2013 S.League

S.League
Season 2013
Champions Tampines Rovers
5th S.League title
AFC Champions League Tampines Rovers
(S.League winners)
AFC Cup Home United
(Singapore Cup winners)
Matches played 162
Goals scored 456 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer Aleksandar Đurić (15)
South Korea Moon Soon-Ho (15)
Biggest home win

Balestier Khalsa 4-0 Tampines Rovers
(25 May 2013)

Home United 4-0 Malaysia Harimau Muda B
(26 August 2013)
Biggest away win Warriors FC 1-6 Tanjong Pagar United
(27 February 2013)
Highest scoring Woodlands Wellington 3-6 Tampines Rovers
(4 November 2013)
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2014 →

The 2013 S.League was the 18th season since the establishment of the S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. It is known as the Yeo's Great Eastern S.League for sponsorship reasons.

The season began in February 2013 and ended in November 2013. Tampines Rovers defended their title and the 2013 edition featured 12 teams in the league after Gombak United decided to sit out of the league due to financial problems.

Tampines Rovers beat Warriors F.C. on 15 February 2013 with a 2-1 scoreline to lift the 2013 Charity Shield, kicking off the 2013 S.League season.[1]

The league also saw a month-long break between 26 May 2013 and 26 June 2013 in order for the preliminary round of the RHB Singapore Cup and Starhub League Cup to take place.

Major changes

The following were the key changes of season 2013 as compared to the previous season:

  • Gombak United sat out of the 2013 S.League, turning it into a 12-team competition.
  • This new "2.5 round" format saw the 12 teams split up into two halves based on their league standings after the completion of two rounds of fixtures.
  • The final ‘half’ round saw teams (i.e.: top six teams in one group, bottom six teams in another group) playing against each other in their respective groups.
  • All points accumulated in the 2 rounds were carried into the final round. The final standings were then be decided at the end of this half round.
  • The format for both Cup tournaments namely RHB Singapore Cup and Starhub League remained intact.
  • The import quota was increased from four to five foreign players, with support promised from the league management should clubs be keen to engage a foreign marquee player in the new quota of five.
  • The 2.4 km run replaced the "Beep Test" to gauge the fitness of the players with a minimum passing mark set at 10.15 minutes for outfield players and 12 minutes for goalkeepers. Monetary rewards were given out for players who hit the minimum passing mark of 8.30 minutes ($200) and 9 minutes ($100).
  • There was an increase in prize monies for the league champions, first runners-up and second runners-up at $250,000, $125,000 and $60,000 respectively (up from $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000 respectively).
  • The Singapore Cup winners, first runners-up and second runners-up had their share increased to $100,000, $60,000 and $40,000 respectively (up from $80,000, $40,000 and $20,000 respectively).

Teams

Location of teams in 2013 S.League
Team Coach Stadium Capacity Location
Japan Albirex Niigata (S)Japan Koichi SugiyamaJurong East Stadium 2,700Jurong East
Balestier KhalsaAustralia Darren StewartToa Payoh Stadium 3,900Toa Payoh
Brunei DPMM FCCroatia Vjeran SimunićHassanal Bolkiah National Stadium 30,000Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Geylang InternationalV. KananBedok Stadium 3,900Bedok
Malaysia Harimau Muda BMalaysia Razip IsmailPasir Gudang Stadium 15,000Johor Bahru
Home UnitedSouth Korea Lee Lim-SaengBishan Stadium 4,100Bishan
Hougang UnitedAmin NasirHougang Stadium 2,500Hougang
Tampines RoversTay Peng KeeClementi Stadium 4,000Clementi
Tanjong Pagar UnitedFrance Patrick ValleeQueenstown Stadium 3,800Queenstown
Warriors FCEngland Alex WeaverChoa Chu Kang Stadium 4,600Choa Chu Kang
Woodlands WellingtonSalim MoinWoodlands Stadium 4,300Woodlands
Singapore Young LionsAide IskandarJalan Besar Stadium 8,000Kallang

