{{Infobox football league season | logo = S League.svg | competition = [[S. League]] | season = 2003 | winners = [[Home United]]<br/>2nd S.League title | continentalcup1 = [[2004 AFC Cup|AFC Cup]] | continentalcup1 qualifiers = [[Home United]] (S.League and Singapore Cup winners)<br/>[[Geylang United]] (S.League runners-up) | matches = 198 | total goals = 631 | league topscorer = {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Peres de Oliveira]]<br>(37 - all domestic competitions) | biggest home win = [[Geylang United]] 10-2 {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Young Lions (football team)|Young Lions]]<br/><small>(17 August 2003)</small> | biggest away win = [[Balestier Khalsa]] 0-5 [[SAF FC|Singapore Armed Forces]]<br/><small>(10 May 2003)</small> | highest scoring = [[Geylang United]] 10-2 {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Young Lions (football team)|Young Lions]]<br/><small>(17 August 2003)</small> | prevseason = [[2002 S.League|2002]] | nextseason = [[2004 S.League|2004]] }} '''2003 [[S.League]]''' was the eighth season of [[Singapore]]'s professional [[Association football|football]] league. It was won by [[Home United FC|Home United]], which was their second league title.
==League table== {{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL OT |OTwin_header=<abbr title="Won in shootout">SOW</abbr> |OTloss_header=<abbr title="Lost in shootout">SOL</abbr> |update=complete |source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing03.html RSSSF]
|team1=HOM |team2=GEY | team3=SAF |team4=TAM |team5=WOO |team6=JUR |team7=SCH |team8=SEN |team9=SEM |team10=TPA |team11=BAL |team12=YLI |result1 = AFC |result2 = AFC
|win_BAL=5 |OTwin_BAL=2 |OTloss_BAL=6 |loss_BAL=20 |gf_BAL=37 |ga_BAL=76 |win_GEY=21 |OTwin_GEY=3 |OTloss_GEY=2 |loss_GEY=7 |gf_GEY=75 |ga_GEY=30 |win_HOM=26 |OTwin_HOM=2 |OTloss_HOM=3 |loss_HOM=2 |gf_HOM=104 |ga_HOM=42 |win_JUR=12 |OTwin_JUR=7 |OTloss_JUR=1 |loss_JUR=13 |gf_JUR=35 |ga_JUR=34 |win_SEM=6 |OTwin_SEM=5 |OTloss_SEM=7 |loss_SEM=15 |gf_SEM=37 |ga_SEM=56 |win_SEN=7 |OTwin_SEN=8 |OTloss_SEN=1 |loss_SEN=17 |gf_SEN=32 |ga_SEN=66 |win_SCH=11 |OTwin_SCH=6 |OTloss_SCH=5 |loss_SCH=11 |gf_SCH=46 |ga_SCH=48 |win_SAF=20 |OTwin_SAF=2 |OTloss_SAF=5 |loss_SAF=6 |gf_SAF=68 |ga_SAF=37 |win_TAM=17 |OTwin_TAM=3 |OTloss_TAM=2 |loss_TAM=11 |gf_TAM=63 |ga_TAM=40 |win_TPA=8 |OTwin_TPA=2 |OTloss_TPA=0 |loss_TPA=23 |gf_TPA=36 |ga_TPA=78 |win_WOO=14 |OTwin_WOO=4 |OTloss_WOO=8 |loss_WOO=7 |gf_WOO=65 |ga_WOO=47 |win_YLI=6 |OTwin_YLI=1 |OTloss_YLI=5 |loss_YLI=21 |gf_YLI=33 |ga_YLI=77
|name_BAL = [[Balestier Khalsa FC|Balestier Khalsa]]|note_BAL= Balestier Khalsa are a merger of Clementi Khalsa and Balestier Central. |name_GEY = [[Geylang United FC|Geylang United]] |name_HOM = [[Home United FC|Home United]] |name_JUR = [[Jurong FC]] |name_SEM = [[Sembawang Rangers FC|Sembawang Rangers]] |name_SEN = [[Sengkang Marine]] |name_SCH = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sinchi FC]]|note_SCH=Sinchi stands for 'Singapore Chinese', a team of [[Chinese people|Chinese]] players. |name_SAF = [[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] |name_TAM = [[Tampines Rovers FC|Tampines Rovers]] |name_TPA = [[Tanjong Pagar United FC|Tanjong Pagar United]] |name_WOO = [[Woodlands Wellington FC|Woodlands Wellington]] |name_YLI = {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Young Lions FC|Young Lions]]|note_YLI=Young Lions are a new team made up of under-23 national team players.
