2007 Singapore League Cup
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.
| Dates | Feb 2007 |
|---|---|
| Teams | 8 |
| Champions | Woodlands Wellington |
| Runners-up | Sengkang Punggol |
| Third place | Home United |
2008 → | |
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:
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 Punggol | 2 – 1 | Balestier Khalsa |
|---|---|---|
Ross McKenzie  61' Ekollo (Pen.) 90' |
Summary | Ryuji Sueoka 61' |
| Gombak United | 2 – 1 |  Albirex Niigata (S) |
|---|---|---|
| O. J. Obatola 18', 61' |
Summary | Eiichiro Ozaki 66' |
 Super Reds | 0 – 2 | Woodlands Wellington |
|---|---|---|
| Summary | Laakkad Abdelhadi 28' Latiff 52' |
| Tampines Rovers | 1 – 1 | Home United |
|---|---|---|
| Peres de Oliveira 4' |
Summary | Bangaly 70' |
| Penalties | ||
| 1 – 4 | ||
Semifinals
| Woodlands Wellington | 2 – 0 | Home United |
|---|---|---|
| Park Tae-Won 40' Laakkad Abdelhadi 65' |
Summary Reaction |
Third Place Playoff
| Home United | 1 – 1 | Gombak United |
|---|---|---|
| Egmar Goncalves 38' |
Summary | O. J. Obatola 40' |
| Penalties | ||
| 9 – 8 | ||
Final
| Sengkang Punggol | 0 – 4 | Woodlands Wellington |
|---|---|---|
| Summary | Lucian Dronca (Pen) 19' Akihiro Nakamura 38' Park Tae-Won 56' Laakkad Abdelhadi 85' |
References
- "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.