2010 Combined Domestic Table (League/Cup/League Cup), as at 7-Mar, after LC 2010 Final:

2010 Combined Domestic Table (League/Cup/League Cup), as at 7-Mar, after LC 2010 Final:

# Team----- P W-D-L F-A P- GD
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1 Etoile-- 6 5-1-0 12-5 16 +7
2 Sengkang 7 4-1-2 13-9 13 +4
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3 Tampines-- 4 2-1-1 5-3 7 +2
4 Gombak---- 6 2-1-3 7-8 7 -1
5 Woodlands- 6 1-4-1 6-7 7 -1
6 Geylang--- 5 1-3-1 5-5 6 0
7 SAFFC----- 4 1-2-1 5-6 5 -1
8 Home------ 3 1-1-1 4-4 4 0
9 Y.Lions--- 4 0-3-1 4-5 3 -1
10 Balestier 4 1-0-3 4-7 3 -1
11 Albirex-- 4 0-2-2 3-6 2 -3
-----------------------------
12 Beijing-- 3 0-1-2 1-4 1 -3

Highlights:

1. Etoile FC are now the only unbeaten team so far... Just how long will they remain unbeaten?

2. Sengkang have came a long way this season, still sitting 2nd in the table and still with the most goals!! (having beaten Gombak twice already this season)
If they continue playing like this, I don't see why can't they better the best-finishes of 8th in 2002/03...

3. With Etoile meeting Woodlands again on 11-March, the 4-day gap may well be the quickest repeat match-up in the history of domestic football.
(Note that this observation is for different competitions though, excluding the 2-legged SG Cup/League Cup games in the past, which usually happened 3 days apart)

4. Eventhough both teams lost on the same day, Gombak moved slightly ahead of Woodlands in the table, on the virtue of more goals scored.

5. Up-to-date Stats:

Games-----: 28
Host Wins-: 3 (10.7%)
Draws-----: 10 (35.7%)
Away Wins-: 15 (53.6%)
Goals-----: 69 (2.46)
Home Goals: 26 (0.93)
Away Goals: 43 (1.54)

SG League Cup All-Time Table after 2010 Final):

SG League Cup All-Time Table after 2010 Final):

# Team- Season P- W-D-L F--A- P- GD
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1 Gombak--- 4 14 6-5-3 19-14 23 +5
-----------------------------------
2 Super Reds 3 10 5-3-2 13-6 18 +7
3 Woodlands 4 13 4-6-3 21-16 18 +5
4 Balestier 4 10 4-2-4 12-11 14 +3
5 Sengkang- 4 10 4-2-4 13-17 14 -4
6 Brun. DPMM- 1 5 4-1-0 12-5 13 +7
7 Home----- 4 11 3-4-4 13-15 13 -2
8 Etoile FC- 1 4 4-0-0 09-03 12 +6
-----------------------------------
9 Y.Lions- 3 9 2-3-4 11-17 9 -6
10 Tampines- 4 7 2-2-3 8-7 8 +1
11 SAFFC--- 3 8 2-2-4 8-13 8 -5
12 Geylang- 3 5 1-1-4 9-13 4 -4
13 Albirex- 4 7 1-1-5 3-11 4 -8
-------------------------------
14 Dalian- 1 1 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1
15 Beijing 1 1 0-0-1 1-3 0 -2


Highlights:

- Etoile is now the only team in the tournament with a 100% record!!

- DPMM is the only other unbeaten team. Do hope that these 2 teams can cross-sword some day in the next season(s)...

- Etoile have now overtaken YL, Tampines & SAFFC into 8th place.

- Sengkang have now overtaken DPMM & Home into 5th place, with a win over Gombak in the 3rd-place playoff.

- Woodlands was pushed back to 3rd in the table after the loss in the Final to Etoile, better luck next season!!

- All-Time Stats:

Games-----: 58
Host Wins-: 19 (32.8%)
Draws-----: 16 (27.6%)
Away Wins-: 23 (39.7%)
Goals-----: 152(2.62)
Home Goals: 73 (1.26)
Away Goals: 79 (1.36)

2010 League Cup "Final Table":

2010 League Cup "Final Table":

# Team----- P W-D-L F-A P- GD
-----------------------------
1 Etoile--- 4 4-0-0 9-3 12 +6
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2 Sengkang-- 4 3-0-1 8-4 9 +4
3 Woodlands- 4 1-2-1 4-5 5 -1
4 Gombak---- 3 1-1-1 4-4 4 0
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5 Albirex--- 1 0-1-0 0-0 1 0
6 Y.Lions--- 1 0-1-0 0-0 1 0
7 Geylang--- 2 0-1-1 2-3 1 -1
-----------------------------
8 Home------ 0 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1
9 Tampines-- 0 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1
10 Beijing-- 0 0-0-1 1-3 0 -2
11 SAFFC---- 0 0-0-1 1-3 0 -2
12 Balestier 0 0-0-1 0-2 0 -2

Highlights:

1. Congrats to Etoile FC on winning the 2010 League Cup!!

2. Since its launch, the cup as seen different winners every season. Woodlands are in fact the only repeat finalist so far...

