1998 S.League

S. League

Season	1998
Champions	Singapore Armed Forces 2nd S.League title
Asian Club Championship	Singapore Armed Forces
Matches played	110
Goals scored	368 (3.35 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stuart Young (22)
Biggest home win	Home United 9-3 Gombak United (18 July 1998)
Biggest away win	Gombak United 1-6 Home United (20 May 1998)
Highest scoring	Home United 9-3 Gombak United (18 July 1998)
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The 1998 S.League was the third season of the S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. Teams played each other once both home and away, in a 20-match season.

The 1998 S.League was won by Singapore Armed Forces, their second consecutive title.

Teams

Jurong left Bukit Gombak Stadium upon completion of their new home ground Jurong East Stadium. Home United also relocated, leaving Jalan Besar Stadium to move into Bishan Stadium. Two new teams entered into the competition – Gombak United (who took the place of Jurong playing at Bukit Gombak Stadium) and Marine Castle United who made Hougang Stadium their home – taking the number of participating teams to eleven. Tiong Bahru United were renamed Tanjong Pagar United for the 1998 season.

Balestier Central

Geylang Utd

Gombak Utd

Home Utd

Jurong

Marine Castle

Sembawang Rangers

SAFFC

Tampines R.

Tanjong Pagar Utd

Woodlands Wellington

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Location of teams in 1998 S.League

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Location
Balestier Central	Toa Payoh Stadium	3,900	Toa Payoh
Gombak United	Bukit Gombak Stadium	3,000	Bukit Batok
Geylang United	Bedok Stadium	3,900	Bedok
Jurong	Jurong East Stadium	2,700	Jurong East
Home United	Bishan Stadium	4,000	Bishan
Marine Castle United	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

Each club is allowed to have up to a maximum of 5 foreign players.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
Balestier Central	Darren Stewart	Fabio Da Silva	Marko Kraljević	Goran Paulić	None
Geylang International	Jang Jung	Kevin Hunt	Max Nicholson	Simamo Basile	Lewono Joseph
Gombak United	Chris Jackson	None	None	None	None
Home United	Sergio Cliveland	Craig John Gaunt	Egmar Gonçalves	Zsolt Bucs	Stuart Young
Jurong FC	Bojan Hodak	None	None	None	None
Marine Castle	Scott O'Donell	Bernard Aryee	None	None	None
SAFFC	Mirko Grabovac	None	Vinko Marača	Jure Ereš	None
Sembawang Rangers	Tawan Sripan	Joselito Da Silva	None	Milomir Šešlija	None
Tampines Rovers	Bogdan Brasoveanu	Nathaniel Klay Naplah	Zlatko Vidan	Gheorghe Marian	None
Tanjong Pagar United	Vlado Bozinovski	Majid Motlagh	Jorg Steinebrunner	Dragan Talajić	Nicodeme Boucher
Woodlands	None	None	None	None	None

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Singapore Armed Forces	20	14	4	2	46	17	+29	46	Qualification to Asian Club Championship first round
2	Tanjong Pagar United	20	14	4	2	39	15	+24	46
3	Geylang United	20	11	5	4	32	18	+14	38
4	Balestier Central	20	9	4	7	47	43	+4	31
5	Jurong FC	20	9	4	7	32	33	−1	31
6	Tampines Rovers	20	8	5	7	41	40	+1	29
7	Home United	20	8	4	8	42	28	+14	28
8	Sembawang Rangers	20	6	1	13	18	37	−19	19
9	Woodlands Wellington	20	4	6	10	27	41	−14	18
10	Gombak United	20	3	4	13	25	52	−27	13
11	Marine Castle United	20	2	3	15	19	44	−25	9

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Singapore Armed Forces qualified to compete in the 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship. This was their second appearance in continental competition. The club met with more success than in their first appearance, defeating Royal Dolphins of the Cambodian League 11–3 on aggregate in the East Asian first round. They were defeated in the second round by Sinthana of the Thai Premier League, going down 3–2 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Stuart Young	Home United	22
2	Bogdan Brasoveanu	Tampines Rovers	20
3	Goran Paulić	Balestier Central	19
4	Egmar Goncalves	Home United	16

External links

• S.League 1998