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Football in Singapore started in the 1890s during the British colonial of Singapore. There have been various competitions over the years with the S.League as the leading national league of Singapore. It was founded in 1996 and took over the defunct FAS Premier League. The next tier is the Singapore National Football League or more commonly known as the NFL which is the longest national leagues in Singapore. An FAS Island Wide League was then formed to allow new teams to qualify for the NFL. Beside the national leagues, there have also been various amateur football leagues which gives opportunity for players who want to pursue their career in football or a platform for the former professional players to continue playing the beautiful game of football.

Men's National Leagues

The National Leagues in are the Singapore Premier League, FAS National Football League which consist of 2 Divisions and the FAS Island Wide League which is a National Football League qualifying tournament.

FAS Premier League Winners (1988–1995)

The FAS Premier League was founded in 1988 and took over the NFL as a top domestic league of Singapore. It was disbanded in 1996 with the established of the professional S.League.

Singapore Premier League Winners (1996–present)

Season	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up
1996*	Geylang United (1)	Singapore Armed Forces
1997	Singapore Armed Forces (1)	Tiong Bahru United
1998	Singapore Armed Forces (2)	Tanjong Pagar United
1999	Home United (1)	Singapore Armed Forces
2000	Singapore Armed Forces (3)	Tanjong Pagar United
2001	Geylang United (2)	Singapore Armed Forces
2002	Singapore Armed Forces (4)	Home United
2003	Home United (2)	Geylang United
2004	Tampines Rovers (1)	Home United
2005	Tampines Rovers (2)	Singapore Armed Forces
2006	Singapore Armed Forces (5)	Tampines Rovers
2007	Singapore Armed Forces (6)	Home United
2008	Singapore Armed Forces (7)	Super Reds
2009	Singapore Armed Forces (8)	Tampines Rovers
2010	Étoile (1)	Tampines Rovers
2011	Tampines Rovers (3)	Home United
2012	Tampines Rovers (4)	Brunei DPMM
2013	Tampines Rovers (5)	Home United
2014	Warriors (9)	Brunei DPMM
2015	Brunei DPMM (1)	Tampines Rovers
2016	Albirex Niigata (S) (1)	Tampines Rovers
2017	Albirex Niigata (S) (1)	Tampines Rovers
2018	Albirex Niigata (S) (1)	Tampines Rovers

Singapore Football League Division 1/National Football League Division 1/First Division Winners

Singapore Island Wide League Winners (Third Division since 2014)

Singapore's Prime League Winners

Year	Champions	Runners-up
1997	Singapore Armed Forces Reserves	Balestier Khalsa Reserves
1998	Geylang United Reserves	Home United Reserves
1999	Singapore Armed Forces Reserves	Home United Reserves
2000	Singapore Armed Forces Reserves	Home United Reserves
2001	Home United Reserves	Singapore Armed Forces Reserves
2002	Home United Reserves	Singapore Armed Forces Reserves
2003	Home United Reserves	Sinchi Reserves
2004	Home United Reserves	Singapore Armed Forces Reserves
2005	Sinchi Reserves	Geylang United Reserves
2006	Geylang United Reserves	Singapore Armed Forces Reserves
2007	Singapore Armed Forces Reserves	Tampines Rovers Reserves
2008	Singapore NFA U-18	Gombak United Reserves
2009	Home United Reserves	Tampines Rovers Reserves
2010	Singapore NFA U-18	Home United Reserves
2011	Geylang United Reserves	Gombak United Reserves
2012	Balestier Khalsa Reserves	Singapore NFA U-18
2013	Balestier Khalsa Reserves	Home United Reserves
2014	Home United Reserves	Geylang International Reserves
2015	Tampines Rovers Reserves	Singapore NFA U-18
2016	Home United Reserves	Warriors Reserves
2017	Home United Reserves	Hougang United Reserves

Expatriate Leagues

Cosmopolitan League

The Cosmopolitan League, or the Cosmoleague was founded in 1975 by a soccer section member of the Singapore Cricket Club. It is currently the top leading amateur football league in Singapore and is a league cater for both local and expatriate players who are not involved in the national leagues and residing in Singapore. There have been many well known retired or semi-retired professional footballers who have come to participate in this league over the years. Some of the most well known clubs participating in the Cosmoleague are Singapore Cricket Club, Singapore FC, Casuals FC Singapore and 1 Tanah Merah FC.

