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2009 S.League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| logo | S League.svg |
| competition | S. League |
| season | 2009 |
| winners | Singapore Armed Forces |
| 8th S.League title | |
| continentalcup1 | [AFC Champions League](2010-afc-champions-league) |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Singapore Armed Forces |
| (S.League winners) | |
| continentalcup2 | [AFC Cup](2010-afc-cup) |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Geylang United |
| ([Singapore Cup](2009-singapore-cup) winners) | |
| league topscorer | Aleksandar Đurić (28) |
| biggest home win | Singapore Armed Forces 6-0 Albirex Niigata (S) |
| (26 March 2009) | |
| biggest away win | Sengkang Punggol 1-7 Singapore Armed Forces |
| (11 April 2009) | |
| highest scoring | Sengkang Punggol 1-7 Singapore Armed Forces |
| (11 April 2009) | |
| matches | 165 |
| total goals | 452 |
| longest wins | 7 |
| prevseason | [2008](2008-s-league) |
| nextseason | [2010](2010-s-league) |
8th S.League title (S.League winners) (Singapore Cup winners) (26 March 2009) (11 April 2009) (11 April 2009) The 2009 S.League (officially known as the Great-Eastern-Yeo's S.League for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th season since the establishment of the S.League. Singapore Armed Forces FC won their eighth S.League title.
Changes to the league include:
- Monthly claim of S$2,000 for the local clubs from the FAS if they sign a foreign player who is a newcomer to the S-League.
- DPMM FC have replaced Dalian Shide Siwu in 2009 season.
Teams
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 | Prime League | Former Player |
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- Albirex Niigata (S) and Super Reds are not allowed to hire any foreigners.
League table
AFC Champions League Qualifying Play-off or AFC Cup Group Stage
Results
Fixtures and Results of the S. League 2009 season.
Note: The results are broken down into weeks rather than rounds, as some teams may play 2 or more games a week due to the nature of the league system (games are played every day). Hence, sometimes, teams may not play in the league some weeks due to other competition commitments or re-arranged games.
Week 1
The opening week of the season runs from Monday 16 February to Sunday 22 February.
Noor Ali
Masahiro Fukasawa
Week 2
The 2nd week of the season runs from Monday 23 February to Sunday 1 March.
Mojtaba Tehranizadeh
Peres de Oliveira
Aleksandar Duric
Week 3
The 3rd week of the season runs from Monday 2 March to Sunday 8 March.
Daniel Bennett John Wilkinson
Abu Bakar Mahari
Ashrin Shariff
Ruhaizad Ismail
Ivan Jerkovic
Week 4
The 4th week of the season runs from Monday 9 March to Sunday 15 March.
Sutee Suksomkit
Kenji Adachihara
Shaiful Esah
Week 5
The 5th week of the season runs from Monday 16 March to Sunday 22 March.
Park Han Seok
Noh Alam Shah
John Wilkinson Mojtaba Tehranizadeh
Week 6
The 6th week of the season runs from Monday 23 March to Sunday 29 March.
Syaqir Sulaiman
Aleksandar Duric
John Wilkinson
Week 7
The 7th week of the season runs from Monday 30 March to Sunday 5 April.
Kengne Ludovick
Kingsley Njoku
K Vikraman
Tetsuya Kishida
Week 8
The 8th week of the season runs from Monday 6 April to Sunday 12 April.
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Ahmad Latiff
Mustaqim Manzur
Kenji Arai
Aleksandar Đurić
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Week 9
The 9th week of the season runs from Monday 13 April to Sunday 19 April.
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Kengne Ludovick
Norikazu Murakami
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Week 10
The 10th week of the season runs from Monday 20 April to Monday 27 April. The week is one day longer than normal so as to accommodate the break for Singapore Cup 2009 between 28 April and 6 May. The league will resume on 7 May.
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Eugene Luo
Murphy Wiredu
Anthony Bahadur
Week 11
The 11th week of the season runs from Thursday 7 May to Sunday 10 May, following the break for Singapore Cup 2009.
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Shariff Abdul Samat
Aleksandar Duric
Sutee Suksomkit
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Kengne Ludovick
Week 12
The 12th week of the season runs from Monday 11 May to Sunday 17 May.
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Choi Dong Soo
Park Han Seok
Kim Tae Young
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Mustaqim Manzur
Jufri Taha (
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Week 13
The 13th week of the season runs from Monday 18 May to Sunday 24 May.
