2022 Singapore Premier League

The following key changes were made to the rules since the 2022 season:^[3]

1. Each team is able to register up to 25 players in their squad, a reduction of 3 players as compared from 2020.
2. Albirex is allowed to have a minimum squad of eighteen (18) Players under non-amateur (Professional) contract, as at the pre-season minimum registration deadline and a maximum of twenty-five (25) Players.
3. From 2021, Albirex is allowed to sign a maximum of 2 overage Singaporean players.^[4] As in 2019 and 2020, Albirex must have two Singaporeans in their starting lineup for each game.
4. Young Lions is allowed to register a minimum of twenty (20) Players as at the pre-season minimum registration deadline and a maximum of thirty-five (35) Players as at the close of the first registration window.
5. Young Lions and Lion City Sailors Football Club to play their home games at Jalan Besar Stadium while Balestier Khalsa will play at Toa Payoh Stadium. Bishan Stadium is under renovation till end of season. Other stadiums used are: (1) Our Tampines Hub (Tampines Rovers and Geylang International), Hougang Stadium (Hougang United) and (3) Jurong East Stadium (Albirex Niigata and Tanjong Pagar United).
6. Clubs will be equipped with Global Positioning Systems (GPS) devices - among other performance and tracking gear. Value of the sponsorship is worth around $620,000.^[5]
7. SPL clubs are now allowed to register a maximum of four foreign players with no age restrictions, of whom at least one shall be of the nationality of an AFC Member Association (Asian). A maximum of four foreign players may be named or fielded in any one match.^[6]
8. Players shall be allocated jersey numbers 1 to 50. Jersey number become available for allocation to new members after a player ceased to play for a club.^[7]

New rules for 2022.^[8]

1. Clubs will be required to field only one U-23 player – instead of three – for the first half of a match from next season.
2. There will be no limit on the number of U-23 players registered in each squad.
3. All SPL teams will play each other four time.
4. Clubs will be able to register 20 players per match. There will be nine substitutes allowed on a team's bench – up from seven – and clubs will be permitted to make up to five substitutions per match.
5. Each team will need to field a minimum of one Under-23 player of Singaporean nationality for the entire duration of the first half. This is a reduction from three in 2020.
6. Youth elite leagues are slated to resume.
7. New scheme to incentivise SPL clubs to place higher priority on their youth development programmes.
8. Clubs will receive monetary rewards for each of their U-23 players who gets called up to the national teams.
9. 1st transfer window: 1 January 2021 to 20 March 2022, 2nd transfer window: 17 May 2021 to 13 June 2022

On 30 September 2022, it was announced by AFC that they had agreed to give its consent for Brunei DPMM's participation in the 2023 Singapore Premier League and Singapore Cup. This is subject to approval from FIFA.^[9]

A total of 8 teams competed in the league. Albirex Niigata (S) from Japan is the only foreign team invited.

Albirex Niigata (S)
Tanjong Pagar United

Balestier Khalsa

Young Lions
Lion City Sailors

Geylang International
Tampines Rovers

Hougang United

Locations of the 2022 Singapore Premier League teams from Singapore

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor	Other shirt sponsors
Albirex Niigata (S)	Kazuaki Yoshinaga	Jun Kobayashi Takahiro Koga (VC) Fairoz Hasan (VC)	Mizuno	Denka[10]	Lensmode Kubota Reeracoen Kirin EnglishCentral Gain City Dpro Logistics Namics One Asia Lawyers JPLUS+ Daiho Group JTB NSG Sanpoutei Ramen SMBC ACCEA Singapore PR Times Nippon Medical Care HIT Singapore With You Global Creations SD Aircon At Twenty Salonpas Crown Line SETA Technologies Salonpas Soken Medical Dr. Stretch
Balestier Khalsa	Peter de Roo	Shuhei Hoshino (C) Darren Teh (C) Ho Wai Loon (C)	Adidas	Jeep	Weston Corporation Project Vaults PSB Academy TopGrid Pest Dr. Stretch StarBalm
Geylang International	Mohd Noor Ali	Zaiful Nizam Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib (VC)	FBT	Epson[11]	Aris Studio 23 Joydom Engineering My Protein Singapore Steel Industries Springleaf Prata Place Fightzone TRUE Fitness Dr. Stretch
Hougang United	Clement Teo	Fabian Kwok Lionel Tan (VC) Nazrul Nazari (VC) Ridhuan Barudin (VC)	Warrix	The Physio Circle[12]	SportCenter by Zup Cafe Football (CF) The Arena SpeedFitness Polar Water StarBalm
Lion City Sailors	Luka Lalic (Interim)	Hariss Harun Amirul Adli (VC) Nur Adam Abdullah (VC)	Puma	Sea[13]	Shopee Garena Citrus by the pool WLJK Good bites TAPS
Tampines Rovers	Gavin Lee[14]	Yasir Hanapi Syazwan Buhari (VC) Irwan Shah (VC) Kyoga Nakamura (VC)	Mizuno	ANA Courier Express [15]	Rookbook My Protein Singapore Bauerfeind Sports The Co-op JSSL FC Canadian 2 for 1 pizza StarBalm
Tanjong Pagar United	Hasrin Jailani	Faritz Abdul Hameed Daniel Bennett (VC)	FBT	Tokyo Century	Samtrade Academy Hyundai StarBalm The Rehab Lab
Young Lions	Nazri Nasir	Jacob Mahler Shah Shahiran (VC)	Nike		Catapult

