# 2005 S.League

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Football league season

S. League Season 2005 Champions Tampines Rovers 2nd S.League title AFC Cup Tampines Rovers (S.League winners) Home United (Singapore Cup winners) Matches 135 Goals 477 (3.53 per match) Top goalscorer Mirko Grabovac (26) Biggest home win Tampines Rovers 7-0 Geylang United (31 May 2005) Biggest away win Paya Lebar Punggol 0-5 Tampines Rovers (29 June 2005) Balestier Khalsa 0-5 Home United (30 August 2005) Sinchi FC 0-5 Tampines Rovers (24 September 2005) Highest scoring Home United 4-4 Geylang United (1 March 2005) Tampines Rovers 3-5 Singapore Armed Forces (13 August 2005) Tampines Rovers 3-5 Home United (21 October 2005) ← 2004 2006 →

**2005 [S.League](/source/S.League)** was the tenth season of [Singapore](/source/Singapore)'s professional [football](/source/Association_football) league. It was won by [Tampines Rovers](/source/Tampines_Rovers_FC), which was their second league title.

## Changes from 2004

- Paya Lebar Punggol joined the league in place of [Sinchi FC](/source/Sinchi_FC).

- Tanjong Pagar United withdrew from the S.League from the 2005 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 Akihiro Nakamura Paul Ekollo Osagie Ederaro Kengne Ludovick None Geylang International Pitipong Kuldilok Mark Williams John Wilkinson Chimaobi Nwaogazi None Home United Sutee Suksomkit Surachai Jaturapattarapong Anurak Srikerd Peres De Oliveira None Paya Lebar Punggol Moudourou Moise Bae Jin-soo Protais Bessala Kenan Ragipović None SAFFC Therdsak Chaiman Aleksandar Đurić Boubacar Keita Greg Nwokolo None Tampines Rovers Santi Chaiyaphurk Sead Muratović Fahrudin Mustafić Branko Hucika None Woodlands Park Tae-won Essa Basile Lucian Dronca Jon Angelucci Mark Williams Young Lions FC Precious Emuejeraye None None None Greg Nwokolo

- [Albirex Niigata (S)](/source/Albirex_Niigata_(S)) and [Sinchi FC](/source/Sinchi_FC) are not allowed to hire any foreigners.

## League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Tampines Rovers 27 18 3 6 77 35 +42 57 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage 2 Singapore Armed Forces 27 15 7 5 54 41 +13 52 3 Woodlands Wellington 27 15 5 7 57 44 +13 50 4 Home United 27 14 4 9 62 44 +18 46 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage[a] 5 Albirex Niigata (S) 27 12 8 7 50 33 +17 44 6 Young Lions 27 12 6 9 44 37 +7 42 7 Balestier Khalsa 27 10 6 11 45 52 −7 36 8 Geylang United 27 7 5 15 38 57 −19 26 9 Sinchi FC 27 7 3 17 27 56 −29 21[b] 10 Paya Lebar Punggol 27 1 1 25 23 78 −55 4

Source: [RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing05.html)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:

1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_res_AFC20.16746596068492_1-0)** Qualified as [2005 Singapore Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005_Singapore_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1) winners

1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_hth_SCH0.16746596068492_2-0)** Sinchi deducted three points for gross misconduct

## Top scorers

Rank Name Club Goals 1 Mirko Grabovac Tampines Rovers 26 2 Kengne Ludovick Balestier Khalsa 20 Indra Sahdan Daud Home United Egmar Goncalves Home United Noh Alam Shah Tampines Rovers 5 Jonathon Angelucci Woodlands Wellington 18 6 Aleksandar Duric Singapore Armed Forces 17 7 John Wilkinson Geylang United 15 8 Issey Farran Nakajima Albirex Niigata (S) 14 9 Osagie Ederaro Balestier Khalsa 13 Therdsak Chaiman Singapore Armed Forces 11 Peres De Oliveira Home United 11 Sead Muratovic Tampines Rovers 15 Norikazu Murakami Clementi Khalsa 9 Park Tae-won Woodlands Wellington

## External links

- [S.League 2005](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075055/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/sing05.html)

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