2012 S.League
The 2012 S.League was the 17th season of the S-League, the top professional football league in Singapore. It is known as the Great Eastern-Yeo's S.League for sponsorship reasons.
Tampines Rovers won their fourth title, finishing top of a 13-team league.
Teams
withdrew their participation in the league to concentrate on grassroots football and youth development. DPMM FC have re-entered the league, coming back since they were suspended by FIFA in the 2009 campaign. Harimau Muda of Malaysia have also entered the fray.| Team | Coach | Stadium | Capacity | Location |
 Albirex Niigata | Koichi Sugiyama | Jurong East Stadium | 2,700 | Jurong East |
| Balestier Khalsa |  Darren Stewart | Toa Payoh Stadium | 3,900 | Toa Payoh |
 DPMM FC |  Vjeran Simunić | Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium | 30,000 | Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei |
| Geylang United | V. Kanakarajan | Bedok Stadium | 3,900 | Bedok |
| Gombak United | K. Balagumaran | Jurong West Stadium | 3,200 | Jurong West |
 Harimau Muda | Ong Kim Swee | Yishun Stadium | 3,400 | Yishun |
| Home United |  Lee Lim-Saeng | Bishan Stadium | 4,100 | Bishan |
| Hougang United | Nenad Bacina | Hougang Stadium | 2,500 | Hougang |
| Singapore Armed Forces | Richard Bok | Choa Chu Kang Stadium | 4,600 | Choa Chu Kang |
| Tampines Rovers | Tay Peng Kee | Clementi Stadium | 4,000 | Clementi |
| Tanjong Pagar United | Terry Pathmanathan | Queenstown Stadium | 3,800 | Queenstown |
| Woodlands Wellington | Salim Moin | Woodlands Stadium | 4,300 | Woodlands |
 Young Lions | Robin Chitrakar | Jalan Besar Stadium | 8,000 | Kallang |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by |
| Geylang United | Mike Wong | Moved to Prime League squad | V. Kanakarajan |
| Tampines Rovers | Steven Tan | Moved to Prime League squad | Tay Peng Kee |
Stadium changes
- Tampines Rovers moved into the Clementi Stadium due to the early commencement of the Tampines Sports Hub project which makes the Tampines Stadium unusable.
- With Tampines moving into the Clementi Stadium, Tanjong Pagar United are moving out and back to the Queenstown Stadium which they previously vacated back in 2004. Queenstown Stadium was last used by Etoile FC.
Foreign players
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Former Player |
| Balestier Khalsa | Park Kang-jin | Goran Šubara |  Paul Cunningham |  Zdravko Dragićević | Jang Jo-yoon |
| DPMM FC |  Patrick da Silva | Tales dos Santos | Ivan Jerković |  Osman Bashiru | Rodrigo Gral |
| Geylang United | Mun Seung-man |  Stefan Milojević |  Jozef Kapláň |  Michael King |  Rhema Obed Oliver Nicholas |
| Gombak United | Jung Hee-bong | Christoper Anderson |  Obadin Aikhena |  Julien Durand | - |
| Home United | Kenji Arai | Shotaro Ihata |  Franklin Anzite | Frederic Mendy | - |
| Hougang United |  Jordan Webb | Stanislav Vidaković | Ante Barać |  Mamadou M. Diallo | - |
| Singapore Armed Forces | Tatsuro Inui | Shimpei Sakurada |  Mislav Karoglan | Marin Vidošević |  Seiji Saito |
| Tampines Rovers | Saša Dreven | Benoit Croissant |  Gligor Gligorov |  Sead Hadžibulić |  Davor Piškor |
| Tanjong Pagar United | Takaya Kawanabe |  Gilbert Bayonne | Anthony Aymard |  Carlos Delgado |  Jang In-jun Lee Joo-sang |
| Woodlands Wellington | Moon Soon-Ho | Hussein Akil | Daniel Hammond |  Fabien Lewis | - |
| Young Lions | Sherif El-Masri |  Benjamin Lee | Jonathan Toto | Sirina Camara | - |
- Albirex Niigata and Harimau Muda are not allowed hire any foreigners.
League table
Results
Season statistics
Goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Frédéric Mendy | Home United | 20 |
| 2 |  Jozef Kapláň | Geylang United | 14 |
| 2 |  Mislav Karoglan | Singapore Armed Forces | 14 |
| 4 | Shahrazen Said | DPMM FC | 13 |
| 5 | Jordan Webb | Hougang United | 12 |
| 5 | Yasuhiro Yamakoshi | Albirex Niigata | 12 |
| 5 | Aleksandar Đurić | Tampines Rovers | 12 |
| 8 | Shotaro Ihata | Home United | 10 |
| 9 | Fazrul Nawaz | Singapore Armed Forces | 9 |
| 9 | Shimpei Sakurada | Singapore Armed Forces | 9 |
| 11 | Sead Hadžibulić | Tampines Rovers | 8 |
Attendance figures
S-League Awards Night Winners
| Awards | Winners |
| Player of the Year | Aleksandar Đurić |
| Young Player of the Year |  Wan Zack Haikal |
| Coach of the Year | Vjeran Simunić |
| Top Scorer Award | Frédéric Mendy |
| Fair Play Award | Albirex Niigata |
| Referee of the Year | Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir |