# 2012 S.League > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2012_S.League > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2012_S.League.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_S.League > Source revision: 1305583883 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Football league season S. League Season 2012 Champions Tampines Rovers 4th S.League title AFC Cup Tampines Rovers (S.League winners) Singapore Armed Forces (Singapore Cup winners) Matches 156 Goals 424 (2.72 per match) Top goalscorer Frédéric Mendy (20) Biggest home win Singapore Armed Forces 6-1 Gombak United (22 October 2012) Biggest away win Geylang United 1-7 Home United (11 March 2012) Highest scoring Home United 7-3 Geylang United (18 July 2012) ← 2011 2013 → The **2012 [S.League](/source/S.League)** was the 17th season of the [S-League](/source/S-League), the top professional [football](/source/Association_football) league in [Singapore](/source/Singapore). It is known as the [Great Eastern](/source/Great_Eastern_Life)-[Yeo's](/source/Yeo_Hiap_Seng) S.League for sponsorship reasons. [Tampines Rovers](/source/Tampines_Rovers_FC) won their fourth title, finishing top of a 13-team league. ## Teams [Etoile FC](/source/Etoile_FC) withdrew their participation in the league to concentrate on grassroots football and youth development. [DPMM FC](/source/DPMM_FC) have re-entered the league, coming back since they were suspended by FIFA in the 2009 campaign. [Harimau Muda](/source/Harimau_Muda_A) of Malaysia have also entered the fray.[1] [DPMM FC](/source/DPMM_FC) **[Singapore](/source/Singapore)** Location of teams in **2012 S.League** [Albirex (S)](/source/Albirex_Niigata_Singapore_FC) [Balestier Khalsa](/source/Balestier_Khalsa_FC) [Young Lions](/source/Courts_Young_Lions) [Geylang Utd](/source/Geylang_United) [Gombak Utd](/source/Gombak_United_FC) [Harimau Muda A](/source/Harimau_Muda_A) [Home Utd](/source/Home_United_FC) [Hougang Utd](/source/Hougang_United) [Tampines Rovers](/source/Tampines_Rovers_FC) [Tanjong Pagar Utd](/source/Tanjong_Pagar_United_FC) [SAFFC](/source/Singapore_Armed_Forces_FC) [Woodlands Wellington](/source/Woodlands_Wellington) Location of teams in **2012 S.League** (Singapore teams) Team Coach Stadium Capacity Location Albirex Niigata (S) Koichi Sugiyama Jurong East Stadium 2,700 Jurong East Balestier Khalsa Darren Stewart Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900 Toa Payoh DPMM FC Vjeran Simunić Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium 30,000 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Geylang United V. Kanakarajan Bedok Stadium 3,900 Bedok Gombak United K. Balagumaran Jurong West Stadium 3,200 Jurong West Harimau Muda Ong Kim Swee Yishun Stadium 3,400 Yishun Home United Lee Lim-Saeng Bishan Stadium 4,100 Bishan Hougang United Nenad Bacina Hougang Stadium 2,500 Hougang Singapore Armed Forces Richard Bok Choa Chu Kang Stadium 4,600 Choa Chu Kang Tampines Rovers Tay Peng Kee Clementi Stadium 4,000 Clementi Tanjong Pagar United Terry Pathmanathan Queenstown Stadium 3,800 Queenstown Woodlands Wellington Salim Moin Woodlands Stadium 4,300 Woodlands Young Lions Robin Chitrakar Jalan Besar Stadium 8,000 Kallang ### Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Geylang United Mike Wong Moved to Prime League squad[2] V. Kanakarajan Tampines Rovers Steven Tan Moved to Prime League squad Tay Peng Kee ### Stadium changes - [Tampines Rovers](/source/Tampines_Rovers) moved into the [Clementi Stadium](/source/Clementi_Stadium) due to the early commencement of the Tampines Sports Hub project which makes the [Tampines Stadium](/source/Tampines_Stadium) unusable.[3] - With Tampines moving into the Clementi Stadium, [Tanjong Pagar United](/source/Tanjong_Pagar_United) are moving out and back to the [Queenstown Stadium](/source/Queenstown_Stadium) which they previously vacated back in 2004. Queenstown Stadium was last used by [Etoile FC](/source/Etoile_FC). ### Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former Player Balestier Khalsa Park Kang-jin Goran Šubara Paul Cunningham Zdravko Dragićević Jang Jo-yoon DPMM FC Patrick da Silva Tales dos Santos Ivan Jerković Osman Bashiru Rodrigo Gral Geylang United Mun Seung-man Stefan Milojević Jozef Kapláň Michael King Rhema Obed Oliver Nicholas Gombak United Jung Hee-bong Christoper Anderson Obadin Aikhena Julien Durand None Home United Kenji Arai Shotaro Ihata Franklin Anzite Frederic Mendy None Hougang United Jordan Webb Stanislav Vidaković Ante Barać Mamadou M. Diallo None Singapore Armed Forces Tatsuro Inui Shimpei Sakurada Mislav Karoglan Marin Vidošević Seiji Saito Tampines Rovers Saša Dreven Benoit Croissant Gligor Gligorov Sead Hadžibulić Davor Piškor Tanjong Pagar United Takaya Kawanabe Gilbert Bayonne Anthony