2009_S._League

S. League
Season	2009
Champions	Singapore Armed Forces; 8th S.League title
AFC Champions League	Singapore Armed Forces; (S.League winners)
AFC Cup	Geylang United; (Singapore Cup winners)
Matches played	165
Goals scored	452 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aleksandar Đurić (28)
Biggest home win	Singapore Armed Forces 6-0 Albirex Niigata (S); (26 March 2009)
Biggest away win	Sengkang Punggol 1-7 Singapore Armed Forces; (11 April 2009)
Highest scoring	Sengkang Punggol 1-7 Singapore Armed Forces; (11 April 2009)
Longest winning run	7
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2009 S.League

Football league season

The 2009 S.League (officially known as the Great-Eastern-Yeo's S.League for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th season since the establishment of the S.League. Singapore Armed Forces FC won their eighth S.League title.

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Changes to the league include:

Monthly claim of S$2,000 for the local clubs from the FAS if they sign a foreign player who is a newcomer to the S-League.^[1]
DPMM FC have replaced Dalian Shide Siwu in 2009 season.^[2]

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[table_note_DPM0.83925974966924-3] The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and Super Reds – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-23 team, Young Lions, were not eligible for qualification to continental competitions.

[table_note_res_AFC0.83925974966924-4] Geylang United qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup as 2009 Singapore Cup winners.

[table_note_res_EXP0.83925974966924-7] Following a FIFA decision on 29 September 2009, Brunei DPMM would no longer be permitted to play in the S.League.^[3] They were unable to complete the league after FIFA denied an appeal from the FAS for Brunei DPMM to finish the 2009 season.^[4] Their results were expunged.

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Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Prime League	Former Player
Balestier Khalsa	Jun Jin	Oh In-kyun	Oh Ddog-yi	Julio Eduardo	Jamie Pitt	Seth Galloway
DPMM FC	Hamid Berguiga	Ivan Jerković	Rene Komar	None	None	Oh Ddog-Yi
Geylang International	Haruki Seto	Kim Jae-hong	Rastislav Beličák	Miroslav Latiak	None	Lloyd Butler
Gombak United	Goran Subara	Theerawekin Seehawong	Gabriel Obatola	Kingsley Njoku	None	Odion Obadin
Home United	Norikazu Murakami	Peres De Oliveira	Kengne Ludovick	Valery Hiek	Naruphol Ar-romsawa	None
Sengkang Punggol	Hiroyuki Yamamoto	Anthony Bahadur	Murphy Wiredu	Abdoulaye Diallo	Mamadou M. Diallo	None
SAFFC	Kenji Arai	Masahiro Fukasawa	Park Tae-won	Therdsak Chaiman	Lloyd Butler	None
Tampines Rovers	Seiji Kaneko	Akihiro Nakamura	Benoit Croissant	Sutee Suksomkit	Wichaya Dechmitr	None
Woodlands	Mojtaba Tehranizadeh	Luis Eduardo Hicks	Daniel Hammond	Zakaria Yousif	None	None
Young Lions	Yang Mu	Obadin Aikhena	None	None	None	None

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Singapore Armed Forces	30	22	1	7	73	31	+42	67	Qualification to AFC Champions League Qualifying Play-off or AFC Cup Group Stage
2	Tampines Rovers	30	16	8	6	47	25	+22	56
3	Gombak United	30	14	11	5	52	32	+20	53
4	Home United	30	16	5	9	50	32	+18	53
5	Super Reds^{[lower-alpha 1]}	30	14	8	8	52	34	+18	50
6	Geylang United	30	12	4	14	36	39	−3	40	Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	Albirex Niigata (S)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	30	11	5	14	38	47	−9	38
8	Young Lions^{[lower-alpha 1]}	30	9	7	14	33	48	−15	34
9	Woodlands Wellington	30	8	7	15	23	48	−25	31
10	Sengkang Punggol	30	5	6	19	26	58	−32	21
11	Balestier Khalsa	30	4	6	20	22	58	−36	18
12	DPMM FC^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Expelled from league after FIFA ruling; results expunged^{[lower-alpha 3]}

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Aleksandar Đurić	Singapore Armed Forces	28
2	Gabriel Obatola	Gombak United	24
3	Kengne Ludovick	Home United	18
4	Kenji Adachihara	Albirex Niigata FC (S)	16
5	Peres de Oliveira	Home United	15
6	Noh Alam Shah	Tampines Rovers	14
7	Choi Dong-Soo	Super Reds	13
8	Agu Casmir	Gombak United	12
9	John Wilkinson	Singapore Armed Forces	11
10	Sutee Suksomkit	Tampines Rovers	8
	Shahrazen Said	DPMM FC
	Qiu Li	Tampines Rovers
	Seo Su Jong	Super Reds
	Kingsley Njoku	Gombak United
	Murphy Wiredu	Sengkang Punggol

