Ahead of the 2023/2024 football season in
Europe’s top leagues, fans in Singapore can look forward to a week of
thrilling action as the city will host the inaugural Singapore
Festival of Football Driven by CDG Zig from 26 July to 2 August.
Premier League giants Liverpool FC will return to the National
Stadium at the Singapore Sports Hub for a second straight year, before the new season starts on 12 August.
Liverpool will be joined by German powerhouses FC
Bayern Munich and the surprise 2015/2016 Premier League champions Leicester
City FC.
The week-long fiesta will be opened by the Tiger Cup:
Tottenham Hotspur and AS Roma on 26 July,
with Tiger Beer featuring as the presenting partner.
Spurs,
Liverpool FC and FC Bayern Munich will also hold open training
sessions. The two English clubs will hold their sessions at the
55,000-seat National Stadium while FC Bayern Munich is expected
to announce details of their open training session in the coming
weeks.
Liverpool will play two matches at the National
Stadium after an open training session on 29 July. They will
defend their Standard Chartered Singapore Trophy, presented by
Standard Chartered, when they take on Leicester City on 30 July.
Liverpool will then return to the pitch on 2 August to contest the Singapore
Trophy, presented by Audi and Standard Chartered, against Bundesliga leaders FC Bayern Munich, who are making a
much-anticipated return to Singapore since their last visit in
2017.
The Singapore Festival of Football Driven by CDG
Zig is the first large-scale football event with multiple matches
featuring European clubs to be held in the city since 2019.
The Singapore Festival of Football Driven by CDG
Zig is organised by TEG Sport, the team behind last year’s
Standard Chartered Singapore Trophy, in which Liverpool defeated
fellow English club Crystal Palace FC 2-0 in front of over 50,000
fans.
Patrick Lee, Cluster CEO, Singapore and ASEAN
Markets, Standard Chartered, said, “We are delighted to welcome
Liverpool FC to Singapore again, and look forward to the top-level
entertainment the team will bring to our clients, colleagues and
the communities here, along with the other leading European clubs.
Football has a unique ability to bring together people from all
walks of life and Standard Chartered is excited to be able to play
a leading role in delivering a memorable experience to fans in
Singapore, both on and off the pitch, at this inaugural football
extravaganza.”
Besides world-class football action, spectators
can also look forward to a series of entertaining offerings at the
Football Fan Interactive Festival Village throughout the week.
The
village will be open to the public on open training and match days
as well as on 1 August, a day before the final match between
Liverpool FC and FC Bayern Munich.
Complementing the main events at the National
Stadium, the village will be home to a wide range of engagement
activities as well as food and beverage options to give local and
foreign fans the complete festival experience.
Tickets for all the events for the Singapore
Festival of Football Driven by CDG Zig will go on general sale via
Ticketek Singapore from 10am on 22 May.
