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2013 Singapore League Cup

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2013 Singapore League Cup
Final positions
ChampionsBalestier Khalsa
Runner-upBrunei DPMM FC
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The 2013 Singapore League Cup (known as the Starhub League Cup for sponsorship purposes) is a cup competition played in the month of June 2013.

The draw for the Cup was held on Sunday, 12 May 2013 at the Football Association of Singapore's headquarters in Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore. Apart from the teams in the S.League which participated in the Starhub League Cup, the 2013 edition also saw an NFL side qualify for the cup draw following a playoff between four sides: Singapore Recreation Club and Singapore Cricket Club, who are the NFL Division 1 Champions and Runners-up, and Admiralty Football Club and Sporting Westlake FC, who are the NFL Division 2 Champions and Runners-up.[1]

Admiralty FC made it through to the tournament proper; after trailing 0-1 they scored three goals to defeat Singapore Recreation Club 3-1.[2]

The League Cup semi finals, League Cup final and Plate final were originally scheduled to be played on 20 June 2013 and 23 June 2013 respectively but were postponed to September 2013 in view of the worsening haze conditions in Singapore.[3]

Preliminary playoffs

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The semi-finals of the preliminary playoffs were played on 5 May 2013.

Admiralty FC beat Singapore Cricket Club 2-1 in the first semi-final, while Singapore Recreation Club edged out Sporting Westlake 1-0 in the other semi-final.[4]

The final of the preliminary playoffs was held on 12 May 2013 at 5pm,[5] just before the League Cup draw was held at the same venue. Admiralty FC prevailed against Singapore Recreation Club despite going behind after 21 minutes; the Wolves triumphed after former S.League players, Jonathan Xu and Guntur Djafril, as well as former football reality show First XI contestant, Haziq Sudhir, each scored a goal to reverse the score in Admiralty's favour.[6]

As an added incentive for the NFL side, a $2,000 prize money was also presented to the winning team on top of successfully progressing into the 2013 StarHub League Cup. This new move by the S.League is aimed at giving NFL teams an opportunity to experience the professional competitiveness level of a cup competition.[7]

Preliminary Playoffs Knockout stage

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Semifinals Finals
      
S1 Admiralty FC 2
S2 Singapore Cricket Club 1
SF1 Admiralty FC 3
SF2 SRC 1
S3 SRC 1
S4 Sporting Westlake 0

Preliminary Playoff Semi-finals

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Admiralty FC2 - 1Singapore Cricket Club
Guntur Djafril 18'
Matthew Shiva 39' (pen)
Report 45' Chang Guo Guang

Singapore Recreation Club1 - 0Sporting Westlake
Jonathan Lancry 73' Report

Preliminary Playoff final

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First round

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The 2013 Starhub League Cup draw was held at Jalan Besar Stadium on 12 May 2013 following Admiralty FC's victory over Singapore Recreation Club, ensuring the NFL Division One side's inclusion in the 2013 edition of the Cup.[8]

Harimau Muda B, Woodlands Wellington, Home United and preliminary playoff winners Admiralty FC were drawn into Group A, while Tampines Rovers, Courts Young Lions and Tanjong Pagar United made up Group B.[9]

Albirex Niigata (S), Hougang United and Geylang International were drawn into Group C and Brunei DPMM, Balestier Khalsa and Warriors F.C. made up Group D, which is also known as the "Cup Winners" group due to the three being the previous season's RHB Singapore Cup winners, League Cup Plate winners and League Cup winners.

The League Cup was originally scheduled to be played within the month of June in a round robin format with the original fixtures announced by FAS on 21 May 2013.[10] However, due to the haze conditions in Singapore, the League Cup semi finals, League Cup final and Plate final, which were originally scheduled to be played on 20 June 2013 and 23 June 2013 respectively, were postponed to September 2013.[11]

Preliminary stage

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Group A: Admiralty FC (Preliminary Playoff Winners), Harimau Muda B, Home United, Woodlands Wellington

Group B: Young Lions FC, Tampines Rovers, Tanjong Pagar United

Group C: Albirex Niigata (S), Geylang International, Hougang United

Group D: Balestier Khalsa, DPMM FC, Warriors FC

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals of the 2013 StarHub League Cup.
Third-placed teams enter the semi-finals of the 2013 Plate Competition.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Home United (A) 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9
2 Woodlands Wellington (A) 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3 Malaysia Harimau Muda B 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4 Admiralty FC 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2013. Source: sleague.com[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Matches

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11 June 2013 First round Admiralty FC 1 - 2 Malaysia Harimau Muda B Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:30 (UTC+8) Andrew Hutcheon 6' Details[usurped] Iskandar Hanapiah 43'
Faizat Ghazli 63'
Referee: W Ravisanthiran

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Tanjong Pagar United (A) 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
2 Tampines Rovers (A) 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
3 Singapore Young Lions FC 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 3
Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2013. Source: sleague.com[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Matches

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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Geylang International (A) 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
2 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) (A) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
3 Hougang United 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2013. Source: sleague.com[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Matches

