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League Cup
Founded2007
Folded2017
CountrySingapore
Number of clubs8
Last championsAlbirex Niigata (S)
(4 titles)
Most championshipsAlbirex Niigata (S)
(4 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website[usurped]

The Singapore League Cup was an annual association football competition in Singapore. It was launched in 2007 and was open to teams who competed in the S.League. Albirex Niigata (S), a satellite club of Albirex Niigata of the J League, has won the most titles in history.

History

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The inaugural competition of 2007 was sponsored by SingTel, and officially titled theSingTel League Cup. Eight of the twelve S.League teams took part in the 2007 tournament, which was held before the start of the S.League season proper.

In 2008, the competition's official sponsored name was the Avaya-J&J League Cup (with sponsorship coming from Avaya and Jebsen & Jessen Communications). All twelve S.League teams took part in the 2008 tournament. Unlike the 2007 event, the 2008 competition was held during the S.League season.

The 2009 edition of the League Cup was held from 1 to 19 June, again during the S.League season. The competition began with a group stage, where the clubs were divided into four groups of three. The top two teams from each group qualified for the knockout stage. All knockout matches were played at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Live television coverage was provided by Starhub.

2010 saw the League Cup returning to a knockout format. The teams which finished in the top 4 positions in the 2009 S.League season were given byes to the quarter-final round, and the remaining clubs played a qualifying round to decide who would join them in the Cup competition. The draw was conducted before the qualifying round, which meant that qualifying clubs already knew which quarter-final slot they would be playing for.

The 2011 League Cup final on 30 June 2011 saw Albirex Niigata (S) defeat Hougang United FC 5-4 on penalties to become the third consecutive foreign club to hold the trophy after DPMM FC and Étoile FC.

The 2012 tournament was sponsored by StarHub, and officially titled the StarHub League Cup. The 2015 edition was sponsored by The New Paper and known as The New Paper League Cup.[1]

The title sponsor for 2016 was The New Paper.[2] In 2018, The Singapore League Cup was abolished to ease fixture congestion.[3]

Previous League Cup tournament (1997)

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Main article: 1997 Singapore League Cup

A competition called the Singapore League Cup was also held in Singapore in 1997. In that year it was won by the Singapore Armed Forces who defeated Geylang United 1-0 in the final. In 1998, that competition was renamed the Singapore Cup, and was opened to teams that do not play in the S.League. The Singapore Cup is now the major cup competition in Singapore football, and in recent years has involved invited teams from overseas in addition to teams playing in Singapore's local leagues.

Year Winners Runners-up Score in
Final 		3rd place 4th place
1997 Singapore Armed Forces Geylang United 1-0 Tampines Rovers
Tiong Bahru United 		No 3rd-place play-off

Past results

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Year Winners Runners-up Score in
Final 		3rd place 4th place
2007 Woodlands Wellington Sengkang Punggol 4-0 Gombak United Home United
2008 Gombak United Super Reds 2-1 Balestier Khalsa Young Lions
2009 DPMM (Brunei) Singapore Armed Forces 1-1 (aet)
4-3 (pen) 		Home United Woodlands Wellington
2010 Étoile Woodlands Wellington 3-1 Sengkang Punggol Gombak United
2011 Albirex Niigata (S) Hougang United 0-0 (aet)
5-4 (pen) 		Tampines Rovers Home United
2012 DPMM (Brunei) Geylang United 2-0 Singapore Armed Forces
Tampines Rovers 		No 3rd-place play-off
2013 Balestier Khalsa DPMM (Brunei) 4-0 Albirex Niigata (S)
Woodlands Wellington
2014 DPMM (Brunei) Tanjong Pagar United 2-0 Hougang United
Geylang International
2015 Albirex Niigata (S) Balestier Khalsa 2-1 Hougang United
Geylang International
2016 Albirex Niigata (S) DPMM (Brunei) 2-0 Home United
Tampines Rovers
2017 Albirex Niigata (S) Warriors FC 1-0 (aet) DPMM (Brunei)
Geylang International

Plate Tournament

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From 2012, a Plate Tournament was launched for the four teams that finished third in their respective groups.

Year Winners Runners-up Score
in Final
2012 Balestier Khalsa Young Lions 1–0
2013 Harimau Muda B Young Lions 2–0
2014 Tampines Rovers Balestier Khalsa 3–0
2015 Not held
2016 Geylang International Hougang United 2–1
2017 Not held

Performance by Clubs

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Club Winners Runners-up Plate Winners Winning years
Albirex Niigata (S)
4
0
0
 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017
DPMM
3
2
0
 2009, 2012, 2014
Balestier Khalsa
1
1
1
 2013
Woodlands Wellington
1
1
0
 2007
Gombak United
1
0
0
 2008
Étoile
1
0
0
 2010
Warriors FC
0
2
0
Hougang United
0
2
0
Geylang International
0
1
1
Super Reds
0
1
0
Tanjong Pagar United
0
1
0
Harimau Muda B
0
0
1
Tampines Rovers
0
0
1


Sponsorship

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Period Sponsor Name
2007 Singtel SingTel League Cup
2008 Avaya and Jebsen & Jessen Communications Avaya-J&J League Cup
2009–2011 No main sponsor Singapore League Cup
2012–2014 StarHub StarHub League Cup
2015–2017 The New Paper The New Paper League Cup

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "10 Teams To Compete In The New Paper League Cup". S.League. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  2. ^ "2012 Great Eastern-YEO'S S.League Season to Enjoy Biggest Ever Television Coverage" Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ hermes (2017-12-19). "Key changes for the 2018 season". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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