2015 S.League


The 2015 S.League was the 20th season since the establishment of the S.League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs. The league was also known as the Great Eastern Yeo's S.League due to sponsorship reasons. Warriors FC were the defending champions.

Changes from 2014

The league underwent a number of changes in its 20th season in order to increase its competitiveness:
A new rule on age restrictions – a maximum of five players aged 30 and above and a minimum of three under-25 players for clubs with a 22-man squad, a maximum of four players aged 30 and above and a minimum of two under-25 players for clubs with a 20-man squad – was later reversed.

Teams

A total of 10 teams contested the league. Tanjong Pagar United withdrew from the league due to financial problems, while Woodlands Wellington merged into Hougang United. Albirex Niigata, DPMM FC and Harimau Muda are invited foreign clubs from Japan, Brunei and Malaysia respectively.

Stadiums and locations

TeamStadiumCapacity
Albirex Niigata Jurong East Stadium
Balestier KhalsaToa Payoh Stadium
DPMM FCHassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
Geylang InternationalBedok Stadium
Hang Jebat Stadium
Home UnitedYishun Stadium
Hougang UnitedHougang Stadium
Tampines RoversJurong West Stadium
Warriors FCWoodlands Stadium
Young LionsJalan Besar Stadium

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
TeamHead coachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Albirex Tatsuyuki OkuyamaMafro SportsCanon
Balestier Khalsa Marko KraljevićUmbroCivic
DPMM FC Steve KeanLotto
Geylang International Jorg SteinebrunnerDreamatron
Harimau Muda B Razip IsmailNike
Home UnitedPhilippe AwPumaAVEC
Hougang UnitedK. BalagumaranVondaESW
Tampines RoversV. SundramoorthyMikasaHyundai
Warriors FC Karim BencherifaJomaWarriors
Young Lions Jürgen RaabNikeCourts

Managerial changes

Foreigners

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6 Former
Balestier Khalsa Emir Lotinac Miroslav Kristic Igor Cerina Tarik Cmajcanin Robert Peričić - -
DPMM FC Brian McLean Joe Gamble Rafael Ramazotti Paulo Sergio Boris Raspudic - Craig Fagan
Young Lions Sherif El-Masri Jordan Webb - - - - -
Geylang International Yuki Ichikawa Kento Fukuda Tatsuro Inui Bruno Castanheira Jozef Kapláň Nathan Brown -
Home United Song Ui-young Sirina Camara Ken Ilsø Kamel Ramdani Ambroise Begue - -
Hougang United Kunihiro Yamashita Atsushi Shimono Carlos Alberto Delgado Diego Gama de Oliveira Vuk Sotirović Yuki Uchiyama Takahashi Manato
Renshi Yamaguchi
Shunsuke Nakatake
Francisco Salvador Elá
Tampines Rovers Mateo Roskam Robert Alviž Rodrigo Tosi Predrag Počuča Rodrigo Pacheco Naeem Rahimi Eddy Viator
Fabrice Noel
Srećko Mitrović
Warriors FC Thomas Beattie Marin Vidošević Miroslav Pejić Nicholas Velez Kevin McCann Karlo Ivancic -

Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Rafael Ramazotti DPMM FC21
2Fazrul NawazWarriors FC18
3 Miroslav KristicBalestier Khalsa16
4 Rodrigo TosiTampines Rovers14
5 Mateo RoskamWarriors FC13
6 Jozef KapláňGeylang International12
6 Paulo Sérgio DPMM FC12
6 Bruno CastanheiraGeylang International12
9 Ken IlsøHome United11
10 Robert PeričićBalestier Khalsa9

Hat-tricks

S-League Awards Night Winners

AwardsWinnersClub
Player of the Year Fumiya Kogure Albirex Niigata
Young Player of the Year Azwan Ali DPMM FC
Coach of the Year Steve Kean DPMM FC
Top Scorer Award Rafael Ramazotti DPMM FC
Fair Play AwardGeylang International-
Referee of the YearJansen Foo-