Equatorial Football League

Equatorial Football League is a multi-national football league founded in 2006. The league was previously sanctioned by Football Association of Singapore and consists of mainly expatriate football clubs with expatriate players. Well-known amateur football clubs such as Singapore Cricket Club, Singapore FC and Purple Monkeys FC have also participate in this league. The league consists of 4 divisions, the Saturday Qualification, Saturday Premiership, Sunday Qualification and Sunday Premiership divisions.

Past winners

Women's National Leagues

Women's Premier League

Women's National League

Women's Youth League

Women's Challenge Cup

National Cups' Winners

Singapore Cup Winners

Source:

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score in Final	3rd place	4th place
1998	Tanjong Pagar United	Singapore Armed Forces	2–0	Home United	Sembawang Rangers
1999	Singapore Armed Forces	Jurong FC	3–1	Home United	Balestier Central
2000	Home United	Singapore Armed Forces	1–0	Geylang United	Woodlands Wellington
2001	Home United	Geylang United	8–0	Singapore Armed Forces	Tanjong Pagar United
2002	Tampines Rovers	Jurong FC	1–0	Geylang United	Sengkang Marine
2003	Home United	Geylang United	2–1	Jurong FC Woodlands Wellington	No 3rd-place playoff
2004	Tampines Rovers	Home United	4–1 (aet)	Geylang United Sinchi FC	No 3rd-place playoff
2005	Home United	Woodlands Wellington	3–2	Singapore Armed Forces Tampines Rovers	No 3rd-place playoff
2006	Tampines Rovers	Chonburi	3–2 (aet)	Woodlands Wellington	Balestier Khalsa
2007	Singapore Armed Forces	Tampines Rovers	4–3	Bangkok University	Woodlands Wellington
2008	Singapore Armed Forces	Woodlands Wellington	2–1 (aet)	Tampines Rovers	Young Lions
2009	Geylang United	Bangkok Glass	1–0	TTM Samut Sakhon	Albirex Niigata (S)
2010	Bangkok Glass	Tampines Rovers	1–0	Étoile FC	Young Lions
2011	Home United	Albirex Niigata (S)	1–0 (aet)	Étoile FC	Hougang United
2012	Singapore Armed Forces	Tampines Rovers	2–1	Gombak United	Loyola Meralco Sparks
2013	Home United	Tanjong Pagar United	4–1	Balestier Khalsa	Global FC
2014	Balestier Khalsa	Home United	3–1	Tampines Rovers	DPMM FC
2015	Albirex Niigata (S)	Home United	2–1	DPMM FC	Global FC
2016	Albirex Niigata (S)	Tampines Rovers	2–0	Ceres-La Salle	Balestier Khalsa
2017	Albirex Niigata (S)	Global Cebu	2–2 3-1 (pen)	Home United	Hougang United

