2008 S.League Explained

Season:	2008
Winners:	Singapore Armed Forces 7th S.League title
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Singapore Armed Forces (S.League winners)
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Home United (S.League 2nd runners-up)
League Topscorer:	Aleksandar Duric (28)
Biggest Home Win:	Home United 6-1 Geylang United (15 March 2008) Home United 6-1 Balestier Khalsa (17 November 2008)
Biggest Away Win:	Dalian Shide Siwu 0-6 Home United (19 May 2008)
Matches:	198
Total Goals:	572
Nextseason:	2009

2008 S.League is the 13th season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, which was their seventh league title.

League table

Teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
		2,700
		3,896
		3,800
		3,864
		4,000
		4,254
		4,600
		2,500
		3,400
		3,580
		4,300
		6,000

The league play all its Friday matches, which is televised live on MediaCorp Channel 5 at the Jalan Besar Stadium.

Foreign players

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

					None	None
					None	None
						None

					None	None
				None		None
					None	None
				None	None	None

Albirex Niigata (S), Dalian Shide and Super Reds are not allowed to hire any foreigners.

Leading goalscorers

width='150'	Player!	width='140'	Team!	Goals!
Aleksandar Duric	Singapore Armed Forces	28
Kengne Ludovick	Home United	24
Khairul Amri		19 (10 for Young Lions)
O. J. Obatola	Gombak United	16
Akira Takase	Albirex Niigata (S)	14
Aliff Shafaein	Tampines Rovers	13
Norikazu Murakami	Singapore Armed Forces
Park Tae Won	Woodlands Wellington
Rivaldo Costa	Geylang United
Fazrul Nawaz	Geylang United	12
Oh Ddog Yi	Super Reds
Qiu Li	Tampines Rovers

S-League Awards Night Winners

Player of the Year

Aleksandar Duric - Singapore Armed Forces

Young Player of the Year

Khairul Amri - Tampines Rovers

Coach of the Year

Hiroaki Hiraoka -

Albirex Niigata (S)

Top Scorer Award

Aleksandar Duric - Singapore Armed Forces

Fair Play Award

Referee of the Year

T Aravinthan

Assistant Referee of the Year

Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng

Goal of the Year

Abdelhadi Laakkad - Woodlands Wellington - (vs Young Lions on 23 February @ Woodlands Stadium)

Fan Club of the Year

Singapore Armed Forces

Story of the Year

Shamir Osman - Today - "No Panic As Dark Clouds Loom"

Picture of the Year

Koh Mui Fong - Today - "Super Reds Flying High"

People's Choice Award

Kengne Ludovick - Home United

100 S.League Goals

Park Tae Won - Woodlands Wellington

External links

S.League 2008

Notes and References

Web site: S League.