Singapore Premier League Awards Night

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

Note nationality of players at presentation of award. A number of foreign players were naturalised to play for Singapore later in their career.

Season Name Club
1996 Ivica Raguž Singapore Armed Forces
1997 Nazri Nasir Balestier Central
1998 S. Subramani Tanjong Pagar United
1999 Zsolt Bücs Home United
2000 Mirko Grabovac Singapore Armed Forces
2001 Daniel Bennett Tanjong Pagar United
2002 Therdsak Chaiman Singapore Armed Forces
2003 Peres de Oliveira Home United
2004 Surachai Jaturapattarapong Home United
2005 Noh Alam Shah Tampines Rovers
2006 Laakkad Abdelhadi Woodlands Wellington
2007 Aleksandar Đurić Singapore Armed Forces
2008 Aleksandar Đurić (2) Singapore Armed Forces
2009 Valery Hiek Home United
2010 Shahril Ishak Home United
2011 Mislav Karoglan Singapore Armed Forces
2012 Aleksandar Đurić (3) Tampines Rovers
2013 Lee Kwan-Woo Home United
2014 Hassan Sunny Warriors
2015 Fumiya Kogure Albirex Niigata (S)
2016 Atsushi Kawata Albirex Niigata (S)
2017 Kento Nagasaki Albirex Niigata (S)
2018 Wataru Murofushi Albirex Niigata (S)
2019 Faris Ramli Hougang United
2020 Gabriel Quak Lion City Sailors
2021 Tomoyuki Doi Hougang United
2022 Kodai Tanaka Albirex Niigata (S)
2023 Maxime Lestienne Lion City Sailors

Top Scorers Award

Season Name Club Goals
1996 Jure Eres Singapore Armed Forces 28
1997 Goran Paulic Balestier Central 21
1998 Stuart Young Home United 22
1999 Mirko Grabovac Singapore Armed Forces 23
2000 Mirko Grabovac (2) Singapore Armed Forces 19
2001 Mirko Grabovac (3) Singapore Armed Forces 42^
2002 Mirko Grabovac (4) Singapore Armed Forces 36^
2003 Peres de Oliveira Home United 37^
2004 Egmar Goncalves Home United 30
2005 Mirko Grabovac (5) Tampines Rovers 26
2006 Laakkad Abdelhadi Woodlands Wellington 23
2007 Aleksandar Đurić Singapore Armed Forces 37
2008 Aleksandar Đurić (2) Singapore Armed Forces 28
2009 Aleksandar Đurić (3) Singapore Armed Forces 28
2010 Frédéric Mendy Étoile 21
2011 Mislav Karoglan Singapore Armed Forces 33
2012 Frédéric Mendy (2) Home United 20
2013 Aleksandar Đurić (4) Tampines Rovers 15
Moon Soon-Ho Woodlands Wellington
Rodrigo Tosi Brunei DPMM
24
2015 Rafael Ramazotti Brunei DPMM 21
2016 Rafael Ramazotti (2) Brunei DPMM 20
2017 Tsubasa Sano Albirex Niigata (S) 26
2018 Shuhei Hoshino Albirex Niigata (S) 19
2019 Andrei Varankou Brunei DPMM 21
2020 Stipe Plazibat Hougang United,
Lion City Sailors
14
2021 Tomoyuki Doi Hougang United 19
2022 Boris Kopitović Tampines Rovers 35
2023 Maxime Lestienne Lion City Sailors 25

* 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.

Source:"S.League leading scorers". S.League. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014.

Golden Gloves Award

Season Name Club Clean sheets
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
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

Young Player of the Year Award

Season Name Club
1996 Robin Chitrakar Geylang United
1997 Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin Geylang United
1998 Lim Soon Seng Tanjong Pagar United
1999 Yazid Yasin Home United
2000 Indra Sahdan Daud Geylang United
2001 Indra Sahdan Daud (2) Home United
2002 Noh Alam Shah Sembawang Rangers
2003 Baihakki Khaizan Geylang United
2004 Fahrudin Mustafić* Tampines Rovers
2005 Issey Nakajima-Farran Albirex Niigata (S)
2006 Kengne Ludovick Balestier Khalsa
2007 Shariff Abdul Samat Tampines Rovers
2008 Khairul Amri Tampines Rovers
2009 Gabriel Obatola Gombak United
2010 Hariss Harun Young Lions
2011 Tatsuro Inui Albirex Niigata (S)
2012 Wan Zack Haikal Harimau Muda A
2013 Sirina Camara Home United
2014 Nicolás Vélez Warriors
2015 Azwan Ali DPMM
2016 Anumanthan Kumar Hougang United
2017 Hazzuwan Halim Balestier Khalsa
2018 Adam Swandi Albirex Niigata (S)
2019 Hami Syahin Home United
2020 Saifullah Akbar Lion City Sailors
2021 Nur Adam Abdullah Lion City Sailors
2022 Ilhan Fandi Albirex Niigata (S)
2023 Seia Kunori Albirex Niigata (S)

* Fahrudin Mustafić held Serbian citizenship before being naturalised to play for Singapore in 2007.