3. Etoile became just the 2nd team (after '07 Woodlands) to win the cup with a 100% record. (4 wins out of 4 games, 1 win more than Woodlands though)

4. Woodlands, on the other hand, are still the only team to win the cup without conceding a goal all tournament!

5. Note that all 4 previous champions have won the cup with unbeaten records.

6. Stats:

Games-----: 12
Host Wins-: 1 (8.3%)
Draws-----: 3 (25.0%)
Away Wins-: 8 (66.7%)
Goals-----: 29 (2.42)
Home Goals: 9 (0.75)
Away Goals: 20 (1.67)

7. Last but no least, except for Etoile FC, the composition/order of the Top-4 teams in 2010 & 2007 are amazingly similar!!

2010: 2nd: Woodlands, 3rd: Sengkang, 4th: Gombak;
2007: 1st: Woodlands, 2nd: Sengkang, 3rd: Gombak!!

2010 Combined Table of Domestic Competitions (S.League, S'pore Cup, League Cup), as at 4-Mar:

2010 Combined Table of Domestic Competitions (S.League, S'pore Cup, League Cup), as at 4-Mar:

# Team----- P W-D-L F-A P- GD
-----------------------------
1 Etoile--- 5 4-1-0 9-4 13 +5
2 Sengkang 6 3-1-2 11-8 10 +3
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3 Tampines-- 4 2-1-1 5-3 7 +2
4 Woodlands- 4 1-4-0 5-4 7 +7
5 Gombak---- 5 2-1-2 6-6 7 0
6 Geylang--- 5 1-3-1 5-5 6 0
7 SAFFC----- 4 1-2-1 5-6 5 -1
8 Home------ 3 1-1-1 4-4 4 0
9 Y.Lions--- 4 0-3-1 4-5 3 -1
10 Balestier 4 1-0-3 4-7 3 -1
11 Albirex-- 4 0-2-2 3-6 2 -3
-----------------------------
12 Beijing-- 3 0-1-2 1-4 1 -3

Highlights:
1. Coincidentally, the League Cup finalists are also the only 2 unbeaten teams so far...
2. Sengkang have came a long way this season, sitting 2nd in the table & with the most goals!!
3. SAFFC maybe just 7th with a GD of -1 for now, expect them to be back on top pretty soon...
4. Up-to-date Stats:

Games-----: 26
Host Wins-: 3 (11.5%)
Draws-----: 10 (38.5%)
Away Wins-: 13 (50.0%)
Goals-----: 62 (2.38)
Home Goals: 24 (0.92)
Away Goals: 38 (1.46)

SG League Cup All-Time Table Watch (after the S-finals of 2010):

SG League Cup All-Time Table Watch (after the Semi-finals of 2010):

# Team- Season P- W-D-L F--A- P- GD
-----------------------------------
1 Gombak--- 4 13 6-5-2 18-12 23 +6 *
2 Woodlands 4 12 4-6-2 20-13 18 +7 *
3 Super Reds 3 10 5-3-2 13-6 18 +7
4 Balestier 4 10 4-2-4 12-11 14 +3
5 Brun. DPMM- 1 5 4-1-0 12-5 13 +7
6 Home----- 4 11 3-4-4 13-15 13 -2
7 Sengkang-- 4 9 3-2-4 11-16 11 -5 *
-----------------------------------
8 Etoile FC- 1 3 3-0-0 6-2 9 +4 *
9 Y.Lions- 3 9 2-3-4 11-17 9 -6
10 Tampines- 4 7 2-2-3 8-7 8 +1
11 SAFFC--- 3 8 2-2-4 8-13 8 -5
12 Geylang- 3 5 1-1-4 9-13 4 -4
13 Albirex- 4 7 1-1-5 3-11 4 -8
-------------------------------
14 Dalian- 1 1 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1
15 Beijing 1 1 0-0-1 1-3 0 -2

* Teams that are still active in 2010 tournament.