Singapore Amateur Football Association Challenge Cup (1892-1967), FAS President Cup (1968-1993), Singapore FA Cup Winners (1994-Present)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score in final	Date	Venue
1892	Singapore Engineers	Royal Artillery	6-2
1893	Royal Engineers	Singapore Cricket Club	1-0
1894	10th Lincolnshire Regiment 1st and 10th Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd (Title Shared)
1895	Royal Artillery	5th North Humberland Fusiliers	3-1
1896	5th North Humberland Fusiliers	Singapore Cricket Club	2-0
1897	1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade	Corporals of The Rifle Brigade	4-0
1898	12th Company Royal Artillery	West Yorkshire Regiment	3-2
1899	1st BKOR Lancaster Regiment	Tanjong Pagar FC	1-0
1900	12th Company Royal Artillery	35th Company Royal Artillery	1-0
1901	Singapore Cricket Club	12th Company Royal Artillery	3-1
1902	49th Company Royal Artillery	50th Company Royal Artillery	1-0
1903	Singapore Cricket Club	Fort Canning Recreation Club	2-0
1904	Harlequins	Manchester Regiment	1-0
1905	1st Battery Sherwood Foresters	Singapore Cricket Club	1-0
1906	1st Battery Sherwood Foresters	Singapore Cricket Club	1-0
1907	2nd Battery West Kent Regiment B	2nd Battery West Kent Regiment A	1-0
1908	2nd Battery West Kent Regiment B	Royal Garrison Artillery	2-0
1909	3rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment	Royal Garrison Artillery	2-0
1910	3rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment	3rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment II	2-0
1911	The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)	Wanderers	1-0
1912	The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)	Singapore Cricket Club	2-1
1913	1st Battalion KOYLI	Singapore Cricket Club	2-1
1914	1st Battalion KOYLI	Singapore Cricket Club	1-0
1915-1916	Not played	N/A
1917	1/4th Battalion KSLI	Singapore Recreation Club	1-0
1918-1919	Not played	N/A
1920	1st Battalion South Staffordshire	Singapore Recreation Club	1-0
1921	Singapore Cricket Club	Royal Engineers	2-1
1922	2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment	Singapore Cricket Club	1-0
1923	2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment	St Joseph's Old Boys	3-0
1924	HMS "Pegasus" Football Team	Singapore Cricket Club	2-1
1925	Singapore Chinese FA	Royal Sussex	4-2
1926	2nd Bttl. Duke of Wellington's R.	Singapore Chinese FA	2-1
1927	2nd Bttl. Duke of Wellington's R.	Singapore Chinese FA	6-1
1928	2nd Bttl. Duke of Wellington's R.	Singapore Chinese FA	4-1
1929	Singapore Cricket Club	Singapore Chinese FA	1-0
1930	Singapore Malay FA	Welch Regiment	1-0
1931	Singapore Malay FA	Gloucester Regiment	4-3
1932	Singapore Malay FA	Royal Air Force	1-0
1933	Wiltshire Regiment	Singapore Malay FA	5-3
1934	Singapore Malay FA	Marine Department	6-2
1935	Singapore Chinese FA	Singapore Malay FA	3-1
1936	Royal Artillery	Police FC	2-0
1937	Singapore Chinese FA 1st	Singapore Chinese FA 2nd	3-1
1938	Royal Artillery	Royal Air Force	3-2
1939	Singapore Chinese FA	The Loyal Regiment	2-1
1940	The Loyal Regiment	Royal Air Force (Seletar)	1-0
1941	Royal Air Force (Seletar)	The Loyal Regiment	2-0
1941	Royal Air Force (Seletar)	The Loyal Regiment	2-0
1947	Singapore Malay FA	Singapore Chinese FA 2nd	2-0
1948	Kota Raja SC	Singapore Recreation Club	3-0
1949	Kota Raja SC	Base Ordnance Depot Civilians	3-0
1950	Royal Navy	Rovers SC	2-1
1951	Royal Navy	Kota Raja SC	1-0
1994	Tiong Bahru CSC	Geylang United	4-2		National Stadium
1995	Geylang United	Woodlands Wellington FC	2-1		National Stadium
1996	Geylang United	Singapore Armed Forces	1-1 (4-2 penalties)		National Stadium
1997	Singapore Armed Forces	Woodlands Wellington	4-2		National Stadium
1998	Tanjong Pagar United	Sembawang Rangers	1-0		National Stadium
1999	Police SA	Mountbatten SC	3-0		Tampines Stadium
2000	Sembawang Soccer Club	Andrews Avenue	?-?		Tampines Stadium
2001	Andrews Avenue	Tessensohn Khalsa	5-0	Oct 18, 2001	Choa Chu Kang Stadium
2002	Police SA	Singapore Cricket Club	2-1	Aug 25, 2002	Clementi Stadium
2003	Tampines Rovers SC	Police SA	3-1	Aug 24, 2003	Jalan Besar Stadium
2004	Tampines Rovers SC	Katong SC	7-0	Oct 9, 2004	Jalan Besar Stadium
2005	SAFSA*	Tessensohn Khalsa	5-0	Sep 3, 2005	Jalan Besar Stadium
2006	Singapore Armed Forces	Singapore Cricket Club	2-1	Oct 11, 2006	Jalan Besar Stadium
2007	Geylang United	NFA U-18	1-0	Sep 27, 2007	Jalan Besar Stadium
2008	Singapore Armed Forces	Katong SC	1-0	Oct 30, 2008	Jalan Besar Stadium
2009	Singapore Cricket Club	Balestier Khalsa	3-2	Oct 20, 2009	Jalan Besar Stadium
2010	Singapore Recreation Club	Tampines Rovers	3-2	Oct 19, 2010	Jalan Besar Stadium
2011	Tampines Rovers	Singapore Recreation Club	1-1 (8-7 penalties)	Oct 27, 2012	Jalan Besar Stadium
2012	Balestier Khalsa	Siglap CSC	2-0	Oct 30, 2012	Jalan Besar Stadium
2013	Home United	Sporting Westlake	4-1	Nov 8, 2013	Jalan Besar Stadium
2014	Singapore Recreation Club	Balestier Khalsa	1-1 (5-3 penalties)	Nov 8, 2014	Jalan Besar Stadium
2015	Home United	Police SA	5-1	Nov 29, 2015	Serangoon Stadium
2016	Home United	Siglap FC	3-1	Nov 20, 2016	Jalan Besar Stadium
2017	Warriors FC	Yishun Sentek Mariners	1-2	Oct 29, 2017	Jalan Besar Stadium

