2012 Singapore League Cup

The 2012 Singapore League Cup (known as the StarHub League Cup for sponsorship purposes) was held between 26 July to 11 August 2012. Traditionally held as a knockout competition, the 2012 edition saw a new format where four groups of three teams battled it out for a place in the semi-finals. In addition, the four teams that finished third in their respective groups played in a separate Plate Competition consisting of two semi-finals and a final.[1]

2012 Singapore League Cup
CountrySingapore
Dates26 July - 11 August 2012
Teams12
Champions DPMM FC
Runners-upGeylang United
Matches played22
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The winner of the StarHub League Cup, DPMM FC, walked away with SGD$30,000 in prize money, while the runner up of the competition, Geylang United received SGD$15,000 in prize money. The winner of the Plate competition, Balestier Khalsa, also walked away with SGD$5,000 in prize money.[2]

The draw for the Cup was held on Thursday, 12 July 2012 at the Football Association of Singapore's headquarters in Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore. While 12 teams from the S.League will playing in the StarHub League Cup, Malaysia’s Harimau Muda A did not be participating in this competition. This was because the Young Tigers had earlier served notice that they were invited for another tournament in Austria scheduled for the same Muslim fasting month period.[3]

StarHub broadcast both semi-finals and the final ‘live’ on its sports channel, SuperSports Arena.

Preliminary stage

Group A: Singapore Armed Forces FC, Tanjong Pagar United FC, DPMM FC

Group B: Albirex Niigata (S), Balestier Khalsa FC, Geylang United FC

Group C: Home United FC, Young Lions FC, Hougang United FC

Group D: Tampines Rovers FC, Woodlands Wellington FC, Gombak United FC

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals of the 2012 StarHub League Cup.
Third-placed teams enter the semi finals of the 2012 Plate Competition.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Singapore Armed Forces FC (A) 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6
2 DPMM FC (A) 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
3 Tanjong Pagar United 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 August 2012. Source: sleague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round.
SAFFC3 – 0Tanjong Pagar United
Aliff Shafaein  64'
Aliff Shafaein  75'
Marin Jonjić  89'		 Preview
Details
Report
Attendance: 423 [4]
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe
Tanjong Pagar United0 – 1 DPMM FC
Preview
Details
Report		  7' Subhi Abdilah
Attendance: 166 [5]
Referee: P Jeevanathan
DPMM FC 0 - 2SAFFC
Preview
Details
Report		  29' Fazrul Nawaz
 93' Aliff Shafaein
Referee: Abdul Malik

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Geylang United (A) 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6
2 Albirex Niigata (S) (A) 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
3 Balestier Khalsa 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on 2 August 2012. Source: sleague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round.
Albirex Niigata (S) 2 – 0Balestier Khalsa
Yasuhiro Yamakoshi  49'
Yasuhiro Yamakoshi  80'		 Preview
Details
Report
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
Balestier Khalsa1 – 3Geylang United
Kim Min Ho  25' Preview
Details
Report		  18' Jozef Kapláň
 41' Nurhazwan Noraskin
 64' Michael King
Referee: K Kalimuthu
Geylang United2-0 Albirex Niigata (S)
Stefan Milojević  43'
Shah Hirul  54'		 Preview
Details
Report
Attendance: 400 [6]
Referee: Muhd Taqi

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Home United (A) 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
2 Hougang United (A) 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
3 Young Lions 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 August 2012. Source: sleague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round.
Home United1 – 0 Courts Young Lions
Firdaus Idros  6' Preview
Details
Report
Referee: Abdul Malik
Courts Young Lions 1 – 2Hougang United
Hafiz Sujad  90' Preview
Details
Report		  6' Mamadou Diallo
 84' Azhar Sairudin
Referee: Muhd Taqi
Hougang United0 - 2Home United
Preview
Details
Report		  49' Indra Sahdan Daud
 57' Indra Sahdan Daud
Referee: Sukhbir Singh

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Tampines Rovers (A) 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4
2 Gombak United (A) 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3 Woodlands Wellington 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Updated to match(es) played on 2 August 2012. Source: sleague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round.
Tampines Rovers3 – 1Woodlands Wellington
Jamil Ali  51'
Aleksandar Đurić  55'
Aleksandar Đurić  68'		 Preview
Details
Report		  66' Aloysius Yap
Attendance: 372 [7]
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
Woodlands Wellington1 – 1Gombak United
Daniel Hammond  25' Preview
Details
Report		  22' Walid Lounis
Attendance: 205 [8]
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
Gombak United1-1Tampines Rovers
Julien Durand  14' Preview
Details
Report		  64' Ismail Yunos (o.g)
Jurong West Stadium
Referee: Yazeen Buhari

