The 2013 S.League was the 18th season since the establishment of the S.League, the top professional football league in Singapore. It is known as the Yeo's Great Eastern S.League for sponsorship reasons.
The season began in February 2013 and ended in November 2013. Tampines Rovers defended their title and the 2013 edition featured 12 teams in the league after Gombak United decided to sit out of the league due to financial problems.
Tampines Rovers beat Warriors F.C. on 15 February 2013 with a 2–1 scoreline to lift the 2013 Charity Shield, kicking off the 2013 S.League season.
The league also saw a month-long break between 26 May 2013 and 26 June 2013 in order for the preliminary round of the RHB Singapore Cup and Starhub League Cup to take place.
Major changes
The following were the key changes of season 2013 as compared to the previous season:
Gombak United sat out of the 2013 S.League, turning it into a 12-team competition. This new "2.5 round" format saw the 12 teams split up into two halves based on their league standings after the completion of two rounds of fixtures. The final ‘half’ round saw teams (i.e.: top six teams in one group, bottom six teams in another group) playing against each other in their respective groups. All points accumulated in the 2 rounds were carried into the final round. The final standings were then decided at the end of this half round. The format for both Cup tournaments namely RHB Singapore Cup and Starhub League remained intact. The import quota was increased from four to five foreign players, with support promised from the league management should clubs be keen to engage a foreign marquee player in the new quota of five. The 2.4 km run replaced the "Beep Test" to gauge the fitness of the players with a minimum passing mark set at 10.15 minutes for outfield players and 12 minutes for goalkeepers. Monetary rewards were given out for players who hit the minimum passing mark of 8.30 minutes ($200) and 9 minutes ($100). There was an increase in prize monies for the league champions, first runners-up and second runners-up at $250,000, $125,000 and $60,000 respectively (up from $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000 respectively). The Singapore Cup winners, first runners-up and second runners-up had their share increased to $100,000, $60,000 and $40,000 respectively (up from $80,000, $40,000 and $20,000 respectively).
Teams
Team Coach Stadium Capacity Location Albirex Niigata (S) Koichi Sugiyama Jurong East Stadium 2,700 Jurong EastBalestier Khalsa Darren Stewart Toa Payoh Stadium 3,900 Toa Payoh DPMM FC Vjeran Simunić Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium 30,000 Bandar Seri Begawan, BruneiGeylang International V. Kanan Bedok Stadium 3,900 Bedok Harimau Muda B Razip Ismail Pasir Gudang Stadium 15,000 Johor BahruHome United Lee Lim-Saeng Bishan Stadium 4,100 BishanHougang United Amin Nasir Hougang Stadium 2,500 HougangTampines Rovers Tay Peng Kee Clementi Stadium 4,000 ClementiTanjong Pagar United Patrick Vallee Queenstown Stadium 3,800 QueenstownWarriors FC Alex Weaver Choa Chu Kang Stadium 4,600 Choa Chu KangWoodlands Wellington Salim Moin Woodlands Stadium 4,300 Woodlands Young Lions Aide Iskandar Jalan Besar Stadium 8,000 Kallang
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Date Tanjong Pagar United Terry Pathmanathan Sacked Patrick Vallee Pre-Season Young Lions Robin Chitrakar Reassigned to coach Singapore U16 Aide Iskandar Pre-Season Hougang United Nenad Bacina Took over as head coach of Tampines Rovers Alex Weaver Pre-Season Tampines Rovers Tay Peng Kee Appointed as Technical Director of Tampines Rovers Nenad Bacina Pre-Season Warriors FC Richard Bok Resigned in Pre-Season V. Selvaraj Pre-Season Tampines Rovers Nenad Bacina Sacked Tay Peng Kee 28 May 2013 Hougang United Alex Weaver Reassigned as Technical Director of Hougang United Johana Bin Johari Warriors FC V. Selvaraj Resigned Alex Weaver 12 June 2013 Hougang United Johana Bin Johari Appointed caretaker coach Amin Nasir 22 August
Team changes Gombak United withdrew their participation in the league based on financial considerations. Harimau Muda A was replaced by their 'B' side. Geylang United reverted to Geylang International. Singapore Armed Forces FC renamed themselves to Warriors FC.
Stadium changes
Harimau Muda B used the Pasir Gudang Stadium in Johor, Malaysia, a change from the previous season where Harimau Muda A used the Yishun Stadium as their home ground in 2012.
