The 2014 Singapore Cup is the 17th season of Singapore's annual premier club

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tournament organised by

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. Due to sponsorship reasons, the

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is also known as the

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Singapore Cup.

Home United Lion City Sailors Football Club, commonly referred to as The Sailors or LCS, is a Singaporean professional football club competing in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of the Singapore football league system. Since the 2021 season, the ...

are the defending champions, having won the trophy six times.

Balestier Khalsa Balestier Khalsa Football Club is a Singaporean professional football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League. Founded in 1898, the club is considered as the oldest football club in the country. History Tracing their origins all th ...

won the Cup with a 3-1 win over defending champion Home United.

Teams

A total of 16 teams participate in the 2014 Singapore Cup. Eleven of the teams are from domestic

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and the other five are invited from

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and

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

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will not participate in this year's edition of Singapore Cup. ;S.League Clubs *

Albirex Niigata (S) Albirex Niigata Singapore FC, abbreviated as Albirex Niigata (S), is a Singaporean football club that plays in the Singapore Premier League. The club is a satellite team of Albirex Niigata of Japan. History Albirex Niigata Singapore, a satellite ...

DPMM FC Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club in English, commonly known as DPMM FC) is a professional football club based in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The club played in the Brunei Pr ...

Geylang International Geylang International Football Club is a professional football club based in Bedok, Singapore, which plays in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was founded in 1973 with the purpose of building a s ...

Harimau Muda B Harimau Muda B was the club name for the former Malaysia Under-21 National Football Team and was managed by the Football Association of Malaysia. The national team played as a club under the name Harimau Muda B which took part in Malaysia Premi ...

Hougang United Hougang United Football Club is a Singaporean professional football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League. History Hougang United Football Club was founded as Marine Castle United Football Club, which was formed by Newcastle Unit ...

Tampines Rovers Tampines Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singapore football league system. Founded in 1945, the club have won the national league ...

Tanjong Pagar United Tanjong Pagar United Football Club is a professional football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club took part in S.League from 1996 to 2004, and from 2011 to 2014. The club with ...

Warriors FC Warriors Football Club is a Singaporean professional football club that played in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. Before changing their name on 20 January 2013, they were previously known as the Singapo ...

Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Wellington Football Club is an inactive professional association football, football club which played in the S.League, the top division of football in Singapore. They are based in Woodlands, Singapore, Woodlands at the 4,300 seater Woo ...

* Young Lions ;Invited Foreign Teams *

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Loyola Meralco Sparks Loyola Football Club is a Filipino association football club based in Metro Manila. The club has won one UFL Cup and one PFF National Men's Club Championship. Founded as Loyola Agila Football Club in 2006, the club changed its name to Loyola M ...

Nagacorp FC NagaWorld Football Club ( km, ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់ណាហ្គាវើលដ៍, founded in 2001 as NagaCorp FC) is a Cambodian professional Association football, football club based in Kampong Speu province. NagaWorld cli ...

* SHB Champasak * Svay Rieng

Format

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

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. Thereafter, matches are played in two legs with the exception of the one-match finals. Unlike the previous season,

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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

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to determine a winner. If the teams are still tied, a

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is held to determine a winner.

Knockout phase

Bracket

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, teams were drawn into two distinct pools. They will play against one another in a single leg knockout basis. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 3 May 2014.Home to open Singapore Cup defence against Nagacorp
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. Pool A

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

;5 goals *

Roy O'Donovan Roy Simon O'Donovan (born 10 August 1985) is an Irish-Australian professional footballer who played as a striker for National Premier Leagues NSW side the Sydney Olympic FC. He has been capped by Ireland at Under-19, Under-21 and B level. O'Don ...

(DPMM) ;4 goals *

Rodrigo Tosi Rodrigo Antonio Lombardo Tosi (born 6 January 1983) is a Brazilian footballer. Across his career he has played in Brazil, Malaysia, Greece, Switzerland, Iran, Singapore, Indonesia, Republic of Ireland and Brunei. Career He joined Tampines Rove ...

(DPMM) ;3 goals *

James Younghusband James Joseph Younghusband (born 4 September 1986) is a former professional footballer who played mostly as a right midfielder and sometimes as a forward. Born in Surrey, England to an English father and Filipino mother, Younghusband played fo ...

(LMS) ;2 goals * Kazuki Sakamoto (ALB) * Kazuya Okazaki (ALB) *

Goran Ljubojević Goran Ljubojević (; born 4 May 1983) is a Croatian former footballer who played as a forward.Hafiz Nor Mohammad Hafiz bin Mohd Nor (born 22 August 1988) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a full-back or winger for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors and the Singapore national team. Club career Tanjong Pagar Uni ...

