Woodlands Wellington FC

{{Short description|Singaporean football club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Woodlands Wellington | image = Woodlands Wellington Football Club logo.png | fullname = Woodlands Wellington Football Club | nickname = The Northern Rams | founded = {{start date and age|1988}} as Wellington {{start date and age|1996}} as Woodlands Wellington | dissolved = {{start date and age|2014}} | ground = [[Woodlands Stadium]] | capacity = 4,300 | chairman = | pattern_la1 = _greenborder | pattern_b1 = _yellowcollar | pattern_ra1 = _greenborder | leftarm1 = FFFFFF | body1 = FFFFFF | rightarm1 = FFFFFF | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = FFFFFF | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | leftarm2 = 005000 | body2 = 005000 | rightarm2 = 005000 | shorts2 = 005000 | socks2 = 005000 | league = [[Singapore Premier League|S.League]] | season = [[2014 S.League|2014]] | position = [[Singapore Premier League|S.League]], 11th of 12 }}

'''Woodlands Wellington Football Club''' was a professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Woodlands, Singapore|Woodlands]], Singapore which played in the [[S.League]], the top division of football in Singapore. The club took part in S.League from 1996 to 2014. They were at the 4,300 seater [[Woodlands Stadium]], where they ha played since their establishment.

Woodlands Wellington's honours include winning the inaugural [[Singapore League Cup]] in 2007, defeating [[Sengkang Punggol FC|Sengkang Punggol]] 4–0 in the final. They also finished runners-up in the [[Singapore FA Cup]] in 1997, and also in the [[Singapore Cup]] in 2005. In 1998 they won the [[1998 President's Centennial Cup|President's Centennial Cup]], defeating [[Hong Kong Rangers FC|Hong Kong Rangers]] 2–1 in the final in [[Bacolod]].

Their best finish in the [[S-League]] came in the 1996 Tiger Beer Series where they were runners-up. They also achieved 3rd place in 1997 and 2005.

==History==

===Wellington Football Club (1988–1996)=== Woodlands Wellington was founded as '''Wellington Football Club''' in 1988 as a splinter group of [[Delhi Juniors]] (a team of [[Demographics of Singapore|Singapore]]an football enthusiasts, dating back to the 1940s, that were among the pioneers of football in Singapore). The name stems from the Deptford Ground located on Wellington Road in [[Sembawang]] where the team started playing football in 1988.

In 1991, they participated in the [[Sembawang Group League]] and [[National Island-Wide League]], winning as champions in both competitions and setting a national record by beating [[Seletar Football Club]] by a 27-goal margin. This was one of the biggest wins the club had ever achieved, as they beat their opponents 28 – 1 at the Woodlands Stadium on 17 November 1991. Louis Amalorpavanathan scored a record 12 goals in that match.<ref>"Seletar meets its Waterloo against Wellington – 28–1!", The Straits Times, 18 September 1991, Page 34</ref>

The following year, Wellington FC joined the [[Singapore National Football League]] in [[Singapore National Football League#NFL Division 2 2012|Division 2]], from which they were promoted as champions in 1994. The following season they finished first in [[Singapore National Football League#NFL Division 1 2012 Final Standings|Division 1]] (going unbeaten for 24 matches) and were runners-up in the FA Cup.<ref>"Wellington Div 1 Champ", The Straits Times, 19 June 1995, Page 29</ref>

===Woodlands Wellington Football Club (1996–2014)=== [[File:Woodlands Wellington First Team, 2012.jpg|thumb|269x269px|Woodlands Wellington 2012 First Team group photo]] Wellington Football Club were selected as one of eight clubs to compete in the newly formed [[S.League]] in its inaugural season in 1996, prompting the club to adopt [[Woodlands, Singapore|Woodlands Stadium]] as their home ground and to change their name to Woodlands Wellington Football Club.<ref>Malathi Das and Palakrishnan (1996), "S.League: the kick-off", Singapore Professional Football League Pte Ltd, p. 62</ref><ref>"Wellington fires first shot in hiring top guns", The Straits Times, 23 July 1995, Page 31</ref>

