2014 S.League

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Season2014
Champions Warriors FC
Supporters' Shield Tampines Rovers
AFC Champions League Warriors FC
(S.League winners)
AFC Cup Balestier Khalsa
(Singapore Cup winners)
Matches played125
Goals scored409 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Tosi (21 goals)
Biggest home win Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM FC 8–1 Woodlands Wellington
(26 August 2014)
Biggest away win Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions 0–4 Balestier Khalsa
(23 February 2014)
Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S) 0–4 Warriors FC
(16 April 2014)
Highest scoring Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM FC 8–1 Woodlands Wellington
(26 August 2014)
Longest winning run Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM FC
(7 matches)
Longest unbeaten run Hougang United
(9 matches)
Longest winless run Flag of Malaysia.svg Harimau Muda B
(10 matches)
Longest losing run Flag of Malaysia.svg Harimau Muda B
(10 matches)
← 2013
2015 →
All statistics correct as of 26 August 2014.

The 2014 S.League was the 19th season since the establishment of the S.League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs. The league was also known as the Great Eastern Yeo's S.League due to sponsorship reasons. Tampines Rovers were the defending champions.

Contents

For the first time, free-to-air MediaCorp okto broadcast all Friday matches that were held at the Jalan Besar Stadium live on its channel, including a weekly S.League Show. The season started on 21 February 2014, and concluded on 31 October 2014.

Teams

A total of 12 teams contested the league. There were no changes to the participating sides from the previous season. Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and Harimau Muda B were invited foreign clubs from Japan, Brunei and Malaysia respectively.

Stadiums and locations

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Location of 2014 S.League teams
TeamStadiumCapacity
Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S) Jurong East Stadium 2,700
Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900
Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM FC Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium 30,000
Geylang International Bedok Stadium 3,900
Flag of Malaysia.svg Harimau Muda B Pasir Gudang Stadium 15,000
Home United Bishan Stadium 4,100
Hougang United Hougang Stadium 2,500
Tampines Rovers Clementi Stadium 4,000
Tanjong Pagar United Queenstown Stadium 3,800
Warriors FC Choa Chu Kang Stadium 4,600
Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Stadium 4,300
Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions Jalan Besar Stadium 8,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

TeamCoachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S) Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuyuki Okuyama Flag of Japan.svg Itsuki Yamada Mafro Canon
Balestier Khalsa Flag of Croatia.svg Marko Kraljević Flag of New Zealand.svg Paul Cunningham Umbro FTMS
Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM FC Flag of Scotland.svg Steve Kean Flag of Brunei.svg Rosmin Kamis Lotto None
Geylang International Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Steinebrunner Muhammad Ridhuan Lotto Rotary Engineering
Flag of Malaysia.svg Harimau Muda B Flag of Malaysia.svg Razip Ismail Flag of Malaysia.svg Ashmawi Yakin Nike None
Home United Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Lim-Saeng Noh Rahman Kappa Coca-Cola
Hougang United Amin Nasir Lau Meng Meng Macron SPEED Institute
Tampines Rovers Rafi Ali Mustafić Fahrudin Mikasa Hyundai
Tanjong Pagar United Flag of France.svg Patrick Vallee Hafiz Osman THORBSINGA Energy Drink
Warriors FC Flag of England.svg Alex Weaver Daniel Bennett Joma STA Inspection
Woodlands Wellington Salim Moin Rosman Sulaiman WagaESW Manage
Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions Aide Iskandar Al-Qaasimy Rahman Nike Courts

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureReplaced byDate
Tampines Rovers Tay Peng Kee Mutual consent [2] Salim Moin 29 November 2013
Woodlands Wellington Salim Moin End of contract [3] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darren Stewart 14 January 2014
Balestier Khalsa Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darren Stewart Resigned [4] Flag of Croatia.svg Marko Kraljević 4 January 2014
Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S) Flag of Japan.svg Koichi Sugiyama End of contract [5] Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuyuki Okuyama 18 November
Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM FC Flag of Croatia.svg Vjeran Simunić End of contract [6] Flag of Scotland.svg Steve Kean 20 October 2013
Geylang InternationalVedhamuthu KananSacked [7] Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Steinebrunner20 March 2014
Tampines Rovers Salim Moin Resigned [8] Rafi Ali 28 April 2014
Woodlands Wellington Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darren Stewart Sacked [9] Salim Moin 15 June 2014

