Singapore Tier 1

AIA Premier League

All data based on a start date of 30/01/2023 using the Your World preset.

League Guide & Facts

Top tier of Singaporean football
9 Teams
Teams play each other 3 times (24 games)

Continental Qualification

Top team qualifies for AFC Champions League Group Stage
2nd & 3rd Qualify for AFC Cup Group Stage (depending on cup winner)

Relegation

No relegation

Other

The match squad must have no more than 4 foreign players except Albirex & Young Lions
Young Lions cannot have any foreign players and no more than 4 players aged over 23
Albirex (S) are not allowed players who do not have Singaporean or Japanese nationality in their squad and only 2 players over the age of 23.
There must be at least 2 under-23 Singaporean players in the starting eleven. (Born after 04/03/2000) (Albirex (S) only)

For all other teams -

Maximum of 4 foreign players
Maximum of 3 foreign players (not including Asian players)
Minimum of 6 Under-23 Singaporean players in the squad (Born after 4/3/2000)
Minimum of 8 Under-30 Singaporean players in the squad (Born after 4/3/1993)

Location Of Clubs

Suggested* Additional Nations To Load

Asian Journeyman

*As always this is only a suggestion, the leagues listed are in order of importance, feel free to run as many or as little leagues as you think your system can handle. The setup above gives a nice regional feel.

It is advisable however to run as many top tier leagues of major nations as you can to keep the continental club competitions competitive

Media Prediction, Board Expectations and Title Odds

*Your odds and board expectations may vary slightly from save to save

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Club Culture

Supporters

Board

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Facilities

Facilities Explained

Training Facilities

The better the training facilities the more chance (already visible) players will develop.

Here are the facilities ranking from worst to best -

Poor
Basic
Below Average
Adequate
Average
Good
Great
Excellent
Superb
State of the Art

Youth Facilities

The training facilities available for Juniors (only).

Does NOT apply to visible players already at the club. All visible players currently at the club use Training Facilities regardless of age.

In theory the better these facilities the greater your players will be developed on the day of intake. But there are a lot of factors at play.

Here are the facilities ranking from worst to best -

Poor
Basic
Below Average
Adequate
Average
Good
Great
Excellent
Superb
State of the Art

Junior Coaching

The quality and quantity of unseen youth coaches that affects the quality of players in your youth intake

Junior coaching is ranked as follows from worst to best -

Basic
Fairly Basic
Average
Adequate
Good
Excellent
Exceptional

Youth Recruitment

This determines how large a pool of players your team can recruit from. It is the size of your recruitment network. It increases your chances of getting the best young players from your area, nation and beyond.

Some clubs of course will have no youth recruitment at all, which means no youth intakes.

Recruitment is ranked as follows from worst to best -