2006 S.League
{{Infobox football league season
| logo = S League.svg
| competition = S. League
| season = 2006
| winners = Singapore Armed Forces
5th S.League title
| continentalcup1 = AFC Cup
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = {{ubl|
|Singapore Armed Forces
(S.League winners)
|Tampines Rovers
(Singapore Cup winners)
}}
| matches = 165
| total goals = 557
| league topscorer = {{flagicon|Morocco}} Laakkad Abdelhadi (23)
| biggest home win = Tampines Rovers 6-1 Geylang United
(16 April 2006)
| biggest away win = Sengkang Punggol 0-5 Tampines Rovers
(20 June 2006)
| highest scoring = Gombak United 4-5 Balestier Khalsa
(14 September 2006)
| prevseason = 2005
| nextseason = 2007
}}
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.
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, except Young Lions.
class="wikitable " |
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;"| Player 5 ! style="width:190px;"| Former Players |
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{{nobreak|Balestier Khalsa}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Japan}} Norikazu Murakami}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|JPN}} Akihiro Nakamura}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Osagie Ederaro}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Kengne Ludovick}} | None | |
{{nobreak|Geylang International}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Rangsan Viwatchaichok}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Japan}} Ryuji Sueoka}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|KOR}} Bae Jin-soo}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Boyko Kamenov}} | None | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|KOR}} Nam Woung-ki}} |
{{nobreak|Gombak United}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Theerawekin Seehawong}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Gabriel Obatola}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Obadin Aikhena}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Alfred Emuejeraye}} | None | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Pongpisuth Pue-on}} |
{{nobreak|Home United}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Sutee Suksomkit }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|KOR}} Jeon Kyeong-joon }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} Mohamed Coker Junior}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Bel}} | None | {{flagicon|Thailand}} Anurak Srikerd |
{{nobreak|Sengkang Punggol}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} Jon Angelucci}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} Steve McDonald}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Ghana}} Kim Grant}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Ricky Waddell}} | None | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|KOR}} Ahn Tae-hyuk}} |
{{nobreak|SAFFC}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Therdsak Chaiman}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Japan}} Kenji Arai}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} Aleksandar Đurić}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} John Wilkinson}} | None | |
{{nobreak|Tampines Rovers}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Santi Chaiyaphurk }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Choketawee Promrut }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} Sead Muratović }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Peres De Oliveira}} | None | |
{{nobreak|Woodlands}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|KOR}} Park Tae-won}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Essa Basile}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Morocco}} Laakkad Abdelhadi}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Romania}} Lucian Dronca}} | None | |
{{flagicon|SIN}} {{nobreak|Young Lions FC|Young Lions}}
| {{nobreak|{{flagicon|China}} Qiu Li}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Moudourou Moise}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|China}} Che Hao}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|China}} Li Jisheng}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|China}} Guan Hongyu}} | |
- Albirex Niigata (S) and Sporting Afrique are not allowed to hire any foreigners.
{{refend}}
League table
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing06.html RSSSF]
|team1=SAF |team2=TAM | team3=YLI |team4=HOM |team5=WOO |team6=ALB |team7=BAL |team8=GOM |team9=SPO |team10=GEY |team11=SEN
|result1 = AFC |result2 = AFC
|win_ALB=12 |draw_ALB=9 |loss_ALB=9 |gf_ALB=52 |ga_ALB=44
|win_BAL=10 |draw_BAL=7 |loss_BAL=13 |gf_BAL=50 |ga_BAL=61
|win_GEY=6 |draw_GEY=5 |loss_GEY=19 |gf_GEY=22 |ga_GEY=62
|win_GOM=8 |draw_GOM=8 |loss_GOM=14 |gf_GOM=48 |ga_GOM=54
|win_HOM=15 |draw_HOM=6 |loss_HOM=9 |gf_HOM=49 |ga_HOM=40
|win_SEN=4 |draw_SEN=6 |loss_SEN=20 |gf_SEN=32 |ga_SEN=72
|win_SAF=20 |draw_SAF=8 |loss_SAF=2 |gf_SAF=71 |ga_SAF=36
|win_SPO=5 |draw_SPO=9 |loss_SPO=16 |gf_SPO=36 |ga_SPO=58
|win_TAM=16 |draw_TAM=9 |loss_TAM=5 |gf_TAM=70 |ga_TAM=42
|win_WOO=13 |draw_WOO=8 |loss_WOO=9 |gf_WOO=60 |ga_WOO=45
|win_YLI=15 |draw_YLI=7 |loss_YLI=8 |gf_YLI=67 |ga_YLI=43
|name_ALB = {{flagicon|JPN}} Albirex Niigata (S)
|name_BAL = Balestier Khalsa
|name_GEY = Geylang United
|name_GOM = Gombak United
|name_HOM = Home United
|name_SEN = Sengkang Punggol
|name_SAF = Singapore Armed Forces
|name_SPO = {{flagicon|NGR}}{{flagicon|CMR}}{{flagicon|KEN}}{{flagicon|GHA}} Sporting Afrique
|name_TAM = Tampines Rovers
|name_WOO = Woodlands Wellington
|name_YLI = {{flagicon|SIN}} Young Lions
|show_limit=5
|class_rules = 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
|res_col_header=Q
|col_AFC=green1 |text_AFC=Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage |note_res_AFC= Tampines qualified as 2006 Singapore Cup winners
}}
Top goalscorers
class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank !!width='150'|Name!!width='140'|Club!! Goals | |||
align="center"|1 | {{flagicon|Morocco}} Laakkad Abdelhadi | Woodlands Wellington | align="center"|23 |
align="center"|2 | Khairul Amri | {{flagicon|Singapore}} Young Lions | align="center"|21 |
align="center"|3 | Mirko Grabovac | Tampines Rovers | align="center"|20 |
align="center"|4 | {{flagicon|Bosnia}}{{flagicon|Australia}} Aleksandar Đurić | Singapore Armed Forces | align="center"|19 |
align="center"|4 | {{flagicon|China}} Qiu Li | {{flagicon|Singapore}} Young Lions | align="center"|19 |
align="center"|6 | {{flagicon|Cameroon}} Kengne Ludovick | Balestier Khalsa | align="center"|15 |
align="center"|7 | Egmar Goncalves | Home United | align="center"|14 |
align="center"|7 | {{flagicon|Brazil}} Peres De Oliveira | Tampines Rovers | align="center"|14 |
align="center"|7 | Ashrin Shariff | Singapore Armed Forces | align="center"|14 |
align="center"|7 | Agu Casmir | Woodlands Wellington | align="center"|14 |
align="center"|11 | {{flagicon|Japan}} Eiichiro Ozaki | {{flagicon|JPN}} Albirex Niigata (S) | align="center"|13 |
align="center"|11 | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Jeon Kyeong-Joon | Home United | align="center"|13 |
align="center"|11 | Noh Alam Shah | Tampines Rovers | align="center"|13 |
align="center"|11 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Norikazu Murakami | Balestier Khalsa | align="center"|13 |
References
{{reflist}}
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing06.html S.League 2006] (Note section on top scorers is incomplete (till 20 August).)
{{S-League}}