2003 S.League was the eighth season of

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league. It was won by

Home United Lion City Sailors Football Club, commonly referred to as the Sailors or LCS, is a Singaporean professional football club based in Bishan. It competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of the Singapore football league system. Founded ...

, which was their second league title.

League table

Gombak United withdrew from the league at the end of the 2002 season.

Foreign players

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Surachai Jaturapattarapong Surachai Jaturapattarapong () or the nickname "Nguan" (born November 20, 1969) is a Thai Manager (association football), Football manager and former Association football, football player. who was most recently the head coach of Thai League 1 clu ...

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Nenad Baćina Nenad Baćina (born July 29, 1971) is a Croatian football manager and former player, Baćina holds a UEFA PRO Coaching License. Club career Baćina was born in 1971 in Split, Croatia. As a professional football player he played with several C ...

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Fahrudin Mustafić Fahrudin Mustafić (born 17 April 1981) is a retired footballer who spent most of his playing career as a centre-back for Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers and retired at the end of the 2018 season. Born in Serbia, he represented t ...

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Choketawee Promrut Choketawee Promrut (, born 16 March 1975) is a Thai football manager and former player. Choketawee was a member of Thailand players from 1997 until 2005, he also served as captain for Thailand in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup. In 2015, as head coac ...

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Kris Trajanovski Kris Trajanovski (born 19 February 1972 in Geelong, Victoria) is an Australian association football player and coach. Playing career Club career After playing with Altona Magic in the Victorian State League, Trajanovski attended the Australi ...

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Agu Casmir Agu Casmir (born 23 March 1984) is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker or attacking midfielder. Born in Nigeria, he played for the Singapore national football team, Sin ...

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Top scorers

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Aleksandar Đurić Aleksandar Đurić ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Ђурић; born 12 August 1970) is a former professional association football, footballer who serves as the Principal (commercial law), principal for Sport Singapore and the ActiveSG Football ...

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Geylang United Geylang International Football Club is a professional football club based in Bedok, Singapore, that competes in Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was founded in 1973 and played their first season in 1 ...

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Indra Sahdan Daud Indra Sahdan bin Daud (born 5 March 1979) is a former Singapore international footballer who played as a forward. He previously played for S.League clubs Geylang United, Home United, Sengkang Punggol and Singapore Armed Forces. He is kno ...

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Tampines Rovers Tampines Rovers Football Club (currently known as BG Tampines Rovers due to sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football, football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of t ...

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Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Wellington Football Club was a professional association football, football club based in Woodlands, Singapore, Woodlands, Singapore which played in the S.League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club took part in S.League ...

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Tanjong Pagar United Tanjong Pagar United Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Queenstown, Singapore, Queenstown, Singapore. The club currently competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singapore football leag ...

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Aliff Shafaein Aliff Shafaein Safiee (born 19 April 1982) is a Singaporean footballer who plays as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the midd ...

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Balestier Khalsa Balestier Khalsa Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Toa Payoh, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League. Founded in 1898, the club is considered as the oldest Football in Singapore, foot ...

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S.League 2003

References

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