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2014 S.League

The 2014 S.League was the 19th season since the establishment of the S.League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs. The league was also known as the Great Eastern Yeo's S.League due to sponsorship reasons. Tampines Rovers were the defending champions.

S.League
Season2014
ChampionsWarriors FC
Supporters' ShieldTampines Rovers
AFC Champions LeagueWarriors FC
(S.League winners)
AFC CupBalestier Khalsa
(Singapore Cup winners)
Matches played125
Goals scored409 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorerBrazil Rodrigo Tosi (21 goals)
Biggest home winBrunei DPMM FC 8–1 Woodlands Wellington
(26 August 2014)
Biggest away winSingapore Young Lions 0–4 Balestier Khalsa
(23 February 2014)
Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 0–4 Warriors FC
(16 April 2014)
Highest scoringBrunei DPMM FC 8–1 Woodlands Wellington
(26 August 2014)
Longest winning runBrunei DPMM FC
(7 matches)
Longest unbeaten runHougang United
(9 matches)
Longest winless runMalaysia Harimau Muda B
(10 matches)
Longest losing runMalaysia Harimau Muda B
(10 matches)
← 2013
2015 →
All statistics correct as of 26 August 2014.

For the first time, free-to-air MediaCorp okto broadcast all Friday matches that were held at the Jalan Besar Stadium live on its channel, including a weekly S.League Show. The season started on 21 February 2014, and concluded on 31 October 2014.

Teams edit

A total of 12 teams contested the league. There were no changes to the participating sides from the previous season. Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and Harimau Muda B were invited foreign clubs from Japan, Brunei and Malaysia respectively.

Stadiums and locations edit

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Location of 2014 S.League teams
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Locations of the 2014 S.League teams from Singapore
Team Stadium Capacity
  Albirex Niigata (S) Jurong East Stadium 2,700
Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900
  DPMM FC Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium 30,000
Geylang International Bedok Stadium 3,900
  Harimau Muda B Pasir Gudang Stadium 15,000
Home United Bishan Stadium 4,100
Hougang United Hougang Stadium 2,500
Tampines Rovers Clementi Stadium 4,000
Tanjong Pagar United Queenstown Stadium 3,800
Warriors FC Choa Chu Kang Stadium 4,600
Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Stadium 4,300
  Young Lions Jalan Besar Stadium 8,000
  • Geylang International used the Jalan Besar stadium to host Balestier Khalsa on 31 July[1]

Personnel and kits edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
  Albirex Niigata (S)   Tatsuyuki Okuyama   Itsuki Yamada Mafro Canon
Balestier Khalsa   Marko Kraljević   Paul Cunningham Umbro FTMS
  DPMM FC   Steve Kean   Rosmin Kamis Lotto None
Geylang International   Jörg Steinebrunner Muhammad Ridhuan Lotto Rotary Engineering
  Harimau Muda B   Razip Ismail   Ashmawi Yakin Nike None
Home United   Lee Lim-Saeng Noh Rahman Kappa Coca-Cola
Hougang United Amin Nasir Lau Meng Meng Macron SPEED Institute
Tampines Rovers Rafi Ali Mustafić Fahrudin Mikasa Hyundai
Tanjong Pagar United   Patrick Vallee Hafiz Osman THORB SINGA Energy Drink
Warriors FC   Alex Weaver Daniel Bennett Joma STA Inspection
Woodlands Wellington Salim Moin Rosman Sulaiman Waga ESW Manage
  Young Lions Aide Iskandar Al-Qaasimy Rahman Nike Courts
  • The S.League uses a new match ball, the Mikasa SL450, sponsored by Mikasa.