Highlights all-time:
- Etoile is still the only team in the tournament with a 100% record!!
- Etoile have now overtaken YL, Tampines & SAFFC. Next target: Sengkang?
- Despite the semi-final loss to Etoile, Sengkang can still overtake DPMM & Home with a win over Gombak in the 3rd-place playoff.
- Despite the semi-final loss to Woodlands, Gombak have cemented top-spot in the all-time table for 2010. It's a scant consolation though...
- Woodlands will remain 2nd in the table as long as they don't lose the Final to Etoile in FT/AET.

Highlights in 2010:
- Etoile is the first & only team to win as the "host" in League Cup 2010 so far.
- Up-to-date Stats:

Games-----: 10
Host Wins-: 1
Draws-----: 3
Away Wins-: 6
Goals-----: 22
Home Goals: 7
Away Goals: 15

SG League Cup All-Time Table Watch (after the Q-finals of 2010)

Quote:

Originally Posted by henryo SG League Cup All-Time Table Watch (after the first round of 2010): # Team- Season P W-D-L F--A P- GD --------------------------------- 1 Gombak--- 4 11 5-4-2 15-10 19 +5 * 2 Super Reds 3 10 5-3-2 13-6 18 +7 3 Woodlands 4 10 3-5-2 17-11 14 +6 * 4 Balestier 4 10 4-2-4 12-11 14 +3 5 Brun. DPMM- 1 5 4-1-0 12-5 13 +7 6 Home----- 4 10 3-4-3 13-14 13 -1 * --------------------------------- 7 Y.Lions- 3 9 2-3-4 11-17 9 -6 8 Tampines-- 4 6 2-2-2 8-6 8 +2 * 9 SAFFC---- 3 7 2-2-3 7-10 8 -3 * 10 Sengkang 4 7 2-2-3 8-14 8 -6 * 11 Geylang- 3 4 1-1-3 7-10 4 -3 * 12 Albirex- 4 7 1-1-5 3-11 4 -8 13 Etoile FC 1 1 1-0-0 2-0 3 +2 * ------------------------------- 14 Dalian- 1 1 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1 15 Beijing 1 1 0-0-1 1-3 0 -2 * Teams that are still active in 2010 tournament. Highlights: - Beijing is now the new bottom team behind Dalian... - Etoile have a chance to overtake both Albirex/Geylang in their next game (against Geylang, coincidentally). - Sengkang can move above SAFFC with a win (over SAFFC too!!) in the next game. - Last but not least, none of the First Round games were won by the host in 90 mins.

SG League Cup All-Time Table Watch (after the Q-finals of 2010):

# Team- Season P- W-D-L F--A- P- GD
---------------------------------
1 Gombak--- 4 12 6-4-2 16-10 22 +6 *
2 Super Reds 3 10 5-3-2 13-6 18 +7
3 Woodlands 4 11 4-5-2 18-11 17 +7 *
4 Balestier 4 10 4-2-4 12-11 14 +3
5 Brun. DPMM- 1 5 4-1-0 12-5 13 +7
6 Home----- 4 11 3-4-4 13-15 13 -2
7 Sengkang-- 4 8 3-2-3 11-15 11 -4 *
---------------------------------
8 Y.Lions- 3 9 2-3-4 11-17 9 -6
9 Tampines-- 4 7 2-2-3 8-7 8 +1
10 SAFFC--- 3 8 2-2-4 8-13 8 -5
11 Etoile FC 1 2 2-0-0 5-2 6 +3 *
12 Geylang- 3 5 1-1-4 9-13 4 -4
13 Albirex- 4 7 1-1-5 3-11 4 -8
-------------------------------
14 Dalian- 1 1 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1
15 Beijing 1 1 0-0-1 1-3 0 -2

* Teams that are still active in 2010 tournament.

Highlights all-time:
- Etoile is now the only team in the tournament with a 100% record!!
- Etoile have overtaken Albirex/Geylang with the superb win against Geylang at Bedok. Next targets to overtake will be: YL, Tampines & SAFFC.
- Similarly, Sengkang have also overtaken YL, Tampines & SAFFC with the win over SAFFC at CCK. Next targets to overtake will be: BKFC, DPMM & Home.
- With 2 games left to play and 5 points behind, Woodlands still have chance to take over the top, provided they win the tournament with 2 regulation victories and Gombak lose both games.
- Besides the Gombak-Home rivalry for 4-straight seasons, the other "4-seasons streak" is currently held by Tampines: they have lost in the Quarter-finals in every season of the tournament!! Poor them...
- Gombak/Woodlands' pedigree in the cup continues, as both of them have now made the Semis 3 times in the past 4 seasons, impressive!!

