A major overhaul from the new FAS management was made from this season onwards to improve the standard of Singapore football.
Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC are invited foreign clubs from Japan and Brunei respectively.
[6] The criticism mainly focused on the poor performances every season by the largely youth team made up of Singapore Football's brightest prospects.
The new age restrictions imposed on the rest of the Singapore Premier League clubs could be seen as giving the Young Lions a better advantage in terms of seniority, but most critics and fans of Singapore football are still wanting the FAS to abolish the FAS-managed Young Lions and have them developed under the guidance of genuine local clubs.
Singapore Premier League clubs could sign three imports from next season after the increase in foreign player quota was raised at the Football Association of Singapore's 36th Annual Congress[3] Albirex Niigata can sign up unlimited number of Singaporean players for the new season.