Seiji Kaneko
Qiu Li
Shukor Zailan
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Park Kang Jin
Park Han Seok
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Aleksandar Duric
Week 14
The 14th week of the season runs from Monday 25 May to Saturday 30 May. The league will then take a break for the League Cup.
Agu Casmir
Kingsley Njoku
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Ken Matsumoto
Kenji Adachihara
Kingsley Njoku
Agu Casmir
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Peres de Oliveira
Week 15
The 15th week of the season runs from Monday 22 June to Sunday 28 June. The league resume after the break for the League Cup.
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Abdelhamid Berguiga
Oh Ddog Yi
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Qiu Li
Fahrudin Mustafic
Week 16
The 16th week of the season runs from Monday 29 June to Sunday 5 July.
Kim Yoon Sik Murphy Wiredu
Tengku Mushadad
Valery Hiek
John Wilkinson
Rene Komar
Noh Alam Shah
Syed Karim
Zulfadli Zainal Abidin
Shi Jiayi Faritz Abdul Hameed
Jamil Ali
Masrezwan Masturi
Week 17
The 17th week of the season runs from Monday 6 June to Sunday 12 July.
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Park Tae-Won
Aleksandar Duric
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Week 18
The 18th week of the season runs from Monday 13 June to Sunday 19 July.
Qiu Li ----{{football box
Masnashzreen Masturi
Masrezwan Masturi
Mojtaba Tehranizadeh
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Azhar Baksin
Safuwan Baharudin
Khairul Nizam
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Choi Dong Soo
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Sutee Suksomkit
Week 19
The 19th week of the season runs from Monday 20 June to Friday 24 July. The week is shortened as the Singapore National Team takes on Liverpool in a friendly on Sunday 26 July.
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Gabriel Obatola
Hamid Berguiga
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Jun Jin
Week 20
The 20th week of the season runs from Tuesday 28 July to Sunday 2 August. The week is shortened as the Singapore National Team takes on Liverpool in a friendly on Sunday 26 July.
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Ryota Kobayashi
Akira Takase
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Kengne Ludovick
Peres de Oliveira
Fadzuhasny Juraimi
Week 21
The 21st week of the season runs from Tuesday 3rd to Saturday 8 August. The week is shortened as the country celebrate its National Day on 9 August and the national team prepares for a friendly against China on 12 August. The League will resume on 14 August.
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Safari Wahit
Week 22
Only one game was scheduled for week 22, the week was shortened as the national team was in action during midweek.
Kunihiro Honda
Week 23
The 23rd week of the season runs from Monday 17th to Sunday 23 August.
Therdsak Chaiman
Kenji Arai
Abdelhamid Berguiga
Safari Wahit
Choi Dong-Soo
Yasir Hanapi
Kengne Ludovick
Baihakki Khaizan
Hafiz Rahim
Suhaime Yussof
Safari Wahit
Kim Yoon-Sik
Yu Hyun Koo
Seo Su Jong
Week 24
The 24th week of the season ran from Monday 24 August to Thursday 27 August. The week was shortened to accommodate the Singapore Cup 2009 between 26 August and 4 September. The league resumed on 6 September.
Valery Hiek
Week 25
The 25th week of the season runs from Sunday 6 September to Sunday 13 September. The week is one day longer than normal so as to accommodate the break for Singapore Cup 2009 between 26 and 4 August.
Fadhil Noh
Azhar Sairudin
Peres de Oliveira
Aleksandar Duric
Rastislav Belicak
Abdelhamid Berguiga
Agu Casmir Nazrul Ahmad Nazari
Week 26
The 26th week of the season runs from Monday 14 September to Sunday 20 September.
Park Myung Eun
Park Kang-Jin
Sutee Suksomkit
Gabriel Obatola
Week 27
The 27th week of the season runs from Monday 21 September to Sunday 27 September.
Afiq Yunos
Week 28
The 28th week of the season runs from Monday 28 September to Sunday 4 October.
Oh In-Kyun
Ivan Jerkovic
Agu Casmir
Kenji Adachihara
Akira Takase
Fadhil Noh
Seo Su-Jong
Week 29
The 29th week of the season runs from Monday 5 October to Sunday 11 October. The week has fewer match to accommodate the Singapore Cup semi finals.
Jeon Byung-Euk
Kwon Jin
Seo Su-Jong
Khairul Nizam
Week 30
The 30th week of the season runs from Monday 12 October to Sunday 18 October.