Knockout stage
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1 SAFFC 1
C2 Hougang United 0
QF1 SAFFC 0
QF2 DPMM FC 2
C1 Home United 1(2)
A2 DPMM FC (P) 1(4)
SF1 DPMM FC 2
SF2 Geylang United 0
B1 Geylang United 1
D2 Gombak United 0
QF3 Geylang United 2
QF4 Tampines Rovers 0
D1 Tampines Rovers 3(6)
B2 Albirex Niigata (S) 3(5)

Quarterfinals
Singapore Armed Forces1-0Hougang United
Shimpei Sakurada  90' Preview
Details
Report
Attendance: 550
Referee: K Kalimuthu
Home United1-1 (a.e.t.) DPMM FC
Indra Sahdan Daud  48' Preview
Details
Report		  90' Tales dos Santos
Penalties
Shotaro Ihata
Shi Jiayi
Kenji Arai
Indra Sahdan Daud 		2 – 4 Ivan Jerković
Rosmin Kamis
Azwan Salleh
Osman Bashiru
Shahrazen Said
Attendance: 535
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
Geylang United1-0Gombak United
Mun Seung-Man  75' Preview
Details
Report
Attendance: 666
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
Tampines Rovers3-3 (a.e.t.) Albirex Niigata (S)
Sead Hadžibulić  39'
Gligor Gligorov  73'
Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin  119'		 Preview
Details
Report		  37' Sho Kamimura
 66' Sho Kamimura
 96' Atsushi Shimono
Penalties
Noh Alam Shah
Gligor Gligorov
Sead Hadžibulić
Ahmed Fahmie
Aleksandar Đurić
Saša Dreven 		6 – 5 Yasuhiro Yamakoshi
Sho Kamimura
Takeshi Ito
Shuhei Hotta
Norihiro Kawakami
Hidekazu Yamamoto
Attendance: 532
Referee: Abdul Malik

Semifinals
Singapore Armed Forces0-2 DPMM FC
Preview
Details
Report		  10' Tales dos Santos
 80' Adi Said
Attendance: 750
Referee: Abdul Malik
Geylang United2-0Tampines Rovers
Jozef Kapláň  45'
Stefan Milojević  83'		 Preview
Details
Report
Attendance: 680
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe

Final
DPMM FC 2-0Geylang United
Shahrazen Said  36'
Azwan Salleh  76'		 Preview
Details
Report
Attendance: 1,874

Plate Competition

The Plate competition will be made up of the four teams that finish third in their respective groups. Balestier Khalsa became the winners of the inaugural Plate Competition when they beat the Young Lions FC by a single goal scored in the dying minutes of the plate final by Prime League striker, Kim Min-Ho.

Plate Knockout stage
Semifinals Finals
      
A3 Tanjong Pagar 1
C3 Courts Young Lions 2
SF1 Courts Young Lions 0
SF2 Balestier Khalsa 1
B3 Balestier Khalsa 1
D3 Woodlands Wellington 0

Plate Semi Finals
Tanjong Pagar United1-2 Courts Young Lions
Hafiz Osman  8' Preview
Details
Report		  54' Faritz Abdul Hameed
 55' Benjamin Kristoffersen Lee
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
Balestier Khalsa1-0Woodlands Wellington
Zulkiffli Hassim  67' Preview
Details
Report
Referee: Muhd Taqi

Plate Final
Courts Young Lions 0-1Balestier Khalsa
Preview
Details		  90' Kim Min-Ho
Attendance: 1,234
Referee: K Kalimuthu
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See also

References
  1. "New format revealed for League Cup". Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.
  2. "New title sponsor, format for League Cup".
  3. "League Cup: New format features two trophies". S.League.com.
  4. "Aliff haunts former team with a brace". Footballopod.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  5. "Jaguars stung by DPMM at Queenstown". Footballopod.com. 8 March 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  6. "Geylang stuns Albirex to top Group B". Footballopod.com. 3 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  7. "Sead rested as Tampines beats Woodlands". Footballopod.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  8. "Gombak hold Woodlands to a draw". Footballopod.com. 8 March 2012. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
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