2013_Singapore_League_Cup
2013 Singapore League Cup
Football tournament season
The 2013 Singapore League Cup (known as the Starhub League Cup for sponsorship purposes) is a cup competition played in the month of June 2013.
| Final positions | |
|---|---|
| Champions | Balestier Khalsa |
| Runner-up |  DPMM FC |
The draw for the Cup was held on Sunday, 12 May 2013 at the Football Association of Singapore's headquarters in Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore. Apart from the teams in the S.League which participated in the Starhub League Cup, the 2013 edition also saw an NFL side qualify for the cup draw following a playoff between four sides: Singapore Recreation Club and Singapore Cricket Club, who are the NFL Division 1 Champions and Runners-up, and Admiralty Football Club and Sporting Westlake FC, who are the NFL Division 2 Champions and Runners-up.[1]
Admiralty FC made it through to the tournament proper; after trailing 0-1 they scored three goals to defeat Singapore Recreation Club 3-1.[2]
The League Cup semi finals, League Cup final and Plate final were originally scheduled to be played on 20 June 2013 and 23 June 2013 respectively but were postponed to September 2013 in view of the worsening haze conditions in Singapore.[3]
The semi-finals of the preliminary playoffs were played on 5 May 2013.
Admiralty FC beat Singapore Cricket Club 2-1 in the first semi-final, while Singapore Recreation Club edged out Sporting Westlake 1-0 in the other semi-final.[4]
The final of the preliminary playoffs was held on 12 May 2013 at 5pm,[5] just before the League Cup draw was held at the same venue. Admiralty FC prevailed against Singapore Recreation Club despite going behind after 21 minutes; the Wolves triumphed after former S.League players, Jonathan Xu and Guntur Djafril, as well as former football reality show First XI contestant, Haziq Sudhir, each scored a goal to reverse the score in Admiralty's favour.[6]
As an added incentive for the NFL side, a $2,000 prize money was also presented to the winning team on top of successfully progressing into the 2013 StarHub League Cup. This new move by the S.League is aimed at giving NFL teams an opportunity to experience the professional competitiveness level of a cup competition.[7]
Preliminary Playoffs Knockout stage
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| S1 | Admiralty FC | 2 | |||||||
| S2 | Singapore Cricket Club | 1 | |||||||
| SF1 | Admiralty FC | 3 | |||||||
| SF2 | SRC | 1 | |||||||
| S3 | SRC | 1 | |||||||
| S4 | Sporting Westlake | 0 | |||||||
Preliminary Playoff Semi-finals
| Admiralty FC | 2 - 1 | Singapore Cricket Club |
|---|---|---|
Guntur Djafril  18' Matthew Shiva 39' (pen) |
Report | 45' Chang Guo Guang |
| Singapore Recreation Club | 1 - 0 | Sporting Westlake |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Lancry 73' |
Report |
Preliminary Playoff final
| Admiralty FC | 3 - 1 | Singapore Recreation Club |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Xu 43' Guntur Djafril 57' Haziq Sudhir 93' |
Report | 21' Shaiful Fauzi |
The 2013 Starhub League Cup draw was held at Jalan Besar Stadium on 12 May 2013 following Admiralty FC's victory over Singapore Recreation Club, ensuring the NFL Division One side's inclusion in the 2013 edition of the Cup.[8]
Harimau Muda B, Woodlands Wellington, Home United and preliminary playoff winners Admiralty FC were drawn into Group A, while Tampines Rovers, Courts Young Lions and Tanjong Pagar United made up Group B.[9]
Albirex Niigata (S), Hougang United and Geylang International were drawn into Group C and Brunei DPMM, Balestier Khalsa and Warriors F.C. made up Group D, which is also known as the "Cup Winners" group due to the three being the previous season's RHB Singapore Cup winners, League Cup Plate winners and League Cup winners.
