1997 S.League

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Season1997
Champions Singapore Armed Forces
1st S.League title
Asian Club Championship Singapore Armed Forces
Matches played72
Goals scored249 (3.46 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Paulić (21)
Biggest home win Tiong Bahru United 5-1 Tampines Rovers
(5 July 1997)
Singapore Armed Forces 5-1 Balestier Central
(8 July 1997)
Biggest away win Tampines Rovers 2-8 Balestier Central
(28 June 1997)
Highest scoring Tampines Rovers 2-8 Balestier Central
(28 June 1997)
1996
1998

The 1997 S.League was the 2nd season of the S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. The format of the league was changed, a single season of home and away matches replacing the split seasons and a playoff model of the 1996 season.

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The 1997 S.League championship was won by Singapore Armed Forces FC.

Teams

Police Football Club underwent a rebranding, being renamed as Home United while NFL side Jurong Town Football Club, who renamed themselves Jurong FC, joined the competition taking the number of participating clubs to 9. As a result of the construction of the new Jurong East Stadium being incomplete, Jurong FC used Bukit Gombak Stadium as their home ground for the 1997 S.League season.

TeamStadiumCapacityLocation
Balestier Central Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900 Toa Payoh
Geylang United Bedok Stadium 3,900 Bedok
Jurong Bukit Gombak Stadium 3,000 Bukit Batok
Home United Jalan Besar Stadium 8,000 Kallang
Singapore Armed Forces Jurong Stadium 6,000 Jurong
Sembawang Rangers Yishun Stadium 3,400 Yishun
Tampines Rovers Tampines Stadium 3,600 Tampines
Tiong Bahru United Queenstown Stadium 3,800 Queenstown
Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Stadium 4,300 Woodlands

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5
Balestier Central Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Paulić Flag of Croatia.svg Marko Kraljević Flag of Croatia.svg Bojan Hodak NoneNone
Geylang United Flag of Iran.svg Hamid Reza Estili Flag of Iran.svg Mohsen Garousi Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Spink Flag of Scotland.svg Martin Tierney None
Home United Flag of Brazil.svg Egmar Goncalves Flag of Brazil.svg Fabio da Silva Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Bucs NoneNone
Jurong FC Flag of Ghana.svg Musah Edoe Flag of Ghana.svg Tanko Tetumah Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McTurk NoneNone
Singapore Armed Forces Flag of Croatia.svg Ivica Raguž Flag of Croatia.svg Jure Ereš Flag of Croatia.svg Velimir Crljen Flag of Croatia.svg Davor Mioč None
Sembawang Rangers Flag of Croatia.svg Zlatko Vidan Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Milomir Šešlija Flag placeholder.svg Ousmane N'Diaye Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ignacio Tuhuteru Flag of England.svg Gary Blissett
Tampines Rovers Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott O'Donell Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Jackson NoneNoneNone
Tiong Bahru United Flag of Senegal.svg Nicodeme Boucher Flag of Croatia.svg Dragan Talajić Flag of Cameroon.svg Émile Mbouh Flag of Sweden.svg Håkan Söderstjerna None
Woodlands Wellington Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Janostak Flag of England.svg Stuart Young Flag of England.svg Max Nicholson NoneNone

Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Singapore Armed Forces 1612134211+3137Qualification to
Asian Club Championship
first round
2 Tiong Bahru United 1610423316+1734
3 Woodlands Wellington 1611053529+633
4 Balestier Central 168444326+1728
5 Geylang United 166732318+525
6 Tampines Rovers 1643922381615
7 Jurong FC 1643915331815
8 Sembawang Rangers 1615101937188
9 Home United 1621131741247
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Top scorers

RankNameClubGoals
1 Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Paulić Balestier Central 21
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Egmar Goncalves Home United 15
3 Flag of Croatia.svg Jure Ereš Singapore Armed Forces 14

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