{{Infobox football league season | logo = S League.svg | competition = [[S. League]] | season = 1998 | winners = [[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]]<br/>2nd S.League title | continentalcup1 = [[1999–2000 Asian Club Championship|Asian Club Championship]] | continentalcup1 qualifiers = [[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] | matches = 110 | total goals = 368 | league topscorer = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stuart Young (footballer)|Stuart Young]] (22) | biggest home win = [[Home United]] 9-3 [[Gombak United]]<br/><small>(18 July 1998)</small> | biggest away win = [[Gombak United]] 1-6 [[Home United]]<br/><small>(20 May 1998)</small> | highest scoring = [[Home United]] 9-3 [[Gombak United]]<br/><small>(18 July 1998)</small> | prevseason = [[1997 S.League|1997]] | nextseason = [[1999 S.League|1999]] }}
The '''1998 S.League''' was the third season of the [[S.League]], the top professional [[Association football|football]] league in [[Singapore]]. Teams played each other once both home and away, in a 20-match season.
The 1998 S.League was won by [[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]], their second consecutive title.
==Teams==
[[Jurong FC|Jurong]] left [[Bukit Gombak Stadium]] upon completion of their new home ground [[Jurong East Stadium]]. [[Home United FC|Home United]] also relocated, leaving [[Jalan Besar Stadium]] to move into [[Bishan Stadium]]. Two new teams entered into the competition – [[Gombak United FC|Gombak United]] (who took the place of Jurong playing at [[Bukit Gombak Stadium]]) and [[Marine Castle United FC|Marine Castle United]] who made [[Hougang Stadium]] their home – taking the number of participating teams to eleven. [[Tiong Bahru United FC|Tiong Bahru United]] were renamed Tanjong Pagar United for the 1998 season.
{{Location map+ |Singapore |width=750 |float=none|caption=Location of teams in '''1998 S.League'''| places= {{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.330401 |long=103.852891 |label=[[Balestier Central]]|position=left}} {{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.326406 |long=103.939264 |label=[[Geylang United|Geylang Utd]]|position=right}} {{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.358253 |long=103.753519 |label=[[Gombak United|Gombak Utd]]|position=top}} {{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.354544 |long=103.851475 |label=[[Home United|Home Utd]]|position=left}} {{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.34672 |long=103.729885 |label=[[Jurong FC|Jurong]]|position=left}} {{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.369167 |long=103.886111 |label=[[Marine Castle United FC|Marine Castle]]|position=right}} {{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.412389 |long=103.832334 |label=[[Sembawang Rangers]]|position=right}} {{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.33327 |long=103.719429 |label=[[Singapore Armed Forces FC|SAFFC]]|position=left}} {{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.352904 |long=103.940524 |label=[[Tampines Rovers|Tampines R.]]|position=right}} {{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.29589 |long=103.802417 |label=[[Tanjong Pagar United|Tanjong Pagar Utd]]|position=bottom}} {{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.434591 |long=103.780788 |label=[[Woodlands Wellington]]|position=left}} }} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Team ! Stadium ! Capacity ! Location |- |[[Balestier Khalsa|Balestier Central]] || [[Toa Payoh Stadium]] | style="text-align:center;"| 3,900 || [[Toa Payoh]] |- |[[Gombak United]] || [[Bukit Gombak Stadium]] | style="text-align:center;"| 3,000 || [[Bukit Batok]] |- |[[Geylang International|Geylang United]] || [[Bedok Stadium]] | style="text-align:center;"| 3,900 || [[Bedok]] |- |[[Jurong FC|Jurong]] || [[Jurong East Stadium]] | style="text-align:center;"|2,700 || [[Jurong East]] |- |[[Home United]] || [[Bishan Stadium]] | style="text-align:center;"| 4,000 || [[Bishan, Singapore|Bishan]] |- |[[Marine Castle United FC|Marine Castle United]] || [[Hougang Stadium]] | style="text-align:center;"| 3,000 || [[Hougang]] |- |[[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] || [[Jurong Stadium]] | style="text-align:center;"| 6,000 || [[Jurong]] |- |[[Sembawang Rangers FC|Sembawang Rangers]] || [[Yishun Stadium]] | style="text-align:center;"| 3,400 || [[Yishun]] |- |[[Tampines Rovers]] || [[Tampines Stadium]] | style="text-align:center;"| 3,600 || [[Tampines]] |- |[[Tanjong Pagar United]] || [[Queenstown Stadium]] | style="text-align:center;"| 3,800 || [[Queenstown, Singapore|Queenstown]] |- |[[Woodlands Wellington]] || [[Woodlands Stadium]] | style="text-align:center;"| 4,300 || [[Woodlands, Singapore|Woodlands]] |}