The League Cup was originally scheduled to be played within the month of June in a round robin format with the original fixtures announced by FAS on 21 May 2013.[10] However, due to the haze conditions in Singapore, the League Cup semi finals, League Cup final and Plate final, which were originally scheduled to be played on 20 June 2013 and 23 June 2013 respectively, were postponed to September 2013.[11]
Group A: Admiralty FC (Preliminary Playoff Winners), Harimau Muda B, Home United, Woodlands Wellington
Group B: Young Lions FC, Tampines Rovers, Tanjong Pagar United
Group C: Albirex Niigata (S), Geylang International, Hougang United
Group D: Balestier Khalsa, DPMM FC, Warriors FC
| Key to colours in group tables |
|---|
| Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals of the 2013 StarHub League Cup. |
| Third-placed teams enter the semi-finals of the 2013 Plate Competition. |
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home United (A) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 |
| 2 | Woodlands Wellington (A) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 |  Harimau Muda B |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
| 4 | Admiralty FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round
Matches
v Home United
| 5 June 2013 First round | Harimau Muda B | 0 - 3 | Home United | Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Details | 54' (pen.) Sirina Camara 59' Aliff Shafaein 76' Song Ui-Young |
Referee: Irwan Samsuddin |
| 5 June 2013 First round | Woodlands Wellington | 3 - 2 | Admiralty FC | Woodlands Stadium, Singapore |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Chang Jo-Yoon 50', 85' Oswind Suriya 82' |
Details | 4' Andrew Hutcheon 37' Mohamad Helmi Mohamad |
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah |
Harimau Muda B
| 8 June 2013 First round | Woodlands Wellington | 1 - 0 | Harimau Muda B | Woodlands Stadium, Singapore |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Oswind Suriya 22' |
Details | Referee: Muhd Taqi |
| 8 June 2013 First round | Home United | 5 - 0 | Admiralty FC | Bishan Stadium, Singapore |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Jordan Webb 6' Ismail Yunos 15' (pen) Firdaus Idros 22' Masrezwan Masturi 58' Aliff Shafaein 65' |
Details | Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe |
Harimau Muda B
| 11 June 2013 First round | Admiralty FC | 1 - 2 | Harimau Muda B | Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Andrew Hutcheon 6' |
Details | Iskandar Hanapiah 43' Faizat Ghazli 63' |
Referee: W Ravisanthiran |
| 11 June 2013 First round | Home United | 2 - 0 | Woodlands Wellington | Bishan Stadium, Singapore |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Masrezwan Masturi 42' Aliff Shafaein 53' |
Details | Referee: Farhad Mohd |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanjong Pagar United (A) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers (A) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Young Lions FC |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round
Matches
Young Lions FC
| 6 June 2013 First round | Tanjong Pagar United | 3 - 0 | Young Lions FC | Queenstown Stadium, Singapore |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Kamel Ramdani 5' Monsef Zerka 77', 79' |
Details |
| 9 June 2013 First round | Tampines Rovers | 2 - 1 | Tanjong Pagar United | Clementi Stadium, Singapore |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Aleksandar Đurić 9', 32' |
Details | Ismaël Benhamed 90+5' |
Young Lions FC
| 12 June 2013 First round | Tampines Rovers | 2 - 3 | Young Lions FC | Clementi Stadium, Singapore |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Ahmed Fahmie 23' Jamil Ali 44' |
Details | Afiq Yunos 62' Ignatius Ang 79'Sahil Suhaimi 90+3' |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geylang International (A) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| 2 |  Albirex Niigata (S) (A) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Hougang United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round
Matches
Albirex Niigata (S)
| 5 June 2013 First round | Hougang United | 0 - 0 | Albirex Niigata (S) | Hougang Stadium, Singapore |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Details | Referee: Jansen Foo |
v Geylang International
| 8 June 2013 First round | Albirex Niigata (S) | 0 - 0 | Geylang International | Jurong East Stadium, Singapore |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Details | Referee: W Ravisanthiran |
| 11 June 2013 First round | Geylang International | 2 - 1 | Hougang United | Bedok Stadium, Singapore |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Jozef Kaplán 43', 77' (pen.) |
Details | Jerome Baker 59' |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balestier Khalsa (A) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 2 | DPMM FC (A) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Warriors FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round
Matches
DPMM FC
| 6 June 2013 First round | Balestier Khalsa | 2 - 1 | DPMM FC | Toa Payoh Stadium, Singapore |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Paul Cunningham 80' Obadin Aikhena 89' |
Details | 45' Shahrazen Said |
v Warriors FC
| 9 June 2013 First round | DPMM FC | 2 - 1 | Warriors FC | Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Shahrulrizal Abd Rahman 21' Shahrazen Said 54' |
Details | Mislav Karoglan 16' |
