2009 Singapore Football Thread

The game is about having ONE percent of the chance and Geylang took that chance and scored.


http://www.bolasepako.com/2009/11/thank-you-yazid.html

 

Wow, that's lots of good work, clap-clap & keep it up!!

 

The league authority would have a lot to answer and convince the large number of dwindling local football supporters over the decision to admit another foreign club into the foray.

http://www.bolasepako.com/2009/11/why-we-have-to-go-through-this-again.html

 

Before the next season begin, let's take a look at the All-time records by clubs thru 2009:


Pts#(Prev) Club-- GP- W PKW D- L-- F-- A-- GD-- Pts PPG PPG#(Prev)
1 (1) SAFFC ----- 388 260 2 65 061 960 457 +503 849 2.188 01 (1)
2 (2) Home ------ 387 218 2 67 100 808 514 +294 725 1.873 02 (2)
3 (3) Tampines -- 387 189 3 79 116 749 533 +216 652 1.685 03 (3)
4 (4) Geylang --- 388 174 3 79 132 656 516 +140 607 1.564 04 (4)
5 (5) Woodlands-- 387 142 4 89 152 616 635 -019 517 1.336 09 (9)
6 (6) Balestier-- 387 099 2 86 200 531 778 -247 387 1.000 14 (13)
7 (7) Tjg.Pagar-- 234 100 2 46 086 399 385 +014 350 1.496 05 (5)
8 (8) Gombak ---- 256 081 0 64 111 363 433 -070 307 1.199 11 (11)
9 (9) YoungLions- 213 076 1 48 088 326 357 -031 278 1.305 10 (10)
10 (10) Jurong -- 179 070 7 29 073 261 274 -013 253 1.413 07 (6)
11 (12) Albirex-- 180 066 0 49 065 279 270 +009 247 1.372 08 (8)
12 (13) Sengkang- 289 051 8 57 175 298 619 -321 224 0.775 18 (18)
13 (11) Sembawang 207 053 5 47 102 256 409 -149 216 1.043 12 (12)
14 (14) SuperReds 096 041 0 20 035 144 146 -002 143 1.490 06 (7)
15 (15) Clementi- 110 022 0 29 059 150 261 -111 095 0.864 16 (16)
16 (16) Sinchi -- 087 022 6 13 046 109 167 -058 088 1.011 13 (14)
17 (17) Liaoning- 033 008 0 05 020 033 063 -030 029 0.879 15 (15)
18 (18) Sporting- 030 005 0 09 026 036 059 -023 024 0.800 17 (17)
19 (19) Dalian -- 033 005 0 07 021 026 075 -055 022 0.667 19 (19)
20 (20) PayaLebar 027 001 0 01 025 023 078 -055 004 0.148 20 (20)
21 (21) Bru.DPMM- 000 000 0 00 000 000 000 0000 000 0.000 21 (21)

Highlights:

1) SAFFC is on course to become the 1st team to score >1000 league goals in 2010!
2) Balestier has the exact same number of points as the number of games played.
3) Gombak is poised to overtake Tanjong Pagar into 7th-place next season.
4) Albirex just need 6 more points to overtake Jurong into 10th-place.
5) Super Reds finally have more wins than losses all-time.
6) Sengkang Punggol?? Same old same old...
7) DPMM: Better luck next season?

 

