# 2011 S.League

The 2011 S.League was the 16th season of the S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. Tampines Rovers FC won their third title. As in the previous season the S.League was not allowed to send a team to the AFC Champions League because of the participation of a foreign team in the league.

## Teams

Beijing Guoan Talent withdrew their participation in the league after just one season. They were replaced by Tanjong Pagar United, who returned to the highest football league of Singapore after a seven-year absence. The club will be based at Clementi Stadium.
In further changes, Sengkang Punggol were renamed to Hougang United. Moreover, Home United moved back to Bishan Stadium after splitting their previous season home matches between Clementi Stadium and Jalan Besar Stadium.
| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Location | Main Sponsor | Apparel Sponsor |
| Albirex Niigata (S) | Jurong East Stadium | 2,700 | Jurong East | Canon | Adidas |
| Balestier Khalsa | Toa Payoh Stadium | 3,900 | Toa Payoh | Civic Ambulance FTMS Global | Umbro |
| Étoile | Queenstown Stadium | 3,800 | Queenstown | - | Acono |
| Geylang United | Bedok Stadium | 3,900 | Bedok | - | Lotto |
| Gombak United | Jurong West Stadium | 3,200 | Jurong West | - | Erke |
| Home United | Bishan Stadium | 4,100 | Bishan | Coca-Cola | Kappa |
| Hougang United | Hougang Stadium | 2,500 | Hougang | - | Mitre |
| Singapore Armed Forces | Choa Chu Kang Stadium | 4,600 | Choa Chu Kang | Star Automotive Centre United Engineers Limited | Umbro |
| Tampines Rovers | Tampines Stadium | 3,600 | Tampines | Hyundai | DAL |
| Tanjong Pagar United | Clementi Stadium | 4,000 | Clementi | Michezo Group | Thorb |
| Woodlands Wellington | Woodlands Stadium | 4,300 | Woodlands | - | Mitre |
| Young Lions | Jalan Besar Stadium | 6,000 | Kallang | Courts | Nike |

## 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 |
| Balestier Khalsa | Lim Young-woo | Kim Young-kwang | Paul Cunningham | Mark McGough | Vahid Bogučanin | Vitor Borges |
| Geylang International | Kim Jae-hong | Jeon Byung-guk | Yuta Nakano | Daniel Hammond | None | Joo Ki-hwan Jung Hee-bong Vasile Ghindaru |
| Gombak United | Park Kang-jin | Jang Jo-yoon | Jung Hee-bong | Obadin Aikhena | Shane Ryan | Kwon Jin-sung |
| Home United | Kim Dae-eui | Kenji Arai | Frederic Mendy | Valery Hiek | Sherif El-Masri | Lee Sang-ha |
| Hougang United | Carlos Alberto Delgado | Diego Gama | Vitor Borges | Jordan Webb | Mamadou M. Diallo | Fumiya Kobayashi |
| SAFFC | Taisuke Akiyoshi | Goran Subara | Ivan Jerkovic | Mislav Karoglan | Luka Savić | Daniel Hammond |
| Tampines Rovers | Seiji Kaneko | Akihiro Nakamura | Benoit Croissant | Yohann Lacroix | Hengthaveephokasub Panuwat | Park Yo-seb |
| Tanjong Pagar | Kim Seong-kyu | Kim Jong-oh | Takaya Kawanabe | Cyril Bagnost | None | Hyun Jong-woon |
| Woodlands | Hyun Jong-woon | Moon Soon-ho | Fumiya Kobayashi | Munier Raychouni | None | Adrian Butters Leonardo Aleixa da Costa Graham Tatters |
* Albirex Niigata (S) and Étoile FC are not allowed to hire any foreigners.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tampines Rovers | 33 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 71 | 25 | +46 | 78 | Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 2 | Home United | 33 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 81 | 29 | +52 | 77 | Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 3 | Singapore Armed Forces | 33 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 74 | 39 | +35 | 66 | |
| 4 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 33 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 80 | 34 | +46 | 65 | |
| 5 | Étoile | 33 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 62 | |
| 6 | Gombak United | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 48 | |
| 7 | Hougang United | 33 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 55 | 63 | −8 | 43 | |
| 8 | Geylang United | 33 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 41 | |
| 9 | Young Lions | 33 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 27 | |
| 10 | Balestier Khalsa | 33 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 28 | 63 | −35 | 26 | |
| 11 | Tanjong Pagar United | 33 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 77 | −56 | 14 | |
| 12 | Woodlands Wellington | 33 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 92 | −70 | 13 | |
* ↑ Qualified as 2011 Singapore Cup winners.
* 1 2 Étoile and Hougang United were deducted five points each for gross misconduct and bringing the game into disrepute which led to their match on 23 May 2011 being called off before kick-off.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mislav Karoglan | Singapore Armed Forces | 33 |
| 2 | Aleksandar Đurić | Tampines Rovers | 26 |
| 3 | Shotaro Ihata | Albirex Niigata (S) | 22 |
| 4 | Frédéric Mendy | Home United | 21 |
| 5 | Qiu Li | Home United | 17 |
| 6 | Fazrul Nawaz | Singapore Armed Forces | 15 |
| 7 | Tatsuro Inui | Albirex Niigata (S) | 14 |
| 7 | Jordan Webb | Hougang United | 14 |
| 9 | Bruno Castanheira | Albirex Niigata (S) | 12 |
| 9 | Jonathan Toto | Étoile | 12 |

