Singapore League Cup
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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 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.
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 Football Club
who defeated Geylang United FC
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.
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competition in Singapore
Singapore
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. It was launched in 2007, and is open to teams who play in the S.League
S.League
The S.League is the top men's professional association football league in Singapore. The league was launched in 1996 and currently involves 12 clubs.-History:...
.
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
Avaya
Avaya Inc. is a privately held computer networking, information technology and telecommunications company that is a global provider of business communications systems. The international head quarters is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States...
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.
Past results
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score in final | 3rd-place | 4th-place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Woodlands Wellington FC Woodlands Wellington FC Woodlands Wellington Football Club is a professional football club that plays in Singapore's professional football league, the S.League.The team's home ground is the Woodlands Stadium, which is at the northern part of Singapore... |
Hougang United | 4-0 | Gombak United FC Gombak United FC Gombak United Football Club is a professional football club which plays in Singapore's S.League.Gombak United rejoined the S.League in 2006, having previously played in the league from 1998 to 2002. The club's best S.League finishes to date have been fourth place in 2007. The club also won the Best... |
Home United FC Home United FC Home United Football Club is a professional soccer club which plays in Singapore's S.League.-History:The Police Sports Association was founded in the mid-1940s to organise football activities for the Singapore Police Force. They sent two teams to compete in the Singapore Amateur Football... |
| 2008 | Gombak United FC Gombak United FC Gombak United Football Club is a professional football club which plays in Singapore's S.League.Gombak United rejoined the S.League in 2006, having previously played in the league from 1998 to 2002. The club's best S.League finishes to date have been fourth place in 2007. The club also won the Best... |
Super Reds FC Super Reds FC Super Reds Football Club was a South Korean professional football club which played as a foreign team in Singapore's S.League between 2007 and 2009.- History :The creation of the club in 2007 was driven by the Korean community in Singapore... |
2-1 | Balestier Khalsa FC Balestier Khalsa FC Balestier Khalsa Football Club is a professional football club which plays in Singapore's S.League. The club is a merger of two clubs who played in the S.League in past years – Balestier Central FC and Clementi Khalsa FC – who came together at the end of the 2002 season... |
Young Lions |
| 2009 2009 Singapore League Cup The 2009 Singapore League Cup kicked off on 1 June.For this season, the 12 teams will be divided into four groups of three in the preliminary round which will be played on a round-robin basis... |
Brunei DPMM FC | SAFFC | 1-1 (AET), 4-3 (PSO) |
Home United FC Home United FC Home United Football Club is a professional soccer club which plays in Singapore's S.League.-History:The Police Sports Association was founded in the mid-1940s to organise football activities for the Singapore Police Force. They sent two teams to compete in the Singapore Amateur Football... |
Woodlands Wellington FC Woodlands Wellington FC Woodlands Wellington Football Club is a professional football club that plays in Singapore's professional football league, the S.League.The team's home ground is the Woodlands Stadium, which is at the northern part of Singapore... |
| 2010 2010 Singapore League Cup The 2010 Singapore League Cup will be held between 20 February to 7 March. The draw was held on Tuesday, 9 February 2010 in Singapore. The matches are played on a one match basis.-Bracket:-Preliminary Stage:The winners advance to the Quarter-Final stage.----... |
Etoile FC Etoile FC Etoile Football Club is a professional football club which was formed to play in Singapore's S.League in 2010.Etoile FC is the first team of players all born in Europe to ply their trade in Singapore's professional league, and the first in Asia... |
Woodlands Wellington FC Woodlands Wellington FC Woodlands Wellington Football Club is a professional football club that plays in Singapore's professional football league, the S.League.The team's home ground is the Woodlands Stadium, which is at the northern part of Singapore... |