Team	Outgoing Head Coach	Manner of Departure	Date of Vacancy	Position in table	Incoming Head Coach	Date of appointment
Balestier Khalsa	Marko Kraljević	Contract Ended	10 October 2021[16][17]	Pre-Season	Akbar Nawas	22 October 2021[18]
Albirex Niigata (S)	Keiji Shigetomi	Redesignated as Asst. Coach	26 October 2021[19]	Pre-Season	Kazuaki Yoshinaga	26 October 2021[20]
Young Lions	Philippe Aw	End of caretaker role	31 December 2021 [21]	Pre-Season	Nazri Nasir	1 January 2022
Lion City Sailors	Kim Do-hoon	Left by Mutual Consent	11 August 2022 [22]	1st	Luka Lalic (interim)	11 August 2022 [23]
Balestier Khalsa	Akbar Nawas	Mutual Termination Joining Udon Thani	18 August 2022 [24]	7th	Peter de Roo (interim)	27 August 2022 [25]
Hougang United	Clement Teo	Stepped Down	20 November 2022	End of Season [26]	Firdaus Kassim (interim)

Note 1: Marko Kraljević was subsequently appointed as the Head, Youth for Hougang United.

Singapore Premier League clubs can sign a maximum of four foreign players in the 2021 season, up from three as compared to 2019.^[27] However, one of them has to be 21 years old or younger on 1 January 2021 (Or at the age of registration).

Albirex Niigata can sign up unlimited number of Singaporean players for the new season. Only 2 local player above 23 years old is allowed.^[28]

Players name in bold indicates the player was registered after the season start or during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC Player	SG U-23 Player U-21 Player	Former Players
Albirex Niigata (S)	Hyrulnizam Juma'at[29]	Fairoz Hassan[30]	Zamani Zamri [31]	Kai Yamamoto
	Nicky Singh[32]	Junki Yoshimura[33]	Ilhan Fandi [34]	Wong Jun Kai
	Fikri Junaidi[35]	Hilman Norhisam[36]	Kenji Austin[37]	Shakthi Vinayagavijayan
Balestier Khalsa	Ensar Brunčević[38]	Shuhei Hoshino[39]	Ryoya Tanigushi[40]	Kuraba Kondo[41]	Conor MacKay	Yann Weishaupt Max McCoy Hari McCoy
Geylang International	Šime Žužul[42]	Vincent Bezecourt[43]	Takahiro Tezuka[44]	Rio Sakuma[45]
Hougang United	André Moritz[46]	Pedro Bortoluzo[12]	Kristijan Krajček[12]	Kaishu Yamazaki[47]
Lion City Sailors	Diego Lopes[48]	Pedro Henrique[49]	Maxime Lestienne[50][51]	Kim Shin-wook[52][53]
Tampines Rovers	Zehrudin Mehmedović[54]	Boris Kopitović[54]	Kyoga Nakamura[55]	Shuya Yamashita[56]
Tanjong Pagar United	Mirko Šugić[57]	Blake Ricciuto	Reo Nishiguchi[58]	Shodai Nishikawa[59]

Note 1: From 2021, Albirex is allowed to sign a maximum of 2 Singaporean players above the age of 23.