1999 S.League
# 1999 S.League

The 1999 S.League was the fourth season of the S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. Teams played each other once both home and away, in a 22-match season.

The 1999 S.League was won by Home United, their first S.League title.

## Teams

The league expanded again to 12 teams with the addition of a newly formed team, Clementi Khalsa who were based in Clementi and played their home games at the Clementi Stadium. Clementi Khalsa were formed in order to give an S.League representation to the Singaporean Sikh community.

| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Location |
| - | - | - | - |
| Balestier Central | Toa Payoh Stadium | 3,900 | Toa Payoh |
| Geylang United | Bedok Stadium | 3,900 | Bedok |
| Gombak United | Bukit Gombak Stadium | 3,000 | Bukit Batok |
| Clementi Khalsa | Clementi Stadium | 4,000 | Clementi |
| Jurong | Jurong East Stadium | 2,700 | Jurong East |
| Home United | Bishan Stadium | 4,000 | Bishan |
| Marine Castle | Hougang Stadium | 3,000 | Hougang |
| Singapore Armed Forces | Jurong Stadium | 6,000 | Jurong |
| Sembawang Rangers | Yishun Stadium | 3,400 | Yishun |
| Tampines Rovers | Tampines Stadium | 3,600 | Tampines |
| Tanjong Pagar United | Queenstown Stadium | 3,800 | Queenstown |
| Woodlands Wellington | Woodlands Stadium | 4,300 | Woodlands |

## 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 | Former Player |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balestier Central | Darren Stewart | Fabio Da Silva | Paul Richardson | None | None |
| Clementi Khalsa | Bogdan Brasoveanu | Paul Masefield | Raymond Williamson | None | None |
| Geylang International | Jacksen F. Tiago | Gareth Rowe | Billy Bone | Lutz Pfannenstiel | Jason Batty Jang Jung |
| Gombak United | Jorgen Nielsen | Surachai Jirasirichote | David Cervinski | Ben Blake | None |
| Home United | Ernie Tapai | Vlado Bozinoski | Egmar Gonçalves | Zsolt Bucs | None |
| Jurong FC | Bojan Hodak | Jason Ainsley | Keith Fletcher | None | None |
| Marine Castle | Douglas Ithier | Michael Currie | Peter Anosike | None | None |
| SAFFC | Mirko Grabovac | Tomislav Steinbruckner | Vinko Marača | None | None |
| Sembawang Rangers | Tawan Sripan | Joselito Da Silva | Jure Ereš | Milomir Šešlija | None |
| Tampines Rovers | Marko Kraljevic | Scott O'Donell | Nathaniel Klay Naplah | Zlatko Vidan | None |
| Tanjong Pagar United | Davor Dželalija | Dejan Gluščević | Dragan Talajić | Nicodeme Boucher | Fabio Da Silva Aleksandar Đurić |
| Woodlands | Jorg Steinebrunner | Ivica Raguz | Stuart Young | Max Nicholson | Christian Sansam |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Home United | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 16 | +26 | 51 | Qualification to Asian Club Championship first round |
| 2 | Singapore Armed Forces | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 63 | 24 | +39 | 49 | |
| 3 | Tanjong Pagar United | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 41 | |
| 4 | Geylang United | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 35 | |
| 5 | Gombak United | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 32 | |
| 6 | Jurong FC | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 31 | |
| 7 | Balestier Central | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 26 | |
| 8 | Sembawang Rangers | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 23 | |
| 9 | Woodlands Wellington | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 22 | |
| 10 | Tampines Rovers | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 20 | |
| 11 | Clementi Khalsa | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 55 | −26 | 15 | |
| 12 | Marine Castle United | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 56 | −35 | 12 | |

As 1999 S.League champions, Home United qualified to compete in the 2000–01 Asian Club Championship. This was their first appearance in continental competition. The club reached the second round of the East Asian half of the competition, defeating Polícia de Segurança Pública of the Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol 11–0 on aggregate before being defeated 6–1 on aggregate in the second round by Shandong Luneng Taishan of the Chinese Jia-A League.

## Top scorer

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mirko Grabovac | Singapore Armed Forces | 23 |
