2012 S.League
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Season | 2012 |
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Champions |
Tampines Rovers 4th S.League title |
AFC Cup |
Tampines Rovers (Singapore Cup winners) |
Matches played | 156 |
Goals scored | 424 (2.72 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Frédéric Mendy (20) |
Biggest home win |
Singapore Armed Forces 6-1 Gombak United (22 October 2012) |
Biggest away win |
Geylang United 1-7 Home United (11 March 2012) |
Highest scoring |
Home United 7-3 Geylang United (18 July 2012) |
← 2011 2013 → |
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 withdrew their participation in the league to concentrate on grassroots football and youth development. Brunei DPMM 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.[1]
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Team | Coach | Stadium | Capacity | Location |
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Albirex Niigata (S) | ![]() | Jurong East Stadium | 2,700 | Jurong East |
Balestier Khalsa | ![]() | Toa Payoh Stadium | 3,900 | Toa Payoh |
Brunei DPMM | ![]() | Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium | 30,000 | Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei |
Geylang United | ![]() | Bedok Stadium | 3,900 | Bedok |
Gombak United | ![]() | Jurong West Stadium | 3,200 | Jurong West |
Harimau Muda | ![]() | Yishun Stadium | 3,400 | Yishun |
Home United | ![]() | Bishan Stadium | 4,100 | Bishan |
Hougang United | ![]() | Hougang Stadium | 2,500 | Hougang |
Singapore Armed Forces | ![]() | Choa Chu Kang Stadium | 4,600 | Choa Chu Kang |
Tampines Rovers | ![]() | Clementi Stadium | 4,000 | Clementi |
Tanjong Pagar United | ![]() | Queenstown Stadium | 3,800 | Queenstown |
Woodlands Wellington | ![]() | Woodlands Stadium | 4,300 | Woodlands |
Young Lions | ![]() | Jalan Besar Stadium | 8,000 | Kallang |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by |
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Stadium changes
- Tampines Rovers moved into the Clementi Stadium due to the early commencement of the Tampines Sports Hub project which makes the Tampines Stadium unusable.[3]
- With Tampines moving into the Clementi Stadium, Tanjong Pagar United are moving out and back to the Queenstown Stadium which they previously vacated back in 2004. Queenstown Stadium was last used by Etoile FC.
Foreign players
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 |
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Albirex Niigata (S) | None | None | None | None |
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Harimau Muda | None | None | None | None |
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Tanjong Pagar United | ![]() |
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- Albirex Niigata (S) and Harimau Muda are all-Japanese and all-Malaysian team respectively and do not hire any foreigners.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Tampines Rovers | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 52 | Qualification to 2013 AFC Cup group stage |
2 | Brunei DPMM[lower-alpha 1] | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 48 | |
3 | Albirex Niigata Singapore[lower-alpha 1] | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 43 | |
4 | Harimau Muda A[lower-alpha 1] | 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 2013 AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 2] |
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[lower-alpha 1] | 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins
Notes:
- 1 2 3 4 The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), Brunei DPMM 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.
- ↑ Qualified as 2012 Singapore Cup winners.
Results
Home \ Away[1] | 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 games played on 1 November 2012.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Season statistics
Goalscorers
- As of 25 October 2012.[4]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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Home United | 20 |
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Geylang United | 14 |
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Singapore Armed Forces | 14 | |
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Brunei DPMM | 13 |
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Hougang United | 12 |
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Albirex Niigata Singapore | 12 | |
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Tampines Rovers | 12 | |
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Home United | 10 |
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Singapore Armed Forces | 9 |
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Singapore Armed Forces | 9 | |
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Tampines Rovers | 8 |
Attendance figures
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Brunei DPMM | 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
Notes and references
- ↑ "BeiS.league announces 2012 participating teams". S.League Online. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
- ↑ "All's not well at Geylang". Today. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ↑ "Tampines and Home ready to raise curtains". S.League Online. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ↑ "Goalscorers – 2012 S. League". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 October 2012.