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).)