Woodlands Wellington FC
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Woodlands Wellington Football Club was a professional football club based in Woodlands, Singapore which played in the S.League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club took part in S.League from 1996 to 2014. They are at the 4,300 seater Woodlands Stadium, where they have played since their establishment.
Full name | Woodlands Wellington Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Northern Rams | ||
Founded | 1988; 36 years ago (1988) (as Wellington Football Club) 1996; 28 years ago (1996) (as Woodlands Wellington FC) | ||
Dissolved | 2014; 10 years ago (2014) | ||
Ground | Woodlands Stadium | ||
Capacity | 4,300 | ||
League | S.League | ||
2014 | S.League, 11th of 12 | ||
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Woodlands Wellington FC's honours include winning the inaugural Singapore League Cup in 2007, defeating Sengkang Punggol FC 4–0 in the final. They also finished runners-up in the Singapore FA Cup in 1997, and also in the Singapore Cup in 2005 and 2008 and won the President's Centennial Cup in 1998, a cup competition organized by the Philippine Football Federation to celebrate the centennial of Philippine Independence by defeating Hong Kong Rangers 2–1 in the final in Bacolod.
Their best finish in the S-League came in the 1996 Tiger Beer Series where they were runners-up. They have also achieved 3rd place in 1997 and 2005.