The Football Association of Singapore Premier League is a now-defunct football

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 league competition held in Singapore

Singapore

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 between 1988 and 1995. During that period, it was the top tier of the Singapore football league structure. It was replaced by the S.League

S.League

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 in 1996.

The Football Association of Singapore

Football Association of Singapore

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 (FAS) entered a representative team

Singapore Lions

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 in the Malaysian League

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 and Malaysia Cup

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 competitions up to 1994. The Singapore team's participation in these competitions was the main focus of most Singapore football fans at the time, and the local league was generally considered to be a fairly minor competition. The Singapore league season was usually held fairly early the year, and many of the Singapore players in the Malaysian competitions also played for clubs in the local Singapore league.

The dominant team in the FAS Premier League was Geylang International (now Geylang United), who won the league six consecutive times from 1998-1993.

In 1994, in a bid to add some spice to the Premier League and generate increased fan interest, two teams from Australia

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 were invited to participate – the Perth Kangaroos

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 and the Darwin Cubs

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. However after confirming the participation of the two Australian clubs, the FAS then decided to withdraw all the players in its Malaysian League team from participating in the local league that year. This considerably weakened the strength of the local clubs. Perth Kangaroos won the Premier League that year without losing a game, and the Darwin Cubs finished second. The experiment did not succeed in bolstering fan interest.

In 1995, the FAS unexpectedly decided to withdraw the Singapore team from the Malaysian League. Most of the players on the Singapore national football team

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 had been due to play in the Malaysian League team. It was therefore decided that the national team should play in the 1995 Premier League competition as a stop-gap measure until the establishment of the S.League the following year. Not surprisingly, the national team finished the season undefeated against the club sides and comfortably won the Premier League that year.

The Premier League was disbanded when the S.League was formed in 1996.

Premier League champions

Year	Champions
1995	Singapore National Team Singapore national football team The Singapore national football team is the national association football team of Singapore. The team comes under the organization of the Football Association of Singapore...
1994	Perth Kangaroos IFC Perth Kangaroos IFC Perth Kangaroos International Football Club is a now-defunct soccer club from Perth, Australia. Perth Kangaroos played as an overseas team in the Singapore Premier League in 1994 and won the league title...
1993	Geylang International Geylang United FC Geylang United Football Club is a professional football club from Singapore, currently playing in the S.League. The club is based in Bedok and their home ground is Bedok Stadium. Their mascot is an eagle, and hence the team is also known as "the Eagles"....
1992	Geylang International Geylang United FC Geylang United Football Club is a professional football club from Singapore, currently playing in the S.League. The club is based in Bedok and their home ground is Bedok Stadium. Their mascot is an eagle, and hence the team is also known as "the Eagles"....
1991	Geylang International Geylang United FC Geylang United Football Club is a professional football club from Singapore, currently playing in the S.League. The club is based in Bedok and their home ground is Bedok Stadium. Their mascot is an eagle, and hence the team is also known as "the Eagles"....
1990	Geylang International Geylang United FC Geylang United Football Club is a professional football club from Singapore, currently playing in the S.League. The club is based in Bedok and their home ground is Bedok Stadium. Their mascot is an eagle, and hence the team is also known as "the Eagles"....
1989	Geylang International Geylang United FC Geylang United Football Club is a professional football club from Singapore, currently playing in the S.League. The club is based in Bedok and their home ground is Bedok Stadium. Their mascot is an eagle, and hence the team is also known as "the Eagles"....
1988	Geylang International Geylang United FC Geylang United Football Club is a professional football club from Singapore, currently playing in the S.League. The club is based in Bedok and their home ground is Bedok Stadium. Their mascot is an eagle, and hence the team is also known as "the Eagles"....