Choi Dong Soo
Kengne Ludovick
Aliff Shafaein
Week 31
The 31st week of the season ran from Tuesday 20 October to Friday 23 October. The week was shortened to accommodate the National Team participation in the Ho Chi Minh City Football Tournament. The schedule was revised after DPMM Brunei was denied to continue playing in the League by FIFA.
Choi Dong Soo
Week 32
The 32nd week of the season runs from Tuesday 27 October to Saturday 31 October.
Fazrul Nawaz
Khairul Amri
Benoit Croissant
Shariff Samat
Choi Dong-Soo Peres de Oliveira
Report
Fazli Ayob
Khairul Nizam
Gabriel Quak
Week 33
The 33rd week of the season runs from Tuesday 2 November to Friday 6 November. It was the final week of the 2009 season.
Kingsley Njoku Yasir Hanapi
Tetsuya Kishida
Ken Matsumoto
Murphy Wiredu
Goals
Top Scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandar Đurić | Singapore Armed Forces | 28 |
| 2 | NGR Gabriel Obatola | Gombak United | 24 |
| 3 | CMR Kengne Ludovick | Home United | 18 |
| 4 | JPN Kenji Adachihara | JPN Albirex Niigata FC (S) | 16 |
| 5 | BRA Peres de Oliveira | Home United | 15 |
| 6 | Noh Alam Shah | Tampines Rovers | 14 |
| 7 | KOR Choi Dong-Soo | KOR Super Reds | 13 |
| 8 | Agu Casmir | Gombak United | 12 |
| 9 | John Wilkinson | Singapore Armed Forces | 11 |
| 10 | Thailand Sutee Suksomkit | Tampines Rovers | 8 |
| Brunei Shahrazen Said | BRU DPMM FC | ||
| Qiu Li | Tampines Rovers | ||
| KOR Seo Su Jong | KOR Super Reds | ||
| NGR Kingsley Njoku | Gombak United | ||
| Canada Murphy Wiredu | Sengkang Punggol |
Own goals
| Scorer | Club | Opponent | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shariff Abdul Samat | Tampines Rovers | BRU DPMM FC | 3 April 2009 |
| SAFFC | 9 May 2009 | ||
| Jufri Taha | Balestier Khalsa | Woodlands Wellington | 6 April 2009 |
| SAFFC | 14 May 2009 | ||
| Shahir Hamzah | SIN Young Lions | BRU DPMM FC | 16 May 2009 |
| Sahairi Ramri | Balestier Khalsa | Super Reds | 26 June 2009 |
| Razaleigh Khalik | SAFFC | SIN Young Lions | 27 June 2009 |
| IRI Mojtaba Tehranizadeh | Woodlands Wellington | Geylang United | 15 July 2009 |
| Hyrulnizam Juma'at | SIN Young Lions | Sengkang Punggol | 16 July 2009 |
| Slovakia Rastislav Beličák | Geylang United | SAFFC | 9 September 2009 |
| Nigeria Obadin Aikhena | SIN Young Lions | Gombak United | 10 September 2009 |
Hat-tricks
| Scorer | Club | Opponent | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandar Đurić | SAFFC | JPN Albirex Niigata (S) | 26 March 2009 |
| SIN Young Lions | 17 August 2009 | ||
| NGR Gabriel Obatola | Gombak United | Balestier Khalsa | 24 April 2009 |
| 27 October 2009 | |||
| JPN Norikazu Murakami | Home United | Woodlands Wellington | 30 March 2009 |
| CMR Kengne Ludovick | Home United | BRU DPMM FC | 2 August 2009 |
| BRA Peres de Oliveira | Home United | Tampines Rovers | 6 August 2009 |
| Noh Alam Shah | Tampines Rovers | Sengkang Punggol | 11 September 2009 |
| KOR Ham Hyeong-Kyu | Home United | Woodlands Wellington | 25 September 2009 |
Kits and main sponsors
| Team | Kitmaker | Main Sponsor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Albirex Niigata (S) | Adidas | Sanyo | |
| Balestier Khalsa | Umbro | Civics Ambulance & | |
| FTMS Global | |||
| BRU DPMM FC | Lotto | Sri Sentosa SDN BHD | |
| Geylang United | Lotto | Five Star Tours | Lotto replaces Diadora as kit-maker |
| Gombak United | Lotto | None | |
| Home United | Kappa | Coca-Cola | |
| SAFFC | Umbro | STAR Automotive Centre & | |
| United Engineers Limited | |||
| Sengkang Punggol | Uhlsport | None | |
| Super Reds | Umbro | QT Technology | |
| Tampines Rovers | Dal | Hyundai | |
| Woodlands Wellington | Umbro | Sembcorp | |
| SIN Young Lions | Nike | None |
