S.League
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| Country | Singapore |
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| 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 (2012) |
| Most championships | SAFFC (8 titles) |
| TV partners | StarHub TV Astro Arena ESPN STAR Sports |
| Website | SLeague.com |
 2013 S.League |
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The S.League is the top men's professional association football league in Singapore. The league was launched in 1996 and currently involves 12 clubs.
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History [edit]
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competition in Singapore since 1904; it was organised by the Singapore Amateur Football Association.[1] In 1952, it was superseded by the Football Association of Singapore.[1] The league was played as FAS Premier League from 1988 to 1995.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]
Current format [edit]
The league is played out as a double round-robin tournament. In other words, each team faces the other teams twice. At the end of the season the champion is crowned. 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. Currently there is no relegation or promotion system in the league.
Clubs [edit]
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 [edit]
Albirex Niigata
Balestier Khalsa- Courts Young Lions
DPMM- Geylang International
Harimau Muda B- Home United
- Hougang United
- Tampines Rovers
- Tanjong Pagar United
- Warriors
- Woodlands Wellington
Former clubs [edit]
Beijing Guoan Talent- Dalian Shide Siwu
Etoile- Gombak United
- Jurong
- Liaoning Guangyuan
- Sembawang Rangers
- Sinchi
- Sporting Afrique
Super Reds
Past champions [edit]
Annual Awards [edit]
Top Scorers [edit]
| Season | Name | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 |  Eres Jure |
Singapore Armed Forces FC | 29 |
| 1997 | Goran Paulic |
Balestier Khalsa FC | |
| 1998 |  Stuart Young |
Home United FC | 15 |
| 1999 | Mirko Grabovac |
Singapore Armed Forces FC | 23 |
| 2000 | Mirko Grabovac |
Singapore Armed Forces FC | 19 |
| 2001 | Mirko Grabovac |
Singapore Armed Forces FC | 42 |
| 2002 |  Mirko Grabovac* |
Singapore Armed Forces FC | 36 |
| 2003 |  Peres de Oliveira |
Home United | 37 |
| 2004 | Egmar Goncalves |
Home United | 30 |
| 2005 | Mirko Grabovac |
Tampines Rovers | 26 |
| 2006 |  Laakkad Abdelhadi |
Woodlands Wellington FC | 15 |
| 2007 | Aleksandar Đurić |
Singapore Armed Forces FC | 37 |
| 2008 | Aleksandar Đurić |
Singapore Armed Forces FC | 28 |
| 2009 | Aleksandar Đurić |
Singapore Armed Forces FC | 28 |
| 2010 |  Frédéric Mendy |
Etoile FC | 21 |
| 2011 |  Mislav Karoglan |
Singapore Armed Forces FC | 33 |
| 2012 | Frédéric Mendy |
Home United | 20 |
*Mirko Grabovac was a Singapore citizen when he won the Top Scorer award in 2003.
Player of the Year Award [edit]
Young Player of the Year [edit]
*Fahrudin Mustafić was still a Bosnian citizen when he won the Young Player of the Year award in 2004.
Coach of the Year [edit]
People's Choice Award [edit]
| Season | Name | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 |  Sead Muratović |
Tampines Rovers |
| 2003 | Indra Sahdan Daud |
Home United |
| 2004 | Agu Casmir |
Young Lions |
| 2005 | Zulkarnaen Zainal |
Tampines Rovers |
| 2006 | Khairul Amri |
Young Lions |
| 2007 | Aleksandar Đurić |
Singapore Armed Forces FC |
| 2008 |  Kengne Ludovick |
Home United |
| 2009 |  Gabriel Obatola |
Gombak United |
| 2010 | Shahril Jantan |
Singapore Armed Forces FC |
| 2011 | Safuwan Baharudin |
Courts Young Lions |
| 2012 |  Wan Zack Haikal |
Harimau Muda A |
Fair Play Award [edit]
| Season | Club |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Singapore Armed Forces FC |
| 1997 | Singapore Armed Forces FC |
| 1998 | Singapore Armed Forces FC |
| 1999 | Geylang United FC |
| 2000 | Sembawang Rangers FC |
| 2001 | Singapore Armed Forces FC |
| 2002 | Singapore Armed Forces FC |
| 2003 | Young Lions |
| 2004 |  Albirex Niigata (S) |
| 2005 | Young Lions |
| 2006 | Young Lions |
| 2007 | Albirex Niigata (S) |
| 2008 |  Super Reds FC |
| 2009 | Home United |
| 2010 | Tampines Rovers |
| 2011 | Albirex Niigata (S) |
| 2012 | Albirex Niigata (S) |
Special Awards [edit]
100 S.League Goals [edit]
| Season | Name | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Mirko Grabovac |
Singapore Armed Forces FC |
| 2003 | Indra Sahdan Daud |
Home United |
| 2003 | Aleksandar Đurić* |
Geylang United |
| 2004 | Egmar Goncalves |
Home United |
| 2005 | Noh Alam Shah |
Tampines Rovers |
| 2005 | Peres De Oliveira |
Home United |
| 2007 | Agu Casmir |
Gombak United |
| 2008 | Park Tae-Won |
Woodlands Wellington |
| 2010 | Mohd Noor Ali |
Woodlands Wellington |
Aleksandar Đurić only converted his nationality to Singaporean in 2007.
200 S.League Goals [edit]
| Season | Name | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Mirko Grabovac* |
Tampines Rovers |
| 2007 | Aleksandar Đurić |
Singapore Armed Forces FC |
Mirko Grabovac was a Singaporean when he won the 200 S.League Goals award in 2005.
300 S.League Goals [edit]
| Season | Name | Club |
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| 2010 | Aleksandar Đurić |
Tampines Rovers |
All-time records by clubs [edit]
| 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 *c | 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 [edit]
- Singapore Cup
- Singapore League Cup
- Singapore Charity Shield
- Singapore National Football League
- List of football clubs in Singapore
Notes [edit]
- ^ a b c "Singapore - List of Champions". RSSSF.
- ^ "History of S.League's creation". sleague.com. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC121107-0000059/Gombaks-precautionary-exit Gombak's precautionary exit
- ^ The latest names are used for clubs who had name changes, e.g. Home United FC was formerly known as Police FC.
- ^ Up to the end of season 2010.
- ^ Including points won through penalty shoot-outs in 2003 Season.
External links [edit]
- Official S.League website
- League at FIFA
- Football Association of Singapore website
- S.League at Football.SG
- Etoile has decided to exit from S.League 2012
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