Aymard Carlos Delgado Jang In-jun Lee Joo-sang Woodlands Wellington Moon Soon-Ho Hussein Akil Daniel Hammond Fabien Lewis None Young Lions Sherif El-Masri Benjamin Lee Jonathan Toto Sirina Camara None - [Albirex Niigata (S)](/source/Albirex_Niigata_(S)) and [Harimau Muda](/source/Harimau_Muda_A) are not allowed hire any foreigners. ## League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Tampines Rovers 24 16 4 4 49 24 +25 52 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage 2 DPMM FC[a] 24 15 3 6 49 27 +22 48 3 Albirex Niigata (S)[a] 24 12 7 5 37 26 +11 43 4 Harimau Muda A[a] 24 13 3 8 37 23 +14 42 5 Home United 24 11 7 6 43 29 +14 40 6 Balestier Khalsa 24 11 6 7 23 20 +3 39 7 Singapore Armed Forces 24 9 5 10 43 41 +2 32 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage[b] 8 Hougang United 24 7 8 9 31 33 −2 29 9 Gombak United 24 7 8 9 23 29 −6 29 10 Young Lions[a] 24 6 5 13 25 37 −12 23 11 Geylang United 24 5 6 13 28 50 −22 21 12 Tanjong Pagar United 24 5 5 14 17 41 −24 20 13 Woodlands Wellington 24 3 5 16 19 44 −25 14 Source: [RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sing2012.html) Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of wins Notes: 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_note_ALB0.42278485066387_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_note_ALB0.42278485066387_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-table_note_ALB0.42278485066387_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-table_note_ALB0.42278485066387_4-3) The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and Harimau Muda A – as well as the [Football Association of Singapore](/source/Football_Association_of_Singapore) (FAS) under-23 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any [AFC](/source/Asian_Football_Confederation) competition spots. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_res_AFC20.42278485066387_5-0)** Qualified as [2012 Singapore Cup](/source/2012_Singapore_Cup) winners. ## Results Home \ Away ALB BAL DPM GLI GOM HMA HOM HOU SAF TAM TPU WLW YLI Albirex Niigata (S) 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 3–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 Balestier Khalsa 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 Brunei DPMM 2–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 5–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–0 1–0 Geylang United 0–0 3–1 1–3 3–2 0–2 1–7 1–2 3–0 1–5 0–0 1–1 2–0 Gombak United 0–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 Harimau Muda 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–3 3–1 4–1 2–3 3–0 2–1 3–1 Home United 4–2 0–0 1–0 7–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 2–1 3–1 3–1 Hougang United 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 Singapore Armed Forces 3–4 0–0 1–2 2–2 6–1 1–2 3–3 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 4–3 Tampines Rovers 3–4 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 Tanjong Pagar United 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 2–3 0–5 Woodlands Wellington 0–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–3 2–2 0–3 0–1 1–2 Young Lions 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2012. Source: [Soccerway](https://int.soccerway.com/national/singapore/sleague/2012/regular-season/) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. ## Season statistics ### Goalscorers - *As of 25 October 2012*.[4] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Frédéric Mendy Home United 20 2 Jozef Kapláň Geylang United 14 Mislav Karoglan Singapore Armed Forces 14 4 Shahrazen Said DPMM FC 13 5 Jordan Webb Hougang United 12 Yasuhiro Yamakoshi Albirex Niigata (S) 12 Aleksandar Đurić Tampines Rovers 12 8 Shotaro Ihata Home United 10 9 Fazrul Nawaz Singapore Armed Forces 9 Shimpei Sakurada Singapore Armed Forces 9 11 Sead Hadžibulić Tampines Rovers 8 ## Attendance figures Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 DPMM FC 25,190 8,672 4,680 n/a† 2 Balestier Khalsa 7,760 2,386 889 n/a† 3 Singapore Armed Forces 7,525 1,786 1,155 n/a† 4 Home United 6,856 1,354 774 n/a† 5 Albirex Niigata (S) 6,732 2,502 1,227 n/a† 6 Gombak United 5,223 1,494 816 n/a† 7 Harimau Muda 3,869 1,388 388 n/a† 8 Hougang United 3,611 1,243 410 n/a† 9 Tampines Rovers 2,923 1,228 485 n/a† 10 Woodlands Wellington 2,212 688 429 n/a† 11 Young Lions 2,202 668 464 n/a† 12 Geylang United 2,152 912 612 n/a† 13 Tanjong Pagar United 2,065 755 195 n/a† League total n/a† Source: [S.League](https://web.archive.org/web/19980522210827/http://www.sleague.com/) ## S-League Awards Night Winners Awards Winners Player of the Year Aleksandar Đurić (Tampines Rovers) Young Player of the Year Wan Zack Haikal ( Harimau Muda A) Coach of the Year Vjeran Simunić ( DPMM FC) Top Scorer Award Frédéric Mendy (Home United) Fair Play Award Albirex Niigata (S) Referee of the Year Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir ## Notes and references 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2012_Particiapating_teams_1-0)** "BeiS.league announces 2012 participating teams". *S.League Online*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-All's_not_well_at_Geylang_2-0)** ["All's not well at Geylang"](http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC120314-0000090/Alls-not-well-at-Geylang). [Today](/source/Today_Online). 