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) Moon Soon-Ho (15)
Biggest home win	Balestier Khalsa 4-0 Tampines Rovers (25 May 2013) Home United 4-0 Harimau Muda B (26 August 2013)
Biggest away win	Warriors 1-6 Tanjong Pagar United (27 February 2013)
Highest scoring	Woodlands Wellington 3-6 Tampines Rovers (4 November 2013)
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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

Harimau
Muda B

Albirex (S)

Balestier Khalsa

Young Lions

Geylang International

Home Utd

Hougang Utd

Tampines Rovers

Tanjong Pagar Utd

Warriors

Woodlands Wellington

Location of teams in 2013 S.League (Singapore and Malaysia teams)

Singapore

Brunei DPMM

Location of teams in 2013 S.League (Brunei teams)

Team	Coach	Stadium	Capacity	Location
Albirex Niigata (S)	Koichi Sugiyama	Jurong East Stadium	2,700	Jurong East
Balestier Khalsa	Darren Stewart	Toa Payoh Stadium	3,900	Toa Payoh
Brunei DPMM	Vjeran Simunić	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium	30,000	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Geylang International	V. Kanan	Bedok Stadium	3,900	Bedok
Harimau Muda B	Razip Ismail	Pasir Gudang Stadium	15,000	Johor Bahru
Home United	Lee Lim-Saeng	Bishan Stadium	4,100	Bishan
Hougang United	Amin Nasir	Hougang Stadium	2,500	Hougang
Tampines Rovers	Tay Peng Kee	Clementi Stadium	4,000	Clementi
Tanjong Pagar United	Patrick Vallee	Queenstown Stadium	3,800	Queenstown
Warriors F.C.	Alex Weaver	Choa Chu Kang Stadium	4,600	Choa Chu Kang
Woodlands Wellington	Salim Moin	Woodlands Stadium	4,300	Woodlands
Young Lions	Aide Iskandar	Jalan Besar Stadium	8,000	Kallang

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 F.C.	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 F.C.	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 FC 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 F.C..^[11]

Stadium changes

• Harimau Muda B used the Pasir Gudang Stadium in Johor, Malaysia, a change from the previous season where Harimau Muda A used the Yishun Stadium as their home ground in 2012.^[12]

2013 S.League Season Kits

Albirex Niigata (S)		Balestier Khalsa		Brunei DPMM		Geylang International
Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away
Kit Sponsor: Gol.Japan		Kit Sponsor: Umbro		Kit Sponsor: Lotto		Kit Sponsor: Lotto
Main Sponsor: Canon		Main Sponsor: FTMS / Civic		Main Sponsor: None		Main Sponsor: None

Harimau Muda B		Home United		Hougang United		Tampines Rovers
Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away
Kit Sponsor: Nike		Kit Sponsor: Kappa		Kit Sponsor: Waga		Kit Sponsor: Mikasa
Main Sponsor: None		Main Sponsor: Coca Cola		Main Sponsor: None		Main Sponsor: Komoco Holdings

Tanjong Pagar United		Warriors F.C.		Woodlands Wellington		Young Lions
Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away
Kit Sponsor: Thorb		Kit Sponsor: Svolme		Kit Sponsor: Waga		Kit Sponsor: Nike
Main Sponsor: SINGA Energy Drink		Main Sponsor: STA / United Engineers		Main Sponsor: ESW		Main Sponsor: Courts