Highlights in 2010:
- None of the First Round & Q-finals games were won by the host in 90 mins. (Out of the 8 games played so far, as many as 6 were won by the guests, who scored 13 goals vs just 4 by the hosts)
- Out of the 13 goals scored by the guests, 11 were by Sengkang (6) & Etoile (5)!!
- The 8th-March league game between Woodlands & Sengkang surely need to be postponed now, given that both teams will play on 7th-March, be it final or for 3rd-place.
- Though the semis/final/3rd-place playoff will be at JBS, which is a neutral venue, Gombak/Etoile will be the "designated hosts" alphabetically, will that hand the advantages to Woodlands/Sengkang? We'll see...

S.League All-Time Table Watch (up to 19-Feb-2010: break for League Cup)

Quote:

Originally Posted by henryo Before the next season begin, let's take a look at the All-time records by clubs thru 2009: Pts#(Prev) Club-- Seasons ------------ GP- W PKW D- L-- F-- A-- GD-- Pts PPG PPG#(Prev) 1 (1) SAFFC ---- 14 (1996-) ---------- 388 260 2 65 061 960 457 +503 849 2.188 01 (1) 2 (2) Home ----- 14 (1996-) ---------- 387 218 2 67 100 808 514 +294 725 1.873 02 (2) 3 (3) Tampines - 14 (1996-) ---------- 387 189 3 79 116 749 533 +216 652 1.685 03 (3) 4 (4) Geylang -- 14 (1996-) ---------- 388 174 3 79 132 656 516 +140 607 1.564 04 (4) 5 (5) Woodlands- 14 (1996-) ---------- 387 142 4 89 152 616 635 -019 517 1.336 09 (9) 6 (6) Balestier- 14 (1996-) ---------- 387 099 2 86 200 531 778 -247 387 1.000 14 (13) 7 (7) Tjg.Pagar - 9 (1996-2004) ------ 234 100 2 46 086 399 385 +014 350 1.496 05 (5) 8 (8) Gombak ---- 9 (1998-2002,2006-)- 256 081 0 64 111 363 433 -070 307 1.199 11 (11) 9 (9) YoungLions- 7 (2003-) ---------- 213 076 1 48 088 326 357 -031 278 1.305 10 (10) 10 (10) Jurong -- 7 (1997-2003) ------ 179 070 7 29 073 261 274 -013 253 1.413 07 (6) 11 (12) Albirex - 6 (2004-) ---------- 180 066 0 49 065 279 270 +009 247 1.372 08 (8) 12 (13) Sengkang 10 (1998-2003,2006-)- 289 051 8 57 175 298 619 -321 224 0.775 18 (18) 13 (11) Sembawang 8 (1996-2003) ------ 207 053 5 47 102 256 409 -149 216 1.043 12 (12) 14 (14) SuperReds 3 (2007-) ---------- 096 041 0 20 035 144 146 -002 143 1.490 06 (7) 15 (15) Clementi- 4 (1999-2002) ------ 110 022 0 29 059 150 261 -111 095 0.864 16 (16) 16 (16) Sinchi -- 3 (2003-2005) ------ 087 022 6 13 046 109 167 -058 088 1.011 13 (14) 17 (17) Liaoning- 1 (2007) ----------- 033 008 0 05 020 033 063 -030 029 0.879 15 (15) 18 (18) Sporting- 1 (2006) ----------- 030 005 0 09 026 036 059 -023 024 0.800 17 (17) 19 (19) Dalian -- 1 (2008) ----------- 033 005 0 07 021 026 075 -055 022 0.667 19 (19) 20 (20) PayaLebar 1 (2005) ----------- 027 001 0 01 025 023 078 -055 004 0.148 20 (20) 21 (21) Bru.DPMM- 0 (2009) ----------- 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?

