2006 S.League

S. League
Season2006
ChampionsSingapore Armed Forces
5th S.League title
AFC Cup
Matches played165
Goals scored557 (3.38 per match)
Top goalscorer 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

  • 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

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 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

League table

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:
  1. ^ Tampines qualified as 2006 Singapore Cup winners

Top goalscorers

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

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