2014 Singapore League Cup
Football tournament season
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The 2014 Singapore League Cup was the eighth 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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Singapore |
| Dates | 7–25 July |
| Teams | 12 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  DPMM FC |
| Runners-up | Tanjong Pagar United |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 38 (1.73 per match) |
| Top goal scorer | Miljan Mrdaković (6 goals) |
| Awards | |
| Best player | Miljan Mrdaković |
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]
The 2014 Singapore League Cup plate final was played between Tampines Rovers and Balestier Khalsa at the Jalan Besar Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Miljan Mrdaković, who scored a hat-trick in the semi-finals against Police Sports Association, reproduced another hat-trick to clinch the plate for Tampines. He becomes the first player in history to score two hat-tricks in the tournament, and consecutively.
The 2014 Singapore League Cup final was played between Tanjong Pagar United and Brunei DPMM at the Jalan Besar Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Brunei DPMM eliminated Tanjong Pagar United by a score of 2–0 to lift the League Cup trophy.
Teams
The top ten clubs from 2013 S.League were divided into three pots 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 FC (7th) | Police Sports Association* (1st) |
| Balestier Khalsa (4th) | DPMM FC (8th) | Singapore Recreation Club* (2nd) |
- Police SA and Singapore Recreation Club are clubs from the NFL. They finished champions and runners-up respectively in the first division.
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows. The draw took place on 20 June at the Jalan Besar Stadium, during which the teams were drawn by various club representatives.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | Match date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary phase | First preliminary round | 20 June 2014 | 7–8 July 2014 |
| Second preliminary round | 10–12 July 2014 | ||
| Third qualifying round | 13–15 July 2014 | ||
| Knockout phase | Quarter-finals | 17–18 July 2014 | |
| Semi-finals | 21 July 2014 | ||
| Final | 25 July 2014 at Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore | ||
| Plate knockout phase | Semi-finals | 19 July 2014 | |
| Final | 24 July 2014 at Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore | ||
Format
The preliminary phase was a competition between the 12 teams divided among four groups of three, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout phase. The third-placed team in each group entered the plate knockout phase. Teams were awarded 3 points for a win and one for a draw.
Tie-breaking criteria for group play
The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria:
- Number of points
- Goal difference
- Number of goals scored
- Head-to-head record between tied teams
- Drawing of lots
The knockout phase involved the eight teams that qualified from the preliminary phase of the tournament, while the plate knockout phase involved the four teams that finished third in the preliminary phase of the tournament. For the knockout phase, there were three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round, whereas for the plate knockout phase, there were two rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. For each game in the knockout phase, a draw was followed by thirty minutes of extra time (except the final); if scores were still level there would be a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round.
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
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | TPU | ALB | PSA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanjong Pagar United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 6 | 4–0 | 7–1 | ||
| Albirex Niigata (S) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 3 | 13–0 | |||
| Police Sports Association | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 |
| Tanjong Pagar United | 4–0 | Albirex Niigata (S) |
|---|---|---|
Latiff  10'Etiemble 45' (pen.), 72'Zerka 68' |
Report[link removed] |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | GLI | WAR | TAM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geylang International | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | 2–1 | |||
| Warriors FC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | 0–4 | |||
| Tampines Rovers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 0 | 2–3 |
| Geylang International | 2–1 | Tampines Rovers |
|---|---|---|
| Mustaqim 71' Felice 76' |
Report | Kapláň 9' |
| Tampines Rovers | 2–3 | Warriors FC |
|---|---|---|
| Butler 8' Fahrudin 23' |
Report | Agu 12', 46', 51' |
| Warriors FC | 0–4 | Geylang International |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Schneider 49' Fuad 86'Hafiz 90'Neezam  86' (o.g.) |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | HOM | WLW | SRC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 | 2–0 | |||
| Woodlands Wellington | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | 1–6 | 1–0 | ||
| Singapore Recreation Club | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
Updated to games played on 11 July 2014.
| Woodlands Wellington | 1–6 | Home United |
|---|---|---|
| Chang 6' |
Report | Lee 34' Qiu Li 46'Kwon 54'Hanapi 70'Castanheira 72'Indra 85' |
| Home United | 2–0 | Singapore Recreation Club |
|---|---|---|
| Camara 42' (pen.) Fazli 43' |
Report |
Group D
Referee: W. Ravisanthiran (SIN)
Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)
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 (except the final); if scores were still level there would be a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round.
Quarter-finals
| Home United | 1–2 | Hougang United |
|---|---|---|
| Lee 17' |
Report | Geison 83' (pen.) Nurhilmi 86' |
| Tanjong Pagar United | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Warriors FC |
|---|---|---|
| Firdaus 116' |
Report |
| Geylang International | 3–1 | Albirex Niigata (S) |
|---|---|---|
| Kento 20' Felice 54'Hafiz 90+2' |
Report | Kawakami 70' |
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Tanjong Pagar United | 0–0 | Hougang United |
| Geylang International | 0–0 | DPMM FC |
Final
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Tanjong Pagar United | 0–2 | DPMM FC |
| Tanjong Pagar United | 0–2 | DPMM FC |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Raspudić 35' Adi 47' |
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 (except the final); 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 | 3 | ||||||||
| Balestier Khalsa | 0 | ||||||||
| 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 |
| 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 |
Plate final
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Tampines Rovers | 3–0 | Balestier Khalsa |
| Tampines Rovers | 3–0 | Balestier Khalsa |
|---|---|---|
| Mrdaković 27', 82', 84' |
Report |
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
Miljan Mrdaković (TAM)
- 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)- Ahmad Latiff (TPU)
- Agu Casmir (WAR)
- 2 goals
- Itsuki Yamada (ALB)
Adi Said (DPMM)- Hafiz Nor (GLI)
Leonel Felice (GLI)
Lee Kwan-woo (HOM)- Geison Moura (HOU)
Jake 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)
- Boris Raspudić (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
| 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[4] | 10 July 2014 |
 Agu Casmir | Warriors FC | Tampines Rovers | 3–2[5] | 12 July 2014 |
| Firdaus Idros | Tanjong Pagar United | Police Sports Association | 7–1[6] | 13 July 2014 |
 Roy O'Donovan | DPMM FC | Hougang United | 3–2[7] | 14 July 2014 |
 Miljan Mrdaković | Tampines Rovers | Police Sports Association | 9–0[8] | 19 July 2014 |
| Miljan Mrdaković | Tampines Rovers | Balestier Khalsa | 3–0[9] | 24 July 2014 |