2022–23 Daau Premier League

Daau Premier League

Season	2022–23

The 2022-23 Daau Premier League (also known as the BSL Daau Premier League due to sponsorship reasons) is the 2nd tier professional league in Daau. The league is set to start in late September and end in late May.

This is the first ever edition of the league after major reworks in the league format. Teams were required to register a minimum of twenty-two players and max thirty-five for their squad with additions being allowed to be made later on in the season.

Effects of the Dauian Reduction

Following the DAAUEXIT of 2 city states, Daau was forced to allow both states to become a free state and no longer states under Daau, this led to teams being in the leaving states unable to join the league and ultimately causing the early end to the season. It has been announced that the season will not continue and the league will be put into a permanent halt until further notice.

The Dauian lockdown also did not allow new foreign signings to enter the nation, worsening the situation. The DAFA has announced that only the top flight, the Daau Super League would continue and the All-Dauian Cup would also be forced to end early due to the reduction of the nation.

On January 27, it was announced that the league would restart with 3 teams departing and 5 teams joining due to the Dauian reduction, meaning the league would have 10 teams and would only play a double round tournament to end the season. It was then announced that the new season would start on February 4th to give teams enough time to prepare.

Format

The following key changes were made to the rules since the reformation of the league.

1. Each team is able to register up to 35 players in their squad.
2. Daau United II is not able to play in league cups and the community shield, they will not be promoted to the first division if they win the league.
3. Players shall be allocated jersey numbers 1 to 50. Jersey number become available for allocation to new members after a player ceased to play for a club.
4. DPL clubs are now allowed to register a maximum of six foreign players with no age restrictions, of whom at least one shall be of the nationality of an AEFA Member Association. A maximum of four foreign players may be named or fielded in any one match.

Teams

Eight new teams compete in the league after their respective success in the Daau League. Daau Bay United was self-relegated from the Daau Super League last season along with Tenjong Pegar United FC.

Mataba DPMM has been promoted due to Daas FC self-relegating to Daau League due to transfer bans and financial issues from last season.

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Tenjong Pegar United FC	Jurong	Jurong East Stadium	2,700
Daau United II	Jurong-Khat	MPBK Stadium	3,575
Daau Bay United	Seragaan	Daau Bay Park	3,400
Thampines Rovers FC	Daas-Bedok	Our Qixying Hub	5,000
Qixying FC	Daas-Bedok	Our Qixying Hub	5,000
Mataba DPMM	Mataba	Sultan Fadli Stadium	25,000
Warriors SC	Seragaan	Seragaan Besar Stadium	6,000
MKHFC	Daas	Polis Stadium Dira Mak Kau Hijau	18,000
Catang Evergrande FC	Catang	Catang National Training Center	N/A
Zhukang Hanbei FC	Daas	Polis Stadium Dira Mak Kau Hijau	18,000
Sembalang Knights FC	Sembalang	Semba Chu Kam Stadium	2,000
Dei Rangers	Davinson	Davinson Stadium	18,000
SSM	Sembalang	Sembalang Stadium	4,000

• Red denotes a departing club, green denotes a new club joining in response to the Dauian Reduction

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (Chest)
Daau United II	Ini-Benta Cakap	Vikhsan Fandi	Al-Elkhson Sports	Daau United Academy
Thampines Rovers FC	Gavin Bee	Tasir Hanapi	Tundra	ABA Courier Express Daau
Qixying FC	Ali Noor	Zaifu Nizam	FDT	IPSON Printers
Mataba DPMM	Helme Panjang	Hajal Tejkhan	FDT	DPMM
MKHFC	Tin Schumacher	Kalamullah Al-Hafiz	FDT	Mak Kau Hijau Charity
Catang Evergrande FC	Yan Tianjian	Shen Yong	BinBao	Evergrande Shining Light
Zhukang Hanbei FC	Xu Wenjing	Chen Wenjie	Al-Elkhson Sports	Hanbei Group
Sembalang Knights FC	Sadif Sulaiman	Fazli Jaffar	Al-Elkhson Sports	Waxhai
Dei Rangers	Nazri Lemak	Wee Jun Kit	Daau National Sports	Daau Government
SSM	Amba Khan	Sadik Zaid	Tundra	AirDaau

Foreign players

Daau Premier League clubs can sign a maximum of six foreign players in the 2022-23 season. Teams are allowed to field a maximum of 6 foreign players on the pitch at once.

