2008 S.League

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Season2008
Champions Singapore Armed Forces
7th S.League title
AFC Champions League Singapore Armed Forces
(S.League winners)
AFC Cup Home United
(S.League 2nd runners-up)
Matches played198
Goals scored572 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer Aleksandar Duric (28)
Biggest home win Home United 6-1 Geylang United
(15 March 2008)
Home United 6-1 Balestier Khalsa
(17 November 2008)
Biggest away win Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dalian Shide Siwu 0-6 Home United
(19 May 2008)
← 2007
2009 →

2008 S.League is the 13th season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, which was their seventh league title.

Contents

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Singapore Armed Forces 3324548534+5177Qualification to
AFC Champions League Qualifying Play-off
or AFC Cup group stage
2 Flag of South Korea.svg Super Reds [lower-alpha 1] 3324366832+3675
3 Home United 3323377531+4472Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage [lower-alpha 2]
4 Tampines Rovers 3320586637+2965
5 Gombak United 33141094739+852
6 Geylang United 33136145657−145
7 Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S) [lower-alpha 1] 331011124455−1141
8 Woodlands Wellington 3398163652−1635
9 Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions [lower-alpha 1] 33710163046−1631
10 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dalian Shide Siwu [lower-alpha 1] 3357212675−4922
11 Sengkang Punggol 33310201354−4119
12 Balestier Khalsa 3338222660−3417
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), Dalian Shide Siwu and Super Reds – as well as the Football Association of Singapore under-23 team, Young Lions, were not eligible for qualification to continental competitions.
  2. ↑ Home United qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup by being the next highest-placed local club behind S.League and 2008 Singapore Cup winners Singapore Armed Forces.

Teams

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Location of teams in 2008 S.League
TeamStadiumCapacity
Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S) Jurong East Stadium 2,700
Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium 3,896
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dalian Shide Queenstown Stadium 3,800
Geylang United Bedok Stadium 3,864
Gombak United Jurong West Stadium 4,000
Home United Bishan Stadium 4,254
Singapore Armed Forces Choa Chu Kang Stadium 4,600
Sengkang Punggol Hougang Stadium 2,500
Flag of South Korea.svg Super Reds Yishun Stadium 3,400
Tampines Rovers Tampines Stadium 3,580
Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Stadium 4,300
Young Lions Jalan Besar Stadium 6,000

Foreign players

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

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Prime LeagueFormer Player
Balestier Khalsa Flag of Japan.svg Haruki Seto Flag of Japan.svg Hironori Saruta Flag of Cameroon.svg Paul Ekollo Flag of Nigeria.svg Mba Vitus Onyekachi Flag of Cameroon.svg Kaze Teffo Etienne Flag of Nigeria.svg Emmanuel Toluwase
Geylang International Flag of Brazil.svg Rivaldo Flag of Brazil.svg Junior Flag of Slovakia.svg Rastislav Beličák Flag of Slovakia.svg Miroslav Latiak NoneNone
Gombak United Flag of Thailand.svg Theerawekin Seehawong Flag of Nigeria.svg Gabriel Obatola Flag of Nigeria.svg Kingsley Njoku Flag of Nigeria.svg Emmanuel Emuejeraye NoneNone
Home United Flag of Thailand.svg Kornprom Jaroonpong Flag of Brazil.svg Peres De Oliveira Flag of Cameroon.svg Kengne Ludovick Flag of Cameroon.svg Valery Hiek Flag of Thailand.svg Naruphol Ar-Romsawa None
Sengkang Punggol Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Yamamoto Flag of Croatia.svg Zdravko Šimić Flag of Brazil.svg Reginaldo Estevao Flag of Chile.svg Luis Eduardo Hicks Flag of New Zealand.svg Cole Tinkler Flag of Chile.svg Iván Asenjo
SAFFC Flag of Japan.svg Norikazu Murakami Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Arai Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Fukasawa Flag of Thailand.svg Therdsak Chaiman NoneNone
Tampines Rovers Flag of Thailand.svg Sutee Suksomkit Flag of Thailand.svg Attapong Nooprom Flag of Thailand.svg Santi Chaiyaphurk None Flag of Thailand.svg Sanrawat Dechmitr None
Woodlands Flag of South Korea.svg Park Tae-won Flag of Japan.svg Akihiro Nakamura Flag of Morocco.svg Laakkad Abdelhadi Flag of Romania.svg Lucian Dronca NoneNone
Young Lions Flag of Nigeria.svg Obadin Aikhena Flag of Cameroon.svg Moudourou Moise Flag of England.svg Daniel Hammond NoneNoneNone

Leading goalscorers

PlayerTeamGoals!
Aleksandar Duric Singapore Armed Forces 28
Flag of Cameroon.svg Kengne Ludovick Home United 24
Khairul Amri Tampines Rovers 19 (10 for Young Lions)
Flag of Nigeria.svg O. J. Obatola Gombak United 16
Flag of Japan.svg Akira Takase Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S) 14
Aliff Shafaein Tampines Rovers 13
Flag of Japan.svg Norikazu Murakami Singapore Armed Forces
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Tae Won Woodlands Wellington
Flag of Brazil.svg Rivaldo Costa Geylang United
Fazrul Nawaz Geylang United 12
Flag of South Korea.svg Oh Ddog Yi Flag of South Korea.svg Super Reds
Qiu Li Tampines Rovers

S-League Awards Night Winners

[1]

Player of the Year
Aleksandar Duric - Singapore Armed Forces
Young Player of the Year
Khairul Amri - Tampines Rovers
Coach of the Year
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Hiraoka - Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S)
Top Scorer Award
Aleksandar Duric - Singapore Armed Forces
Fair Play Award
Flag of South Korea.svg Super Reds
Referee of the Year
T Aravinthan
Assistant Referee of the Year
Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng
Goal of the Year
Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelhadi Laakkad - Woodlands Wellington - (vs Young Lions on 23 February @ Woodlands Stadium)
Fan Club of the Year
Singapore Armed Forces
Story of the Year
Shamir Osman - Today - "No Panic As Dark Clouds Loom"
Picture of the Year
Koh Mui Fong - Today - "Super Reds Flying High"
People's Choice Award
Flag of Cameroon.svg Kengne Ludovick - Home United
100 S.League Goals
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Tae Won - Woodlands Wellington

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "S League".

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