2000 S.League
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{{Infobox football league season
| logo = S League.svg
| competition = S. League
| season = 2000
| winners = Singapore Armed Forces
3rd S.League title
| continentalcup1 = Asian Club Championship
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Singapore Armed Forces
| matches = 132
| total goals = 379
| league topscorer = {{flagicon|CRO}} Mirko Grabovac (19)
| biggest home win = Geylang United 7-1 Marine Castle United
(28 April 2000)
| biggest away win = Marine Castle United 0-7 Tanjong Pagar United
(21 July 2000)
| highest scoring = {{ubl
|Geylang United 7-1 Marine Castle United
(28 April 2000)
|Singapore Armed Forces 6-2 Balestier Central
(17 June 2000)
|Singapore Armed Forces 6-2 Sembawang Rangers
(4 August 2000)
}}
| prevseason = 1999
| nextseason = 2001
}}
The 2000 S.League was the fifth season of the S-League, the top professional football league in Singapore. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, their third league title.
Teams
S.League had been expanding with addition of new clubs for every season since its beginnings, the 2000 season was the first season without any new club addition. All clubs were playing at the designated home stadiums which lead to building their identities within their local communities.
{{Location map+ |Singapore |width=700 |float=none |caption=Location of teams in 2000 S.League| places=
{{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.330401 |long=103.852891 |label=Balestier Central|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.309845 |long=103.763015 |label=Clementi Khalsa|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.326406 |long=103.939264 |label=Geylang Utd|position=right}}
{{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.358253 |long=103.753519 |label=Gombak Utd|position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.354544 |long=103.851475 |label=Home Utd|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.34672 |long=103.729885 |label=Jurong|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.369167 |long=103.886111 |label=Marine Castle|position=right}}
{{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.412389 |long=103.832334 |label=Sembawang Rangers|position=right}}
{{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.33327 |long=103.719429 |label=SAFFC|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.352904 |long=103.940524 |label=Tampines R.|position=right}}
{{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.29589 |long=103.802417 |label=Tanjong Pagar Utd|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.434591 |long=103.780788 |label=Woodlands Wellington|position=left}}
}}
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Team
! Stadium ! Capacity ! Location | ||
---|---|---|
Balestier Central | Toa Payoh Stadium
| style="text-align:center;"| 3,900 | Toa Payoh |
Geylang United | Bedok Stadium
| style="text-align:center;"| 3,900 | Bedok |
Gombak United | Bukit Gombak Stadium
| style="text-align:center;"| 3,000 | Bukit Batok |
Clementi Khalsa | Clementi Stadium
| style="text-align:center;"| 4,000 | Clementi |
Jurong | Jurong East Stadium
| style="text-align:center;"|2,700 | Jurong East |
Home United | Bishan Stadium
| style="text-align:center;"| 4,000 | Bishan |
Marine Castle | Hougang Stadium
| style="text-align:center;"| 3,000 | Hougang |
Singapore Armed Forces | Jurong Stadium
| style="text-align:center;"| 6,000 | Jurong |
Sembawang Rangers | Yishun Stadium
| style="text-align:center;"| 3,400 | Yishun |
Tampines Rovers | Tampines Stadium
| style="text-align:center;"| 3,600 | Tampines |
Tanjong Pagar United | Queenstown Stadium
| style="text-align:center;"| 3,800 | Queenstown |
Woodlands Wellington | Woodlands Stadium
| style="text-align:center;"| 4,300 | Woodlands |
Foreign players
Each club is allowed to have up to a maximum of 4 foreign players.