Coach of the Year Award

Season Name Club
1996 Vincent Subramaniam Singapore Armed Forces
1997 Vincent Subramaniam (2) Singapore Armed Forces
1998 Jita Singh Sembawang Rangers
1999 Robert Alberts Home United
2000 Fandi Ahmad Singapore Armed Forces
2001 Jang Jung Geylang United
2002 M. Karathu Woodlands Wellington
2003 Scott O'Donell Geylang United
2004 Vorawan Chitavanich Tampines Rovers
2005 Vorawan Chitavanich (2) Tampines Rovers
2006 Richard Bok Singapore Armed Forces
2007 Richard Bok (2) Singapore Armed Forces
2008 Hiroaki Hiraoka Albirex Niigata (S)
2009 Richard Bok (3) Singapore Armed Forces
2010 Vorawan Chitavanich (3) Tampines Rovers
2011 Koichi Sugiyama Albirex Niigata (S)
2012 Vjeran Simunić DPMM
2013 Lee Lim-Saeng Home United
2014 Marko Kraljević Balestier Khalsa
2015 Steve Kean DPMM
2016 Naoki Naruo Albirex Niigata (S)
2017 Kazuaki Yoshinaga Albirex Niigata (S)
2018 Kazuaki Yoshinaga (2) Albirex Niigata (S)
2019 Adrian Pennock DPMM
2020 Keiji Shigetomi Albirex Niigata (S)
2021 Clement Teo Hougang United
2022 Kazuaki Yoshinaga (3) Albirex Niigata (S)
2023 Kazuaki Yoshinaga (4) Albirex Niigata (S)

Team of the Year

Season Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
2017 Yōsuke Nozawa Irfan Fandi

Yasutaka Yanagi

Naofumi Tanaka

Ryutaro Megumi

Shuto Inaba

Shahril Ishak

Kento Nagasaki

Faris Ramli

Stipe Plazibat

Tsubasa Sano

2018 Yōsuke Nozawa Riku Moriyasu

Shuhei Sasahara

Kento Fukuda

Kenya Takahashi

Hafiz Nor

Wataru Murofushi

Song Ui-young

Adam Swandi

Shahril Ishak

Shuhei Hoshino

2019 Wardun Yussof Nazrul Nazari

Kaishu Yamazaki

Charlie Clough

Irwan Shah

Blake Ricciuto

Kyoga Nakamura

Shahdan Sulaiman

Shawal Anuar

Faris Ramli

Andrei Varankou

2020 Syazwan Buhari Tajeli Salamat

Kazuki Hashioka

Kaishu Yamazaki

Daniel Bennett

Kristijan Krajcek

Kyoga Nakamura

Gabriel Quak

Song Ui-young

Luiz Júnior

Stipe Plazibat

2021 Takahiro Koga Kazuki Hashioka

Shuya Yamashita

Jorge Fellipe

Nur Adam Abdullah

Kaishu Yamazaki

Ryoya Tanigushi

Shahdan Sulaiman

Šime Žužul

Stipe Plazibat

Tomoyuki Doi

2022 Zaiful Nizam Masaya Idetsu

Pedro Henrique

Joshua Pereira

Kyoga Nakamura

Vincent Bezecourt

Diego Lopes

Maxime Lestienne

Kodai Tanaka

Ilhan Fandi

Boris Kopitović

2023 Syazwan Buhari Miloš Zlatković

Koki Kawachi

Asahi Yokokawa

Maxime Lestienne

Kyoga Nakamura

Diego Lopes

Ryoya Taniguchi

Hakeme Yazid

Seia Kunori

Shawal Anuar

Song Ui-Young held South Korea citizenship before being naturalised to play for Singapore in 2021

Total awards

Rank Player Wins
1 Kyoga Nakamura 4
3 Kaishu Yamazaki 3
Stipe Plazibat
4 Faris Ramli 2
Shahril Ishak
Syazwan Buhari
Shawal Anuar
Shahdan Sulaiman
Yōsuke Nozawa
Ryoya Taniguchi
Song Ui-young
Maxime Lestienne
Diego Lopes