S.League All-Time Table Watch (up to 19-Feb-2010: break for League Cup)

# Teams---- Ssn P-- W---D--L-- F---A-- Pts GD--
-----------------------------------------------
01 SAFFC---- 15 391 261-69-061 964-460 854 +504 *
02 Home----- 15 389 219-70-100 812-517 729 +295 *
03 Tampines- 15 390 191-83-116 754-535 659 +219 *
04 Geylang-- 15 391 175-84-132 659-518 612 +141 *
05 Woodlands 15 389 142-95-152 618-637 519 -019 *
06 Balestier 15 390 100-88-202 535-783 390 -248 *
07 Tjg.Pagar 09 234 100-46-086 399-385 350 +014
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08 Gombak-- 11 259 82-64-113 366-437 310 -071 *
09 Yng.Lions 8 216 76-51-089 330-362 280 -032 *
10 Jurong--- 7 179 70-36-073 261-274 253 -013
11 Albirex-- 7 183 66-50-067 282-276 248 +006 *
12 Sengkang 11 292 52-64-176 303-624 228 -321 *
13 Sembawang 7 207 53-52-102 256-405 216 -149
---------------------------------------------
14 SuperReds 3 96 41-20-35 144-146 143 -02
14 Clementi 4 110 22-29-59 150-261 95 -111
16 Sinchi--- 3 87 22-19-46 109-166 88 -057
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17 Liaoning- 1 33 8-5-20 33-63 29 -30
19 Afrique-- 1 30 5-9-16 36-58 24 -22
20 Dalian--- 1 33 5-7-21 26-75 22 -49
20 Etoile FC 1 02 1-1-00 03-02 04 +01 *
21 PayaLebar 1 27 1-1-25 23-78 04 -55
22 Beijing-- 1 02 0-1-01 00-01 01 -01 *
23 Brun.DPMM 1 00 0-0-00 00-00 00 000 **

"*" : teams active in current season
"**": Brunei DPMM's results in 2009 expunged due to FIFA ban.

Highlights:
1. Etoile FC have already overtaken Paya Lebar after 2 games.
2. Beijing can do the same with a win in their next game.
3. Albirex is now just 5 points behind Jurong FC.
4. When the league resume on 8-March, we could see the 5th to 9th-placed teams all have the last digit of their points as zeroes (520 - 390 - 350 - 310 - 280), provided the following happen:
- First, neither Woodlands nor Sengkang qualify for the last four of 2010 League Cup, so that neither teams play in the 3rd-place match or the final on 7-Mar, and the Woodlands-Sengkang match on 8-Mar will still go ahead.
- Second, Woodlands draw the game on 8-Mar to bring their all-time points to exactly 520.
-That would be "Five-Stars-in-a-Chain" (“五星连珠”)!!

Will post the all-time table again during the remaining logical checkpoints of the season (whenever the league takes a break of more than a week):

Quote:

Originally Posted by henryo

Checkpoint #2: May-22 (break for SG Cup 1st round)
Checkpoint #3: Jun-21 (break for World Cup Group Stage)
Checkpoint #4: Aug-6 (break for YOG)
Checkpoint #5: Sep-24 (break for SG Cup Quarters)
Checkpoint #6: Oct-23 (break for SG Cup Semis, though the league will only have 10 games left by then)

2010 League Cup fixture and schedule

2010 League Cup fixture and schedule, courtesy of BoLASEPaKO.com - a simple view on Singapore Soccer:

Singapore Cup 2010 Wiki Page

Created the draft page on Wiki base on preliminary info so far:

Singapore Cup 2010 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

17 Feb 2010: Etoile FC 2-2 Sengkang

Etoile were so close to a first loss, even though the hard-earned point against Sengkang allowed them to overtake Paya Lebar Punggol in the all-time table after just 2 games.

Tampines is now the only side with 100% record, which will be under severe threat when they meet SAFFC on 19-Feb. This match will also be the 3rd SLVC (S.League Virtual Championship) game of the season.

Etoile-Beijing Poll Results as at 15-Feb

Poll Results as at 15-Feb, 3 days after the double debut:

Etoile FC: (received 3 more votes for Top-3)

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 6 12.50%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  19 39.58%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  12 25.00%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  11 22.92%

Beijing Guo'an:

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 4 10.00%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  6 15.00%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  11 27.50%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  19 47.50%

