The 1999 S.League was the fourth season of the

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, the top professional

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league in

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. Teams played each other once both home and away, in a 22-match season. The 1999 S.League was won by

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, their first S.League title.

Teams

The league expanded again to 12 teams with the addition of a newly formed team,

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who were based in Clementi and played their home games at the

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. Clementi Khalsa were formed in order to give an S.League representation to the Singaporean

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community.

Foreign players

Each club is allowed to have up to a maximum of 4 foreign players.

League table

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of the

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11–0 on aggregate before being defeated 6–1 on aggregate in the second round by

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of the

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Top scorer

References

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