Following their admission to the S.League, Wellington's founder, [[R. Vengadasalam]], was appointed as the Team Manager of Woodlands Wellington and [[Bandai]] were announced as a sponsor in their maiden season in the [[S.League]].<ref>"Power Rangers to Woodlands' rescue", The Straits Times, 23 March 1996, Page 39</ref> Following this, they signed [[Jan Janostak]], Joe Caleta and [[Ervin Boban]], from the [[Malaysia Super League]], as well as [[Singapore national football team|Singapore national players]] [[Borhan Abu Samah]], [[Tamil Marren]], [[Zakaria Awang]], from England [[Notts County]] legend [[Darren Davis (footballer)|Darren Davis]] and Croatian goalkeeper [[Sandro Radun]], who played for the [[Singapore Lions|Singapore FA]] in 1992. Woodlands Wellington played to capacity crowds, including their pre-season friendlies.<ref>"Woodlands pulling in the crowds in its friendlies", The Straits Times, 16 February 1996, Page 30</ref>

Woodlands won the [[1998 President's Centennial Cup|President's Centennial Cup]] in 1998, a cup competition organized by the [[Philippine Football Federation]] to celebrate the centennial of [[Philippine Declaration of Independence|Philippine Independence]], beating [[Sembawang Rangers]] 4–2 in the semi-final and [[Hong Kong Rangers FC|Hong Kong Rangers]] 2–1 at the [[Negros Occidental Sports Complex]] in the final in [[Bacolod]] with both goals from [[Razali Ahmad]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Philippines International Tournaments 1991–1998, President's Centennial Cup 1998|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/philcuptour91.html}}</ref>

While they enjoyed a relatively successful period throughout the late nineties, Woodlands finished last in the [[2001 S.League]] season, prompting them to sign [[Singapore national football team|Singapore internationals]] [[Zulkarnaen Zainal]], [[Goh Tat Chuan]] and [[A. Siva Kumar]].<ref>"Midfielder Zulkarnaen joins Woodlands", Today, 5 December 2001, Page 35</ref> The transfers of Goh and Siva Kumar were particularly controversial as Woodlands and Jurong were well-known rivals in the league.

Woodlands Wellington made the headlines in the [[2007 S.League]] season for a walkout by the entire Woodlands squad in a match against [[Tampines Rovers]] as a protest to the decisions made against them by referee P. Pandian. Woodlands were fined $30,000 for the incident and had six points docked.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/299746/1/.html|title=Woodlands pay the price for walk-out|access-date=30 June 2012|archive-date=29 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629065725/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/299746/1/.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Tampines Rovers|Tampines]] coach [[Vorawan Chitavanich]] was reported as saying "I spoke to their coach just a little while ago and he said that they acted on the instructions of their club chairman."<ref>{{cite web|title=A sad day for Singapore football|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/298149/1/.html|publisher=Channel NewsAsia}}</ref>

====Reported withdrawal from the S. League==== [[File:2013 Woodlands Wellington First Team.jpg|thumb|294x294px|The starting eleven for Woodlands Wellington on 2 May 2013 against [[Balestier Khalsa FC|Balestier Khalsa]] in the [[2013 S.League]].]] A report by [[The New Paper]] on 22 November 2012 suggested that Woodlands may be in financial trouble and could be the second club to sit out the 2013 [[S.League]] after [[Gombak United]] has announced earlier that it would not be taking part in the league in 2013.<ref>Another S-League club to sit out?, Page 67, The New Paper, Thursday, 22 November 2012</ref> This sparked off a supporter-driven "Save Woodlands" awareness campaign on the same day.<ref>{{cite web|title=Save Woodlands Campaign |url=http://woodlandswellingtonfc.blogspot.sg/2012/11/save-woodlands-campaign.html|publisher=Woodlands Wellington Football Club}}</ref> The club held an open meeting with the supporters and press at [[Woodlands Stadium]] later that evening and quashed the report. Team manager, Matthew Tay, also said that the club was already preparing a pre-season tour of [[Malaysia]], and that the club would be signing players and would also be aiming for a minimum 8th spot in the table this season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Woodlands to play next season|url=http://www.tnp.sg/content/woodlands-play-next-season|publisher=The New Paper|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512213731/http://www.tnp.sg/content/woodlands-play-next-season|archive-date=12 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tay assures supporters of Rams' participation in 2013 S.League, targets top 8 finish. |url=http://woodlandswellingtonfc.blogspot.sg/2012/11/tay-assures-supporters-of-rams.html|publisher=Woodlands Wellington Football Club}}</ref>

