S. League
Season1999
ChampionsHome United
1st S.League title
Asian Club ChampionshipHome United
Matches played132
Goals scored410 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorerCroatia Mirko Grabovac (23)
Biggest home winSingapore Armed Forces 7-0 Woodlands Wellington
(17 April 1999)
Biggest away winClementi Khalsa 0-6 Balestier Central
(19 May 1999)
Highest scoringTampines Rovers 4-4 Gombak United
(24 September 1999)
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2000 →

The 1999 S.League was the fourth season of the S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. Teams played each other once both home and away, in a 22-match season.

The 1999 S.League was won by Home United, their first S.League title.

Teams

The league expanded again to 12 teams with the addition of a newly formed team, Clementi Khalsa who were based in Clementi and played their home games at the Clementi Stadium. Clementi Khalsa were formed in order to give an S.League representation to the Singaporean Sikh community.

Team Stadium Capacity Location
Balestier CentralToa Payoh Stadium 3,900Toa Payoh
Geylang UnitedBedok Stadium 3,900Bedok
Gombak UnitedBukit Gombak Stadium 3,000Bukit Batok
Clementi KhalsaClementi Stadium 4,000Clementi
JurongJurong East Stadium 2,700Jurong East
Home UnitedBishan Stadium 4,000Bishan
Marine CastleHougang Stadium 3,000Hougang
Singapore Armed ForcesJurong Stadium 6,000Jurong
Sembawang RangersYishun Stadium 3,400Yishun
Tampines RoversTampines Stadium 3,600Tampines
Tanjong Pagar UnitedQueenstown Stadium 3,800Queenstown
Woodlands WellingtonWoodlands Stadium 4,300Woodlands

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 Central Australia Darren Stewart Brazil Fabio Da Silva England Paul Richardson None None
Clementi Khalsa Romania Bogdan Brasoveanu England Paul Masefield England Raymond Williamson None None
Geylang International Brazil Jacksen F. Tiago England Gareth Rowe England Billy Bone Germany Lutz Pfannenstiel New Zealand Jason Batty
South Korea Jang Jung
Gombak United Denmark Jorgen Nielsen Thailand Surachai Jirasirichote Australia David Cervinski Australia Ben Blake None
Home United Australia Ernie Tapai Australia Vlado Bozinoski Brazil Egmar Gonçalves Hungary Zsolt Bucs None
Jurong FC Croatia Bojan Hodak England Jason Ainsley England Keith Fletcher None None
Marine Castle Australia Douglas Ithier England Michael Currie Nigeria Peter Anosike None None
SAFFC Croatia Mirko Grabovac Croatia Tomislav Steinbruckner Croatia Vinko Marača None None
Sembawang Rangers Thailand Tawan Sripan Brazil Joselito Da Silva Croatia Jure Ereš Bosnia and Herzegovina Milomir Šešlija None
Tampines Rovers Croatia Marko Kraljevic Australia Scott O'Donell Liberia Nathaniel Klay Naplah Croatia Zlatko Vidan None
Tanjong Pagar United Croatia Davor Dželalija Croatia Dejan Gluščević Croatia Dragan Talajić Senegal Nicodeme Boucher Brazil Fabio Da Silva
Australia Aleksandar Đurić
Woodlands Germany Jorg Steinebrunner Croatia Ivica Raguz England Stuart Young England Max Nicholson England Christian Sansam

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Home United 22 15 6 1 42 16 +26 51 Qualification to
Asian Club Championship
first round
2 Singapore Armed Forces 22 14 7 1 63 24 +39 49
3 Tanjong Pagar United 22 11 8 3 40 25 +15 41
4 Geylang United 22 9 8 5 33 21 +12 35
5 Gombak United 22 8 8 6 35 35 0 32
6 Jurong FC 22 9 4 9 37 32 +5 31
7 Balestier Central 22 6 8 8 25 27 −2 26
8 Sembawang Rangers 22 5 8 9 30 36 −6 23
9 Woodlands Wellington 22 6 4 12 30 44 −14 22
10 Tampines Rovers 22 4 8 10 25 39 −14 20
11 Clementi Khalsa 22 3 6 13 29 55 −26 15
12 Marine Castle United 22 3 3 16 21 56 −35 12
Source: RSSSF[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

As 1999 S.League champions, Home United qualified to compete in the 2000–01 Asian Club Championship. This was their first appearance in continental competition. The club reached the second round of the East Asian half of the competition, defeating Polícia de Segurança Pública of the Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol 11–0 on aggregate before being defeated 6–1 on aggregate in the second round by Shandong Luneng Taishan of the Chinese Jia-A League.

Top scorer

RankNameClubGoals
1Croatia Mirko GrabovacSingapore Armed Forces23

References

  1. ↑ "Singapore 1999".
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