1999 S.League

S. League
Season	1999
Champions	Home United; 1st S.League title
Asian Club Championship	Home United
Matches played	132
Goals scored	410 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mirko Grabovac (23)
Biggest home win	Singapore Armed Forces 7-0 Woodlands Wellington; (17 April 1999)
Biggest away win	Clementi Khalsa 0-6 Balestier Central; (19 May 1999)
Highest scoring	Tampines Rovers 4-4 Gombak United; (24 September 1999)
	← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 S.League was the fourth season of the S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. Teams played each other once both home and away, in a 22-match season.

The 1999 S.League was won by Home United, their first S.League title.

Teams

The league expanded again to 12 teams with the addition of a newly formed team, Clementi Khalsa who were based in Clementi and played their home games at the Clementi Stadium. Clementi Khalsa were formed in order to give an S.League representation to the Singaporean Sikh community.

Location of teams in 1999 S.League

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Location
Balestier Central	Toa Payoh Stadium	3,900	Toa Payoh
Geylang United	Bedok Stadium	3,900	Bedok
Gombak United	Bukit Gombak Stadium	3,000	Bukit Batok
Clementi Khalsa	Clementi Stadium	4,000	Clementi
Jurong	Jurong East Stadium	2,700	Jurong East
Home United	Bishan Stadium	4,000	Bishan
Marine Castle	Hougang Stadium	3,000	Hougang
Singapore Armed Forces	Jurong Stadium	6,000	Jurong
Sembawang Rangers	Yishun Stadium	3,400	Yishun
Tampines Rovers	Tampines Stadium	3,600	Tampines
Tanjong Pagar United	Queenstown Stadium	3,800	Queenstown
Woodlands Wellington	Woodlands Stadium	4,300	Woodlands

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 Central	Darren Stewart	Fabio Da Silva	Paul Richardson	None	None
Clementi Khalsa	Bogdan Brasoveanu	Paul Masefield	Raymond Williamson	None	None
Geylang International	Jacksen F. Tiago	Gareth Rowe	Billy Bone	Lutz Pfannenstiel	Jason Batty Jang Jung
Gombak United	Jorgen Nielsen	Surachai Jirasirichote	David Cervinski	Ben Blake	None
Home United	Ernie Tapai	Vlado Bozinoski	Egmar Gonçalves	Zsolt Bucs	None
Jurong FC	Bojan Hodak	Jason Ainsley	Keith Fletcher	None	None
Marine Castle	Douglas Ithier	Michael Currie	Peter Anosike	None	None
SAFFC	Mirko Grabovac	Tomislav Steinbruckner	Vinko Marača	None	None
Sembawang Rangers	Tawan Sripan	Joselito Da Silva	Jure Ereš	Milomir Šešlija	None
Tampines Rovers	Marko Kraljevic	Scott O'Donell	Nathaniel Klay Naplah	Zlatko Vidan	None
Tanjong Pagar United	Davor Dželalija	Dejan Gluščević	Dragan Talajić	Nicodeme Boucher	Fabio Da Silva Aleksandar Đurić
Woodlands	Jörg Steinebrunner	Ivica Raguz	Stuart Young	Max Nicholson	Christian Sansam

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Home United	22	15	6	1	42	16	+26	51	Qualification to Asian Club Championship first round
2	Singapore Armed Forces	22	14	7	1	63	24	+39	49
3	Tanjong Pagar United	22	11	8	3	40	25	+15	41
4	Geylang United	22	9	8	5	33	21	+12	35
5	Gombak United	22	8	8	6	35	35	0	32
6	Jurong FC	22	9	4	9	37	32	+5	31
7	Balestier Central	22	6	8	8	25	27	−2	26
8	Sembawang Rangers	22	5	8	9	30	36	−6	23
9	Woodlands Wellington	22	6	4	12	30	44	−14	22
10	Tampines Rovers	22	4	8	10	25	39	−14	20
11	Clementi Khalsa	22	3	6	13	29	55	−26	15
12	Marine Castle United	22	3	3	16	21	56	−35	12

Source: RSSSF^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

As 1999 S.League champions, Home United qualified to compete in the 2000–01 Asian Club Championship. This was their first appearance in continental competition. The club reached the second round of the East Asian half of the competition, defeating Polícia de Segurança Pública of the Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol 11–0 on aggregate before being defeated 6–1 on aggregate in the second round by Shandong Luneng Taishan of the Chinese Jia-A League.

Top scorer

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Mirko Grabovac	Singapore Armed Forces	23

References

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