2000 S.League

The 2000 S.League was the fifth season of the S-League, the top professional football league in Singapore. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, their third league title.

S. League

Season	2000
Champions	Singapore Armed Forces 3rd S.League title
Asian Club Championship	Singapore Armed Forces
Matches played	132
Goals scored	379 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mirko Grabovac (19)
Biggest home win	Geylang United 7-1 Marine Castle United (28 April 2000)
Biggest away win	Marine Castle United 0-7 Tanjong Pagar United (21 July 2000)
Highest scoring	Geylang United 7-1 Marine Castle United (28 April 2000) Singapore Armed Forces 6-2 Balestier Central (17 June 2000) Singapore Armed Forces 6-2 Sembawang Rangers (4 August 2000)
← 1999 2001 →

Teams

S.League had been expanding with addition of new clubs for every season since its beginnings, the 2000 season was the first season without any new club addition. All clubs were playing at the designated home stadiums which lead to building their identities within their local communities.

Balestier Central

Clementi Khalsa

Geylang Utd

Gombak Utd

Home Utd

Jurong

Marine Castle

Sembawang Rangers

SAFFC

Tampines R.

Tanjong Pagar Utd

Woodlands Wellington

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Location of teams in 2000 S.League

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Location
Balestier Central	Toa Payoh Stadium	3,900	Toa Payoh
Geylang United	Bedok Stadium	3,900	Bedok
Gombak United	Bukit Gombak Stadium	3,000	Bukit Batok
Clementi Khalsa	Clementi Stadium	4,000	Clementi
Jurong	Jurong East Stadium	2,700	Jurong East
Home United	Bishan Stadium	4,000	Bishan
Marine Castle	Hougang Stadium	3,000	Hougang
Singapore Armed Forces	Jurong Stadium	6,000	Jurong
Sembawang Rangers	Yishun Stadium	3,400	Yishun
Tampines Rovers	Tampines Stadium	3,600	Tampines
Tanjong Pagar United	Queenstown Stadium	3,800	Queenstown
Woodlands Wellington	Woodlands Stadium	4,300	Woodlands

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 Players
Balestier Central	Darren Stewart	Fabio Da Silva	Eduardo Ribeiro	Jason Ainsley	Itimi Wilson	None
Clementi Khalsa	Emile Mbeya	Abubakri Acheampong	Bogdan Brasoveanu	None	Emmanuel Unaka	None
Geylang International	Brian Bothwell	Gavin Wilkinson	Billy Bone	Lutz Pfannenstiel	Emmanuel Dogbe	None
Gombak United	Jaturapattarapong	Surachai Jirasirichote	Jorgen Nielsen	Ballamodou Conde	Diallo Abdoulaye	Niweat Siriwong
Home United	Ernie Tapai	Egmar Gonçalves	Brian Kristensen	Rene Anderson	None	Aleksandar Đurić
Jurong FC	Joselito Da Silva	Paul Masefield	Bojan Hodak	Hrvoje Ratković	None	Mirko Jurilj
Marine Castle	Kim See-man	Michael Garcia	Davor Višić	Thomas Andersen	None	None
SAFFC	Mirko Grabovac	Nenad Baćina	Veselko Paponja	Vinko Marača	None	None
Sembawang Rangers	Thawatchai Ongtrakul	Milomir Šešlija	Tawan Sripan	None	None	None
Tampines Rovers	Marko Kraljević	Rešad Sejdić	Sead Muratović	Esad Sejdić	Dennis Suglo	Fahrudin Aličković Dejan Dimić Moussa Keita Hasan Plojović
Tanjong Pagar United	Davor Dželalija	Boubacar Seck	Nicodeme Boucher	Dragan Talajić	None	None
Woodlands	Miroslav Kuljanac	Ivica Raguž	Nikolai Foroutan	Max Nicholson	None	Ante Konjević

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Singapore Armed Forces	22	16	4	2	53	15	+38	52	Qualification to Asian Club Championship first round
2	Tanjong Pagar United	22	12	7	3	50	23	+27	43
3	Geylang United	22	13	2	7	42	29	+13	41
4	Home United	22	11	7	4	38	21	+17	40
5	Gombak United	22	11	4	7	33	26	+7	37
6	Jurong FC	22	8	5	9	30	37	−7	29
7	Tampines Rovers	22	7	6	9	30	27	+3	27
8	Clementi Khalsa	22	5	10	7	33	46	−13	25
9	Sembawang Rangers	22	5	7	10	17	37	−20	22
10	Woodlands Wellington	22	4	5	13	19	31	−12	17
11	Marine Castle United	22	4	4	14	18	45	−27	16
12	Balestier Central	22	3	5	14	16	42	−26	14

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Top scorer

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Mirko Grabovac	Singapore Armed Forces	19