Football Classes for 3, 4 and 5 Year Olds in Singapore: 9 Academies (2026)

8 October 2026 · 9 min read

TL;DR – The Quick Version

We checked every academy Jungle lists for football at ages 3 to 5 against its own website, and 9 run a class for children that young. At 3, four academies take your child, and two want a parent on the pitch. From 4, the parent's role shrinks and most sessions run 60 to 90 minutes. Five academies publish a clear rate, from $35 to $49 a session, and eight run a free trial. Browse football classes for kids on Jungle.

Five of the 14 football names Jungle lists for this age do not coach young children: two are futsal courts for hire, and three teach basketball, martial arts or a mix of sports. The other nine differ more than their age ranges suggest. At Borussia Academy, 3-year-olds chase the ball with a parent. At Turf City FC, they train indoors, one coach to four children. At F17, a 4-year-old joins a two-hour session for ages 4 to 12.

This guide covers the nine academies on Jungle that run a football class for preschool children aged 3, 4 or 5. We checked each one on its own website, timetable, fee sheet or terms on 7 October 2026. Every card says what a child of this age does, for how long, whether a parent joins in or watches, where sessions run, and what it costs where the academy publishes it.

Start with what changes between 3, 4 and 5, then the three quick picks. After that every academy is grouped by the area of its main venue for this age. Most train at several venues, so each area also lists the other academies' sessions nearby.

Football at 3, 4 and 5, at a glance

At 3Four academies, 60 minutes, two with a parent on the pitch

At 4Seven academies, 60 minutes to two hours

At 5All nine academies, including Barça and JSSL

Price a session$35 to $49, at the five academies with a clear rate

Trial classFree at eight academies, $10 at F17

Academies on Jungle9

At 3Four academies, 60 minutes, two with a parent on the pitchAt 4Seven academies, 60 minutes to two hoursAt 5All nine academies, including Barça and JSSLPrice a session$35 to $49, at the five academies with a clear rateTrial classFree at eight academies, $10 at F17Academies on Jungle9

Young players dribbling through cones at F17 Football Academy. Photo: Jungle

At 3, four academies take your child, and two want you on the pitch. Borussia says parents are a key part of its Bambini Club for 3 and 4-year-olds. Lion City Sailors' toddler class, Little Sailors, is parent-assisted from two and a half. Euro Soccer's Tots Kickers and Turf City's indoor class also start at 3, and neither says whether parents stay. All four run 60 minutes, and football training for 3 and 4-year-olds here is built on games.

At 4, seven academies take your child, and the parent's role shrinks. Little Sailors Stage 2, for 3.5 to 5, has less parent involvement, and Lion City Sailors' Under-4 to Under-6 groups ask parents to watch from outside the training area. Borussia still has parents running with 4-year-olds. EuroAsia FC, F17 and Technique Pro all start at 4, and none says whether parents stay. Sessions run 60 to 75 minutes, except F17's two hours.

At 5, every academy here will take your child. Barça Academy and JSSL both start at 5, and JSSL's Under-5 and Under-6 groups train for 90 minutes with internal league games. Small-sided matches arrive at this age: EuroAsia plays 2v2 and 3v3 games, and the top level of Lion City Sailors' Learn to Play curriculum ends with 3v3 match rules. A child born in 2020 moves into Turf City's 90-minute outdoor Under-7 group.

Is your child ready for a football class?

They can follow a coach for an hour. Every class here with a published length runs at least 60 minutes. If not yet, start with a parent-assisted class at Borussia or Lion City Sailors.
They are happy to play while you watch from the side. Lion City Sailors asks parents to stay outside the training area from Under-4. If not yet, Little Sailors and Borussia's Bambini Club let you join in.
They cope with heat and the odd shower. Several academies train outdoors, and Borussia, Lion City Sailors and EuroAsia keep training in rain unless there is lightning. If that is a worry, Turf City trains in an air-conditioned room and F17 uses a sheltered pitch on two of its three days.

If one of the three is not there yet, a trial session will tell you more than any checklist. Eight of the nine academies run a free trial: Barça, Borussia, Euro Soccer, EuroAsia, JSSL, Lion City Sailors, Technique Pro and Turf City. F17's trial costs $10.

Quick picks

Best first class with you on the pitch

Borussia Academy Singapore

Young players at Borussia Academy Singapore. Photo: Jungle

Bambini Club puts parents on the pitch: the academy says 3 and 4-year-olds feel more secure chasing the ball with a parent, and builds the hour around 40 small-team games it designed. It is the cheaper of the two parent-and-child options here, at $40 a session against about $49 on Lion City Sailors' 12-session Little Sailors pack. The catch is one slot a week, Saturday at 8am, outdoors at SkyPark Arena in Ulu Pandan.

