# 2003 S.League > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2003_S.League > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2003_S.League.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_S.League > Source revision: 1287152372 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Football league season S. League Season 2003 Champions Home United 2nd S.League title AFC Cup Home United (S.League and Singapore Cup winners) Geylang United (S.League runners-up) Matches 198 Goals 631 (3.19 per match) Top goalscorer Peres de Oliveira (37 - all domestic competitions) Biggest home win Geylang United 10-2 Young Lions (17 August 2003) Biggest away win Balestier Khalsa 0-5 Singapore Armed Forces (10 May 2003) Highest scoring Geylang United 10-2 Young Lions (17 August 2003) ← 2002 2004 → **2003 [S.League](/source/S.League)** was the eighth season of [Singapore](/source/Singapore)'s professional [football](/source/Association_football) league. It was won by [Home United](/source/Home_United_FC), which was their second league title. ## League table Pos Team Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Home United 33 26 2 3 2 104 42 +62 85 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage 2 Geylang United 33 21 3 2 7 75 30 +45 71 3 Singapore Armed Forces 33 20 2 5 6 68 37 +31 69 4 Tampines Rovers 33 17 3 2 11 63 40 +23 59 5 Woodlands Wellington 33 14 4 8 7 65 47 +18 58 6 Jurong FC 33 12 7 1 13 35 34 +1 51 7 Sinchi FC[a] 33 11 6 5 11 46 48 −2 50 8 Sengkang Marine 33 7 8 1 17 32 66 −34 38 9 Sembawang Rangers 33 6 5 7 15 37 56 −19 35 10 Tanjong Pagar United 33 8 2 0 23 36 78 −42 28 11 Balestier Khalsa[b] 33 5 2 6 20 37 76 −39 25 12 Young Lions[c] 33 6 1 5 21 33 77 −44 25 Source: [RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing03.html) Rules for classification: 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. Notes: 1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_SCH0.6746489921001_1-0)** Sinchi stands for 'Singapore Chinese', a team of [Chinese](/source/Chinese_people) players. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_BAL0.6746489921001_2-0)** Balestier Khalsa are a merger of Clementi Khalsa and Balestier Central. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_YLI0.6746489921001_3-0)** Young Lions are a new team made up of under-23 national team players. Gombak United withdrew from the league at the end of the 2002 season. ## Foreign players Each club is allowed to have up to a maximum of 4 foreign players. Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former Player Balestier Khalsa Kim Eun-cher Jang Min-suk Choi Seung-bum Joseph Theddeus Wisdom Onyekwere Itimi Wilson Geylang International Peter Bennett Aleksandar Đurić Brendon Šantalab PJ Roberts Marcus Phillips Surachai Jirasirichote Home United Sutee Suksomkit Surachai Jaturapattarapong Billy Bone Peres De Oliveira None Jurong FC Park Tae-won Okoye Emeka Precious Emuejeraye Fabio Da Silva None SAFFC Pongsak Khongkeaw Akihiro Nakamura Nenad Baćina Ballamodou Conde Igwe Iroha Ante Hrgović Sengkang Marine Shane Pryce Daniel Hill Jason White Fahrudin Mustafić None Sembawang Rangers Pitipong Kuldilog Supakit Jinajai Tawan Sripan Cumpee Pinthakul Teerasak Po-on Akihiro Nakamura Tampines Rovers Bradley Groves Demetrios Bakis George Goutzioulis Sead Muratović None Tanjong Pagar United Choketawee Promrut Hiroaki Tanaka Adejumo Smith Kris Trajanovski None Woodlands John Wilkinson Simon Clark Itimi Dickson Agu Casmir None Young Lions FC Precious Emuejeraye None None None None - [Albirex Niigata (S)](/source/Albirex_Niigata_(S)) and [Sinchi FC](/source/Sinchi_FC) are not allowed to hire any foreigners. ## Top scorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Peres de Oliveira Home United 37 2 Aleksandar Đurić Geylang United 32 3 Egmar Goncalves Home United 29 4 Indra Sahdan Daud Home United 26 5 Chang Hui Sinchi FC 24 6 Brendon Santalab Geylang United 23 6 Noh Alam Shah Tampines Rovers 23 8 Pitipong Kuldilog Sembawang Rangers 21 9 Mirko Grabovac Singapore Armed Forces 20 10 Itimi Dickson Woodlands Wellington 18 11 George Goutzioulis Tampines Rovers 17 12 Agu Casmir Woodlands Wellington 15 13 Jason White Sengkang Marine 14 13 Ballamodou Conde Singapore Armed Forces 14 15 Fadzuhasny Juraimi Tanjong Pagar United 11 15 John Wilkinson Woodlands Wellington 11 17 Jamil Ali Geylang United 10 17 Aliff Shafaein Young Lions 10 19 Kim Eun-Cher Balestier Khalsa 9 19 Sutee Suksomkit Home United 9 19 Hiroaki Tanaka Tanjong Pagar United 9 Source:[1] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [\[1\]](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing03.html) S.League 2003 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 [2003 S.League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_S.League) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_S.League?action=history)). 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