2014 Singapore League Cup

2014 StarHub League Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Singapore
Dates	7 July – 20 October
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	22 (1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Roy O'Donovan (4 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Aurélien Hérisson; (2 cleansheets)
	← 2013 2015 → All statistics correct as of 17 July 2014.

The 2014 Singapore League Cup is the 8th season of Singapore's premier club football tournament organised by Football Association of Singapore, and also known as the 2014 StarHub League Cup for sponsorship reasons.

For the second year in succession, National Football League clubs will participate in the tournament. Unlike the previous season where NFL sides had to compete in play-offs to earn the right to represent the league against the professionals, the representatives in this edition qualified through the league positions from last season.^[1]

Balestier Khalsa are the defending champions.

Teams

The top ten clubs from 2013 S.League were divided into three pools based on their final league positions. Developmental sides Harimau Muda and Young Lions have opted out of participation in this year's edition as they will be on a training tour in Austria. League positions of the previous season are shown in parentheses.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C
Tampines Rovers (1st)	Woodlands Wellington (5th)	Geylang International (9th)
Home United (2nd)	Tanjong Pagar United (6th)	Hougang United (10th)
Albirex Niigata (S) (3rd)	Warriors (7th)	Police Sports Association* (1st)
Balestier Khalsa (4th)	Brunei DPMM (8th)	Singapore Recreation Club* (2nd)

Police SA and Singapore Recreation Club are clubs from the NFL. They finished champions and runners-up respectively in Division One.

Draw

The 12 participating teams were drawn into the four groups of the preliminary stage. In preparation for this, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2013 S.League and National Football League standings. The draw took place on 20 June at the Jalan Besar Stadium, during which the teams were drawn by various club representatives. The tournament schedule was also released on 20 June.

Format

The preliminary phase is a competition between the 12 teams divided among four groups of three, where each group engages in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advance to the knockout phase. The third-placed team in each group enter the plate knockout phase. Teams are awarded 3 points for a win and one for a draw.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria: Number of points Goal difference Number of goals scored Head-to-head record between tied teams Drawing of lots

Preliminary phase

The preliminary phase began on 7 July and will conclude on 15 July. There were some changes to the fixtures released.

Changes to fixtures

Group B: Tampines Rovers v Warriors was postponed from 10 July to 12 July due to technical faults.^[2]

Group C: Home United v Singapore Recreation Club has been postponed from 11 July to 14 July.

Group C: Woodlands Wellington v Singapore Recreation Club was brought forward from 14 July, 8pm to 11 July, 8.15pm.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals
Third-placed teams entered the plate semi-finals

All times listed below are in Singaporean official time (UTC+8).

Group A

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	ALB	TPU	PSA
Albirex Niigata (S)	—	13–0	—
Police SA	—	—	—
Tanjong Pagar	4–0	—	7–1

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7 July 2014

20:00

Tanjong Pagar United	4–0	Albirex Niigata (S)
Latiff 10' Etiemble 45' (pen.), 72' Zerka 68'	Report

Queenstown Stadium

Referee: Muhd Taqi (SIN)

10 July 2014

20:00

Albirex Niigata (S)	13–0	Police SA
Okazaki 4', 50', 54' Kawakami 22', 45' Fukuzaki 24' Sakamoto 26', 65', 90' Yamada 40', 73' Ota 87' Nishio 89'	Report

Jurong East Stadium

Referee: Farhad Mohd (SIN)

13 July 2014

20:00

Tanjong Pagar United	7–1	Police SA
Latiff 10', 42' Rashid 20' Firdaus 25', 45', 52' Zerka 38'	Report	Razali 69'

Queenstown Stadium

Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (SIN)

Group B

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	GLI	TAM	WAR
Geylang Int'l	—	2–1	—
Tampines Rovers	—	—	2–3
Warriors	0–4	—	—

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7 July 2014

20:00

Geylang International	2–1	Tampines Rovers
Mustaqim 71' Felice 76'	Report	Kapláň 9'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (SIN)

12 July 2014

20:00

Tampines Rovers	2–3	Warriors
Butler 8' Fahrudin 23'	Report	Agu 12', 46', 51'

Clementi Stadium

Referee: Farhad Mohd (SIN)

15 July 2014

20:00

Warriors	0–4	Geylang International
	Report	Schneider 49' Fuad 86' Hafiz 90' Neezam 86' (o.g.)

