2014 Singapore League Cup

June 2014 Singapore League Cup 2014 Singapore 7–25 July 12 BRU DPMM FC Tanjong Pagar United 22 38 Miljan Mrdaković (6 goals) Miljan Mrdaković 2013 2015 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. 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.http://www.footballopod.com/ViewArticle.aspx?id=9514 Police & SRC Represent NFL in 2014 StarHub League Cup Koh Gary Football OPOD 20 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212628/http://www.footballopod.com/ViewArticle.aspx?id=9514 4 March 2016 dead 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) JPN Albirex Niigata (S) (3rd) Warriors FC (7th) Police Sports Association* (1st) Balestier Khalsa (4th) BRU 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. PhaseRoundDraw dateMatch datePreliminary phaseFirst preliminary round20 June 20147–8 July 2014Second preliminary round10–12 July 2014Third qualifying round13–15 July 2014Knockout phaseQuarter-finals17–18 July 2014Semi-finals21 July 2014Final25 July 2014 at Jalan Besar Stadium, SingaporePlate knockout phaseSemi-finals19 July 2014Final24 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.StarHub League Cup match postponed due to faulty goalpost http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/starhub-league-cup-match/1253270.html Channel NewsAsia 12 July 2014 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 tablesGroup winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finalsThird-placed teams entered the plate semi-finals All times listed below are in Singaporean official time (UTC+8). Group A main WDL Group A Q n TPU Tanjong Pagar United ALB JPN Albirex Niigata (S) PSA Police Sports Association 2 0 0 11 1 1 0 1 13 4 0 0 2 1 20 #cfc A A #ccf B y noflag FBR grey 13–0 null null null 4–0 7–1 complete 7 July 2014 20:00 Tanjong Pagar United 4–0 https://archive.today/20140624031529/http://www.sleague.com/match-details/?id=LC/14-0001 Report JPN Albirex Niigata (S) Latiff 10Etiemble 45 pen. 72Zerka 68 Queenstown Stadium Muhd Taqi (SIN) 10 July 2014 20:00 Albirex Niigata (S) JPN 13–0 Report Police SA Okazaki 4 50 54Kawakami 22 45Fukuzaki 24Sakamoto 26 65 90Yamada 40 73Ota 87Nishio 89 Jurong East Stadium Farhad Mohd (SIN) 13 July 2014 20:00 Tanjong Pagar United 7–1 Report Police SA Latiff 10 42Rashid 20Firdaus 25 45 52Zerka 38 Razali 69 Queenstown Stadium Ahmad A'Qashah (SIN) Group B main WDL Group B Q n GLI Geylang International WAR Warriors FC TAM Tampines Rovers 2 0 0 6 1 1 0 1 3 6 0 0 2 3 5 #cfc A A #ccf B y noflag FBR grey 2–1 null null 2–3 0–4 null complete 7 July 2014 20:00 Geylang International 2–1 Report Tampines Rovers Mustaqim 71Felice 76 Kapláň 9 Jalan Besar Stadium Ahmad A'Qashah (SIN) 12 July 2014 20:00 Tampines Rovers 2–3 Report Warriors FC Butler 8Fahrudin 23 Agu 12 46 51 Clementi Stadium Farhad Mohd (SIN) 15 July 2014 20:00 Warriors FC 0–4 Report Geylang International Schneider 49 Fuad 86Hafiz 90Neezam 86 o.g. Choa Chu Kang Stadium Jansen Foo (SIN) Group C main WDL Group C Q n HOM Home United WLW Woodlands Wellington SRC Singapore Recreation Club 2 0 0 8 1 1 0 1 2 6 0 0 2 0 3 #cfc A A #ccf B y noflag FBR grey 2–0 null null null 1–6 1–0 complete Updated to games played on 11 July 2014. 