Price: $360 for a 9-week term ($40 a session), plus a one-off $100 registration that includes a jersey and shorts. Free trial.
Book on Jungle: Borussia Academy Singapore

Best value

Lion City Sailors Football School

The Lion City Sailors Training Centre pitch on Mattar Road. Photo: Jungle

Lion City Sailors has the lowest published price per session for this age: $34.88 including GST for the 60-minute Under-4 to Under-6 class, on a 12-session term. It also runs the most sessions, at five venues from Ang Mo Kio to Dairy Farm, plus the parent-assisted Little Sailors class at Kallang and Jalan Kayu, which you can pay for one session at a time. Registration adds $87.20, with kit included.

Price: $418.56 for a 12-session Under-4 to Under-6 term ($35 a session, GST included). Little Sailors is $54.50 for one session or $588.60 for 12. Free trial.
Book on Jungle: Lion City Sailors, Mattar Road

If they get serious

JSSL Singapore FC

Young players with a JSSL coach. Photo: Jungle

JSSL's Next Gen groups for Under-5s and Under-6s train for 90 minutes, the longest published here after F17, with internal league games and player reports. From Under-7, players who show commitment and ability can move into its Elite Program, three days a week with National Youth League matches. A partnership with Tampines Rovers FC gives selected players a further step. The catch: JSSL says it starts at 5 and does not publish the birth years for Under-5.

Price: $588 for a 12-session term ($49 a session), or $510 early bird. $120 registration including kit, a $90 refundable deposit, and GST where applicable. Free trial.
Book on Jungle: JSSL Singapore FC

Football academies for 3 to 5 year olds, by area

Balestier and Toa Payoh Holland and Ulu Pandan East and Kallang North-east West

Balestier and Toa Payoh

JSSL Singapore FC

Balestier · Farrer Park MRT (NE8), 510 m

Ages 5 to 690 min3 venues$49 a session

Next Gen runs separate Under-5 and Under-6 groups at the HQ in Balestier: games and challenges, coordination and movement work, first technique, and internal league games. At SAFRA Tampines and Tanglin Trust School the youngest share a slot with older age groups. JSSL has moved its HQ from Woodleigh Park to Balestier Road. It publishes no rain policy, group size or birth years for Under-5, so ask whether a 4-year-old can join.

Times: Under-5 and Under-6 at the HQ on Wednesday 5pm, Saturday 9am and 5pm, and Sunday 9am. A combined Under-5, 6 and 8 group at SAFRA Tampines on Saturday 9am, and a combined Under-5 to Under-12 group at Tanglin Trust School on Saturday 4pm.
Price: $588 for a 12-session term ($49 a session), or $510 early bird. $120 registration including kit, a $90 refundable deposit, and GST where applicable.
Trial: Free. Parents can watch.
Address: JSSL HQ @ Premier Pitch SCRC, 49 Balestier Road, Singapore 329676. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: JSSL Singapore FC

Technique Pro Football Academy

Balestier · Farrer Park MRT (NE8), 540 m

Ages 4 to 660 minSaturday only$43 a session

The Fundamental Football Program teaches beginners basic skills, how the game works and how to play as a team, building up to confidence in matches. Its FAQ says the academy takes children from 3, but the only published slot is for 4 to 6. Packs expire, so seven sessions must be used within nine weeks. There are no cash refunds, and a session stopped by weather after halfway counts as held.

Times: Saturday 9.20am to 10.20am.
Price: $300 for 7 sessions ($43 a session), or $60 for a single session. New players add a $50 registration that includes a jersey and shorts.
Trial: Free.
Address: Singapore Indian Association, 69 Balestier Road, Singapore 329677. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Technique Pro Football Academy

Turf City FC

Balestier · Farrer Park MRT (NE8), 600 m

Ages 3 to 660 minIndoor, air-conditioned1 coach to 4

The class for children born 2021 to 2023 runs in an air-conditioned room at Ceylon Sports Club, rain or shine, with one coach to up to four children. It works on agility, balance and coordination, then football basics through small challenges and competitions. A child born in 2020 joins the 90-minute outdoor Under-7 group at SkyPark in Ulu Pandan instead. The club has a no-refunds policy.