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Date
Tanjong Pagar United Terry Pathmanathan Sacked[2] France Patrick Vallee Pre-Season
Singapore Young Lions Robin Chitrakar Reassigned to coach Singapore U16[3] Aide Iskandar[4] Pre-Season
Hougang United Croatia Nenad Bacina Took over as head coach of Tampines Rovers England Alex Weaver Pre-Season
Tampines Rovers Tay Peng Kee Appointed as Technical Director of Tampines Rovers Croatia Nenad Bacina Pre-Season
Warriors FC Richard Bok Resigned in Pre-Season V. Selvaraj Pre-Season
Tampines Rovers Croatia Nenad Bacina Sacked Tay Peng Kee[5] 28 May 2013
Hougang United England Alex Weaver Reassigned as Technical Director of Hougang United Johana Bin Johari
Warriors FC V. Selvaraj Resigned[6] England Alex Weaver 12 June 2013
Hougang United Johana Bin Johari Appointed caretaker coach [7] Amin Nasir 22 August

Team Changes

Stadium changes

2013 S.League Season Kits

Japan Albirex Niigata (S) Balestier Khalsa Brunei Brunei DPMM Geylang International
Home
Away
Home
Away
Home
Away
Home
Away
Kit Sponsor:
Japan Gol.Japan		 Kit Sponsor:
England Umbro		 Kit Sponsor:
Italy Lotto		 Kit Sponsor:
Italy Lotto
Main Sponsor:
Japan Canon		 Main Sponsor:
Singapore FTMS / Singapore Civic		 Main Sponsor:
None		 Main Sponsor:
None
Malaysia Harimau Muda B Home United Hougang United Tampines Rovers
Home
Away
Home
Away
Home
Away
Home
Away
Kit Sponsor:
United States Nike		 Kit Sponsor:
Italy Kappa		 Kit Sponsor:
Singapore Waga		 Kit Sponsor:
Japan Mikasa
Main Sponsor:
None		 Main Sponsor:
United States Coca-Cola		 Main Sponsor:
None		 Main Sponsor:
Singapore Komoco Holdings
Tanjong Pagar United Warriors FC Woodlands Wellington Singapore Young Lions
Home
Away
Home
Away
Home
Away
Home
Away
Kit Sponsor:
Singapore Thorb		 Kit Sponsor:
Japan Svolme		 Kit Sponsor:
Singapore Waga		 Kit Sponsor:
United States Nike
Main Sponsor:
Singapore SINGA Energy Drink		 Main Sponsor:
Singapore STA / Singapore United Engineers		 Main Sponsor:
Singapore ESW		 Main Sponsor:
Singapore Courts

