Woodlands Wellington FC

Football club infobox
clubname = Woodlands Wellington FC


fullname = Woodlands Wellington Football Club
nickname = The Rams
founded =
ground = Woodlands Stadium
Woodlands, Singapore
capacity = 4,300
chairman = Francis Gomez
manager = Jorg Steinebrunner
league = S.League
season =
position =
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Woodlands Wellington Football Club is a professional football club that plays in Singapore's professional football league, the S.League.

The team's home ground is the Woodlands Stadium, which is at the northern part of Singapore. Their mascot is the Ram, and the team is often referred to as "the Rams".

Woodlands Wellington won the inaugural Singapore League Cup in 2007, defeating Sengkang Punggol FC 4-0 in the final. The also finished runners-up in the Singapore Cup in 2005 and the Singapore FA Cup in 1997.

S.League Record

* 2007 - 7th place
* 2006 - 5th place
* 2005 - 3rd place
* 2004 - 6th place
* 2003 - 5th place
* 2002 - 5th place
* 2001 - 12th place
* 2000 - 10th place
* 1999 - 9th place
* 1998 - 9th place
* 1997 - 3rd place
* 1996 - "Series 1:" 2nd place; "Series 2:" 4th place

Singapore Cup Record

* 2008 - Qualified for Final(match yet to be played)
* 2007 - 4th place
* 2006 - 3rd place
* 2005 - Runners-up
* 2004 - Quarter-finals
* 2003 - Semi-finals
* 2002 - First round
* 2001 - First round
* 2000 - 4th place
* 1999 - Quarter-finals
* 1998 - First round
* 1997 - First round

Singapore League Cup Record

* 2008 - First round
* 2007 - Champions

Performance in AFC competitions

* Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance::1998/99: First Round

Sponsors

* Main Sponsor: SembCorp
* Kit Supplier: Diadora

Current Squad

Former Players

* Jamie Fullarton (2005)
*flagicon|England Simon Clark (footballer) (2002-??)
*flagicon|England Ben Dixon (footballer born 1974) (1998-99)
*flagicon|ENG Max Nicholson (footballer)
*flagicon|ENG Christian Sansam (1997-??)
*flagicon|England Stuart Young (1996-97)

Controversy

In September 2007, Woodlands Wellington was fined S$30,000 and docked six league points after the team walked off the pitch in the 60th minute of a match against Tampines Rovers FC to protest the decisions of the referee. The incident began with a red card shown to Woodlands player Hasrin Jailani in the 53rd minute for an elbowing incident against Tampines midfielder Mustafic Fahruddin.

Three minutes later, Woodlands conceded a freekick which allowed Shariff Samat to score the opening goal. Upon the restart, the Woodlands players reportedly stood still and allowed Noh Alam Shah to score the second goal, after which they left the pitch and refused to return to the pitch, forcing the match to be abandoned with Tampines leading 2-0.

The S.League disciplinary committee also fine club chairman Francis Gomez (who instigated the team to leave the field) S$10,000 and banned him from attending S.League matches for the rest of the season. Coach Jorg Steinebrunner was fined S$2,000, team captain Jerry Bartholomeusz was fined S$1,500, and nine other Woodlands players were fined S$1,000 each. The match was awarded to Tampines with a 2-0 scoreline. The incident was the first walkout in S.League history. [http://www.938live.sg/ListDetail.aspx?Editorial_ID=22700&SubCategoryID=6&Diff=0&Catgrp=Sports&Start_Date=20070904] [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/299746/1/.html]

External links

* [http://www.wwfc.org.sg Official club website]
* [http://www.sleague.com/Web/main.aspx?ID=91febb9d-ea54-4a11-9385-a1c31228afcc S.League website page on Woodlands Wellington FC]