The 2012 S.League was the 17th season of the S-League, the top professional football league in Singapore. It is known as the Great Eastern-Yeo's S.League for sponsorship reasons.
Tampines Rovers won their fourth title, finishing top of a 13-team league.
Teams Etoile FC withdrew their participation in the league to concentrate on grassroots football and youth development. DPMM FC have re-entered the league, coming back since they were suspended by FIFA in the 2009 campaign. Harimau Muda of Malaysia have also entered the fray.
Team Coach Stadium Capacity Location Albirex Niigata (S) Koichi Sugiyama Jurong East Stadium 2,700 Jurong EastBalestier Khalsa Darren Stewart Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900 Toa Payoh DPMM FC Vjeran Simunić Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium 30,000 Bandar Seri Begawan, BruneiGeylang United V. Kanakarajan Bedok Stadium 3,900 BedokGombak United K. Balagumaran Jurong West Stadium 3,200 Jurong West Harimau Muda Ong Kim Swee Yishun Stadium 3,400 YishunHome United Lee Lim-Saeng Bishan Stadium 4,100 BishanHougang United Nenad Bacina Hougang Stadium 2,500 HougangSingapore Armed Forces Richard Bok Choa Chu Kang Stadium 4,600 Choa Chu KangTampines Rovers Tay Peng Kee Clementi Stadium 4,000 ClementiTanjong Pagar United Terry Pathmanathan Queenstown Stadium 3,800 QueenstownWoodlands Wellington Salim Moin Woodlands Stadium 4,300 Woodlands Young Lions Robin Chitrakar Jalan Besar Stadium 8,000 Kallang
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Geylang United Mike Wong Moved to Prime League squad V. Kanakarajan Tampines Rovers Steven Tan Moved to Prime League squad Tay Peng Kee
Stadium changes
Tampines Rovers moved into the Clementi Stadium due to the early commencement of the Tampines Sports Hub project which makes the Tampines Stadium unusable. With Tampines moving into the Clementi Stadium, Tanjong Pagar United are moving out and back to the Queenstown Stadium which they previously vacated back in 2004. Queenstown Stadium was last used by Etoile FC.
Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former Player Balestier Khalsa Park Kang-jin Goran Šubara Paul Cunningham Zdravko Dragićević Jang Jo-yoon DPMM FC Patrick da Silva Tales dos Santos Ivan Jerković Osman Bashiru Rodrigo Gral Geylang United Mun Seung-man Stefan Milojević Jozef Kapláň Michael King Rhema Obed Oliver Nicholas Gombak United Jung Hee-bong Christoper Anderson Obadin Aikhena Julien Durand None Home United Kenji Arai Shotaro Ihata Franklin Anzite Frederic Mendy None Hougang United Jordan Webb Stanislav Vidaković Ante Barać Mamadou M. Diallo None Singapore Armed Forces Tatsuro Inui Shimpei Sakurada Mislav Karoglan Marin Vidošević Seiji Saito Tampines Rovers Saša Dreven Benoit Croissant Gligor Gligorov Sead Hadžibulić Davor Piškor Tanjong Pagar United Takaya Kawanabe Gilbert Bayonne Anthony Aymard Carlos Delgado Jang In-jun Lee Joo-sang Woodlands Wellington Moon Soon-Ho Hussein Akil Daniel Hammond Fabien Lewis None Young Lions Sherif El-Masri Benjamin Lee Jonathan Toto Sirina Camara None Albirex Niigata (S) and Harimau Muda are not allowed hire any foreigners.
League table
Results
Season statistics
Goalscorers . RankPlayerClubGoals1 Frédéric MendyHome United202 Jozef KapláňGeylang United14 Mislav KaroglanSingapore Armed Forces144 Shahrazen Said DPMM FC135 Jordan WebbHougang United12 Yasuhiro Yamakoshi Albirex Niigata (S)12Aleksandar ĐurićTampines Rovers128 Shotaro IhataHome United109Fazrul NawazSingapore Armed Forces9 Shimpei SakuradaSingapore Armed Forces911 Sead HadžibulićTampines Rovers8
Attendance figures
S-League Awards Night Winners
Awards WinnersPlayer of the YearAleksandar Đurić (Tampines Rovers)Young Player of the Year Wan Zack Haikal ( Harimau Muda A)Coach of the Year Vjeran Simunić ( DPMM FC)Top Scorer Award Frédéric Mendy (Home United) Fair Play Award Albirex Niigata (S)Referee of the Year Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir
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