2003 S.League

Football league season

S. League

Season	2003
Champions	Home United 2nd S.League title
AFC Cup	Home United (S.League and Singapore Cup winners) Geylang United (S.League runners-up)
Matches played	198
Goals scored	631 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Peres de Oliveira (37 - all domestic competitions)
Biggest home win	Geylang United 10-2 Young Lions (17 August 2003)
Biggest away win	Balestier Khalsa 0-5 Singapore Armed Forces (10 May 2003)
Highest scoring	Geylang United 10-2 Young Lions (17 August 2003)
← 2002 2004 →

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

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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	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	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

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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 Khalsa	Kim Eun-cher	Jang Min-suk	Choi Seung-bum	Joseph Theddeus	Wisdom Onyekwere Itimi Wilson
Geylang International	Peter Bennett	Aleksandar Đurić	Brendon Šantalab	Paul Roberts	Marcus Phillips Surachai Jirasirichote
Home United	Sutee Suksomkit	Surachai Jaturapattarapong	Billy Bone	Peres De Oliveira	None
Jurong FC	Park Tae-won	Okoye Emeka	Precious Emuejeraye	Fabio Da Silva	None
SAFFC	Pongsak Khongkeaw	Akihiro Nakamura	Nenad Baćina	Ballamodou Conde	Igwe Iroha Ante Hrgović
Sengkang Marine	Shane Pryce	Daniel Hill	Jason White	Fahrudin Mustafić	None
Sembawang Rangers	Pitipong Kuldilog	Supakit Jinajai	Tawan Sripan	Cumpee Pinthakul	Teerasak Po-on Akihiro Nakamura
Tampines Rovers	Bradley Groves	Demetrios Bakis	George Goutzioulis	Sead Muratović	None
Tanjong Pagar United	Choketawee Promrut	Hiroaki Tanaka	Adejumo Smith	Kris Trajanovski	None
Woodlands	John Wilkinson	Simon Clark	Itimi Dickson	Agu Casmir	None
Young Lions FC	Precious Emuejeraye	None	None	None	None

• Albirex Niigata (S) and Sinchi FC are not allowed to hire any foreigners.

Top scorers

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

Source:^[1]

References

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1. ^ [1] S.League 2003