National Football League Challenge Cup Winners

Singapore League Cup Winners

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score in Final	3rd place	4th place
1997	Singapore Armed Forces	Geylang United	1-0	Tampines Rovers Tiong Bahru United	No 3rd-place play-off
2007	Woodlands Wellington	Sengkang Punggol	4-0	Gombak United	Home United
2008	Gombak United	Super Reds	2-1	Balestier Khalsa	Young Lions
2009	DPMM FC	Singapore Armed Forces	1-1 (aet) 4-3 (pen)	Home United	Woodlands Wellington
2010	Étoile FC	Woodlands Wellington	3-1	Sengkang Punggol	Gombak United
2011	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang United	0-0 (aet) 5-4 (pen)	Tampines Rovers	Home United
2012	DPMM FC	Geylang United	2-0	Singapore Armed Forces Tampines Rovers	No 3rd-place play-off
2013	Balestier Khalsa	DPMM FC	4-0	Albirex Niigata (S) Woodlands Wellington
2014	DPMM FC	Tanjong Pagar United	2-0	Hougang United Geylang International
2015	Albirex Niigata (S)	Balestier Khalsa	2-1	Hougang United Geylang International
2016	Albirex Niigata (S)	DPMM FC	2-0	Home United Tampines Rovers
2017	Albirex Niigata (S)	Warriors FC	1-0	DPMM FC Geylang International

Note:
Tampines Rovers SC is a separate entity from Tampines Rovers.
SAFSA is a separate entity from Singapore Armed Forces.
Police SA is a separate entity from Home United (formerly Police FC).

National Plate and Shield's Winners

Singapore Plate Winners

From 2012, a Plate Tournament was launched for the four teams that finished third in their respective groups.

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score in Final
2012	Balestier Khalsa	Young Lions	1-0
2013	Harimau Muda B	Young Lions	2-0
2014	Tampines Rovers	Balestier Khalsa	3-0
2015	Not Held
2016	Geylang International	Hougang United	2-1
2017	Not Held

Singapore Community Shield Winners

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score	Note
2008	Singapore Armed Forces	Home United	1-1 (aet) (5-4 pen.)
2009	S.League Foreign Players	S.League Local Players	2-0
2010	Singapore Armed Forces, AIK	N/A	1-1	title was shared
2011	Tampines Rovers	Étoile FC	2-1
2012	Tampines Rovers	Home United	2-0
2013	Tampines Rovers	Warriors FC	2-1
2014	Tampines Rovers	Home United	1-0
2015	Warriors FC	Balestier Khalsa	1-0
2016	Albirex Niigata (S)	DPMM FC	3-2
2017	Albirex Niigata (S)	Tampines Rovers	2-1
2018	Albirex Niigata (S)	Tampines Rovers	2-1

Central Of Excellence Developmental Football League

The Central of Excellence Developmental Football League or more commonly known as the COE League is a youth developmental league for the youth players of the S. League club. There are four categories of the league: U13, U14, U15, U16, U17 and U18.

League Winners and Runners-up (Until 2017)

Cup Winners

ESPZEN

ESPZEN is a soccer organization based in Singapore and is founded by an English banker named Lee Taylor back in the early 2000s. It is currently the biggest amateur football organization in Singapore with over 180 teams and 4000 players. Its main category leagues are the Sunday League, Saturday League and the Midweek League. It organizes veteran league for veteran players and junior leagues for kids. It is affiliated to the FAS.

Sunday League Past Winners

The ESPZEN Sunday League is the premium football league of ESPZEN. The league consists of numerous divisions with amateur Expatriate clubs residing in Singapore.

Saturday League Winners

The ESPZEN Saturday League is the social league organised by ESPZEN to cater amateur and social footballers to take part in Football activities on Saturday.

Merlion Youth League

The Merlion Youth League, MYL is a youth football tournament founded in 2014. It is a tournament for youth who do not compete or who formerly competed in the FAS COE Developmental Football League. The clubs which took part in the league are amateur clubs or clubs which are associated with the NFL clubs.

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