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
Albirex Niigata (S)	None	None	None	None	None
Balestier Khalsa	Paul Cunningham	Park Kang-Jin	Obadin Aikhena	Kim Min-Ho	Vitor Borges
Brunei DPMM	Tales dos Santos	Joao Moreira	Rodrigo Tosi	Artūras Rimkevičius	Vacant
Geylang International	Shotaro Ihata	Stefan Milojevic	Jozef Kaplan	Norihiro Kawakami	Takuma Ito
Harimau Muda	None	None	None	None	None
Home United	Sirina Camara	Jordan Webb	Kwon Da Kyung	Choi Jae-Won	Lee Kwan-Woo
Hougang United	Mamadou M. Diallo	Thomas Beattie	Jerome Baker	Liam Shotton	Igor Čerina
Tampines Rovers	André Franco Martins	Kunihiro Yamashita	Seiji Kaneko	Diogo Caramelo	Vítor Ladeiras
Tanjong Pagar United	Ismaël Benahmed	Kamel Ramdani	Anthony Aymard	Aurélien Hérisson	Monsef Zerka
Warriors F.C.	Mislav Karoglan	Tatsuro Inui	Shimpei Sakurada	Marin Vidosevic	Kazuyuki Toda
Woodlands Wellington	Moon Soon-ho	Atsushi Shimono	Jang Jo-yoon	Cho Sung-hwan	Theerawekin Seehawong
Young Lions	Sherif El-Masri	None	None	None	None

• Albirex Niigata (S) and Harimau Muda 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]	2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2	Home United	27	16	3	8	42	25	+17	51	2014 AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 2]
3	Albirex Niigata Singapore[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	27	9	8	10	38	38	0	35
8	Brunei DPMM[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), Brunei DPMM 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

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

Brunei DPMM

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 F.C.

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

Top 6 Home \ Away^[1] ALB BAL HOM TAM TPU WLW Albirex Niigata (S) 1–2 3–1 Balestier Khalsa 0–1 0–0 3–0 Home United 3–1 2–0 Tampines Rovers 1–3 1–1 Tanjong Pagar United 0–2 0–1 0–1 Woodlands Wellington 2–3 3–6 2–2 Updated to games played on 4 November 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.

Group B Home \ Away^[1] DPM GLI HMB HOU WAR YLI Brunei DPMM 2–2 1–0 Geylang International 3–0 1–0 Harimau Muda B 2–2 2–2 1–2 Hougang United 4–1 4–1 Warriors F.C. 3–2 1–1 1–1 Young Lions 2–3 2–0 2–1 Updated to games played on 6 November 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.

Season statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Nationality	Player	Club	Goals
1		Aleksandar Đurić	Tampines Rovers	15
		Moon Soon-Ho	Woodlands Wellington
3		Jozef Kapláň	Geylang International	14
		Mislav Karoglan	Warriors F.C.
5		Chang Jo-Yoon	Woodlands Wellington	13
		Kazuki Sakamoto	Albirex Niigata Singapore
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	Brunei DPMM
16		João Moreira	Brunei DPMM	7
		Mohd Shahrazen Said	Brunei DPMM
		Park Kang-Jin	Balestier Khalsa
		Mohd Ridzuan Abdunloh	Harimau Muda B
20		Jamil Ali	Tampines Rovers	6
		Tales dos Santos	Brunei DPMM
		Ismael Benahmed	Tanjong Pagar United
		Bruno Castanheira	Albirex Niigata Singapore
		Fahrudin Mustafić	Tampines Rovers

Fastest Goal

As of 25 May 2013

Date	Name	Club	Goal Scored	Against
21 Apr 13	Shi Jiayi	Warriors F.C.	3rd min	Hougang United
23 Apr 13	Kamel Ramdani	Tanjong Pagar	3rd min	Geylang

Most Goals In A Single Match

As of 25 May 2013

Date	Name	Goals Scored	Club	Against
27 Feb 13	Monsef Zerka	3	Tanjong Pagar	Warriors F.C.
10 Mar 13	Jozef Kapláň	3	Geylang	Harimau Muda B
17 Apr 13	Ismael Benahmed	3	Tanjong Pagar	Young Lions

Highest Scoring Match

As of 25 May 2013

Date	Match	Score
27 Feb 13	Warriors F.C. vs Tanjong Pagar United	1 - 6

Club Disciplinary Records

Team	Games				Total Points
Albirex Niigata (S)	13	13	0	0	13
Balestier Khalsa	15	37	2	1	46
Brunei DPMM	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 F.C.	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	Nat	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	Brunei DPMM	0	0	0		n/a^†
2	Balestier Khalsa	0	0	0		n/a^†
3	Warriors F.C.	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.

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. 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.
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External links

• Official site