The 1997 S.League was the 2nd season of the S.League, the top professional

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league in Singapore. The format of the league was changed, a single season of home and away matches replacing the split seasons and a playoff model of the 1996 season. The 1997 S.League championship was won by

Singapore Armed Forces FC Warriors Football Club is a Singaporean professional football club that played in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. Before changing their name on 20 January 2013, they were previously known as the Singap ...

Teams

Police Football Club underwent a rebranding, being renamed as

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while NFL side Jurong Town Football Club, who renamed themselves

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, joined the competition taking the number of participating clubs to 9. As a result of the construction of the new

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being incomplete,

used

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as their home ground for the 1997 S.League season.

Foreign players

Final table

Top scorers

External links

S.League 1997
{{S-League Singapore Premier League seasons 1

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