# 2006 S.League > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2006_S.League > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2006_S.League.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_S.League > Source revision: 1272388625 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Football league season S. League Season 2006 Champions Singapore Armed Forces 5th S.League title AFC Cup Singapore Armed Forces (S.League winners) Tampines Rovers (Singapore Cup winners) Matches 165 Goals 557 (3.38 per match) Top goalscorer Laakkad Abdelhadi (23) Biggest home win Tampines Rovers 6-1 Geylang United (16 April 2006) Biggest away win Sengkang Punggol 0-5 Tampines Rovers (20 June 2006) Highest scoring Gombak United 4-5 Balestier Khalsa (14 September 2006) ← 2005 2007 → **2006 [S.League](/source/S.League)** was the eleventh season of [Singapore](/source/Singapore)'s professional [football](/source/Association_football) league. It was won by [Singapore Armed Forces](/source/Singapore_Armed_Forces_FC), which was their fifth league title. ## Changes from 2005 - Paya Lebar Punggol merged with the returning Sengkang Marine to form Sengkang Punggol. - Gombak United also returned to the league after pulling out in 2002. - Sporting Afrique were a foreign team made up of players from four different African countries – Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon and Ghana. - [Sinchi](/source/Sinchi_FC) went out of operation at the end of 2005 season. ## Foreign players Each club is allowed to have a maximum of 4 foreign players, except Young Lions. Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Former Players Balestier Khalsa Norikazu Murakami Akihiro Nakamura Osagie Ederaro Kengne Ludovick None Geylang International Rangsan Viwatchaichok Ryuji Sueoka Bae Jin-soo Boyko Kamenov None Nam Woung-ki Gombak United Theerawekin Seehawong Gabriel Obatola Obadin Aikhena Alfred Emuejeraye None Pongpisuth Pue-on Home United Sutee Suksomkit Jeon Kyeong-joon Mohamed Coker Junior Bel None Anurak Srikerd Checzy Zoltan Gabor Boer Sengkang Punggol Jon Angelucci Steve McDonald Kim Grant Ricky Waddell None Ahn Tae-hyuk SAFFC Therdsak Chaiman Kenji Arai Aleksandar Đurić John Wilkinson None Tampines Rovers Santi Chaiyaphurk Choketawee Promrut Sead Muratović Peres De Oliveira None Woodlands Park Tae-won Essa Basile Laakkad Abdelhadi Lucian Dronca None Young Lions FC Qiu Li Moudourou Moise Che Hao Li Jisheng Guan Hongyu - [Albirex Niigata (S)](/source/Albirex_Niigata_(S)) and [Sporting Afrique](/source/Sporting_Afrique) are not allowed to hire any foreigners. ## League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Singapore Armed Forces 30 20 8 2 71 36 +35 68 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage[a] 2 Tampines Rovers 30 16 9 5 70 42 +28 57 3 Young Lions 30 15 7 8 67 43 +24 52 4 Home United 30 15 6 9 49 40 +9 51 5 Woodlands Wellington 30 13 8 9 60 45 +15 47 6 Albirex Niigata (S) 30 12 9 9 52 44 +8 45 7 Balestier Khalsa 30 10 7 13 50 61 −11 37 8 Gombak United 30 8 8 14 48 54 −6 32 9 Sporting Afrique 30 5 9 16 36 58 −22 24 10 Geylang United 30 6 5 19 22 62 −40 23 11 Sengkang Punggol 30 4 6 20 32 72 −40 18 Source: [RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing06.html) Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored Notes: 1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_res_AFC0.3719461710993_1-0)** Tampines qualified as [2006 Singapore Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2006_Singapore_Cup&action=edit&redlink=1) winners ## Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Laakkad Abdelhadi Woodlands Wellington 23 2 Khairul Amri Young Lions 21 3 Mirko Grabovac Tampines Rovers 20 4 Aleksandar Đurić Singapore Armed Forces 19 4 Qiu Li Young Lions 19 6 Kengne Ludovick Balestier Khalsa 15 7 Egmar Goncalves Home United 14 7 Peres De Oliveira Tampines Rovers 14 7 Ashrin Shariff Singapore Armed Forces 14 7 Agu Casmir Woodlands Wellington 14 11 Eiichiro Ozaki Albirex Niigata (S) 13 11 Jeon Kyeong-Joon Home United 13 11 Noh Alam Shah Tampines Rovers 13 11 Norikazu Murakami Balestier Khalsa 13 ## References - [S.League 2006](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing06.html) (Note section on top scorers is incomplete (till 20 August).) 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 [2006 S.League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_S.League) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_S.League?action=history)). 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