2014 S.League

S.League
Season2014
ChampionsWarriors FC
Supporters' ShieldTampines Rovers
AFC Champions LeagueWarriors FC
(S.League winners)
AFC CupBalestier Khalsa
(Singapore Cup winners)
Matches played125
Goals scored409 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorerBrazil Rodrigo Tosi (21 goals)
Biggest home winBrunei DPMM FC 8–1 Woodlands Wellington
(26 August 2014)
Biggest away winSingapore Young Lions 0–4 Balestier Khalsa
(23 February 2014)
Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 0–4 Warriors FC
(16 April 2014)
Highest scoringBrunei DPMM FC 8–1 Woodlands Wellington
(26 August 2014)
Longest winning runBrunei DPMM FC
(7 matches)
Longest unbeaten runHougang United
(9 matches)
Longest winless runMalaysia Harimau Muda B
(10 matches)
Longest losing runMalaysia 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 was 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 2014, and concluded on 31 October 2014.

Teams

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

Stadiums and locations

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Location of 2014 S.League teams
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Locations of the 2014 S.League teams from Singapore
Team Stadium Capacity
Japan Albirex Niigata (S) Jurong East Stadium 2,700
Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900
Brunei DPMM FC Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium 30,000
Geylang International Bedok Stadium 3,900
Malaysia 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 FC Choa Chu Kang Stadium 4,600
Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Stadium 4,300
Singapore 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
Japan Albirex Niigata (S) Japan Tatsuyuki Okuyama Japan Itsuki Yamada Mafro Canon
Balestier Khalsa Croatia Marko Kraljević New Zealand Paul Cunningham Umbro FTMS
Brunei DPMM FC Scotland Steve Kean Brunei Rosmin Kamis Lotto None
Geylang International Germany Jorg Steinebrunner Muhammad Ridhuan Lotto Rotary Engineering
Malaysia Harimau Muda B Malaysia Razip Ismail Malaysia Ashmawi Yakin Nike None
Home United South Korea Lee Lim-Saeng Noh Rahman Kappa Coca-Cola
Hougang United Amin Nasir Lau Meng Meng Macron SPEED Institute
Tampines Rovers Rafi Ali Mustafić Fahrudin Mikasa Hyundai
Tanjong Pagar United France Patrick Vallee Hafiz Osman THORB SINGA Energy Drink
Warriors FC England Alex Weaver Daniel Bennett Joma STA Inspection
Woodlands Wellington Salim Moin Rosman Sulaiman Waga ESW Manage
Singapore Young Lions Aide Iskandar 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 Tay Peng Kee Mutual consent[2] Salim Moin 29 November 2013
Woodlands Wellington 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
Japan Albirex Niigata (S) Japan Koichi Sugiyama End of contract[5] Japan Tatsuyuki Okuyama 18 November
Brunei DPMM FC Croatia Vjeran Simunić End of contract[6] Scotland Steve Kean 20 October 2013
Geylang International Vedhamuthu Kanan Sacked[7] Germany Jorg Steinebrunner 20 March 2014
Tampines Rovers Salim Moin Resigned[8] Rafi Ali 28 April 2014
Woodlands Wellington Australia Darren Stewart Sacked[9] 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 Player 6 (Prime League) Former Player
Balestier Khalsa South Korea Park Kang-jin South Korea Kim Min-ho New Zealand Paul Cunningham Serbia Emir Lotinac Croatia Goran Ljubojević England Alando Atkinson None
Brunei DPMM FC Brazil Rodrigo Tosi Croatia Robert Alviž Bosnia and Herzegovina Boris Raspudić Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Republic of Ireland Joe Gamble None None
Geylang International Japan Yuki Ichikawa Japan Kento Fukuda Germany Thorsten Schneider Argentina Franco Chiviló Argentina Leonel Felice Argentina Joaquin Lopez None
Home United South Korea Kwon Da-kyung South Korea Song In-young South Korea Lee Kwan-woo France Sirina Camara BrazilJapan Bruno Castanheira South Korea Song Ui-young
Hougang United Japan Shunsuke Nakatake Brazil Igor Ferreira Alves Brazil Diego Gama Brazil Geison Moura Croatia Igor Čerina Indonesia Sutanto Tan Croatia Đurica Župarić
Tampines Rovers Japan Kunihiro Yamashita New Zealand Jake Butler Slovakia Jozef Kapláň Australia Justin Pasfield Serbia Miljan Mrdaković Australia Joseph Taylor Japan Norihiro Kawakami
Paraguay Luis Closa
Paraguay Roberto Martínez Gamarra
Tanjong Pagar FranceAlgeria Kamel Ramdani France Sébastien Etiemblé France Anthony Aymard France Aurélien Hérisson Morocco Monsef Zerka Germany Lucas Jester None
Warriors FC Argentina Nicolás Vélez England Thomas Beattie Croatia Miroslav Pejić Croatia Marin Vidosevic Scotland Kevin McCann Thailand Chareewat Thirawatsirikul Sweden Rasmus Fristedt
Woodlands South Korea Moon Soon-Ho Japan Atsushi Shimono South Korea Jang Jo-yoon Serbia Miloš Jevtić Serbia Stefan Milojević None None
Singapore Young Lions Canada Sherif El-Masri Canada Jordan Webb None None None None None
  • Albirex Niigata (S) and Harimau Muda B 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.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Warriors FC 27 16 5 6 53 35 +18 53 Qualification to
AFC Champions League Qualifying Round 1
or AFC Cup Group Stage
2 Brunei DPMM FC[a] 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 Japan Albirex Niigata (S)[a] 27 13 5 9 51 40 +11 44
6 Balestier Khalsa 27 11 7 9 46 34 +12 40 Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage[b]
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 Singapore Young Lions[a] 27 7 5 15 38 54 −16 26
11 Woodlands Wellington 27 5 8 14 22 52 −30 23
12 Malaysia Harimau Muda B[a] 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. ^ a b c d The three foreign clubs – Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC 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]

