In addition, the club will also enter a second team in the 2024–25 Brunei Super League, which is composed of mostly the under-20 team that won the FABD Under-20 Youth League earlier in the year.[2][3]
Review
Pre-season
The 2024–25 Singapore Premier League season will be the first season to be played over a winter schedule across two years. DPMM played a series of friendlies at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in which they were finally allowed to use the stadium after the conclusion of renovations since 2021.
On 19 April, DPMM along with Singaporean club Balestier Khalsa and Laotian club Young Elephants were invited by Malaysia Super League club Selangor to participate in the 2024 Selangor Asia Challenge pre-season mini tournament on 26–28 April.[5] DPMM registered a 4–0 loss to the hosts and a 3–3 draw against Balestier, which placed them in third for the tournament.[6][7]
On 30 April, a DPMM FC selection played an exhibition game against former English Premier League stars at the imagine Football Fiesta.[8] The game ended 4–2 to the home team.[9]
On 12 June, DPMM announced that Patrick Flottmann had suffered a ruptured ACL which will keep him away for a significant amount of the season.[14]
On 5 July, DPMM announced that head coach Rui Capela was leaving the club due to personal reasons, ahead of a 4–2 away loss to Balestier Khalsa.[15] He was replaced by Jamie McAllister four days after the announcement.[16]
The club endured a nine-match winless streak from 18 June, picking up only three points all at their home ground, until the fixture against Geylang International on 24 August where they recorded a 2–4 away win.[17][18]
DPMM produced their best performance of the season so far in a 3–2 win at their home ground against BG Tampines on 22 September, ending the Stags' unbeaten record while also ushering their first win of the season at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium.[19]
After scoring only six goals in 14 matches, Mexican import striker Julio Cruz was released by the club on 31 October 2024.[20]
Second half of season (Jan-May 2025)
DPMM prepared for the second half of the campaign by securing the signing of Serbian-born Iceland international centre-back Damir Muminovic to replace Flottmann as early as August.[21] They also boosted their defence by bringing back Wafi Aminuddin after a spell at Kasuka FC and also Na'im Tarif who was last with the club in 2016.[22] They bolstered their attack by signing Dāvis Ikaunieks from Latvia and also established Brunei international Hariz Danial Khallidden from MS ABDB.[22]
A week before they resumed their SPL season, DPMM played Malaysia Super League side Kuching City in a friendly at home on 4 January.[23] The two sides drew 1–1, with Muminovic scoring just five minutes into his first outing with the team.[24]
DPMM started the second half of the season with a 2–4 defeat to Lion City Sailors at home on 13 January 2025.[25]
DPMM FC fielded a mixture of current local players and their backroom management staff, including Ali Momin, one of the club's founding members. The EPL Legends also featured two new youthful DPMM signings, one of which was Safwan Zawawi Sazalee who converted a penalty against his current club.
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2025. Source: Singapore Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins Notes:
^ abTwo clubs – DPMM FC and the FAS under-23 team Young Lions, are ineligible for any AFC competition spots.
