The 2014 Singapore Cup is the 17th 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. Home United are the defending champions, having won the trophy six times.[1]

2014 Singapore Cup
RHB Singapore Cup
Tournament details
CountrySingapore
Dates25 May – 7 November 2014
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsBalestier Khalsa
Runner-upHome United
Third placeBrunei DPMM FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored66 (3 per match)
Attendance13,513 (614 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Roy O'Donovan (5 goals)
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Balestier Khalsa won the Cup with a 3-1 win over defending champion Home United.[2]

Teams

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A total of 16 teams participate in the 2014 Singapore Cup. Eleven of the teams are from domestic S.League and the other five are invited from the Philippines, Cambodia and Laos. Courts Young Lions will not participate in this year's edition of Singapore Cup.

S.League Clubs
Invited Foreign Teams

Format

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The sixteen teams were drawn into two distinct pools for the preliminary round. They will play against one another in a single-legged 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. Unlike the previous season, away goals rule does not apply.

For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time is followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams are still tied, a penalty shoot-out is held to determine a winner.

Knockout phase

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Bracket

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Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
  Harimau Muda B 1
Tampines Rovers 1
Tampines Rovers 4 4 8
Tanjong Pagar United 2 1 3
Tanjong Pagar United 1
Hougang United 0
Tampines Rovers 2 0 2 (1)
Balestier Khalsa 1 1 2 (4)
Warriors FC 1
Balestier Khalsa 3
Balestier Khalsa 2 0 2 (5)
Geylang International 1 1 2 (4)
Woodlands Wellington 1
Geylang International 5
Balestier Khalsa 3
Home United 1
  Svay Rieng 0
  Albirex Niigata (S) 3
  Albirex Niigata (S) 3 1 4
  DPMM FC 4 2 6
  Global FC 0
  DPMM FC 7
  DPMM FC 1 2 3
Home United 1 3 4
Home United 5
  Nagacorp FC 0
Home United 2 2 4
  Loyola 0 1 1
  Loyola 7
  Champasak 1

Preliminary round

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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 3 May 2014.[3] The matches were played from 25 May to 1 June 2014. Winners of this round progressd and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Team 1 Score Team 2
Pool A
Harimau Muda B   1–1 (5–6 p.) Tampines Rovers
Tanjong Pagar United 1–0 Hougang United
Woodlands Wellington 1–5 Geylang International
Warriors FC 1–3 Balestier Khalsa
Pool B
Svay Rieng   0–3   Albirex Niigata (S)
Home United 5–0   Nagacorp FC
Global FC   0–7   DPMM FC
Loyola Meralco Sparks   7–1   SHB Champasak

Pool A

29 May 2014 Harimau Muda B   1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)
Tampines Rovers Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang
19:30 Ramzi   120' Report[usurped] Alam Shah   117' Attendance: 1,142
Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)
Penalties
Rosli  
Azam  
Ramadhan  
Igwan  
Hardee  
Ramzi  
Akhir  
  Fahrudin
  Closa
  Mrdaković
  Shahdan
  Alam Shah
  Ismadi
  Jamil
31 May 2014 Woodlands Wellington 1–5 Geylang International Woodlands Stadium, Woodlands
19:30 Chang   42' (pen.) Report[usurped] Khairulnizam   15'
Felice   33'
Mustaqim   50'
Shafaein   52'
Hafiz   70'
Attendance: 881
Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)
27 May 2014 Warriors FC 1–3 Balestier Khalsa Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Choa Chu Kang
19:30 Pejić   30' Report[usurped] Zulkiffli   6'
Ljubojević   62'
Park   77'
Attendance: 1,166
Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tampines Rovers 8–3 Tanjong Pagar United 4–2 4–1
Balestier Khalsa 2–2 (5–4 p.) Geylang International 2–1 0–1
Albirex Niigata (S)   4–6   DPMM FC 3–4 1–2
Home United 4–1   Loyola Meralco Sparks 2–0 2–1

Tampines Rovers4–2Tanjong Pagar United
Mrdaković   26'
Jamil   54', 69'
Kapláň   90'
Report[usurped] Idros   45'
Zerka   65' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,288
Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)

