{{More citations needed|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox football league season | logo = S League.svg | competition = [[S. League]] | season = 2000 | winners = [[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]]<br/>3rd S.League title | continentalcup1 = [[2001-02 Asian Club Championship|Asian Club Championship]] | continentalcup1 qualifiers = [[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] | matches = 132 | total goals = 379 | league topscorer = {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mirko Grabovac]] (19) | biggest home win = [[Geylang United]] 7-1 [[Marine Castle United]]<br/><small>(28 April 2000)</small> | biggest away win = [[Marine Castle United]] 0-7 [[Tanjong Pagar United]]<br/><small>(21 July 2000)</small> | highest scoring = {{ubl |[[Geylang United]] 7-1 [[Marine Castle United]]<br/><small>(28 April 2000)</small> |[[SAF FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] 6-2 [[Balestier Central]]<br/><small>(17 June 2000)</small> |[[SAF FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] 6-2 [[Sembawang Rangers]]<br/><small>(4 August 2000)</small> }} | prevseason = [[1999 S.League|1999]] | nextseason = [[2001 S.League|2001]] }} The '''2000 S.League''' was the fifth season of the [[S-League]], the top professional [[Association football|football]] league in [[Singapore]]. It was won by [[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]], their third league title.
==Teams== S.League had been expanding with addition of new clubs for every season since its beginnings, the 2000 season was the first season without any new club addition. All clubs were playing at the designated home stadiums which lead to building their identities within their local communities.
{{Location map+ |Singapore |width=700 |float=none |caption=Location of teams in '''2000 S.League'''| places= {{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.330401 |long=103.852891 |label=[[Balestier Central]]|position=left}} {{Location map~ |Singapore |lat=1.309845 |long=103.763015 |label=[[Clementi Khalsa]]|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]]|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]] |- |[[Geylang International|Geylang United]] || [[Bedok Stadium]] | style="text-align:center;"| 3,900 || [[Bedok]] |- |[[Gombak United]] || [[Bukit Gombak Stadium]] | style="text-align:center;"| 3,000 || [[Bukit Batok]] |- |[[Balestier Khalsa|Clementi Khalsa]] || [[Clementi Stadium]] | style="text-align:center;"| 4,000 || [[Clementi, Singapore|Clementi]] |- |[[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]] |- |[[Hougang United|Marine Castle]] || [[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 4 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;"| Prime League ! style="width:190px;"| Former Players |- | {{nobreak|Balestier Central}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Darren Stewart (footballer)|Darren Stewart]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Fabio Da Silva}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Eduardo dos Santos (footballer, born 1980)|Eduardo Ribeiro]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Jason Ainsley]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Itimi Wilson]]}} | None |- | {{nobreak|Clementi Khalsa}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Emile Mbeya]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Abubakri Acheampong]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Bogdan Brasoveanu]]}} | None | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Emmanuel Unaka]]}} | None |- | {{nobreak|Geylang International}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Brian Bothwell]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Gavin Wilkinson]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Billy Bone]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Lutz Pfannenstiel]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Emmanuel Dogbe]]}} | None |- | {{nobreak|Gombak United}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Surachai Jaturapattarapong|Jaturapattarapong]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Surachai Jirasirichote]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Jorgen Nielsen (football manager)|Jorgen Nielsen]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Ballamodou Conde]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Diallo Abdoulaye Djibril|Diallo Abdoulaye]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Niweat Siriwong]] }} |- | {{nobreak|Home United}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Ernie Tapai]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Egmar Gonçalves]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Brian Kristensen]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Rene Anderson]] }} | None | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Aleksandar Đurić]] }} |- | {{nobreak|Jurong FC}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Joselito Da Silva]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Paul Masefield]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Bojan Hodak]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Hrvoje Ratković]]}} | None | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Mirko Jurilj]]}} |- | {{nobreak|Marine Castle}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim See-man]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Michael Garcia (footballer)|Michael Garcia]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Davor Višić]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Thomas Andersen (footballer)|Thomas Andersen]]}} | None | None |- | {{nobreak|SAFFC}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Mirko Grabovac]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Nenad Baćina]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Veselko Paponja]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Vinko Marača]]}} | None | None |- | {{nobreak|Sembawang Rangers}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul|Thawatchai Ongtrakul]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Bosnia}} [[Milomir Šešlija]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Totchtawan Sripan|Tawan Sripan]] }} | None | None | None |- |{{nobreak|Tampines Rovers}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Marko Kraljević (footballer)|Marko Kraljević]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Rešad Sejdić]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Sead Muratović]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Esad Sejdić]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Dennis Suglo]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Bosnia}} [[Fahrudin Aličković]] }}<br>{{nobreak|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Dejan Dimić]]}}<br>{{nobreak|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Moussa Keita]]}}<br>{{nobreak|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Hasan Plojović]]}} |- | {{nobreak|Tanjong Pagar United}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Davor Dželalija]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Boubacar Seck]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Nicodeme Boucher]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Dragan Talajić]]}} | None | None |- | {{nobreak|Woodlands}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Miroslav Kuljanac]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Ivica Raguž]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Nikolai Foroutan]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Max Nicholson (footballer)|Max Nicholson]]}} | None | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Ante Konjević]] }} |}
==League table== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football |update=complete |source=RSSSF<ref>{{Cite web |title=Singapore 2000 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing00.html}}</ref>
|team1=SAF |team2=TPA | team3=GEY |team4=HOM |team5=GOM |team6=JUR |team7=TAM |team8=CLE |team9=SEM |team10=WOO |team11=MAR |team12=BAL |result1 = ACCQ
|win_BAL=3 |draw_BAL=5 |loss_BAL=14 |gf_BAL=16 |ga_BAL=42 |win_CLE=5 |draw_CLE=10 |loss_CLE=7 |gf_CLE=33 |ga_CLE=46 |win_GEY=13 |draw_GEY=2 |loss_GEY=7 |gf_GEY=42 |ga_GEY=29 |win_GOM=11 |draw_GOM=4 |loss_GOM=7 |gf_GOM=33 |ga_GOM=26 |win_HOM=11 |draw_HOM=7 |loss_HOM=4 |gf_HOM=38 |ga_HOM=21 |win_JUR=8 |draw_JUR=5 |loss_JUR=9 |gf_JUR=30 |ga_JUR=37 |win_MAR=4 |draw_MAR=4 |loss_MAR=14 |gf_MAR=18 |ga_MAR=45 |win_SEM=5 |draw_SEM=7 |loss_SEM=10 |gf_SEM=17 |ga_SEM=37 |win_SAF=16 |draw_SAF=4 |loss_SAF=2 |gf_SAF=53 |ga_SAF=15 |win_TAM=7 |draw_TAM=6 |loss_TAM=9 |gf_TAM=30 |ga_TAM=27 |win_TPA=12 |draw_TPA=7 |loss_TPA=3 |gf_TPA=50 |ga_TPA=23 |win_WOO=4 |draw_WOO=5 |loss_WOO=13 |gf_WOO=19 |ga_WOO=31
|name_BAL = [[Balestier Central]] |name_CLE = [[Clementi Khalsa]] |name_GEY = [[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_TPA = [[Tanjong Pagar United]] |name_WOO = [[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>[[2001–02 Asian Club Championship#First round|Asian Club Championship<br>first round]] }}</onlyinclude>
==Top scorer== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Rank !!width='150'|Name!!width='140'|Club!! Goals |- |align="center"|1||{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mirko Grabovac]]||[[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]]|| style="text-align:center;"|19 |} ==References== {{reflist}}
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