S.League

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S.League

Yeo's Great Eastern S.League logo
Country Singapore
Other club(s) from Brunei, Japan, Malaysia
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Founded 1996
First season 1996
Number of teams 12
Levels on pyramid 1
Domestic cup(s) Singapore Cup
Singapore League Cup
Singapore Charity Shield
International cup(s) AFC Cup
Current champions Tampines Rovers
(2013)
Most championships SAFFC (8 titles)
TV partners StarHub TV
Astro Arena
ESPN STAR Sports
Website SLeague.com
2013 S.League

The S.League is the top men's professional association football league in Singapore. The league was launched in 1996. It has 12 clubs.

History

There has been a football competition in Singapore since 1904; it was organised by the Singapore Amateur Football Association.[1] In 1952, it was superseded by the Football Association of Singapore.[1] The league was played as FAS Premier League from 1988 to 1995. Preparations for the creating of a new league were started in 1995 with the initial season played out in 1996.[2]

Format

The league is played out as a double round-robin tournament, whereby each team faces the other teams twice. The champion is crowned at the end of the season. Tiebreaker in the standings are in descending order: Points, goal difference, goals for, number of wins (each in all matches), if still tied same tiebreakers are used on matches between tied teams, if still tied, better fair play record and eventually the draw will decide the finishing position. There is no relegation or promotion system in the league.

Clubs

A total of 21 clubs have played in the S.League from its inception in 1995 up to and including the 2011 season. The following 12 clubs are competing in the S.League during the 2013 season. Gombak United announced at the end of the 2012 campaign that they would take a year's sabbatical from the game.[3]

Current clubs

Former clubs

Past champions

Season Club
1996Singapore Geylang United FC
1997Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC
1998Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC
1999Singapore Home United FC
2000Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC
2001Singapore Geylang United FC
2002Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC
2003Singapore Home United FC
2004Singapore Tampines Rovers FC
2005Singapore Tampines Rovers FC
2006Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC
2007Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC
2008Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC
2009Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC
2010France Etoile FC
2011Singapore Tampines Rovers FC
2012Singapore Tampines Rovers FC
2013Singapore Tampines Rovers FC
[1]

Annual awards

Top Scorers

Season Name Club Goals
1996Croatia Eres JureSingapore Armed Forces FC29
1997Croatia Goran PaulicBalestier Khalsa FC
1998Romania Bogdan BrasoveanuTampines Rovers21
1999Croatia Mirko GrabovacSingapore Armed Forces FC23
2000Croatia Mirko GrabovacSingapore Armed Forces FC19
2001Croatia Mirko GrabovacSingapore Armed Forces FC42
2002Singapore Mirko Grabovac*Singapore Armed Forces FC36
2003Brazil Peres de OliveiraHome United37
2004Brazil Egmar GoncalvesHome United30
2005Croatia Mirko GrabovacTampines Rovers26
2006Morocco Laakkad AbdelhadiWoodlands Wellington FC15
2007Singapore Aleksandar ĐurićSingapore Armed Forces FC37
2008Singapore Aleksandar ĐurićSingapore Armed Forces FC28
2009Singapore Aleksandar ĐurićSingapore Armed Forces FC28
2010France Frédéric MendyEtoile FC21
2011Bosnia and Herzegovina Mislav KaroglanSingapore Armed Forces FC33
2012France Frédéric MendyHome United20

*Mirko Grabovac was a Singapore citizen when he won the Top Scorer award in 2003.

Player of the Year Award

Season Name Club
1996Croatia Ivica RagužSingapore Armed Forces FC
1997Singapore Nazri NasirBalestier Khalsa FC
1998Singapore S. SubramaniTanjong Pagar United FC
1999Hungary Zsolt BücsHome United FC
2000Croatia Mirko GrabovacSingapore Armed Forces FC
2001Singapore Daniel BennettTanjong Pagar United FC
2002Thailand Therdsak ChaimanSingapore Armed Forces FC
2003Brazil Peres de OliveiraHome United
2004Thailand Surachai JaturapattarapongHome United
2005Singapore Noh Alam ShahTampines Rovers
2006Morocco Laakkad AbdelhadiWoodlands Wellington FC
2007Singapore Aleksandar ĐurićSingapore Armed Forces FC
2008Singapore Aleksandar ĐurićSingapore Armed Forces FC
2009Cameroon Valery HiekHome United
2010Singapore Shahril IshakHome United
2011Bosnia and Herzegovina Mislav KaroglanSingapore Armed Forces FC
2012Singapore Aleksandar ĐurićTampines Rovers
2013South Korea Lee Kwan WooHome United Fc

