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2011 S.League

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S.League
Season2011
ChampionsTampines Rovers
(3rd S.League title)
AFC Cup
Matches played198
Goals scored578 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorerBosnia and HerzegovinaMislav Karoglan(33)
Biggest home winSingapore Armed Forces7–0Woodlands Wellington
Biggest away winTanjong Pagar United0–6Home United
2010
2012

The2011 S.Leaguewas the 16th season of theS.League,the top professionalfootballleague inSingapore.Tampines Rovers FCwon their third title. As in the previous season the S.League was not allowed to send a team to theAFC Champions Leaguebecause of the participation of a foreign team in the league.[1]

Teams

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Beijing Guoan Talentwithdrew their participation in the league after just one season.[2]They were replaced byTanjong Pagar United,who returned to the highest football league of Singapore after a seven-year absence. The club will be based atClementi Stadium.

In further changes,Sengkang Punggolwere renamed toHougang United.[3]Moreover,Home Unitedmoved back toBishan Stadiumafter splitting their previous season home matches between Clementi Stadium andJalan Besar Stadium.

Team Stadium Capacity Location Main Sponsor Apparel Sponsor
Albirex Niigata (S) Jurong East Stadium 2,700 Jurong East Canon Adidas
Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900 Toa Payoh Civic Ambulance
FTMS Global
Umbro
Étoile Queenstown Stadium 3,800 Queenstown - Acono
Geylang United Bedok Stadium 3,900 Bedok - Lotto
Gombak United Jurong West Stadium 3,200 Jurong West - Erke
Home United Bishan Stadium 4,100 Bishan Coca-Cola Kappa
Hougang United Hougang Stadium 2,500 Hougang - Mitre
Singapore Armed Forces Choa Chu Kang Stadium 4,600 Choa Chu Kang Star Automotive Centre
United Engineers Limited
Umbro
Tampines Rovers Tampines Stadium 3,600 Tampines Hyundai DAL
Tanjong Pagar United Clementi Stadium 4,000 Clementi Michezo Group Thorb
Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Stadium 4,300 Woodlands - Mitre
Young Lions Jalan Besar Stadium 6,000 Kallang Courts Nike

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 South KoreaLim Young-woo South KoreaKim Young-kwang New ZealandPaul Cunningham AustraliaMark McGough SerbiaVahid Bogučanin BrazilVitor Borges
Geylang International South KoreaKim Jae-hong South KoreaJeon Byung-guk JapanYuta Nakano EnglandDaniel Hammond None South KoreaJoo Ki-hwan
South KoreaJung Hee-bong
RomaniaVasile Ghindaru
Gombak United South KoreaPark Kang-jin South KoreaJang Jo-yoon South KoreaJung Hee-bong NigeriaObadin Aikhena Republic of IrelandShane Ryan South KoreaKwon Jin-sung
Home United South KoreaKim Dae-eui JapanKenji Arai FranceFrederic Mendy CameroonValery Hiek CanadaSherif El-Masri South KoreaLee Sang-ha
Hougang United ArgentinaCarlos Alberto Delgado BrazilDiego Gama BrazilVitor Borges CanadaJordan Webb GuineaMamadou M. Diallo JapanFumiya Kobayashi
SAFFC JapanTaisuke Akiyoshi AustraliaGoran Subara CroatiaIvan Jerkovic Bosnia and HerzegovinaMislav Karoglan SerbiaLuka Savić EnglandDaniel Hammond
Tampines Rovers JapanSeiji Kaneko JapanAkihiro Nakamura FranceBenoit Croissant FranceYohann Lacroix ThailandHengthaveephokasub Panuwat South KoreaPark Yo-seb
Tanjong Pagar South KoreaKim Seong-kyu South KoreaKim Jong-oh JapanTakaya Kawanabe FranceCyril Bagnost None South KoreaHyun Jong-woon
Woodlands South KoreaHyun Jong-woon South KoreaMoon Soon-ho JapanFumiya Kobayashi LebanonMunier Raychouni None GuyanaAdrian Butters
BrazilLeonardo Aleixa da Costa
ScotlandGraham Tatters

