2017 S.League

S.League

Season	2017
Champions	Albirex Niigata (S) (2nd title)
Community Shield	Albirex Niigata (S)
AFC Champions League	Tampines Rovers (S.League runners-up)
AFC Cup	Home United (S.League 3rd Place)
Matches played	65
Goals scored	190 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tsubasa Sano (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Home United 9–3 DPMM FC (25 May 2017) [1]
Biggest away win	Young Lions 0–5 Albirex Niigata (S) (4 March 2017) [1] DPMM FC 0–5 Tampines Rovers ( 3 November 2017)
Highest scoring	Home United 9–3 DPMM FC (25 May 2017) [1]
Longest winning run	10 matches Albirex Niigata (S)
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Albirex Niigata (S)
Longest winless run	13 matches Young Lions
Longest losing run	9 matches Young Lions
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 4 November 2017.

The 2017 S.League (also known as the Great Eastern Hyundai S.League for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season of the S.League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1996. The season began on 26 February 2017, and concluded on 18 November 2017. ^[2] Albirex Niigata (S) were the defending champions. ^[3]

It was the final season with the "S.League" name as it was officially renamed to Singapore Premier League from the 2018 season onwards. ^[4]

Teams

A total of 9 teams competed in the league. Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC were invited foreign clubs from Japan and Brunei respectively.

Stadiums and locations

DPMM FC

Singapore

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Location of 2017 S.League teams

Albirex (S)

Balestier Khalsa

Young
Lions

Geylang International

Home Utd

Hougang Utd

Tampines Rovers

Warriors FC

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Locations of the 2016 S.League teams from Singapore

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong East Stadium	2,700
Balestier Khalsa	Toa Payoh Stadium	3,800
DPMM FC	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium	28,000
Geylang International	Bedok Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium (May–September 2017)	3,800 6,000
Home United	Bishan Stadium	3,500
Hougang United	Hougang Stadium	3,400
Tampines Rovers	Jurong West Stadium (March 2014–June 2017) Our Tampines Hub	3,200 6,000
Warriors FC	Choa Chu Kang Stadium	4,000
Young Lions	Jalan Besar Stadium	6,000

• The opening game of the season which doubles up as the 2017 Singapore Community Shield was played at the National Stadium

Personnel and sponsors

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Albirex Niigata (S)	Kazuaki Yoshinaga	Kento Nagasaki	Hummel	Canon
Balestier Khalsa	Marko Kraljević	Zaiful Nizam	Umbro	Civic
DPMM FC	Steve Kean	Rosmin Kamis	Lotto	–
Geylang International	Mohd Noor Ali	Isa Halim	FBT	Epson
Home United	Aidil Sharin	Hassan Sunny	Puma	Lionco Investments
Hougang United	Philippe Aw	Nurhilmi Jasni	Vonda	Green Rubber [5]
Tampines Rovers	Jürgen Raab	Madhu Mohana	Jako	Nogle
Warriors FC	Razif Onn	Baihakki Khaizan	Joma	Hong Seh Motors
Young Lions	Vincent Subramaniam	Shahrin Saberin	Nike	Shopee

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing Head Coach	Manner of Departure	Date of Vacancy	Position in table	Incoming Head Coach	Date of appointment
Warriors FC	Razif Onn	Redesignated	NA	Pre-Season	Razif Onn [6]	23 October 2016
Hougang United	K.Balagumaran [7]	End of Contract	30 October 2016		Philippe Aw [8]	1 January 2017
Albirex Niigata (S)	Naoki Naruo [9]	End of Contract	3 November 2016		Kazuaki Yoshinaga [10]	2 December 2016
Young Lions	Patrick Hesse	Resigned	9 November 2016		V. Selvaraj [11]	9 November 2016
Tampines Rovers	Akbar Nawas [12]	Mutual Agreement	27 January 2017		Jürgen Raab [13]	31 January 2017
Young Lions	V. Selvaraj	Resigned	17 May 2017	9th	Richard Tardy [14] (interim coach)	17 May 2017
Geylang International	Hasrin Jailani	Resigned	20 June 2017	5th	Mohd Noor Ali	20 June 2017
Young Lions	Richard Tardy	End of Interim	5 July 2017	9th	Vincent Subramaniam [15]	5 July 2017

Foreigners

For the 2017 season, Local teams (Exclusive of the Young Lions, which is a development team) and Brunei DPMM ^[16] are able to register up to a total of 3 foreign players in the main squad, and an additional player under the age of 21 for the Prime League. For match-day squads in the S-League, any three foreigners can be registered.

The mid season transfer window will be opened from 22 May 2017 and closed on 18 June 2017.

Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Prime League	Former Players
Balestier Khalsa	Kyaw Zayar Win [17]	Nanda Lin Kyaw Chit [17]	Aung Kyaw Naing [17]	-	-
DPMM FC	Rafael Ramazotti [18]	Daúd Gazale [19]	Vincent Salas	-	François Marque [20] * ^2 Billy Mehmet [21] Željko Savić [20]
Geylang International	Yuki Ichikawa [22]	Víctor Coto Ortega [23]	Ricardo Sendra [24]	Min Thi Ha	-
Home United	Song Ui-young [25]	Sirina Camara [25]	Stipe Plazibat [26]	Marijan Šuto [27]	-
Hougang United	Fumiya Kogure [28]	Atsushi Shirota [29]	Pablo Rodriguez [30]	Antonie Viterale [31]	–
Tampines Rovers	Ryutaro Megumi [32]	Son Yong Chan [32]	Ivan Dzoni [33]	Raspreet Sandhu [34] * ^3 Diego Silvas [35] * ^4	Louis Clark [36] [37] * ^5
Warriors FC	Kento Fukuda [38]	Jordan Webb [38]	Andrei Ciolacu [39]	Clay Silvas [40] [41]	Joël Tshibamba [42]

• ^1 For the 2017 season, it was decided that DPMM FC can sign an additional foreigner under the age of 21 which was not allowed in the past. However, the same rules for match day squad will still apply. ^[35]
• ^2 DPMM FC announced that François Marque was dropped from the S. League squad. Although no reasons were given, it is presumed that he had suffered a long term injury in his 1st match for the team.
• ^3 Raspreet Sandhu is registered to play for AFC Cup competition only.
• ^4 Diego Silvas is registered for the S. League, taking up the Prime League slot.
• ^5 Foreign players who left their clubs or were de-registered from playing squad due to medical issues or other matters.
• Albirex Niigata (S) is an all-Japanese team and do not hire any foreigners.

Kits

Albirex Niigata (S)		Balestier Khalsa		DPMM FC		Geylang International
Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away
Kit Sponsor: Hummel		Kit Sponsor: Umbro		Kit Sponsor: Lotto		Kit Sponsor: FBT
Main Sponsor: Canon		Main Sponsor: Civic		Main Sponsor: None		Main Sponsor: Epson

Home United		Hougang United		Tampines Rovers		Warriors FC
Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away
Kit Sponsor: Puma		Kit Sponsor: Vonda		Kit Sponsor: Jako		Kit Sponsor: Joma
Main Sponsor: Linco Investments		Main Sponsor: Green Rubber		Main Sponsor: Nogle		Main Sponsor: Hong Seh Motors

Young Lions
Home	Away
Kit Sponsor: Nike
Main Sponsor: Shopee

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Albirex Niigata (S) [lower-alpha 1] (C)	24	20	2	2	70	16	+54	62
2	Tampines Rovers	24	17	3	4	48	20	+28	54	Qualification to AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1 or AFC Cup Group Stage
3	Home United	24	15	5	4	58	26	+32	50	Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
4	Geylang International	24	11	3	10	32	37	−5	36
5	Warriors FC	24	9	7	8	33	36	−3	34
6	Hougang United	24	9	3	12	24	31	−7	30
7	Balestier Khalsa	24	5	4	15	17	33	−16	19
8	DPMM FC [lower-alpha 1]	24	5	2	17	30	61	−31	17
9	Young Lions [lower-alpha 1]	24	1	3	20	10	62	−52	6

Source: S.League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
(C) Champion
Notes:

1. The two foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-21 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.

Positions by stage

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Albirex Niigata (S)	3	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Balestier Khalsa	6	8	7	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
DPMM FC	5	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Geylang International	8	6	6	6	7	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Home United	1	1	2	2	1	3	4	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Hougang United	2	3	3	4	5	7	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Tampines Rovers	6	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Warriors FC	3	4	5	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Young Lions	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
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Results

Home \ Away	ALB	BAL	DPM	YLI	GEY	HOM	HOU	TAM	WAR
Albirex Niigata (S)	—	2–1	4–0	8–0	5–0	0–2	1–0	4–0	5–1
Balestier Khalsa	0–3	—	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2
DPMM FC	0–1	1–4	—	7–1	0–1	1–3	2–0	0–1	3–5
Young Lions	0–5	0–0	N/a	—	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–4	0–0
Geylang International	2–7	2–0	2–0	2–1	—	1–3	1–1	2–3	0–2
Home United	2–2	1–0	9–3	6–1	3–0	—	2–3	0–2	1–1
Hougang United	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–2	—	0–3	0–1
Tampines Rovers	1–4	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	—	1–1
Warriors FC	1–2	1–0	1–0	4–3	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 2017. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 18 November 2017.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Tsubasa Sano	Albirex Niigata (S)	26
2	Stipe Plazibat	Home United	25
3	Rafael Ramazotti	DPMM FC	14
4	Ryota Nakai	Albirex Niigata (S)	11
	Kento Nagasaki	Albirex Niigata (S)	11
	Shahril Ishak	Warriors FC	11
	Faris Ramli	Home United	11
7	Shawal Anuar	Geylang International	9
9	Khairul Nizam	Home United	7
9	Jordan Webb	Warriors FC	7
9	Fumiya Kogure	Hougang United	7
9	Ryutaro Megumi	Tampines Rovers	7

