Singapore League Cup

Singapore League Cup
Country Singapore Singapore
Founded 2007
Number of teams 8
Current champions Albirex Niigata (S) (3 titles)
Most championships Brunei DPMM
Albirex Niigata (S) (3 titles)
Website Official website
2016 Singapore League Cup

The Singapore League Cup is an annual soccer competition in Singapore. It was launched in 2007, and is open to teams who play in the S.League. The title sponsor for 2016 is The New Paper.[1]

The 2007 competition was sponsored by SingTel, and officially titled the SingTel League Cup. Eight of the twelve S.League teams took part in the 2007 tournament, which was held before the start of the S.League season proper.

In 2008, the competition's official sponsored name was the Avaya-J&J League Cup (with sponsorship coming from Avaya and Jebsen & Jessen Communications). All twelve S.League teams took part in the 2008 tournament. Unlike the 2007 event, the 2008 competition was held during the S.League season.

The 2009 edition of the League Cup was held from 1 to 19 June, again during the S.League season. The competition began with a group stage, where the clubs were divided into four groups of three. The top two teams from each group qualified for the knockout stage. All knockout matches were played at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Live television coverage was provided by Starhub.

2010 saw the League Cup returning to a knockout format. The teams which finished in the top 4 positions in the 2009 S.League season were given byes to the quarter-final round, and the remaining clubs played a qualifying round to decide who would join them in the Cup competition. The draw was conducted before the qualifying round, which meant that qualifying clubs already knew which quarter-final slot they would be playing for.

The 2011 League Cup final on 30 June 2011 saw Albirex Niigata (Singapore) defeat Hougang United 5-4 on penalties to become the third consecutive foreign club to hold the trophy after DPMM and Etoile FC.

The 2014 tournament was sponsored by StarHub, and officially titled the StarHub League Cup. The 2015 edition was sponsored by The New Paper and known as The New Paper League Cup.[2]

Previous League Cup tournament (1997)

A competition called the Singapore League Cup was also held in Singapore in 1997. In that year it was won by the Singapore Armed Forces who defeated Geylang United 1-0 in the final. In 1998, that competition was renamed the Singapore Cup, and was opened to teams that do not play in the S.League. The Singapore Cup is now the major cup competition in Singapore football, and in recent years has involved invited teams from overseas in addition to teams playing in Singapore's local leagues.

Year Winners Runners-up Score in
Final
3rd place 4th place
1997 Singapore Singapore Armed Forces Singapore Geylang United 1-0 Singapore Tampines Rovers
Singapore Tiong Bahru United
No 3rd-place play-off

Past results

Year Winners Runners-up Score in
Final
3rd place 4th place
2007 Singapore Woodlands Wellington Singapore Sengkang Punggol 4-0 Singapore Gombak United Singapore Home United
2008 Singapore Gombak United South Korea Super Reds 2-1 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Singapore Young Lions
2009 Brunei Brunei DPMM Singapore Singapore Armed Forces 1-1 (aet)
4-3 (pen)
Singapore Home United Singapore Woodlands Wellington
2010 France Étoile Singapore Woodlands Wellington 3-1 Singapore Sengkang Punggol Singapore Gombak United
2011 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) Singapore Hougang United 0-0 (aet)
5-4 (pen)
Singapore Tampines Rovers Singapore Home United
2012 Brunei Brunei DPMM Singapore Geylang United 2-0 Singapore Singapore Armed Forces
Singapore Tampines Rovers
No 3rd-place play-off
2013 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Brunei Brunei DPMM 4-0 Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
Singapore Woodlands Wellington
No 3rd-place play-off
2014 Brunei Brunei DPMM Singapore Tanjong Pagar United 2-0 Singapore Hougang United
Singapore Geylang International
No 3rd-place play-off
2015 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) Singapore Balestier Khalsa 2-1 Singapore Hougang United
Singapore Geylang International
No 3rd-place play-off
2016 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) Brunei Brunei DPMM 2-0 Singapore Home United
Singapore Tampines Rovers
No 3rd-place play-off

Plate Tournament

From 2012, a Plate Tournament was launched for the four teams that finished third in their respective groups.

Year Winners Runners-up Score
in Final
2012 Singapore Balestier Khalsa Singapore Young Lions 1-0
2013 Malaysia Harimau Muda B Singapore Young Lions 2-0
2014 Singapore Tampines Rovers Singapore Balestier Khalsa 3-0
2015 Not Held
2016 Singapore Geylang International Singapore Hougang United 2-1

Performance by Clubs

Teams in bold are part of the S.League.

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years
Brunei Brunei DPMM
3
2
2009, 2012, 2014
Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
3
0
2011, 2015, 2016
Singapore Woodlands Wellington
1
1
2007
Singapore Balestier Khalsa
1
1
2013
Singapore Gombak United
1
0
2008
France Étoile
1
0
2010
Singapore Sengkang Punggol / Hougang United
0
2
Singapore Geylang United / Geylang International
0
1
Singapore Singapore Armed Forces / Warriors
0
1
South Korea Super Reds
0
1
Singapore Tanjong Pagar United
0
1

References

See also

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