====Merger with Hougang United====

In November 2014, it was announced that Woodlands Wellington and [[Hougang United FC|Hougang United]] would merge for the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Low|first1=Lin Fhoong|title=Uncertainty over S-League's changes for 2015|url=https://www.todayonline.com/sports/football/uncertainty-over-s-leagues-changes-2015?singlepage=true|access-date=5 November 2014|newspaper=[[Today (Singapore newspaper)|Today]]|date=5 November 2014}}</ref> However, the move did not materialise.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Osman |first1=Shamir |title=S.League club merger between Woodlands and Hougang falls through |url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/sports/singapore-football/sleague-club-merger-between-woodlands-and-hougang-falls-through |access-date=22 Feb 2024 |newspaper=[[The New Paper]] |date=9 Feb 2016}}</ref>

In 2016, Woodlands formed teams to play in the [[Singapore Football League|Island Wide League]] (IWL) and [[Women's Premier League (Singapore)|Women's Premier League]] (WPL). After two years, they restarted their football operations, at least at the youth and grassroots level, as they began to work their way back into the S.League.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tan |first1=Noah |title=New beginnings for Woodlands Wellington |url=https://www.todayonline.com/sports/football/new-beginnings-woodlands-wellington |access-date=22 Feb 2024 |newspaper=[[Today (Singapore newspaper)|Today]] |date=9 Sep 2016}}</ref>

In 2017, Woodlands Wellington reportedly pulled out of IWL after one season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Osman |first1=Shamir |title=FAS turns its attention to NFL |url=https://www.todayonline.com/sports/football/new-beginnings-woodlands-wellington |access-date=22 Feb 2024 |newspaper=[[The New Paper]] |date=28 Feb 2017}}</ref>

==Supporters== The supporters' club of Woodlands Wellington Football Club were known as The Black Sheep.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Black Sheep Facebook Page |url=https://www.facebook.com/unofficial.wwfc.supporters.club/}}</ref> They were seen at both home and away games dressed in the club's official colours of yellow and blue and are usually seated behind the Rams' dugout. Since its inception, The Black Sheep have been using the war cry "Never Surrender!" to rally their players on.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fans of the mysteriously quiet Woodlands Wellington FC say "Never Surrender!" |url=http://www.justsports.com.sg/2012/02/10/fans-of-the-mysteriously-quiet-woodlands-wellington-fc-say-never-surrender// |url-status=dead |access-date=28 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306021416/http://www.justsports.com.sg/2012/02/10/fans-of-the-mysteriously-quiet-woodlands-wellington-fc-say-never-surrender/ |archive-date=6 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Black Sheep - Who Are They? on SLeague.com |url=http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2012/april/black-sheep-who-are-they-//|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703143458/http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2012/april/black-sheep-who-are-they-//|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 July 2017}}</ref>

==Stadium== [[File:Woodlands Stadium Pitch.JPG|256x256px|thumb|right|Woodlands Stadium's grass pitch]][[Woodlands Stadium]] was the home ground of Woodlands Wellington, and used mostly for [[association football|football]] matches. Apart from being used for competitive matches, the pitch was also utilised by the club for their training sessions. The stadium capacity was upgraded to 4,300. This includes the 2,000 seater grandstand, the 1,000 seater semi-permanent stand opposite the grandstand and the 1,300 seater portable stands on each end of the pitch.

Woodlands Stadium is the only stadium in Singapore which has a [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|MRT]] track overlooking the pitch.

==Sponsors== Woodlands Wellington was sponsored by [[Bandai]] from 1996 to 1998,<ref>Rams close to new deal, Today – Afternoon Edition, 27 March 2001, Page 30</ref> after which it was sponsored by [[SembCorp Marine|Sembcorp]] from 2001<ref>$700,000 windfall for Woodlands, The Straits Times, 12 June 2001, Page S4</ref> to 2010. The club went without a sponsor from 2011 to 2012 before Singaporean [[Equity (finance)|equity]] company, ESW, took up the sponsorship of the Rams from March 2013.

