# 1997 S.League > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1997_S.League > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1997_S.League.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_S.League > Source revision: 1287151157 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Football league season S. League Season 1997 Champions Singapore Armed Forces 1st S.League title Asian Club Championship Singapore Armed Forces Matches 72 Goals 249 (3.46 per match) Top goalscorer Goran Paulić (21) Biggest home win Tiong Bahru United 5-1 Tampines Rovers (5 July 1997) Singapore Armed Forces 5-1 Balestier Central (8 July 1997) Biggest away win Tampines Rovers 2-8 Balestier Central (28 June 1997) Highest scoring Tampines Rovers 2-8 Balestier Central (28 June 1997) ← 1996 1998 → The **1997 [S.League](/source/S.League)** was the 2nd season of the [S.League](/source/S.League), the top professional [football](/source/Association_football) league in Singapore. The format of the league was changed, a single season of home and away matches replacing the split seasons and a playoff model of the 1996 season. The 1997 S.League championship was won by [Singapore Armed Forces FC](/source/Singapore_Armed_Forces_FC). ## Teams Police Football Club underwent a rebranding, being renamed as [Home United](/source/Home_United) while NFL side Jurong Town Football Club, who renamed themselves [Jurong FC](/source/Jurong_FC), joined the competition taking the number of participating clubs to 9. As a result of the construction of the new [Jurong East Stadium](/source/Jurong_East_Stadium) being incomplete, [Jurong FC](/source/Jurong_FC) used [Bukit Gombak Stadium](/source/Bukit_Gombak_Stadium) as their home ground for the 1997 [S.League](/source/S.League) season. [Balestier Central](/source/Balestier_Central) [Geylang Utd](/source/Geylang_United) [Home Utd](/source/Home_United) [Jurong](/source/Jurong_FC) [Sembawang Rangers](/source/Sembawang_Rangers) [Singapore Armed Forces](/source/Singapore_Armed_Forces_FC) [Tampines Rovers](/source/Tampines_Rovers) [Tiong Bahru Utd](/source/Tiong_Bahru_United) [Woodlands Wellington](/source/Woodlands_Wellington) Location of teams in **1997 S.League** Team Stadium Capacity Location Balestier Central Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900 Toa Payoh Geylang United Bedok Stadium 3,900 Bedok Jurong Bukit Gombak Stadium 3,000 Bukit Batok Home United Jalan Besar Stadium 8,000 Kallang Singapore Armed Forces Jurong Stadium 6,000 Jurong Sembawang Rangers Yishun Stadium 3,400 Yishun Tampines Rovers Tampines Stadium 3,600 Tampines Tiong Bahru United Queenstown Stadium 3,800 Queenstown Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Stadium 4,300 Woodlands ## Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Balestier Central Goran Paulić Marko Kraljević Bojan Hodak None None Geylang United Hamid Reza Estili Mohsen Garousi Warren Spink Martin Tierney None Home United Egmar Goncalves Fabio da Silva Zsolt Bücs None None Jurong FC Musah Edoe Tanko Tetumah Alan McTurk None None Singapore Armed Forces Ivica Raguž Jure Ereš Velimir Crljen Davor Mioč None Sembawang Rangers Zlatko Vidan Milomir Šešlija Ousmane N'Diaye Ignacio Tuhuteru Gary Blissett Tampines Rovers Scott O'Donell Chris Jackson None None None Tiong Bahru United Nicodeme Boucher Dragan Talajić Émile Mbouh Håkan Söderstjerna None Woodlands Wellington Jan Janostak Stuart Young Max Nicholson None None ## Final table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Singapore Armed Forces 16 12 1 3 42 11 +31 37 Qualification to Asian Club Championship first round 2 Tiong Bahru United 16 10 4 2 33 16 +17 34 3 Woodlands Wellington 16 11 0 5 35 29 +6 33 4 Balestier Central 16 8 4 4 43 26 +17 28 5 Geylang United 16 6 7 3 23 18 +5 25 6 Tampines Rovers 16 4 3 9 22 38 −16 15 7 Jurong FC 16 4 3 9 15 33 −18 15 8 Sembawang Rangers 16 1 5 10 19 37 −18 8 9 Home United 16 2 1 13 17 41 −24 7 Source: [RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing97.html) Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored ## Top scorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Goran Paulić Balestier Central 21 2 Egmar Goncalves Home United 15 3 Jure Ereš Singapore Armed Forces 14 ## External links - [S.League 1997](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing97.html) v t e Singapore Premier League (SPL) S.League seasons 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Singapore Premier League seasons 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024–25 2025–26 2026–27 2026–27 clubs (manager, season) FC Jurong Shigetomi season Balestier Khalsa Kraljević season BG Tampines Rovers Akbar season Geylang International Noor Ali season Hougang United Eziakor season Lion City Sailors Ranković season Tanjong Pagar United Noh Alam season Young Lions Firdaus season Former clubs Beijing Guoan Dalian Shide Siwu DPMM Étoile Gombak United Harimau Muda A Harimau Muda B Jurong Liaoning Guangyuan Sembawang Rangers Sinchi Sporting Afrique Super Reds Warriors Woodlands Wellington --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1997 S.League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_S.League) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_S.League?action=history)). 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