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2003 S.League

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S. League
Season2003
ChampionsHome United
2nd S.League title
AFC CupHome United(S.League and Singapore Cup winners)
Geylang United(S.League runners-up)
Matches played198
Goals scored631 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorerBrazilPeres de Oliveira
(37 - all domestic competitions)
Biggest home winGeylang United10-2SingaporeYoung Lions
(17 August 2003)
Biggest away winBalestier Khalsa0-5Singapore Armed Forces
(10 May 2003)
Highest scoringGeylang United10-2SingaporeYoung Lions
(17 August 2003)
←2002
2004→

2003S.Leaguewas the eighth season ofSingapore's professionalfootballleague. It was won byHome United,which was their second league title.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Home United 33 26 2 3 2 104 42 +62 85 Qualification toAFC Cup Group Stage
2 Geylang United 33 21 3 2 7 75 30 +45 71
3 Singapore Armed Forces 33 20 2 5 6 68 37 +31 69
4 Tampines Rovers 33 17 3 2 11 63 40 +23 59
5 Woodlands Wellington 33 14 4 8 7 65 47 +18 58
6 Jurong FC 33 12 7 1 13 35 34 +1 51
7 ChinaSinchi FC[a] 33 11 6 5 11 46 48 −2 50
8 Sengkang Marine 33 7 8 1 17 32 66 −34 38
9 Sembawang Rangers 33 6 5 7 15 37 56 −19 35
10 Tanjong Pagar United 33 8 2 0 23 36 78 −42 28
11 Balestier Khalsa[b] 33 5 2 6 20 37 76 −39 25
12 SingaporeYoung Lions[c] 33 6 1 5 21 33 77 −44 25
Source:RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Matches proceed to a penalty shootout following a draw in regulation time. Shootout winners receive two points and shootout losers receive one point.
Notes:
  1. ^Sinchi stands for 'Singapore Chinese', a team ofChineseplayers.
  2. ^Balestier Khalsa are a merger of Clementi Khalsa and Balestier Central.
  3. ^Young Lions are a new team made up of under-23 national team players.
Gombak United withdrew from the league at the end of the 2002 season.

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 Former Player
Balestier Khalsa South KoreaKim Eun-cher South KoreaJang Min-suk South KoreaChoi Seung-bum NigeriaJoseph Theddeus NigeriaWisdom Onyekwere
NigeriaItimi Wilson
Geylang International AustraliaPeter Bennett AustraliaAleksandar Đurić AustraliaBrendon Šantalab AustraliaPaul Roberts EnglandMarcus Phillips
ThailandSurachai Jirasirichote
Home United ThailandSutee Suksomkit ThailandSurachai Jaturapattarapong EnglandBilly Bone BrazilPeres De Oliveira None
Jurong FC South KoreaPark Tae-won NigeriaOkoye Emeka NigeriaPrecious Emuejeraye BrazilFabio Da Silva None
SAFFC ThailandPongsak Khongkeaw JapanAkihiro Nakamura CroatiaNenad Baćina GuineaBallamodou Conde NigeriaIgwe Iroha
CroatiaAnte Hrgović
Sengkang Marine AustraliaShane Pryce EnglandDaniel Hill EnglandJason White Serbia and MontenegroFahrudin Mustafić None
Sembawang Rangers ThailandPitipong Kuldilog ThailandSupakit Jinajai ThailandTawan Sripan ThailandCumpee Pinthakul ThailandTeerasak Po-on
JapanAkihiro Nakamura
Tampines Rovers AustraliaBradley Groves AustraliaDemetrios Bakis AustraliaGeorge Goutzioulis Serbia and MontenegroSead Muratović None
Tanjong Pagar United ThailandChoketawee Promrut JapanHiroaki Tanaka NigeriaAdejumo Smith AustraliaKris Trajanovski None
Woodlands EnglandJohn Wilkinson EnglandSimon Clark NigeriaItimi Dickson NigeriaAgu Casmir None
SingaporeYoung Lions FC NigeriaPrecious Emuejeraye None None None None

Top scorers

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Rank Name Club Goals
1 BrazilPeres de Oliveira Home United 37
2 Bosnia and HerzegovinaAustraliaAleksandar Đurić Geylang United 32
3 BrazilEgmar Goncalves Home United 29
4 Indra Sahdan Daud Home United 26
5 ChinaChang Hui ChinaSinchi FC 24
6 AustraliaBrendon Santalab Geylang United 23
6 Noh Alam Shah Tampines Rovers 23
8 ThailandPitipong Kuldilog Sembawang Rangers 21
9 Mirko Grabovac Singapore Armed Forces 20
10 NigeriaItimi Dickson Woodlands Wellington 18
11 AustraliaGeorge Goutzioulis Tampines Rovers 17
12 NigeriaAgu Casmir Woodlands Wellington 15
13 EnglandJason White Sengkang Marine 14
13 GuineaBallamodou Conde Singapore Armed Forces 14
15 Fadzuhasny Juraimi Tanjong Pagar United 11
15 EnglandJohn Wilkinson Woodlands Wellington 11
17 Jamil Ali Geylang United 10
17 Aliff Shafaein SingaporeYoung Lions 10
19 South KoreaKim Eun-Cher Balestier Khalsa 9
19 ThailandSutee Suksomkit Home United 9
19 JapanHiroaki Tanaka Tanjong Pagar United 9

Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^[1]S.League 2003
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