2013 Singapore League Cup

2013 Singapore League Cup

Champions	Balestier Khalsa
Runners-up	DPMM FC
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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. ^[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]

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. ^[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

5 May 2013

17:00

Admiralty FC	2 - 1	Singapore Cricket Club
Guntur Djafril 18' Matthew Shiva 39' (pen)	Report	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 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 43' Guntur Djafril 57' Haziq Sudhir 93'	Report	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. ^[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]

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
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 2013First 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

Woodlands Wellington v Admiralty FC

5 June 2013First 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

Woodlands Wellington v Harimau Muda B

8 June 2013First round	Woodlands Wellington	1 - 0	Harimau Muda B	Woodlands Stadium, Singapore
19:30 (UTC+8)	Oswind Suriya 22'	Details		Referee: Muhd Taqi

Home United v Admiralty FC

8 June 2013First 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

Admiralty FC v Harimau Muda B

11 June 2013First 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

Home United v Woodlands Wellington

11 June 2013First 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

Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2013. Source: sleague.com
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

6 June 2013First round	Tanjong Pagar United	3 - 0	Young Lions FC	Queenstown Stadium, Singapore
19:30 (UTC+8)	Kamel Ramdani 5' Monsef Zerka 77', 79'	Details

Tampines Rovers v Tanjong Pagar United

9 June 2013First round	Tampines Rovers	2 - 1	Tanjong Pagar United	Clementi Stadium, Singapore
19:30 (UTC+8)	Aleksandar Đurić 9', 32'	Details	Ismaël Benhamed 90+5'

Tampines Rovers v Young Lions FC

12 June 2013First 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

Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2013. Source: sleague.com
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 2013First round	Hougang United	0 - 0	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang Stadium, Singapore
19:30 (UTC+8)		Details		Referee: Jansen Foo

Albirex Niigata (S) v Geylang International

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

Geylang International v Hougang United

11 June 2013First 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

Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2013. Source: sleague.com
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

6 June 2013First 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

DPMM FC v Warriors FC

9 June 2013First 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'

Warriors FC v Balestier Khalsa

12 June 2013First 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'

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 2013Quarter-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

Balestier Khalsa v Tampines Rovers

15 June 2013Quarter-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

Geylang International v Woodlands Wellington

16 June 2013Quarter-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

Tanjong Pagar United v DPMM FC

16 June 2013Quarter-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

Albirex Niigata (S) v Balestier Khalsa

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

Woodlands Wellington v DPMM FC

10 September 2013Semi-finals 2	Woodlands Wellington	0 - 1	DPMM FC	Woodlands Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8)		Details	Hendra Azam 50'	Referee: Muhd Taqi

Final

Balestier Khalsa v DPMM FC

14 September 2013Final	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

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 2013Semi-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

Young Lions FC v Warriors FC

18 June 2013Semi-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

Plate final

Harimau Muda B v Courts Young Lions

14 September 2013Final	Harimau Muda B	2 - 0	Courts Young Lions	Jalan Besar Stadium
17:00	Syazwan Tajudin 22' Asri Mardzuki 70'	Details		Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

Cup Statistics

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
		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

References

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