Scorer	Club	Opponent	Date
Shariff Abdul Samat	Tampines Rovers	DPMM FC	3 April 2009
Shariff Abdul Samat	Tampines Rovers	SAFFC	9 May 2009
Jufri Taha	Balestier Khalsa	Woodlands Wellington	6 April 2009
Jufri Taha	Balestier Khalsa	SAFFC	14 May 2009
Shahir Hamzah	Young Lions	DPMM FC	16 May 2009
Sahairi Ramri	Balestier Khalsa	Super Reds	26 June 2009
Razaleigh Khalik	SAFFC	Young Lions	27 June 2009
Mojtaba Tehranizadeh	Woodlands Wellington	Geylang United	15 July 2009
Hyrulnizam Juma'at	Young Lions	Sengkang Punggol	16 July 2009
Rastislav Beličák	Geylang United	SAFFC	9 September 2009
Obadin Aikhena	Young Lions	Gombak United	10 September 2009

Scorer	Club	Opponent	Date
Aleksandar Đurić	SAFFC	Albirex Niigata (S)	26 March 2009
Aleksandar Đurić	SAFFC	Young Lions	17 August 2009
Gabriel Obatola	Gombak United	Balestier Khalsa	24 April 2009
Gabriel Obatola	Gombak United	Balestier Khalsa	27 October 2009
Norikazu Murakami	Home United	Woodlands Wellington	30 March 2009
Kengne Ludovick	Home United	DPMM FC	2 August 2009
Peres de Oliveira	Home United	Tampines Rovers	6 August 2009
Noh Alam Shah	Tampines Rovers	Sengkang Punggol	11 September 2009
Ham Hyeong-Kyu	Home United	Woodlands Wellington	25 September 2009

Team	Kitmaker	Main Sponsor	Notes
Albirex Niigata (S)	Adidas	Sanyo
Balestier Khalsa	Umbro	Civics Ambulance & FTMS Global
DPMM FC	Lotto	Sri Sentosa SDN BHD
Geylang United	Lotto	Five Star Tours	Lotto replaces Diadora as kit-maker^[5]
Gombak United	Lotto	None
Home United	Kappa	Coca-Cola
SAFFC	Umbro	STAR Automotive Centre & United Engineers Limited
Sengkang Punggol	Uhlsport	None
Super Reds	Umbro	QT Technology
Tampines Rovers	Dal	Hyundai
Woodlands Wellington	Umbro	Sembcorp
Young Lions	Nike	None

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Notes
Albirex Niigata (S)	Jurong East Stadium	2,700
Balestier Khalsa	Toa Payoh Stadium	3,896
DPMM FC	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium	30,000
Geylang United	Bedok Stadium	3,864
Gombak United	Jurong West Stadium	4,000
Home United	Clementi Stadium	4,000	Move from Bishan Stadium as it is undergoing upgrading programme for the 2010 YOG
Singapore Armed Forces	Choa Chu Kang Stadium	4,600
Sengkang Punggol	Hougang Stadium	2,500
Super Reds	Yishun Stadium	3,400
Tampines Rovers	Tampines Stadium	3,580
Woodlands Wellington	Woodlands Stadium	4,300
Young Lions	Jalan Besar Stadium	6,000

Team	Hosted	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total
DPMM FC	13	5,681	10,583	3,296	73,850
Tampines Rovers	16	2,396	3,809	1,115	38,333
Singapore Armed Forces	17	2,381	4,377	1,365	40,479
Gombak United	17	2,235	3,117	1,623	37,994
Geylang United	17	1,886	4,012	769	32,059
Sengkang Punggol	17	1,712	4,230	912	29,106
Young Lions	16	1,648	3,000	940	26,373
Balestier Khalsa	17	1,556	3,486	616	26,454
Albirex Niigata (S)	16	1,562	2,429	1,031	24,991
Woodlands Wellington	16	1,396	2,976	989	22,328
Super Reds	16	1,335	2,543	564	21,357
Home United	15	1,343	3,664	649	20,147
Total	193	2,039	10,583	564	393,471

Awards	Winners
Player of the Year	Valery Hiek (Home United)
Young Player of the Year	Gabriel Obatola (Gombak United)
Coach of the Year	Richard Bok (SAFFC)
Top Scorer Award	Aleksandar Đurić (SAFFC)
Fair Play Award	Home United
Referee of the Year	P Pandian
Assistant Referee of the Year	Jeffrey Goh
Goal of the Year	Ahmad Latiff (SAFFC) (vs Albirex Niigata FC (S) on 26 March @ Choa Chu Kang Stadium)
Fan Club of the Year	SAFFC
Story of the Year	Wang Meng Meng (The Straits Times) - "Alam Shah : Why I’m who I am"
Picture of the Year	Lim Kok Meng (Lianhe Zaobao) - “Balestier Khalsa Australia striker Bryan Soane has a tough time roughing out Geylang United defender Walid Lounis tackle”
People's Choice Award	Gabriel Obatola (Gombak United)

2009_S._League

Teams

Foreign players

League table

Results

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Goals

Top Scorers

Own goals

Hat-tricks

Kits and main sponsors

Stadia and attendance

Stadia

Attendance

Managerial changes

S-League Awards Night Winners

References

External links

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