2002 S.League

S. League
Season2002
ChampionsSingapore Armed Forces
4th S.League title
Matches played198
Goals scored742 (3.75 per match)
Top goalscorerMirko Grabovac
(36 - all domestic competitions)
Biggest home winSingapore Armed Forces 9-0 Sembawang Rangers
(15 June 2002)
Biggest away winSengkang Marine 0-9 Geylang United
(18 July 2002)
Highest scoringSengkang Marine 5-5 Sembawang Rangers
(27 July 2002)
Balestier Central 4-6 Sengkang Marine
(5 September 2002)
2001
2003

2002 S.League was the seventh season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, which was their fourth league title.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Singapore Armed Forces 33 26 6 1 104 37 +67 84
2 Home United 33 18 10 5 71 42 +29 64
3 Geylang United 33 17 8 8 80 39 +41 59
4 Tampines Rovers 33 16 11 6 67 39 +28 59
5 Woodlands Wellington 33 17 7 9 75 44 +31 58
6 Sembawang Rangers 33 15 5 13 59 67 −8 50
7 Jurong FC 33 13 6 14 47 48 −1 45
8 Sengkang Marine 33 11 6 16 62 84 −22 39
9 Tanjong Pagar United 33 11 4 18 49 72 −23 37
10 Clementi Khalsa 33 7 4 22 45 84 −39 25
11 Balestier Central 33 6 5 22 50 103 −53 23
12 Gombak United 33 2 6 25 33 83 −50 12
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

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 Former Player
Balestier Central Nigeria Itimi Wilson Germany Jörg Steinebrunner Nigeria Joseph Theddeus None None
Clementi Khalsa Brazil Leonardo Silva Romania Bogdan Brasoveanu Nigeria Wisdom Onyekwere Nigeria Emmanuel Unaka Japan Masahiro Iwata
Japan Taichi Sato
Geylang International Australia Aleksandar Đurić Australia Brian Bothwell Australia Nebojsa Vukosavljevic None None
Gombak United Thailand Surachai Jaturapattarapong Fiji Veresa Toma Senegal Diallo Abdullaye None Nigeria Dennis Suglo
Home United Japan Hiroaki Tanaka Brazil Egmar Gonçalves Brazil Peres De Oliveira England Billy Bone Spain Edson Garcia Thailand Anucha Chuaysri
Jurong FC South Korea Park Tae-won Japan Tatsuma Yoshida Nigeria Precious Emuejeraye Brazil Fabio Da Silva South Korea Cho Hyun-jin
Nigeria Okoye Emeka
SAFFC Thailand Therdsak Chaiman Croatia Nenad Baćina Croatia Mirko Grabovac Guinea Ballamodou Conde None
Sengkang Marine Australia Simon Harland England Daniel Hill England Grant Holt Australia Todd Harnwell England Chris Downey
Sembawang Rangers Japan Akihiro Nakamura Thailand Pitipong Kuldilog Thailand Tawan Sripan Thailand Niweat Siriwong None
Tampines Rovers Australia Demetrios Bakis Australia Paul O'Grady Serbia and Montenegro Fahrudin Mustafić Serbia and Montenegro Sead Muratović Brazil Joselito Da Silva
Brazil Luciano de Oliveira
Tanjong Pagar United Thailand Sutee Suksomkit Thailand Choketawee Promrut Thailand Thawatchai Ongtrakul Thailand Wolapan Toontone
Woodlands England John Wilkinson England Simon Clark Nigeria Itimi Dickson Nigeria Agu Casmir Thailand Anuruck Srikerd

Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Club Goals
1 Croatia Mirko Grabovac Singapore Armed Forces 36
2 Singapore Aleksandar Đurić Geylang United 32
3 Thailand Therdsak Chaiman Singapore Armed Forces 27
4 Nigeria Agu Casmir Woodlands Wellington 26
5 Singapore Noh Alam Shah Sembawang Rangers 24
6 Nigeria Itimi Owepa Wilson Balestier Central 23
6 South Korea Park Tae-Won Jurong 23
6 Singapore Ismail Fitrey Tampines Rovers 23
9 Nigeria Wisdom Onyekwere Clementi Khalsa 22
10 Singapore Mohd Noor Ali Geylang United 20

Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ [1] S.League 2002