Choa Chu Kang Stadium

Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)

Group C

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	HOM	SRC	WLW
Home United	—	2–0	—
Singapore RC	—	—	—
Woodlands	1–6	1–0	—

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8 July 2014

20:00

Woodlands	1–6	Home United
Chang 6'	Report	Lee 34' Qiu Li 46' Kwon 54' Hanapi 70' Castanheira 72' Indra 85'

Woodlands Stadium

Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)

11 July 2014

20:15

Woodlands	1–0	Singapore RC
Mamadou 29'	Report

Woodlands Stadium

Referee: Muhd Taqi (SIN)

14 July 2014

20:00

Home United	2–0	Singapore RC
Camara 42' (pen.) Fazli 43'	Report

Bishan Stadium

Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (SIN)

Group D

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	BAL	DPM	HOU
Balestier Khalsa	—	—	0–3
Brunei DPMM	2–2	—	—
Hougang United	—	2–3	—

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8 July 2014

20:00

Balestier Khalsa	0–3	Hougang United
	Report	Geison 34' Faiz 88' Diego 90'

Hougang Stadium

Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (SIN)

11 July 2014

20:00

Brunei DPMM	2–2	Balestier Khalsa
Tosi 57' O'Donovan 78'	Report	Ljubojević 69', 83'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)

14 July 2014

20:00

Hougang United	2–3	Brunei DPMM
Aziz 29' (o.g.) Gamble 84' (o.g.)	Report	O'Donovan 56', 77', 80' (pen.)

Hougang Stadium

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (SIN)

Knockout phase

The knockout phase involved the eight teams that qualified from the preliminary phase of the tournament. There are three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were: quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final. For each game in the knockout phase, a draw was followed by thirty minutes of extra time; if scores were still level there would be a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Tanjong Pagar United

1

0

1

Hougang United

2

Geylang International

3

Albirex Niigata (S)

1

Geylang International

Brunei DPMM

Brunei DPMM

3

Woodlands Wellington

1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Home United	1–2	Hougang United
Brunei DPMM	3–1	Woodlands Wellington
Tanjong Pagar United	1–0	Warriors
Geylang International	3–1	Albirex Niigata (S)

17 July 2014

20:00

Home United	1–2	Hougang United
Lee 17'	Report	Geison 83' (pen.) Nurhilmi 86'

Bishan Stadium

Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (SIN)

17 July 2014

20:00

Brunei DPMM	3–1	Woodlands Wellington
Tosi 80', 86' Adi 90'	Report	Chang 56'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Referee: Farhad Mohd (SIN)

18 July 2014

20:00

Tanjong Pagar United	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Warriors
Firdaus 116'	Report

Queenstown Stadium

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (SIN)

18 July 2014

20:00

Geylang International	3–1	Albirex Niigata (S)
Kento 20' Felice 54' Hafiz 90+2'	Report	Kawakami 70'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (SIN)

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Tanjong Pagar United	Match 19	Hougang United
Geylang International	Match 20	Brunei DPMM

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Winner 1	Match 22	Winner 2

Plate knockout phase

The plate knockout phase involved the four teams that finished third in the preliminary phase of the tournament. There are two rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were: semi-finals and final. For each game in the plate knockout phase, a draw was followed by thirty minutes of extra time; if scores were still level there would be a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round.

Semi-finals		Final

Tampines Rovers	9

Police SA	0
		Tampines Rovers

		Balestier Khalsa
Balestier Khalsa	2

Singapore RC	0

Plate semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Tampines Rovers	9-0	Police Sports Association
Balestier Khalsa	2-0	Singapore Recreation Club

19 July 2014

20:00

Tampines Rovers	9–0	Police SA
Kapláň 15' Ang 45' Mrdaković 47', 70' (pen.), 74' Alam Shah 64', 87' van Huizen 76' Butler 88'	Report

Clementi Stadium

Referee: Muhd Taqi (SIN)

19 July 2014

20:00

Balestier Khalsa	2–0	RC
Ljubojević 17', 23'	Report

Toa Payoh Stadium

Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)

Plate final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Tampines Rovers	Match 21	Balestier Khalsa

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of matches played 19 July 2014

Players rendered in bold are still active in the competition.

4 goals

Goran Ljubojević (BAL)
Roy O'Donovan (DPMM)
Firdaus Idros (TPU)

3 goals

Kazuki Sakamoto (ALB)
Kazuya Okazaki (ALB)
Norihiro Kawakami (ALB)
Rodrigo Tosi (DPMM)
Miljan Mrdaković (TAM)
Ahmad Latiff (TPU)
Agu Casmir (WAR)

2 goals

Itsuki Yamada (ALB)
Hafiz Nor (GLI)
Leonel Felice (GLI)
Lee Kwan-woo (HOM)
Geison Moura (HOU)
Jacob Butler (TAM)
Jozef Kapláň (TAM)
Noh Alam Shah (TAM)
Monsef Zerka (TPU)
Sébastien Etiemble (TPU)
Chang Jo-yoon (WLW)

