2011 S.League

S.League
Season2011
ChampionsTampines Rovers
(3rd S.League title)
AFC Cup
Matches played198
Goals scored578 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorerBosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Karoglan (33)
Biggest home winSingapore Armed Forces 7–0 Woodlands Wellington
Biggest away winTanjong Pagar United 0–6 Home United
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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

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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 Hougang United.[3] Moreover, 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

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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 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 Brazil Diego Gama Brazil Vitor Borges Canada Jordan Webb Guinea Mamadou M. Diallo Japan Fumiya Kobayashi
SAFFC Japan Taisuke Akiyoshi Australia Goran Subara Croatia Ivan Jerkovic Bosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Karoglan Serbia Luka Savić England Daniel Hammond
Tampines Rovers Japan Seiji Kaneko Japan Akihiro Nakamura France 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 Guyana Adrian Butters
Brazil Leonardo Aleixa da Costa
Scotland Graham Tatters

League table

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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

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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 France 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 Japan Bruno Castanheira Albirex Niigata (S) 12
France Jonathan Toto Étoile

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Results

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

See also

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Notes and references

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  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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