## Results

Every team will play the other teams a total of three times, either twice at home and once away or vice versa, for a total of 33 matches per team.

### Regular home matches

| Home \ Away | ALB | BAL | ETO | GLU | GOM | HOM | HOU | SAF | TAM | TPU | WLW | YLI |
| Albirex Niigata (S) | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 6–3 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 |
| Balestier Khalsa | 0–1 | | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Étoile | 2–7 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Geylang United | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Gombak United | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Home United | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Hougang United | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–5 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Singapore Armed Forces | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 |
| Tampines Rovers | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 |
| Tanjong Pagar United | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Woodlands Wellington | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 0–4 |
| Young Lions | 0–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |

### Extra home matches

| Home \ Away | ALB | BAL | ETO | GLU | GOM | HOM | HOU | SAF | TAM | TPU | WLW | YLI |
| Albirex Niigata (S) | | | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | |
| Balestier Khalsa | 1–3 | | | | 0–2 | 0–4 | | 1–3 | | | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Étoile | | 3–0 | | | | | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 6–1 | | 3–2 |
| Geylang United | | 3–2 | 2–3 | | | | 1–2 | 3–6 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 1–0 |
| Gombak United | | | 0–3 | 2–0 | | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | | |
| Home United | 0–4 | | | 5–0 | 2–1 | | | | | | 2–1 | |
| Hougang United | | 2–0 | | | | 0–2 | | | | | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Singapore Armed Forces | | | 4–1 | | | 0–4 | | | 1–3 | 4–0 | | 3–0 |
| Tampines Rovers | | 5–0 | | | | 1–0 | 3–1 | | | 1–0 | | |
| Tanjong Pagar United | | 1–2 | | | | 0–3 | 1–3 | | | | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Woodlands Wellington | 1–5 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | | | | 0–4 | | | |
| Young Lions | 1–1 | | | | 0–1 | | | | | | 5–1 | |

## Attendance figures

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Singapore Armed Forces | 27,500 | 3,008 | 569 | 1,618 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Home United | 22,103 | 2,295 | 682 | 1,381 | n/a$^†$ |
| 3 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 22,504 | 1,988 | 654 | 1,324 | n/a$^†$ |
| 4 | Tampines Rovers | 21,045 | 2,907 | 457 | 1,315 | n/a$^†$ |
| 5 | Gombak United | 19,775 | 2,352 | 382 | 1,163 | n/a$^†$ |
| 6 | Young Lions | 16,603 | 2,728 | 344 | 1,038 | n/a$^†$ |
| 7 | Hougang United | 14,879 | 1,683 | 314 | 875 | n/a$^†$ |
| 8 | Tanjong Pagar United | 13,345 | 1,587 | 346 | 834 | n/a$^†$ |
| 9 | Balestier Khalsa | 14,083 | 1,333 | 424 | 828 | n/a$^†$ |
| 10 | Geylang United | 13,915 | 1,283 | 257 | 819 | n/a$^†$ |
| 11 | Étoile | 9,657 | 1,044 | 221 | 617 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Woodlands Wellington | 9,221 | 859 | 244 | 576 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 205,054 | 3,008 | 221 | 1,036 | n/a$^†$ |
Source: www.sleague.com

## S-League Awards Night Winners

| Awards | Winners |
| Player of the Year | Mislav Karoglan (Singapore Armed Forces) |
| Young Player of the Year | Tatsuro Inui (Albirex Niigata (S)) |
| Coach of the Year | Koichi Sugiyama (Albirex Niigata (S)) |
| Top Scorer Award | Mislav Karoglan (Singapore Armed Forces) |
| Fair Play Award | Albirex Niigata (S) |