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Former Player
Balestier Khalsa South Korea Park Kang-Jin South Korea Kim Min-ho New Zealand Paul Cunningham Nigeria Obadin Aikhena Brazil Vitor Borges South Korea Jung Hee-bong
Brunei DPMM FC Portugal Joao Moreira Brazil Rodrigo Tosi Brazil Tales dos Santos Lithuania Artūras Rimkevičius None Croatia Dino Drpić
Guadeloupe Stéphane Auvray
Croatia Ivan Bošnjak
Geylang International Japan Shotaro Ihata Japan Norihiro Kawakami Japan Takuma Ito Serbia Stefan Milojevic Slovakia Jozef Kaplan None
Home United South Korea Kwon Da-kyung South Korea Choi Jae-won South Korea Lee Kwan-woo France Sirina Camara Canada Jordan Webb South Korea Jang Hong-won
Japan Masato Fukui
Hougang United Guinea Mamadou M. Diallo England Thomas Beattie England Liam Shotton Canada Jerome Baker Croatia Igor Čerina Nigeria Robert Eziakor
Tampines Rovers Japan Kunihiro Yamashita Japan Seiji Kaneko Portugal Andre Martins Portugal Diogo Caramelo Portugal Vítor Ladeiras Serbia Sead Hadžibulić
Argentina Martín Wagner
Croatia Saša Dreven
Tanjong Pagar United AlgeriaFrance Ismaël Benahmed France Anthony Aymard France Aurélien Hérisson AlgeriaFrance Kamel Ramdani Morocco Monsef Zerka None
Warriors FC Japan Tatsuro Inui Japan Shimpei Sakurada Japan Kazuyuki Toda Croatia Marin Vidosevic Bosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Karoglan None
Woodlands Wellington Japan Atsushi Shimono South Korea Moon Soon-ho South Korea Jang Jo-yoon South Korea Cho Sung-hwan Thailand Theerawekin Seehawong Netherlands Khalid Hamdaoui
Singapore Young Lions Canada Sherif El-Masri None None None None None
  • Albirex Niigata (S) and Harimau Muda B are an all-Japanese and all-Malaysian team respectively and do not hire any foreigners.
  • Players in bold are marquee player signings who command wages outside the monthly salary cap.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tampines Rovers 27 17 5 5 59 36 +23 56[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to
AFC Champions League Qualifying Round 1
or AFC Cup Group Stage
2 Home United 27 16 3 8 42 25 +17 51 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage[lower-alpha 2]
3 Japan Albirex Niigata (S)[lower-alpha 3] 27 13 7 7 36 28 +8 46
4 Balestier Khalsa 27 12 7 8 38 28 +10 43
5 Woodlands Wellington 27 10 7 10 45 47 −2 37
6 Tanjong Pagar United 27 9 9 9 36 34 +2 36
7 Warriors FC 27 9 8 10 38 38 0 35
8 Brunei DPMM FC[lower-alpha 3] 27 9 8 10 41 46 −5 35
9 Geylang International 27 8 8 11 31 38 −7 32
10 Hougang United 27 9 3 15 37 40 −3 30
11 Malaysia Harimau Muda B[lower-alpha 3] 27 8 6 13 33 43 −10 30[lower-alpha 1]
12 Singapore Young Lions[lower-alpha 3] 27 5 3 19 20 52 −32 18[lower-alpha 4]
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Harimau Muda B were awarded a 3–0 victory against Tampines Rovers as the latter were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player. Tampines Rovers had won the original fixture 1–0.[13]
  2. ↑ Qualified as 2013 Singapore Cup winners.
  3. 1 2 3 4 The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and Harimau Muda B – as well as the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) under-23 team, Young Lions, are not eligible for any AFC competition spots.
  4. ↑ Young Lions' opening four games were overturned and awarded as 3–0 victories to the opposing teams due to the fielding of ineligible players. In these four games, Young Lions had only amassed one point.[14]

Results

Matchday 1 - 22

Home \ Away[1] ALB BAL DPMGLIHMBHOMHOUTAMTPUWARWLWYLI
Albirex Niigata (S) 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–1
Balestier Khalsa 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–4 3–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 3–0
DPMM FC 0–2 1–1 4–2 3–1 3–2 3–3 2–6 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–1
Geylang International 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–3 2–0 0–5 2–1 0–3 1–2 0–1
Harimau Muda B 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–4 0–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–1
Home United 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 4–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0
Hougang United 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–3 2–3 1–2 0–1 1–0
Tampines Rovers 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–0
Tanjong Pagar United 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1
Warriors FC 2–3 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 4–2 0–1 1–6 1–1 3–0
Woodlands Wellington 2–1 3–1 5–2 0–0 1–2 0–3 0–0 3–3 2–3 2–2 5–2
Young Lions 0–1 1–3 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–3 2–4 0–4 0–0 1–3

Updated to games played on 30 August 2013.
Source: S.League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matchday 23 - 27

Season statistics

Goalscorers

Fastest Goal

As of 25 May 2013
DateNameClubGoal ScoredAgainst
21 AprShi JiayiWarriors FC3rd minHougang United
23 AprAlgeria Kamel RamdaniTanjong Pagar3rd minGeylang

Most Goals In A Single Match

As of 25 May 2013
DateNameGoals ScoredClubAgainst
27 FebMorocco Monsef Zerka3Tanjong PagarWarriors FC
10 MarSlovakia Jozef Kapláň3GeylangHarimau Muda B
17 AprFrance Ismael Benahmed3Tanjong PagarYoung Lions

Highest Scoring Match

As of 25 May 2013
DateMatchScore
27 Feb 13Warriors FC vs Tanjong Pagar United1 - 6

Club Disciplinary Records

Team Games Total Points
Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
13
13
0
0
13
Balestier Khalsa
15
37
2
1
46
Brunei DPMM FC
14
28
2
0
34
Geylang International
14
30
0
1
33
Malaysia Harimau Muda B
15
28
1
0
31
Home United
15
30
1
3
42
Hougang United
15
39
0
1
42
Tampines Rovers
13
28
0
0
28
Tanjong Pagar United
15
39
1
1
45
Warriors FC
13
26
0
1
29
Woodlands Wellington
15
33
3
2
48
Singapore Young Lions
14
27
1
2
36

Updated to games played on 27 June 2013
Points are awarded based on 1 point for each yellow card and 3 points for each sending off (regardless of sending-offs via two yellow cards or one red card)

Cards Handed Out By Match Officials

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by alphabetical order when total cards are equal.