1 goal

Kaoru Nishio (ALB)
Kazuya Fukuzaki (ALB)
Keisuke Ota (ALB)
Adi Said (DPMM)
Fuad Ramli (GLI)
Kento Fukuda (GLI)
Mustaqim Manzur (GLI)
Thorsten Schneider (GLI)
Bruno Castanheira (HOM)
Fazli Ayob (HOM)
Indra Sahdan Daud (HOM)
Kwon Da-kyung (HOM)
Sirina Camara (HOM)
Qiu Li (HOM)
Yasir Hanapi (HOM)
Diego Olivera (HOU)
Faiz Salleh (HOU)
Nurhilmi Jasni (HOU)
Daniel Razali (PSA)
Ang Zhiwei (TAM)
Chris van Huizen (TAM)
Mustafić Fahrudin (TAM)
Asraf Rashid (TPU)
Bah Mamadou (WLW)

Own goals

Abdul Aziz (DPMM) for ALB
Joe Gamble (DPMM) for ALB
Neezam Aziz (WAR) for GLI

Source:^[3]

Hat-tricks

As of matches played 19 July 2014

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Kazuya Okazaki	Albirex Niigata (S)	Police Sports Association	13–0^[4]	10 July 2014
Kazuki Sakamoto	Albirex Niigata (S)	Police Sports Association	13–0^[5]	10 July 2014
Agu Casmir	Warriors	Tampines Rovers	3–2^[6]	12 July 2014
Firdaus Idros	Tanjong Pagar United	Police Sports Association	7–1^[7]	13 July 2014
Roy O'Donovan	Brunei DPMM	Hougang United	3–2^[8]	14 July 2014
Miljan Mrdaković	Tampines Rovers	Police SA	9–0^[9]	19 July 2014

Clean sheets

Player

As of matches played 19 July 2014

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Aurélien Hérisson	Tanjong Pagar United	2
2	Kenjiro Ogino	Albirex Niigata (S)	1
	Zaiful Nizam	Balestier Khalsa
	Joey Sim	Geylang International
	Shahril Jantan	Home United
	Fadhil Salim	Hougang United
	Ridhuan Barudin	Tampines Rovers
	Ahmadulhaq Che Omar	Woodlands Wellington

Club

As of matches played 18 July 2014

Rank	Club	Clean sheets	Longest run
1	Tanjong Pagar United	2	1
1	Albirex Niigata (S)	1	1
	Balestier Khalsa
	Geylang International
	Home United
	Hougang United
	Tampines Rovers
	Woodlands Wellington

Discipline

Player	Team	Offence	Suspension
Emir Lotinac	BAL	Straight red card; vs Singapore RC (19 June)	One match; vs Tampines Rovers (24 July)

References

^ Koh, Gary. "Police & SRC Represent NFL in 2014 StarHub League Cup". Football OPOD. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
^ "StarHub League Cup match postponed due to faulty goalpost". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
^ "List of 2014 Singapore League Cup goalscorers". S.League. S.League. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
^ "Albirex stay alive after breezing past PSA". The Brunei Times. 10 July 2014.
^ "Albirex stay alive after breezing past PSA". The Brunei Times. 10 July 2014.
^ "Agu's hat-trick leads Warriors to victory". S.League. 13 July 2014.
^ "Firdaus-inspired Jaguars romp to big win". S.League. 14 July 2014.
^ "O'Donovan the hero for DPMM FC". The Brunei Times. 14 July 2014.
^ "Miljan Mrdaković's hat-trick sends Tampines into plate final". S.League. 19 July 2014.

[1] Koh, Gary. "Police & SRC Represent NFL in 2014 StarHub League Cup". Football OPOD. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

[2] "StarHub League Cup match postponed due to faulty goalpost". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

[List_of_2014_Singapore_League_Cup_goalscorers-3] "List of 2014 Singapore League Cup goalscorers". S.League. S.League. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

[4] "Albirex stay alive after breezing past PSA". The Brunei Times. 10 July 2014.

[5] "Albirex stay alive after breezing past PSA". The Brunei Times. 10 July 2014.

[6] "Agu's hat-trick leads Warriors to victory". S.League. 13 July 2014.

[7] "Firdaus-inspired Jaguars romp to big win". S.League. 14 July 2014.

[8] "O'Donovan the hero for DPMM FC". The Brunei Times. 14 July 2014.

[9] "Miljan Mrdaković's hat-trick sends Tampines into plate final". S.League. 19 July 2014.

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Teams

Draw

Format

Preliminary phase

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Plate knockout phase

Plate semi-finals

Plate final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Player

Club

Discipline

See also

References