1999 S.League

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Season1999
Champions Home United
1st S.League title
Asian Club Championship Home United
Matches played132
Goals scored410 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Croatia.svg Mirko Grabovac (23)
Biggest home win Singapore Armed Forces 7-0 Woodlands Wellington
(17 April 1999)
Biggest away win Clementi Khalsa 0-6 Balestier Central
(19 May 1999)
Highest scoring Tampines Rovers 4-4 Gombak United
(24 September 1999)
1998
2000

The 1999 S.League was the fourth season of the S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. Teams played each other once both home and away, in a 22-match season.

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The 1999 S.League was won by Home United, their first S.League title.

Teams

The league expanded again to 12 teams with the addition of a newly formed team, Clementi Khalsa who were based in Clementi and played their home games at the Clementi Stadium. Clementi Khalsa were formed in order to give an S.League representation to the Singaporean Sikh community.

TeamStadiumCapacityLocation
Balestier Central Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900 Toa Payoh
Geylang United Bedok Stadium 3,900 Bedok
Gombak United Bukit Gombak Stadium 3,000 Bukit Batok
Clementi Khalsa Clementi Stadium 4,000 Clementi
Jurong Jurong East Stadium 2,700 Jurong East
Home United Bishan Stadium 4,000 Bishan
Marine Castle 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 4 foreign players.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Former Player
Balestier Central Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darren Stewart Flag of Brazil.svg Fabio Da Silva Flag of England.svg Paul Richardson NoneNone
Clementi Khalsa Flag of Romania.svg Bogdan Brasoveanu Flag of England.svg Paul Masefield Flag of England.svg Raymond Williamson NoneNone
Geylang International Flag of Brazil.svg Jacksen F. Tiago Flag of England.svg Gareth Rowe Flag of England.svg Billy Bone Flag of Germany.svg Lutz Pfannenstiel Flag of New Zealand.svg Jason Batty
Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Jung
Gombak United Flag of Denmark.svg Jorgen Nielsen Flag of Thailand.svg Surachai Jirasirichote Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Cervinski Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Blake None
Home United Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ernie Tapai Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vlado Bozinoski Flag of Brazil.svg Egmar Gonçalves Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Bucs None
Jurong FC Flag of Croatia.svg Bojan Hodak Flag of England.svg Jason Ainsley Flag of England.svg Keith Fletcher NoneNone
Marine Castle Flag of Australia (converted).svg Douglas Ithier Flag of England.svg Michael Currie Flag of Nigeria.svg Peter Anosike NoneNone
SAFFC Flag of Croatia.svg Mirko Grabovac Flag of Croatia.svg Tomislav Steinbruckner Flag of Croatia.svg Vinko Marača NoneNone
Sembawang Rangers Flag of Thailand.svg Tawan Sripan Flag of Brazil.svg Joselito Da Silva Flag of Croatia.svg Jure Ereš Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Milomir Šešlija None
Tampines Rovers Flag of Croatia.svg Marko Kraljevic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott O'Donell Flag of Liberia.svg Nathaniel Naplah Flag of Croatia.svg Zlatko Vidan None
Tanjong Pagar United Flag of Croatia.svg Davor Dželalija Flag of Croatia.svg Dejan Gluščević Flag of Croatia.svg Dragan Talajić Flag of Senegal.svg Nicodeme Boucher Flag of Brazil.svg Fabio Da Silva
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aleksandar Đurić
Woodlands Flag of Germany.svg Jorg Steinebrunner Flag of Croatia.svg Ivica Raguz Flag of England.svg Stuart Young Flag of England.svg Max Nicholson Flag of England.svg Christian Sansam

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Home United 2215614216+2651Qualification to
Asian Club Championship
first round
2 Singapore Armed Forces 2214716324+3949
3 Tanjong Pagar United 2211834025+1541
4 Geylang United 229853321+1235
5 Gombak United 228863535032
6 Jurong FC 229493732+531
7 Balestier Central 226882527226
8 Sembawang Rangers 225893036623
9 Woodlands Wellington 22641230441422
10 Tampines Rovers 22481025391420
11 Clementi Khalsa 22361329552615
12 Marine Castle United 22331621563512
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

As 1999 S.League champions, Home United qualified to compete in the 2000–01 Asian Club Championship. This was their first appearance in continental competition. The club reached the second round of the East Asian half of the competition, defeating Polícia de Segurança Pública of the Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol 11–0 on aggregate before being defeated 6–1 on aggregate in the second round by Shandong Luneng Taishan of the Chinese Jia-A League.

Top scorer

RankNameClubGoals
1 Flag of Croatia.svg Mirko Grabovac Singapore Armed Forces 23

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