{{Infobox football league season | logo = S League.svg | competition = [[S. League]] | season = 2002 | winners = [[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]]<br/>4th S.League title | continentalcup1 = | continentalcup1 qualifiers = | matches = 198 | total goals = 742 | league topscorer = [[Mirko Grabovac]]<br>(36 - all domestic competitions) | biggest home win = [[SAF FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] 9-0 [[Sembawang Rangers]]<br/><small>(15 June 2002)</small> | biggest away win = [[Sengkang Marine]] 0-9 [[Geylang United]]<br/><small>(18 July 2002)</small> | highest scoring = [[Sengkang Marine]] 5-5 [[Sembawang Rangers]]<br/><small>(27 July 2002)</small><br/> [[Balestier Central]] 4-6 [[Sengkang Marine]]<br/><small>(5 September 2002)</small> | prevseason = [[2001 S.League|2001]] | nextseason = [[2003 S.League|2003]] }} '''2002 [[S.League]]''' was the seventh season of [[Singapore]]'s professional [[Association football|football]] league. It was won by [[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]], which was their fourth league title.
==League table== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football |update=complete |source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing02.html RSSSF]
|team1=SAF |team2=HOM | team3=GEY |team4=TAM |team5=WOO |team6=SEM |team7=JUR |team8=SEN |team9=TPA |team10=CLE |team11=BAL |team12=GOM
|win_BAL=6 |draw_BAL=5 |loss_BAL=22 |gf_BAL=50 |ga_BAL=103 |win_CLE=7 |draw_CLE=4 |loss_CLE=22 |gf_CLE=45 |ga_CLE=84 |win_GEY=17 |draw_GEY=8 |loss_GEY=8 |gf_GEY=80 |ga_GEY=39 |win_GOM=2 |draw_GOM=6 |loss_GOM=25 |gf_GOM=33 |ga_GOM=83 |win_HOM=18 |draw_HOM=10 |loss_HOM=5 |gf_HOM=71 |ga_HOM=42 |win_JUR=13 |draw_JUR=6 |loss_JUR=14 |gf_JUR=47 |ga_JUR=48 |win_SEM=15 |draw_SEM=5 |loss_SEM=13 |gf_SEM=59 |ga_SEM=67 |win_SEN=11 |draw_SEN=6 |loss_SEN=16 |gf_SEN=62 |ga_SEN=84 |win_SAF=26 |draw_SAF=6 |loss_SAF=1 |gf_SAF=104 |ga_SAF=37 |win_TAM=16 |draw_TAM=11 |loss_TAM=6 |gf_TAM=67 |ga_TAM=39 |win_TPA=11 |draw_TPA=4 |loss_TPA=18 |gf_TPA=49 |ga_TPA=72 |win_WOO=17 |draw_WOO=7 |loss_WOO=9 |gf_WOO=75 |ga_WOO=44
|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_SEM = [[Sembawang Rangers]] |name_SEN = [[Sengkang Marine]] |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 }}</onlyinclude>
==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;"| Former Player |- | {{nobreak|Balestier Central}} | {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Itimi Wilson]] | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Jörg Steinebrunner]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Joseph Theddeus]]}} | None | None |- | {{nobreak|Clementi Khalsa}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Leonardo Silva (footballer, born 1979)|Leonardo Silva]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Bogdan Brasoveanu]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Wisdom Onyekwere]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Emmanuel Unaka]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Masahiro Iwata]]}}<br>{{nobreak|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Taichi Sato]]}} |- | {{nobreak|Geylang International}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Aleksandar Đurić]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Brian Bothwell]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Nebojsa Vukosavljevic]]}} | None | None |- | {{nobreak|Gombak United}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Surachai Jaturapattarapong]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Fiji}} [[Veresa Toma]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Abdoulaye Djibril Diallo|Abdoulaye Diallo]] }} | None | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Dennis Suglo]] }} |- | {{nobreak|Home United}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Hiroaki Tanaka]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Egmar Gonçalves]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Peres De Oliveira]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} Billy Bone }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Edson Garcia]] }} {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Anucha Chuaysri]] |- | {{nobreak|Jurong FC}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Park Tae-won (footballer)|Park Tae-won]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tatsuma Yoshida]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Precious Emuejeraye ]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Fabio Da Silva}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Cho Hyun-jin]] }} <br>{{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Okoye Emeka]] }} |- | {{nobreak|SAFFC}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Therdsak Chaiman]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Nenad Baćina]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Mirko Grabovac]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Ballamodou Conde]]}} | None |- | {{nobreak|Sengkang Marine}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Simon Harland]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Daniel Hill (footballer)|Daniel Hill]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Grant Holt]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Todd Harnwell]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Chris Downey (footballer)|Chris Downey]] }} |- | {{nobreak|Sembawang Rangers}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Akihiro Nakamura]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Pitipong Kuldilog]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Totchtawan Sripan|Tawan Sripan]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Niweat Siriwong]] }} | None |- |{{nobreak|Tampines Rovers}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Demetrios Bakis]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Paul O'Grady (footballer)|Paul O'Grady]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Fahrudin Mustafić]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Sead Muratović]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Joselito Da Silva]] }}<br>{{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Luciano de Oliveira]] }} |- | {{nobreak|Tanjong Pagar United}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Sutee Suksomkit]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Choketawee Promrut]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul|Thawatchai Ongtrakul]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Wolapan Toontone]]}} | |- | {{nobreak|Woodlands}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[John Wilkinson (footballer, born 1979)|John Wilkinson]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Simon Clark (English footballer)|Simon Clark]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Itimi Dickson]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Agu Casmir]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Anuruck Srikerd]] }} |}
==Top goalscorers==
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Rank !!width='150'|Name!!width='140'|Club!! Goals |- |align="center"|1||{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Mirko Grabovac]]||[[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]]||align="center"|36 |- |align="center"|2||{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Aleksandar Đurić]]||[[Geylang United]]||align="center"|32 |- |align="center"|3||{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Therdsak Chaiman]]||[[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]]||align="center"|27 |- |align="center"|4||{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Agu Casmir]]||[[Woodlands Wellington]]||align="center"|26 |- |align="center"|5||{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Noh Alam Shah]]||[[Sembawang Rangers]]||align="center"|24 |- |align="center"|6||{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Itimi Wilson]]||[[Balestier Central]]||align="center"|23 |- |align="center"|6||{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Park Tae-won (footballer)|Park Tae-Won]]||[[Jurong FC|Jurong]]||align="center"|23 |- |align="center"|6||{{flagicon|Singapore}} Ismail Fitrey||[[Tampines Rovers]]||align="center"|23 |- |align="center"|9||{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Wisdom Onyekwere]]||[[Clementi Khalsa]]||align="center"|22 |- |align="center"|10||{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Mohd Noor Ali]]||[[Geylang United]]||align="center"|20 |- |}
Source:<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing02.html] S.League 2002</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{S-League}}
[[Category:Singapore Premier League seasons]] [[Category:2002 in Singaporean football|1]] [[Category:2001–02 in Asian association football leagues|Sing]] [[Category:2002–03 in Asian association football leagues|Sing]]