Young Player of the Year

Season Name Club
1996Singapore Robin ChitrakarGeylang United
1997Singapore Ahmad Latiff KhamaruddinGeylang United
1998Singapore Lim Soon SengTanjong Pagar United FC
1999Singapore Yazid YasinHome United FC
2000Singapore Indra Sahdan DaudGeylang United
2001Singapore Indra Sahdan DaudHome United
2002Singapore Noh Alam ShahSembawang Rangers
2003Singapore Baihakki KhaizanGeylang United
2004Bosnia and Herzegovina Fahrudin Mustafić*Tampines Rovers
2005Canada Issey Nakajima-FarranAlbirex Niigata (S)
2006Cameroon Kengne LudovickBalestier Khalsa
2007Singapore Shariff Abdul SamatTampines Rovers
2008Singapore Khairul AmriTampines Rovers
2009Nigeria Gabriel ObatolaGombak United
2010Singapore Hariss HarunYoung Lions
2011Japan Tatsuro InuiAlbirex Niigata (S)
2012Malaysia Wan Zack HaikalHarimau Muda A

*Fahrudin Mustafić was still a Bosnian citizen when he won the Young Player of the Year award in 2004.

Coach of the Year

Season Name Club
1996Singapore Vincent SubramaniamSingapore Armed Forces FC
1997Singapore Vincent SubramaniamSingapore Armed Forces FC
1998Singapore Jita SinghSembawang Rangers
1999Netherlands Robert AlbertsHome United FC
2000Singapore Fandi AhmadSingapore Armed Forces FC
2001South Korea Jang JungGeylang United
2002Malaysia M. KarathuWoodlands Wellington
2003Australia Scott O'DonellGeylang United
2004Thailand Vorawan ChitavanichTampines Rovers
2005Thailand Vorawan ChitavanichTampines Rovers
2006Singapore Richard BokSingapore Armed Forces FC
2007Singapore Richard BokSingapore Armed Forces FC
2008Japan Hiroaki HiraokaAlbirex Niigata (S)
2009Singapore Richard BokSingapore Armed Forces FC
2010Thailand Vorawan ChitavanichTampines Rovers
2011Japan Koichi SugiyamaAlbirex Niigata (S)
2012Croatia Vjeran SimunićBrunei DPMM FC

People's Choice Award

Season Name Club
2002Serbia Sead MuratovićTampines Rovers
2003Singapore Indra Sahdan DaudHome United
2004Singapore Agu CasmirYoung Lions
2005Singapore Zulkarnaen ZainalTampines Rovers
2006Singapore Khairul AmriYoung Lions
2007Singapore Aleksandar ĐurićSingapore Armed Forces FC
2008Cameroon Kengne LudovickHome United
2009Nigeria Gabriel ObatolaGombak United
2010Singapore Shahril JantanSingapore Armed Forces FC
2011Singapore Safuwan BaharudinCourts Young Lions
2012Malaysia Wan Zack HaikalHarimau Muda A

Fair Play Award

Season Club
1996Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC
1997Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC
1998Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC
1999Singapore Geylang United FC
2000Singapore Sembawang Rangers FC
2001Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC
2002Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC
2003Singapore Young Lions
2004Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
2005Singapore Young Lions
2006Singapore Young Lions
2007Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
2008South Korea Super Reds FC
2009Singapore Home United
2010Singapore Tampines Rovers
2011Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
2012Japan Albirex Niigata (S)

Special awards

100 S.League goals

Season Name Club
2002Croatia Mirko GrabovacSingapore Armed Forces FC
2003Singapore Indra Sahdan DaudHome United
2003Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Đurić*Geylang United
2004Singapore Egmar GoncalvesHome United
2005Singapore Noh Alam ShahTampines Rovers
2005Brazil Peres De OliveiraHome United
2007Singapore Agu CasmirGombak United
2008South Korea Park Tae-WonWoodlands Wellington
2010Singapore Mohd Noor AliWoodlands Wellington

Aleksandar Đurić only converted his nationality to Singaporean in 2007.