Alternate version with DPMM's records (28 games) in 2009,

Pts#(Prev) Club-- GP- W PKW D- L-- F-- A-- GD-- Pts PPG PPG#(Prev)
1 (1) SAFFC ----- 390 260 2 66 062 961 459 +502 850 2.179 01 (1)
2 (2) Home ------ 389 220 2 67 100 816 515 +301 731 1.879 02 (2)
3 (3) Tampines -- 390 190 3 81 116 754 537 +217 657 1.685 04 (3)
4 (4) Geylang --- 391 175 3 80 133 660 522 +138 611 1.563 06 (4)
5 (5) Woodlands-- 390 143 4 89 154 619 640 -021 520 1.333 10 (9)
6 (6) Balestier-- 390 099 2 86 203 532 784 -247 387 0.992 15 (13)
7 (7) Tjg.Pagar-- 234 100 2 46 086 399 385 +014 350 1.496 05 (5)
8 (8) Gombak ---- 258 081 0 65 112 367 438 -071 308 1.194 11 (11)
9 (9) YoungLions- 216 076 1 49 090 327 360 -033 279 1.292 12 (10)
10 (10) Jurong -- 179 070 7 29 073 261 274 -013 253 1.413 08 (6)
11 (12) Albirex-- 182 066 0 50 066 282 274 +008 248 1.363 09 (8)
12 (13) Sengkang- 291 052 8 55 176 300 621 -321 227 0.780 18 (18)
13 (11) Sembawang 207 053 5 47 102 256 409 -149 216 1.043 13 (12)
14 (14) SuperReds 099 041 0 21 037 147 151 -004 144 1.455 07 (7)
15 (15) Clementi- 110 022 0 29 059 150 261 -111 095 0.864 16 (16)
16 (16) Sinchi -- 087 022 6 13 046 109 167 -058 088 1.011 14 (14)
17 (NA) Bru.DPMM- 028 014 0 08 006 043 035 +008 050 1.786 03 (NA)
18 (17) Liaoning- 033 008 0 05 020 033 063 -030 029 0.879 15 (15)
19 (18) Sporting- 030 005 0 09 026 036 059 -023 024 0.800 17 (17)
20 (19) Dalian -- 033 005 0 07 021 026 075 -055 022 0.667 19 (19)
21 (20) PayaLebar 027 001 0 01 025 023 078 -055 004 0.148 20 (20)

Basically, nothing much have changed here, other than:

1) DPMM would have moved above all the other "one-seaon" teams.
2) DPMM would have also shot up to 3rd-place in the table base on PPG,
3) Geylang would became the team that played the most number of league games (391).
4) Balestier would became the only original team (since 1996) with a PPG of less than 1.000.
5) Most teams would have had a lower PPG as compared to the DPMM-less table, except for Home United and... Sengkang!!

 

All-time S'pore Cup records (since 1997) by clubs

Pts#(Prev) Club ---- GP W- D- L- F-- A- GD- Pts PPG-- PPG#(Prev)
1 (1) SAFFC -------- 60 37 12 11 131 69 +62 123 2.050 01 (01) **
2 (2) Home --------- 56 34 08 14 134 68 +66 110 1.964 03 (02) **
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3 (3) Geylang ------ 51 31 05 15 096 64 +32 98 1.922 04 (03) **
4 (4) Tampines ----- 59 26 11 22 111 97 +14 89 1.508 07 (08) **
5 (5) Woodlands ---- 55 22 08 25 91 108 -17 74 1.345 10 (10) **
6 (6) Tjg. Pagar --- 30 13 09 08 047 34 +13 48 1.600 06 (06)
7 (7) Balestier ---- 39 11 08 20 063 76 -13 41 1.051 15 (14) **
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8 (8) Jurong -------- 26 9 3 14 48 51 -03 30 1.154 14 (12)
9 (9) YoungLions ---- 20 8 5 07 33 29 +04 29 1.450 08 (07) **
10 (10) Sengkang ---- 25 6 7 12 35 58 -23 25 1.000 17 (15) **
11 (11) Sembawang --- 23 6 3 14 24 55 -31 21 0.913 18 (18)
12 (16) Albirex ----- 15 6 2 07 22 25 -03 20 1.333 12 (13) **
13 (17) TTM ---------- 9 5 3 01 18 16 +02 18 2.000 02 (5) **
14 (12) Gombak ------ 22 4 5 13 31 54 -21 17 0.773 20 (19) **
15 (13) Bangkok U ---- 9 5 1 03 10 06 +04 16 1.778 05 (04)
16 (14) Sinchi ------ 11 4 1 06 23 25 -02 13 1.182 13 (11)
17 (NA) Bangkok Glass- 6 3 1 02 15 09 +06 10 1.333 11 (NA) **
18 (15) Chonburi ----- 7 3 1 03 14 11 +03 10 1.423 09 (09)
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19 (18) SuperReds ---- 5 1 1 3 05 11 -6 4 0.800 19 (16) **
20 (36) Phnom Penh --- 6 1 1 4 10 19 -9 4 0.666 22 (36) **
21 (19) Indonesia U23- 3 1 0 2 03 10 -7 3 1.000 16 (17)
22 (33) Brunei DPMM -- 8 1 0 7 05 14 -9 3 0.375 23 (33) **
23 (20) Police SA ---- 4 1 0 3 7 19 -12 3 0.750 21 (20)
24 (21) Clementi ----- 6 0 1 5 10 17 -7 1 0.167 24 (21)
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25 (22) Liaoning ---- 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0 0.000 25 (22)
26 (23) Afrique ----- 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0 0.000 26 (23)
27 (24) Paya Lebar -- 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0.000 27 (24)
28 (NA) Pelita Jaya - 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 0.000 28 (NA) **
29 (25) Malaysia U23- 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0 0.000 29 (25)
30 (26) AndrewAve --- 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 0.000 30 (26)
31 (27) PEA --------- 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 0 0.000 31 (27)
32 (28) SgCricketClub 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0 0.000 32 (28)
33 (29) Dalian ------ 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0 0.000 33 (29)
34 (30) Sembawang SC- 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0 0.000 34 (30)
35 (31) Tessensohn -- 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0 0.000 35 (31)
36 (32) Tampines SC - 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0 0.000 36 (32)
37 (34) Cosmoleague - 1 0 0 1 0 6 -6 0 0.000 37 (34)
38 (35) Mountbatten - 1 0 0 1 0 7 -7 0 0.000 38 (35)

