Aerion WFC

Aerion WFC
Full nameAerion Women's Football Club
Short nameAerion WFC
Founded2005
PresidentPamela Kong[1]
Head coachJeremy Chiang
LeagueWomen's Premier League
20244th
Websitehttps://www.theaerion.com

Aerion Women's Football Club is a professional women's football club based in the north-east of Singapore. The club was established in 2005 by a group of 5 footballers who wanted to promote women's football in the country.[2] Aerion participates as Still Aerion in the Women's Premier League and as Royal Arion in the Women's National League.

The first Singapore's all-women football club[3] fields teams in the Women's Premier League, Women's National League and has a football academy.[4]

History

Arion Women's Football Club was established by Yeong Sheau Shyan and her peers in 2005. It later became Arion Football Academy (Arion FA) in 2012.[2] [5] The name Arion was derived from a character in Greek mythology.[4][6] Arion has adopted Better, Stronger, Braver as its motto.[4][7] The club started to play in the Women's Premier League in 2006.[8] Arion FA started to send their B team to play in Women's National League in 2017. The club finished 8th.[9] Arion's first team was renamed as Still Aerion Women's FC. Both Still Aerion and Royal Arion competed in the 2019 Women's National League. Still Aerion finished as third and was promoted back to the Premier League, while Royal Arion finished 9th.[9]

Thailand national footballers Orapin Waenngoen, Sunisa Srangthaisong, Pikul Khueanpet and Waraporn Boonsing signed for Royal Arion in August 2023.[10] Royal Aerion clinched their first WNL title by beating Mattar Sailors in the final on 15 October 2023.[11] Royal Arion became the fifth winner in as many editions of the WNL, following Changi Village SRC (2017), Tampines Changkat CSC (2018), Tanjong Pagar United (2019), and Police Sports Association (2022). Orapin’s stunning 35-goal tally secured her the title of the top scorer.[12][13]

Head coaches

Still Aerion WFC

Head coach Career Achievements
Li Jing 2009[14]
Yeong Sheau Shyan 2017–2020 2017 Coach of the Year[15]
Hyrizan Jufri 2022[8]
Chris Yip-Au 2023
Jeremy Chiang 2024–present

Royal Arion WFC

Head coach Career Achievements
2023–present 2023 FAS Women's National League

Honours

Domestic

Arion Women's/Still Aerion

  • Women's Premier League
Runners-up (2): 2008,[16] 2016[8]
  • Women's Challenge Cup
Champion (1): 2009[14]
Runners-up (2): 2010,[17] 2019[18]

Royal Arion

  • Women's National League
Champion (1): 2023[19]

Records

Arion Women's / Still Aerion

Season League Pos Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2006 Women's Premier League 3rd 10 4 2 4 13 18 -5 14
2007 Women's Premier League 7th 7 4 2 1 15 7 8 14
2008 Women's Premier League 2nd 12 5 5 2 30 14 16 20
2009 Women's Premier League 3rd 5 3 0 2 18 7 11 9
2010 Women's Premier League 4th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 Women's Premier League 6th 10 1 3 6 2 13 -11 6
2012 Women's Premier League 6th 14 4 2 8 29 37 -8 14
2013 Women's Premier League 4th 15 9 1 5 49 25 24 28
2014 Women's Premier League 6th 16 5 8 3 17 15 2 23
2015 Women's Premier League 3rd 14 7 4 3 22 12 10 25
2016 Women's Premier League 2nd 20 16 1 3 52 10 42 49
2017 Women's Premier League 4th 12 2 3 7 7 19 -12 9
2018 Did not participate
2019 Women's National League 3th 9 6 1 2 53 7 46 19 (P)
2020 Competition not held due to Covid-19 Pandemic[20]
2021
2022 Women's Premier League 6th 12 3 1 8 11 29 -18 10
2023 Women's Premier League 7th 18 6 2 10 22 30 -8 20
2024 Women's Premier League 4th 16 8 4 4 38 27 +11 28

Cups

Season Cup Progress
2017 FAS FA Cup Second round
2018 FAS FA Cup
2019 FAS FA Cup Third round
2023 FAS FA Cup Second round

Royal Arion

Season League Pos Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Remarks
2017 Women's National League 8th 8 1 1 6 6 16 -10 4
2018 Did not participate
2019 Women's National League 9th 9 1 1 7 4 41 -37 4
2020 Competition not held due to Covid-19 Pandemic[20]
2021
2022 Women's National League
(Group A) 		1st 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 7 (Q) Third
2023 Women's National League 1st 7 7 0 0 49 0 49 21 (Q) Champions
2024 Women's National League 1st 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 16 (Q) Third

References

  1. ^ Kwek, Kimberly (5 March 2022). "Football: Club licensing system among plans to grow the local women's game".
  2. ^ a b Hevina, Kaur. "Women's soccer: Singapore's female football community". Active SG. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Arion undeterred by debut defeat". FAS. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "We are The Aerion". theaerion.com. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  5. ^ Tham, Ashley (7 January 2022). "Football: Women's game remains on the sidelines in Singapore". The Straits Times.
  6. ^ Afifah, Ariffin. "Arion Women's Football Club, Singapore's first all-female football club". Goal. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Arion - Mythopedia". mythopedia.com. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  8. ^ a b c "Club Guide: 2022 Deloitte Women's Premier League". FAS. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Women's National League table". Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  10. ^ Kwek, Kimberly (22 August 2023). "A serving of football with your food? Thai quartet spice up S'pore's Women's National League". The Straits Times.
  11. ^ Lee, David (22 October 2023). "Singapore second-tier women's football league will maintain Thai flavour in 2024 season". The Straits Times.
  12. ^ "Royal Arion are the 2023 FAS Women's National League champions". FAS. 15 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Strength in unity: Meet our 2024 WPL squad •". Instagram. Still Aerion WFC. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  14. ^ a b Li, Weiting (12 May 2009). "Arion Women's FC outclass Young Women in Football Association of Singapore Challenge Cup final". Red Sports.
  15. ^ "Women Footballers Close 2017 Season with FAS Women's Awards". FAS. 7 December 2017.
  16. ^ "Young Women clinch Women's Premier League". FAS. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  17. ^ "FAS Annual Report 2010" (PDF). FAS. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  18. ^ Nicole, Chia (19 October 2019). "Football: Tanjong Pagar avenge loss, win FAS Women's Challenge Cup". The Straits Times. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  19. ^ Lee, David (22 October 2023). "Singapore second-tier women's football league will maintain Thai flavour in 2024 season". The Straits Times. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  20. ^ a b "Women's Premier League returns with first-ever title sponsor". FAS. 4 May 2022.
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