Stadia and attendance
Stadia
| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Albirex Niigata (S) | Jurong East Stadium | 2,700 | |
| Balestier Khalsa | Toa Payoh Stadium | 3,896 | |
| BRU DPMM FC | Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium | 30,000 | |
| Geylang United | Bedok Stadium | 3,864 | |
| Gombak United | Jurong West Stadium | 4,000 | |
| Home United | Clementi Stadium | 4,000 | Move from Bishan Stadium as it is undergoing upgrading programme for the [2010 YOG](2010-summer-youth-olympics) |
| Singapore Armed Forces | Choa Chu Kang Stadium | 4,600 | |
| Sengkang Punggol | Hougang Stadium | 2,500 | |
| KOR Super Reds | Yishun Stadium | 3,400 | |
| Tampines Rovers | Tampines Stadium | 3,580 | |
| Woodlands Wellington | Woodlands Stadium | 4,300 | |
| SIN Young Lions | Jalan Besar Stadium | 6,000 |
- The league plays all its Friday matches, which is televised live on MediaCorp Channel 5, at the Jalan Besar Stadium. An exception is when the AYG 2009 is in process, matches are played on the Home stadiums of the home team.
Attendance
The League will only play 193 matches after Brunei DPMM were unable to complete the season.
| Team | Hosted | Average | Highest | Lowest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRU DPMM FC | 13 | 5,681 | 10,583 | 3,296 | 73,850 |
| Tampines Rovers | 16 | 2,396 | 3,809 | 1,115 | 38,333 |
| Singapore Armed Forces | 17 | 2,381 | 4,377 | 1,365 | 40,479 |
| Gombak United | 17 | 2,235 | 3,117 | 1,623 | 37,994 |
| Geylang United | 17 | 1,886 | 4,012 | 769 | 32,059 |
| Sengkang Punggol | 17 | 1,712 | 4,230 | 912 | 29,106 |
| SIN Young Lions | 16 | 1,648 | 3,000 | 940 | 26,373 |
| Balestier Khalsa | 17 | 1,556 | 3,486 | 616 | 26,454 |
| JPN Albirex Niigata (S) | 16 | 1,562 | 2,429 | 1,031 | 24,991 |
| Woodlands Wellington | 16 | 1,396 | 2,976 | 989 | 22,328 |
| KOR Super Reds | 16 | 1,335 | 2,543 | 564 | 21,357 |
| Home United | 15 | 1,343 | 3,664 | 649 | 20,147 |
| **Total** | **193** | **2,039** | **10,583** | **564** | **393,471** |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sengkang Punggol | [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg | 20px | Germany]] Jörg Steinebrunner | Mutual Consent | Aide Iskandar | June 2009 | 10th |
S-League Awards Night Winners
The winners will be announced on 9 November 2009 on the 14th Great Eastern-YEO’S S.League Awards Night.
| Awards | Winners | |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year | Valery Hiek (Home United) | |
| Young Player of the Year | Gabriel Obatola (Gombak United) | |
| Coach of the Year | Richard Bok (SAFFC) | |
| Top Scorer Award | Aleksandar Đurić (SAFFC) | |
| Fair Play Award | Home United | |
| Referee of the Year | P Pandian | |
| Assistant Referee of the Year | Jeffrey Goh | |
| Goal of the Year | Ahmad Latiff (SAFFC) (vs Albirex Niigata FC (S) on 26 March @ Choa Chu Kang Stadium) | |
| Fan Club of the Year | SAFFC | |
| Story of the Year | Wang Meng Meng (The Straits Times) - "Alam Shah : Why I’m who I am" | |
| Picture of the Year | Lim Kok Meng (Lianhe Zaobao) - “Balestier Khalsa Australia striker Bryan Soane has a tough | |
| time roughing out Geylang United defender Walid Lounis tackle” | ||
| People's Choice Award | Gabriel Obatola (Gombak United) |
References
References
- "TODAYonline".
- "S-League unveils DPMM FC as 12th club for 2009 season".
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091003015843/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/media/newsid=1109930.html#key+decisions+reached+rio Key decisions reached in Rio]
- "S League".
- "Lotto switch for Geylang".
- "All Change as Dolphins start again".
- "S League".
- "S League".
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