2006 S.League

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S. League
Season2006
ChampionsSingapore Armed Forces
5th S.League title
AFC Cup
Matches played165
Goals scored557 (3.38 per match)
Top goalscorerMorocco Laakkad Abdelhadi (23)
Biggest home winTampines Rovers 6-1 Geylang United
(16 April 2006)
Biggest away winSengkang Punggol 0-5 Tampines Rovers
(20 June 2006)
Highest scoringGombak United 4-5 Balestier Khalsa
(14 September 2006)
2005
2007

2006 S.League was the eleventh season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, which was their fifth league title.

Changes from 2005[edit]

  • Paya Lebar Punggol merged with the returning Sengkang Marine to form Sengkang Punggol.
  • Gombak United also returned to the league after pulling out in 2002.
  • Sporting Afrique were a foreign team made up of players from four different African countries – Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon and Ghana.
  • Sinchi went out of operation at the end of 2005 season.

Foreign players[edit]

Each club is allowed to have a maximum of 4 foreign players, except Young Lions.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Former Players
Balestier Khalsa Japan Norikazu Murakami Japan Akihiro Nakamura Nigeria Osagie Ederaro Cameroon Kengne Ludovick None
Geylang International Thailand Rangsan Viwatchaichok Japan Ryuji Sueoka South Korea Bae Jin-soo Bulgaria Boyko Kamenov None South Korea Nam Woung-ki
Gombak United Thailand Theerawekin Seehawong Nigeria Gabriel Obatola Nigeria Obadin Aikhena Nigeria Alfred Emuejeraye None Thailand Pongpisuth Pue-on
Home United Thailand Sutee Suksomkit South Korea Jeon Kyeong-joon Sierra Leone Mohamed Coker Junior Brazil Bel None Thailand Anurak Srikerd
Hungary Checzy Zoltan
Hungary Gabor Boer
Sengkang Punggol Australia Jon Angelucci Australia Steve McDonald Ghana Kim Grant Scotland Ricky Waddell None South Korea Ahn Tae-hyuk
SAFFC Thailand Therdsak Chaiman Japan Kenji Arai Australia Aleksandar Đurić England John Wilkinson None
Tampines Rovers Thailand Santi Chaiyaphurk Thailand Choketawee Promrut Serbia and Montenegro Sead Muratović Brazil Peres De Oliveira None
Woodlands South Korea Park Tae-won Cameroon Essa Basile Morocco Laakkad Abdelhadi Romania Lucian Dronca None
Singapore Young Lions FC China Qiu Li Cameroon Moudourou Moise China Che Hao China Li Jisheng China Guan Hongyu

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Singapore Armed Forces 30 20 8 2 71 36 +35 68 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage[a]
2 Tampines Rovers 30 16 9 5 70 42 +28 57
3 Singapore Young Lions 30 15 7 8 67 43 +24 52
4 Home United 30 15 6 9 49 40 +9 51
5 Woodlands Wellington 30 13 8 9 60 45 +15 47
6 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 30 12 9 9 52 44 +8 45
7 Balestier Khalsa 30 10 7 13 50 61 −11 37
8 Gombak United 30 8 8 14 48 54 −6 32
9 NigeriaCameroonKenyaGhana Sporting Afrique 30 5 9 16 36 58 −22 24
10 Geylang United 30 6 5 19 22 62 −40 23
11 Sengkang Punggol 30 4 6 20 32 72 −40 18
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Tampines qualified as 2006 Singapore Cup winners

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Morocco Laakkad Abdelhadi Woodlands Wellington 23
2 Khairul Amri Singapore Young Lions 21
3 Mirko Grabovac Tampines Rovers 20
4 Bosnia and HerzegovinaAustralia Aleksandar Đurić Singapore Armed Forces 19
4 China Qiu Li Singapore Young Lions 19
6 Cameroon Kengne Ludovick Balestier Khalsa 15
7 Egmar Goncalves Home United 14
7 Brazil Peres De Oliveira Tampines Rovers 14
7 Ashrin Shariff Singapore Armed Forces 14
7 Agu Casmir Woodlands Wellington 14
11 Japan Eiichiro Ozaki Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 13
11 South Korea Jeon Kyeong-Joon Home United 13
11 Noh Alam Shah Tampines Rovers 13
11 Japan Norikazu Murakami Balestier Khalsa 13

References[edit]

  • S.League 2006 (Note section on top scorers is incomplete (till 20 August).)