The team was outfitted by Singaporean kit makers, Waga, for their [[2013 Woodlands Wellington Season|2013 season]]. Their previous kit sponsors include [[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]], [[Kappa (company)|Kappa]], [[Diadora]], [[Umbro]], [[Mitre Sports International|Mitre]] and Thai apparel makers, Acono. {{clear}}

{| class="wikitable" |- ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" |Year ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" |'''Kit manufacturer''' ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" | Main sponsors |- |1996–1998 || rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]] |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Bandai]] |- |1999–2000 |No sponsor |- |2001–2004 | rowspan="4" |{{flagicon|SGP}} [[SembCorp Marine|Sembcorp]] |- |2005 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Kappa (company)|Kappa]] |- |2006–2008 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Diadora]] |- |2009–2010 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Umbro]] |- |2011 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mitre Sports International|Mitre]] | rowspan="2" |No sponsor |- |2012 || {{flagicon|THA}} Acono |- |2013–2014 || {{flagicon|SGP}} Waga |{{flagicon|SGP}} ESW |} </div><div style="float:left; width:47%;"></div>

==Logo and mascot== <gallery class="center"> File:Woodlands Wellington Football Club Logo 1996 to 2002.jpg|Woodlands Wellington FC crest, 1996–2002 File:Woodlands Wellington Football Club logo.png|Woodlands Wellington's crest, 2003–2014 File:Woodlands Wellington FC 2013 Mascot.jpg|Woodlands Wellington's Ram Mascot </gallery>

==Colours==

As Wellington Football Club, the team played in a white kit with purple and green trimmings. As soon as they were rebranded into the Woodlands Wellington Football Club in 1996, the Rams changed their home kit to all white with a narrow stripe of yellow and green down the middle.

In the ensuing years, yellow was employed as the main colour of choice for the home kit and had become the traditional colour for the club.

===Kit evolution=== * '''Home''' {| width=% |- | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington96h | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington96h | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington96h | pattern_sh = | leftarm = FFFFFF | body = FFFFFF | rightarm = FFFFFF | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = FFFFFF |title = 1996 – 1997 [[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington98h | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington98h | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington98h | pattern_sh = | leftarm = 0000CC | body = FFFF33 | rightarm = 0000CC | shorts = 0000CC | socks = FFFF33 |title = 1998 [[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington01h | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington01h | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington01h | pattern_sh = _woodlandswellington01h | leftarm = FFFF33 | body = FFFF33 | rightarm = FFFF33 | shorts = 0000FF | socks = FFFF33 |title = 2001 [[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington02a | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington02h | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington02h | pattern_sh = | leftarm = FFFF33 | body = FFFF33 | rightarm = FFFF33 | shorts = 000000 | socks = 000000 |title = 2002–2003 [[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington02a | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington04h | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington02h | pattern_sh = | leftarm = FFFF33 | body = FFFF33 | rightarm = FFFF33 | shorts = 000000 | socks = 000000 |title = 2004 [[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington05h | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington05h | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington05h | pattern_sh = _ | leftarm = 0033FF | body = FFFF33 | rightarm = 0033FF | shorts = FFFF33 | socks = FFFF33 |title = 2005 [[Kappa (company)|Kappa]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington06h | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington06h | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington06h | pattern_sh = _woodlandswellington06h | leftarm = 009933 | body = FFFF33 | rightarm = 009933 | shorts = FFFF33 | socks = FFFF33 |title = 2006 [[Diadora]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington2007h | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington2007h | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington2007h | pattern_sh = | leftarm = FFFF33 | body = FFFF33 | rightarm = FFFF33 | shorts = FFFF33 | socks = FFFF33 |title = 2007 [[Diadora]] }} | |}

