The Singapore Football League (SFL) is an amateur football tournament for clubs that are affiliated to the Football Association of Singapore. 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. 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 FC) 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). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, the first season of SFL started in 2022.

**Singapore National Football League**

De Singapore National Football League, ook bekend als de S.League, is de professionele voetbalcompetitie van het hoogste niveau in Singapore. Het werd opgericht in 1996 en wordt beheerd door de Football Association of Singapore (FAS).

**Formaat**

De S.League bestaat momenteel uit acht teams die elk 24 wedstrijden spelen over 26 weken. Er worden drie punten toegekend voor een overwinning, één punt voor een gelijkspel en nul punten voor een verlies. De nummers één en twee plaatsen zich automatisch voor de AFC Club Cup.

**Clubs**

Enkele van de meest succesvolle clubs in de geschiedenis van de S.League zijn:

* Albirex Niigata (Singapore)
* Tampines Rovers FC
* Home United FC
* Geylang International FC
* Warriors FC

**Spelers**

De S.League heeft een aantal getalenteerde lokale en internationale spelers aangetrokken, waaronder:

* Hariss Harun
* Zulfahmi Arifin
* Shahdan Sulaiman
* Aleksandar Duric
* Khairul Amri

**Stadions**

De wedstrijden van de S.League worden gespeeld in verschillende stadions in Singapore, waaronder:

* Nationaal Stadion
* Jalan Besar Stadium
* Bishan Stadium
* Toa Payoh Stadium

**Prijzen**

De kampioen van de S.League ontvangt de S.League-trofee. Er worden ook prijzen uitgereikt voor de beste speler, topscorer en beste coach.