Clean sheets

As of 18 November 2017.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean Sheet
1	Yosuke Nozawa	Albirex Niigata (S)	12
2	Syazwan Buhari	Geylang International	9
3	Izwan Mahbud	Tampines Rovers	7

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Reference
Stipe Plazibat 4	Home United	Young Lions	6–1	27 February 2017	[43]
Faris Ramli 4		DPMM FC	9–3	25 May 2017	[44]
Tsubasa Sano 5	Albirex Niigata (S)	Young Lions	8–0	26 May 2017	[45]
Rafael Ramazotti	DPMM FC		7–1	7 October 2017	[46]
Adi Said			7–1	7 October 2017
Tsubasa Sano 4	Albirex Niigata (S)	Warriors FC	5–1	3 November 2017	[47]
Tsubasa Sano		Geylang International	7–1	17 November 2017

Note⁴ Player scored 4 goals ⁵ Player scored 5 goals

Own goals

Player	For	Against	Score	Date
Fadli Kamis	Balestier Khalsa	Geylang International	0–2	4 March 2017
Hazwan Hamzah	DPMM FC	Tampines Rovers	0–5	3 November 2017

Penalty missed

Player	For	Against	Date
Ivan Džoni	Tampines Rovers	Albirex Niigata (S)	26 February 2017
		Balestier Khalsa	11 March 2017
Faris Ramli	Home United	Young Lions	27 February 2017
			21 May 2017
Aung Kyaw Naing	Balestier Khalsa		2 April 2017
Raihan Rahman			20 September 2017
Víctor Coto Ortega	Geylang International	Hougang United	20 May 2017
Taufik Suparno	Young Lions	Albirex Niigata (S)	26 May 2017
Andrei Ciolacu	Warriors FC	DPMM FC	2 July 2017
Daúd Gazale	DPMM FC	Geylang International	24 July 2017
Iqbal Hussain	Hougang United	Young Lions	24 October 2017

Discipline – club

As of after 23/9/2017

Rank	Club	Total
1	Albirex Niigata (S)	9	3
2	Balestier Khalsa	45	6
3	DPMM FC	36	4
4	Young Lions	27	0
5	Geylang International	29	3
6	Home United	35	1
7	Hougang United	36	4
8	Tampines Rovers	38	6
9	Warriors FC	52	2

Discipline – player

Rank	Player	Club	Total
1	Vincent Reyes	DPMM FC	4	2
2	Hafiz Osman	Warriors FC	3	2
3	Baihakki Khaizan	Warriors FC	9	0
4	Ismadi Mukhtar	Tampines FC	2	2
5	Nazrul Nazari	Hougang United	5	1
6	Ahmad Syahir	Balestier Khalsa	8	0

1) Madhu Mohana was handed a suspended $1,000 fine for his comments on social media directed at referee Sukhbir Singh after they lost to Albirex in the Charity Shield.

2) Raihan Rahman was charged for allegedly using a racial slur on Warriors forward Jordan Webb during an S.League match between Balestier and Warriors on 28/2/2017. He was acquitted of that charge after a Football Association of Singapore Disciplinary Committee (DC) hearing. ^[48]

S.League Awards night winners

Awards	Winners	Club
Player of the Year	Kento Nagasaki	Albirex Niigata (S)
Young Player of the Year	Hazzuwan Halim	Balestier Khalsa
Coach of the Year	Kazuaki Yoshinaga	Albirex Niigata (S)
Top Scorer Award	Tsubasa Sano	Albirex Niigata (S)
Goal of the Year	Huzaifah Aziz	Balestier Khalsa (vs. Albirex)
Fair Play Award	Albirex Niigata (S)
Referee of the Year	Sukhbir Singh

[[FFT [49] Team of the Year]]
Goalkeeper	Yosuke Nozawa (Albirex Niigata (S))
Defence	Irfan Fandi (Home United)				Yasutaka Yanagi (Albirex Niigata (S))				Naofumi Tanaka (Albirex Niigata (S))
Midfield	Ryutaro Megumi (Tampines Rovers)			Shuto Inaba (Albirex Niigata (S))			Shahril Ishak (Warriors FC)			Kento Nagasaki (Albirex Niigata (S))
Attack	Faris Ramli (Home United)				Stipe Plazibat (Home United)				Tsubasa Sano (Albirex Niigata (S))

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External links

• Official website