{| width=% |- | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington07h | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington07h | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington07h | pattern_sh = _woodlandswellington07h | leftarm = FFFF33 | body = FFFF33 | rightarm = FFFF33 | shorts = FFFF33 | socks = FFFF33 |title = 2008 [[Diadora]] }} | | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington09h | pattern_b = _woodlandswellingtonh09 | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington09h | pattern_sh = | leftarm = FFFF33 | body = FFFF33 | rightarm = FFFF33 | shorts = 000000 | socks = 000000 |title = 2009 [[Umbro]] }} | {{Football kit |pattern_la= |pattern_b=_woodlandswellington10h |pattern_ra= |leftarm=FFFF00 |body=FFFF00 |rightarm=FFFF00 |shorts=000000 |socks=000000 |title = 2010 [[Umbro]] }} | {{Football kit |pattern_la=_woodlandswellington11h |pattern_b=_woodlandswellington11h |pattern_ra=_woodlandswellington11h |leftarm=FFFF00 |body=FFFF00 |rightarm=FFFF00 |shorts=000000 |socks=000000 |title = 2011 [[Mitre Sports International|Mitre]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellingtonh12 | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington12h | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellingtonh12 | pattern_sh = | leftarm = FFFF66 | body = FFFF66 | rightarm = FFFF66 | shorts = 000000 | socks = 000000 |title = 2012 Acono }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _greenborder | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington2013h | pattern_ra = _greenborder | pattern_sh = _greencollar | leftarm = ffffff | body = ffffff | rightarm = ffffff | shorts = ffffff | socks = ffffff |title = 2013 Waga }} | |}

* '''Away''' {| width=% |- | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington96a | pattern_ra = | pattern_sh = _woodlandswellington96a | leftarm = FFCC00 | body = FFCC00 | rightarm = FFCC00 |shorts=0000CC |socks=0000CC |title = 1996 – 1997 [[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington96h | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington96h | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington96h | pattern_sh = _woodlandswellington96a | leftarm = FFFFFF | body = FFFFFF | rightarm = FFFFFF | shorts = FEE800 | socks = FEE800 |title = 1998 [[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington1999a | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington99a | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington1999a | pattern_sh = | leftarm = 0033CC | body = 0033CC | rightarm = 0033CC | shorts = 0033CC | socks = 0033CC |title = 1999 [[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington05a | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington05a | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington05a | pattern_sh = | leftarm = 0033CC | body = 0033CC | rightarm = 0033CC | shorts = 0033CC | socks = 0033CC |title = 2005 [[Kappa (company)|Kappa]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington06a | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington06a | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington06a | pattern_sh = _woodlandswellington06a | leftarm = FFFF33 | body = 0033FF | rightarm = FFFF33 | shorts = 0033FF | socks = 0033FF |title = 2006 [[Diadora]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington07a | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington07a | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington07a | pattern_sh = _woodlandswellington07a | leftarm = 0033FF | body = 0033FF | rightarm = 0033FF | shorts = 0033FF | socks = 0033FF |title = 2007 [[Diadora]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington07a | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington2008a | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington07a | pattern_sh = _woodlandswellington2008a | leftarm = 0033FF | body = 0033FF | rightarm = 0033FF |shorts=0000FF |socks=0000FF |title = 2008 [[Diadora]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington10a | pattern_b = _woodlandswellingtona09 | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington10a | pattern_sh = | leftarm = 0033FF | body = 0033FF | rightarm = 0033FF |shorts=0000FF |socks=0000FF |title = 2009 [[Umbro]] }} |}

{| width=% |- | {{Football kit |pattern_la= |pattern_b=_woodlandswellington10a |pattern_ra= |leftarm=0000FF |body=0000FF |rightarm=0000FF |shorts=0000FF |socks=0000FF |title = 2010 [[Umbro]] }} | {{Football kit |pattern_la= |pattern_b=_woodlandswellington11a |pattern_ra= |leftarm=0000FF |body=0000FF |rightarm=0000FF |shorts=0000FF |socks=0000FF |title = 2011 [[Mitre Sports International|Mitre]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellingtona12 | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington12a | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellingtona12 | leftarm = 0000FF | body = 0000FF | rightarm = 0000FF | shorts = 0000FF | socks = 0000FF |title = 2012 Acono }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington2013a | pattern_ra = | pattern_sh = _woodlandswellington13a | leftarm = 00CC66 | body = 00CC66 | rightarm = 00CC66 | shorts = 00CC66 | socks = 00CC66 |title = 2013 Waga }} | |}