8 July 2014 20:00 Woodlands Wellington 1–6 Report Home United Chang 6 Lee 34Qiu Li 46Kwon 54Hanapi 70Castanheira 72Indra 85 Woodlands Stadium Jansen Foo (SIN) 11 July 2014 20:15 Woodlands Wellington 1–0 Report Singapore Recreation Club Mamadou 29 Woodlands Stadium Muhd Taqi (SIN) 14 July 2014 20:00 Home United 2–0 Report Singapore Recreation Club Camara 42 pen.Fazli 43 Bishan Stadium W. Ravisanthiran (SIN) Group D main WDL Q n DPMM BRU DPMM FC HOU Hougang United BAL Balestier Khalsa 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 5 3 0 1 1 2 5 #cfc A A #ccf B y noflag FBR grey null 0–3 2–2 null null 2–3 complete 8 July 2014 20:00 Balestier Khalsa 0–3 Report Hougang United Geison 34Faiz 88Diego 90 Hougang Stadium W. Ravisanthiran (SIN) 11 July 2014 20:00 DPMM FC BRU 2–2 Report Balestier Khalsa Tosi 57O'Donovan 78 Ljubojević69 83 Jalan Besar Stadium Jansen Foo (SIN) 14 July 2014 20:00 Hougang United 2–3 https://archive.today/20140624031501/http://www.sleague.com/match-details/?id=LC/14-0012 Report BRU DPMM FC Aziz 29 o.g.Gamble 84 o.g. O'Donovan 56 77 80 pen. Hougang Stadium 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 Semi-finals Final Tanjong Pagar United 1 Warriors FC 0 Home United 1 Hougang United 2 Geylang International 3 JPN Albirex Niigata (S) 1 BRU DPMM FC 3 Woodlands Wellington 1 Tanjong Pagar United 0 Hougang United 0 Geylang International 0 BRU DPMM FC 0 Tanjong Pagar United 0 BRU DPMM FC 2 Quarter-finals Team 1ScoreTeam 2Home United1–2Hougang UnitedDPMM FC BRU3–1Woodlands WellingtonTanjong Pagar United1–0Warriors FCGeylang Internationalhttps://archive.today/20140715140232/http://www.sleague.com/match-details/?id=LC/14-0015 3–1JPN Albirex Niigata (S) 14-0014 17 July 2014 20:00 Home United 1–2 Report Hougang United Lee 17 Geison 83 pen.Nurhilmi 86 Bishan Stadium Ahmad A'Qashah (SIN) 14-0016 17 July 2014 20:00 DPMM FC BRU 3–1 Report Woodlands Tosi 80 86Adi 90 Chang 56 Jalan Besar Stadium Farhad Mohd (SIN) 14-0013 18 July 2014 20:00 Tanjong Pagar United 1–0 Report Warriors FC Firdaus 116 yes Queenstown Stadium Sukhbir Singh (SIN) 14-0015 18 July 2014 20:00 Geylang International 3–1 https://archive.today/20140715140232/http://www.sleague.com/match-details/?id=LC/14-0015 Report JPN Albirex Niigata (S) Kento 20Felice 54Hafiz 90+2 Kawakami 70 Jalan Besar Stadium W. Ravisanthiran (SIN) Semi-finals Team 1ScoreTeam 2Tanjong Pagar United0–0Hougang United Geylang International0–0BRU DPMM FC 14-0017 14-0018 Final Team 1ScoreTeam 2Tanjong Pagar United0–2BRU DPMM FC 14-0022 25 July 2014 20:00 Tanjong Pagar United 0–2 Report BRU DPMM FC Raspudić 35Adi 47 Jalan Besar Stadium 2,038 Farhad Mohd (SIN) 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 Balestier Khalsa 2 Singapore RC 0 Tampines Rovers 3 Balestier Khalsa 0 Plate semi-finals Team 1ScoreTeam 2Tampines Rovers9–0Police Sports Association Balestier Khalsa2–0Singapore Recreation Club 14-0017 19 July 2014 20:00 Tampines Rovers 9–0 Report Police SA Kapláň 15Ang 45Mrdaković 47 70 pen. 74Alam Shah 64 87van Huizen 76Butler 88 Clementi Stadium Muhd Taqi (SIN) 14-0018 19 July 2014 20:00 Balestier Khalsa 2–0 Report Singapore Recreation Club Ljubojević 17 23 Toa Payoh Stadium Jansen Foo (SIN) Plate final Team 1ScoreTeam 2Tampines Rovers3–0Balestier Khalsa 14-0021 24 July 2014 20:00 Tampines Rovers 3–0 Report Balestier Khalsa Mrdaković 27 82 84 Jalan Besar Stadium Farhad Mohd (SIN) Statistics Goalscorers 6 goals 22em SER Miljan Mrdaković (TAM) 4 goals 22em CRO Goran Ljubojević (BAL) IRE Roy O'Donovan (DPMM) SIN Firdaus Idros (TPU) 3 goals 22em JPN Kazuki Sakamoto (ALB) JPN Kazuya Okazaki (ALB) JPN Norihiro Kawakami (ALB) BRA Rodrigo Tosi (DPMM) SIN Ahmad Latiff (TPU) SIN Agu Casmir (WAR) 2 goals 22em JPN Itsuki Yamada (ALB) BRU Adi Said (DPMM) SIN Hafiz Nor (GLI) ARG Leonel Felice (GLI) KOR Lee Kwan-woo (HOM) BRA Geison Moura (HOU) NZL Jake Butler (TAM) SLO Jozef Kapláň (TAM) SIN Noh Alam Shah (TAM) FRA Monsef Zerka (TPU) FRA Sébastien Etiemble (TPU) KOR Chang Jo-yoon (WLW) 1 goal 22em JPN Kaoru Nishio (ALB) JPN