|show_limit=5 |class_rules = 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Matches proceed to a penalty shootout following a draw in regulation time. Shootout winners receive two points and shootout losers receive one point. |res_col_header=Q |col_AFC=green1 |text_AFC=Qualification to [[2004 AFC Cup#Group stage|AFC Cup Group Stage]] }} {{refbegin}}Gombak United withdrew from the league at the end of the 2002 season.{{refend}}
==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 Khalsa}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Eun-cher]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jang Min-suk]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Choi Seung-bum]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Joseph Theddeus ]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Wisdom Onyekwere]]}}<br>{{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Itimi Wilson]]}} |- | {{nobreak|Geylang International}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Peter Bennett (soccer player)|Peter Bennett]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Aleksandar Đurić]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Brendon Šantalab]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[PJ Roberts]] | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Marcus Phillips (footballer)|Marcus Phillips]]}}<br>{{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Surachai Jirasirichote]]}} |- | {{nobreak|Home United}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Sutee Suksomkit]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Surachai Jaturapattarapong]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Billy Bone]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Peres De Oliveira]]}} | None |- | {{nobreak|Jurong FC}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Park Tae-won (footballer)|Park Tae-won]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Okoye Emeka]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Precious Emuejeraye ]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Fabio Da Silva}} | None |- | {{nobreak|SAFFC}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Pongsak Khongkeaw]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Akihiro Nakamura]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Nenad Baćina]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Ballamodou Conde]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Igwe Iroha]]}}<br>{{nobreak|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Ante Hrgović]]}} |- | {{nobreak|Sengkang Marine}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Shane Pryce]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Daniel Hill (footballer)|Daniel Hill]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|England}} [[Jason White (footballer, born 1971)|Jason White]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Fahrudin Mustafić]]}} | None |- | {{nobreak|Sembawang Rangers}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Pitipong Kuldilog]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Supakit Jinajai]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Totchtawan Sripan|Tawan Sripan]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Cumpee Pinthakul]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Teerasak Po-on]] }}<br>{{nobreak|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Akihiro Nakamura]] }} |- |{{nobreak|Tampines Rovers}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Bradley Groves]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Demetrios Bakis]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[George Goutzioulis]] }} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} [[Sead Muratović]]}} | None |- | {{nobreak|Tanjong Pagar United}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Choketawee Promrut]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Hiroaki Tanaka]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Adejumo Smith]]}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Kris Trajanovski]]}} | None |- | {{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]]}} | None |- | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|SIN|}} Young Lions FC|Young Lions}} | {{nobreak|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Precious Emuejeraye ]]}} | None | None | None | None |}{{refbegin}} * [[Albirex Niigata (S)]] and [[Sinchi FC]] are not allowed to hire any foreigners. {{refend}}
==Top scorers==
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Rank !!width='150'|Name!!width='140'|Club!! Goals |- |align="center"|1||{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Peres de Oliveira]]||[[Home United]]||align="center"|37 |- |align="center"|2||{{flagicon|Bosnia}}{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Aleksandar Đurić]]||[[Geylang United]]||align="center"|32 |- |align="center"|3||{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Egmar Goncalves]]||[[Home United]]||align="center"|29 |- |align="center"|4||[[Indra Sahdan Daud]]||[[Home United]]||align="center"|26 |- |align="center"|5||{{flagicon|China}} Chang Hui||{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sinchi FC]]||align="center"|24 |- |align="center"|6||{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Brendon Santalab]]||[[Geylang United]]||align="center"|23 |- |align="center"|6||[[Noh Alam Shah]]||[[Tampines Rovers]]||align="center"|23 |- |align="center"|8||{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Pitipong Kuldilog]]||[[Sembawang Rangers]]||align="center"|21 |- |align="center"|9||[[Mirko Grabovac]]||[[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]]||align="center"|20 |- |align="center"|10||{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Itimi Dickson]]||[[Woodlands Wellington]]||align="center"|18 |- |align="center"|11||{{flagicon|Australia}} [[George Goutzioulis]]||[[Tampines Rovers]]||align="center"|17 |- |align="center"|12||{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Agu Casmir]]||[[Woodlands Wellington]]||align="center"|15 |- |align="center"|13||{{flagicon|England}} [[Jason White (footballer born 1971)|Jason White]]||[[Sengkang Marine]]||align="center"|14 |- |align="center"|13||{{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Ballamodou Conde]]||[[Singapore Armed Forces FC|Singapore Armed Forces]]||align="center"|14 |- |align="center"|15||[[Fadzuhasny Juraimi]]||[[Tanjong Pagar United]]||align="center"|11 |- |align="center"|15||{{flagicon|England}} [[John Wilkinson (footballer born 1979)|John Wilkinson]]||[[Woodlands Wellington]]||align="center"|11 |- |align="center"|17||[[Jamil Ali]]||[[Geylang United]]||align="center"|10 |- |align="center"|17||[[Aliff Shafaein]]||{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Young Lions (football team)|Young Lions]]||align="center"|10 |- |align="center"|19||{{flagicon|South Korea}} Kim Eun-Cher||[[Balestier Khalsa]]||align="center"|9 |- |align="center"|19||{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Sutee Suksomkit]]||[[Home United]]||align="center"|9 |- |align="center"|19||{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Hiroaki Tanaka]]||[[Tanjong Pagar United]]||align="center"|9 |- |} Source:<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing03.html] S.League 2003</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{S-League}}
[[Category:Singapore Premier League seasons]] [[Category:2003 in Singaporean football|1]] [[Category:2003–04 in Asian association football leagues|Sing]] [[Category:2002–03 in Asian association football leagues|Sing]]