* '''Third / Special''' {| width=% |- | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington06t | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington06t | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington06t | pattern_sh = _woodlandswellington06t | leftarm = FFFF66 | body = FFFFFF | rightarm = FFFF66 | shorts = FFFFFF | socks = FFFFFF |title = 2006 [[Diadora]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = _woodlandswellington07h | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington07h | pattern_ra = _woodlandswellington07h | pattern_sh = _woodlandswellington07h | leftarm = FFFF33 | body = FFFF33 | rightarm = FFFF33 | shorts = FFFF33 | socks = FFFF33 |title = 2008* [[Diadora]] }} | | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington09t | pattern_ra = | pattern_sh = | leftarm = FFFF66 | body = FFFF66 | rightarm = FFFF66 | shorts = 000000 | socks = 000000 |title = 2009 [[Umbro]] }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington12t | pattern_ra = | pattern_sh = | leftarm = 66cc66 | body = 66cc66 | rightarm = 66cc66 | shorts = 000000 | socks = 000000 |title = 2012 Acono }} | {{Football kit | pattern_la = | pattern_b = _woodlandswellington2013t | pattern_ra = | pattern_sh = _woodlandswellington13t | leftarm = FFFF33 | body = FFFF33 | rightarm = FFFF33 | shorts = FFFF33 | socks = FFFF33 |title = 2013 Waga }} | |} *The third kit for 2007 was used as the home kit of the 2008 season.

==Continental record== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" | Season ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" | Competition ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" | Round ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" | Club ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" | Home ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" | Away ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" | Position |- | [[1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|1992–93]] | [[Asian Cup Winners' Cup]] | [[1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cup#First Round|First round]] | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Chula United|Sinthana]] | style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 | style="text-align:center;"| 4–1 | style="text-align:center;"| 2–5 |}

==Youth academy== The youth academy of Woodlands is the Centre of Excellence. {{Main|Woodlands Wellington Centre of Excellence}}

==Manager history== {{div col|colwidth=28em}} *{{Flagicon|England}} [[Steve Wicks]] (1996) *{{Flagicon|England}} [[Dean Wheatley]] (1997–98) *{{Flagicon|Singapore}} [[David Sivalingam|V. Sivalingam]] (1999) *{{Flagicon|Croatia}} [[Ivan Raznevich]] (2000–01) *{{Flagicon|Malaysia}} [[M. Karathu]] (2002–03) *{{Flagicon|England}} [[Simon Clark (English footballer)|Simon Clark]] (2003–04) – Player / Coach *{{Flagicon|England}} [[Maff Brown]] (2005) *{{Flagicon|Morocco}} [[Karim Bencherifa]] (1 Jan 2005 – 30 June 2006) *{{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Jörg Steinebrunner]] (2006–08) *{{Flagicon|Croatia}} [[Nenad Bacina]] (1 Jan 2009 – 31 Dec 2009) *{{Flagicon|Singapore}} [[A. Shasi Kumar]] (1 Jan 2010 – 31 Dec 2010) *{{Flagicon|Singapore}} R. Balasubramaniam (1 Jan 2011 – 12 Jan 2012) *{{Flagicon|Singapore}} [[Salim Moin]] (13 Jan 2012 – 28 Nov 2013) *{{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Darren Stewart (footballer)|Darren Stewart]] (14 Jan 2014 – 15 June 2014) *{{Flagicon|Singapore}} [[Salim Moin]] (15 June 2014 – 31 December 2015) {{div col end}}

