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Woodlands Wellington FC

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Woodlands Wellington FC
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Nama lengkapWoodlands Wellington Football Club
JulukanThe Rams
StadionStadion Woodlands
Woodlands, Singapura
(Kapasitas: 4.300)
KetuaWinson Song Ying Kong
Pelatih KepalaSingapura R. Balasubramaniam
LigaS.League
201112
Kostum kandang
Kostum tandang

Woodlands Wellington Football Club adalah sebuah klub sepak bola profesional yang bermain di liga sepak bola profesional Singapura, S.League.

Mereka memainkan pertandingan kandangnya di Stadion Woodlands, yang berada di bagian utara Singapura. Maskot mereka adalah Ram, dan tim sering dsebut sebagai "The Rams".

Woodlands Wellington memenangkan Piala Liga Singapura perdana pada 2007, mengalahkan Sengkang Punggol FC 4-0 di final. Juga runner-up di Piala FA Singapura pada tahun 1997, dan juga di Piala Singapura pada 2005 dan 2008.

Sejarah

Wellington Football Club didirikan pada tahun 1988 sebagai sebuah kelompok sempalan dari Delhi Juniors (sebuah tim sepakbola penggemar Singapura, dating kembali ke 1940-an, yang merupakan pelopor sepak bola di Singapura). 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.[1]

  1. ^ Malathi Das and Palakrishnan (1996), "S.League: the kick-off", Singapore Professional Football League Pte Ltd, p. 62