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2000 S.League

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S. League
Season2000
ChampionsSingapore Armed Forces
3rd S.League title
Asian Club ChampionshipSingapore Armed Forces
Matches played132
Goals scored379 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorerCroatia Mirko Grabovac (19)
Biggest home winGeylang United 7-1 Marine Castle United
(28 April 2000)
Biggest away winMarine Castle United 0-7 Tanjong Pagar United
(21 July 2000)
Highest scoring
1999
2001

The 2000 S.League was the fifth season of the S-League, the top professional football league in Singapore. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, their third league title.

Teams

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S.League had been expanding with addition of new clubs for every season since its beginnings, the 2000 season was the first season without any new club addition. All clubs were playing at the designated home stadiums which lead to building their identities within their local communities.

Team Stadium Capacity Location
Balestier Central Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900 Toa Payoh
Geylang United Bedok Stadium 3,900 Bedok
Gombak United Bukit Gombak Stadium 3,000 Bukit Batok
Clementi Khalsa Clementi Stadium 4,000 Clementi
Jurong Jurong East Stadium 2,700 Jurong East
Home United Bishan Stadium 4,000 Bishan
Marine Castle Hougang Stadium 3,000 Hougang
Singapore Armed Forces Jurong Stadium 6,000 Jurong
Sembawang Rangers Yishun Stadium 3,400 Yishun
Tampines Rovers Tampines Stadium 3,600 Tampines
Tanjong Pagar United Queenstown Stadium 3,800 Queenstown
Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Stadium 4,300 Woodlands

Foreign players

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Each club is allowed to have up to a maximum of 4 foreign players.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Prime League Former Players
Balestier Central Australia Darren Stewart Brazil Fabio Da Silva Brazil Eduardo Ribeiro England Jason Ainsley Nigeria Itimi Wilson None
Clementi Khalsa Cameroon Emile Mbeya Nigeria Abubakri Acheampong Romania Bogdan Brasoveanu None Nigeria Emmanuel Unaka None
Geylang International Australia Brian Bothwell England Gavin Wilkinson England Billy Bone Germany Lutz Pfannenstiel Ghana Emmanuel Dogbe None
Gombak United Thailand Jaturapattarapong Thailand Surachai Jirasirichote Denmark Jorgen Nielsen Guinea Ballamodou Conde Guinea Diallo Abdoulaye Thailand Niweat Siriwong
Home United Australia Ernie Tapai Brazil Egmar Gonçalves Denmark Brian Kristensen Denmark Rene Anderson None Australia Aleksandar Đurić
Jurong FC Brazil Joselito Da Silva England Paul Masefield Croatia Bojan Hodak Croatia Hrvoje Ratković None Australia Mirko Jurilj
Marine Castle South Korea Kim See-man Australia Michael Garcia Croatia Davor Višić England Thomas Andersen None None
SAFFC Croatia Mirko Grabovac Croatia Nenad Baćina Croatia Veselko Paponja Croatia Vinko Marača None None
Sembawang Rangers Thailand Thawatchai Ongtrakul Bosnia and Herzegovina Milomir Šešlija Thailand Tawan Sripan None None None
Tampines Rovers Croatia Marko Kraljević Serbia and Montenegro Rešad Sejdić Serbia and Montenegro Sead Muratović Serbia and Montenegro Esad Sejdić Ghana Dennis Suglo Bosnia and Herzegovina Fahrudin Aličković
Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Dimić
Guinea Moussa Keita
Serbia and Montenegro Hasan Plojović
Tanjong Pagar United Croatia Davor Dželalija Senegal Boubacar Seck Senegal Nicodeme Boucher Croatia Dragan Talajić None None
Woodlands Croatia Miroslav Kuljanac Croatia Ivica Raguž Germany Nikolai Foroutan England Max Nicholson None Croatia Ante Konjević

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Singapore Armed Forces 22 16 4 2 53 15 +38 52 Qualification to
Asian Club Championship
first round
2 Tanjong Pagar United 22 12 7 3 50 23 +27 43
3 Geylang United 22 13 2 7 42 29 +13 41
4 Home United 22 11 7 4 38 21 +17 40
5 Gombak United 22 11 4 7 33 26 +7 37
6 Jurong FC 22 8 5 9 30 37 −7 29
7 Tampines Rovers 22 7 6 9 30 27 +3 27
8 Clementi Khalsa 22 5 10 7 33 46 −13 25
9 Sembawang Rangers 22 5 7 10 17 37 −20 22
10 Woodlands Wellington 22 4 5 13 19 31 −12 17
11 Marine Castle United 22 4 4 14 18 45 −27 16
12 Balestier Central 22 3 5 14 16 42 −26 14
Source: RSSSF[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Top scorer

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Rank Name Club Goals
1 Croatia Mirko Grabovac Singapore Armed Forces 19

References

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  1. ^ "Singapore 2000".