2003 S.League

2003 S.League was the eighth season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Home United, which was their second league title.

S. League
Season2003
ChampionsHome United
2nd S.League title
AFC CupHome United (S.League and Singapore Cup winners)
Geylang United (S.League runners-up)
Matches played198
Goals scored631 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorer Peres de Oliveira
(37 - all domestic competitions)
Biggest home winGeylang United 10-2 Young Lions
(17 August 2003)
Biggest away winBalestier Khalsa 0-5 Singapore Armed Forces
(10 May 2003)
Highest scoringGeylang United 10-2 Young Lions
(17 August 2003)
← 2002
2004 →

League table
Pos Team Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Home United 33 26 2 3 2 104 42 +62 85 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
2 Geylang United 33 21 3 2 7 75 30 +45 71
3 Singapore Armed Forces 33 20 2 5 6 68 37 +31 69
4 Tampines Rovers 33 17 3 2 11 63 40 +23 59
5 Woodlands Wellington 33 14 4 8 7 65 47 +18 58
6 Jurong FC 33 12 7 1 13 35 34 +1 51
7 Sinchi FC[lower-alpha 1] 33 11 6 5 11 46 48 −2 50
8 Sengkang Marine 33 7 8 1 17 32 66 −34 38
9 Sembawang Rangers 33 6 5 7 15 37 56 −19 35
10 Tanjong Pagar United 33 8 2 0 23 36 78 −42 28
11 Balestier Khalsa[lower-alpha 2] 33 5 2 6 20 37 76 −39 25
12 Young Lions[lower-alpha 3] 33 6 1 5 21 33 77 −44 25
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Matches proceed to a penalty shootout following a draw in regulation time. Shootout winners receive two points and shootout losers receive one point.
Notes:
  1. Sinchi stands for 'Singapore Chinese', a team of Chinese players.
  2. Balestier Khalsa are a merger of Clementi Khalsa and Balestier Central.
  3. Young Lions are a new team made up of under-23 national team players.
Gombak United withdrew from the league at the end of the 2002 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 Former Player
Balestier Khalsa Kim Eun-cher Jang Min-suk Choi Seung-bum Joseph Theddeus Wisdom Onyekwere
Itimi Wilson
Geylang International Peter Bennett Aleksandar Đurić Brendon Šantalab Paul Roberts Marcus Phillips
Surachai Jirasirichote
Home United Sutee Suksomkit Surachai Jaturapattarapong Billy Bone Peres De Oliveira None
Jurong FC Park Tae-won Okoye Emeka Precious Emuejeraye Fabio Da Silva None
SAFFC Pongsak Khongkeaw Akihiro Nakamura Nenad Baćina Ballamodou Conde Igwe Iroha
Ante Hrgović
Sengkang Marine Shane Pryce Daniel Hill Jason White Fahrudin Mustafić None
Sembawang Rangers Pitipong Kuldilog Supakit Jinajai Tawan Sripan Cumpee Pinthakul Teerasak Po-on
Akihiro Nakamura
Tampines Rovers Bradley Groves Demetrios Bakis George Goutzioulis Sead Muratović None
Tanjong Pagar United Choketawee Promrut Hiroaki Tanaka Adejumo Smith Kris Trajanovski None
Woodlands John Wilkinson Simon Clark Itimi Dickson Agu Casmir None
Young Lions FC Precious Emuejeraye None None None None
  • Albirex Niigata (S) and Sinchi FC are not allowed to hire any foreigners.

Top scorers
RankNameClubGoals
1 Peres de OliveiraHome United37
2 Aleksandar ĐurićGeylang United32
3 Egmar GoncalvesHome United29
4Indra Sahdan DaudHome United26
5 Chang Hui Sinchi24
6 Brendon SantalabGeylang United23
6Noh Alam ShahTampines Rovers23
8 Pitipong KuldilogSembawang Rangers21
9Mirko GrabovacSingapore Armed Forces20
10 Itimi DicksonWoodlands Wellington18
11 George GoutzioulisTampines Rovers17
12 Agu CasmirWoodlands Wellington15
13 Jason WhiteSengkang Marine14
13 Ballamodou CondeSingapore Armed Forces14
15Fadzuhasny JuraimiTanjong Pagar United11
15 John WilkinsonWoodlands Wellington11
17Jamil AliGeylang United10
17Aliff Shafaein Young Lions10
19 Kim Eun-CherBalestier Khalsa9
19 Sutee SuksomkitHome United9
19 Hiroaki TanakaTanjong Pagar United9

Source:[1]

References
  1. http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/sing03.html S.League 2003
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