2021 Singapore Premier League

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Tampines Rovers
Matches played84
Goals scored334 (3.98 per match)
Top goalscorerTomoyuki Doi
(19 goals)
Biggest home winTampines Rovers 7–0 Young Lions (7 April 2021)
Biggest away winGeylang International 0–8 Lion City Sailors (11 April 2021)
Highest scoringHougang United 7–3 Tampines Rovers (11 September 2021)
Longest winning run6 matches
Lion City Sailors
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
Lion City Sailors
Longest winless run12 matches
Young Lions
Longest losing run6 matches
Geylang International
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The 2021 Singapore Premier League (also known as the

football clubs, since its rebranding in 2018.[1]

The champions of the 2021 Singapore Premier League,

Lion City Sailors, qualified for the AFC Champions League
group stage automatically. The season began on 13 March and ended on 10 October. In the first part of the season, all matches were played behind closed doors in light of the COVID-19 situation.

Format

The following key changes were made to the rules since the 2020 season:[2]

  1. Local SPL clubs are required to have a minimum of six U-23 players for a squad size of 19 to 25 players; this increases to seven (squad size 26), eight (27) and nine (28).

New rules for 2021:

  1. All SPL teams will play each other thrice.
  2. Each team is able to register up to 25 players in their squad, an reduction of 3 players as compared from 2020.
  3. From 2021, Albirex is allowed to sign a maximum of 2 overage Singaporean players.[3] As in 2019 and 2020, Albirex must have two Singaporeans in their starting lineup for each game.
  4. Young Lions and Lion City Sailors Football Club to play their home games at Jalan Besar Stadium while Balestier Khalsa will play at Toa Payoh Stadium. Bishan Stadium is under renovation till end of season. Other stadiums used are: (1) Our Tampines Hub (Tampines Rovers and Geylang International), Hougang Stadium (Hougang United) and (3) Jurong East Stadium (Albirex Niigata and Tanjong Pagar United).
  5. Clubs will be equipped with Global Positioning Systems (GPS) devices – among other performance and tracking gear. Value of this sponsorship is worth around $620,000.[4]
  6. SPL clubs are now allowed to register a maximum of four foreign players with no age restrictions, of whom at least one shall be of the nationality of an AFC Member Association (Asian). A maximum of four foreign players may be named or fielded in any one match.[5]
  7. Local SPL clubs, excluding Albirex Niigata (S) and Young Lions, are required to have a minimum of six local U-23 players (born on or after 1 January 1998) for a squad size of 18 (minimum) to 25 (maximum) players. At least eight local U-30 players (born on or after 1 January 1991) have to be registered as well.
  8. Players shall be allocated jersey numbers 1 to 40. Jersey numbers become available for allocation to new members after a player ceases to play for a club.[6]
  9. 2019 champions, DPMM FC, will continue to sit out of the competition due to the restriction imposed by the Brunei Government.
  10. 2021 Singapore Cup is slated to commence in September 2021. The mandatory fielding of Under-23 local players for participating clubs shall not apply for matches in the 2021 Singapore Cup as to allow the National Under-22 team to have adequate centralised preparations and subsequent participation for this year's AFC Under-23 Qualifiers and the SEA Games.
  11. 1st transfer window: 1 January 2021 to 20 March 2021, 2nd transfer window: 17 May 2021 to 13 June 2021

Teams

A total of 8 teams competed in the league.

Albirex Niigata (S) from Japan
was the only foreign team invited.

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2018 Singapore Premier League teams from Singapore