2013 Singapore Cup

2013 Singapore Cup
RHB Singapore Cup
Tournament details
Country Singapore
Dates 26 May – 8 November 2013
Teams 16
Final positions
Champions Home United
Runner-up Tanjong Pagar United
Third place Balestier Khalsa
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 70 (3.18 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Monsef Zerka
Jozef Kapláň
5 goals

The 2013 Singapore Cup was the 16th season of Singapore's annual premier club football tournament organised by Football Association of Singapore. Due to sponsorship reasons, the Singapore Cup is also known as the RHB Singapore Cup. Warriors FC, then known as Singapore Armed Forces FC, were the defending champions.

The final was played at Jalan Besar Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Home United, who had finished as quarter-finalists last year, won by defeating S.League rival Tanjong Pagar United 4–1. This was Home's sixth Singapore Cup title, previously winning it in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2011. Together with 2013 S.League champions Tampines Rovers, Home United fills the 2014 AFC Cup spot.

The defending champions Warriors were eliminated in the preliminary round, thus becoming the first team to leave the competition as title holders at this stage.

Prize money

For the 2013 edition, Football Association of Singapore (FAS) increased the prize money for the champions, runners-up and second runners-up. A base fee of S$2,000.00 was awarded to losers in the preliminary round. For teams which failed to reach the semi-finals, FAS awarded S$4,000. Thereafter, the third and second runners-up receive a total of S$10,000.00 and S$40,000.00 (up from S$20,000.00) respectively, while the champions and runners-up receive S$100,000.00 (up from S$80,000.00) and S$60,000 (up from S$40,000.00) respectively.

  • Preliminary round: S$2,000.00
  • Quarter-finals: S$4,000.00
  • Third runners-up: S$10,000.00
  • Second runners-up: S$40,000.00
  • First runners-up: S$60,000.00
  • Champions: S$100,000.00

Teams

A total of 16 teams participated in the 2013 Singapore Cup. Twelve of the teams were from domestic S.League and the other four were invited from the Philippines, Cambodia and Laos. Global FC, Boeung Ket Rubber Field and Lao Police Club are the champions of their respective countries' leagues in 2012.

S.League Clubs
Invited Foreign Teams

Format

The sixteen teams were drawn into two distinct pools in the preliminary round. They will play against one another in a single leg knockout basis. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the quarter-finals. Thereafter, matches are played in two legs with the exception of the one-match finals.

Round and draw dates

Unlike previous editions where teams were drawn with a clear route to the final, clubs will now be drawn on a round-by-round basis. The clubs competing in each round of the competition will be drawn in pairs, with the tie to be played in a knockout format.

All draws are held at Football Association of Singapore headquarters in Kallang, Singapore unless stated otherwise.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Preliminary Preliminary round 1 May 2013
(The Float at Marina Bay) 		26 May – 1 June 2013
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 4 June 2013 22–25 July 2013 26–29 July 2013
Semi-finals 17 September 2013 1–3 October 2013 4–7 October 2013
Third place playoff 7 November 2013 at Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang
Final 8 November 2013 at Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, teams were drawn into two distinct pools. They played against one another in a single leg knockout basis. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 1 May 2013. The matches were played from 26 May to 1 June 2013. Winners of this round progressed and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Team 1 Score Team 2
Pool A
Loyola Meralco Sparks 3–0 Harimau Muda B
Albirex Niigata (S) 2–3 Home United
Woodlands Wellington 1–4 Geylang International
Hougang United 2–1 Tampines Rovers
Pool B
Lao Police Club 0–4 DPMM FC
Tanjong Pagar United 4–1 Boeung Ket Rubber Field
Young Lions 0–1 Balestier Khalsa
Warriors FC 0–2 Global FC

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 4 June 2013. The draws for the semi-finals, third place playoff and final were held on 17 September 2013.

Bracket

Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                       
Geylang International 4
Woodlands Wellington 1
Geylang International 0 2 2
Home United 2 3 5
Home United 3
Albirex Niigata (S) 2
Home United 1 1 2
Balestier Khalsa 0 0 0
Hougang United 2
Tampines Rovers 1
Hougang United 2 0 2 (1)
Balestier Khalsa (P) 0 2 2 (4)
Balestier Khalsa 1
Young Lions 0
Home United 4
Tanjong Pagar United 1
Tanjong Pagar United 4
Boeung Ket 1
Tanjong Pagar United 2 3 5
Loyola Meralco Sparks 1 3 4
Loyola Meralco Sparks 3
Harimau Muda B 0
Tanjong Pagar United 2 2 4
Global FC 2 1 3
Global FC 2 Third place playoff
Warriors FC 0
Global FC 1 4 5 Balestier Khalsa 3
DPMM FC 0 4 4 Global FC 1
DPMM FC 4
Lao Police Club 0

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 22, 23, 24 and 25 July, and the second legs were played on 26, 27, 28 and 29 July 2013. Winners of this round advance to the semi-finals.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Geylang International 2–5 Home United 0–2 2–3
Hougang United 2–2 (1–4 P) Balestier Khalsa 2–0 2–0
Tanjong Pagar United 5–4 Loyola Meralco Sparks 2–1 3–3
Global FC 5–4 DPMM FC 1–0 4–4

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 22, 23, 24 and 25 July, and the second legs were played on 26, 27, 28 and 29 July 2013. Winners of this round advance to the final, while the losers will vie for the third place in the third place playoff.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Balestier Khalsa 2–0 Home United 0–1 1–0
Tanjong Pagar United 4–3 Global FC 2–2 1–2

Third place playoff

Balestier Khalsa 1–0 Global FC
Qiu Li 53'
Qiu Li Yellow card 82' Red card 		Report Amani Aguinaldo Yellow card 85' Red card
Referee: Muhammad Jahari

Final

Home United 4–1 Tanjong Pagar United
Sirina Camara 13'
Kwon Dakyung 15'
Lee Kwan-Woo 27'
Sofiyan Abdul Hamid 90'+2 		Report Monsef Zerka 88'
Attendance: 6,588
Referee: Abdul Malik

Goalscorers

As of 1 June 2013.
Rank Nationality Player Club Goals
1 João Moreira DPMM FC 3
Jozef Kapláň Geylang International 3
Carli de Murga Global FC 3
2 Rufo Sánchez Global FC 2
Phil Younghusband Loyola Meralco Sparks 2
Shahrazen Said DPMM FC 2
Masrezwan Masturi Home United 2
Monsef Zerka Tanjong Pagar United 2
3 Bruno Castanheira Albirex Niigata (S) 1
Kazuki Sakamoto Albirex Niigata (S) 1
Paul Cunningham Balestier Khalsa 1
Yasir Hanapi Geylang International 1
Jordan Robertson Global FC 1
Misagh Bahadoran Global FC 1
Song Ui-Young Home United 1
Jerome Baker Hougang United 1
Mamadou Diallo Hougang United 1
Jang Joo-Wong Loyola Meralco Sparks 1
James Younghusband Loyola Meralco Sparks 1
Aleksandar Đurić Tampines Rovers 1
Ismaël Benahmed Tanjong Pagar United 1
Kamel Ramdani Tanjong Pagar United 1
Asraf Rashid Tanjong Pagar United 1
Moon Soon-Ho Woodlands Wellington 1