Geylang United FC
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| Full name | Geylang United Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Eagles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Bedok Stadium Bedok, Singapore |
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| Capacity | 4,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Patrick Ang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Team Coach | Lim Tong Hai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | S.League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Geylang United Football Club is a professional soccer club which plays in Singapore's S.League.
The club was founded in 1973, initially under the name International Contract Specialists. It changed its name to Geylang International in 1975, and then to Geylang United in 1996.
Prior to the formation of the S.League, the club played in Singapore's National Football League (from 1975-1987) and Premier League (from 1988-1995). They were the dominant team in Singapore during this period, winning nine league titles.
The club were founder members of the S.League in 1996, and captured the inaugural championship title that year. In its inaugural season, the S.League competition was split into two series. In each series, the eight teams in the league played each other home and away, and the table-topping teams from each of the two series then met each other in a season-ending play-off match to determine the champions. Captained by Singapore's most famous soccer star Fandi Ahmad, Geylang won the first series. The second series was won by the Singapore Armed Forces Football Club (SAFFC). Geylang then beat SAFFC 2-1 in the final play-off to be crowned the first S.League champions.
The club captured the S.League title for a second time in 2001.
Geylang United's home ground is Bedok Stadium. Their mascot is an eagle, and the team is nicknamed "the Eagles".
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[edit] Record
[edit] S.League record
- 2006 - 10th place
- 2005 - 8th place
- 2004 - 7th place
- 2003 - Runners-up
- 2002 - 3rd place
- 2001 - Champions
- 2000 - 3rd place
- 1999 - 4th place
- 1998 - 3rd place
- 1997 - 5th place
- 1996 - Champions (Series 1: 1st place; Series 2: 5th place; beat the Singapore Armed Forces Football Club 2-1 in the championship final)
[edit] Pre-S.League championship titles
[edit] Cup wins
- Singapore FA Cup: 1996
- President's Cup: 1976, 1978, 1990, 1991 & 1995
[edit] Famous Players
[edit] Current squad
Nationality given from place of birth
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[edit] External links
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S.League 2007 clubs
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