2008 S.League

S. League

Season	2008
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 played	198
Goals scored	572 (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	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.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Singapore Armed Forces	33	24	5	4	85	34	+51	77	Qualification to AFC Champions League Qualifying Play-off or AFC Cup group stage
2	Super Reds [a]	33	24	3	6	68	32	+36	75
3	Home United	33	23	3	7	75	31	+44	72	Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage [b]
4	Tampines Rovers	33	20	5	8	66	37	+29	65
5	Gombak United	33	14	10	9	47	39	+8	52
6	Geylang United	33	13	6	14	56	57	−1	45
7	Albirex Niigata (S) [a]	33	10	11	12	44	55	−11	41
8	Woodlands Wellington	33	9	8	16	36	52	−16	35
9	Young Lions [a]	33	7	10	16	30	46	−16	31
10	Dalian Shide Siwu [a]	33	5	7	21	26	75	−49	22
11	Sengkang Punggol	33	3	10	20	13	54	−41	19
12	Balestier Khalsa	33	3	8	22	26	60	−34	17

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head
Notes:

1. 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

Albirex (S)

Balestier Khalsa

Dalian Shide Siwu

Geylang Utd

Gombak Utd

Home Utd

Sengkang Punggol

SAFFC

Super Reds

Tampines R.

Woodlands Wellington

Young
Lions

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Location of teams in 2008 S.League

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong East Stadium	2,700
Balestier Khalsa	Toa Payoh Stadium	3,896
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
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

• The league play all its Friday matches, which is televised live on MediaCorp Channel 5 at the Jalan Besar Stadium.

Foreign players

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

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

• Albirex Niigata (S), Dalian Shide and Super Reds are not allowed to hire any foreigners.

Leading goalscorers

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

S-League Awards Night Winners

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Player of the Year

Aleksandar Duric - Singapore Armed Forces

Young Player of the Year

Khairul Amri - Tampines Rovers

Coach of the Year

Hiroaki Hiraoka - Albirex Niigata (S)

Top Scorer Award

Aleksandar Duric - Singapore Armed Forces

Fair Play Award

Super Reds

Referee of the Year

T Aravinthan

Assistant Referee of the Year

Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng

Goal of the Year

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

Kengne Ludovick - Home United

100 S.League Goals

Park Tae Won - Woodlands Wellington

Notes and references

1. "S League". Archived from the original on June 17, 2009.

External links

• S.League 2008