1997 S.League

The 1997 S.League was the 2nd season of the S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. The format of the league was changed, a single season of home and away matches replacing the split seasons and a playoff model of the 1996 season.

The 1997 S.League championship was won by Singapore Armed Forces FC.

Teams

Police Football Club underwent a rebranding, being renamed as Home United while NFL side Jurong Town Football Club, who renamed themselves Jurong FC, joined the competition taking the number of participating clubs to 9. As a result of the construction of the new Jurong East Stadium being incomplete, Jurong FC used Bukit Gombak Stadium as their home ground for the 1997 S.League season.

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Location
Balestier Central	Toa Payoh Stadium	3,900	Toa Payoh
Geylang United	Bedok Stadium	3,900	Bedok
Jurong	Bukit Gombak Stadium	3,000	Bukit Batok
Home United	Jalan Besar Stadium	8,000	Kallang
Singapore Armed Forces	Jurong Stadium	6,000	Jurong
Sembawang Rangers	Yishun Stadium	3,400	Yishun
Tampines Rovers	Tampines Stadium	3,600	Tampines
Tiong Bahru United	Queenstown Stadium	3,800	Queenstown
Woodlands Wellington	Woodlands Stadium	4,300	Woodlands

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
Balestier Central	Template:Flagicon Goran Paulić	Template:Flagicon Marko Kraljević	Template:Flagicon Bojan Hodak	None	None
Geylang United	Template:Flagicon Hamid Reza Estili	Template:Flagicon Mohsen Garousi	Template:Flagicon Warren Spink	Template:Flagicon Martin Tierney	None
Home United	Template:Flagicon Egmar Goncalves	Template:Flagicon Fabio da Silva	Template:Flagicon Zsolt Bücs	None	None
Jurong FC	Template:Flagicon Musah Edoe	Template:Flagicon Tanko Tetumah	Template:Flagicon Alan McTurk	None	None
Singapore Armed Forces	Template:Flagicon Ivica Raguž	Template:Flagicon Jure Ereš	Template:Flagicon Velimir Crljen	Template:Flagicon Davor Mioč	None
Sembawang Rangers	Template:Flagicon Zlatko Vidan	Template:Flagicon Milomir Šešlija	Template:Flagicon Ousmane N'Diaye	Template:Flagicon Ignacio Tuhuteru	Template:Flagicon Gary Blissett
Tampines Rovers	Template:Flagicon Scott O'Donell	Template:Flagicon Chris Jackson	None	None	None
Tiong Bahru United	Template:Flagicon Nicodeme Boucher	Template:Flagicon Dragan Talajić	Template:Flagicon Émile Mbouh	Template:Flagicon Håkan Söderstjerna	None
Woodlands Wellington	Template:Flagicon Jan Janostak	Template:Flagicon Stuart Young	Template:Flagicon Max Nicholson	None	None

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Goran Paulić	Balestier Central	21
2	Template:Flagicon Egmar Goncalves	Home United	15
3	Template:Flagicon Jure Ereš	Singapore Armed Forces	14

External links

• S.League 1997