2013 S.League Season Kits
Albirex Niigata (S)Balestier Khalsa DPMM FCGeylang International Kit Sponsor: Gol.JapanKit Sponsor: UmbroKit Sponsor: LottoKit Sponsor: LottoMain Sponsor: CanonMain Sponsor: FTMS / CivicMain Sponsor: NoneMain Sponsor: None
Harimau Muda BHome UnitedHougang UnitedTampines Rovers Kit Sponsor: NikeKit Sponsor: KappaKit Sponsor: WagaKit Sponsor: MikasaMain Sponsor: NoneMain Sponsor: Coca-ColaMain Sponsor: NoneMain Sponsor: Komoco Holdings
Tanjong Pagar UnitedWarriors FCWoodlands Wellington Young Lions Kit Sponsor: ThorbKit Sponsor: SvolmeKit Sponsor: WagaKit Sponsor: NikeMain Sponsor: SINGA Energy DrinkMain Sponsor: STA / United EngineersMain Sponsor: ESWMain Sponsor: Courts
Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Former Player Balestier Khalsa Park Kang-Jin Kim Min-ho Paul Cunningham Obadin Aikhena Vitor Borges Jung Hee-bong Rasmus Fristedt DPMM FC Joao Moreira* Rodrigo Tosi Tales dos Santos* Artūras Rimkevičius* None Dino Drpić Stéphane Auvray Ivan Bošnjak Geylang International Shotaro Ihata Norihiro Kawakami Takuma Ito Stefan Milojevic Jozef Kaplan None Home United Kwon Da-kyung Choi Jae-won Lee Kwan-woo Sirina Camara Jordan Webb Jang Hong-won Masato Fukui Hougang United Mamadou M. Diallo Thomas Beattie Liam Shotton Jerome Baker Igor Čerina* Robert Eziakor Tampines Rovers Kunihiro Yamashita Seiji Kaneko Andre Martins Diogo Caramelo Vítor Ladeiras Sead Hadžibulić Martín Wagner Saša Dreven Tanjong Pagar United Ismaël Benahmed Anthony Aymard Aurélien Hérisson Kamel Ramdani Monsef Zerka None Warriors FC Tatsuro Inui Shimpei Sakurada Kazuyuki Toda Marin Vidosevic Mislav Karoglan None Woodlands Wellington Atsushi Shimono Moon Soon-ho Jang Jo-yoon Cho Sung-hwan Theerawekin Seehawong* Khalid Hamdaoui Young Lions Sherif El-Masri 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. Players in Asterisks(*) were players who arrived during the mid-season transfer window.
League table
Results Matchday 1 - 22
Matchday 23 - 27
Season statistics
Goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1Aleksandar ĐurićTampines Rovers15 Moon Soon-HoWoodlands Wellington3 Jozef KapláňGeylang International14 Mislav KaroglanWarriors FC5 Chang Jo-YoonWoodlands Wellington13 Kazuki Sakamoto Albirex Niigata (S)7Khairul AmriTampines Rovers12 Monsef ZerkaTanjong Pagar UnitedQiu LiBalestier Khalsa Lee Kwan-WooHome United11 Kamel RamdaniTanjong Pagar United1112 Jordan WebbHome United9 Sherif El-Masri Young Lions14 Mamadou DialloHougang United8 Rodrigo Tosi DPMM FC16 João Moreira DPMM FC7 Mohd Shahrazen Said DPMM FC Park Kang-JinBalestier Khalsa Mohd Ridzuan AbdunlohHarimau Muda B20Jamil AliTampines Rovers6 Tales dos Santos DPMM FC Ismael BenahmedTanjong Pagar United Bruno Castanheira Albirex Niigata (S)Fahrudin MustafićTampines Rovers
Fastest Goal
Date Name Club Goal Scored Against21 AprShi JiayiWarriors FC3rd minHougang United23 Apr Kamel RamdaniTanjong Pagar3rd minGeylang
Most Goals In A Single Match
Date Name Goals Scored Club Against27 Feb Monsef Zerka3Tanjong PagarWarriors FC10 Mar Jozef Kapláň3GeylangHarimau Muda B17 Apr Ismael Benahmed3Tanjong PagarYoung Lions
Highest Scoring Match
Date Match Score27 Feb 13 Warriors FC vs Tanjong Pagar United1 - 6
Club Disciplinary Records
TeamGames Total Points Albirex Niigata (S) 13 13 0 0 13Balestier Khalsa 15 37 2 1 46 DPMM FC 14 28 2 0 34Geylang International 14 30 0 1 33 Harimau Muda B 15 28 1 0 31Home United 15 30 1 3 42Hougang United 15 39 0 1 42Tampines Rovers 13 28 0 0 28Tanjong Pagar United 15 39 1 1 45Warriors FC 13 26 0 1 29Woodlands Wellington 15 33 3 2 48 Young Lions 14 27 1 2 36
Updated to games played on 27 June 2013 Points are awarded based on 1 point for each yellow card and 3 points for each sending off (regardless of sending-offs via two yellow cards or one red card)
Cards Handed Out By Match Officials Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by alphabetical order when total cards are equal. NameS.LeagueRHB Singapore CupStarhub League CupTotalPointsMatches OfficiatedMatches OfficiatedMatches OfficiatedMatches Officiated1Leow Thiam Hoe10543314002802136635902Farhad Mohd93921170031210135831703Muhd Taqi11440200002921135323684Irwan Samsuddin737111700150194912585Sukhbir Singh9411014001410114920556W Ravisanthiran1037130000250012421354Abdul Malik9301210012910123923547Jansen Foo8360114002500114501488Ahmad A'Qashah8300115002600114101449Yazeen Buhari4201014001110625203110K Kalimuthu2900000014003130013 Updated to games played on 27 June 2013 Points are awarded based on 1 point for each yellow card and 3 points for each sending off (regardless of sending-offs via two yellow cards or one red card)
Attendance figures
There isn't any established attendance figures. Only 1 report on attendance for Round 1 between Young Lions vs Hougang where 1,586 spectators attended.
S-League Awards Night Winners
Awards Winners ClubPlayer of the Year Lee Kwan-WooHome UnitedYoung Player of the Year Sirina CamaraHome UnitedCoach of the Year Lee Lim-SaengHome UnitedTop Scorer AwardAleksandar ĐurićTampines Rovers Moon Soon-HoWoodlands WellingtonFair Play Award Albirex Niigata (S)Referee of the Year Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir
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