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style="width:190px;"| Club
! style="width:190px;"| Player 1 ! style="width:190px;"| Player 2 ! style="width:190px;"| Player 3 ! style="width:190px;"| Player 4 ! style="width:190px;"| Prime League ! style="width:190px;"| Former Players |
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{{nobreak|Balestier Central}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} Darren Stewart}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Fabio Da Silva}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Eduardo Ribeiro}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} Jason Ainsley}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Itimi Wilson}} | None |
{{nobreak|Clementi Khalsa}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Emile Mbeya}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Abubakri Acheampong}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Romania}} Bogdan Brasoveanu}} | None | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Emmanuel Unaka}} | None |
{{nobreak|Geylang International}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} Brian Bothwell}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} Gavin Wilkinson}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} Billy Bone}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Germany}} Lutz Pfannenstiel}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Ghana}} Emmanuel Dogbe}} | None |
{{nobreak|Gombak United}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Jaturapattarapong }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Surachai Jirasirichote }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Denmark}} Jorgen Nielsen }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Guinea}} Ballamodou Conde }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Guinea}} Diallo Abdoulaye }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Niweat Siriwong }} |
{{nobreak|Home United}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} Ernie Tapai}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Egmar Gonçalves}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Denmark}} Brian Kristensen }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Denmark}} Rene Anderson }} | None | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} Aleksandar Đurić }} |
{{nobreak|Jurong FC}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Joselito Da Silva }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} Paul Masefield }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Bojan Hodak}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Hrvoje Ratković}} | None | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} Mirko Jurilj}} |
{{nobreak|Marine Castle}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim See-man}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Garcia}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Davor Višić }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} Thomas Andersen}} | None | None |
{{nobreak|SAFFC}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Mirko Grabovac}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Nenad Baćina}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Veselko Paponja}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Vinko Marača}} | None | None |
{{nobreak|Sembawang Rangers}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Thawatchai Ongtrakul }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Bosnia}} Milomir Šešlija }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Tawan Sripan }} | None | None | None |
{{nobreak|Tampines Rovers}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Marko Kraljević}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} Rešad Sejdić}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} Sead Muratović }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} Esad Sejdić}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|GHA}} Dennis Suglo }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Bosnia}} Fahrudin Aličković }} |
{{nobreak|Tanjong Pagar United}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Davor Dželalija}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Senegal}} Boubacar Seck}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Senegal}} Nicodeme Boucher}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Dragan Talajić}} | None | None |
{{nobreak|Woodlands}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Miroslav Kuljanac}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Ivica Raguž}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Germany}} Nikolai Foroutan }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} Max Nicholson}} | None | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Ante Konjević }} |
League table
|update=complete
|source=RSSSF{{Cite web |title=Singapore 2000 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing00.html}}
|team1=SAF |team2=TPA | team3=GEY |team4=HOM |team5=GOM |team6=JUR |team7=TAM |team8=CLE |team9=SEM |team10=WOO |team11=MAR |team12=BAL
|result1 = ACCQ
|win_BAL=3 |draw_BAL=5 |loss_BAL=14 |gf_BAL=16 |ga_BAL=42
|win_CLE=5 |draw_CLE=10 |loss_CLE=7 |gf_CLE=33 |ga_CLE=46
|win_GEY=13 |draw_GEY=2 |loss_GEY=7 |gf_GEY=42 |ga_GEY=29
|win_GOM=11 |draw_GOM=4 |loss_GOM=7 |gf_GOM=33 |ga_GOM=26
|win_HOM=11 |draw_HOM=7 |loss_HOM=4 |gf_HOM=38 |ga_HOM=21
|win_JUR=8 |draw_JUR=5 |loss_JUR=9 |gf_JUR=30 |ga_JUR=37
|win_MAR=4 |draw_MAR=4 |loss_MAR=14 |gf_MAR=18 |ga_MAR=45
|win_SEM=5 |draw_SEM=7 |loss_SEM=10 |gf_SEM=17 |ga_SEM=37
|win_SAF=16 |draw_SAF=4 |loss_SAF=2 |gf_SAF=53 |ga_SAF=15
|win_TAM=7 |draw_TAM=6 |loss_TAM=9 |gf_TAM=30 |ga_TAM=27
|win_TPA=12 |draw_TPA=7 |loss_TPA=3 |gf_TPA=50 |ga_TPA=23
|win_WOO=4 |draw_WOO=5 |loss_WOO=13 |gf_WOO=19 |ga_WOO=31
|name_BAL = Balestier Central
|name_CLE = Clementi Khalsa
|name_GEY = Geylang United
|name_GOM = Gombak United
|name_HOM = Home United
|name_JUR = Jurong FC
|name_MAR = Marine Castle United
|name_SEM = Sembawang Rangers
|name_SAF = Singapore Armed Forces
|name_TAM = Tampines Rovers
|name_TPA = Tanjong Pagar United
|name_WOO = Woodlands Wellington
|show_limit=5
|class_rules = 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
|res_col_header=Q
|col_ACCQ=green1 |text_ACCQ=Qualification to
Asian Club Championship
first round
}}
Top scorer
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! Rank !!width='150'|Name!!width='140'|Club!! Goals | |||
align="center"|1 | {{flagicon|CRO}} Mirko Grabovac | Singapore Armed Forces | style="text-align:center;"|19 |