3-1 | Hougang United | Gombak United FC Gombak United FC Gombak United Football Club is a professional football club which plays in Singapore's S.League.Gombak United rejoined the S.League in 2006, having previously played in the league from 1998 to 2002. The club's best S.League finishes to date have been fourth place in 2007. The club also won the Best... |
| 2011 2011 Singapore League Cup The 2011 Singapore League Cup will be held between 19 to 30 July. The draw was held on Friday, 1 July 2011 in Singapore. The matches are played on a one match basis.... |
Albirex Niigata (S) Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) Albirex Niigata Singapore FC is a football club which plays in Singapore's S.League. The club is a satellite team of Albirex Niigata of Japan, and its players come from Japan.-History:... |
Hougang United | 0-0 (AET), 5-4 (PSO) |
Tampines Rovers | Home United FC Home United FC Home United Football Club is a professional soccer club which plays in Singapore's S.League.-History:The Police Sports Association was founded in the mid-1940s to organise football activities for the Singapore Police Force. They sent two teams to compete in the Singapore Amateur Football... |
All-time records by clubs
| Pts# (Prev) |
Club |
Seasons |
GP |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pts |
PPG |
PPG# (Prev) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (1) | Gombak United FC Gombak United FC Gombak United Football Club is a professional football club which plays in Singapore's S.League.Gombak United rejoined the S.League in 2006, having previously played in the league from 1998 to 2002. The club's best S.League finishes to date have been fourth place in 2007. The club also won the Best... |
4 (2007-) | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 23 | 1.643 | 4 (3) |
| 2 (2) | Super Reds FC Super Reds FC Super Reds Football Club was a South Korean professional football club which played as a foreign team in Singapore's S.League between 2007 and 2009.- History :The creation of the club in 2007 was driven by the Korean community in Singapore... |
3 (2007-2009) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 18 | 1.800 | 3 (2) |
| 3 (5) | Woodlands Wellington FC Woodlands Wellington FC Woodlands Wellington Football Club is a professional football club that plays in Singapore's professional football league, the S.League.The team's home ground is the Woodlands Stadium, which is at the northern part of Singapore... |
4 (2007-) | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 18 | 1.385 | 7 (5) |
| 4 (3) | Balestier Khalsa FC Balestier Khalsa FC Balestier Khalsa Football Club is a professional football club which plays in Singapore's S.League. The club is a merger of two clubs who played in the S.League in past years – Balestier Central FC and Clementi Khalsa FC – who came together at the end of the 2002 season... |
4 (2007-) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 14 | 1.400 | 5 (4) |
| 5 (10) | Sengkang Punggol FC Sengkang Punggol FC Hougang United Football Club is a professional football club in Singapore's S.League. The club first made their debut in Singapore's S.League in 2006 under the name Sengkang Punggol Football Club. The club was a merger of two football clubs that previously played in the S.League – namely, Paya... |
4 (2007-) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 14 | 1.400 | 6 (10) |
| 6 (4) | Brunei DPMM FC | 1 (2009) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | 2.600 | 2 (1) |
| 7 (6) | Home United FC Home United FC Home United Football Club is a professional soccer club which plays in Singapore's S.League.-History:The Police Sports Association was founded in the mid-1940s to organise football activities for the Singapore Police Force. They sent two teams to compete in the Singapore Amateur Football... |
4 (2007-) | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 13 | 1.182 | 9 (7) |
| 8 (NA) | Etoile FC Etoile FC Etoile Football Club is a professional football club which was formed to play in Singapore's S.League in 2010.Etoile FC is the first team of players all born in Europe to ply their trade in Singapore's professional league, and the first in Asia... |
1 (2010-) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 12 | 3.000 | 1 (NA) |
| 9 (9) | Young Lions Young Lions (Singapore football team) The Courts Young Lions are an under-23 football team from Singapore. Most of the members of the squad are players from Singapore's national under-23 team. The team comes under the direct control of the Football Association of Singapore , but is managed as a football club and has competed in... |
3 (2008-) | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 9 | 1.000 | 10 (9) |
| 10 (7) | Tampines Rovers FC Tampines Rovers FC Tampines Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that play in the S.League. Founded in 1945, they have won the national league championship five times, the Singapore Cup thrice and the ASEAN Club Championship once... |
4 (2007-) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | 1.143 | 8 (6) |
| 11 (8) | SAFFC Singapore Armed Forces Football Club The Singapore Armed Forces Football Club is a professional football club that represents the Singapore Armed Forces and plays in the top-tier S.League. Singapore Armed Forces Football Club was officially established on 16 February 1996... |
3 (2008-) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 8 | 1.000 | 11 (8) |
| 12 (11) | Geylang United FC Geylang United FC Geylang United Football Club is a professional football club from Singapore, currently playing in the S.League. The club is based in Bedok and their home ground is Bedok Stadium. Their mascot is an eagle, and hence the team is also known as "the Eagles".... |
3 (2008-) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 4 | 0.667 | 12 (11) |
| 13 (12) | Albirex Niigata FC Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) Albirex Niigata Singapore FC is a football club which plays in Singapore's S.League. The club is a satellite team of Albirex Niigata of Japan, and its players come from Japan.-History:... |
4 (2007-) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 4 | 0.571 | 13 (12) |
| 14 (13) | Dalian Shide Siwu FC Dalian Shide Siwu FC Dalian Shide Siwu Football Club is a Chinese professional soccer club which was formed to play as a foreign team in Singapore's S.League in 2008.The club is a satellite team of the Chinese Super League club Dalian Haichang... |
1 (2008) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0.000 | 14 (13) |
| 15 (NA) | Beijing Guoan Talent FC | 1 (2010) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0.000 | 15 (NA) |
Previous League Cup tournament (1997)
Main article: 1997 Singapore League Cup1997 Singapore League Cup
1997 saw the birth of the Singapore Cup, known in 1997 as the Singapore League Cup. 1998 would see the competition renamed the Singapore Cup and after exactly 10 years later, another tournament was launched as Singapore League Cup despite there is no link between the two.This first edition of the...
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 Football Club
Singapore Armed Forces Football Club
The Singapore Armed Forces Football Club is a professional football club that represents the Singapore Armed Forces and plays in the top-tier S.League. Singapore Armed Forces Football Club was officially established on 16 February 1996...
who defeated Geylang United FC
Geylang United FC
Geylang United Football Club is a professional football club from Singapore, currently playing in the S.League. The club is based in Bedok and their home ground is Bedok Stadium. Their mascot is an eagle, and hence the team is also known as "the Eagles"....
1-0 in the final. In 1998, that competition was renamed the Singapore Cup
Singapore Cup
The Singapore Cup is an annual soccer competition in Singapore.The Singapore Cup is the major cup competition in Singapore football, and has existed since the 1997 ....
, 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.
See also
- 2010 Singapore League Cup2010 Singapore League CupThe 2010 Singapore League Cup will be held between 20 February to 7 March. The draw was held on Tuesday, 9 February 2010 in Singapore. The matches are played on a one match basis.-Bracket:-Preliminary Stage:The winners advance to the Quarter-Final stage.----...
- S.LeagueS.LeagueThe S.League is the top men's professional association football league in Singapore. The league was launched in 1996 and currently involves 12 clubs.-History:...
- Singapore CupSingapore CupThe Singapore Cup is an annual soccer competition in Singapore.The Singapore Cup is the major cup competition in Singapore football, and has existed since the 1997 ....
- Singapore Charity ShieldSingapore Charity ShieldThe Singapore Charity Shield is the curtain-raiser to the soccer season in Singapore. The match is contested between the previous year's S.League champions and Singapore Cup winners .The Singapore Charity Shield was first contested in 2008...
- Football Association of SingaporeFootball Association of SingaporeThe Football Association of Singapore is the governing body of football in Singapore. It was founded in 1952. Prior to that, the Singapore Amateur Football Association, founded in 1892, was the governing body for football in Singapore...
- List of football clubs in Singapore