14 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Tampines_and_Home_ready_to_raise_curtains_3-0)** ["Tampines and Home ready to raise curtains"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231619/http://www.sleague.com/Web/main.aspx?ID=,68e68380-9e0b-44b2-8a32-d06df7470ca6&AID=237829e8-00e5-4afe-9da2-73f8b8366935&NLT=300). *S.League Online*. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-02-05. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Goalscorers – 2012 S. League"](https://int.soccerway.com/national/singapore/sleague/2012/regular-season/players/). *Soccerway*. Retrieved 10 October 2012. ## External links - [Official site](https://web.archive.org/web/19980522210827/http://www.sleague.com/) 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 v t e 2012 in Asian Football (AFC) « 2011 2013 » Domestic leagues Afghanistan Australia '11–'12 '12–'13 Bahrain '11–'12 '12–'13 Bangladesh '11–'12 '12–'13 Bhutan A-Division National League '12–'13 Brunei '12–'13 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Guam '11–'12 '12–'13 Hong Kong '11–'12 '12–'13 India '11–'12 '12–'13 Indonesia Iran '11–'12 '12–'13 Iraq '11–'12 '12–'13 Japan Jordan '11–'12 '12–'13 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '11–'12 '12–'13 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '11–'12 '12–'13 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal '11–'12 '12–'13 Northern Mariana Islands Oman '11–'12 '12–'13 Pakistan '12–'13 Palestine '11–'12 '12–'13 Philippines Qatar '11–'12 '12–'13 Saudi Arabia '11–'12 '12–'13 Singapore Sri Lanka '11–'12 Syria '11–'12 Tajikistan Thailand '11 (final rounds) '12 Turkmenistan UAE '11–'12 '12–'13 Uzbekistan Higher First Vietnam Yemen '11–'12 Domestic cups Bahrain Bangladesh '11–'12 '12 Brunei Cambodia '12 '12–'13 China Hong Kong Shield '11–'12 League Cup '11–'12 FA Cup '12 Shield '12–'13 FA Cup '12–'13 India Fed Cup Durand Cup Indonesia Iran '11–'12 '12–'13 Iraq '12–'13 Japan Emperor's Cup '11 (final) League Cup Emperor's Cup '12 Jordan FA Cup '11–'12 FA Cup '12–'13 Korea Republic Kuwait Emir Cup '11–'12 Crown Prince Cup '12–'13 Fed Cup '12–'13 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon FA Cup '11–'12 Elite Cup FA Cup '12–'13 Macau Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Maldives FA Cup President's Cup Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Fed Cup '12–'13 Sultan Qaboos Cup '12–'13 Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Stars Cup '11–'12 Crown Prince Cup Emir Cup Sheikh Jassem Cup Stars Cup '12–'13 Saudi Arabia King Cup of Champions CP Cup '11–'12 '12–'13 Singapore Singapore Cup League Cup Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand FA Cup '11 (final rounds) League Cup '11 (final) FA Cup '12 League Cup '12 Turkmenistan UAE Emirates Cup '11–'12 President's Cup '11–'12 Emirates Cup '12–'13 President's Cup '12–'13 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen Regional club competitions 2012 GCC Champions League 2012–13 GCC Champions League 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup AFC club competitions AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC President's Cup National team competitions 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 AFC Challenge Cup 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 Arab Nations Cup 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary 2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship National team results Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen v t e 2012 in Singaporean football « 2011 2013 » League competitions S.League Prime League Cup competitions Singapore Cup League Cup Charity Shield International club AFC Cup Related to national team Qualification for the 2014 World Cup ASEAN Football Championship Club seasons S.League Albirex Niigata Balestier Khalsa Brunei DPMM Geylang United Gombak United Harimau Muda Home United Hougang United SAFFC Tampines Rovers Tanjong Pagar United Woodlands Wellington Young Lions --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2012 S.League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_S.League) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_S.League?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.