Singapore National Football League

The National Football League, commonly known as the NFL, is an amateur competition for clubs that are affiliated to the Football Association of Singapore.[1] It makes up the second, third and fourth tier of football in Singapore behind the professional S.League, which was established in 1996.

There are three divisions in the league, with 10 teams making up each division. The league features promotions and relegations for all the teams in all three divisions, where the top two teams of a division will be promoted to the upper division, and the last two of a division will be relegated to the lower division.

The teams play a two-round league format, with a Home-Away format, making the total number of matches played by each team in one season to 18 matches.

Although it is an amateur competition, several former Singapore internationals and S.League players are playing in the NFL such as Azhar Baksin (Admiralty FC), Ishamuddin Baroocha (Jollilads Arsenal), Hilmi Azman (Police Sports Association) and Jasper Chan (Eunos Crescent).

Past champions

In 1975, the FAS revamped the existing league structure involving 118 teams into a three-tier league system with ten teams in each division.[2] The top tier of the football league system was replaced by the FAS Premier League from 1988, and the S.League from 1996.

Division One

SeasonWinnersRunners-up
1975 Geylang International
1976 Geylang International
1977 Geylang International
1978 Singapore Armed Forces
1979 Tampines Rovers
1980 Tampines Rovers
1981 Singapore Armed Forces
1982 Farrer Park United Police
1983 Tiong Bahru Toa Payoh United
1984 Tampines Rovers Farrer Park United
1985 Police Farrer Park United
1986 Singapore Armed Forces Tiong Bahru
1987 Tiong Bahru Tampines Rovers

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.[3] League stage winners Tiong Bahru defeated 4th-placed Tampines Rovers 2–1 in the final to clinch the championship.[4][5]

Reference: [6]

NFL 2012 Season

At the end of the 2011 season, Keppel Monaco Football Club and Tiong Bahru Football Club were promoted to Division 1 while Kaki Bukit SC and Prison Sports and Recreation Club were relegated to Division 2.

In addition to that, there was only 1 team promoted to Division 2 (Sporting Westlake Football Club) and 1 team relegated to Division 3 (Summerville Football Club).

In the NFL 2012 season, the Division 1 and Division 3 leagues featured 10 teams each, while the Division 2 league featured 9 teams only.

Division 3 club, Siglap CSC, also made it to the Singapore Pools FA Cup final, where they were defeated by Balestier Khalsa's Prime League team by 2 goals to nil.[7]

The clubs which participated the NFL in the current 2012 season, as well as their final standings in their respective leagues, are as follows:[8]

NFL Division 1 2012 Final Standings

Position Team Played Points Remarks
1Singapore Recreation Club1844Champions
2Singapore Cricket Club1837Runners-Up
3Tiong Bahru Football Club1836
4Police Sports Association1829
5Keppel Monaco Football Club1825
6Eunos Crescent Football Club1824
7Sembawang Sports Club1821
8Ang Mo Kio United Football Club1816
9Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association1814Relegated to Division 2
10Borussia Zamrud Football Club184Relegated to Division 2

Last updated: 25 October 2012
Source: http://d2dsports.footballopod.com/D2D_Home.aspx?id=127&leagueid=74

NFL Division 2 2014 Final Standings

Position Team Played Points Remarks
1Yishun Sentek Mariners1643Champions (Promoted to Division 1)
2Siglap CSC1638Runners-Up (Promoted to Division 1)
3Katong Football Club1634
4Bishan Barx1625
5Starlight Soccerites1517
6Prisons Sports and Recreation Club1614
7Kaki Bukit Sports Club1613
8Tampines Vipers166Relegated to Islandwide League
9Sembawang Sports Club156Relegated to Islandwide League

Last updated: 25 October 2012
Source: http://d2dsports.footballopod.com/D2D_Home.aspx?id=127&leagueid=74

NFL Division 3 2012 Final Standings

Position Team Played Points Remarks
1Gambas Avenue Sports Club1840Champions (Promoted to Division 2)
2Summerville Football Club1834Runners-Up
3Mountbatten Football Club1831
4Redhill Rangers Football Club1830
5Starlight Soccerites Football Club1828
6Siglap Community Sports Club1823
7Ottawa Serpents Football Club1823
8Dare to Dream Football Club1821
9Nanyang Community Sports Club1813
10Newton Heath Football Club189

Last updated: 25 October 2012
Source: http://d2dsports.footballopod.com/D2D_Home.aspx?id=127&leagueid=74

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Football League". Football Association of Singapore.
  2. ↑ Dorai, Joe (7 February 1975). "'Super' league will bring soccer to doorstep". The Straits Times. p. 31.
  3. ↑ Dorai, Joe (3 January 1987). "Doorstep, rather than lip, service". The Straits Times. p. 33.
  4. ↑ Dorai, Joe (24 February 1987). "Bedok now made a top venue". The Straits Times. p. 27.
  5. ↑ Siow, Peter (26 March 1987). "Tiong Bahru rule in rugged final". The Straits Times. p. 31.
  6. ↑ "Singapore - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Historic Double for Balestier Khalsa Prime League". Football OPOD.
  8. ↑ "NFL 2012 Match Reports". Football Association of Singapore.
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