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Woodlands Wellington Football Club is a professional football

Football (soccer)

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club that plays in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

's professional football league, the S.League

S.League

The S.League is the top men's professional association football league in Singapore. The league was launched in 1996 and currently involves 12 clubs.-History:...

.

The team's home ground is the Woodlands Stadium

Woodlands Stadium

Woodlands Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Singapore. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Woodlands Wellington FC. The stadium holds 4,300 people. It is located in the north of Singapore. Visitors can alight at either Marsling or Woodlands MRT station...

, 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

Singapore League Cup

The Singapore League Cup is an annual soccer competition in Singapore. It was launched in 2007, and is open to teams who play in the S.League.The 2007 competition was sponsored by SingTel, and officially titled the SingTel League Cup...

in 2007, defeating Sengkang Punggol FC

Sengkang Punggol FC

Hougang United Football Club is a professional football club in Singapore's S.League. The club first made their debut in Singapore's S.League in 2006 under the name Sengkang Punggol Football Club. The club was a merger of two football clubs that previously played in the S.League – namely, Paya...

4-0 in the final. The also finished runners-up in the Singapore FA Cup in 1997, and also in the Singapore Cup

Singapore Cup

The Singapore Cup is an annual soccer competition in Singapore.The Singapore Cup is the major cup competition in Singapore football, and has existed since the 1997 ....

in 2005 and 2008.

History

Wellington Football Club was founded in 1988 as a splinter group of Delhi Juniors (a team of Singaporean football enthusiasts, dating back to the 1940s, that were among the pioneers of football in Singapore). In 1991, they participated in the Sembawang Group League and National Island-Wide League, winning as champions in both competitions and setting a national record by beating Seletar Football Club by a 27-goal margin. The following year, the Rams joined the National Football League and were placed in Division II, from which they were promoted as champions in 1994. 1995 saw unprecedented success, as they finished first in Division I (going unbeaten for 24 matches) and were FA Cup runners-up. Their convincing displays led to their selection as one of eight clubs to compete in the newly-formed S.League, prompting the club to move to Woodlands and change name to Woodlands Wellington Football Club.

S.League Record

1996 - Series 1: Runners-up; Series 2: 4th place
1997 - 3rd place
1998 - 9th place
1999 - 9th place
2000 - 10th place
2001 - 12th place (Wooden Spoonist
Wooden spoon (award)
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)
2002 - 5th place
2003 - 5th place
2004 - 6th place
2005 - 3rd place
2006 - 5th place
2007 - 7th place
2008 - 8th place
2009 - 9th place
2010 - 12th place (Wooden Spoonist
Wooden spoon (award)
A wooden spoon is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events...

)

Singapore Cup Record

1997 - First round
1998 - First round
1999 - Quarter-finals
2000 - 4th place
2001 - First round
2002 - First round
2003 - Semi-finals
2004 - Quarter-finals
2005 - Runners-up
2006 - 3rd place
2007 - 4th place
2008 - Runners-up
2009 - First round

Singapore League Cup Record

2007 - Champions
2008 - First round
2009 - 4th-place
2010 - Runners-up
2011 - First round

Performance in AFC competitions

Asian Cup Winners Cup
Asian Cup Winners Cup
The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation . The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC...

: 1 appearance

1998/99: First Round

Current Squad

Prime League Squad

Former Players

Simon Clark

Simon Clark (footballer)

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(2002-??) Ben Dixon

Ben Dixon (footballer born 1974)

Benjamin Marcus Alexander Dixon is an English football player. Initially a left-winger, he converted first to a left-back and then a centre-half. He plays for Boston Town.-Career:...

(1998–99) Max Nicholson

Max Nicholson (footballer)

-Football career:Nicholson began his career as a trainee with Doncaster Rovers and was given his professional debut in 1988 by former Scotland captain Billy Bremner...

Christian Sansam

Christian Sansam is an English retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.-Career:Born in Kingston upon Hull, Sansam played in the Football League for Scunthorpe United, Scarborough, Bradford City and Hull City. He later played in Singapore for Woodlands Wellington.-External links:**...

(1997-??) Stuart Young

Stuart Young

Stuart Young is an English footballer.-Career:Young’s senior football career began at Arsenal FC in 1990, before moving to his home town of Hull City in 1991. He spent two seasons at the Tigers, before spells at Northampton Town in 1993, Scarborough FC 1994, Scunthorpe United between 1994 to 1996,...

(1996–97) Karim Bencherifa

Karim Bencherifa

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(2004-2006) Jose Ramirez Bareto (2009)

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