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1996 Geylang United FC season
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The 1996 S.League season was Geylang United's 1st season in the top flight of Singapore football and 21st year in existence as a football club. Geylang emerged the winner of Series 1 (Tiger Beer Series) and finished fifth in Series 2 (Pioneer Series). It qualified for the Championship Playoff and won the inaugural S.League season. It also won the inaugural Singapore FA Cup.
Geylang United was selected as part of the eight teams to participate in the inaugural S.League season. Fandi Ahmad returned as team captain.
Geylang won the Series 1 (Tiger Beer Series) and qualified for the Championship Playoff at the end of the season. However, Geylang finished fifth in Series 2 (Pioneer Series). During the Championship Playoff, Geylang defeated Singapore Armed Forces Football Club (SAFFC) 2–1 to emerge champions of the inaugural season of S.League and qualified for the 1997–98 Asian Club Championship.
In the inaugural Singapore FA Cup, Geylang defeated SAFFC again, 4–2, in a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in normal time and extra time.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Previous club |
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| 1 | David Lee | (1958-04-10) 10 April 1958 | Singapore FA | |
| Shahri Rahim | ||||
| 5 | Borhan Abu Samah | (1964-11-30) 30 November 1964 | Singapore FA | |
| 7 | Mohammad Khakpour | (1969-02-20) 20 February 1969 | Persepolis F.C. | |
| 12 | Zulkarnaen Zainal | (1973-10-01) 1 October 1973 | Youth Team | |
| 13 | Kamaruddin Ismail | |||
| 16 | Kadir Yahaya | (1968-02-15) 15 February 1968 | Singapore FA | |
| 18 | Robin Chitrakar | (1976-10-02) 2 October 1976 | Balestier United | |
| R. Sasikumar | ||||
| 10 | Syed Faruk | (1967-02-11) 11 February 1967 | Singapore FA | |
| 14 | Hamid Estili | (1967-04-01) 1 April 1967 | Qadsia SC | |
| Chris Riley | (1964-08-19) 19 August 1964 | |||
| 17 | Fandi Ahmad | (1962-05-26) 26 May 1962 | Singapore FA | |
| 23 | Zlatko Vidan | (1966-06-22) 22 June 1966 | ||
| Mohsen Garousi | (1968-11-28) 28 November 1968 | PAS Tehran F.C. |
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