1999 S.League

The 1999 S.League was the fourth season of the S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. Teams played each other once both home and away, in a 22-match season.

S. League
Season1999
ChampionsHome United
1st S.League title
Asian Club ChampionshipHome United
Matches played132
Goals scored410 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorer Mirko Grabovac (23)
Biggest home winSingapore Armed Forces 7-0 Woodlands Wellington
(17 April 1999)
Biggest away winClementi Khalsa 0-6 Balestier Central
(19 May 1999)
Highest scoringTampines Rovers 4-4 Gombak United
(24 September 1999)
1998
2000

The 1999 S.League was won by Home United, their first S.League title.

Teams

The league expanded again to 12 teams with the addition of a newly formed team, Clementi Khalsa who were based in Clementi and played their home games at the Clementi Stadium. Clementi Khalsa were formed in order to give an S.League representation to the Singaporean Sikh community.

Balestier Central
Clementi Khalsa
Geylang Utd
Gombak Utd
Home Utd
Marine Castle
Sembawang Rangers
SAFFC
Tampines R.
Tanjong Pagar Utd
Woodlands Wellington
Location of teams in 1999 S.League
Team Stadium Capacity Location
Balestier CentralToa Payoh Stadium 3,900Toa Payoh
Geylang UnitedBedok Stadium 3,900Bedok
Gombak UnitedBukit Gombak Stadium 3,000Bukit Batok
Clementi KhalsaClementi Stadium 4,000Clementi
JurongJurong East Stadium 2,700Jurong East
Home UnitedBishan Stadium 4,000Bishan
Marine CastleHougang Stadium 3,000Hougang
Singapore Armed ForcesJurong Stadium 6,000Jurong
Sembawang RangersYishun Stadium 3,400Yishun
Tampines RoversTampines Stadium 3,600Tampines
Tanjong Pagar UnitedQueenstown Stadium 3,800Queenstown
Woodlands WellingtonWoodlands Stadium 4,300Woodlands

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 Former Player
Balestier Central Darren Stewart Fabio Da Silva Paul Richardson None None
Clementi Khalsa Bogdan Brasoveanu Paul Masefield Raymond Williamson None None
Geylang International Jacksen F. Tiago Gareth Rowe Billy Bone Lutz Pfannenstiel Jason Batty
Jang Jung
Gombak United Jorgen Nielsen Surachai Jirasirichote David Cervinski Ben Blake None
Home United Ernie Tapai Vlado Bozinoski Egmar Gonçalves Zsolt Bucs None
Jurong FC Bojan Hodak Jason Ainsley Keith Fletcher None None
Marine Castle Douglas Ithier Michael Currie Peter Anosike None None
SAFFC Mirko Grabovac Tomislav Steinbruckner Vinko Marača None None
Sembawang Rangers Tawan Sripan Joselito Da Silva Jure Ereš Milomir Šešlija None
Tampines Rovers Marko Kraljevic Scott O'Donell Nathaniel Naplah Zlatko Vidan None
Tanjong Pagar United Davor Dželalija Dejan Gluščević Dragan Talajić Nicodeme Boucher Fabio Da Silva
Aleksandar Đurić
Woodlands Jorg Steinebrunner Ivica Raguz Stuart Young Max Nicholson Christian Sansam

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Home United 22 15 6 1 42 16 +26 51 Qualification to
Asian Club Championship
first round
2 Singapore Armed Forces 22 14 7 1 63 24 +39 49
3 Tanjong Pagar United 22 11 8 3 40 25 +15 41
4 Geylang United 22 9 8 5 33 21 +12 35
5 Gombak United 22 8 8 6 35 35 0 32
6 Jurong FC 22 9 4 9 37 32 +5 31
7 Balestier Central 22 6 8 8 25 27 2 26
8 Sembawang Rangers 22 5 8 9 30 36 6 23
9 Woodlands Wellington 22 6 4 12 30 44 14 22
10 Tampines Rovers 22 4 8 10 25 39 14 20
11 Clementi Khalsa 22 3 6 13 29 55 26 15
12 Marine Castle United 22 3 3 16 21 56 35 12
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

As 1999 S.League champions, Home United qualified to compete in the 2000–01 Asian Club Championship. This was their first appearance in continental competition. The club reached the second round of the East Asian half of the competition, defeating Polícia de Segurança Pública of the Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol 11–0 on aggregate before being defeated 6–1 on aggregate in the second round by Shandong Luneng Taishan of the Chinese Jia-A League.

Top scorer

RankNameClubGoals
1 Mirko GrabovacSingapore Armed Forces23
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