# 2006 S.League

2006 S.League was the eleventh season of Singapore's professional football league. It was won by Singapore Armed Forces, 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 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) and 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 |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 70 | 42 | +28 | 57 | Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 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 | |
* ↑ Tampines qualified as 2006 Singapore Cup 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 |