Matabese players are treated as local players and do not need foreign registration.

Players name in bold indicates the player was registered after the season start or during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	AEFA Player	Former Players
Daau United II	Albert Tjäland						Clover Baharudin
Thampines Rovers FC
Qixying FC
Mataba DPMM	Clover Baharudin	Ike Rayahashi
MKHFC
Catang Evergrande FC	Gareth Fayle
Zhukang Hanbei FC
Sembalang Knights FC	Ni Henchou
Dei Rangers
SSM	Jeremy Francisco

League table

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sembalang Knights FC	18	13	4	1	44	21	23	43	Promotion to Daau Super League
2	Qixying FC	18	11	5	2	41	19	22	38
3	SSM	18	9	3	6	31	28	3	30
4	Catang Evergrande FC	18	7	3	8	31	27	4	24
5	Thampines Rovers FC	18	7	3	8	32	34	-2	24
6	MKHFC	18	7	2	9	24	24	0	23
7	Daau United II	18	6	2	10	15	39	-24	20
8	Dei Rangers	18	5	5	8	29	31	-2	20
9	Mataba DPMM	18	6	1	11	30	36	-6	19	Relegation to Daau League
10	Zhukang Hanbei FC	18	4	2	12	17	35	-18	14

Statistics

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Christos Chua	Qixying FC	23
2	Kenchiro Davies	Sembalang Knights FC	20
3	Fazli Jaffar	Sembalang Knights FC	13
4	Ike Rayahashi	Mataba DPMM	10
5	Jeremy Francisco	SSM	9

Top Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Kenchiro Davies	Sembalang Knights FC	12
2	Marc Kjuiper-Fanta	Zhukang Hanbei FC	9
3	Eman Hakim	Thampines Rovers FC	8
4	Raiyan Ali	Qixying FC	7
5	Clover Baharudin	Mataba DPMM	5

Cleansheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Hafiz Ahmad	Qixying FC	6
2	Adib Hakeem	Dei Rangers	5
	Raphael Dembele	Daau United II
	Chai Wen Soong	MKHFC
	Ni Henchou	Sembalang Knights FC

Penalty missed

Player	For	Against	Date
Ike Rayahashi	Mataba DPMM	Daau United II	1 June 2023

Own goal

Player	For	Against	Date
Clover Baharudin	Mataba DPMM	Dei Rangers	18 April 2023
Chai Wen Soong	MKHFC	Sembalang Knights FC	19 April 2023

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Young Player of the Month		Coach of the Month		Goal of the Month
	Player	Club	Player	Club	Coach	Club	Player vs.
February	Ni Henchou	Sembalang Knights FC	Christos Chua	Qixying FC	Sadif Sulaiman	Sembalang Knights FC	Christos Chua vs. Mataba DPMM (5/2/2023)
March	Sherudin Mamatdovic	Thampines Rovers FC	Tai Phoon	Mataba DPMM	Gavin Bee	Thampines Rovers FC	Sherudin Mamatdovic vs. Qixying FC (10/3/2023)
April	Christos Chua	Qixying FC	Ilhan Ali	Qixying FC	Ali Noor	Qixying FC	Gareth Fayle vs. Daau United II (13/4/2023)
May	Jayden Yio	MKHFC	Christos Chua	Qixying FC	Ali Noor	Qixying FC	Jayden Yio vs. Qixying FC (21/5/2023)
June	Kenchiro Davies	Sembalang Knights FC	Moritz Faizal Radewaldt	Catang Evergrande FC	Sadif Sulaiman	Sembalang Knights FC	Jayden Yio vs. Daau United II (1/6/2023)