2013 Singapore League Cup

2013 Singapore League Cup

Final positions
Champions	Balestier Khalsa
Runner-up	DPMM FC

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. 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. Admiralty FC made it through to the tournament proper; after trailing 0-1 they scored three goals to defeat Singapore Recreation Club 3-1. 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.

Preliminary playoffs

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. The final of the preliminary playoffs was held on 12 May 2013 at 5pm, 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. 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.

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

5 May 2013

17:00

Admiralty FC	2 - 1	Singapore Cricket Club
Guntur Djafril File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Matthew Shiva File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' (pen)	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Chang Guo Guang

Jalan Besar Stadium

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5 May 2013

19:00

Singapore Recreation Club	1 - 0	Sporting Westlake
Jonathan Lancry File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Report

Jalan Besar Stadium

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Preliminary Playoff final

12 May 2013

17:00

Admiralty FC	3 - 1	Singapore Recreation Club
Jonathan Xu File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Guntur Djafril File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Haziq Sudhir File:Soccerball shade.svg 93'	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Shaiful Fauzi

First round

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. 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. 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. 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.

Preliminary stage

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

Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2013. Source: sleague.com^[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Matches

Harimau Muda B v Home United

5 June 2013 First round	Harimau Muda B	0 - 3	Home United	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 (UTC+8)		Details[usurped]	File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' (pen.) Sirina Camara File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Aliff Shafaein File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Song Ui-Young	Referee: Irwan Samsuddin

Woodlands Wellington v Admiralty FC

Woodlands Wellington v Harimau Muda B

8 June 2013 First round	Woodlands Wellington	1 - 0	Harimau Muda B	Woodlands Stadium, Singapore
19:30 (UTC+8)	Oswind Suriya File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'	Details[usurped]		Referee: Muhd Taqi

Home United v Admiralty FC

Admiralty FC v 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 6'	Details[usurped]	Iskandar Hanapiah File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Faizat Ghazli File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Referee: W Ravisanthiran

Home United v Woodlands Wellington

11 June 2013 First round	Home United	2 - 0	Woodlands Wellington	Bishan Stadium, Singapore
19:30 (UTC+8)	Masrezwan Masturi File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Aliff Shafaein File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	Details[usurped]		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

Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2013. Source: sleague.com^[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Matches

Tanjong Pagar United v Young Lions FC

Tampines Rovers v Tanjong Pagar United

Tampines Rovers v Young Lions FC

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

Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2013. Source: sleague.com^[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Matches

Hougang United v Albirex Niigata (S)

5 June 2013 First round	Hougang United	0 - 0	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang Stadium, Singapore
19:30 (UTC+8)		Details[usurped]		Referee: Jansen Foo

Albirex Niigata (S) v Geylang International

8 June 2013 First round	Albirex Niigata (S)	0 - 0	Geylang International	Jurong East Stadium, Singapore
19:30 (UTC+8)		Details[usurped]		Referee: W Ravisanthiran

Geylang International v Hougang United

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

Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2013. Source: sleague.com^[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Matches

Balestier Khalsa v DPMM FC

DPMM FC v Warriors FC

Warriors FC v Balestier Khalsa

Knockout stage

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

Home United v 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'	Details[usurped]	Shingo Suzuki File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' (pen.)	Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

Balestier Khalsa v Tampines Rovers

Geylang International v Woodlands Wellington

Tanjong Pagar United v DPMM FC

Semi-finals

Albirex Niigata (S) v Balestier Khalsa

9 September 2013 Semi-finals 1	Albirex Niigata (S)	0 - 1	Balestier Khalsa	Jurong East Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)		Details[usurped]	Park Kang-Jin File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'	Referee: Sukhbir Singh

Woodlands Wellington v DPMM FC

10 September 2013 Semi-finals 2	Woodlands Wellington	0 - 1	DPMM FC	Woodlands Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)		Details[usurped]	Hendra Azam File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'	Referee: Muhd Taqi

Final

Balestier Khalsa v DPMM FC

Plate Competition

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.

Plate Knockout Stage

	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

Plate Semi-finals

Harimau Muda B 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Details[usurped]	File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Nurhilmi Jasni	Referee: W Ravisanthiran

Young Lions FC v Warriors FC

Plate final

Harimau Muda B v Courts Young Lions

14 September 2013 Final	Harimau Muda B	2 - 0	Courts Young Lions	Jalan Besar Stadium
17:00	Syazwan Tajudin File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Asri Mardzuki File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Details[usurped]		Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

Cup Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 18 June 2013.

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
		Afiq Yunos	Young Lions FC	2
		Jozef Kaplán	Geylang International	2
		Ismail Yunos	Home United	2
		Masrezwan Masturi	Home United	2
		Mislav Karoglan	Warriors FC	2
		Shi Jiayi	Warriors FC	2
		Chang Jo-Yoon	Woodlands Wellington	2
		Oswind Suriya	Woodlands Wellington	2

See also

• S.League
• Singapore Cup
• Singapore Charity Shield
• Football Association of Singapore
• List of football clubs in Singapore