Foreign players

Each club is allowed to have up to a maximum of five foreign players.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6 (Prime League)Former Player
Balestier Khalsa Flag of South Korea.svg Park Kang-jin Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Min-ho Flag of New Zealand.svg Paul Cunningham Flag of Serbia.svg Emir Lotinac Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Ljubojević Flag of England.svg Alando Atkinson None
Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM FC Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Tosi Flag of Croatia.svg Robert Alviž Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Boris Raspudić Flag of Ireland.svg Roy O'Donovan Flag of Ireland.svg Joe Gamble NoneNone
Geylang International Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Ichikawa Flag of Japan.svg Kento Fukuda Flag of Germany.svg Thorsten Schneider Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Chiviló Flag of Argentina.svg Leonel Felice Flag of Argentina.svg Joaquin Lopez None
Home United Flag of South Korea.svg Kwon Da-kyung Flag of South Korea.svg Song In-young Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Kwan-woo Flag of France.svg Sirina Camara Flag of Brazil.svg Flag of Japan.svg Bruno Castanheira Flag of South Korea.svg Song Ui-young
Hougang United Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Nakatake Flag of Brazil.svg Igor Ferreira Alves Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Gama Flag of Brazil.svg Geison Moura Flag of Croatia.svg Igor Čerina Flag of Indonesia.svg Sutanto Tan Flag of Croatia.svg Đurica Župarić
Tampines Rovers Flag of Japan.svg Kunihiro Yamashita Flag of New Zealand.svg Jake Butler Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Kapláň Flag of Australia (converted).svg Justin Pasfield Flag of Serbia.svg Miljan Mrdaković Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joseph Taylor Flag of Japan.svg Norihiro Kawakami
Flag of Paraguay.svg Luis Closa
Flag of Paraguay.svg Roberto Martínez Gamarra
Tanjong Pagar Flag of France.svg Flag of Algeria.svg Kamel Ramdani Flag of France.svg Sébastien Etiemblé Flag of France.svg Anthony Aymard Flag of France.svg Aurélien Hérisson Flag of Morocco.svg Monsef Zerka Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Jester None
Warriors FC Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Vélez Flag of England.svg Thomas Beattie Flag of Croatia.svg Miroslav Pejić Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Vidosevic Flag of Scotland.svg Kevin McCann Flag of Thailand.svg Chareewat Thirawatsirikul Flag of Sweden.svg Rasmus Fristedt
Woodlands Flag of South Korea.svg Moon Soon-Ho Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Shimono Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Jo-yoon Flag of Serbia.svg Miloš Jevtić Flag of Serbia.svg Stefan Milojević NoneNone
Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sherif El-Masri Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jordan Webb NoneNoneNoneNoneNone

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Warriors FC 2716565335+1853Qualification to
AFC Champions League Qualifying Round 1
or AFC Cup Group Stage
2 Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM FC [lower-alpha 1] 2715576330+3350
3 Tampines Rovers 2714764432+1249
4 Home United 2713595241+1144
5 Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S) [lower-alpha 1] 2713595140+1144
6 Balestier Khalsa 2711794634+1240Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage [lower-alpha 2]
7 Hougang United 2712694942+742
8 Geylang International 2788113344−1132
9 Tanjong Pagar United 2785143544−929
10 Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions [lower-alpha 1] 2775153854−1626
11 Woodlands Wellington 2758142252−3023
12 Flag of Malaysia.svg Harimau Muda B [lower-alpha 1] 2762192867−3920
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and Harimau Muda B – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-23 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.
  2. ↑ Qualified as 2014 Singapore Cup winners. [10]

