2000 S.League

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.

S. League
Season2000
ChampionsSingapore Armed Forces
3rd S.League title
Asian Club ChampionshipSingapore Armed Forces
Matches played132
Goals scored379 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer Mirko Grabovac (19)
Biggest home winGeylang United 7-1 Marine Castle United
(28 April 2000)
Biggest away winMarine 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

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.

Balestier Central
Clementi Khalsa
Geylang Utd
Gombak Utd
Home Utd
Marine Castle
Sembawang Rangers
SAFFC
Tampines R.
Tanjong Pagar Utd
Woodlands Wellington
Location of teams in 2000 S.League
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 Darren Stewart Fabio Da Silva Eduardo Ribeiro Jason Ainsley Itimi Wilson None
Clementi Khalsa None Emile Mbeya Abubakri Acheampong Bogdan Brasoveanu Emmanuel Unaka None
Geylang International Brian Bothwell Gavin Wilkinson Billy Bone Lutz Pfannenstiel Emmanuel Dogbe None
Gombak United Jaturapattarapong Surachai Jirasirichote Jorgen Nielsen Ballamodou Conde Diallo Abdoulaye Niweat Siriwong
Home United Ernie Tapai Egmar Gonçalves Brian Kristensen Rene Anderson None Aleksandar Đurić
Jurong FC Joselito Da Silva Paul Masefield Bojan Hodak Hrvoje Ratković None Mirko Jurilj
Marine Castle Kim See-man Michael Garcia Davor Višić Thomas Andersen None None
SAFFC Mirko Grabovac Nenad Baćina Veselko Paponja Vinko Marača None None
Sembawang Rangers Thawatchai Ongtrakul Milomir Šešlija Tawan Sripan None None None
Tampines Rovers Marko Kraljević Rešad Sejdić Sead Muratović Esad Sejdić Dennis Suglo Fahrudin Aličković
Dejan Dimić
Moussa Keita
Hasan Plojović
Tanjong Pagar United Davor Dželalija Boubacar Seck Nicodeme Boucher Dragan Talajić None None
Woodlands Miroslav Kuljanac Ivica Raguž Nikolai Foroutan Max Nicholson None 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
1 Mirko GrabovacSingapore Armed Forces19
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