2000 S.League

S. League
Season 2000
Champions Singapore Armed Forces
3rd S.League title
Asian Club Championship Singapore Armed Forces
Matches played 132
Goals scored 379 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer Croatia Mirko Grabovac (19)
Biggest home win Geylang United 7-1 Marine Castle United
(28 April 2000)
Biggest away win Marine Castle United 0-7 Tanjong Pagar United
(21 July 2000)
Highest scoring

Geylang United 7-1 Marine Castle United
(28 April 2000)

Singapore Armed Forces 6-2 Balestier Central
(17 June 2000)
Singapore Armed Forces 6-2 Sembawang Rangers
(4 August 2000)
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 S.League was the fifth season of the S-League, the top professional football league in Singapore. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, their third league title.

Teams

S.League had been expanding with addition of new clubs for every season since its beginnings, the 2000 season was the first season without any new club addition. All clubs were playing at the designated home stadiums which lead to building their identities within their local communities.

Team Stadium Capacity Location
Balestier CentralToa Payoh Stadium 3,900Toa Payoh
Geylang UnitedBedok Stadium 3,900Bedok
Gombak UnitedBukit Gombak Stadium 3,000Bukit Batok
Clementi KhalsaClementi Stadium 4,000Clementi
JurongJurong East Stadium 2,700Jurong East
Home UnitedBishan Stadium 4,000Bishan
Marine CastleHougang Stadium 3,000Hougang
Singapore Armed ForcesJurong Stadium 6,000Jurong
Sembawang RangersYishun Stadium 3,400Yishun
Tampines RoversTampines Stadium 3,600Tampines
Tanjong Pagar UnitedQueenstown Stadium 3,800Queenstown
Woodlands WellingtonWoodlands Stadium 4,300Woodlands

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 Players
Balestier Central Australia Darren Stewart Brazil Fabio Da Silva Brazil Eduardo Ribeiro England Jason Ainsley Nigeria Itimi Wilson None
Clementi Khalsa None Cameroon Emile Mbeya Nigeria Abubakri Acheampong Romania Bogdan Brasoveanu Nigeria Emmanuel Unaka None
Geylang International Australia Brian Bothwell England Gavin Wilkinson England Billy Bone Germany Lutz Pfannenstiel Ghana Emmanuel Dogbe None
Gombak United Thailand Jaturapattarapong Thailand Surachai Jirasirichote Denmark Jorgen Nielsen Guinea Ballamodou Conde Guinea Diallo Abdoulaye Thailand Niweat Siriwong
Home United Australia Ernie Tapai Brazil Egmar Gonçalves Denmark Brian Kristensen Denmark Rene Anderson None Australia Aleksandar Đurić
Jurong FC Brazil Joselito Da Silva England Paul Masefield Croatia Bojan Hodak Croatia Hrvoje Ratković None Australia Mirko Jurilj
Marine Castle South Korea Kim See-man Australia Michael Garcia Croatia Davor Višić England Thomas Andersen None None
SAFFC Croatia Mirko Grabovac Croatia Nenad Baćina Croatia Veselko Paponja Croatia Vinko Marača None None
Sembawang Rangers Thailand Thawatchai Ongtrakul Bosnia and Herzegovina Milomir Šešlija Thailand Tawan Sripan None None None
Tampines Rovers Croatia Marko Kraljević Serbia Rešad Sejdić Serbia Sead Muratović Serbia Esad Sejdić Ghana Dennis Suglo Bosnia and Herzegovina Fahrudin Aličković
Serbia Dejan Dimić
Guinea Moussa Keita
Serbia and Montenegro Hasan Plojović
Tanjong Pagar United Croatia Davor Dželalija Senegal Boubacar Seck Senegal Nicodeme Boucher Croatia Dragan Talajić None None
Woodlands Croatia Miroslav Kuljanac Croatia Ivica Raguž Germany Nikolai Foroutan England Max Nicholson None Croatia Ante Konjević

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Singapore Armed Forces 22 16 4 2 53 15 +38 52 Qualification to
Asian Club Championship
first round
2 Tanjong Pagar United 22 12 7 3 50 23 +27 43
3 Geylang United 22 13 2 7 42 29 +13 41
4 Home United 22 11 7 4 38 21 +17 40
5 Gombak United 22 11 4 7 33 26 +7 37
6 Jurong FC 22 8 5 9 30 37 −7 29
7 Tampines Rovers 22 7 6 9 30 27 +3 27
8 Clementi Khalsa 22 5 10 7 33 46 −13 25
9 Sembawang Rangers 22 5 7 10 17 37 −20 22
10 Woodlands Wellington 22 4 5 13 19 31 −12 17
11 Marine Castle United 22 4 4 14 18 45 −27 16
12 Balestier Central 22 3 5 14 16 42 −26 14
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Top scorer

RankNameClubGoals
1Croatia Mirko GrabovacSingapore Armed Forces19
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