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Date
Tampines Rovers Tay Peng Kee Mutual consent[2] Salim Moin 29 November 2013
Woodlands Wellington Salim Moin End of contract[3]   Darren Stewart 14 January 2014
Balestier Khalsa   Darren Stewart Resigned[4]   Marko Kraljević 4 January 2014
  Albirex Niigata (S)   Koichi Sugiyama End of contract[5]   Tatsuyuki Okuyama 18 November
  DPMM FC   Vjeran Simunić End of contract[6]   Steve Kean 20 October 2013
Geylang International Vedhamuthu Kanan Sacked[7]   Jörg Steinebrunner 20 March 2014
Tampines Rovers Salim Moin Resigned[8] Rafi Ali 28 April 2014
Woodlands Wellington   Darren Stewart Sacked[9] Salim Moin 15 June 2014

Foreign players edit

Each club is allowed to have up to a maximum of five foreign players.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 (Prime League) Former Player
Balestier Khalsa   Park Kang-jin   Kim Min-ho   Paul Cunningham   Emir Lotinac   Goran Ljubojević   Alando Atkinson None
  DPMM FC   Rodrigo Tosi   Robert Alviž   Boris Raspudić   Roy O'Donovan   Joe Gamble None None
Geylang International   Yuki Ichikawa   Kento Fukuda   Thorsten Schneider   Franco Chiviló   Leonel Felice   Joaquin Lopez None
Home United   Kwon Da-kyung   Song In-young   Lee Kwan-woo   Sirina Camara    Bruno Castanheira   Song Ui-young
Hougang United   Shunsuke Nakatake   Igor Ferreira Alves   Diego Gama   Geison Moura   Igor Čerina   Sutanto Tan   Đurica Župarić
Tampines Rovers   Kunihiro Yamashita   Jake Butler   Jozef Kapláň   Justin Pasfield   Miljan Mrdaković   Joseph Taylor   Norihiro Kawakami
  Luis Closa
  Roberto Martínez Gamarra
Tanjong Pagar    Kamel Ramdani   Sébastien Etiemblé   Anthony Aymard   Aurélien Hérisson   Monsef Zerka   Lucas Jester None
Warriors FC   Nicolás Vélez   Thomas Beattie   Miroslav Pejić   Marin Vidosevic   Kevin McCann   Chareewat Thirawatsirikul   Rasmus Fristedt
Woodlands   Moon Soon-Ho   Atsushi Shimono   Jang Jo-yoon   Miloš Jevtić   Stefan Milojević None None
  Young Lions   Sherif El-Masri   Jordan Webb 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 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Warriors FC 27 16 5 6 53 35 +18 53 Qualification to
AFC Champions League Qualifying Round 1
or AFC Cup Group Stage
2   DPMM FC[a] 27 15 5 7 63 30 +33 50
3 Tampines Rovers 27 14 7 6 44 32 +12 49
4 Home United 27 13 5 9 52 41 +11 44
5   Albirex Niigata (S)[a] 27 13 5 9 51 40 +11 44
6 Balestier Khalsa 27 11 7 9 46 34 +12 40 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage[b]
7 Hougang United 27 12 6 9 49 42 +7 42
8 Geylang International 27 8 8 11 33 44 −11 32
9 Tanjong Pagar United 27 8 5 14 35 44 −9 29
10   Young Lions[a] 27 7 5 15 38 54 −16 26
11 Woodlands Wellington 27 5 8 14 22 52 −30 23
12   Harimau Muda B[a] 27 6 2 19 28 67 −39 20
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d 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.
  2. ^ Qualified as 2014 Singapore Cup winners.[10]

Results edit

Matchweek 1–22 edit

Home \ Away ALB BAL DPM GLI HMB HOM HOU TAM TPU WAR WLW YLI
Albirex Niigata (S) 1–0 0–1 4–2 3–0 4–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–4 7–1 4–2
Balestier Khalsa 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–1
DPMM FC 2–1 4–1 0–0 5–0 2–3 2–2 1–2 4–0 2–0 8–1 6–1
Geylang International 3–4 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–4 3–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0
Harimau Muda B 1–4 1–5 1–4 0–3 0–3 3–4 0–1 1–2 2–4 1–0 2–3
Home United 4–2 2–1 0–3 4–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 4–0 2–2 0–0 0–3
Hougang United 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 4–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–3
Tampines Rovers 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–2 3–2
Tanjong Pagar United 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0
Warriors FC 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–4 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 4–1
Woodlands Wellington 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–3
Young Lions 1–2 0–4 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–3 2–3 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 5 September 2014. Source: S.League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matchday 23 - 27 edit