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tampines Rovers 33 25 3 5 71 25 +46 78 Qualification toAFC Cup Group Stage
2 Home United 33 25 2 6 81 29 +52 77 Qualification toAFC Cup Group Stage[a]
3 Singapore Armed Forces 33 21 3 9 74 39 +35 66
4 Albirex Niigata (S) 33 20 5 8 80 34 +46 65
5 Étoile 33 21 4 8 65 36 +29 62[b]
6 Gombak United 33 14 6 13 43 41 +2 48
7 Hougang United 33 15 3 15 55 63 −8 43[b]
8 Geylang United 33 13 2 18 43 63 −20 41
9 Young Lions 33 7 6 20 33 54 −21 27
10 Balestier Khalsa 33 7 5 21 28 63 −35 26
11 Tanjong Pagar United 33 3 5 25 21 77 −56 14
12 Woodlands Wellington 33 3 4 26 22 92 −70 13
Source:RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
  1. ^Qualified as2011 Singapore Cupwinners.
  2. ^abÉtoile and Hougang United were deducted five points each for gross misconduct and bringing the game into disrepute which led to their match on 23 May 2011 being called off before kick-off.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 CroatiaMislav Karoglan Singapore Armed Forces 33
2 SingaporeAleksandar Đurić Tampines Rovers 26
3 JapanShotaro Ihata Albirex Niigata (S) 22
4 FranceFrédéric Mendy Home United 21
5 SingaporeQiu Li Home United 17
6 SingaporeFazrul Nawaz Singapore Armed Forces 15
7 JapanTatsuro Inui Albirex Niigata (S) 14
CanadaJordan Webb Hougang United
9 JapanBruno Castanheira Albirex Niigata (S) 12
FranceJonathan Toto Étoile

[1]Archived8 December 2011 at theWayback Machine

Results

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Every team will play the other teams a total of three times, either twice at home and once away or vice versa, for a total of 33 matches per team.

Regular home matches

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Home \ Away ALB BAL ETO GLU GOM HOM HOU SAF TAM TPU WLW YLI
Albirex Niigata (S) 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 5–1 6–3 0–2 5–0 5–0 4–2
Balestier Khalsa 0–1 0–4 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–4 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0
Étoile 2–7 0–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 4–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–2
Geylang United 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–3
Gombak United 1–5 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–4 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–2
Home United 2–1 5–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–2 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0
Hougang United 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 3–2 0–5 1–3 2–0 4–3 1–0 1–0
Singapore Armed Forces 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 7–0 3–0
Tampines Rovers 3–1 5–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 5–2 1–2 4–1 5–0 4–1
Tanjong Pagar United 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–6 0–5 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–0
Woodlands Wellington 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–5 1–4 1–5 1–3 0–1 0–4
Young Lions 0–5 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2011. Source:Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Extra home matches

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Home \ Away ALB BAL ETO GLU GOM HOM HOU SAF TAM TPU WLW YLI
Albirex Niigata (S) 1–1 6–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–0
Balestier Khalsa 1–3 0–2 0–4 1–3 2–2 1–0
Étoile 3–0 3–1 2–1 6–1 3–2
Geylang United 3–2 2–3 1–2 3–6 0–2 2–0 1–0
Gombak United 0–3 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–2
Home United 0–4 5–0 2–1 2–1
Hougang United 2–0 0–2 2–3 1–1
Singapore Armed Forces 4–1 0–4 1–3 4–0 3–0
Tampines Rovers 5–0 1–0 3–1 1–0
Tanjong Pagar United 1–2 0–3 1–3 1–1 3–1
Woodlands Wellington 1–5 0–2 1–2 2–4 0–4
Young Lions 1–1 0–1 5–1
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source:Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendance figures

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Singapore Armed Forces 27,500 3,008 569 1,618 n/a
2 Home United 22,103 2,295 682 1,381 n/a
3 Albirex Niigata (S) 22,504 1,988 654 1,324 n/a
4 Tampines Rovers 21,045 2,907 457 1,315 n/a
5 Gombak United 19,775 2,352 382 1,163 n/a
6 Young Lions 16,603 2,728 344 1,038 n/a
7 Hougang United 14,879 1,683 314 875 n/a
8 Tanjong Pagar United 13,345 1,587 346 834 n/a
9 Balestier Khalsa 14,083 1,333 424 828 n/a
10 Geylang United 13,915 1,283 257 819 n/a
11 Étoile 9,657 1,044 221 617 n/a
12 Woodlands Wellington 9,221 859 244 576 n/a
League total 205,054 3,008 221 1,036 n/a

Source: sleague

S-League Awards Night Winners

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Awards Winners
Player of the Year Bosnia and HerzegovinaMislav Karoglan(Singapore Armed Forces)
Young Player of the Year JapanTatsuro Inui(Albirex Niigata (S))
Coach of the Year JapanKoichi Sugiyama(Albirex Niigata (S))
Top Scorer Award Bosnia and HerzegovinaMislav Karoglan(Singapore Armed Forces)
Fair Play Award JapanAlbirex Niigata (S)

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^"Singapore seek to pull out of ACL".AFC. 4 October 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 15 December 2018.Retrieved1 August2011.
  2. ^"Beijing Guoan pull out of S-League after one season".Straits Times Online.Retrieved6 January2011.
  3. ^"Goodbye Sengkang, hello Hougang United".Today Online.Archived fromthe originalon 18 December 2010.Retrieved14 December2010.
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