Singapore Premier League Awards Night
The Singapore Premier League Awards Night is a football awards ceremony held by the Football Association of Singapore since the S.League's inaugural season in 1996.
Player of the Year award
The Player of the Year award is presented annually to the most outstanding player in the Singapore Premier League, recognising exceptional performances, consistency, leadership, and overall impact throughout the season. Considered one of the most prestigious honours of the Singapore Premier League Awards Night, the award celebrates players who have demonstrated excellence and significantly contributed to their club’s success.
Note: nationality of players at presentation of award. A number of foreign players were naturalised to play for Singapore later in their career.
Awards won by nationality
| Country | Players | Total |
|---|---|---|
 Singapore |
6 | 9 |
 Japan |
7 | 8 |
 Croatia |
2 | 2 |
 Thailand |
2 | 2 |
 Serbia |
1 | 2 |
 Hungary |
1 | 1 |
 England |
1 | 1 |
 Brazil |
1 | 1 |
 Morocco |
1 | 1 |
 South Korea |
1 | 1 |
 Cameroon |
1 | 1 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1 | 1 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
1 | 1 |
Awards won by club
| Club | Players | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Lion City Sailors | 8 | 8 |
| Warriors | 6 | 7 |
| Albirex Niigata (S) | 5 | 5 |
| Tampines Rovers | 3 | 3 |
| Tanjong Pagar United | 2 | 2 |
| Hougang United | 2 | 2 |
| Geylang International | 1 | 1 |
| Balestier Central | 1 | 1 |
| Woodlands Wellington | 1 | 1 |
Top Scorer award
The Top Scorer Award, also known as the Golden Boot, is presented annually to the player who scores the most goals during the Singapore Premier League season. Recognised as one of the league’s most notable individual honors, the award highlights attacking excellence, consistency, and goal-scoring ability, celebrating players who have made a significant impact in front of goal throughout the campaign.
* Mirko Grabovac was a naturalised Singapore player from 2002 until he renounced his Singapore citizenship in 2008.
^ Goals in all domestic competitions, including the S.League and Singapore Cup.
Note: Bold denotes that player is holding the Singapore Premier League record
Source:"S.League leading scorers". S.League.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
Awards won by nationality
| Country | Players | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore |
2 | 7 |
| Japan |
4 | 5 |
| Croatia |
3 | 5 |
| Brazil |
3 | 4 |
 France |
1 | 2 |
| England |
1 | 1 |
| Morocco |
1 | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1 | 1 |
| South Korea |
1 | 1 |
 Belarus |
1 | 1 |
 Montenegro |
1 | 1 |
| Belgium |
1 | 1 |
Golden Gloves
The Golden Gloves Award is presented annually to the best-performing goalkeeper in the Singapore Premier League. The award recognises outstanding shot-stopping ability, consistency, leadership, and overall defensive contributions throughout the season. Considered one of the league’s key individual honors, it celebrates goalkeepers who have played a crucial role in their club’s defensive success and overall performances.
| Season | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.League era | |||
| 2009 | Hassan Sunny |
Tampines Rovers | 13 |
| 2010 | Yohann Lacroix |
Étoile | 19 |
| 2011 | Lionel Lewis |
Home United | 13 |
| 2012 | Takuma Ito |
Albirex Niigata (S) | 11 |
| 2013 | Shahril Jantan |
Home United | 12 |
| 2014 |  Wardun Yussof |
DPMM | 7 |
| 2015 | Yōsuke Nozawa |
Albirex Niigata (S) | 13 |
| 2016 | Yōsuke Nozawa (2) |
Albirex Niigata (S) | 11 |
| 2017 | Yōsuke Nozawa (3) |
Albirex Niigata (S) | 12 |
| Singapore Premier League era | |||
| 2018 | Yōsuke Nozawa (4) |
Albirex Niigata (S) | 10 |
| 2019 | Wardun Yussof |
DPMM | 10 |
| 2020 | Kei Okawa |
Albirex Niigata (S) | 8 |
| 2021 | Takahiro Koga |
Albirex Niigata (S) | 8 |
| 2022 | Zaiful Nizam |
Geylang International | 9 |
| 2023 | Syazwan Buhari |
Tampines Rovers | 8 |
| 2024–25 | Syazwan Buhari (2) |
Tampines Rovers | 11 |
| 2025–26 | Ivan Sušak |
Lion City Sailors | 10 |
Young Player of the Year award
The Young Player of the Year Award is presented annually to the most outstanding young player in the Singapore Premier League. The award recognises emerging talent, consistent performances, technical ability, and overall contribution throughout the season. It highlights promising players who have shown significant development and have made an important impact for their club at a young age.