Home Drought ended!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by henryo So a new record has been set now! ZaoBao: 芽笼联队逼和新潟 If the games on the same day (presumably kicked off at the same time) are sorted alphabatically by the full name (SAFFC would be "Singapore ...") of the hosting team, the updated list would then be: 2009: 2nd game (Geylang 3-1 Albirex) 2008: 1st (Super Reds 2-1 Woodlands) 2007: 1st (Home 5-1 Super Reds) 2006: 3rd (Geylang 1-0 Sengkang) 2005: 4th (Woodlands 4-1 Paya Lebar, Balestier 0-1 Young Lions was counted as the "3rd" game) 2004: 6th (Home 4-1 Tanjong Pagar) 2003: 1st (Jurong 1-0 Tanjong Pagar, Woodlands 0-1 Geylang was the "2nd" game) 2002: 1st (Geylang 3-0 Home, "2nd" game = Gombak 1-3 Sengkang) 2001: 8th (Sembawang 2-1 Tampines, "7th" game = Clementi 1-1 Sengkang) 2000: 1st (SAFFC 1-0 Tampines or Geylang 2-0 Balestier) 1999: 1st (SAFFC 6-1 Sengkang or Home 4-1 Woodlands) 1998: 3rd (SAFFC 3-1 Home) 1997: 4th (Tanjong Pagar 4-0 Jurong) 1996: 2nd (Geylang 3-0 Sembawang) The first home win of 2010 may probably come when SAFFC take on BKFC at CCK on 11-Feb, the 10th game of the season. ("9th" game = Sengkang vs Gombak) Let's see...

So there you go, with both host teams won by the same score line, the home drought in 2010 have ended:

2010: 9th Game (Sengkang 2-1 Gombak)

League Cup 2010 Draw Bracket

Draw Bracket here, courtesy of BolaSepako.

Etoile-Beijing Poll Results as at 12-Feb

Poll Results as at 12-Feb, the day of the double debut:

Etoile FC:

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 3 6.82%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  18 40.91%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  12 27.27%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  11 25.00%

Beijing Guo'an: (they now have one more vote in the Top-3 than Etoile, )

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 4 10.81%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  5 13.51%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  9 24.32%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  19 51.35%

S.League Neutrality Analysis with Games @ JBS

Quote:

Originally Posted by henryo While "home ground advantage" wasn't evident in 2010 season so far, I was wondering which of the teams might have "benefited" the most in this season's schedule, given the large number of games at neutral venue (48 out of 198, almost a quarter of them) this season, thus rubbing some teams more of their home games than the others. The following are the basic assumptions of my analysis: 1) Games at JBS shall end as 0-0 (since both teams have home advantage at a neutral venue) 2) Games at elsewhere shall end as 1-0 for the home teams (as home advantage equates to a goalfor the host) 'The balance of the force' Table of S.League 2010: # Team------- P- W--D--L F--A Pts GD 1. YoongLions 33 17-0-16 17-16 51 +1 2. Gombak--- 33 13-10-10 13-10 49 +3 3. Beijing(S) 33 13-9-11 13-11 48 +2 4. Home------ 33 13-9-11 13-11 48 +2 5. Etoile FC 33 12-11-10 12-10 48 +2 6. Balestier- 33 13-8-12 13-12 47 +1 7. SAFFC----- 33 13-8-12 13-12 47 +1 8. Sengkang-- 33 12-8-13 12-13 44 -1 9. Tampines- 33 11-10-12 11-12 43 -1 10.Albirex-- 33 11-10-12 11-12 43 -1 11.Woodlands- 33 12-6-15 12-15 42 -3 12.Geylang--- 33 10-7-16 10-16 38 -6 Highlights: 1. As expected, YL were benefited the most in this analysis, as they play 17 "true" home games (at JBS) this season, the most in the league. 2. Gombak should have had good reasons to dream of a first league title. Unfortunately, it hasn't worked out for them so far... 3. Just look at how disadvantaged Geylang are!! Out of their 16 "home" games this season, 6 of them will be at JBS, leaving only 10 "real" home game for them, the least in the league. Analysis on the previous seasons to follow shortly...

2009 "Table": (24 games out of 165 at JBS = 14.5%)
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# Team------- P- W--D--L F--A Pts GD
1. Gombak----- 30 14-7-9 14-09 49 +5
2. Albirex--- 30 13-6-11 13-11 45 +2
3. SAFFC----- 30 13-5-12 13-12 44 +1
4. Super Reps 30 12-7-11 12-11 43 +1
5. Tampines-- 30 13-4-13 13-13 43 0
6. Woodlands- 30 13-4-13 13-13 43 0
7. Sengkang-- 30 12-6-12 12-12 42 0
8. YoongLions 30 14-0-16 14-16 42 -2
9. Balestier- 30 13-2-15 13-15 41 -2
10.Geylang--- 30 12-4-14 12-14 40 -2
11.Home------ 30 12-3-15 12-15 39 -3
xx.DPMM FC--- 00 00-0-00 00-00 00 0


