2008 S.League

2008 S.League is the 13th season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, which was their seventh league title.

S. League
Season2008
ChampionsSingapore Armed Forces
7th S.League title
AFC Champions LeagueSingapore Armed Forces
(S.League winners)
AFC CupHome United
(S.League 2nd runners-up)
Matches played198
Goals scored572 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerAleksandar Duric (28)
Biggest home winHome United 6-1 Geylang United
(15 March 2008)
Home United 6-1 Balestier Khalsa
(17 November 2008)
Biggest away win Dalian Shide Siwu 0-6 Home United
(19 May 2008)
← 2007
2009 →

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Singapore Armed Forces 33 24 5 4 85 34 +51 77 Qualification to
AFC Champions League Qualifying Play-off
or AFC Cup group stage
2 Super Reds[lower-alpha 1] 33 24 3 6 68 32 +36 75
3 Home United 33 23 3 7 75 31 +44 72 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage[lower-alpha 2]
4 Tampines Rovers 33 20 5 8 66 37 +29 65
5 Gombak United 33 14 10 9 47 39 +8 52
6 Geylang United 33 13 6 14 56 57 −1 45
7 Albirex Niigata (S)[lower-alpha 1] 33 10 11 12 44 55 −11 41
8 Woodlands Wellington 33 9 8 16 36 52 −16 35
9 Young Lions[lower-alpha 1] 33 7 10 16 30 46 −16 31
10 Dalian Shide Siwu[lower-alpha 1] 33 5 7 21 26 75 −49 22
11 Sengkang Punggol 33 3 10 20 13 54 −41 19
12 Balestier Khalsa 33 3 8 22 26 60 −34 17
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head
Notes:
  1. The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), Dalian Shide Siwu and Super Reds – as well as the Football Association of Singapore under-23 team, Young Lions, were not eligible for qualification to continental competitions.
  2. Home United qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup by being the next highest-placed local club behind S.League and 2008 Singapore Cup winners Singapore Armed Forces.

Teams
Albirex (S)
Balestier Khalsa
Geylang Utd
Gombak Utd
Home Utd
Sengkang Punggol
SAFFC
Super Reds
Tampines R.
Woodlands Wellington
Young
Lions
Location of teams in 2008 S.League
Team Stadium Capacity
Albirex Niigata (S)Jurong East Stadium2,700
Balestier KhalsaToa Payoh Stadium3,896
Dalian ShideQueenstown Stadium3,800
Geylang UnitedBedok Stadium3,864
Gombak UnitedJurong West Stadium4,000
Home UnitedBishan Stadium4,254
Singapore Armed ForcesChoa Chu Kang Stadium4,600
Sengkang PunggolHougang Stadium2,500
Super RedsYishun Stadium3,400
Tampines RoversTampines Stadium3,580
Woodlands WellingtonWoodlands Stadium4,300
Young LionsJalan Besar Stadium6,000
  • The league play all its Friday matches, which is televised live on MediaCorp Channel 5 at the Jalan Besar Stadium.

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 Player
Balestier Khalsa Haruki Seto Hironori Saruta Yuki Stalph Paul Ekollo Mba Vitus Onyekachi Kaze Teffo Etienne
Geylang International Rivaldo Junior Rastislav Beličák Miroslav Latiak None None
Gombak United Theerawekin Seehawong Gabriel Obatola Kingsley Njoku Emmanuel Emuejeraye None None
Home United Kornprom Jaroonpong Peres De Oliveira Kengne Ludovick Valery Hiek Naruphol Ar-Romsawa None
Sengkang Punggol Hiroyuki Yamamoto Zdravko Šimić Reginaldo Estevao Luis Eduardo Hicks Cole Tinkler Iván Asenjo
SAFFC Norikazu Murakami Kenji Arai Masahiro Fukasawa Therdsak Chaiman None None
Tampines Rovers Sutee Suksomkit Attapong Nooprom Santi Chaiyaphurk None Sanrawat Dechmitr None
Woodlands Park Tae-won Akihiro Nakamura Laakkad Abdelhadi Lucian Dronca None None None
Young Lions Obadin Aikhena Moudourou Moise Daniel Hammond None None None
  • Albirex Niigata (S), Dalian Shide and Super Reds are not allowed to hire any foreigners.

Leading goalscorers
PlayerTeamGoals!
Aleksandar DuricSingapore Armed Forces28
Kengne LudovickHome United24
Khairul AmriTampines Rovers19 (10 for Young Lions)
O. J. ObatolaGombak United16
Akira Takase Albirex Niigata (S)14
Aliff ShafaeinTampines Rovers 13
Norikazu MurakamiSingapore Armed Forces
Park Tae WonWoodlands Wellington
Rivaldo CostaGeylang United
Fazrul NawazGeylang United 12
Oh Ddog Yi Super Reds
Qiu LiTampines Rovers

S-League Awards Night Winners

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Player of the Year
Aleksandar Duric - Singapore Armed Forces
Young Player of the Year
Khairul Amri - Tampines Rovers
Coach of the Year
Hiroaki Hiraoka - Albirex Niigata (S)
Top Scorer Award
Aleksandar Duric - Singapore Armed Forces
Fair Play Award
Super Reds
Referee of the Year
T Aravinthan
Assistant Referee of the Year
Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng
Goal of the Year
Abdelhadi Laakkad - Woodlands Wellington - (vs Young Lions on 23 February @ Woodlands Stadium)
Fan Club of the Year
Singapore Armed Forces
Story of the Year
Shamir Osman - Today - "No Panic As Dark Clouds Loom"
Picture of the Year
Koh Mui Fong - Today - "Super Reds Flying High"
People's Choice Award
Kengne Ludovick - Home United
100 S.League Goals
Park Tae Won - Woodlands Wellington

Notes and references
  1. http://www.sleague.com/Web/Main.aspx?ID=,68e68380-9e0b-44b2-8a32-d06df7470ca6&AID=59542e54-3457-4612-9a60-607790eb39ad&NLT=300
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