1997 S.League
The 1997 S.League was the 2nd season of the S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. The format of the league was changed, a single season of home and away matches replacing the split seasons and a playoff model of the 1996 season.
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Season | 1997 |
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Champions | Singapore Armed Forces 1st S.League title |
Asian Club Championship | Singapore Armed Forces |
Matches played | 72 |
Goals scored | 249 (3.46 per match) |
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Biggest home win | Tiong Bahru United 5-1 Tampines Rovers (5 July 1997) Singapore Armed Forces 5-1 Balestier Central (8 July 1997) |
Biggest away win | Tampines Rovers 2-8 Balestier Central (28 June 1997) |
Highest scoring | Tampines Rovers 2-8 Balestier Central (28 June 1997) |
← 1996 1998 → |
The 1997 S.League championship was won by Singapore Armed Forces FC.
Teams
Police Football Club underwent a rebranding, being renamed as Home United while NFL side Jurong Town Football Club, who renamed themselves Jurong FC, joined the competition taking the number of participating clubs to 9. As a result of the construction of the new Jurong East Stadium being incomplete, Jurong FC used Bukit Gombak Stadium as their home ground for the 1997 S.League season.
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Balestier Central
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Geylang Utd
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Home Utd
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Sembawang Rangers
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Singapore Armed Forces
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Tampines Rovers
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Tiong Bahru Utd
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Woodlands Wellington
Location of teams in 1997 S.League
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Location |
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Balestier Central | Toa Payoh Stadium | 3,900 | Toa Payoh |
Geylang United | Bedok Stadium | 3,900 | Bedok |
Jurong | Bukit Gombak Stadium | 3,000 | Bukit Batok |
Home United | Jalan Besar Stadium | 8,000 | Kallang |
Singapore Armed Forces | Jurong Stadium | 6,000 | Jurong |
Sembawang Rangers | Yishun Stadium | 3,400 | Yishun |
Tampines Rovers | Tampines Stadium | 3,600 | Tampines |
Tiong Bahru United | Queenstown Stadium | 3,800 | Queenstown |
Woodlands Wellington | Woodlands Stadium | 4,300 | Woodlands |
Foreign players
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 |
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Balestier Central | ![]() |
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None | None |
Geylang United | ![]() |
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None |
Home United | ![]() |
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None | None |
Jurong FC | ![]() |
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None | None |
Singapore Armed Forces | ![]() |
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None |
Sembawang Rangers | ![]() |
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Tampines Rovers | ![]() |
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None | None | None |
Tiong Bahru United | ![]() |
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None |
Woodlands Wellington | ![]() |
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None | None |
Final table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Singapore Armed Forces | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 11 | +31 | 37 | Qualification to Asian Club Championship first round |
2 | Tiong Bahru United | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 34 | |
3 | Woodlands Wellington | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 33 | |
4 | Balestier Central | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 28 | |
5 | Geylang United | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 25 | |
6 | Tampines Rovers | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 15 | |
7 | Jurong FC | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 33 | −18 | 15 | |
8 | Sembawang Rangers | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 37 | −18 | 8 | |
9 | Home United | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 41 | −24 | 7 |
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Top scorers
Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() | Balestier Central | 21 |
2 | ![]() | Home United | 15 |
3 | ![]() | Singapore Armed Forces | 14 |
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