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.
 | |
| Season | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Singapore Armed Forces 5th S.League title |
| AFC Cup |
|
| Matches played | 165 |
| Goals scored | 557 (3.38 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Laakkad Abdelhadi (23) |
| Biggest home win | Tampines Rovers 6-1 Geylang United (16 April 2006) |
| Biggest away win | Sengkang Punggol 0-5 Tampines Rovers (20 June 2006) |
| Highest scoring | Gombak United 4-5 Balestier Khalsa (14 September 2006) |
← 2005 2007 → | |
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
editEach 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 |  Norikazu Murakami
|
Akihiro Nakamura
|
 Osagie Ederaro
|
 Kengne Ludovick
|
None | |
| Geylang International |  Rangsan Viwatchaichok
|
Ryuji Sueoka
|
 Bae Jin-soo
|
 Boyko Kamenov
|
None | Nam Woung-ki
|
| Gombak United | Theerawekin Seehawong
|
Gabriel Obatola
|
Obadin Aikhena
|
Alfred Emuejeraye
|
None | Pongpisuth Pue-on
|
| Home United | Sutee Suksomkit
|
Jeon Kyeong-joon
|
 Mohamed Coker Junior
|
 Bel
|
None | Anurak Srikerd  Checzy Zoltan Gabor Boer
|
| Sengkang Punggol |  Jon Angelucci
|
Steve McDonald
|
 Kim Grant
|
 Ricky Waddell
|
None | Ahn Tae-hyuk
|
| SAFFC | Therdsak Chaiman
|
Kenji Arai
|
Aleksandar Đurić
|
 John Wilkinson
|
None | |
| Tampines Rovers | Santi Chaiyaphurk
|
Choketawee Promrut
|
 Sead Muratović
|
Peres De Oliveira
|
None | |
| Woodlands | Park Tae-won
|
Essa Basile
|
Laakkad Abdelhadi
|
 Lucian Dronca
|
None | |
 Young Lions FC
|
 Qiu Li
|
Moudourou Moise
|
Che Hao
|
Li Jisheng
|
Guan Hongyu
|
- Albirex Niigata (S) and Sporting Afrique are not allowed to hire any foreigners.
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 | 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 | 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 |  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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
- ^ Tampines qualified as 2006 Singapore Cup winners
Top goalscorers
edit| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laakkad Abdelhadi |
Woodlands Wellington | 23 |
| 2 | Khairul Amri | Young Lions |
21 |
| 3 | Mirko Grabovac | Tampines Rovers | 20 |
| 4 |  Aleksandar Đurić |
Singapore Armed Forces | 19 |
| 4 | Qiu Li |
Young Lions |
19 |
| 6 | Kengne Ludovick |
Balestier Khalsa | 15 |
| 7 | Egmar Goncalves | Home United | 14 |
| 7 | Peres De Oliveira |
Tampines Rovers | 14 |
| 7 | Ashrin Shariff | Singapore Armed Forces | 14 |
| 7 | Agu Casmir | Woodlands Wellington | 14 |
| 11 | Eiichiro Ozaki |
Albirex Niigata (S) |
13 |
| 11 | Jeon Kyeong-Joon |
Home United | 13 |
| 11 | Noh Alam Shah | Tampines Rovers | 13 |
| 11 | Norikazu Murakami |
Balestier Khalsa | 13 |
References
edit- S.League 2006 (Note section on top scorers is incomplete (till 20 August).)