# 1998 S.League > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1998_S.League > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1998_S.League.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_S.League > Source revision: 1272388577 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Football league season S. League Season 1998 Champions Singapore Armed Forces 2nd S.League title Asian Club Championship Singapore Armed Forces Matches 110 Goals 368 (3.35 per match) Top goalscorer Stuart Young (22) Biggest home win Home United 9-3 Gombak United (18 July 1998) Biggest away win Gombak United 1-6 Home United (20 May 1998) Highest scoring Home United 9-3 Gombak United (18 July 1998) ← 1997 1999 → The **1998 S.League** was the third season of the [S.League](/source/S.League), the top professional [football](/source/Association_football) league in [Singapore](/source/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](/source/Singapore_Armed_Forces_FC), their second consecutive title. ## Teams [Jurong](/source/Jurong_FC) left [Bukit Gombak Stadium](/source/Bukit_Gombak_Stadium) upon completion of their new home ground [Jurong East Stadium](/source/Jurong_East_Stadium). [Home United](/source/Home_United_FC) also relocated, leaving [Jalan Besar Stadium](/source/Jalan_Besar_Stadium) to move into [Bishan Stadium](/source/Bishan_Stadium). Two new teams entered into the competition – [Gombak United](/source/Gombak_United_FC) (who took the place of Jurong playing at [Bukit Gombak Stadium](/source/Bukit_Gombak_Stadium)) and [Marine Castle United](/source/Marine_Castle_United_FC) who made [Hougang Stadium](/source/Hougang_Stadium) their home – taking the number of participating teams to eleven. [Tiong Bahru United](/source/Tiong_Bahru_United_FC) were renamed Tanjong Pagar United for the 1998 season. [Balestier Central](/source/Balestier_Central) [Geylang Utd](/source/Geylang_United) [Gombak Utd](/source/Gombak_United) [Home Utd](/source/Home_United) [Jurong](/source/Jurong_FC) [Marine Castle](/source/Marine_Castle_United_FC) [Sembawang Rangers](/source/Sembawang_Rangers) [SAFFC](/source/Singapore_Armed_Forces_FC) [Tampines R.](/source/Tampines_Rovers) [Tanjong Pagar Utd](/source/Tanjong_Pagar_United) [Woodlands Wellington](/source/Woodlands_Wellington) Location of teams in **1998 S.League** Team Stadium Capacity Location Balestier Central Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900 Toa Payoh Gombak United Bukit Gombak Stadium 3,000 Bukit Batok Geylang United Bedok Stadium 3,900 Bedok Jurong Jurong East Stadium 2,700 Jurong East Home United Bishan Stadium 4,000 Bishan Marine Castle United 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 5 foreign players. Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Balestier Central Darren Stewart Fabio Da Silva Marko Kraljević Goran Paulić None Geylang International Jang Jung Kevin Hunt Max Nicholson Simamo Basile Lewono Joseph Gombak United Chris Jackson None None None None Home United Sergio Cliveland Craig John Gaunt Egmar Gonçalves Zsolt Bucs Stuart Young Jurong FC Bojan Hodak None None None None Marine Castle Scott O'Donell Bernard Aryee None None None SAFFC Mirko Grabovac None Vinko Marača Jure Ereš None Sembawang Rangers Tawan Sripan Joselito Da Silva None Milomir Šešlija None Tampines Rovers Bogdan Brasoveanu Nathaniel Klay Naplah Zlatko Vidan Gheorghe Marian None Tanjong Pagar United Vlado Bozinovski Majid Motlagh Jörg Steinebrunner Dragan Talajić Nicodeme Boucher Woodlands None None None None None ## League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Singapore Armed Forces 20 14 4 2 46 17 +29 46 Qualification to Asian Club Championship first round 2 Tanjong Pagar United 20 14 4 2 39 15 +24 46 3 Geylang United 20 11 5 4 32 18 +14 38 4 Balestier Central 20 9 4 7 47 43 +4 31 5 Jurong FC 20 9 4 7 32 33 −1 31 6 Tampines Rovers 20 8 5 7 41 40 +1 29 7 Home United 20 8 4 8 42 28 +14 28 8 Sembawang Rangers 20 6 1 13 18 37 −19 19 9 Woodlands Wellington 20 4 6 10 27 41 −14 18 10 Gombak United 20 3 4 13 25 52 −27 13 11 Marine Castle United 20 2 3 15 19 44 −25 9 Source: [RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing98.html) Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored [Singapore Armed Forces](/source/Singapore_Armed_Forces_FC) 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal_Dolphins&action=edit&redlink=1) of the [Cambodian League](/source/Cambodian_League) 11–3 on aggregate in the East Asian first round. They were defeated in the second round by [Sinthana](/source/BBCU_F.C.) of the [Thai Premier League](/source/Thai_Premier_League), going down 3–2 on aggregate. ## Top scorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Stuart Young Home United 22 2 Bogdan Brasoveanu Tampines Rovers 20 3 Goran Paulić Balestier Central 19 4 Egmar Goncalves Home United 16 ## External links - [S.League 1998](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing98.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 [1998 S.League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_S.League) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_S.League?action=history)). 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