Singapore League Cup

League Cup

Founded	2007
Country	Singapore
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Albirex Niigata (S) (4 titles)
Most championships	Albirex Niigata (S) (4 titles)
Website	Official website
2017 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 FC 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 Armed Forces	Geylang United	1-0	Tampines Rovers Tiong Bahru United	No 3rd-place play-off

Past results

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score in Final	3rd place	4th place
2007	Woodlands Wellington	Sengkang Punggol	4-0	Gombak United	Home United
2008	Gombak United	Super Reds	2-1	Balestier Khalsa	Young Lions
2009	DPMM FC	Singapore Armed Forces	1-1 (aet) 4-3 (pen)	Home United	Woodlands Wellington
2010	Étoile FC	Woodlands Wellington	3-1	Sengkang Punggol	Gombak United
2011	Albirex Niigata (S)	Hougang United	0-0 (aet) 5-4 (pen)	Tampines Rovers	Home United
2012	DPMM FC	Geylang United	2-0	Singapore Armed Forces Tampines Rovers	No 3rd-place play-off
2013	Balestier Khalsa	DPMM FC	4-0	Albirex Niigata (S) Woodlands Wellington	No 3rd-place play-off
2014	DPMM FC	Tanjong Pagar United	2-0	Hougang United Geylang International	No 3rd-place play-off
2015	Albirex Niigata (S)	Balestier Khalsa	2-1	Hougang United Geylang International	No 3rd-place play-off
2016	Albirex Niigata (S)	DPMM FC	2-0	Home United Tampines Rovers	No 3rd-place play-off
2017	Albirex Niigata (S)	Warriors FC	1-0	DPMM FC Geylang International	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	Balestier Khalsa	Young Lions	1-0
2013	Harimau Muda B	Young Lions	2-0
2014	Tampines Rovers	Balestier Khalsa	3-0
2015		Not Held
2016	Geylang International	Hougang United	2-1
2017		Not Held

Performance by Clubs

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years
Albirex Niigata (S)	4	0	2011, 2015, 2016, 2017
DPMM FC	3	2	2009, 2012, 2014
Balestier Khalsa	1	1	2013
Woodlands Wellington	1	1	2007
Gombak United	1	0	2008
Étoile FC	1	0	2010
Hougang United	0	2
Warriors FC	0	2
Geylang International	0	1
Super Reds	0	1
Tanjong Pagar United	0	1

References

↑ "2012 Great Eastern-YEO'S S.League Season to Enjoy Biggest Ever Television Coverage"
↑ "10 Teams To Compete In The New Paper League Cup". S.League. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

External links

Singapore - List of Cup Winners, RSSSF.com

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