==Performance in domestic competitions==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- ! rowspan="2" width="60" scope="col" |Season ! colspan="8" |[[S.League]] ! rowspan="2" width="120" scope="col" |[[Singapore Cup]] ! rowspan="2" width="120" scope="col" |[[Singapore League Cup]] |- ! width="45" scope="col" |Pos ! width="30" scope="col" |P ! width="30" scope="col" |W ! width="30" scope="col" |D ! width="30" scope="col" |L ! width="30" scope="col" |F ! width="30" scope="col" |A ! width="30" scope="col" |Pts |- | [[1996 S.League|1996-1]] | bgcolor="silver" |2nd* | 14 || 8 || 2 || 4 || 25 || 20 || 26 | rowspan="3" bgcolor="grey" | | rowspan="12" bgcolor="grey" | |- | [[1996 S.League|1996-2]] | 4th | 14 || 6 || 3 || 5 || 29 || 25 || 21 |- | [[1997 S.League|1997]] | style="background:#cfaa88;" |3rd | 16 || 11 || 0 || 5 || 35 || 29 || 33 |- | [[1998 S.League|1998]] | 9th | 20 || 4 || 6 || 10 || 27 || 41 || 18 | Group stage |- | [[1999 S.League|1999]] | 9th | 22 || 6 || 4 || 12 || 30 || 44 || 22 | Quarter-finals |- | [[2000 S.League|2000]] | 10th | 22 || 4 || 5 || 13 || 19 || 31 || 17 | Semi-finals |- | [[2001 S.League|2001]] | 12th | 33 || 5 || 9 || 19 || 40 || 64 || 24 | Group stage |- | [[2002 S.League|2002]] | 5th | 33 || 17 || 7 || 9 || 75 || 44 || 58 | Group stage |- | [[2003 S.League|2003]] | 5th | 33 || 14 || 4–8 || 7 || 65 || 47 || 58 | Semi-finals |- | [[2004 S.League|2004]] | 6th | 27 || 12 || 4 || 11 || 48 || 49 || 40 | Preliminary |- | [[2005 S.League|2005]] | style="background:#cfaa88;" |3rd | 27 || 15 || 5 || 7 || 57 || 44 || 50 | bgcolor="silver" |Runners-up |- | [[2006 S.League|2006]] | 5th | 30 || 13 || 8 || 9 || 60 || 45 || 47 | style="background:#cfaa88;" |Third place |- | [[2007 S.League|2007]] | 7th | 33 || 10 || 13 || 10 || 47 || 52 || 37* | Semi-finals | bgcolor="gold" |[[2007 Singapore League Cup|Winners]] |- | [[2008 S.League|2008]] | 8th | 33 || 9 || 8 || 16 || 36 || 52 || 35 | bgcolor="silver" |[[2008 Singapore Cup|Runners-up]] | [[2008 Singapore League Cup|Preliminary]] |- | [[2009 S.League|2009]] | 15|| 23 || 48 || 31 | [[2009 Singapore Cup|Round of 16]] | [[2009 Singapore League Cup|Semi-finals]] |- | [[2010 S.League|2010]] | 12th | 33 || 4 || 7 || 22 || 18 || 60 || 19 | [[2010 Singapore Cup|Round of 16]] | bgcolor="silver" |[[2010 Singapore League Cup|Runners-up]] |- | [[2011 S.League|2011]] | 12th | 33 || 3 || 4 || 26 || 22 || 92 || 13 | [[2011 Singapore Cup|Round of 16]] | [[2011 Singapore League Cup|Preliminary]] |- | [[2012 S.League|2012]] | 13th | 24 || 3 || 5 || 16 || 19 || 44 || 14 | [[2012 Singapore Cup|Round of 16]] | [[2012 Singapore League Cup|Group stage]] |- | [[2013 S.League|2013]] | 5th | 27 || 10 || 7 || 10 || 45 || 47 || 37 | [[2013 Singapore Cup|Round of 16]] | [[2013 Singapore League Cup|Semi-finals]] |- | [[2014 S.League|2014]] | 11th | 27 || 5 || 8 || 14 || 22 || 52 || 23 | [[2014 Singapore Cup|Preliminary]] | [[2014 Singapore League Cup|Quarter-finals]] |- |}

* The [[1996 S.League|1996]] season of the S.League was split into two series. Tiger Beer Series winners [[Geylang United]] defeated Pioneer Series winners [[SAF FC|Singapore Armed Forces]] in the Championship playoff to clinch the S.League title. * [[2003 S.League|2003]] saw the introduction of penalty shoot-outs if a match ended in a draw in regular time. Winners of penalty shoot-outs gained two points instead of one. * Woodlands Wellington deducted 6 points for abandoning a match on 5 September 2007.

