2008 S.League
Football league season
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Season | 2008 |
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Champions | Singapore Armed Forces 7th S.League title |
AFC Champions League | Singapore Armed Forces (S.League winners) |
AFC Cup | Home United (S.League 2nd runners-up) |
Matches played | 198 |
Goals scored | 572 (2.89 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Aleksandar Duric (28) |
Biggest home win | Home United 6-1 Geylang United (15 March 2008) Home United 6-1 Balestier Khalsa (17 November 2008) |
Biggest away win | ![]() (19 May 2008) |
← 2007 2009 → |
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.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 | ![]() | 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[b] |
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 | ![]() | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 41 | |
8 | Woodlands Wellington | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 35 | |
9 | ![]() | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 31 | |
10 | ![]() | 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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head
Notes:
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ 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
![2008 S.League is located in Singapore](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Singapore_location_map_%28main_island%29.svg/800px-Singapore_location_map_%28main_island%29.svg.png)
![Albirex (S)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Albirex (S)
![Young Lions](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Young
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Location of teams in 2008 S.LeagueTeam | Stadium | Capacity |
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![]() | Jurong East Stadium | 2,700 |
Balestier Khalsa | Toa Payoh Stadium | 3,896 |
![]() | Queenstown Stadium | 3,800 |
Geylang United | Bedok Stadium | 3,864 |
Gombak United | Jurong West Stadium | 4,000 |
Home United | Bishan Stadium | 4,254 |
Singapore Armed Forces | Choa Chu Kang Stadium | 4,600 |
Sengkang Punggol | Hougang Stadium | 2,500 |
![]() | Yishun Stadium | 3,400 |
Tampines Rovers | Tampines Stadium | 3,580 |
Woodlands Wellington | Woodlands Stadium | 4,300 |
Young Lions | Jalan Besar Stadium | 6,000 |
- 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 |
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Balestier Khalsa | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Geylang International | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | None | None |
Gombak United | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | None | None |
Home United | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | None |
Sengkang Punggol | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
SAFFC | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | None | None |
Tampines Rovers | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | None | ![]() | None |
Woodlands | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | None | None |
Young Lions | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | None | None | None |
- Albirex Niigata (S), Dalian Shide and Super Reds are not allowed to hire any foreigners.
Leading goalscorers
Player | Team | Goals! |
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Aleksandar Duric | Singapore Armed Forces | 28 |
![]() | Home United | 24 |
Khairul Amri | Tampines Rovers | 19 (10 for Young Lions) |
![]() | Gombak United | 16 |
![]() | ![]() | 14 |
Aliff Shafaein | Tampines Rovers | 13 |
![]() | Singapore Armed Forces | |
![]() | Woodlands Wellington | |
![]() | Geylang United | |
Fazrul Nawaz | Geylang United | 12 |
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Qiu Li | Tampines 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
- ^ "S League".
External links
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