2002 S.League was the seventh season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, which was their fourth league title.

S. League
Season2002
ChampionsSingapore Armed Forces
4th S.League title
Matches played198
Goals scored742 (3.75 per match)
Top goalscorerMirko Grabovac
(36 - all domestic competitions)
Biggest home winSingapore Armed Forces 9-0 Sembawang Rangers
(15 June 2002)
Biggest away winSengkang Marine 0-9 Geylang United
(18 July 2002)
Highest scoringSengkang Marine 5-5 Sembawang Rangers
(27 July 2002)
Balestier Central 4-6 Sengkang Marine
(5 September 2002)
2001
2003

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Singapore Armed Forces 33 26 6 1 104 37 +67 84
2 Home United 33 18 10 5 71 42 +29 64
3 Geylang United 33 17 8 8 80 39 +41 59
4 Tampines Rovers 33 16 11 6 67 39 +28 59
5 Woodlands Wellington 33 17 7 9 75 44 +31 58
6 Sembawang Rangers 33 15 5 13 59 67 −8 50
7 Jurong FC 33 13 6 14 47 48 −1 45
8 Sengkang Marine 33 11 6 16 62 84 −22 39
9 Tanjong Pagar United 33 11 4 18 49 72 −23 37
10 Clementi Khalsa 33 7 4 22 45 84 −39 25
11 Balestier Central 33 6 5 22 50 103 −53 23
12 Gombak United 33 2 6 25 33 83 −50 12
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Foreign players

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Each club is allowed to have up to a maximum of 4 foreign players.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former Player
Balestier Central   Itimi Wilson   Jörg Steinebrunner   Joseph Theddeus None None
Clementi Khalsa   Leonardo Silva   Bogdan Brasoveanu   Wisdom Onyekwere   Emmanuel Unaka   Masahiro Iwata
  Taichi Sato
Geylang International   Aleksandar Đurić   Brian Bothwell   Nebojsa Vukosavljevic None None
Gombak United   Surachai Jaturapattarapong   Veresa Toma   Diallo Abdullaye None   Dennis Suglo
Home United   Hiroaki Tanaka   Egmar Gonçalves   Peres De Oliveira   Billy Bone   Edson Garcia   Anucha Chuaysri
Jurong FC   Park Tae-won   Tatsuma Yoshida   Precious Emuejeraye   Fabio Da Silva   Cho Hyun-jin
  Okoye Emeka
SAFFC   Therdsak Chaiman   Nenad Baćina   Mirko Grabovac   Ballamodou Conde None
Sengkang Marine   Simon Harland   Daniel Hill   Grant Holt   Todd Harnwell   Chris Downey
Sembawang Rangers   Akihiro Nakamura   Pitipong Kuldilog   Tawan Sripan   Niweat Siriwong None
Tampines Rovers   Demetrios Bakis   Paul O'Grady   Fahrudin Mustafić   Sead Muratović   Joselito Da Silva
  Luciano de Oliveira
Tanjong Pagar United   Sutee Suksomkit   Choketawee Promrut   Thawatchai Ongtrakul   Wolapan Toontone
Woodlands   John Wilkinson   Simon Clark   Itimi Dickson   Agu Casmir   Anuruck Srikerd

Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Club Goals
1   Mirko Grabovac Singapore Armed Forces 36
2   Aleksandar Đurić Geylang United 32
3   Therdsak Chaiman Singapore Armed Forces 27
4   Agu Casmir Woodlands Wellington 26
5   Noh Alam Shah Sembawang Rangers 24
6   Itimi Owepa Wilson Balestier Central 23
6   Park Tae-Won Jurong 23
6   Ismail Fitrey Tampines Rovers 23
9   Wisdom Onyekwere Clementi Khalsa 22
10   Mohd Noor Ali Geylang United 20

Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ [1] S.League 2002