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2007 S.League

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S. League
Season2007
ChampionsSingapore Armed Forces
6th S.League title
AFC Cup
Matches played198
Goals scored617 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorerAleksandar Đurić (37)
Biggest home winSingapore Armed Forces 6–0 Super Reds
(3 April 2007)
Tampines Rovers 7–1 Singapore Young Lions
(15 September 2007)
Biggest away winWoodlands Wellington 0–6 Singapore Armed Forces
(7 April 2007)
Highest scoringJapanAlbirex Niigata (S) 3-5 Singapore Armed Forces
(12 June 2007)
Tampines Rovers 7-1 Singapore Young Lions
(15 September 2007)
Highest attendance4,473
Home United 2–0 Singapore Armed Forces
(18 May 2007)
2006
2008

2007 S.League was the twelfth season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, which was their sixth league title.

Changes from 2006

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  • Korean Super Reds represented the Korean community in Singapore. They were renamed Super Reds on 14 August 2007.
  • Liaoning Guangyuan were a farm team of Chinese Super League club Liaoning.
  • Sporting Afrique went out of operations at the end of the 2006 season after the Football Association of Singapore rejected their application to participate in the 2007 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 Prime League Former Player
Balestier Khalsa Japan Ryuji Sueoka Cameroon Paul Ekollo Nigeria Mba Vitus Onyekachi Nigeria Udo Fortune Cameroon Kaze Teffo Etienne Japan Norikazu Murakami
Geylang International Thailand Rangsan Viwatchaichok East Timor Adriano Quintão Guinea Ballamodou Conde Ghana Kim Grant None None
Gombak United Thailand Theerawekin Seehawong Nigeria Gabriel Obatola Nigeria Obadin Aikhena Nigeria Alfred Emuejeraye Nigeria Kingsley Njoku None
Home United China Qiu Li Cameroon Kengne Ludovick Ivory Coast Hamed Koné Ivory Coast Fodé Bangaly Diakité None None
Sengkang Punggol New Zealand Ross McKenzie Australia Jon Angelucci New Zealand Cole Tinkler None None None
SAFFC Japan Norikazu Murakami Japan Kenji Arai Thailand Therdsak Chaiman None None None
Tampines Rovers Thailand Sutee Suksomkit Serbia Sead Muratović Thailand Santi Chaiyaphurk Brazil Peres De Oliveira Thailand Attapong Nooprom None
Woodlands South Korea Park Tae-won Japan Akihiro Nakamura Morocco Laakkad Abdelhadi Romania Lucian Dronca None None
Singapore Young Lions Cameroon Moudourou Moise None None None None None

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Singapore Armed Forces 33 25 4 4 95 38 +57 79 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
2 Home United 33 24 6 3 73 35 +38 78
3 Tampines Rovers 33 24 5 4 77 32 +45 77
4 Gombak United 33 13 9 11 54 40 +14 48
5 Singapore Young Lions 33 13 8 12 45 54 −9 47
6 Geylang United 33 10 9 14 43 44 −1 39
7 Woodlands Wellington 33 10 13 10 47 52 −5 37[a]
8 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 33 9 8 16 45 49 −4 35
9 Balestier Khalsa 33 7 8 18 44 63 −19 29
10 China Liaoning Guangyuan 33 8 5 20 33 63 −30 29
11 Sengkang Punggol 33 5 10 18 39 69 −30 25
12 South Korea Super Reds 33 3 9 21 24 80 −56 18
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Woodlands Wellington were deducted six points for abandoning a match on 5 September
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