Kazuya Fukuzaki (ALB) JPN Keisuke Ota (ALB) BRU Boris Raspudić (DPMM) SIN Fuad Ramli (GLI) JPN Kento Fukuda (GLI) SIN Mustaqim Manzur (GLI) GER Thorsten Schneider (GLI) BRA Bruno Castanheira (HOM) SIN Fazli Ayob (HOM) SIN Indra Sahdan Daud (HOM) KOR Kwon Da-kyung (HOM) FRA Sirina Camara (HOM) SIN Qiu Li (HOM) SIN Yasir Hanapi (HOM) BRA Diego Olivera (HOU) SIN Faiz Salleh (HOU) SIN Nurhilmi Jasni (HOU) SIN Daniel Razali (PSA) SIN Ang Zhiwei (TAM) SIN Chris van Huizen (TAM) SIN Mustafić Fahrudin (TAM) SIN Asraf Rashid (TPU) SIN Bah Mamadou (WLW) Own goals 22em BRU Abdul Aziz (DPMM) for ALB IRE Joe Gamble (DPMM) for ALB SIN Neezam Aziz (WAR) for GLI Source:List of 2014 Singapore League Cup goalscorers http://www.sleague.com/competitions/league-cup/leading-scorers S.League S.League 9 July 2014 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20160214185456/http://www.sleague.com/competitions/league-cup/leading-scorers 14 February 2016 dmy Hat-tricks Player For Against Result DateJPN Kazuya Okazaki 1 JPN Albirex Niigata (S) Police Sports Association 13–0http://www.bt.com.bn/sports-national/2014/07/11/albirex-stay-alive-after-breezing-past-psa Albirex stay alive after breezing past PSA 10 July 2014 The Brunei Times 11 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171822/http://www.bt.com.bn/sports-national/2014/07/11/albirex-stay-alive-after-breezing-past-psa 14 July 2014 usurped dmy-all dmy 2014 07 10JPN Kazuki Sakamoto JPN Albirex Niigata (S) Police Sports Association 13–0 dmy 2014 07 10SIN Agu Casmir Warriors FC Tampines Rovers 3–2http://sleague.com/match-report/league-cup/2014/July/2014-07-12/tampines-rovers-fc Agu's hat-trick leads Warriors to victory 13 July 2014 S.League 13 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140715021555/http://sleague.com/match-report/league-cup/2014/July/2014-07-12/tampines-rovers-fc 15 July 2014 usurped dmy 2014 07 12SIN Firdaus Idros Tanjong Pagar United Police Sports Association 7–1http://voxsports.co/firdaus-inspired-jaguars-romp-to-big-win/ Firdaus-inspired Jaguars romp to big win 14 July 2014 S.League 14 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140715031032/http://voxsports.co/firdaus-inspired-jaguars-romp-to-big-win/ 15 July 2014 usurped dmy-all dmy 2014 07 13IRE Roy O'Donovan BRU DPMM FC Hougang United 3–2http://www.bt.com.bn/sports-national/2014/07/15/o’-donovan-hero-dpmm-fc O'Donovan the hero for DPMM FC 14 July 2014 The Brunei Times 12 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030120/http://www.bt.com.bn/sports-national/2014/07/15/o%E2%80%99-donovan-hero-dpmm-fc 4 March 2016 usurped dmy 2014 07 14SER Miljan Mrdaković Tampines Rovers Police Sports Association 9–0http://www.sleague.com/match-details/?id=LC/14-0017 https://web.archive.org/web/20140715000943/http://www.sleague.com/match-details/?id=LC/14-0017 usurped 15 July 2014 Miljan Mrdaković's hat-trick sends Tampines into plate final 19 July 2014 S.League dmy 2014 07 19SER Miljan Mrdaković Tampines Rovers Balestier Khalsa 3–0http://www.sleague.com/match-report/league-cup/2014/july/2014-07-24/tampines-rovers-fc/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140725211549/http://www.sleague.com/match-report/league-cup/2014/july/2014-07-24/tampines-rovers-fc/ usurped 25 July 2014 Hat-trick hero Mrdavokić wins plate for Tampines 24 July 2014 S.League dmy 2014 07 24 See also S.League Singapore FA Cup Singapore Cup Singapore Charity Shield Football Association of Singapore List of football clubs in Singapore References 30em expanded 2014 League Cup Category:2014 in domestic association football cups Category:July 2014 sports events in Asia