Times: Saturday 4pm, and Sunday 9.30am and 10.30am. Sunday 4pm, Tuesday 5pm and Wednesday 5pm are listed as opening later. From the club's information pack dated 30 June 2026.
Price: The fee card lists $55 for this 60-minute indoor class, "payment per 10 sessions", without saying whether $55 covers one session or ten. Contact them to confirm. Registration is $30 and a uniform set $50.
Trial: Free.
Address: Ceylon Sports Club, 101 Balestier Road, Singapore 329678. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Turf City FC

EuroAsia FC

Toa Payoh · Caldecott MRT (TE9/CC17), 320 m

Ages 4 to 675 minSaturday onlyAbout $49 a session

Stage 1, for children born 2020 to 2022, starts with running, jumping and balance, then first ball skills and 2v2 or 3v3 games so every child plays. The academy says it involves parents but not how. The 75-minute group trains at SJI International. Read the terms first: cancelling needs 30 days' written notice, the official kit is compulsory and its price is not published.

Times: Saturday 10am to 11.15am at SJI International. A 60-minute indoor session for ages 4 to 8 runs at The Cage on Norfolk Road on Saturday at 3pm and 4pm. Season 2026 timetable.
Price: $585 a quarterly term for one session a week. EuroAsia's terms value one class at $48.75, about $49 a session.
Trial: Free, with a coach's assessment.
Address: SJI International School, 5 Toa Payoh West, Singapore 318877. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: EuroAsia FC

Also in this area: Barça Academy trains at SJI International too, though it does not say which ages train where. See Barça Academy.

Holland and Ulu Pandan

Borussia Academy Singapore

Ulu Pandan · Dover MRT (EW22), 1.1 km

Ages 3 to 660 minParent joins at 3 and 4$40 a session

Bambini Club is non-competitive and built on 40 group games the academy designed to teach football basics and playing in a small team. Children born 2022 to 2023 train first, with parents running alongside; children born 2020 to 2021 follow. The academy works in partnership with Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach. Bambini Club now trains at SkyPark Arena, not at GESS on Dairy Farm Lane. Training continues in rain and stops for lightning.

Times: Saturday 8am (born 2022 to 2023) and 9am (born 2020 to 2021), for the term ending 17 October 2026.
Price: $360 for a 9-week term ($40 a session), plus a one-off $100 registration that includes a jersey and shorts.
Trial: Free, on a date the academy suggests.
Address: SkyPark Arena @ Holland, 102 Ulu Pandan Road, Singapore 597806. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Borussia Academy Singapore

Euro Soccer Academy

Ulu Pandan · Dover MRT (EW22), 1.1 km

Ages 3 to 560 min3 venuesFree trial

Tots Kickers is a football-only class for 3 to 5-year-olds, built on movement, coordination and ball control through games. The academy describes a session as a warm-up, ball work around coloured cones and small goals, team games that practise listening, then a cool-down with football stories or songs. Each venue has one Tots slot a week. Fees, group size, rain policy and whether parents stay are not published.

Times: Tuesday 5.30pm at SRC on the Padang, Thursday 5.30pm at SkyPark Arena in Ulu Pandan, and Saturday 4.30pm at The Cage at Dempsey. Season 2026/27 Term One.
Price: Euro Soccer Academy does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: Free, booked by WhatsApp.
Address: SkyPark Arena @ Holland Village, 102 Ulu Pandan Road, Singapore 597806. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Euro Soccer Academy

Also nearby: EuroAsia's indoor Saturday sessions for ages 4 to 8 at The Cage on Norfolk Road, and JSSL's combined Under-5 to Under-12 group at Tanglin Trust School on Portsdown Road. See EuroAsia FC and JSSL Singapore FC.

East and Kallang

Lion City Sailors Football School

Mattar · Mattar MRT (DT25), 240 m

Ages 2.5 to 660 minParent joins in Little SailorsFrom $35 a session

Little Sailors is play-based. Stage 1, for 2.5 to 4, is parent-assisted, with balance, running and jumping games and first kicks; Stage 2, for 3.5 to 5, has less parent involvement and adds passing, shooting and small-sided games. The Under-4 to Under-6 Football School groups children by a skills checklist, and parents watch from outside the training area. Term fees are non-refundable, and training continues in rain unless there is lightning.

Times: Little Sailors on Sunday 9am and 10am (2.5 to 4) and 11am (3.5 to 5) at Kallang Cage, and Wednesday 6pm (2.5 to 4) at The Sports Arina in Jalan Kayu. Under-4 to Under-6 on Saturday 8am at Mattar Road, and on Saturdays at GESS, SAFRA Tampines and Jalan Kayu, Sundays at ITE Ang Mo Kio and Wednesday 5pm at Jalan Kayu.
Price: Under-4 to Under-6: $418.56 for a 12-session term ($35 a session, GST included). Little Sailors: $588.60 for 12 sessions used within four months (about $49 each), $313.92 for 6, or $54.50 for one. Terms and packs add $87.20 registration including kit and a $50 refundable deposit.
Trial: Free.
Address: Lion City Sailors Training Centre, 8 Mattar Road, Singapore 387727. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Lion City Sailors, Mattar Road

Barça Academy Singapore

Aljunied · Aljunied MRT (EW9), 670 m

From 5FC Barcelona methodFree tryout

Barça Academy teaches FC Barcelona's training methodology to ages 5 to 16, with individual progress reports for every player, and fields more than 50 competitive teams. It is the one academy here that publishes almost nothing about its youngest class: no class name, length, timetable or fees. Its help page, last updated in 2025, says players must be born in 2020 or earlier, so confirm that a 5-year-old born in 2021 can join.

