2005 S.League

Football league season
  • Tampines Rovers
    (S.League winners)
  • Home United
    (Singapore Cup winners)
Matches played135Goals scored477 (3.53 per match)Top goalscorerMirko Grabovac (26)Biggest home winTampines Rovers 7-0 Geylang United
(31 May 2005)Biggest away win
  • Paya Lebar Punggol 0-5 Tampines Rovers
    (29 June 2005)
  • Balestier Khalsa 0-5 Home United
    (30 August 2005)
  • China Sinchi FC 0-5 Tampines Rovers
    (24 September 2005)
Highest scoring
  • Home United 4-4 Geylang United
    (1 March 2005)
  • Tampines Rovers 3-5 Singapore Armed Forces
    (13 August 2005)
  • Tampines Rovers 3-5 Home United
    (21 October 2005)
← 2004
2006 →

2005 S.League was the tenth season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Tampines Rovers, which was their second league title.

Changes from 2004

  • Paya Lebar Punggol joined the league in place of Sinchi FC.
  • Tanjong Pagar United withdrew from the S.League from the 2005 season.

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 Khalsa Japan Akihiro Nakamura Cameroon Paul Ekollo Nigeria Osagie Ederaro Cameroon Kengne Ludovick None
Geylang International Thailand Pitipong Kuldilok England Mark Williams England John Wilkinson Nigeria Chimaobi Nwaogazi None
Home United Thailand Sutee Suksomkit Thailand Surachai Jaturapattarapong Thailand Anurak Srikerd Brazil Peres De Oliveira None
Paya Lebar Punggol Cameroon Moudourou Moise South Korea Bae Jin-soo Cameroon Protais Bessala Serbia and Montenegro Kenan Ragipović None
SAFFC Thailand Therdsak Chaiman Australia Aleksandar Đurić Guinea Boubacar Keita Nigeria Greg Nwokolo None
Tampines Rovers Thailand Santi Chaiyaphurk Serbia and Montenegro Sead Muratović Serbia and Montenegro Fahrudin Mustafić Croatia Branko Hucika None
Woodlands South Korea Park Tae-won Cameroon Essa Basile Romania Lucian Dronca Australia Jon Angelucci England Mark Williams
Singapore Young Lions FC Nigeria Precious Emuejeraye None None None Nigeria Greg Nwokolo
  • Albirex Niigata (S) and Sinchi FC are not allowed to hire any foreigners.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tampines Rovers 27 18 3 6 77 35 +42 57 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
2 Singapore Armed Forces 27 15 7 5 54 41 +13 52
3 Woodlands Wellington 27 15 5 7 57 44 +13 50
4 Home United 27 14 4 9 62 44 +18 46 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage[a]
5 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 27 12 8 7 50 33 +17 44
6 Singapore Young Lions 27 12 6 9 44 37 +7 42
7 Balestier Khalsa 27 10 6 11 45 52 −7 36
8 Geylang United 27 7 5 15 38 57 −19 26
9 China Sinchi FC 27 7 3 17 27 56 −29 21[b]
10 Paya Lebar Punggol 27 1 1 25 23 78 −55 4
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as 2005 Singapore Cup winners
  2. ^ Sinchi deducted three points for gross misconduct

Top scorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Croatia Mirko Grabovac Tampines Rovers 26
2 Cameroon Kengne Ludovick Balestier Khalsa 20
Indra Sahdan Daud Home United
Brazil Egmar Goncalves Home United
Noh Alam Shah Tampines Rovers
5 Australia Jonathon Angelucci Woodlands Wellington 18
6 Australia Aleksandar Duric Singapore Armed Forces 17
7 England John Wilkinson Geylang United 15
8 Japan Issey Farran Nakajima Albirex Niigata (S) 14
9 Nigeria Osagie Ederaro Balestier Khalsa 13
Thailand Therdsak Chaiman Singapore Armed Forces
11 Brazil Peres De Oliveira Home United 11
Serbia Sead Muratovic Tampines Rovers
15 Japan Norikazu Murakami Clementi Khalsa 9
South Korea Park Tae-won Woodlands Wellington

External links

  • S.League 2005