2013 S.League

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.

S.League
Season2013
ChampionsTampines Rovers
5th S.League title
AFC Champions LeagueTampines Rovers
(S.League winners)
AFC CupHome United
(Singapore Cup winners)
Matches played162
Goals scored456 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorerAleksandar Đurić (15)
Moon Soon-Ho (15)
Biggest home winBalestier Khalsa 4-0 Tampines Rovers
(25 May 2013)
Home United 4-0 Harimau Muda B
(26 August 2013)
Biggest away winWarriors FC 1-6 Tanjong Pagar United
(27 February 2013)
Highest scoringWoodlands Wellington 3-6 Tampines Rovers
(4 November 2013)
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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
Location of teams in 2013 S.League (Singapore teams)
Team Coach Stadium Capacity Location
Albirex Niigata (S) Koichi SugiyamaJurong East Stadium 2,700Jurong East
Balestier Khalsa Darren StewartToa Payoh Stadium 3,900Toa Payoh
DPMM FC Vjeran SimunićHassanal Bolkiah National Stadium 30,000Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Geylang InternationalV. KananBedok Stadium 3,900Bedok
Harimau Muda B Razip IsmailPasir Gudang Stadium 15,000Johor Bahru
Home United Lee Lim-SaengBishan Stadium 4,100Bishan
Hougang UnitedAmin NasirHougang Stadium 2,500Hougang
Tampines RoversTay Peng KeeClementi Stadium 4,000Clementi
Tanjong Pagar United Patrick ValleeQueenstown Stadium 3,800Queenstown
Warriors FC Alex WeaverChoa Chu Kang Stadium 4,600Choa Chu Kang
Woodlands WellingtonSalim MoinWoodlands Stadium 4,300Woodlands
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] Patrick Vallee Pre-Season
Young Lions Robin Chitrakar Reassigned to coach Singapore U16[3] Aide Iskandar[4] Pre-Season
Hougang United Nenad Bacina Took over as head coach of Tampines Rovers Alex Weaver Pre-Season
Tampines Rovers Tay Peng Kee Appointed as Technical Director of Tampines Rovers Nenad Bacina Pre-Season
Warriors FC Richard Bok Resigned in Pre-Season V. Selvaraj Pre-Season
Tampines Rovers Nenad Bacina Sacked Tay Peng Kee[5] 28 May 2013
Hougang United Alex Weaver Reassigned as Technical Director of Hougang United Johana Bin Johari
Warriors FC V. Selvaraj Resigned[6] Alex Weaver 12 June 2013
Hougang United Johana Bin Johari Appointed caretaker coach [7] Amin Nasir 22 August

Team Changes
  • Gombak United withdrew their participation in the league based on financial considerations.
  • Harimau Muda A was replaced by their 'B' side.[8]
  • Geylang United reverted to Geylang International.[9][10]
  • Singapore Armed Forces FC renamed themselves to Warriors FC.[11]

Stadium changes

2013 S.League Season Kits
Albirex Niigata (S) Balestier Khalsa Brunei DPMM Geylang International
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Harimau Muda B Home United Hougang United Tampines Rovers
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Coca-Cola		 Main Sponsor:
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Komoco Holdings
Tanjong Pagar United Warriors FC Woodlands Wellington Young Lions
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Courts

Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Former Player
Balestier Khalsa Park Kang-Jin Kim Min-ho Paul Cunningham Obadin Aikhena Vitor Borges Jung Hee-bong
DPMM FC Joao Moreira Rodrigo Tosi Tales dos Santos Artūras Rimkevičius None Dino Drpić
Stéphane Auvray
Ivan Bošnjak
Geylang International Shotaro Ihata Norihiro Kawakami Takuma Ito Stefan Milojevic Jozef Kaplan None
Home United Kwon Da-kyung Choi Jae-won Lee Kwan-woo Sirina Camara Jordan Webb Jang Hong-won
Masato Fukui
Hougang United Mamadou M. Diallo Thomas Beattie Liam Shotton Jerome Baker Igor Čerina Robert Eziakor
Tampines Rovers Kunihiro Yamashita Seiji Kaneko Andre Martins Diogo Caramelo Vítor Ladeiras Sead Hadžibulić
Martín Wagner
Saša Dreven
Tanjong Pagar United Ismaël Benahmed Anthony Aymard Aurélien Hérisson Kamel Ramdani Monsef Zerka None
Warriors FC Tatsuro Inui Shimpei Sakurada Kazuyuki Toda Marin Vidosevic Mislav Karoglan None
Woodlands Wellington Atsushi Shimono Moon Soon-ho Jang Jo-yoon Cho Sung-hwan Theerawekin Seehawong Khalid Hamdaoui
Young Lions 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 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 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 Harimau Muda B[lower-alpha 3] 27 8 6 13 33 43 −10 30[lower-alpha 1]
12 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. 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. 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 ALB BAL DPM GLI HMB HOM HOU TAM TPU WAR WLW YLI
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 match(es) played on 30 August 2013. Source: S.League
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matchday 23 - 27

Season statistics

Goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Aleksandar Đurić Tampines Rovers 15
Moon Soon-Ho Woodlands Wellington
3 Jozef Kapláň Geylang International 14
Mislav Karoglan Warriors FC
5 Chang Jo-Yoon Woodlands Wellington 13
Kazuki Sakamoto Albirex Niigata (S)
7 Khairul Amri Tampines Rovers 12
Monsef Zerka Tanjong Pagar United
Qiu Li Balestier Khalsa
Lee Kwan-Woo Home United
11 Kamel Ramdani Tanjong Pagar United 11
12 Jordan Webb Home United 9
Sherif El-Masri Young Lions
14 Mamadou Diallo Hougang United 8
Rodrigo Tosi DPMM FC
16 João Moreira DPMM FC 7
Mohd Shahrazen Said DPMM FC
Park Kang-Jin Balestier Khalsa
Mohd Ridzuan Abdunloh Harimau Muda B
20 Jamil Ali Tampines Rovers 6
Tales dos Santos DPMM FC
Ismael Benahmed Tanjong Pagar United
Bruno Castanheira Albirex Niigata (S)
Fahrudin Mustafić Tampines Rovers

Fastest Goal

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

Most Goals In A Single Match

As of 25 May 2013
DateNameGoals ScoredClubAgainst
27 Feb Monsef Zerka3Tanjong PagarWarriors FC
10 Mar Jozef Kapláň3GeylangHarimau Muda B
17 Apr 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
Albirex Niigata (S) 13 13 0 0 13
Balestier Khalsa 15 37 2 1 46
DPMM FC 14 28 2 0 34
Geylang International 14 30 0 1 33
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
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   Matches Officiated   Matches Officiated   Matches Officiated  
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 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 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 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 Lee Kwan-Woo Home United
Young Player of the Year Sirina Camara Home United
Coach of the Year Lee Lim-Saeng Home United
Top Scorer Award Aleksandar Đurić Tampines Rovers
Moon Soon-Ho Woodlands Wellington
Fair Play Award Albirex Niigata (S)
Referee of the Year Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir

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