2006 S.League

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.

S. League
Season2006
ChampionsSingapore Armed Forces
5th S.League title
AFC Cup
  • Singapore Armed Forces
    (S.League winners)
  • Tampines Rovers
    (Singapore Cup winners)
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 →

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.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Former Players
Balestier Khalsa Norikazu Murakami Akihiro Nakamura Paul Ekollo Osagie Ederaro Kengne Ludovick
Geylang International Rangsan Viwatchaichok Ryuji Sueoka Nam Woung-ki Boyko Kamenov Adriano Quintão
Gombak United Theerawekin Seehawong Pongpisuth Pue-on Gabriel Obatola Obadin Aikhena Alfred Emuejeraye
Home United Sutee Suksomkit Jeon Kyeong-joon Gabor Boer Fodé Bangaly Diakité None Anurak Srikerd
Checzy Zoltan
Sengkang Punggol Ahn Tae-hyuk Jon Angelucci Steve McDonald Kim Grant Ricky Waddell
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 Precious Emuejeraye None None
  • Albirex Niigata (S) and Sporting Afrique are not allowed to hire any foreigners.

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[lower-alpha 1]
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
RankNameClubGoals
1 Laakkad AbdelhadiWoodlands Wellington23
2Khairul Amri Young Lions21
3Mirko GrabovacTampines Rovers20
4 Aleksandar ĐurićSingapore Armed Forces19
4 Qiu Li Young Lions19
6 Kengne LudovickBalestier Khalsa15
7Egmar GoncalvesHome United14
7 Peres De OliveiraTampines Rovers14
7Ashrin ShariffSingapore Armed Forces14
7Agu CasmirWoodlands Wellington14
11 Eiichiro Ozaki Albirex Niigata (S)13
11 Jeon Kyeong-JoonHome United13
11Noh Alam ShahTampines Rovers13
11 Norikazu MurakamiBalestier Khalsa13

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