The Ready2Kick parent guide
Football for girls in Singapore: what parents should know
Mixed sessions or girls-only? What each offers, which academies run girls-only groups, and what to ask before her first session.
If your daughter wants to play football, you have more options than a search for “girls' football” might suggest. This guide covers the two kinds of session she can join, the academies that run girls-only groups, and the questions worth asking. It's based on the published timetables of 39 academies.
Mixed or girls-only: she can try either
Most of the 671 weekly sessions we list aren't labelled girls-only. Many academies run mixed groups, and girls-only groups are a smaller extra option. Neither is the “right” one; it depends on your daughter.
Mixed sessions
- Far more of them, so more choice of days, times and places near home.
- She'll train alongside boys, and may be one of only a few girls.
- Ask: is she welcome in this group, and how many girls usually come?
Girls-only sessions
- Some girls find it easier to start among other girls.
- Fewer to choose from, mostly in Central Singapore. Saturday has the most listed sessions.
- Ask: is there a group for her age, and is it for beginners or a competitive team?
24girls-only sessions a week7academies19in Central11on Saturdays
Academies with girls-only sessions
These are the girls-only sessions in our catalogue, summarised by academy. Ages and times are as each academy publishes them. Each academy's page has the full timetable, where we found it and when we checked.
British Football Academy
Girls U8, U10 and U12 · Tanglin Rugby Club, Central
Wednesdays and Saturdays · Free trial
See full timetable →ANZA Soccer
Girls-only league for ages 7–14, plus G10–G14 teams · Dempsey and Holland, Central
Saturday league with a free trial; Monday teams by tryout · Confirm the age group with ANZA
See full timetable →English Football School
Ages 4–6 and 7+ · Sentosa, Central
Monday and Wednesday evenings · Trial
See full timetable →Young Eagles FC
Ages 5–8 and 9–12 · Singapore Chinese Girls’ School, Central
Saturday evenings · Free trial
See full timetable →Real Madrid Foundation
Girls’ programme for ages 4–17 · Central and West Coast
Saturdays and Sundays · Trial; ask which group she’d join
See full timetable →Foundation Football Club
Ages not published · Swiss Club, Central
Saturday mornings · Ask the academy
See full timetable →Lion City Sailors Football School
Competitive girls’ training · Ang Mo Kio, Tampines and the West
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday · Tryout, with a free trial
See full timetable →Clubs that don't publish a timetable aren't included, so there may be other girls-only sessions. Timetables change each term, so confirm with the academy before you go.
Age groups can work differently for girls
Some leagues and clubs let girls play one age group down. For example, in ANZA Soccer's mixed groups, a girl born in 2017 plays with boys born in 2018. JSSL, the Singapore Youth League and the Young Eagles League publish similar rules for matches. It isn't the same everywhere, so ask the academy which group she'd join.
JSSLSingapore Youth LeagueYoung Eagles LeagueANZA's age groups
Training sessions and teams
The sessions above are weekly training. Some academies also enter teams in Sunday leagues, and a few, like ANZA's competition teams and Lion City Sailors' competitive girls, select players at a tryout. If she enjoys matches, ask whether the academy also offers a team or league programme.
What to ask an academy
- Are there other girls in the group?
- Is there a girls-only option for her age?
- Which age group would she join?
- Can she try a beginner session?
- Are there opportunities to play matches?
How we counted
We counted the regular weekly sessions that 39 academies publish on their own websites, checked between 1 and 6 October 2026. A session counts as girls-only when the academy labels it that way. League rules come from each organiser's published rules, checked in early October 2026.