2007 Singapore League Cup

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2007 Singapore League Cup
DatesFeb 2007
Teams8
ChampionsWoodlands Wellington
Runners-upSengkang Punggol
Third placeHome United
2008 →

The inaugural Singapore League Cup was held in 2007. The tournament was held before the start of the S.League season that year. Prior to this tournament, there is another tournament with the same name that was held until in 1997 where the Singapore Armed Forces had defeated Geylang United by 1-0 in the final. However that old Singapore League Cup was subsequently renamed into present Singapore Cup and evolved to be the major cup competition in Singapore football. In recent years, invitational foreign teams participated in the Singapore Cup along with the local clubs. The League Cup, however, is solely reserved for domestic clubs.

The 2007 competition was sponsored by SingTel, and officially titled the SingTel League Cup. A direct knockout format was used, with the first round being the quarter-final stage as only eight out of the twelve S.League teams participated in the competition.[1]

The 4 teams who withdrew due to prior pre-season commitments were:

  • Geylang United
  • China Liaoning Guangyuan
  • SAFFC
  • Singapore Young Lions

The winners received a prize of S$20,000 with the runners-up and second runners-up taking home S$10,000 and S$5,000 respectively.

Woodlands Wellington defeated Sengkang Punggol 4-0 in the final to win the first Singapore League Cup. Gombak United defeated Home United in the third-place match 9-8 on penalties following a 1-1 draw.

Results[]

Round one[]

Sengkang Punggol2 – 1Balestier Khalsa
Ross McKenzie Goal 61'
(Pen.) Goal 90'		 Summary Ryuji Sueoka Goal 61'
Gombak United2 – 1Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
O. J. Obatola Goal 18', Goal 61' Summary Eiichiro Ozaki Goal 66'
South Korea Super Reds0 – 2Woodlands Wellington
Summary Laakkad Abdelhadi Goal 28'
Goal 52'
Tampines Rovers1 – 1Home United
Peres de Oliveira Goal 4' Summary Goal 70'
Penalties
1 – 4

Semifinals[]

Sengkang Punggol0 – 0Gombak United
Summary
Penalties
4 – 2
Woodlands Wellington2 – 0Home United
Park Tae-Won Goal 40'
Laakkad Abdelhadi Goal 65'		 Summary
Reaction
Attendance: 1804

Third Place Playoff[]

Home United1 – 1Gombak United
Egmar Goncalves Goal 38' Summary O. J. Obatola Goal 40'
Penalties
9 – 8

Final[]

Sengkang Punggol0 – 4Woodlands Wellington
Summary Lucian Dronca (Pen) Goal 19'
Akihiro Nakamura Goal 38'
Park Tae-Won Goal 56'
Laakkad Abdelhadi Goal 85'
Attendance: 4071
Referee: Abas Daud

References[]

  1. ^ "New Singapore pre-season cup for S.League clubs". Asian Football Business Review. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.

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