2014 S.League

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.

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 goalscorer Rodrigo Tosi (21 goals)
Biggest home win DPMM FC 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 FC
(16 April 2014)
Highest scoring DPMM FC 8–1 Woodlands Wellington
(26 August 2014)
Longest winning run DPMM FC
(7 matches)
Longest unbeaten runHougang 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.

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
Location of 2014 S.League teams
Locations of the 2014 S.League teams from Singapore
Team Stadium Capacity
Albirex Niigata (S) Jurong East Stadium 2,700
Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900
DPMM FC 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 FC 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) Tatsuyuki Okuyama Itsuki YamadaMafroCanon
Balestier Khalsa Marko Kraljević Paul Cunningham UmbroFTMS
DPMM FC Steve Kean Rosmin Kamis LottoNone
Geylang International Jorg SteinebrunnerMuhammad Ridhuan LottoRotary Engineering
Harimau Muda B Razip Ismail Ashmawi Yakin NikeNone
Home United Lee Lim-SaengNoh Rahman KappaCoca-Cola
Hougang UnitedAmin NasirLau Meng Meng MacronSPEED Institute
Tampines RoversRafi AliMustafić Fahrudin MikasaHyundai
Tanjong Pagar United Patrick ValleeHafiz Osman THORBSINGA Energy Drink
Warriors FC Alex WeaverDaniel Bennett JomaSTA Inspection
Woodlands WellingtonSalim MoinRosman Sulaiman WagaESW Manage
Young LionsAide IskandarAl-Qaasimy Rahman NikeCourts
  • 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] Darren Stewart 14 January 2014
Balestier Khalsa Darren Stewart Resigned[4] Marko Kraljević 4 January 2014
Albirex Niigata (S) Koichi Sugiyama End of contract[5] Tatsuyuki Okuyama 18 November
DPMM FC Vjeran Simunić End of contract[6] Steve Kean 20 October 2013
Geylang International Vedhamuthu Kanan Sacked[7] Jorg Steinebrunner 20 March 2014
Tampines Rovers Salim Moin Resigned[8] Rafi Ali 28 April 2014
Woodlands Wellington 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 Park Kang-jin Kim Min-ho Paul Cunningham Emir Lotinac Goran Ljubojević Alando Atkinson None
DPMM FC Rodrigo Tosi Robert Alviž Boris Raspudić Roy O'Donovan Joe Gamble None None
Geylang International Yuki Ichikawa Kento Fukuda Thorsten Schneider Franco Chiviló Leonel Felice Joaquin Lopez None
Home United Kwon Da-kyung Song In-young Lee Kwan-woo Sirina Camara Bruno Castanheira Song Ui-young
Hougang United Shunsuke Nakatake Igor Ferreira Alves Diego Gama Geison Moura Igor Čerina Sutanto Tan Đurica Župarić
Tampines Rovers Kunihiro Yamashita Jake Butler Jozef Kapláň Justin Pasfield Miljan Mrdaković Joseph Taylor Norihiro Kawakami
Luis Closa
Roberto Martínez Gamarra
Tanjong Pagar Kamel Ramdani Sébastien Etiemblé Anthony Aymard Aurélien Hérisson Monsef Zerka Lucas Jester None
Warriors FC Nicolás Vélez Thomas Beattie Miroslav Pejić Marin Vidosevic Kevin McCann Chareewat Thirawatsirikul Rasmus Fristedt
Woodlands Moon Soon-Ho Atsushi Shimono Jang Jo-yoon Miloš Jevtić Stefan Milojević None None
Young Lions Sherif El-Masri 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 DPMM FC[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 (S)[lower-alpha 1] 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[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. 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 Rodrigo Tosi DPMM FC 24
2 Kazuki Sakamoto Albirex Niigata (S) 21
Geison Moura Hougang United 21
Nicolás Vélez Warriors FC 21
5 Goran Ljubojević Balestier Khalsa 20
6 Roy O'Donovan DPMM FC 15
7 Leonel Felice Geylang International 13
8 Miroslav Pejić Warriors FC 12
9 Miljan Mrdaković Tampines Rovers 11
10 Sahil Suhaimi Young Lions 10
Fazrul Nawaz Home United 10
Diego Gama Hougang United 10

Hat-tricks
As of matches played 27 August 2014
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Monsef ZerkaTanjong Pagar United Young Lions3–2[12]26 March 2014
Nicolás Vélez4Warriors FC Albirex Niigata (S)4–0[13]16 April 2014
Kazuki Sakamoto Albirex Niigata (S) Harimau Muda B4–1[14]23 May 2014
Kazuki Sakamoto Albirex Niigata (S)Woodlands Wellington7–1[15]11 June 2014
Nicolás VélezWarriors FC Young Lions4–1[16]14 August 2014

4 Player scored 4 goals

Player
As of matches played 24 June 2014
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Wardun Yusof 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
Aurélien Hérisson Tanjong Pagar United
Hyrulnizam Juma'at Tampines Rovers
Joey Sim Geylang International
Justin Pasfield Tampines Rovers
11 Azman Ilham DPMM FC 1
Fadhil Salim Hougang United
Ilham Amirullah Harimau Muda B
Kazuki Kishigami Albirex Niigata (S)
Kenjiro Ogino Albirex Niigata (S)
Neezam Aziz Warriors FC
Rudy Khairullah 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 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 Albirex Niigata (S) 2 1
Young Lions
Tanjong Pagar United
Woodlands Wellington
10 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 Nicolás Vélez Warriors FC
Coach of the Year Marko Kraljević Balestier Khalsa
Top Scorer Award Rodrigo Tosi DPMM FC
Fair Play Award Geylang International
Referee of the Year Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari

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