2017 Singapore League Cup

The 2017 Singapore League Cup (known as The New Paper League Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 11th edition of the Singapore League Cup, Singapore's premier club football tournament organised by the Football Association of Singapore. Albirex Niigata (S) are the defending champions, having won their third trophy the previous year.[1] The tournament was held from 7 to 21 July 2017.[2]

2017 Singapore League Cup
CountrySingapore
Dates7–21 July 2017
Teams8
Champions Albirex Niigata (S)
Runners-upWarriors FC
Matches played15
Goals scored52 (3.47 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Tsubasa Sano
Andrei Ciolacu
Shahril Ishak (4 goals)
← 2016
All statistics correct as of 21 July 2017.

Teams

A total of 8 teams participate in the 2017 Singapore League Cup with all clubs coming from the S.League.[3] Young Lions will not be participating in this edition of the Singapore League Cup.

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Albirex Niigata (S) 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 Advance to semi-final
2 Warriors 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
3 Hougang United 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4 Home United 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source: S.League
Warriors FC4 – 3Home United
Ciolacu  22' (pen)  64'  68'
Webb  76'		 Plazibat  6'
Rifqi  15'
Harun  34' (pen)
Referee: Muhd Taqi
Hougang United0 – 0 Albirex Niigata (S)
Referee: W Ravisanthiran
Albirex Niigata (S) 2 – 0Warriors FC
Sakamoto  3'
Nagasaki  41'
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
Home United1 – 1Hougang United
Plazibat  30' Fairoz  36'
Referee: Farhad Mohd
Home United0 – 1 Albirex Niigata (S)
Sano  53'
Referee: G Letchman
Hougang United2 – 2Warriors FC
Fareez  35'
Pablo  57'		 Shahril  4'
Ho  41'
Referee: Muhd Syahir

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 DPMM FC 3 2 1 0 11 4 +7 7 Advance to semi-final
2 Geylang International 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7
3 Balestier Khalsa 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4 Tampines Rovers 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: S.League
Tampines Rovers1 – 5 DPMM FC
Jamil  67' Adi  14'
Hafiz  31' (o.g)
Maududi  41'
Azwan  41'
Shahrazen  48'
Referee: Jansen Foo
Balestier Khalsa0 – 2Geylang International
Recha  31'
Sendra  50'
Referee: Muhd Syahir
Tampines Rovers1 – 4Geylang International
Ayob  63' Ifwat  53'  64'  85'
Amy  69'
Jurong West Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
DPMM FC 3 – 0Balestier Khalsa
Azwan A  7'
A.Syafeeq  42' (o.g)
Adi  70'
Referee: G Letchman
DPMM FC 3 – 3Geylang International
Adi  20'
Maududi  69'
Helmi  84'		 Coto  23'
Ricardo  48'
Taufiq  68' (pen)
Referee: Farhad Mohd
Balestier Khalsa3 – 0Tampines Rovers
Fadli  30'
Hazzuwan  56'
Aung  86'
Referee: W Ravisanthiran

Knockout phase

Bracket
Semi-finals Final
Albirex Niigata (S) 4  
Geylang International 0     Albirex Niigata (S) 1
DPMM FC 1     Warriors FC 0
Warriors FC 5  

Semi-finals
Albirex Niigata (S) 4 – 0Geylang International
Akiyama  28'
Sano  80' 82'
Nakai  88'
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
DPMM FC 1 – 5Warriors FC
Shahrazen Said 77' Ong  26'
Shahril  44' 53' 90' (pen)
Ciolacu  53'
Referee: Muhd Taqi Aljaafari

Final
Albirex Niigata (S) 1 – 0Warriors FC
Sano  110'
Referee: G. Letchman

Statistics

Scorers
As of matches played on 22 July 2017.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Shahril Ishak Warriors FC 4
Andrei Ciolacu Warriors FC
Tsubasa Sano Albirex Niigata (S)
4 Ifwat Ismail Geylang International 3
Adi Said DPMM FC
6 Amy Recha Geylang International 2
Stipe Plazibat Home United
Azwan Ali DPMM FC
Shahrazen Said DPMM FC
Maududi Hilmi Kasmi DPMM FC
Ricardo Sendra Geylang International
12 20 players 1


Own goals
Player For Against Score Date
Hafiz SujadTampines Rovers DPMM FC1–58 July 2017
Ashrul SyafeeqBalestier Khalsa DPMM FC0–311 July 2017

Winners
 2017 Singapore League Cup Winner 
Albirex Niigata (S)
4th title
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See also

References
  1. Tan, Gabriel (30 July 2016). "TNP League Cup: Albirex Niigata (S) beat Brunei DPMM to win Singapore League Cup". ESPN FC. Singapore. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. Lim, Shawn (21 June 2017). "The New Paper League Continues Title Sponsorship Of League Cup 2017". FAS. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  3. "Albirex drawn with Home in group of death".
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