{{Short description|Football league in Singapore}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox football league | logo = | pixels = | country = Singapore | confed = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] (Asia) | founded = 1997 | folded = 2017 | teams = 8 | levels = | domest_cup = [[Singapore FA Cup]] | confed_cup = | champions = [[Home United]] | season = 2017 | most successful club = [[Home United]] (8 titles) | current = | website = [http://www.fas.org.sg/competitions/prime-league-match-reports/ Official website] }}
The '''Prime League''' was the reserve and youth team [[association football|football]] league of Singapore's [[S.League]]. Teams involved in the league are primarily made up of youth players from the S.League clubs. The Prime League was founded in 1997. S.League clubs are required to participate, and clubs who do not play at S.League level are also eligible to enter. In 2018, the Prime League was abolished, with the [[Singapore National Football League|National Football League]] (NFL) installed as the second-tier competition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Young footballers to take centrestage in revamped 2018 S-League|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/young-footballers-take-centrestage-revamped-2018-s-league|access-date=2022-01-12|website=TODAY|language=en}}</ref>
==Participation rules== All S.League teams had to register a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 20 players for the Prime League. Clubs not participating in the S. League had to register a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 25 players. The teams should maintain the minimum required number of players throughout the season.<br>Each club was allowed to register 1 foreign player for their Prime League teams. The foreign players must have been aged between 18 and 21 at the point of registration and are not eligible to play in the S.League.
An S.League player who had played in his club's most recent S.League match was not eligible to play in the club's next Prime League match.
Prime League sides were also allowed to take part in the FA Cup competition.
== Past champions== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Champions ! Runners-up |- | [[1997 Prime League|1997]] | [[Warriors FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] || [[Balestier Khalsa]] |- | [[1998 Prime League|1998]] | [[Geylang United]] || [[Home United]] |- | [[1999 Prime League|1999]] | [[Warriors FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] || [[Home United]] |- | [[2000 Prime League|2000]] | [[Warriors FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] || [[Home United]] |- | [[2001 Prime League|2001]] | [[Home United]] || [[Warriors FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] |- | [[2002 Prime League|2002]] | [[Home United]] || [[Warriors FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] |- | [[2003 Prime League|2003]] | [[Home United]] || {{Flagicon|China}} [[Sinchi FC]] |- | [[2004 Prime League|2004]] | [[Home United]] || [[Warriors FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] |- | [[2005 Prime League|2005]] | {{Flagicon|China}} [[Sinchi FC]] || [[Geylang United]] |- | [[2006 Prime League|2006]] | [[Geylang United]] || [[Warriors FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] |- | [[2007 Prime League|2007]] | [[Warriors FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] || [[Tampines Rovers]] |- | [[2008 Prime League|2008]] | {{Flagicon|Singapore}} [[National Football Academy (Singapore)|NFA U-18]] || [[Gombak United]] |- | [[2009 Prime League|2009]] | [[Home United]] || [[Tampines Rovers]] |- | [[2010 Prime League|2010]] | {{Flagicon|Singapore}} [[National Football Academy (Singapore)|NFA U-18]] || [[Home United]] |- | [[2011 Prime League|2011]] | [[Geylang United]] || [[Gombak United]] |- | [[2012 Prime League|2012]] | [[Balestier Khalsa]] || {{Flagicon|Singapore}} [[National Football Academy (Singapore)|NFA U-18]] |- | [[2013 Prime League|2013]] | [[Balestier Khalsa]] || [[Home United]] |- | [[2014 Prime League|2014]] | [[Home United]] || [[Geylang International]] |- | [[2015 Prime League|2015]] | [[Tampines Rovers]] || {{Flagicon|Singapore}} [[National Football Academy (Singapore)|NFA U-18]] |- | [[2016 Prime League|2016]] | [[Home United]] || [[Warriors FC]] |- | [[2017 Prime League|2017]] | [[Home United]] || [[Hougang United]] |}
===Performance by Clubs=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:200px;"| Club ! style="width:80px;"|Winners ! style="width:80px;"|Runners-up ! style="width:500px;"|Winning years |- | [[Home United]] |style="text-align: center;" | 8 |style="text-align: center;" | 5 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017 |- | [[Warriors FC]] |style="text-align: center;" | 4 |style="text-align: center;" | 5 | 1997, 1999, 2000, 2007 |- | [[Geylang International]] |style="text-align: center;" | 3 |style="text-align: center;" | 2 | 1998, 2006, 2011 |- | {{Flagicon|Singapore}} [[National Football Academy (Singapore)| NFA U-18]] |style="text-align: center;" | 2 |style="text-align: center;" | 2 | 2008, 2010 |- | [[Balestier Khalsa]] |style="text-align: center;" | 2 |style="text-align: center;" | 1 | 2012, 2013 |- | [[Tampines Rovers]] |style="text-align: center;" | 1 |style="text-align: center;" | 2 | 2015 |- | {{Flagicon|China}} [[Sinchi FC]] |style="text-align: center;" | 1 |style="text-align: center;" | 1 | 2005 |- | [[Gombak United]] |style="text-align: center;" | 0 |style="text-align: center;" | 2 | |- | [[Hougang United]] |style="text-align: center;" | 0 |style="text-align: center;" | 1 | |}
==See also== * [[Singapore Premier League]] * [[Singapore Cup]] * [[Singapore League Cup]] * [[Singapore FA Cup]] * [[Singapore Community Shield]] * [[List of football clubs in Singapore]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080218122555/http://www.sleague.com/web/main.aspx?ID=6944ed8c-c869-49da-a465-acd54ee9a78c,,&TargetPageID= Prime League overview at S.League website]}}
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