2012 S.League

S. League
Season2012
ChampionsTampines Rovers
4th S.League title
AFC Cup
Matches played156
Goals scored424 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer Frédéric Mendy (20)
Biggest home winSingapore Armed Forces 6-1 Gombak United
(22 October 2012)
Biggest away winGeylang United 1-7 Home United
(11 March 2012)
Highest scoringHome United 7-3 Geylang United
(18 July 2012)
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The 2012 S.League was the 17th season of the S-League, the top professional football league in Singapore. It is known as the Great Eastern-Yeo's S.League for sponsorship reasons.

Tampines Rovers won their fourth title, finishing top of a 13-team league.

Teams

Etoile FC withdrew their participation in the league to concentrate on grassroots football and youth development. DPMM FC have re-entered the league, coming back since they were suspended by FIFA in the 2009 campaign. Harimau Muda of Malaysia have also entered the fray.

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Location of teams in 2012 S.League
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Location of teams in 2012 S.League (Singapore teams)
Team Coach Stadium Capacity Location
Albirex Niigata (S) Koichi Sugiyama Jurong East Stadium 2,700 Jurong East
Balestier Khalsa Darren Stewart Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900 Toa Payoh
DPMM FC Vjeran Simunić Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium 30,000 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Geylang United V. Kanakarajan Bedok Stadium 3,900 Bedok
Gombak United K. Balagumaran Jurong West Stadium 3,200 Jurong West
Harimau Muda Ong Kim Swee Yishun Stadium 3,400 Yishun
Home United Lee Lim-Saeng Bishan Stadium 4,100 Bishan
Hougang United Nenad Bacina Hougang Stadium 2,500 Hougang
Singapore Armed Forces Richard Bok Choa Chu Kang Stadium 4,600 Choa Chu Kang
Tampines Rovers Tay Peng Kee Clementi Stadium 4,000 Clementi
Tanjong Pagar United Terry Pathmanathan Queenstown Stadium 3,800 Queenstown
Woodlands Wellington Salim Moin Woodlands Stadium 4,300 Woodlands
Young Lions Robin Chitrakar Jalan Besar Stadium 8,000 Kallang

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by
Geylang United Mike Wong Moved to Prime League squad V. Kanakarajan
Tampines Rovers Steven Tan Moved to Prime League squad Tay Peng Kee

Stadium changes

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former Player
Balestier Khalsa Park Kang-jin Goran Šubara Paul Cunningham Zdravko Dragićević Jang Jo-yoon
DPMM FC Patrick da Silva Tales dos Santos Ivan Jerković Osman Bashiru Rodrigo Gral
Geylang United Mun Seung-man Stefan Milojević Jozef Kapláň Michael King Rhema Obed
Oliver Nicholas
Gombak United Jung Hee-bong Christoper Anderson Obadin Aikhena Julien Durand None
Home United Kenji Arai Shotaro Ihata Franklin Anzite Frederic Mendy None
Hougang United Jordan Webb Stanislav Vidaković Ante Barać Mamadou M. Diallo None
Singapore Armed Forces Tatsuro Inui Shimpei Sakurada Mislav Karoglan Marin Vidošević Seiji Saito
Tampines Rovers Saša Dreven Benoit Croissant Gligor Gligorov Sead Hadžibulić Davor Piškor
Tanjong Pagar United Takaya Kawanabe Gilbert Bayonne Anthony Aymard Carlos Delgado Jang In-jun
Lee Joo-sang
Woodlands Wellington Moon Soon-Ho Hussein Akil Daniel Hammond Fabien Lewis None
Young Lions Sherif El-Masri Benjamin Lee Jonathan Toto Sirina Camara None

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tampines Rovers 24 16 4 4 49 24 +25 52 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
2 DPMM FC 24 15 3 6 49 27 +22 48
3 Albirex Niigata (S) 24 12 7 5 37 26 +11 43
4 Harimau Muda A 24 13 3 8 37 23 +14 42
5 Home United 24 11 7 6 43 29 +14 40
6 Balestier Khalsa 24 11 6 7 23 20 +3 39
7 Singapore Armed Forces 24 9 5 10 43 41 +2 32 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
8 Hougang United 24 7 8 9 31 33 −2 29
9 Gombak United 24 7 8 9 23 29 −6 29
10 Young Lions 24 6 5 13 25 37 −12 23
11 Geylang United 24 5 6 13 28 50 −22 21
12 Tanjong Pagar United 24 5 5 14 17 41 −24 20
13 Woodlands Wellington 24 3 5 16 19 44 −25 14
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and Harimau Muda A – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-23 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.
  2. ^ Qualified as 2012 Singapore Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away ALB BAL DPM GLI GOM HMA HOM HOU SAF TAM TPU WLW YLI
Albirex Niigata (S) 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 3–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–2
Balestier Khalsa 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
Brunei DPMM 2–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 5–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–0 1–0
Geylang United 0–0 3–1 1–3 3–2 0–2 1–7 1–2 3–0 1–5 0–0 1–1 2–0
Gombak United 0–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
Harimau Muda 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–3 3–1 4–1 2–3 3–0 2–1 3–1
Home United 4–2 0–0 1–0 7–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 2–1 3–1 3–1
Hougang United 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–2
Singapore Armed Forces 3–4 0–0 1–2 2–2 6–1 1–2 3–3 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 4–3
Tampines Rovers 3–4 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 2–1
Tanjong Pagar United 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 2–3 0–5
Woodlands Wellington 0–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–2 0–3 0–1 1–2
Young Lions 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2012. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Goalscorers

As of 25 October 2012.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Frédéric Mendy Home United 20
2 Jozef Kapláň Geylang United 14
Mislav Karoglan Singapore Armed Forces 14
4 Shahrazen Said DPMM FC 13
5 Jordan Webb Hougang United 12
Yasuhiro Yamakoshi Albirex Niigata (S) 12
Aleksandar Đurić Tampines Rovers 12
8 Shotaro Ihata Home United 10
9 Fazrul Nawaz Singapore Armed Forces 9
Shimpei Sakurada Singapore Armed Forces 9
11 Sead Hadžibulić Tampines Rovers 8

Attendance figures

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 DPMM FC 25,190 8,672 4,680 n/a†
2 Balestier Khalsa 7,760 2,386 889 n/a†
3 Singapore Armed Forces 7,525 1,786 1,155 n/a†
4 Home United 6,856 1,354 774 n/a†
5 Albirex Niigata (S) 6,732 2,502 1,227 n/a†
6 Gombak United 5,223 1,494 816 n/a†
7 Harimau Muda 3,869 1,388 388 n/a†
8 Hougang United 3,611 1,243 410 n/a†
9 Tampines Rovers 2,923 1,228 485 n/a†
10 Woodlands Wellington 2,212 688 429 n/a†
11 Young Lions 2,202 668 464 n/a†
12 Geylang United 2,152 912 612 n/a†
13 Tanjong Pagar United 2,065 755 195 n/a†
League total n/a†

Source: S.League[usurped]

S-League Awards Night Winners

Awards Winners
Player of the Year Aleksandar Đurić (Tampines Rovers)
Young Player of the Year Wan Zack Haikal ( Harimau Muda A)
Coach of the Year Vjeran Simunić ( DPMM FC)
Top Scorer Award Frédéric Mendy (Home United)
Fair Play Award Albirex Niigata (S)
Referee of the Year Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir

Notes and references

  1. ^ "BeiS.league announces 2012 participating teams". S.League Online.
  2. ^ "All's not well at Geylang". Today. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Tampines and Home ready to raise curtains". S.League Online. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  4. ^ "Goalscorers – 2012 S. League". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2012.