Results

Matchweek 1–22

Home \ Away 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
DPMM FC 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 FC 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 match(es) played on 5 September 2014. Source: S.League
Legend: 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 FC 24
2 Japan Kazuki Sakamoto Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 21
Brazil Geison Moura Hougang United 21
Argentina Nicolás Vélez Warriors FC 21
5 Croatia Goran Ljubojević Balestier Khalsa 20
6 Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Brunei DPMM FC 15
7 Argentina Leonel Felice Geylang International 13
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Pejić Warriors FC 12
9 Serbia Miljan Mrdaković Tampines Rovers 11
10 Sahil Suhaimi Singapore Young Lions 10
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 Singapore Young Lions 3–2[12] 26 March 2014
Argentina Nicolás Vélez4 Warriors FC Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 4–0[13] 16 April 2014
Japan Kazuki Sakamoto Japan Albirex Niigata (S) Malaysia Harimau Muda B 4–1[14] 23 May 2014
Japan Kazuki Sakamoto Japan Albirex Niigata (S) Woodlands Wellington 7–1[15] 11 June 2014
Argentina Nicolás Vélez Warriors FC Singapore 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 FC 7
2 Hassan Sunny Warriors FC 5
Zaiful Nizam Balestier Khalsa
4 Shahril Jantan Home United 4
5 Siddiq Durimi Geylang International 3
6 Ahmadulhaq Che Omar Woodlands Wellington 2
France Aurélien Hérisson Tanjong Pagar United
Hyrulnizam Juma'at Tampines Rovers
Joey Sim Geylang International
Australia Justin Pasfield Tampines Rovers
11 Brunei Azman Ilham Brunei DPMM FC 1
Fadhil Salim Hougang United
Malaysia Ilham Amirullah Malaysia Harimau Muda B
Japan Kazuki Kishigami Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
Japan Kenjiro Ogino Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
Neezam Aziz Warriors FC
Rudy Khairullah Singapore Young Lions
Syazwan Buhari Young Lions
Yazid Yasin Woodlands Wellington

Club

As of matches played 24 June 2014
Rank Club Clean sheets Longest run
1 Brunei DPMM FC 8 3
2 Warriors FC 6 2
3 Geylang International 5 3
Balestier Khalsa 1
5 Home United 4 2
Tampines Rovers 1
7 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 2 1
Singapore Young Lions
Tanjong Pagar United
Woodlands Wellington
10 Malaysia Harimau Muda B 1 1
Hougang United

S-League Awards Night Winners

Awards Winners Club
Player of the Year Hassan Sunny Warriors FC
Young Player of the Year Argentina Nicolás Vélez Warriors FC
Coach of the Year Croatia Marko Kraljević Balestier Khalsa
Top Scorer Award Brazil Rodrigo Tosi Brunei DPMM FC
Fair Play Award Geylang International
Referee of the Year Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari

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