Goal of the Year Award

Season Name Club Against
2015 Shotaro Ihata Albirex Niigata (S) Balestier Khalsa (20 March 2015)
2016 Tomoki Menda Albirex Niigata (S) Young Lions (11 August 2016)
2017 Huzaifah Aziz Balestier Khalsa Young Lions (20 September 2017)
2018 Zulfadhmi Suzliman Tampines Rovers Albirex Niigata (S) (20 May 2018)
2019 Barry Maguire Geylang International Young Lions (30 August 2019)
2020 Khairul Nizam Geylang International Tampines Rovers (7 November 2020)
2021 Gabriel Quak Lion City Sailors Balestier Khalsa (18 April 2021)
2022 Ilhan Fandi Albirex Niigata (S) Balestier Khalsa (16 July 2022)
2023 Khairul Amri Tanjong Pagar United Hougang United (6 April 2023)

Fair Play Award

Season Club
1996 Singapore Armed Forces
1997 Singapore Armed Forces
1998 Singapore Armed Forces
1999 Geylang United
2000 Sembawang Rangers
2001 Singapore Armed Forces
2002 Singapore Armed Forces
2003 Young Lions
2004 Albirex Niigata (S)
2005 Young Lions
2006 Young Lions
2007 Albirex Niigata (S)
2008 Super Reds
2009 Home United
2010 Tampines Rovers
2011 Albirex Niigata (S)
2012 Albirex Niigata (S)
2013 Albirex Niigata (S)
2014 Geylang International
2015 Geylang International
2016 Albirex Niigata (S)
2017 Albirex Niigata (S)
2018 Albirex Niigata (S)
2019 Albirex Niigata (S)
2020 Albirex Niigata (S)
2021 Albirex Niigata (S)
2022 Albirex Niigata (S)
2023 Albirex Niigata (S)

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

League winning coach and captain

Season Coach Captain Club
1996 Jalal Talebi David Lee Geylang United
1997 Vincent Subramaniam Fandi Ahmad Singapore Armed Forces
1998 Vincent Subramaniam (2) Fandi Ahmad (2) Singapore Armed Forces (2)
1999 Robert Alberts Zsolt Bücs Home United
2000 Fandi Ahmad Nazri Nasir Singapore Armed Forces (3)
2001 Jang Jung Zulkarnaen Zainal Geylang United (2)
2002 Fandi Ahmad (2) Rezal Hassan Singapore Armed Forces (4)
2003 Steve Darby Shunmugham Subramani Home United (2)
2004 Vorawan Chitavanich Nazri Nasir (2) Tampines Rovers
2005 Vorawan Chitavanich Nazri Nasir (3) Tampines Rovers (2)
2006 Richard Bok Mohd Noor Ali Singapore Armed Forces (5)
2007 Richard Bok (2) Mohd Noor Ali (2) Singapore Armed Forces (6)
2008 Richard Bok (3) Aleksandar Đurić Singapore Armed Forces (7)
2009 Richard Bok (4) Aleksandar Đurić (2) Singapore Armed Forces (8)
2010 Patrick Vallée Matthias Verschave Étoile
2011 Steven Tan Aleksandar Đurić (3) Tampines Rovers (3)
2012 Tay Peng Kee Aleksandar Đurić (4) Tampines Rovers (4)
2013 Tay Peng Kee (2) Fahrudin Mustafić Tampines Rovers (5)
2014 Alex Weaver Daniel Bennett Warriors (9)
2015 Steve Kean Rosmin Kamis DPMM
2016 Naoki Naruo Yōsuke Nozawa Albirex Niigata (S)
2017 Kazuaki Yoshinaga Kento Nagasaki Albirex Niigata (S) (2)
2018 Kazuaki Yoshinaga (2) Wataru Murofushi Albirex Niigata (S)
2019 Adrian Pennock Wardun Yussof DPMM (2)
2020 Keiji Shigetomi Kazuki Hashioka Albirex Niigata (S) (4)
2021 Kim Do-hoon Hassan Sunny Lion City Sailors (3)
2022 Kazuaki Yoshinaga (3) Jun Kobayashi Albirex Niigata (S) (5)
2023 Kazuaki Yoshinaga (4) Asahi Yokokawa Albirex Niigata (S) (6)

Special awards

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 Categories

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

Season Name Club
2002 Sead Muratović Tampines Rovers
2003 Indra Sahdan Daud Home United
2004 Agu Casmir Young Lions
2005 Zulkarnaen Zainal Tampines Rovers
2006 Khairul Amri Young Lions
2007 Aleksandar Đurić Singapore Armed Forces
2008 Kengne Ludovick Home United
2009 Gabriel Obatola Gombak United
2010 Shahril Jantan Singapore Armed Forces
2011 Safuwan Baharudin Young Lions
2012 Wan Zack Haikal Harimau Muda A
2013 Mamadou M. Diallo Hougang United

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

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  2. ^ a b Eric Ding (29 August 2005). "Golden Boot". Today. p. 38.
  3. ^ "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.