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)