(GLI) * Lee Kwan-woo (HOM) *

Qiu Li Qiu Li (, born June 6, 1981 in Shenyang, Liaoning, China) is a naturalised Chinese-Singaporean former professional association football player and current assistant coach of Shenyang Urban F.C. Playing career Club career Qiu started h ...

(HOM) *

Alfredo Razon Gonzalez Alfredo Fernando Razón "Freddy" Gonzalez (born 1 October 1978 in Parañaque) is a Filipino former football player. He was a member of the Philippines national football team. Early years Gonzalez's mother, Terry Razón, enrolled him to Tomas ...

(LMS) *

Phil Younghusband Philip James Younghusband Jr. (born 4 August 1987) is a former professional footballer who played mostly as a striker and sometimes as a midfielder. Younghusband is best known for his performances with the Philippines national team, playing ...

(LMS) * Jamil Ali (TAM) * Jozef Kapláň (TAM) *

Miljan Mrdaković Miljan Mrdaković (, ; 6 May 1982 – 22 May 2020) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a striker. A journeyman, he played for 20 clubs across ten countries and scored 150 goals in all competitions. He also represented Serbia at ...

(TAM) *

Noh Alam Shah Mohd Noh Alam Shah (born 3 September 1980) is a retired professional football player from Singapore who currently manages Tanjong Pagar United. Once regarded as one of the best forwards in South East Asia, Alam Shah was a member of the Singapor ...

(TAM) *

Monsef Zerka Monsef Zerka ( ar, منصف زرقا, born 30 August 1981) is a former professional footballer. He originally played as a striker, but throughout his career he has also played as a fullback and as a midfielder. Born in France, he represented Mo ...

(TPU) ;1 goal * Kazuya Fukuzaki (ALB) * Keisuke Ota (ALB) * Norihiro Kawakami (ALB) * Kim Min-ho (BAL) *

Park Kang-Jin Park Kang-Jin (born 9 August 1988) is a South Korean association footballer. Career He signed for former S.League club Super Reds FC when he was just 19, playing two seasons before the club was dissolved. His debut for Balestier Khalsa after si ...

(BAL) *

Zulkiffli Hassim Zulkiffli Hassim (born March 26, 1986) is a Singaporean professional footballer who currently plays for Tanjong Pagar United. He plays as a forward. Career Gombak United Zulkiffli played for Woodlands Wellington and Gombak United reserve t ...

(BAL) * Azwan Ali (DPMM) *

Azwan Saleh Azwan bin Muhamad Saleh (born 6 January 1988) is a Bruneian footballer who plays for DPMM FC as a midfielder or left-sided full-back. His patronym is sometimes erroneously written as Salleh. He is currently the player with the most internati ...

(DPMM) * Robert Alviž (DPMM) *

Shahrazen Said Mohammad Shah Razen bin Said (born 14 December 1985) is a Bruneian international footballer who plays as a striker for DPMM FC and the Brunei national team. He is the current record goalscorer for Brunei with eight goals. Shah Razen is incl ...

(DPMM) *

Aliff Shafaein Aliff Shafaein Safiee (born 19 April 1982) is a Singaporean footballer who plays as a midfielder for S.League club Home United Lion City Sailors Football Club, commonly referred to as The Sailors or LCS, is a Singaporean professional footba ...

(GLI) * Joaquin Lopez (GLI) * Khairulnizam Jumahat (GLI) * Leonel Felice (GLI) *

Mustaqim Manzur Mustaqim Manzur (born 28 January 1982) is a professional soccer player who plays for the Home United in the S.League and the Singapore national football team. He is a natural left winger, though he can also play as a right winger. Club career ...

(GLI) * Ahmed Fahmie (HOM) * Fazli Ayob (HOM) *

Fazrul Nawaz Fazrul Nawaz bin Shahul Hameed (born 17 October 1985) is a Singapore international footballer who play as a striker for Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers . Club career Geylang United Fazrul went to a trial by Geylang United for Pr ...

(HOM) *

Indra Sahdan Daud Indra Sahdan bin Daud (born 5 March 1979) is a former Singapore international footballer who played as a forward. He previously played for S.League clubs Geylang United, Home United, Sengkang Punggol and Singapore Armed Forces. He is known fo ...

(HOM) * Yasir Hanapi (HOM) * Ramzi Sufian (HMB) * Itubu Imbem (CHP) * Anaz Hadee (TAM) * Firdaus Idros (TPU) * Sébastien Etiemble (TPU) * Miroslav Pejić (WAR) * Chang Jo-yoon (WLW) ;Own goals * Sonxay Simoulay (against Loyola Meralco Sparks) Source: S.League

Hat-tricks

Discipline

The following players are currently suspended from tournament matches:

References

External links

Official S.League website

Football Association of Singapore website
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