2001 S.League

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Season2001
Champions Geylang United
2nd S.League title
AFC Champions League Geylang United
(S.League winners)
Home United
(Singapore Cup winners)
Matches played198
Goals scored689 (3.48 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Croatia.svg Mirko Grabovac
(42)
Biggest home win Singapore Armed Forces 8-2 Tampines Rovers
(18 August 2001)
Biggest away win Sembawang Rangers 0-6 Singapore Armed Forces
(30 March 2001)
Highest scoring Singapore Armed Forces 8-2 Tampines Rovers
(18 August 2001)
2000
2002

2001 S.League was the sixth season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Geylang United, which was their second league title.

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League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Geylang United 3323738428+5676Qualification to
AFC Champions League
qualifying round
2 Singapore Armed Forces 33242710146+5574
3 Home United 3323376936+3372Qualification to
AFC Champions League
qualifying round
[lower-alpha 1]
4 Tanjong Pagar United 3318696847+2160
5 Jurong FC 33156126557+851
6 Tampines Rovers 33146136055+548
7 Balestier Central 338111443571435
8 Sembawang Rangers 33871845803531
9 Clementi Khalsa 33791743763330
10 Gombak United 33842136723628
11 Marine Castle United 33762035713627
12 Woodlands Wellington 27351940642414
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. Qualified as 2001 Singapore Cup winners.

Foreign players

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

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5
(Prime League)
Former Player
Balestier Central Flag of Thailand.svg Daorueang Krongpol Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darren Stewart Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josip Kozic Flag of Brazil.svg Fabio Da Silva Flag of Nigeria.svg Itimi Wilson None
Clementi Khalsa Flag of Japan.svg Michiaki Kakimoto Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Ishida Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vlado Bozinovski Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grant Barlow Flag of Nigeria.svg Emmanuel Unaka Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ernie Tapai
Flag of Nigeria.svg Wisdom Onyekwere
Geylang International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aleksandar Đurić Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Bothwell Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nebojsa Vukosavljevic Flag of England.svg William Bone Flag of Nigeria.svg Emeka Henry Okoro None
Gombak United Flag of Thailand.svg Surachai Jaturapattarapong Flag of Thailand.svg Choketawee Promrut Flag of Senegal.svg Diallo Abdullaye Flag of Guinea.svg Ballamodou Conde Flag of Denmark.svg Nikolaj Lund Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alioune Badara
Flag of Morocco.svg Merzagua Abderrazak
Home United Flag of Australia (converted).svg George Kulcsar Flag of Brazil.svg Edson Garcia Flag of Brazil.svg Egmar Gonçalves Flag of Brazil.svg Peres De Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg Bebe A Jones Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hrvoje Matković
Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Morellato
Flag of Brazil.svg Jacksen F. Tiago
Flag of Iran.svg Amir Tavakolian
Jurong FC Flag of South Korea.svg Park Tae-won Flag of Croatia.svg Velimir Crljen Flag of Croatia.svg Marko Kraljević Flag of Croatia.svg Bojan Hodak Flag of Nigeria.svg Itimi Dickson Flag of Croatia.svg Igor Čeko
Marine Castle Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Carbone Flag of England.svg Barrie Keeling Flag of England.svg Michael Lomax Flag of England.svg Tom English Flag of Nigeria.svg Emmanuel Dogbe None
SAFFC Flag of Thailand.svg Kiatisuk Senamuang Flag of Croatia.svg Nenad Baćina Flag of Croatia.svg Veselko Paponja Flag of Thailand.svg Vimon Juncum Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Galov None
Sembawang Rangers Flag of Thailand.svg Thawatchai Ongtrakul Flag of Thailand.svg Bamrung Boonprom Flag of Thailand.svg Tawan Sripan Flag of Thailand.svg Niweat Siriwong Flag of Thailand.svg Teerasak Po-on None
Tampines Rovers Flag of Nigeria.svg Prince Jasper Emaviwe Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Sead Muratović Flag of Brazil.svg Luciano Gomes De Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg Dennis Suglo Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson J De Paula
Flag of Brazil.svg Adriano Reis
Tanjong Pagar United Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hamilton Thorp Flag of Thailand.svg Phanuwat Yinphan Flag of France.svg Djamel Achouri Flag of Croatia.svg Dragan Talajić Flag of Thailand.svg Sutee Suksomkit Flag of Croatia.svg Davor Dželalija
Woodlands Flag of Japan.svg Dan Ito Flag of Croatia.svg Miroslav Kuljanac Flag of Croatia.svg Esad Sejdic Flag of Croatia.svg Petar Dajak Flag of Liberia.svg Emmett Gassco Flag of Thailand.svg Surachai Jirasirichote
Flag of Croatia.svg Joško Parać
Flag of Croatia.svg Ivica Raguž

Top scorers

RankNameClubGoals
1 Flag of Croatia.svg Mirko Grabovac Singapore Armed Forces 42
2 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aleksandar Đurić Geylang United 34
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Egmar Goncalves Home United 28
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Bothwell Geylang United 23
5 Indra Sahdan Daud Home United 22
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Peres de Oliveira Home United 21
7 Flag of South Korea.svg Park Tae-Won Jurong 18
8 Flag of England.svg Tom English Marine Castle United 15
9 Flag of Japan.svg Michiaki Kakimoto Clementi Khalsa 14
9Toh Choon Ming Jurong 14
9 Flag of Thailand.svg Kiatisuk Senamuang Singapore Armed Forces 14

Source: [1]

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