Victoria Junior College Football

Football is one of the many Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs) in Victoria Junior College (VJC). VJC Football participates in the National Schools Games A Division Football Championship for Boys and Girls every year. The A Division Boys title is the most coveted in the inter-school sports calendar. In 2017, it attracted a total of 24 schools competing, the highest number for inter-school sports in A Division.

The VJC boys' team has made it to 13 finals for the past 18 years and emerged as champions for 6 of the finals. The arch-rivals of VJC boys' team is Meridian Junior College (MJC) whom they had met 7 times in the finals.

The girls' team has made it to 11 finals for the past 12 years, winning the title 10 times.

Visiting coaches to VJC have included former England national captain, David Beckham.

Finals (Boys)

From 1998, schools from Institute of Education (ITE), who used to dominate the A Division football championships, no longer take part in the competition.

Year Finals Champion Runner-up Comment
2017 MJC 3-1 VJC MJC VJC
2016 MJC 1-0 VJC MJC VJC
2015 MJC 3-2 NYJC MJC NYJC VJC lost to MJC 0-3 in the semi-finals; VJC beat SAJC 2-1 to take 3rd place
2014 MJC 1-0 SAJC MJC SAJC VJC lost to SAJC 0-1 in the semi-finals; VJC lost to ACJC 1-2 in extra time after 1-1 at full-time to take 4th place
2013 VJC 3-2 RI VJC RI
2012 MJC 2-0 SAJC MJC SAJC VJC lost to SAJC 2-4 in penalties after 1-1 at extra-time in the semi-finals; VJC beat ACJC 3-2 to take 3rd place
2011 MJC 1-0 VJC MJC VJC
2010 MJC 2-1 SAJC MJC SAJC VJC lost to SAJC 6-7 in penalties after 1-1 at extra-time in the semi-finals; VJC beat RI 6-0 to take 3rd place
2009 VJC 3-2 MJC VJC MJC
2008 MJC 2-1 VJC MJC VJC
2007 RJC 1-0 MJC RJC MJC VJC lost to RJC 6-7 in penalties after 1-1 at extra-time in the semi-finals; VJC beat SAJC 2-1 to take 3rd place
2006 VJC 4-2 MJC VJC MJC
2005 MJC 1-1 VJC (MJC win 5-4 on penalties) MJC VJC
2004 VJC 4-1 SAJC VJC SAJC
2003 JJC 1-1 VJC (JJC win 4-2 on penalties) JJC VJC
2002 VJC 1-0 JJC VJC JJC
2001 VJC 3-0 ACJC VJC ACJC
2000 RJC 1-0 VJC RJC VJC
1999 RJC beat JI RJC JI
1998 NJC 0-0 CJC (NJC win 4-3 on penalties) NJC CJC

Results by team (Boys)

Team Champion Runner-up
MJC 9 3
VJC 6 7
RI/RJC 3 1
JJC 1 1
NJC 1 0
SAJC 0 4
ACJC 0 1
CJC 0 1
JI 0 1
NYJC 0 1

Finals (Girls)

The A Division girls competition was started in 2005. From 2005-2007, it was known as the Football Association of Singapore Inter-JC Girls' Soccer Championship.

Year Finals Champion Runner-up Comment
2017 VJC 1-1 MJC VJC MJC VJC beat MJC 3-2 in penalties after 1-1 draw in extra-time to take 3rd place
2016 VJC 4-1 RI VJC RI
2015 VJC 4-0 MJC VJC MJC
2014 VJC 1-0 RI VJC RI
2013 VJC 2-0 MI VJC MI
2012 RI 1-0 MJC RI MJC VJC lost to MJC 0-2 in the semi-finals; VJC beat MI 4-2 in penalties after 3-3 draw in extra-time to take 3rd place
2011 VJC 3-1 SAJC VJC SAJC
2010 VJC 1-1 RI (VJC win 4-1 on penalties) VJC RI
2009 VJC 3-1 SAJC VJC SAJC
2008 VJC 1-1 SAJC (VJC win 6-5 on penalties) VJC SAJC
2007 SAJC 1-0 VJC SAJC VJC
2006 VJC 2-0 TJC VJC TJC
2005 SAJC 2-0 NYJC SAJC NYJC

Results by team (Girls)

Team Champion Runner-up
VJC 10 1
SAJC 2 3
RI 1 3
MJC 0 3
MI 0 1
NYJC 0 1
TJC 0 1

Notable players

  • Ho Hui Xin (Ms), Priscilla Tan Hui Yee (Ms), Chris Yip-Au Hew Seem (Ms), Lim Li Xian (Ms): National women's football team players, 2013
  • Anders Aplin: First Singaporean to play in Japan's J2 League[1] In 2009, he was part of the Victoria Junior College football team which won the National Schools A Division title.[2][3]
  • Fabian Tan: National Under-23 (Young Lions) footballer, 2006; First NUS undergrad playing in SLeague, 2006-2010
  • Ashwin Tiwari: One of only two non-SLeague footballer and the only National A Division Football Championship footballer in Singapore national Under-21 team, 2007
  • Dilip Thapa: National A Division Football Championship Most Valuable Player, 2010 and 2011
  • Ryson Yap: National Under-19 footballer, 2010
  • Azrulnizam Shah: Manager, Singapore national football team, 2013-2014

References

  1. ↑ "Geylang defender aiming to make the most of his second shot". FourFourTwo. 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  2. ↑ "Stories From the A Division to the S.League: Five players who made the leap". 2017-11-10.
  3. ↑ "SVJC is National 'A' Division Boys Soccer Champion". 2009-05-25.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.