The 2000 S.League was the fifth season of the S-League, the top professional football league in Singapore. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, their third league title.

S. League
Season2000
ChampionsSingapore Armed Forces
3rd S.League title
Asian Club ChampionshipSingapore Armed Forces
Matches played132
Goals scored379 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorerCroatia Mirko Grabovac (19)
Biggest home winGeylang United 7-1 Marine Castle United
(28 April 2000)
Biggest away winMarine Castle United 0-7 Tanjong Pagar United
(21 July 2000)
Highest scoring
1999
2001

Teams

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S.League had been expanding with addition of new clubs for every season since its beginnings, the 2000 season was the first season without any new club addition. All clubs were playing at the designated home stadiums which lead to building their identities within their local communities.

Team Stadium Capacity Location
Balestier Central Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900 Toa Payoh
Geylang United Bedok Stadium 3,900 Bedok
Gombak United Bukit Gombak Stadium 3,000 Bukit Batok
Clementi Khalsa Clementi Stadium 4,000 Clementi
Jurong Jurong East Stadium 2,700 Jurong East
Home United Bishan Stadium 4,000 Bishan
Marine Castle Hougang Stadium 3,000 Hougang
Singapore Armed Forces Jurong Stadium 6,000 Jurong
Sembawang Rangers Yishun Stadium 3,400 Yishun
Tampines Rovers Tampines Stadium 3,600 Tampines
Tanjong Pagar United Queenstown Stadium 3,800 Queenstown
Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Stadium 4,300 Woodlands

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 Players
Balestier Central   Darren Stewart   Fabio Da Silva   Eduardo Ribeiro   Jason Ainsley   Itimi Wilson None
Clementi Khalsa   Emile Mbeya   Abubakri Acheampong   Bogdan Brasoveanu None   Emmanuel Unaka None
Geylang International   Brian Bothwell   Gavin Wilkinson   Billy Bone   Lutz Pfannenstiel   Emmanuel Dogbe None
Gombak United   Jaturapattarapong   Surachai Jirasirichote   Jorgen Nielsen   Ballamodou Conde   Diallo Abdoulaye   Niweat Siriwong
Home United   Ernie Tapai   Egmar Gonçalves   Brian Kristensen   Rene Anderson None   Aleksandar Đurić
Jurong FC   Joselito Da Silva   Paul Masefield   Bojan Hodak   Hrvoje Ratković None   Mirko Jurilj
Marine Castle   Kim See-man   Michael Garcia   Davor Višić   Thomas Andersen None None
SAFFC   Mirko Grabovac   Nenad Baćina   Veselko Paponja   Vinko Marača None None
Sembawang Rangers   Thawatchai Ongtrakul   Milomir Šešlija   Tawan Sripan None None None
Tampines Rovers   Marko Kraljević   Rešad Sejdić   Sead Muratović   Esad Sejdić   Dennis Suglo   Fahrudin Aličković
  Dejan Dimić
  Moussa Keita
  Hasan Plojović
Tanjong Pagar United   Davor Dželalija   Boubacar Seck   Nicodeme Boucher   Dragan Talajić None None
Woodlands   Miroslav Kuljanac   Ivica Raguž   Nikolai Foroutan   Max Nicholson None   Ante Konjević

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Singapore Armed Forces 22 16 4 2 53 15 38 52 Qualification to
Asian Club Championship
first round
2 Tanjong Pagar United 22 12 7 3 50 23 27 43
3 Geylang United 22 13 2 7 42 29 13 41
4 Home United 22 11 7 4 38 21 17 40
5 Gombak United 22 11 4 7 33 26 7 37
6 Jurong FC 22 8 5 9 30 37 −7 29
7 Tampines Rovers 22 7 6 9 30 27 3 27
8 Clementi Khalsa 22 5 10 7 33 46 −13 25
9 Sembawang Rangers 22 5 7 10 17 37 −20 22
10 Woodlands Wellington 22 4 5 13 19 31 −12 17
11 Marine Castle United 22 4 4 14 18 45 −27 16
12 Balestier Central 22 3 5 14 16 42 −26 14
Source: RSSSF[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Top scorer

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Rank Name Club Goals
1   Mirko Grabovac Singapore Armed Forces 19

References

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  1. ^ "Singapore 2000".