2008 S.League

S. League
Season 2008
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 Dalian Shide Siwu 0-6 Home United
(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
1 Singapore Armed Forces 33 24 5 4 85 34 +51 77 Qualification to 2009 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
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 2009 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 Singapore[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. 1 2 3 4 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

Team Stadium Capacity
Albirex Niigata (S) Jurong East Stadium 2,700
Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium 3,896
Dalian Shide Siwu 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
Super Reds Yishun Stadium 3,400
Tampines Rovers Tampines Stadium 3,580
Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Stadium 4,300
Young Lions Jalan Besar Stadium 6,000

Leading goalscorers

PlayerTeamGoalsNotes
Singapore Aleksandar DuricSingapore Armed Forces28
Cameroon Kengne LudovickHome United24
Singapore Khairul AmriTampines Rovers 1910 for Young Lions
Nigeria O. J. ObatolaGombak United16
Japan Akira TakaseJapanAlbirex Niigata (S)14
Singapore Aliff ShafaeinTampines Rovers 13
Japan Norikazu MurakamiSingapore Armed Forces
South Korea Park Tae WonWoodlands Wellington
Brazil Rivaldo CostaGeylang United
Singapore Fazrul NawazGeylang United 12
South Korea Oh Ddog YiSouth KoreaSuper Reds
Singapore Qiu LiTampines Rovers

S-League Awards Night Winners[1]

Player of the Year

SingaporeAleksandar Duric - Singapore Armed Forces

Young Player of the Year

SingaporeKhairul Amri - Tampines Rovers

Coach of the Year

JapanHiroaki Hiraoka - JapanAlbirex Niigata (S)

Top Scorer Award

SingaporeAleksandar Duric - Singapore Armed Forces

Fair Play Award

South KoreaSuper Reds

Referee of the Year

T Aravinthan

Assistant Referee of the Year

Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng

Goal of the Year

MoroccoAbdelhadi 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

CameroonKengne Ludovick - Home United

100 S.League Goals

South KoreaPark Tae Won - Woodlands Wellington

External links

Notes and references

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