R Name S.League RHB Singapore Cup Starhub League Cup Total Points
Matches Officiated Yellow card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Matches Officiated Yellow card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Matches Officiated Yellow card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Matches Officiated Yellow card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
1 Leow Thiam Hoe 10 54 3 3 1 4 0 0 2 8 0 2 13 66 3 5 90
2 Farhad Mohd 9 39 2 1 1 7 0 0 3 12 1 0 13 58 3 1 70
3 Muhd Taqi 11 44 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 9 2 1 13 53 2 3 68
4 Irwan Samsuddin 7 37 1 1 1 7 0 0 1 5 0 1 9 49 1 2 58
5 Sukhbir Singh 9 41 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 1 0 11 49 2 0 55
6 W Ravisanthiran 10 37 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 12 42 1 3 54
Abdul Malik 9 30 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 9 1 0 12 39 2 3 54
7 Jansen Foo 8 36 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 11 45 0 1 48
8 Ahmad A'Qashah 8 30 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 6 0 0 11 41 0 1 44
9 Yazeen Buhari 4 20 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 25 2 0 31
10 K Kalimuthu 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 13 0 0 13

Updated to games played on 27 June 2013
Points are awarded based on 1 point for each yellow card and 3 points for each sending off (regardless of sending-offs via two yellow cards or one red card)

Attendance figures

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Brunei DPMM FC 0 0 0 n/a†
2 Balestier Khalsa 0 0 0 n/a†
3 Warriors FC 0 0 0 n/a†
4 Home United 0 0 0 n/a†
5 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 0 0 0 n/a†
6 Harimau Muda B 0 0 0 n/a†
7 Hougang United 0 0 0 n/a†
8 Tampines Rovers 0 0 0 n/a†
9 Woodlands Wellington 0 0 0 n/a†
10 Singapore Young Lions 0 0 0 n/a†
11 Geylang International 0 0 0 n/a†
12 Tanjong Pagar United 0 0 0 n/a†
League total n/a†

Source: S.League

There isn't any established attendance figures. Only 1 report on attendance for Round 1 between Young Lions vs Hougang where 1,586 spectators attended.

S-League Awards Night Winners

Awards Winners Club
Player of the Year South Korea Lee Kwan-Woo Home United
Young Player of the Year France Sirina Camara Home United
Coach of the Year South Korea Lee Lim-Saeng Home United
Top Scorer Award Aleksandar Đurić Tampines Rovers
South Korea Moon Soon-Ho Woodlands Wellington
Fair Play Award Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
Referee of the Year Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir

References

  1. ↑ Chen, Fabius (15 February 2013). "Tampines beat Warriors to win Great Eastern Charity Shield". The Straits Times.
  2. ↑ "Queenstown return for new Jaguars coach Vallee". S.League. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "3 in frame for Young Lions job". Today. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Former Singapore captain Aide Iskandar named Courts Young Lions coach". The Straits Times. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Bacina, Wagner part ways with Tampines". Today. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Weaver building for Warriors future with fresh new ideas". S.League. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Weaver fully focussed on Warriors job". S.League. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "Harimau Muda B set for 2013 S.League". ESPN Star. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "New-look Geylang primed for 2013". Today. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "Kaplan to lead new-look Geylang". ESPN Star. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  11. ↑ "SAFFC renamed as Warriors FC". ESPN Star. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-02-16. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  12. ↑ "SAFFC no more, Warriors FC in hunt for sponsors". Today. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  13. ↑ "Media Statement Concerning Tampines Rovers FC Fielding An Ineligible Player For S.League Match Against Harimau Muda". S League. 14 July 2013.
  14. ↑ "Young Lions penalised for ineligible players". Fox Sports. 14 March 2013.
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