Results

Matchweek 1–22

Home \ Away ALB BAL DPM GLI HMB HOM HOU TAM TPU WAR WLW YLI
Albirex Niigata (S) 1–00–14–23–04–20–12–22–10–47–14–2
Balestier Khalsa 1–13–31–12–03–04–10–21–02–21–23–1
DPMM FC 2–14–10–05–02–32–21–24–02–08–16–1
Geylang International 3–41–21–12–31–43–21–01–10–11–11–0
Harimau Muda B 1–41–51–40–30–33–40–11–22–41–02–3
Home United 4–22–10–34–13–12–22–24–02–20–00–3
Hougang United 3–12–10–12–01–23–14–21–13–22–20–3
Tampines Rovers 1–13–12–13–03–21–01–10–13–31–23–2
Tanjong Pagar United 1–20–31–21–21–21–21–21–11–10–13–0
Warriors FC 1–31–11–02–13–01–42–02–04–11–04–1
Woodlands Wellington 1–11–10–20–21–10–31–10–20–21–01–3
Young Lions 1–20–42–30–00–01–12–11–22–32–32–2
Updated to match(es) played on 5 September 2014. Source: S.League [usurped]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matchday 23 - 27

Season statistics

Goalscorers

As of 24 November 2014 [11]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Tosi Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM FC 24
2 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Sakamoto Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S) 21
Flag of Brazil.svg Geison Moura Hougang United 21
Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Vélez Warriors FC 21
5 Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Ljubojević Balestier Khalsa 20
6 Flag of Ireland.svg Roy O'Donovan Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM FC 15
7 Flag of Argentina.svg Leonel Felice Geylang International 13
8 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Miroslav Pejić Warriors FC 12
9 Flag of Serbia.svg Miljan Mrdaković Tampines Rovers 11
10 Sahil Suhaimi Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions 10
Fazrul Nawaz Home United 10
Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Gama Hougang United 10

Hat-tricks

As of matches played 27 August 2014
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Flag of France.svg Monsef Zerka Tanjong Pagar United Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions 3–2 [12] 26 March 2014
Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Vélez 4 Warriors FC Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S) 4–0 [13] 16 April 2014
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Sakamoto Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S) Flag of Malaysia.svg Harimau Muda B 4–1 [14] 23 May 2014
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Sakamoto Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S) Woodlands Wellington 7–1 [15] 11 June 2014
Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Vélez Warriors FC Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions 4–1 [16] 14 August 2014

4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Player

As of matches played 24 June 2014
RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Flag of Brunei.svg Wardun Yusof Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM FC 7
2 Hassan Sunny Warriors FC 5
Zaiful Nizam Balestier Khalsa
4 Shahril Jantan Home United 4
5Siddiq Durimi Geylang International 3
6 Ahmadulhaq Che Omar Woodlands Wellington 2
Flag of France.svg Aurélien Hérisson Tanjong Pagar United
Hyrulnizam Juma'at Tampines Rovers
Joey Sim Geylang International
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Justin Pasfield Tampines Rovers
11 Flag of Brunei.svg Azman Ilham Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM FC 1
Fadhil Salim Hougang United
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ilham Amirullah Flag of Malaysia.svg Harimau Muda B
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Kishigami Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S)
Flag of Japan.svg Kenjiro Ogino Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S)
Neezam Aziz Warriors FC
Rudy Khairullah Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions
Syazwan BuhariYoung Lions
Yazid Yasin Woodlands Wellington

Club

As of matches played 24 June 2014
RankClubClean sheetsLongest run
1 Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM FC 83
2 Warriors FC 62
3 Geylang International 53
Balestier Khalsa 1
5 Home United 42
Tampines Rovers 1
7 Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata (S) 21
Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions
Tanjong Pagar United
Woodlands Wellington
10 Flag of Malaysia.svg Harimau Muda B 11
Hougang United

S-League Awards Night Winners

AwardsWinnersClub
Player of the Year Hassan Sunny Warriors FC
Young Player of the Year Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Vélez Warriors FC
Coach of the Year Flag of Croatia.svg Marko Kraljević Balestier Khalsa
Top Scorer Award Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Tosi Flag of Brunei.svg DPMM FC
Fair Play Award Geylang International
Referee of the Year Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari

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