2003 S.League was the eighth season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Home United, which was their second league title.

League table

Pos Team Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Home United 33 26 2 3 2 104 42 +62 85 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
2 Geylang United 33 21 3 2 7 75 30 +45 71
3 Singapore Armed Forces 33 20 2 5 6 68 37 +31 69
4 Tampines Rovers 33 17 3 2 11 63 40 +23 59
5 Woodlands Wellington 33 14 4 8 7 65 47 +18 58
6 Jurong FC 33 12 7 1 13 35 34 +1 51
7 China Sinchi FC[a] 33 11 6 5 11 46 48 −2 50
8 Sengkang Marine 33 7 8 1 17 32 66 −34 38
9 Sembawang Rangers 33 6 5 7 15 37 56 −19 35
10 Tanjong Pagar United 33 8 2 0 23 36 78 −42 28
11 Balestier Khalsa[b] 33 5 2 6 20 37 76 −39 25
12 Singapore Young Lions[c] 33 6 1 5 21 33 77 −44 25
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Matches proceed to a penalty shootout following a draw in regulation time. Shootout winners receive two points and shootout losers receive one point.
Notes:
  1. ^ Sinchi stands for 'Singapore Chinese', a team of Chinese players.
  2. ^ Balestier Khalsa are a merger of Clementi Khalsa and Balestier Central.
  3. ^ Young Lions are a new team made up of under-23 national team players.
Gombak United withdrew from the league at the end of the 2002 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 Kim Eun-cher South Korea Jang Min-suk South Korea Choi Seung-bum Nigeria Joseph Theddeus Nigeria Wisdom Onyekwere
Nigeria Itimi Wilson
Geylang International Australia Peter Bennett Australia Aleksandar Đurić Australia Brendon Šantalab Australia Paul Roberts England Marcus Phillips
Thailand Surachai Jirasirichote
Home United Thailand Sutee Suksomkit Thailand Surachai Jaturapattarapong England Billy Bone Brazil Peres De Oliveira None
Jurong FC South Korea Park Tae-won Nigeria Okoye Emeka Nigeria Precious Emuejeraye Brazil Fabio Da Silva None
SAFFC Thailand Pongsak Khongkeaw Japan Akihiro Nakamura Croatia Nenad Baćina Guinea Ballamodou Conde Nigeria Igwe Iroha
Croatia Ante Hrgović
Sengkang Marine Australia Shane Pryce England Daniel Hill England Jason White Serbia and Montenegro Fahrudin Mustafić None
Sembawang Rangers Thailand Pitipong Kuldilog Thailand Supakit Jinajai Thailand Tawan Sripan Thailand Cumpee Pinthakul Thailand Teerasak Po-on
Japan Akihiro Nakamura
Tampines Rovers Australia Bradley Groves Australia Demetrios Bakis Australia George Goutzioulis Serbia and Montenegro Sead Muratović None
Tanjong Pagar United Thailand Choketawee Promrut Japan Hiroaki Tanaka Nigeria Adejumo Smith Australia Kris Trajanovski None
Woodlands England John Wilkinson England Simon Clark Nigeria Itimi Dickson Nigeria Agu Casmir None
Singapore Young Lions FC Nigeria Precious Emuejeraye None None None None

Top scorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Brazil Peres de Oliveira Home United 37
2 Bosnia and HerzegovinaAustralia Aleksandar Đurić Geylang United 32
3 Brazil Egmar Goncalves Home United 29
4 Indra Sahdan Daud Home United 26
5 China Chang Hui China Sinchi FC 24
6 Australia Brendon Santalab Geylang United 23
6 Noh Alam Shah Tampines Rovers 23
8 Thailand Pitipong Kuldilog Sembawang Rangers 21
9 Mirko Grabovac Singapore Armed Forces 20
10 Nigeria Itimi Dickson Woodlands Wellington 18
11 Australia George Goutzioulis Tampines Rovers 17
12 Nigeria Agu Casmir Woodlands Wellington 15
13 England Jason White Sengkang Marine 14
13 Guinea Ballamodou Conde Singapore Armed Forces 14
15 Fadzuhasny Juraimi Tanjong Pagar United 11
15 England John Wilkinson Woodlands Wellington 11
17 Jamil Ali Geylang United 10
17 Aliff Shafaein Singapore Young Lions 10
19 South Korea Kim Eun-Cher Balestier Khalsa 9
19 Thailand Sutee Suksomkit Home United 9
19 Japan Hiroaki Tanaka Tanjong Pagar United 9

Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ [1] S.League 2003
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_S.League
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