Competition: | S. League |
Season: | 1997 |
Winners: | Singapore Armed Forces 1st S.League title |
Continentalcup1: | Asian Club Championship |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Singapore Armed Forces |
Matches: | 72 |
Total Goals: | 249 |
League Topscorer: | Goran Paulić (21) |
Biggest Home Win: | Tiong Bahru United 5-1 Tampines Rovers (5 July 1997) Singapore Armed Forces 5-1 Balestier Central (8 July 1997) |
Biggest Away Win: | Tampines Rovers 2-8 Balestier Central (28 June 1997) |
Highest Scoring: | Tampines Rovers 2-8 Balestier Central (28 June 1997) |
Prevseason: | 1996 |
Nextseason: | 1998 |
The 1997 S.League was the 2nd season of the S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. The format of the league was changed, a single season of home and away matches replacing the split seasons and a playoff model of the 1996 season.
The 1997 S.League championship was won by Singapore Armed Forces FC.
Police Football Club underwent a rebranding, being renamed as Home United while NFL side Jurong Town Football Club, who renamed themselves Jurong FC, joined the competition taking the number of participating clubs to 9. As a result of the construction of the new Jurong East Stadium being incomplete, Jurong FC used Bukit Gombak Stadium as their home ground for the 1997 S.League season.
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Location | |
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Toa Payoh Stadium | 3,900 | Toa Payoh | ||
Bedok Stadium | 3,900 | Bedok | ||
Bukit Gombak Stadium | 3,000 | Bukit Batok | ||
Jalan Besar Stadium | 8,000 | Kallang | ||
Jurong Stadium | 6,000 | Jurong | ||
Yishun Stadium | 3,400 | Yishun | ||
Tampines Stadium | 3,600 | Tampines | ||
Queenstown Stadium | 3,800 | Queenstown | ||
Woodlands Stadium | 4,300 | Woodlands |
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 |
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Balestier Central | Goran Paulić | Marko Kraljević | Bojan Hodak | None | None |
Geylang United | Mohsen Garousi | Warren Spink | Martin Tierney | None | |
Home United | Egmar Goncalves | Fabio da Silva | Zsolt Bucs | None | None |
Jurong FC | Musah Edoe | Tanko Tetumah | Alan McTurk | None | None |
Singapore Armed Forces | Ivica Raguž | Jure Ereš | Velimir Crljen | Davor Mioč | None |
Sembawang Rangers | Zlatko Vidan | Milomir Šešlija | Ousmane N'Diaye | Ignacio Tuhuteru | Gary Blissett |
Tampines Rovers | Scott O'Donell | Chris Jackson | None | None | None |
Tiong Bahru United | Nicodeme Boucher | Dragan Talajić | Émile Mbouh | Håkan Söderstjerna | None |
Woodlands Wellington | Jan Janostak | Stuart Young | Max Nicholson | None | None |
Rank | width='150' | Name! | width='140' | Club! | Goals |
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1 | Goran Paulić | Balestier Central | 21 | ||
2 | Egmar Goncalves | Home United | 15 | ||
3 | Jure Ereš | Singapore Armed Forces | 14 | ||