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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Balestier Khalsa (A) 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
2 Brunei DPMM FC (A) 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3 Warriors FC 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2013. Source: sleague.com[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Matches

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Knockout stage

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
A1 Home United 1(7)
C2 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 1(8)
QF1 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 0
QF2 Balestier Khalsa 1
D1 Balestier Khalsa 3(4)
B2 Tampines Rovers 3(3)
SF1 Balestier Khalsa 4
SF2 DPMM FC 0
A2 Woodlands Wellington 0(4)
C1 Geylang International 0(1)
QF3 Woodlands Wellington 0
QF4 Brunei DPMM FC 1
B1 Tanjong Pagar United 2
D2 Brunei DPMM FC 5

Quarter-finals

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15 June 2013 Quarter-finals 1 Home United 1 - 1 (a.e.t.)
(6 - 7 p)
Japan Albirex Niigata (S) Bishan Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8) Ismail Yunos 14' Details[usurped] Shingo Suzuki 78' (pen.) Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
16 June 2013 Quarter-finals 4 Tanjong Pagar United 2 - 5 Brunei DPMM FC Queenstown Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8) Hafiz Nor 4'
Monsef Zerka 28'
Details[usurped] 47', 64', 71' (pen) João Moreira
55', 68' Arturas Rimkevicius
Referee: Muhd Taqi

Semi-finals

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10 September 2013 Semi-finals 2 Woodlands Wellington 0 - 1 Brunei DPMM FC Woodlands Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8) Details[usurped] Hendra Azam 50' Referee: Muhd Taqi

Final

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Plate Competition

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Like the 2012 edition of the League Cup, the second runners-up from each group will face each other in the semi-finals of the League Cup Plate Competition.

The winners will go on to meet each other in the League Cup Plate Finals.

Plate Knockout Stage

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Semifinals Final
      
A3 Malaysia Harimau Muda B 1(5)
C3 Hougang United 1(4)
PSF1 Malaysia Harimau Muda B 2
PSF2 Singapore Young Lions FC 0
B3 Singapore Young Lions FC 3
D3 Warriors FC 2

Plate Semi-finals

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17 June 2013 Semi-finals 1 Harimau Muda B Malaysia 1 - 1 (a.e.t.)
(5 - 4 p)
Singapore Hougang United Jalan Besar Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8) Ridzuan Abdunloh 70' Details[usurped] 55' Nurhilmi Jasni Referee: W Ravisanthiran
18 June 2013 Semi-finals 1 Young Lions FC Singapore 3 - 2 Warriors FC Jalan Besar Stadium
19:30 (UTC+8) (og) Syaiful Iskandar 22'
Afiq Yunos 45'
Iqbal Hussain 76'
Details[usurped] 11', 56' Shi Jiayi (pen) Referee: K Kalimuthu

Plate final

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Cup Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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As of 18 June 2013.[12]
Rank Nationality Player Club Goals
1 Portugal João Moreira Brunei DPMM FC 3
Singapore Aliff Shafaein Home United 3
Singapore Aleksandar Đurić Tampines Rovers 3
Morocco Monsef Zerka Tanjong Pagar 3
2 England Andrew Hutcheon Admiralty FC 2
South Korea Kim Min-Ho Balestier Khalsa 2
Lithuania Arturas Rimkevicius Brunei DPMM FC 2
Brunei Shahrazen Said Brunei DPMM FC 2
Singapore Afiq Yunos Singapore Young Lions FC 2
Slovakia Jozef Kaplán Geylang International 2
Singapore Ismail Yunos Home United 2
Singapore Masrezwan Masturi Home United 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Karoglan Warriors FC 2
Singapore Shi Jiayi Warriors FC 2
South Korea Chang Jo-Yoon Woodlands Wellington 2
Singapore Oswind Suriya Woodlands Wellington 2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "StarHub League Cup 2013 to feature a National Football League (NFL) Side". S.League.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Admiralty through to League Cup". TodayOnline.com.
  3. ^ "Postponement of StarHub League Cup Semi-finals And Finals". Football Association of Singapore. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Admiralty and SRC to face off for place in StarHub League Cup". Axross The Line by Liga Singapura.
  5. ^ "2013 StarHub League Cup Final Qualifier and League Cup Draw to be shown "LIVE" on TV". SLeague.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Admiralty FC grateful for chance to compete in StarHub League Cup". Goal.com Singapore.
  7. ^ "National Football League sides to participate in 2013 StarHub League Cup". Axross The Line by Liga Singapura.
  8. ^ "2013 StarHub League Cup groups revealed". Goal.com Singapore.
  9. ^ "Admiralty into League Cup (2013)". TodayOnline.com Singapore.
  10. ^ "StarHub League Cup fixtures released". Goal.com Singapore.
  11. ^ "Postponement of StarHub League Cup Semi-finals And Finals". Football Association of Singapore. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  12. ^ "Leading Scorers – 2013 League Cup". S.League. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)