Times: Not published. The academy trains at Nexus International School in Aljunied, St Patrick's School on East Coast Road, SJI International and The Perse School on Chestnut Drive.
Price: Barça Academy Singapore does not publish its fees online. Contact them for current prices.
Trial: A free tryout session at any of the four venues.
Address: Nexus International School, 1 Aljunied Walk, Singapore 387293. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: Barça Academy Singapore

F17 Football Academy

Ubi · Eunos MRT (EW7), 500 m

Ages 4 to 12 together2 hoursSheltered pitchTrial $10

The Recreational Programme is one group for ages 4 to 12, and the site does not say whether younger children train separately. Coaches show an activity, then set challenges for players to solve instead of repeating drills. Sessions run two hours, 5pm to 7pm, the longest here for a 4-year-old. You commit to at least three months, payments are non-refundable, and a $100 starter package of kit and insurance is compulsory.

Times: Wednesday and Sunday 5pm to 7pm at CharisTurf in Ubi, which is sheltered, and Saturday 5pm to 7pm on the Dunman Secondary School field in Tampines. From 1 October 2026.
Price: $624 for three months at one session a week, or $1,190 for six months. F17 does not say how many sessions three months covers. Contact them to confirm. New players add the $100 starter package.
Trial: $10 for a full session, paid in advance.
Address: CharisTurf, Kembangan-Chai Chee Community Hub, 11 Jalan Ubi, Block 1, #01-01, Singapore 409074. Google Maps
Book on Jungle: F17 Football Academy

Also in the East: Lion City Sailors and JSSL both run sessions for this age at SAFRA Tampines on Saturdays, F17 trains on the Dunman Secondary School field in Tampines, and Barça Academy trains at St Patrick's School on East Coast Road. Little Sailors meets at Kallang Cage on Sunday mornings. See Lion City Sailors, JSSL, F17 and Barça Academy.

North-east

No academy here is based in the North-east, but Lion City Sailors runs Under-4 to Under-6 sessions at ITE Ang Mo Kio on Sundays and at The Sports Arina in Jalan Kayu on Wednesdays and Saturdays, where Little Sailors also meets on Wednesday evenings. See Lion City Sailors.

West

Lion City Sailors runs Under-4 to Under-6 sessions at GESS on Dairy Farm Lane on Saturdays, and Barça Academy trains at The Perse School on Chestnut Drive. See Lion City Sailors and Barça Academy.

What changes at 6 and 7

Between 6 and 7, most academies here group children by birth year and start team football. Turf City moves children born in 2020 to a 90-minute outdoor Under-7 group. JSSL's Elite Program starts at Under-7, three days a week. Borussia's league teams start at 7 by coach selection and train twice a week, and F17's Development Programme starts at 7 by selection or assessment. EuroAsia's Stage 2 starts at 7, with sessions on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

If you want football as a hobby without league matches, ask before you enrol. Borussia's Bambini Club is non-competitive, and Lion City Sailors keeps a recreational General route to Under-12 alongside its Competitive one. League fees are usually extra: $250 a season at Turf City, a separate end-of-season fee at Borussia, and separate league and tournament fees at EuroAsia.

How we picked these

Every academy here is listed on Jungle. We checked each academy Jungle lists for football at these ages on its own website, timetable, fee sheet or terms, and kept the nine that run a football class for children aged 3, 4 or 5 and are still trading. Where a class mixes ages or runs at several venues, the card says so.

The quick picks are our judgement: the parent-and-child class at the lowest published price, the lowest published price per session, and the clearest route into team football. Fees, trials and timetables were read on 7 October 2026.

At a glance

School	From age	Price and trial
Barça Academy Singapore	5	Fees not published. Free tryout
Borussia Academy Singapore	3, parent joins	$40 a session, free trial
Euro Soccer Academy	3	Fees not published. Free trial
EuroAsia FC	4	About $49 a session, free trial
F17 Football Academy	4	$624 for 3 months, sessions not stated. Trial $10
JSSL Singapore FC	5	$49 a session, free trial
Lion City Sailors Football School	2.5, parent joins	From $35 a session, free trial
Technique Pro Football Academy	4	$43 a session, free trial
Turf City FC	3	$55, unclear if per session. Free trial