2008 "Table": (28/198 = 14.1%)
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# Team------- P- W--D--L F--A Pts GD
1. YoongLions 33 17-0-16 17-16 51 +1
2. Gombak---- 33 14-7-12 14-12 49 +2
3. Super Reds 33 14-7-12 14-12 49 +2
4. Tampines-- 33 15-4-14 15-14 49 +1
5. Geylang--- 33 14-6-13 14-13 48 +1
6. Home------ 33 15-3-15 15-15 48 0
7. Woodlands- 33 15-3-15 15-15 48 0
8. SAFFC----- 33 13-7-13 13-13 46 0
9. Dalian---- 33 14-4-15 14-15 46 -1
10.Sengkang-- 33 13-6-14 13-14 45 -1
11.Albirex--- 33 13-5-15 13-15 44 -2
12.Balestier- 33 13-4-16 13-16 43 -3


2007 "Table": (22/198 = 11.1%)
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# Team------- P- W--D--L F--A Pts GD
1. Gombak---- 33 15-5-13 15-13 50 +2
2. Home------ 33 14-7-12 14-12 49 +2
3. Balestier- 33 15-4-14 15-14 49 +1
4. SAFFC----- 33 15-4-14 15-14 49 +1
5. Albirex--- 33 15-3-15 15-15 48 0
6. Geylang--- 33 15-3-15 15-15 48 0
7. Sengkang-- 33 15-3-15 15-15 48 0
8. YoongLions 33 16-0-17 16-17 48 -1
9. Super Reps 33 14-4-15 14-15 46 -1
10.Tampines-- 33 14-4-15 14-15 46 -1
11.Woodlands- 33 14-4-15 14-15 46 -1
12.Super Reds 33 14-3-16 14-16 45 -2


2006 "Table": (10/165 = 6.1%)
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# Team------- P- W--D--L F--A Pts GD
1. SAFFC----- 30 14-4-12 14-12 46 +2
2. Albirex--- 30 14-3-13 14-13 45 +1
3. Tampines-- 30 14-3-13 14-13 45 +1
4. Woodlands- 30 14-3-13 14-13 45 +1
5. YoongLions 30 15-0-15 15-15 45 0
6. Home------ 30 14-2-14 14-14 44 0
7. Balestier- 30 14-1-15 14-15 43 -1
8. Geylang--- 30 14-1-15 14-15 43 -1
9. Gombak---- 30 14-1-15 14-15 43 -1
10.Sengkang-- 30 14-1-15 14-15 43 -1
11.Sporting A 30 14-1-15 14-15 43 -1


Highlights:
1. The number of neutral games have been increasing steadily year after year.
2. Gombak's "positions" in the 4 most recent seasons (including 2010): 1st, 2nd, 1st, 2nd.
3. Surprisingly, even though YL enjoyed all the home ground advantage, they only topped the table twice in these 5 seasons.

Etoile-Beijing Poll Results as at 11-Feb

Poll Results as at 11-Feb, one day before the bout...

Etoile FC:

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 3 6.98%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  17 39.53%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  12 27.91%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  11 25.58%

Beijing Guo'an:

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 3 8.57%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  5 14.29%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  9 25.71%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  18 51.43%

Etoile-Beijing Poll Results as at 04-Feb

Poll Results as at 4-Feb, finally some voted for Beijing to finish in the 1st Class...

Etoile FC:

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 3 7.89%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  14 36.84%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  10 26.32%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  11 28.95%

Beijing Guo'an:

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 3 11.11%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  5 18.52%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  7 25.93%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  12 44.44%

Etoile-Beijing Poll Results as at 01-Feb

Poll Results as at 1-Feb (the day of the big kick-off), 4 more votes were casted for Etoile since the last update, none for Beijing:

Etoile FC:

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 3 8.33%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  12 33.33%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  10 27.78%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  11 30.56%

Beijing Guo'an: (still "0" votes for top-3 )

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 0 0%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  5 23.81%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  6 28.57%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  10 47.62%

Lai lai come vote!!

