S.League
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| Country | Singapore |
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| Other club(s) from | Japan Brunei |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Number of teams | 9 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Domestic cup(s) |
Singapore Cup Singapore League Cup Singapore Community Shield |
| International cup(s) |
AFC Champions League AFC Cup |
| Current champions |
Albirex Niigata (S) (1st title) (2016) |
| Most championships | Warriors (9 titles) |
| TV partners | StarHub TV |
| Website | Official website |
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The S.League is the Singaporean professional league for men's association football clubs. At the highest level of domestic football competition in Singapore, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by nine clubs, it consists of three rounds in which each team plays every other team once. Clubs from Brunei, China, France, Japan and Korea have been invited to take part in the league to raise its level of competitiveness and profile.
The S.League is run by the Football Association of Singapore. Seasons run from February to October, with teams playing 24 matches each, totalling 108 matches in the season. It is currently sponsored by Great Eastern Life and Hyundai Motor Company, and thus officially known as the Great Eastern Hyundai S.League for sponsorship reasons.
Since the inception of S.League in 1996, a total of 6 clubs have been crowned champions. Warriors have been the most successful club with 9 titles, followed by Tampines Rovers (5), Geylang International (2) and Home United (2). Étoile (1) and Brunei DPMM (1) became the foreign club to win the competition in 2010 and 2015. The current champions are Albirex Niigata (S), who won the title in the 2016 season.
Singapore had been represented in the Malaysia Cup through the Singapore Lions since 1921. The Lions were one of the most successful teams in the competition, having won it 24 times from 1921 to 1994. Following a dispute over gate receipts between the FAS and FAM after winning the league and cup double in 1994, the Lions withdrew from the Malaysian competitions.
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