| Season: | 1996 |
| Mgrtitle: | Coach |
| Chairman: | Patrick Ang |
| Stdtitle: | Ground |
| Stadium: | Bedok Stadium |
| League: | S.League |
| League Result: | Champions |
| Cup1: | Singapore FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Champions |
| Nextseason: | 1997 |
The 1996 S.League season is Geylang United's 1st season in the top flight of Singapore football and 21rd year in existence as a football club.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||
| 1 | David Lee | 1958 4, df=yes | Singapore FA | ||||
| Shahri Rahim | |||||||
| Defenders | |||||||
| 5 | Borhan Abu Samah | 1964 11, df=yes | Singapore FA | ||||
| 7 | Mohammad Khakpour |  | 1969 2, df=yes | Persepolis F.C. | |||
| 12 | Zulkarnaen Zainal | 1973 10, df=yes | Youth Team | ||||
| 13 | Kamaruddin Ismail | ||||||
| 16 | Kadir Yahaya | 1968 2, df=yes | Singapore FA | ||||
| 18 | Robin Chitrakar | 1976 10, df=yes | Balestier United | ||||
| R. Sasikumar | |||||||
| Midfielders | |||||||
| 10 | Syed Faruk | 1967 2, df=yes | Singapore FA | ||||
| 14 | Hamid Estili | | 1967 4, df=yes | Qadsia SC | |||
| Chris Riley |  | 1964 8, df=yes | |||||
| Strikers | |||||||
| 17 | Fandi Ahmad | 1962 5, df=yes | Singapore FA | ||||
| 23 | Zlatko Vidan | 1966 6, df=yes | |||||
| Mohsen Garousi | | 1968 11, df=yes | PAS Tehran F.C. | ||||