Balestier Khalsa2–1Geylang International
Ljubojević   62'
Kim   77'
Report[usurped] Hafiz   6'
Attendance: 706
Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)

Albirex Niigata (S)  3–4  DPMM FC
Okazaki   34'
Ota   56'
Sakamoto   63'
Report[usurped] Alviž   5'
Gamble   8'
Tosi   17'
O'Donovan   90'+3'
Attendance: 2,511
Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)

Home United2–0  Loyola Sparks
Qiu Li   62'
Hanapi   66'
Report[usurped]
Attendance: 2,009
Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)

Tanjong Pagar United1–4Tampines Rovers
Etiemble   62' (pen.) Report[usurped] Anaz   33'
Mrdaković   42'
Kapláň   84'
Alam Shah   90'
Attendance: 563
Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)

Geylang International1–0 (a.e.t.)Balestier Khalsa
Lopez   59' Report[usurped]
Penalties
Felice  
Mustaqim  
Fabian  
Ridhuan  
Fukuda  
3–4   Park
  Lotinac
  Kim
  Nurullah
  Thaha
Attendance: 1,028
Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)

Loyola Sparks  1–2Home United
P. Younghusband   58' Report[usurped] Lee   20' (pen.)
Qiu Li   27'
Attendance: 2,455
Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)

DPMM FC  2–1  Albirex Niigata (S)
Tosi   17'
Azwan   26'
Report[usurped] Kawakami   86'
Attendance: 2,953
Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tampines Rovers 2-2 (1-4) Balestier Khalsa 2-1 0-1
DPMM FC   3-4 Home United 1-1 2-3
Tampines Rovers2-1[usurped]Balestier Khalsa
Mrdaković   18'
Ali   71'
Report[usurped] Park   52'
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (SIN)

DPMM FC  1-1[usurped]Home United
O'Donovan   75' Report[usurped] Lee   37' (pen.)
Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)

Balestier Khalsa1-0 (a.e.t.)Tampines Rovers
Cunningham   62' Report[usurped]
Penalties
4–1
Referee: Farhad Mohd (SIN)

Home United3-2[usurped]  DPMM FC
Camara   45'
Noh Rahman   64'
Song   89'
Report[usurped] O'Donovan   5'
Tosi   35' (pen.)
Referee: Jansen Foo (SIN)

Third place play-off

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Final

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Balestier Khalsa3-1[usurped]Home United
Ljubojević   15'
Kim   28' (pen.)
Park   89'
Report[usurped] Camara   90'
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (SIN)

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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As of matches played 4 July 2014
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals
  •   Sonxay Simoulay (against Loyola Meralco Sparks)

Source: S.League[4]

Hat-tricks

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As of matches played 4 July 2014
Player For Against Result Date
  Roy O'Donovan DPMM FC Global 7–0[5] 1 June 2014
  James Younghusband Loyola Meralco Sparks SHB Champasak 7–1[6] 2 June 2014

Discipline

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The following players are currently suspended from tournament matches:

Player Club Offence Suspension
Jufri Tampines   Cautioned in second match; vs Tanjong Pagar (1 July) One match; vs Balestier (22 Sept)
Ruhaizad Balestier   Cautioned in second match; vs Geylang Int'l (2 July) One match; vs Tampines (22 Sept)
  Gamble DPMM   Cautioned in second match; vs Albirex Niigata (S) (4 July) One match; vs Home (23 Sept)

References

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  1. ^ "Home United FC Lifts RHB Singapore Cup! | Home United Football Club". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  2. ^ Migration (2014-11-07). "Football: Balestier Khalsa wins first S'pore Cup with 3-1 win over holders Home United | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  3. ^ Home to open Singapore Cup defence against Nagacorp Goal.com by Teo Teng Kiat. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  4. ^ "List of 2014 Singapore Cup goalscorers". S.League. S.League. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "DPMM FC belt Global 7–0". The Brunei Times. 1 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Ruthless Sparks sweep aside Champasak to march into quarters". Voxsports. 2 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
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