200 S.League goals

Season Name Club
2005Singapore Mirko Grabovac*Tampines Rovers
2007Singapore Aleksandar ĐurićSingapore Armed Forces FC

Mirko Grabovac was a Singaporean when he won the 200 S.League Goals award in 2005.

300 S.League goals

Season Name Club
2010Singapore Aleksandar ĐurićTampines Rovers

All-time records by clubs

Pts#
Club [4]
Seasons [5]
GP
W
(PK)
W
 D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
[6]
PPG
PPG#
1 Singapore Armed Forces FC 15 (1996-) 421 *(a) 276 2 70 73 1016 498 +518 902 2.143 1
2 Home United FC 15 (1996-) 420 236 2 78 104 863 545 +318 790 1.881 3
3 Tampines Rovers FC 15 (1996-) 420 210 3 85 122 817 563 +254 721 1.717 4
4 Geylang United FC 15 (1996-) 421 *a 186 3 90 142 688 546 +142 654 1.553 5
5 Woodlands Wellington FC 15 (1996-) 420 146 4 96 174 634 695 -61 536 *(b) 1.276 10
6 Balestier Khalsa FC 15 (1996-) 420 109 2 93 216 557 818 -261 424 1.010 15
7 Gombak United FC 10 (1998-02, 2006-) 289 93 0 74 122 396 458 -62 353 1.221 12
8 Tanjong Pagar United FC 9 (1996-04) 234 100 2 46 86 399 385 +14 350 1.496 6
9 Young Lions 8 (2003-) 246 85 1 60 100 363 402 -39 312 *(c) 1.268 11
10 Albirex Niigata FC 7 (2004-) 213 75 0 59 79 310 312 -2 284 1.333 9
11 Jurong FC 7 (1997-03) 179 70 7 29 73 261 274 -13 253 1.413 8
12 Sengkang Punggol FC 11 (1998-03, 2006-) 322 58 8 61 195 322 667 -345 251 0.780 20
13 Sembawang Rangers FC 8 (1996-03) 207 53 5 47 102 256 409 -149 216 1.043 13
14 Yishun Super Reds FC 3 (2007–09) 96 41 0 20 35 144 146 -2 143 1.490 7
15 Clementi Khalsa FC 4 (1999-02) 110 22 0 29 59 150 261 -111 95 0.864 18
16 Sinchi FC 3 (2003–05) 87 22 6 13 46 109 167 -58 88 *(d) 1.011 14
17 Etoile FC 1 (2010) 33 21 0 7 5 54 23 +31 70 2.121 2
18 Beijing Guoan Talent 1 (2010) 33 10 0 6 17 30 49 -19 31 *(e) 0.939 16
19 Liaoning Guangyuan FC 1 (2007) 33 8 0 5 20 33 63 -30 29 0.879 17
20 Sporting Afrique FC 1 (2006) 30 5 0 9 26 36 59 -23 24 0.800 19
21 Dalian Shide Siwu FC 1 (2008) 33 5 0 7 21 26 75 -55 22 0.667 21
22 Paya Lebar Punggol FC 1 (2005) 27 1 0 1 25 23 78 -55 4 0.148 22
23 Brunei DPMM FC 0 (2009 *e) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 23
  • *(a): Including the Title Playoff Game at the end of 1996 Season.
  • *(b): Woodlands Wellington FC had 6 points deducted for match walkout in 2007 Season.
  • *(c): Young Lions and Beijing Guoan Talent each had 5 points deducted for gross misconduct in 2010 Season.
  • *(d): Sinchi FC had 3 points deducted at the end of 2005 Season.
  • *(e): Brunei DPMM FC's results were expunged due to a FIFA ban in 2009 Season.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Singapore - List of Champions". RSSSF. 
  2. ↑ "History of S.League's creation". sleague.com. Retrieved 1 August 2011. 
  3. ↑ http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC121107-0000059/Gombaks-precautionary-exit Gombak's precautionary exit
  4. ↑ The latest names are used for clubs who had name changes, e.g. Home United FC was formerly known as Police FC.
  5. ↑ Up to the end of season 2010.
  6. ↑ Including points won through penalty shoot-outs in 2003 Season.

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