==Foreign players== Each club is allowed to have up to a maximum of 5 foreign players. {| class="wikitable " |- ! style="width:190px;"| Club ! style="width:190px;"| Player 1 ! style="width:190px;"| Player 2 ! style="width:190px;"| Player 3 ! style="width:190px;"| Player 4 ! style="width:190px;"| Player 5 |- | {{nobreak|Balestier Central}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Darren Stewart (footballer)|Darren Stewart]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Fabio Da Silva}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Marko Kraljević (footballer)|Marko Kraljević]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Goran Paulić]]}} | None |- | {{nobreak|Geylang International}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jang Jung]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Kevin Hunt (footballer, born 1975)|Kevin Hunt]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Max Nicholson (footballer)|Max Nicholson]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Simamo Basile]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Lewono Joseph]]}} |- | {{nobreak|Gombak United}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|NZ}} [[Chris Jackson (New Zealand footballer)|Chris Jackson]]}} | None | None | None | None |- | {{nobreak|Home United}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Sergio Cliveland}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Craig John Gaunt]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Egmar Gonçalves]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Zsolt Bucs]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Stuart Young (footballer)|Stuart Young]] }} |- | {{nobreak|Jurong FC}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Bojan Hodak]]}} | None | None | None | None |- | {{nobreak|Marine Castle}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Scott O'Donell]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Bernard Aryee]]}} | None | None | None |- | {{nobreak|SAFFC}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Mirko Grabovac]]}} | None | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Vinko Marača]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Jure Ereš]]}} | None |- | {{nobreak|Sembawang Rangers}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Totchtawan Sripan|Tawan Sripan]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Joselito Da Silva]] }} | None | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Bosnia}} [[Milomir Šešlija]] }} | None |- |{{nobreak|Tampines Rovers}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Bogdan Brasoveanu]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Liberia}} [[Nathaniel Klay Naplah]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Zlatko Vidan]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Gheorghe Marian]]}} | None |- | {{nobreak|Tanjong Pagar United}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Vlado Bozinovski]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Majid Namjoo-Motlagh|Majid Motlagh]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Jörg Steinebrunner]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Dragan Talajić]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Nicodeme Boucher ]]}} |- | {{nobreak|Woodlands}} | None | None | None | None | None |}
==League table== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football |update=complete |source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing98.html RSSSF]
|team1=SAF |team2=TPU | team3=GLU |team4=BLC |team5=JUR |team6=TAM |team7=HOM |team8=SEM |team9=WLW |team10=GOM |team11=MAR |result1 = ACCQ
|win_BLC=9 |draw_BLC=4 |loss_BLC=7 |gf_BLC=47 |ga_BLC=43 |win_GLU=11 |draw_GLU=5 |loss_GLU=4 |gf_GLU=32 |ga_GLU=18 |win_GOM=3 |draw_GOM=4 |loss_GOM=13 |gf_GOM=25 |ga_GOM=52 |win_HOM=8 |draw_HOM=4 |loss_HOM=8 |gf_HOM=42 |ga_HOM=28 |win_JUR=9 |draw_JUR=4 |loss_JUR=7 |gf_JUR=32 |ga_JUR=33 |win_MAR=2 |draw_MAR=3 |loss_MAR=15 |gf_MAR=19 |ga_MAR=44 |win_SEM=6 |draw_SEM=1 |loss_SEM=13 |gf_SEM=18 |ga_SEM=37 |win_SAF=14 |draw_SAF=4 |loss_SAF=2 |gf_SAF=46 |ga_SAF=17 |win_TAM=8 |draw_TAM=5 |loss_TAM=7 |gf_TAM=41 |ga_TAM=40 |win_TPU=14 |draw_TPU=4 |loss_TPU=2 |gf_TPU=39 |ga_TPU=15 |win_WLW=4 |draw_WLW=6 |loss_WLW=10 |gf_WLW=27 |ga_WLW=41
|name_BLC = [[Balestier Central]] |name_GLU = [[Geylang United]] |name_GOM = [[Gombak United]] |name_HOM = [[Home United]] |name_JUR = [[Jurong FC]] |name_MAR = [[Marine Castle United]] |name_SEM = [[Sembawang Rangers]] |name_SAF = [[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] |name_TAM = [[Tampines Rovers]] |name_TPU = [[Tanjong Pagar United]] |name_WLW = [[Woodlands Wellington]]
|show_limit=5 |class_rules = 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored |res_col_header=Q |col_ACCQ=green1 |text_ACCQ=Qualification to<br>[[1999–2000 Asian Club Championship#First round|Asian Club Championship<br>first round]] }}</onlyinclude>
[[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] qualified to compete in the 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship. This was their second appearance in continental competition. The club met with more success than in their first appearance, defeating [[Royal Dolphins]] of the [[Cambodian League]] 11–3 on aggregate in the East Asian first round. They were defeated in the second round by [[BBCU F.C.|Sinthana]] of the [[Thai Premier League]], going down 3–2 on aggregate.
==Top scorers== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Rank !!width='150'|Name!!width='140'|Club!! Goals |- |align="center"|1||{{flagicon|England}} [[Stuart Young (footballer)|Stuart Young]]||[[Home United]]||align="center"|22 |- |align="center"|2||{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Bogdan Brasoveanu]]||[[Tampines Rovers]]||align="center"|20 |- |align="center"|3||{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Goran Paulić]]||[[Balestier Central]]||align="center"|19 |- |align="center"|4||{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Egmar Goncalves]]||[[Home United]]||align="center"|16 |- |}
==External links== * [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing98.html S.League 1998]
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