
Foreign players Clubs is to register a combined squad for both the Singapore Premier League (SPL) and the reserve league. The squad must comprise a minimum of 36 players to a maximum of 50 players, with at least 25 players being Singaporean. While there is no minimum number of foreign players a club must register, depending on the squad size, theoretically, a club can have 25 Singaporeans and 25 foreigners in their 50-player squad.
Players name in bold indicates the players were registered during the mid-season transfer window. Players name in italics indicates the player were out of squad or left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window / before season end. Players with SPL2 are registered mainly for SPL2 competition.
Club Full season Mid-season signings Left during season SPL2 Albirex Niigata (S) Cho Eun-su Katsuyuki Ishibashi Kim Tae-uk Komei Iida Naoki Yoshioka Nozomi Ozawa Ren Nishimura Shingo Nakano Takahiro Koga Takumi Yokohata Ryang Hyon-ju Lee Dong-yeol Soshi Kadowaki Balestier Khalsa Bogdan Mandić Jakov Katuša Lazar Vujanić Mario Mustapić Mario Subarić Masahiro Sugita Tin Matić — Rijan Rai Deshan Gunasegara Hugh Alexander Lobsey† Lin Ze Hao Tiago Martins Yanir Ben Eliezer BG Tampines Rovers Dylan Fox Hide Higashikawa Koya Kazama Seiga Sumi Shuya Yamashita Takeshi Yoshimoto Talla Ndao Trent Buhagiar Yuki Kobayashi Nalawich Inthacharoen Witthawat Phraothaisong Aaditya Aprameya Jasper Chen Hong-An Liam Buckley Kasey Rogers Geylang International Kaisei Ogawa Ko Jae-hyun Nikola Ignjatovic Riku Fukashiro Ryoya Taniguchi Shodai Yokoyama Shuhei Hoshino Vincent Bezecourt Kim Tae-ho — Abuduryim Abdushukur† Sho Gamoh Timothy Cheng† Yu Kanoshima† Hougang United Chonlawit Kanuengkid Kanok Kongsimma Nabilai Kibunguchy Parinya Nusong Settawut Wongsai Víctor Blasco Yuma Suwa Gloire Amanda Jaushua Sotirio Saharat Panmarchya Washington Jaramillo Yang He Frank Chiboy Ebele Hugo Kametani Namsang Rai Ryohei Yoshihama Sam Strong Yuta Kikuchi Yotsakorn Burapha Algirdas Karlonas Aryan Boon† Neil Charles Callanta Lion City Sailors Anderson Lopes Bailey Wright Bart Ramselaar Diogo Costa Ivan Sušak Lennart Thy Rui Pires Toni Datković Tsiy-William Ndenge Benjamin Žerak Lucas Agueiro Luka Adžić Namsang Rai Rijan Rai Maxime Lestienne — Tanjong Pagar United Aaron Evans Emilio Estevez Jesse Daley Junior Djile Kim Li-Kwan Matt Silva Shodai Nishikawa Vabio Canavaro Zenivio Lee Chan-woo Aymeric Ngankam Bruno Dybal Guilherme Rodrigues Lim Hyun-sub Youssef Ezzejjari Nils Carballeira† Vinnie Ucchino† Young Lions Abner Vinicius Enrico Walmrath Harry Spence Joilson Sergio Mendonça Joshua Little Kai Whitmore Benjamin Žerak Lucas Agueiro —
League table
Results
The clubs played each other three times. The team shown in the left-hand column was the designated home team. Where the same club hosted an opponent twice, both results are shown chronologically in the same cell.
Results are shown from the perspective of the home team: W = home win; D = draw; L = home loss.
Home \ Away Albirex Niigata (S) — 2–2 D 3–2 W2–1 W 2–0 W 2–1 W 3–3 D 3–2 W4–0 W 1–0 W3–0 W Balestier Khalsa 0–4 L2–1 W — 0–3 L 5–2 W 2–3 L0–3 L 0–5 L0–3 L 2–1 W6–0 W 3–1 W BG Tampines Rovers 2–1 W 3–3 D2–1 W — 0–0 D4–3 W 3–0 W 3–2 W0–0 D 2–1 W 7–1 W8–1 W Geylang International 0–2 L1–0 W 3–4 L2–3 L 1–3 L — 1–2 L 0–3 L0–3 L 2–1 W2–1 W 1–1 D Hougang United 0–4 L0–4 L 1–2 L 1–2 L0–1 L 0–2 L0–1 L — 1–5 L 3–0 W 0–3 L Lion City Sailors 3–0 W0–2 L 5–1 W 1–1 D 4–0 W 2–1 W4–1 W — 7–0 W 5–1 W2–0 W Tanjong Pagar United 0–2 L 1–4 L 0–3 L0–3 L 1–3 L 2–1 W1–2 L 0–7 L0–4 L — 5–1 W0–1 L Young Lions 0–2 L 1–2 L0–2 L 0–5 L 1–3 L2–2 D 0–2 L0–2 L 0–2 L 1–1 D —
Season statistics
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Shingo Nakano Albirex Niigata (S) 20 2 Hide Higashikawa BG Tampines Rovers 19 3 Lennart Thy Lion City Sailors 15 4 Anderson Lopes Lion City Sailors 11 5 Ryoya Taniguchi Geylang International 9 6 Bogdan Mandić Balestier Khalsa 8 Bart Ramselaar Lion City Sailors Sergio Mendonça Young Lions
Top assists
Rank Player Club Assists 1 Koya Kazama BG Tampines Rovers 14 2 Bart Ramselaar Lion City Sailors 11 3 Jakov Katuša Balestier Khalsa 10 4 Ryang Hyon-ju Albirex Niigata (S) 8 5 Shah Shahiran BG Tampines Rovers 7
Hat-tricks
Player Club Opponent Result Date Youssef Ezzejjari Tanjong Pagar United Young Lions 5–1 25 September 2025 Hide Higashikawa BG Tampines Rovers Young Lions 7–1 16 January 2026 Shingo Nakano Albirex Niigata (S) Tanjong Pagar United 4–0 25 April 2026 Tin Matić Balestier Khalsa Tanjong Pagar United 6–0 9 May 2026
Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets 1 Ivan Sušak Lion City Sailors 10 2 Syazwan Buhari BG Tampines Rovers 7 Hassan Sunny Albirex Niigata (S) 4 Rudy Khairullah Geylang International 4
Awards
Award Winner Club Player of the Year Hide Higashikawa BG Tampines Rovers Young Player of the Year Shingo Nakano Albirex Niigata (S) Coach of the Year Keiji Shigetomi Albirex Niigata (S) Golden Boot Shingo Nakano Albirex Niigata (S) Golden Glove Ivan Sušak Lion City Sailors Goal of the Year Huzaifah Aziz Hougang United Fair Play Award BG Tampines Rovers Referee of the Year Syarqawi Buhari
Team of the Year
AIA Team of the Year Goalkeeper Ivan SušakLion City Sailors Defenders Bailey WrightLion City Sailors Toni DatkovićLion City Sailors Takeshi YoshimotoBG Tampines Rovers Midfielders Yuki KobayashiBG Tampines Rovers Koya KazamaBG Tampines Rovers Shah ShahiranBG Tampines Rovers Bart RamselaarLion City Sailors Forwards Hide HigashikawaBG Tampines Rovers Shingo NakanoAlbirex Niigata (S) Lennart ThyLion City Sailors
References
External links Football Association of Singapore website Singapore Premier League website