* Fahrudin Mustafić held Serbian citizenship before being naturalised to play for Singapore in 2007.
Coach of the Year award
The Coach of the Year Award is presented annually to the most outstanding head coach in the Singapore Premier League. The award recognises tactical excellence, leadership, team development, and overall achievement throughout the season. It is awarded to the coach who has most significantly influenced their team’s performance, often reflecting success in league standings, consistency, and improvement over the course of the campaign.
Goal of the Year Award
Team of the Year
Song Ui-Young held South Korea citizenship before being naturalised to play for Singapore in 2021
Total awards
League winning coach and captain
Fair Play Award
Unofficial awards
Top assists
| Season | Name | Club | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Andrey Varankow |
DPMM | 10 |
| 2020 | Gabriel Quak |
Lion City Sailors | 7 |
| 2021 | Armin Bošnjak |
Tampines Rovers | 11 |
| 2022 | Maxime Lestienne |
Lion City Sailors | 23 |
| 2023 | Maxime Lestienne |
Lion City Sailors | 21 |
| 2024–25 | Maxime Lestienne |
Lion City Sailors | 22 |
| 2025–26 | Koya Kazama |
Tampines Rovers | 14 |
Special awards
100 S.League goals
| Season | Name | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Mirko Grabovac | Singapore Armed Forces |
| 2003 | Indra Sahdan Daud | Home United |
| 2003 | .svg.png){kind=small} Aleksandar Đurić* | Geylang United |
| 2004 | Egmar Goncalves | Home United |
| 2005 | Noh Alam Shah | Tampines Rovers |
| 2005 | Peres De Oliveira | Home United |
| 2007 | Agu Casmir | Gombak United |
| 2008 | Park Tae-Won | Woodlands Wellington |
| 2010 | Mohd Noor Ali | Woodlands Wellington |
| 2014 | Qiu Li[1] | Balestier Khalsa |
| 2020 | .svg.png){kind=small} Jordan Webb | Tampines Rovers |
Aleksandar Đurić became a naturalised Singapore player in 2007.
200 S.League goals
| Season | Name | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Mirko Grabovac* | Tampines Rovers |
| 2007 | Aleksandar Đurić | Singapore Armed Forces |
Mirko Grabovac was a Singaporean when he won the 200 S.League Goals award in 2005.
300 S.League goals
| Season | Name | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Aleksandar Đurić | Tampines Rovers |
Defunct award
Manager of the Year
| Season | Name | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | P. N. Sivaji | Tanjong Pagar United |
| 1997 | Chris Chan | Singapore Armed Forces |
| 1998 | Alan Wong | Gombak United |
| 1999 | Kok Wai Leong | Singapore Armed Forces |
| 2000 | John Yap | Gombak United |
| 2001 | Noordin Abdul Rahman | Home United |
| 2002 | Alfred Loi | Sembawang Rangers |
People's Choice Award
Dollah Kassim Award
The Dollah Kassim Award is an annual award handed to the most outstanding youth player aged 18 and below. The winner will receive the Singapore Pools' Passport to Excellence prize which funds the cost of sending the recipient for an overseas training stint. Singapore Pools launched the incentive in 2010 to nurture young sports talent recognising footballing excellence and character.
| Season | Name | Overseas training stints |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Ammirul Emmran | Newcastle United |
| 2011 | Adam Swandi | Newcastle United, Chelsea and Atlético Madrid. |
| 2012 | R. Aaravin | FC Metz |
| 2013 | Hazim Faiz | |
| 2014 | Muhelmy Suhaimi | |
| 2015 | Joshua Pereira | Saint-Étienne |
| 2016 | Rusyaidi Salime | Omiya Ardija |
| 2017 | Joel Chew | |
| 2018 | Nur Adam Abdullah | KRC Genk |
| 2019 | Iman Hakim | Omiya Ardija |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Awards night signals end of 2014 S.League season". S.League. 7 November 2014. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- 1 2 Eric Ding (29 August 2005). "Golden Boot". Today. p. 38.
- ↑ "Albirex Niigata FC (S) are 2020 AIA Singapore Premier League champions - Football Association of Singapore". Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-23.