Singapore

On 5 August 1892, the Singapore Football Association (SFA) met to discuss awarding a challenge cup and medals for the winning team in the cup competition that had taken place that year. The SFA was exempted from the formal requirements of the Societies Ordinance, as published in the Government Gazette in September that year.

On 14 May 1929, the SFA changed its name to the Singapore Amateur Football Association (SAFA), to distinguish itself from the Selangor Football Association.

On 13 January 1966, after the independence of Singapore in 1965, the SAFA changed its name to the Football Association of Singapore. The FAS had to re-apply for FIFA membership.

The FAS council was first appointed by the government in 1968, and has been controlled continually by government appointees for more than three decades from the 1980s to 2015. From 2004 to 2015, its president had been an elected member of the ruling People's Action Party, and was appointed by the Minister for Sports.

The Football Association of Singapore was registered as a society under Singapore's Societies Act 1966 on 11 February 1982.

In 2015, FIFA requested an end to political appointments of the national body's council members. FAS therefore changed its constitution in 2016 and held general elections for its council members starting from 2017. In response, the FAS also stated that "We have always been in consultation with FIFA over the last 30 years. They are aware of the uniqueness of our situation, and have always given us special dispensation."

As a result in the change of constitution, FAS, on the request of FIFA and its past presidents, held its first election for the FAS council. The election was contested by two teams led by Lim Kia Tong, FAS provisional council president, and Bill Ng, chairman of Hougang United and NFL side, Tiong Bahru FC. The election was held on 29 April 2017 and Lim won the elections.