2004 S.League

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S. League
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Season2004
ChampionsTampines Rovers
1st S.League title
AFC Cup
  • Tampines Rovers
    (S.League and Singapore Cup winners)
  • Home United
    (S.League runners-up)
Matches played135
Goals scored513 (3.8 per match)
Top goalscorerEgmar Goncalves (30)
Biggest home winTampines Rovers 9-0 Tanjong Pagar United
(16 March 2004)
Biggest away winBalestier Khalsa 0-6 Tanjong Pagar United
(19 August 2004)
Highest scoringSingapore Armed Forces 6-6 Young Lions
(15 April 2004)
← 2003
2005 →

2004 S.League was the ninth season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Tampines Rovers, which was their first league title.

Changes from 2003[]

  • Penalty kicks after draws were discontinued.
  • Albirex Niigata (S) are the feeder team of J.League club Albirex Niigata.
  • Sengkang Marine withdrew from the league at the end of 2003 season.

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 Khalsa South Korea South Korea Park Tae-won Australia Andrew Durante Nigeria South Korea
South Korea Lee Ho-sung
Geylang International Australia Aleksandar Đurić Republic of Ireland Wayne O'Sullivan England Mark Williams Scotland Stewart Petrie England
Australia Aleksandar Đurić
China
Home United Thailand Sutee Suksomkit Thailand Surachai Jaturapattarapong Thailand Anurak Srikerd Brazil Peres De Oliveira None
Tanjong Pagar United Guinea Ballamodou Conde Réunion Gimmy Bade France Jean-Marc Audemar France Benoît Salviat Senegal Nicodeme Boucher
SAFFC Australia Jon Angelucci Croatia Nenad Baćina Guinea Boubacar Keita Germany André Gumprecht Guinea Ballamodou Conde
Tampines Rovers Thailand Santi Chaiyaphurk Thailand Choketawee Promrut Serbia Sead Muratović Serbia Fahrudin Mustafić Kyrgyzstan Zakir Jalilov
Woodlands South Korea South Korea England Simon Clark England John Wilkinson None
Singapore Young Lions FC China Shi Jiayi Serbia Vladan Seric Nigeria Precious Emuejeraye None Nigeria Kazeem Babatunde
  • Albirex Niigata (S) and Sinchi FC are not allowed to hire any foreigners.

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tampines Rovers 27 20 3 4 76 29 +47 63 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
2 Home United 27 17 2 8 76 43 +33 53
3 Singapore Young Lions 27 14 5 8 74 52 +22 47
4 Singapore Armed Forces 27 14 3 10 45 48 −3 45
5 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 27 12 8 7 50 42 +8 44
6 Woodlands Wellington 27 12 4 11 48 49 −1 40
7 Geylang United 27 10 7 10 43 43 0 37
8 Balestier Khalsa 27 6 2 19 36 73 −37 20
9 China Sinchi FC 27 4 5 18 36 62 −26 17
10 Tanjong Pagar United 27 4 5 18 29 72 −43 17
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Top scorers[]

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Brazil Egmar Goncalves Home United 30[1]
2 Nigeria Agu Casmir Young Lions 24
3 Croatia Mirko Grabovac Singapore Armed Forces 23
4 Indra Sahdan Daud Home United 19
5 South Korea Woodlands Wellington 18

References[]

  1. ^ Eric Ding (29 August 2005). "Golden Boot". Today. p. 38.

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