2014 S.League

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S.League
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Season 2014
Champions Warriors
Supporters' Shield Tampines Rovers
AFC Champions League Warriors
(S.League winners)
AFC Cup Balestier Khalsa
(Singapore Cup winners)
Matches played 125
Goals scored 409 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer Rodrigo Tosi (21 goals)
Biggest home win Brunei DPMM 8–1 Woodlands Wellington
(26 August 2014)
Biggest away win Young Lions 0–4 Balestier Khalsa
(23 February 2014)
Albirex Niigata (S) 0–4 Warriors
(16 April 2014)
Highest scoring Brunei DPMM 8–1 Woodlands Wellington
(26 August 2014)
Longest winning run Brunei DPMM
(7 matches)
Longest unbeaten run Hougang United
(9 matches)
Longest winless run Harimau Muda B
(10 matches)
Longest losing run Harimau Muda B
(10 matches)
← 2013
2015 →
All statistics correct as of 26 August 2014.

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 is also known as the Great Eastern YEO'S S.League due to sponsorship reasons. Tampines Rovers were the defending champions.

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, and concluded on 31 October.

Teams

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

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2014 S.League teams from Singapore and Malaysia
Location of 2014 S.League team Brunei DPMM
Team Stadium Capacity
Albirex Niigata (S) Jurong East Stadium 2,700
Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900
Brunei DPMM 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 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

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

Managerial changes

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

Foreign players

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
Albirex Niigata (S) None None None None None
Balestier Khalsa Australia Paul Cunningham Serbia Emir Lotinac South Korea Park Kang-jin South Korea Kim Min-ho Croatia Goran Ljubojević
Brunei DPMM Bosnia and Herzegovina Boris Raspudić Brazil Rodrigo Tosi Croatia Robert Alviž Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Republic of Ireland Joe Gamble
Geylang International Japan Yuki Ichikawa Japan Kento Fukuda Argentina Franco Chiviló Argentina Leonel Felice Germany Thorsten Schneider
Harimau Muda B None None None None None
Home United France Sirina Camara Brazil Bruno Castanheira South Korea Kwon Da-kyung South Korea Song In-Young
South Korea Choi Jae-wonREL		 South Korea Lee Kwan-woo
Hougang United Brazil Igor Ferreira Alves
Croatia Đurica ŽuparićREL		 Japan Shunsuke Nakatake Brazil Diego Gama Brazil Geison Moura Croatia Igor Čerina
Tampines Rovers Japan Kunihiro Yamashita New Zealand Jake Butler
Japan Norihiro KawakamiREL		 Slovakia Jozef Kapláň
Paraguay Luis CostaREL		 Australia Justin Pasfield
Paraguay Roberto Martínez GamarraREL		 Serbia Miljan Mrdaković
Tanjong Pagar Algeria Kamel Ramdani France Sébastien Etiemblé France Anthony Aymard France Aurélien Hérisson Morocco Monsef Zerka
Warriors Argentina Nicolás Vélez England Thomas Beattie Croatia Miroslav Pejić Croatia Marin Vidosevic Scotland Kevin McCann
Woodlands South Korea Moon Soon-Ho Japan Atsushi Shimono South Korea Jang Jo-yoon Serbia Miloš Jevtić Serbia Stefan Milojević
Young Lions Canada Sherif El-Masri Canada Jordan Webb 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.
  • REL Players released from their contracts in the middle of the season.

League table

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Warriors 27 16 5 6 53 35 +18 53 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2 Brunei DPMM[lower-alpha 1] 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 Singapore[lower-alpha 1] 27 13 5 9 51 40 +11 44
6 Balestier Khalsa 27 11 7 9 46 34 +12 40 2015 AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 1] 27 7 5 15 38 54 −16 26
11 Woodlands Wellington 27 5 8 14 22 52 −30 23
12 Harimau Muda B[lower-alpha 1] 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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.
  2. ↑ Qualified as 2014 Singapore Cup winners.[10]

Result table

Matchweek 1–22

Home \ Away[1] 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
Brunei DPMM 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 F.C. 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 games played on 5 September 2014.
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

Season statistics

Goalscorers

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

Hat-tricks

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

4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Player

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

Club

As of matches played 24 June 2014
Rank Club Clean sheets Longest run
1 Brunei DPMM 8 3
2 Warriors 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

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