Last updated on 15 May 2014

== Records and statistics == {| class="wikitable" |+Top 10 all-time appearances ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" |Rank ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" |Player ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" |Years ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" |Club appearances |- |1 |{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Yazid Yasin]] |2004–2008, 2013–2014 |'''163''' |- |2 |{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Sazali Salleh]] |2005–2008, 2010–2011 |'''158''' |- |3 |{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Goh Tat Chuan]] |2002–2006 |'''138''' |- |4 |{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Abdelhadi Laakkad]] |2005–2010 |'''129''' |- |5 |{{flagicon|KOR}}[[Moon Soon-ho]] |2011–2014 |'''108''' |- |6 |{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Goh Swee Swee]] |2011–2014 |'''105''' |- |7 |{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Azlan Alipah]] |2006–2011 |'''89''' |- |8 |{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Agu Casmir]] |2002–2003, 2006 |'''83''' |- |9 |{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Anaz Abdul Hadee|Anaz Hadee]] |2008–2010 |'''69''' |- |10 |{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Armanizam Dolah]] |2012–2014 |'''67''' |}

=== Top 10 all-time scorers === {| class="wikitable" |+Top 10 all-time scorers ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" |Rank ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" |Player ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" |Club appearances ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" |Total goals |- |1 |{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Agu Casmir]] |83 |'''55''' |- |2 |{{flagicon|KOR}}[[Moon Soon-ho]] |108 |'''38''' |- |3 |{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Abdelhadi Laakkad]] |129 |'''36''' |- |4 |{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jang Jo-yoon]] |64 |'''25''' |- |5 |{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Agu Casmir]] |34 |'''17''' |- |6 |{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Goh Swee Swee]] |105 |'''10''' |- | rowspan="2" |7 |{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Daniel Hammond]] |57 | rowspan="2" |'''9''' |- |{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Park Tae-won (footballer)|Park Tae-won]] |41 |- | rowspan="2" |9 |{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Lucian Dronca]] |41 | rowspan="2" |'''6''' |- |{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Basile Essa Mvondo|Essa Mvondo]] |28 |}

* '''Biggest Wins:''' 6–0 vs [[Gombak United FC|Gombak United]] (25 April 2002) * '''Heaviest Defeats:''' 8–1 vs [[DPMM FC|DPMM]] (26 August 2014) * '''Youngest Goal scorers:''' [[Nigel Vanu|Neil Van]]<nowiki/>u ~ '''21 years 7 months 20 days old''' (On 31 March 2011 ''vs Étoile FC'') * '''Oldest Goal scorers:''' [[Mohd Noor Ali]] ~ '''35 years 3 months 21 days old''' (''On 6 September 2010'' ''vs Geylang United)''

==Honours== {| class="wikitable" |+ ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" |Type ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" |Competition ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" |Titles ! style="background:#5d2b00; color:white; text-align:center;" |Seasons |- |Cup |'''[[Singapore League Cup]]''' |'''1''' |[[2007 Singapore League Cup|2007]] |}

== Personal awards ==

===Domestic===

* '''League Player of the Year''' ** {{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Laakkad Abdelhadi]] (2006) ** {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Aleksandar Duric]] * '''League Coach of the Year''' ** {{flagicon|MAS}} [[M. Karathu]] (2002)

* '''League Top Scorer''' ** {{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Laakkad Abdelhadi]] (2006) ** {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Moon Soon-Ho]] (2013)

* '''Player of the century''' ** {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Staffan Stewart]] (2025)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.wwfc.com.sg Official club website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419210638/http://www.wwfc.com.sg/ |date=19 April 2012 }} * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080218114604/http://www.sleague.com/Web/main.aspx?ID=91febb9d-ea54-4a11-9385-a1c31228afcc S.League website page on Woodlands Wellington FC]}}

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