** Teams participated in 2009 edition.

Highlights:

1. Yeah I know it's a very long table, the Wiki version should be much more readable...

2. Most improved teams (by PPG):
- Bangkok Glass (joint-37th to 11th): 26 places!!
- Phnom Penh (36th to 22nd): 14 places
- DPMM (33rd to 23rd): 11 places...
- Pelita Jaya (joint-37th to 28th): 9 places

3. Sengkang has the same number of points and games played.

 

All-time Table of SG League Cup with PPG (Points-per-Game):


Pts#(Prev) Club----- Seasons GP W D L F- A- GD Pts PPG PPG#(Prev)
01 (01) Gombak---- 3 (2007-) 11 5 4 2 15 10 +6 19 1.727 03 (02)
02 (02) SuperReds- 3 (2007-) 10 5 3 2 13 06 +7 18 1.800 02 (03)
03 (03) Balestier- 3 (2007-) 09 4 2 3 11 07 +3 14 1.555 04 (04)
04 (NA) DPMM------ 1 (2009-) 05 4 1 0 12 05 +7 13 2.600 01 (NA)
05 (04) Woodlands- 3 (2007-) 09 3 4 2 17 11 +6 13 1.444 05 (01)
06 (08) Home------ 3 (2007-) 10 3 4 3 13 14 -1 13 1.300 07 (09)
07 (06) Tampines-- 3 (2007-) 06 2 2 2 08 06 +2 08 1.333 06 (05)
08 (12) SAFFC----- 2 (200 07 2 2 3 07 10 -3 08 1.143 08 (12)
09 (05) YoungLions 2 (200 08 2 2 4 11 17 -6 08 1.000 09 (07)
10 (10) Sengkang-- 3 (2007-) 06 1 2 3 05 13 -8 05 0.833 10 (06)
11 (10) Geylang--- 2 (200 04 1 0 3 07 10 -3 03 0.750 11 (10)
12 (09) Albirex--- 3 (2007-) 06 1 0 5 03 11 -8 03 0.500 12 (08)
13 (11) Dalian---- 1 (200 01 0 0 1 00 01 -1 00 0.000 13 (11)

Highlights:

1. DPMM is on top base on PPG.
2. Woodlands, last season's leaders, slipped to 5th this term.
3. SAFFC finally moved off the bottom of the table with a solid cup run.

 

Just a recollection of my blog entries of the recent SEA Games, which saw the Cubs retained the bronze in some topsy-turvy fashion..

http://www.bolasepako.com/2009/12/skype-sea-games-group-b-singapore-vs.html

http://www.bolasepako.com/2009/12/sea-games-group-b-myanmar-vs-singapore.html

http://www.bolasepako.com/2009/12/sea-games-laos-vs-singapore.html

http://www.bolasepako.com/2009/12/sea-games-semi-final-singapore-vs.html

http://www.bolasepako.com/2009/12/sea-games-bronze-medal-match-laos-vs.html

Let's hope what they did is what they preached for - prepare for the future, now it's up them to see if they can "jadi" or not

 

14 years down the road what had we achieved?

“Below-average moderate” as I am to grade the overall achievement for the league.

Yes, it provides a chance for any budding footballer to earn a livelihood out of kicking a ball around, also ample of jobs in coaching and club administration, etc.

Despite the constant proclamation as “one of the top 10 leagues in Asia”, it's not hard to see that there's a lot to be done to overcome some teething issues bugging the league.

http://www.bolasepako.com/2009/12/13-deemed-unlucky.html

 

As someone resident in the UK, and having not been to Singapore for two years, I may not be best placed to comment on the league. But I am not going to let that stop me!

The lack of a community base to the S-League has always been a hinderence to it increasing its support. Only six of the eleven clubs that finished the season have a geographical reference (within Singapore) in their name, but I have never seen any evidence that these six are trying to garner a relationship within their locality. It also appears to me that there is little in the way of rivalary between the residents of the different townships around the island.

In England, the rivalary between say, Liverpool and Manchester, or Sunderland and Newcastle has a long term tradition and goes far beyond football. Tampines v Geylang?
Still, creating some localised events, appearances at shopping centres, childrens training sessions, etc., can produce some connection with the local communities.

My experience in Singapore suggests that people do not have a strong connection to the townships, but see themselves primarily as Singaporeans.

The admission this season of DPMM should have been a breath of fresh air. I wonder if the FAS did all they could do to hold on to them, or whether they were unhappy at the prospect of the 'foreigners' being in the top three? I am even more dissapointed that they do not appear to be given every chance to resolve the problems in time for next season. For those matches I saw figures, the attendances in Brunei far outstripped those in Singapore, and there is also the possibility they are more in line with the actual numbers within the stadium. (The figures being consistent with my only trip to Brunei).

I take it as read, that there is a still a major discrepancy between the crowd figures released for Singaporean league games, and the actual numbers in the stadiums, thanks to the large numbers of tickets issued to the sponsors but not used.

FIFA's decision to demand a five year residency rule puts a spoke in the plans to improve the national team with imported players - so the FAS will have to improve youth coaching if the national team is to keep competing with its local rivals, let alone improve its ratings in international terms. This coaching has to start at the very youngest of age groups. The FAS has to see that the S-League clubs are the basis of this coaching, in order to achieve the joint purpose of improving status both nationally and internationally.

 

Singapore to take part in the 40th King's Cup along with Poland, Denmark and hosts Thailand. The tournament, in Nakhon Ratchasima, runs from January 17th - 23rd. I live in Nakhon Ratchasima and will be attending every game. News, match reports and photos will be on my website www.clubwebsite.co.uk/koratfc

 

The national team and the visiting Omani squad kicked start their two-game friendly series with a 0-0 draw at the refurbished Bishan Stadium.

Just like any prep game for bigger match that follows, it was used a platform for some experimental play and fine-tuning of some issues that coach Raddy would like to remedy who is also facing some problem such as the absence of Arema Malang striker Noh Alam Shah and Home United's Shi Jiayi, both are still on the casualty list.

http://www.bolasepako.com/2009/12/countdown-to-6th-jan-2010part-one.html

 

Anyone know the rules for international players playing in the S-league?
Additionally, are there any Americans currently playing over there?

Thanks guys!