2010 Season Target by Teams

2010 Season Target by Teams: (some with source, some with guess)

1. SAFFC - Defend the league title, win back S'pore Cup, and progress further in ACL.
   
2. Tampines - Win the league, win the cup. As for the league cup, err...
   
3. Gombak - At least maintain the 3rd-place finish of last season, anything higher will be bonus.
   (TODAYonline | Sports | Gombak on the move & ZaoBao: 只引进两名新兵 甘柏要至少保住第三名)
   
4. Home - Regain the league title. (聘请新主帅　引进新外援 内政重整旗鼓 要与军团硬拼)
   
5. Geylang - Top-4 & 50-point season (ZaoBao: 芽笼又签下两名东欧外援)
   
6. Albirex - Top-4 (ZaoBao: 新潟引进三名 前日本联赛球员)
   
7. Young Lions - "Finish higher up the table" (than 2009), i.e. at least 8th-place?
   (TODAYonline | Sports | From cubs to Lions)
   
8. Woodlands - Win any trophy (ZaoBao: 新联赛元老诺阿里要助兀兰夺标)
   
9. Sengkang - Mid-table (assume at least 8th? ZaoBao: 去年排名第10 盛港今年力争升上中游)
   
10. Balestier - At least 8th (TODAYonline | Sports | Balestier aiming to tower over rivals & ZaoBao: 马里士他提早引进四外援)
    
11. Etoile FC, Beijing - Top-Half (at least 6th? ZaoBao: 取代韩国超红和文莱DPMM 北京国安法国埃图瓦勒角逐新联赛)

Etoile-Beijing Poll Results as at 29-Jan

Poll Results as at 29-Jan, only 4 more votes for Etoile since 25-Jan, none for Beijing:

Etoile FC:

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 2 6.25%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  10 31.25%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  10 31.25%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  10 31.25%

Beijing Guo'an: (still "0" votes for top-3 )

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 0 0%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  5 23.81%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  6 28.57%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  10 47.62%

Lai lai come vote!!

Etoile-Beijing Poll Results as at 25-Jan

Poll Results as at 25-Jan:

Etoile FC:

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 2 7.14%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  10 35.71%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  8 28.57%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  8 28.57%

Beijing Guo'an: (still "0" votes for top-3 )

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 0 0%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  5 23.81%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  6 28.57%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  10 47.62%

Etoile-Beijing Poll Results as at 22-Jan

Poll Results at 22-Jan:

Etoile FC:

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 2 11.76%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  8 47.06%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  4 23.53%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  3 17.65%

Beijing Guo'an: (still "0" votes for top-3 )

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 0 0%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  4 23.53%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  5 29.41%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  8 47.06%

Etoile-Beijing Poll Results as at 21-Jan

Poll Results as at 21-Jan:

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 1 8.33%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  5 41.67%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  4 33.33%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  2 16.67%

Seemed much more favourable than BGS for now:

Code:

1st to 3rd (First Class Honours!!) 0 0%
4th to 6th (2nd Upper)  2 18.18%
7th to 9th (2nd Lower)  2 18.18%
10th to 12th (3rd Class...)  7 63.64%

"Relegation" from S.League: 2010 Updates

Quote:

Originally Posted by henryo Full Article with Hyperlinks: "Relegation" from S.League While browsing RSSSF.Com for S.League info, I found that "Relegation" were being mentioned there during 1996, 1999 & 2003 seasons: 1996: "Apparently Police were relegated, Jurong and Home United promoted." 1999: "Marine Castle United's relegation apparently annulled." 2003: "Gombak United were demoted." Apparently both comments above were wrong, as Police was renamed Home United after 1996, while no relegation has ever been instituted in S.League, including 1999 & 2003. However, if we go through the past standings carefully, a number of teams that finished last (or near the bottom) did pull out of the league afterwards (mainly due to financial constraints), as if they were relegated: 2002: Gombak (last), Clementi (3rd-last) 2003: Sembawang (4th-last) 2004: Tanjong Pagar (last) 2005: Paya Lebar (last), Sinchi (2nd-last) 2006: Sporting Afrique (3rd-last) The interesting question now is: Will that happen again to Super Reds (last) or Liaoning (3rd-last) in 2007? It seemed more likely that Liaoning may face the fate, as it may lose its main sponsor soon... What do you think?

Updated the list for the past 3 seasons:

2007: Liaoning (3rd-last)
2008: Dalian (3rd-last)
2009: DPMM (3rd, just before the ban ), Super Reds (5th )

Any favourites for 2010 candidates? (hopefully none)

Point echoed by the league:
TODAYonline | Voices | Online Only - Foreign teams add value to the S-League

Quote:

Similar to leagues that have a promotion / relegation system, where new clubs each season add spice and excitement to the league, the S-League has a system where teams apply and we admit 12 teams every season that best satisfy our stringent criteria on management capabilities, financial strength and technical abilities. The new teams admitted each season, thus perform the similar role of adding excitement to the league.

S.League 2010 Wiki Updates

S.League 2010 Wiki Updates:

- Updated 2010 S. League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Updated Template:S. League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Created Etoile FC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Created http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing..._FC_(Singapore)