2008 S.League is the 13th season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, which was their seventh league title.

S. League
Season2008
ChampionsSingapore Armed Forces
7th S.League title
AFC Champions LeagueSingapore Armed Forces
(S.League winners)
AFC CupHome United
(S.League 2nd runners-up)
Matches played198
Goals scored572 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerAleksandar Duric (28)
Biggest home winHome United 6-1 Geylang United
(15 March 2008)
Home United 6-1 Balestier Khalsa
(17 November 2008)
Biggest away winChina Dalian Shide Siwu 0-6 Home United
(19 May 2008)
2007
2009

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Singapore Armed Forces 33 24 5 4 85 34 +51 77 Qualification to
AFC Champions League Qualifying Play-off
or AFC Cup group stage
2   Super Reds[a] 33 24 3 6 68 32 +36 75
3 Home United 33 23 3 7 75 31 +44 72 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage[b]
4 Tampines Rovers 33 20 5 8 66 37 +29 65
5 Gombak United 33 14 10 9 47 39 +8 52
6 Geylang United 33 13 6 14 56 57 −1 45
7   Albirex Niigata (S)[a] 33 10 11 12 44 55 −11 41
8 Woodlands Wellington 33 9 8 16 36 52 −16 35
9   Young Lions[a] 33 7 10 16 30 46 −16 31
10   Dalian Shide Siwu[a] 33 5 7 21 26 75 −49 22
11 Sengkang Punggol 33 3 10 20 13 54 −41 19
12 Balestier Khalsa 33 3 8 22 26 60 −34 17
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), Dalian Shide Siwu and Super Reds – as well as the Football Association of Singapore under-23 team, Young Lions, were not eligible for qualification to continental competitions.
  2. ^ Home United qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup by being the next highest-placed local club behind S.League and 2008 Singapore Cup winners Singapore Armed Forces.

Teams

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Team Stadium Capacity
  Albirex Niigata (S) Jurong East Stadium 2,700
Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium 3,896
  Dalian Shide Queenstown Stadium 3,800
Geylang United Bedok Stadium 3,864
Gombak United Jurong West Stadium 4,000
Home United Bishan Stadium 4,254
Singapore Armed Forces Choa Chu Kang Stadium 4,600
Sengkang Punggol Hougang Stadium 2,500
  Super Reds Yishun Stadium 3,400
Tampines Rovers Tampines Stadium 3,580
Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Stadium 4,300
Young Lions Jalan Besar Stadium 6,000
  • The league play all its Friday matches, which is televised live on MediaCorp Channel 5 at the Jalan Besar Stadium.

Foreign players

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Each club is allowed to have up to a maximum of 4 foreign players.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Prime League Former Player
Balestier Khalsa   Haruki Seto   Hironori Saruta   Paul Ekollo   Mba Vitus Onyekachi   Kaze Teffo Etienne   Emmanuel Toluwase
Geylang International   Rivaldo   Junior   Rastislav Beličák   Miroslav Latiak None None
Gombak United   Theerawekin Seehawong   Gabriel Obatola   Kingsley Njoku   Emmanuel Emuejeraye None None
Home United   Kornprom Jaroonpong   Peres De Oliveira   Kengne Ludovick   Valery Hiek   Naruphol Ar-Romsawa None
Sengkang Punggol   Hiroyuki Yamamoto   Zdravko Šimić   Reginaldo Estevao   Luis Eduardo Hicks   Cole Tinkler   Iván Asenjo
SAFFC   Norikazu Murakami   Kenji Arai   Masahiro Fukasawa   Therdsak Chaiman None None
Tampines Rovers   Sutee Suksomkit   Attapong Nooprom   Santi Chaiyaphurk None   Sanrawat Dechmitr None
Woodlands   Park Tae-won   Akihiro Nakamura   Laakkad Abdelhadi   Lucian Dronca None None
Young Lions   Obadin Aikhena   Moudourou Moise   Daniel Hammond None None None

Leading goalscorers

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Player Team Goals!
Aleksandar Duric Singapore Armed Forces 28
  Kengne Ludovick Home United 24
Khairul Amri Tampines Rovers 19 (10 for Young Lions)
  O. J. Obatola Gombak United 16
  Akira Takase   Albirex Niigata (S) 14
Aliff Shafaein Tampines Rovers 13
  Norikazu Murakami Singapore Armed Forces
  Park Tae Won Woodlands Wellington
  Rivaldo Costa Geylang United
Fazrul Nawaz Geylang United 12
  Oh Ddog Yi   Super Reds
Qiu Li Tampines Rovers

S-League Awards Night Winners

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Player of the Year
Aleksandar Duric - Singapore Armed Forces
Young Player of the Year
Khairul Amri - Tampines Rovers
Coach of the Year
  Hiroaki Hiraoka -   Albirex Niigata (S)
Top Scorer Award
Aleksandar Duric - Singapore Armed Forces
Fair Play Award
  Super Reds
Referee of the Year
T Aravinthan
Assistant Referee of the Year
Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng
Goal of the Year
 Abdelhadi Laakkad - Woodlands Wellington - (vs Young Lions on 23 February @ Woodlands Stadium)
Fan Club of the Year
Singapore Armed Forces
Story of the Year
Shamir Osman - Today - "No Panic As Dark Clouds Loom"
Picture of the Year
Koh Mui Fong - Today - "Super Reds Flying High"
People's Choice Award
  Kengne Ludovick - Home United
100 S.League Goals
  Park Tae Won - Woodlands Wellington

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "S League". Archived from the original on June 17, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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