Season statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

As of 24 November 2014[11]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Rodrigo Tosi   DPMM FC 24
2   Kazuki Sakamoto   Albirex Niigata (S) 21
  Geison Moura Hougang United 21
  Nicolás Vélez Warriors FC 21
5   Goran Ljubojević Balestier Khalsa 20
6   Roy O'Donovan   DPMM FC 15
7   Leonel Felice Geylang International 13
8   Miroslav Pejić Warriors FC 12
9   Miljan Mrdaković Tampines Rovers 11
10 Sahil Suhaimi   Young Lions 10
Fazrul Nawaz Home United 10
  Diego Gama Hougang United 10

Hat-tricks edit

As of matches played 27 August 2014
Player For Against Result Date
  Monsef Zerka Tanjong Pagar United   Young Lions 3–2[12] 26 March 2014
  Nicolás Vélez4 Warriors FC   Albirex Niigata (S) 4–0[13] 16 April 2014
  Kazuki Sakamoto   Albirex Niigata (S)   Harimau Muda B 4–1[14] 23 May 2014
  Kazuki Sakamoto   Albirex Niigata (S) Woodlands Wellington 7–1[15] 11 June 2014
  Nicolás Vélez Warriors FC   Young Lions 4–1[16] 14 August 2014

4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets edit

Player edit

As of matches played 24 June 2014
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Wardun Yusof   DPMM FC 7
2 Hassan Sunny Warriors FC 5
Zaiful Nizam Balestier Khalsa
4 Shahril Jantan Home United 4
5 Siddiq Durimi Geylang International 3
6 Ahmadulhaq Che Omar Woodlands Wellington 2
  Aurélien Hérisson Tanjong Pagar United
Hyrulnizam Juma'at Tampines Rovers
Joey Sim Geylang International
  Justin Pasfield Tampines Rovers
11   Azman Ilham   DPMM FC 1
Fadhil Salim Hougang United
  Ilham Amirullah   Harimau Muda B
  Kazuki Kishigami   Albirex Niigata (S)
  Kenjiro Ogino   Albirex Niigata (S)
Neezam Aziz Warriors FC
Rudy Khairullah   Young Lions
Syazwan Buhari Young Lions
Yazid Yasin Woodlands Wellington

Club edit

As of matches played 24 June 2014
Rank Club Clean sheets Longest run
1   DPMM FC 8 3
2 Warriors FC 6 2
3 Geylang International 5 3
Balestier Khalsa 1
5 Home United 4 2
Tampines Rovers 1
7   Albirex Niigata (S) 2 1
  Young Lions
Tanjong Pagar United
Woodlands Wellington
10   Harimau Muda B 1 1
Hougang United

S-League Awards Night Winners edit

Awards Winners Club
Player of the Year Hassan Sunny Warriors FC
Young Player of the Year   Nicolás Vélez Warriors FC
Coach of the Year   Marko Kraljević Balestier Khalsa
Top Scorer Award   Rodrigo Tosi   DPMM FC
Fair Play Award Geylang International
Referee of the Year Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari

References edit

  1. ^ "Changes to Two S.League Matches". S.League. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. ^ "S'pore back in Champs League". Asia One. 29 November 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Darren Stewart New Rams Coach". Woodlands Wellington FC Official Website. January 2014. Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Balestier on the hunt for new boss after shock Stewart exit". Football SEA WordPress. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Albirex Niigata (S) appoint Tatsuyuki Okuyama". Goal Singapore. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Former Blackburn boss Steve Kean to lead DPMM in 2014 S.League". Goal Singapore. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  7. ^ "Steinebrunner replaces Kanan at Geylang". Goal Singapore. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Salim Moin back in charge at Woodlands". Goal Singapore. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  9. ^ "S.League: Rafi takes over Tampines". AsiaOne News. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  10. ^ Phoon, Jia Hui (7 November 2014). "Historic cup victory for Tigers". S.League. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Leading scorers". S.League. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  12. ^ "Zerka hat-trick downs valiant Young Lions". Voxsports. 26 March 2014. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014.
  13. ^ "Unstoppable Velez demolishes whtie swans with impressive showing". GOAL. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  14. ^ "Suave White Swans thump Harimau Muda". S.League. 23 May 2014.
  15. ^ "Rampant White Sans run riot over Woodlands". Voxsports. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014.
  16. ^ "Warriors vs. Young Lions - 20 August 2014 - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

External links edit

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