2006 S.League

S. League
Season 2006
Champions Singapore Armed Forces
5th S.League title
AFC Cup

Singapore Armed Forces
(S.League winners)

Tampines Rovers
(Singapore Cup winners)
Matches played 165
Goals scored 557 (3.38 per match)
Top goalscorer Morocco Laakkad Abdelhadi (23)
Biggest home win Tampines Rovers 6-1 Geylang United
(16 April 2006)
Biggest away win Sengkang Punggol 0-5 Tampines Rovers
(20 June 2006)
Highest scoring Gombak United 4-5 Balestier Khalsa
(14 September 2006)
← 2005
2007 →

2006 S.League was the eleventh season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, which was their fifth league title.

Changes from 2005

  • Paya Lebar Punggol merged with the returning Sengkang Marine to form Sengkang Punggol.
  • Gombak United also returned to the league after pulling out in 2002.
  • Sporting Afrique were a foreign team made up of players from four different African countries – Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon and Ghana.
  • Sinchi went out of operation at the end of 2005 season.


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 Player 5 Former Players
Balestier Khalsa Japan Norikazu Murakami Japan Akihiro Nakamura Cameroon Paul Ekollo Nigeria Osagie Ederaro Cameroon Kengne Ludovick
Geylang International Thailand Rangsan Viwatchaichok Japan Ryuji Sueoka South Korea Nam Woung-ki Bulgaria Boyko Kamenov East Timor Adriano Quintão
Gombak United Thailand Theerawekin Seehawong Thailand Pongpisuth Pue-on Nigeria Gabriel Obatola Nigeria Obadin Aikhena Nigeria Alfred Emuejeraye
Home United Thailand Sutee Suksomkit South Korea Jeon Kyeong-joon Hungary Gabor Boer Ivory Coast Fodé Bangaly Diakité None Thailand Anurak Srikerd
Hungary Checzy Zoltan
Sengkang Punggol South Korea Ahn Tae-hyuk Australia Jon Angelucci Australia Steve McDonald Ghana Kim Grant Scotland Ricky Waddell
SAFFC Thailand Therdsak Chaiman Japan Kenji Arai Australia Aleksandar Đurić England John Wilkinson None
Tampines Rovers Thailand Santi Chaiyaphurk Thailand Choketawee Promrut Serbia Sead Muratović Brazil Peres De Oliveira None
Woodlands South Korea Park Tae-won Cameroon Essa Basile Morocco Laakkad Abdelhadi Romania Lucian Dronca None
Singapore Young Lions FC China Qiu Li Cameroon Moudourou Moise Nigeria Precious Emuejeraye None None

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Singapore Armed Forces 30 20 8 2 71 36 +35 68 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Tampines Rovers 30 16 9 5 70 42 +28 57
3 Singapore Young Lions 30 15 7 8 67 43 +24 52
4 Home United 30 15 6 9 49 40 +9 51
5 Woodlands Wellington 30 13 8 9 60 45 +15 47
6 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 30 12 9 9 52 44 +8 45
7 Balestier Khalsa 30 10 7 13 50 61 −11 37
8 Gombak United 30 8 8 14 48 54 −6 32
9 NigeriaCameroonKenyaGhana Sporting Afrique 30 5 9 16 36 58 −22 24
10 Geylang United 30 6 5 19 22 62 −40 23
11 Sengkang Punggol 30 4 6 20 32 72 −40 18
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ↑ Tampines qualified as 2006 Singapore Cup winners

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
1Morocco Laakkad AbdelhadiWoodlands Wellington23
2Khairul AmriSingapore Young Lions21
3Mirko GrabovacTampines Rovers20
4Bosnia and HerzegovinaAustralia Aleksandar ĐurićSingapore Armed Forces19
4China Qiu LiSingapore Young Lions19
6Cameroon Kengne LudovickBalestier Khalsa15
7Egmar GoncalvesHome United14
7Brazil Peres De OliveiraTampines Rovers14
7Ashrin ShariffSingapore Armed Forces14
7Agu CasmirWoodlands Wellington14
11Japan Eiichiro OzakiJapan Albirex Niigata (S)13
11South Korea Jeon Kyeong-JoonHome United13
11Noh Alam ShahTampines Rovers13
11Japan Norikazu MurakamiBalestier Khalsa13

References

    • S.League 2006 (Note section on top scorers is incomplete (til 20 August).)
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