| 12 June 2013 First round | Warriors FC | 2 - 2 | Balestier Khalsa | Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Mislav Karoglan 8' Tatsuro Inui 77' |
Details | Kim Min-Ho 19' Park Kang-Jin 41' |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Home United | 1(7) | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Albirex Niigata (S)
| 1(8) | ||||||||||||
| QF1 | Albirex Niigata (S)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| QF2 | Balestier Khalsa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| D1 | Balestier Khalsa | 3(4) | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Tampines Rovers | 3(3) | ||||||||||||
| SF1 | Balestier Khalsa | 4 | ||||||||||||
| SF2 | DPMM FC | 0 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Woodlands Wellington | 0(4) | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Geylang International | 0(1) | ||||||||||||
| QF3 | Woodlands Wellington | 0 | ||||||||||||
| QF4 | DPMM FC
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Tanjong Pagar United | 2 | ||||||||||||
| D2 | DPMM FC
| 5 | ||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
Albirex Niigata (S)
| 15 June 2013 Quarter-finals 1 | Home United | 1 - 1 (a.e.t.) (6 - 7 p) | Albirex Niigata (S) | Bishan Stadium |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Ismail Yunos 14' |
Details | Shingo Suzuki 78' (pen.) |
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah |
| 15 June 2013 Quarter-finals 2 | Balestier Khalsa | 3 - 3 (a.e.t.) (4 - 3 p) | Tampines Rovers | Toa Payoh Stadium |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Ismadi Mukhtar 2' (o.g.) Kim Min-Ho 39'Zulkiffli Hassim 81' |
Details | Aleksandar Đurić 8' Khairul Amri 67'Jamil Ali 77' |
Referee: Abdul Malik |
| 16 June 2013 Quarter-finals 3 | Geylang International | 0 - 0 (a.e.t.) (1 – 4 p) | Woodlands Wellington | Bedok Stadium |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Details | Referee: Yazeen Buhari | ||
| Penalties | ||||
Norihiro Kawakami  Jozef Kaplán Shotaro Ihata  |
Moon Soon-Ho Rosman Sulaiman Cho Sung-hwan Goh Swee Swee |
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DPMM FC
| 16 June 2013 Quarter-finals 4 | Tanjong Pagar United | 2 - 5 | DPMM FC | Queenstown Stadium |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Hafiz Nor 4' Monsef Zerka 28' |
Details | 47', 64', 71' (pen) João Moreira 55', 68' Arturas Rimkevicius |
Referee: Muhd Taqi |
Semi-finals
v Balestier Khalsa
| 9 September 2013 Semi-finals 1 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 0 - 1 | Balestier Khalsa | Jurong East Stadium |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Details | Park Kang-Jin 12' |
Referee: Sukhbir Singh |
DPMM FC
| 10 September 2013 Semi-finals 2 | Woodlands Wellington | 0 - 1 | DPMM FC | Woodlands Stadium |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Details | Hendra Azam 50' |
Referee: Muhd Taqi |
DPMM FC
| 14 September 2013 Final | Balestier Khalsa | 4 - 0 | DPMM FC | Jalan Besar Stadium |
| 19:45 | Paul Cunningham 15' Kim Min-Ho 34'Poh Yi Feng 68'Tengku Mushadad 86' |
Details | Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe |
Like the 2012 edition of the League Cup, the second runners-up from each group will face each other in the semi-finals of the League Cup Plate Competition.
The winners will go on to meet each other in the League Cup Plate Finals.
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| A3 | Harimau Muda B
| 1(5) | |||||||
| C3 | Hougang United | 1(4) | |||||||
| PSF1 | Harimau Muda B
| 2 | |||||||
| PSF2 | Young Lions FC
| 0 | |||||||
| B3 | Young Lions FC
| 3 | |||||||
| D3 | Warriors FC | 2 | |||||||
v Hougang United
| 17 June 2013 Semi-finals 1 | Harimau Muda B | 1 - 1 (a.e.t.) (5 - 4 p) | Hougang United | Jalan Besar Stadium |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | Ridzuan Abdunloh 70' |
Details | 55' Nurhilmi Jasni |
Referee: W Ravisanthiran |
v Warriors FC
| 18 June 2013 Semi-finals 1 | Young Lions FC | 3 - 2 | Warriors FC | Jalan Besar Stadium |
| 19:30 (UTC+8) | (og) Syaiful Iskandar 22' Afiq Yunos 45' Iqbal Hussain 76' |
Details | 11', 56' Shi Jiayi (pen) |
Referee: K Kalimuthu |
v Courts Young Lions
| 14 September 2013 Final | Harimau Muda B | 2 - 0 | Courts Young Lions | Jalan Besar Stadium |
| 17:00 | Syazwan Tajudin 22' Asri Mardzuki 70' |
Details | Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah |
Top goalscorers
- As of 18 June 2013.[12]
| Rank | Nationality | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
João Moreira | DPMM FC |
3 |
|
Aliff Shafaein | Home United | 3 | |
|
Aleksandar Đurić | Tampines Rovers | 3 | |
 |
Monsef Zerka | Tanjong Pagar | 3 | |
| 2 |  |
Andrew Hutcheon | Admiralty FC | 2 |
 |
Kim Min-Ho | Balestier Khalsa | 2 | |
 |
Arturas Rimkevicius | DPMM FC |
2 | |
|
Shahrazen Said | DPMM FC |
2 | |
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Afiq Yunos | Young Lions FC |
2 | |
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Jozef Kaplán | Geylang International | 2 | |
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Ismail Yunos | Home United | 2 | |
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Masrezwan Masturi | Home United | 2 | |
 |
Mislav Karoglan | Warriors FC | 2 | |
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Shi Jiayi | Warriors FC | 2 | |
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Chang Jo-Yoon | Woodlands Wellington | 2 | |
|
Oswind Suriya | Woodlands Wellington | 2 | |
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