2011 S.League

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The 2011 S.League was the 16th season of the

S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. Tampines Rovers FC won their third title. As in the previous season the S.League was not allowed to send a team to the AFC Champions League because of the participation of a foreign team in the league.[1]

Teams

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

In further changes, Sengkang Punggol were renamed to

Home United moved back to Bishan Stadium after splitting their previous season home matches between Clementi Stadium and Jalan Besar Stadium
.

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Location of teams in 2011 S.League
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

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 Korea Lim Young-woo South Korea Kim Young-kwang New Zealand Paul Cunningham Australia Mark McGough Serbia Vahid Bogučanin Brazil Vitor Borges
Geylang International South Korea Kim Jae-hong South Korea Jeon Byung-guk Japan Yuta Nakano England Daniel Hammond None South Korea Joo Ki-hwan
South Korea Jung Hee-bong
Romania Vasile Ghindaru
Gombak United South Korea Park Kang-jin South Korea Jang Jo-yoon South Korea Jung Hee-bong Nigeria Obadin Aikhena Republic of Ireland Shane Ryan South Korea Kwon Jin-sung
Home United South Korea Kim Dae-eui Japan Kenji Arai France Frederic Mendy Cameroon Valery Hiek Canada Sherif El-Masri South Korea Lee Sang-ha
Hougang United Argentina Carlos Alberto Delgado
Diego Gama
 		Brazil Vitor Borges Canada Jordan Webb
Mamadou M. Diallo
 		Japan Fumiya Kobayashi
SAFFC Japan Taisuke Akiyoshi
Goran Subara
Ivan Jerkovic
 		Bosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Karoglan Serbia Luka Savić England Daniel Hammond
Tampines Rovers Japan Seiji Kaneko Japan Akihiro Nakamura
Benoit Croissant
 		France Yohann Lacroix Thailand Hengthaveephokasub Panuwat South Korea Park Yo-seb
Tanjong Pagar South Korea Kim Seong-kyu South Korea Kim Jong-oh Japan Takaya Kawanabe France Cyril Bagnost None South Korea Hyun Jong-woon
Woodlands South Korea Hyun Jong-woon South Korea Moon Soon-ho Japan Fumiya Kobayashi Lebanon Munier Raychouni None
Leonardo Aleixa da Costa
Scotland Graham Tatters

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1
Tampines Rovers
 33 25 3 5 71 25 +46 78 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
2
Home United
 33 25 2 6 81 29 +52 77 Qualification to AFC 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 as 2011 Singapore Cup winners.
  2. ^ a b Étoile 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

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Croatia Mislav Karoglan
Singapore Armed Forces
 33
2 Singapore Aleksandar Đurić
Tampines Rovers
 26
3 Japan Shotaro Ihata
Albirex Niigata (S)
 22
4
Frédéric Mendy
Home United
 21
5 Singapore Qiu Li
Home United
 17
6 Singapore Fazrul Nawaz
Singapore Armed Forces
 15
7 Japan Tatsuro Inui
Albirex Niigata (S)
 14
Canada Jordan Webb Hougang United
9
Bruno Castanheira
Albirex Niigata (S)
 12
France Jonathan Toto Étoile

[1] Archived 8 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine

Results

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

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

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

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: www.sleague.com

S-League Awards Night Winners

Awards Winners
Player of the Year Bosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Karoglan (Singapore Armed Forces)
Young Player of the Year
Albirex Niigata (S)
)
Coach of the Year
Albirex Niigata (S)
)
Top Scorer Award Bosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Karoglan (Singapore Armed Forces)
Fair Play Award
Albirex Niigata (S)

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Singapore seek to pull out of ACL". AFC. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Beijing Guoan pull out of S-League after one season". Straits Times Online. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Goodbye Sengkang, hello Hougang United". Today Online. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2010.

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