2004 S.League

2004 S.League was the ninth season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Tampines Rovers, which was their first league title.

S. League
Season2004
ChampionsTampines Rovers
1st S.League title
AFC Cup
  • Tampines Rovers
    (S.League and Singapore Cup winners)
  • Home United
    (S.League runners-up)
Matches played135
Goals scored513 (3.8 per match)
Top goalscorerEgmar Goncalves (30)
Biggest home winTampines Rovers 9-0 Tanjong Pagar United
(16 March 2004)
Biggest away winBalestier Khalsa 0-6 Tanjong Pagar United
(19 August 2004)
Highest scoringSingapore Armed Forces 6-6 Young Lions
(15 April 2004)
← 2003
2005 →

Changes from 2003
  • Penalty kicks after draws were discontinued.
  • Albirex Niigata (S) are the feeder team of J.League club Albirex Niigata.
  • Sengkang Marine withdrew from the league at the end of 2003 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 Chan-joong Park Tae-won Andrew Durante Igwe Iroha Hea Sae-gyu
Lee Ho-sung
Geylang International Aleksandar Đurić Wayne O'Sullivan Mark Williams Stewart Petrie Daniel Hill
Aleksandar Đurić
Chang Hui
Home United Sutee Suksomkit Surachai Jaturapattarapong Anurak Srikerd Peres De Oliveira None
Tanjong Pagar United Ballamodou Conde Gimmy Bade Jean-Marc Audemar Benoît Salviat Nicodeme Boucher
SAFFC Jon Angelucci Nenad Baćina Boubacar Keita André Gumprecht Ballamodou Conde
Tampines Rovers Santi Chaiyaphurk Choketawee Promrut Sead Muratović Fahrudin Mustafić Zakir Jalilov
Woodlands Park Kung-guy Kim Eun-cher Simon Clark John Wilkinson None
Young Lions FC Shi Jiayi Vladan Seric Precious Emuejeraye None Kazeem Babatunde
  • Albirex Niigata (S) and Sinchi FC are not allowed to hire any foreigners.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tampines Rovers 27 20 3 4 76 29 +47 63 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
2 Home United 27 17 2 8 76 43 +33 53
3 Young Lions 27 14 5 8 74 52 +22 47
4 Singapore Armed Forces 27 14 3 10 45 48 −3 45
5 Albirex Niigata (S) 27 12 8 7 50 42 +8 44
6 Woodlands Wellington 27 12 4 11 48 49 −1 40
7 Geylang United 27 10 7 10 43 43 0 37
8 Balestier Khalsa 27 6 2 19 36 73 −37 20
9 Sinchi FC 27 4 5 18 36 62 −26 17
10 Tanjong Pagar United 27 4 5 18 29 72 −43 17
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Top scorers
RankNameClubGoals
1 Egmar GoncalvesHome United30[1]
2 Agu CasmirYoung Lions24
3 Mirko GrabovacSingapore Armed Forces23
4Indra Sahdan DaudHome United19
5 Park Kung GuyWoodlands Wellington18

References
  1. Eric Ding (29 August 2005). "Golden Boot". Today. p. 38.
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