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2013 S.League

Field	Value
logo	S League.svg
competition	S.League
season	2013
winners	Tampines Rovers
5th S.League title
continentalcup1	[AFC Champions League](2014-afc-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Tampines Rovers
(S.League winners)
continentalcup2	[AFC Cup](2014-afc-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Home United
([Singapore Cup](2013-singapore-cup) winners)
matches	162
total goals	456
league topscorer	Aleksandar Đurić (15)
KOR Moon Soon-Ho (15)
biggest home win	Balestier Khalsa 4-0 Tampines Rovers
(25 May 2013)

biggest away win	Warriors FC 1-6 Tanjong Pagar United
(27 February 2013)
highest scoring	Woodlands Wellington 3-6 Tampines Rovers
(4 November 2013)
prevseason	[2012](2012-s-league)
nextseason	[2014](2014-s-league)

5th S.League title (S.League winners) (Singapore Cup winners) KOR Moon Soon-Ho (15) (25 May 2013)

Home United 4-0 MAS Harimau Muda B (26 August 2013) (27 February 2013) (4 November 2013)

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
JPN Albirex Niigata (S)	JPN Koichi Sugiyama	Jurong East Stadium	2,700	Jurong East
Balestier Khalsa	AUS Darren Stewart	Toa Payoh Stadium	3,900	Toa Payoh
BRU DPMM FC	CRO Vjeran Simunić	Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium	30,000	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Geylang International	V. Kanan	Bedok Stadium	3,900	Bedok
MAS Harimau Muda B	MAS Razip Ismail	Pasir Gudang Stadium	15,000	Johor Bahru
Home United	KOR Lee Lim-Saeng	Bishan Stadium	4,100	Bishan
Hougang United	Amin Nasir	Hougang Stadium	2,500	Hougang
Tampines Rovers	Tay Peng Kee	Clementi Stadium	4,000	Clementi
Tanjong Pagar United	FRA Patrick Vallee	Queenstown Stadium	3,800	Queenstown
Warriors FC	ENG Alex Weaver	Choa Chu Kang Stadium	4,600	Choa Chu Kang
Woodlands Wellington	Salim Moin	Woodlands Stadium	4,300	Woodlands
SIN 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	title=Queenstown return for new Jaguars coach Vallee	url=http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2012/november/queenstown-return-for-new-jaguars-coach-vallee	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211653/http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2012/november/queenstown-return-for-new-jaguars-coach-vallee	url-status=usurped	archive-date=March 3, 2016	publisher=S.League	date=16 November 2012	access-date=16 November 2012}}	FRA Patrick Vallee	Pre-Season
SIN Young Lions	Robin Chitrakar	title=3 in frame for Young Lions job	url=http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC130104-0000063/3-in-frame-for-Young-Lions-job	newspaper=Today	date=4 January 2013	access-date=4 January 2013	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104004238/http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC130104-0000063/3-in-frame-for-Young-Lions-job	archive-date=4 January 2013	url-status=dead	df=dmy-all}}	title=Former Singapore captain Aide Iskandar named Courts Young Lions coach	url=http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/sports/story/aide-iskandar-named-courts-young-lions-coach-20130115	publisher=The Straits Times	date=15 January 2013	access-date=15 January 2013}}	Pre-Season
Hougang United	CRO Nenad Bacina	Took over as head coach of Tampines Rovers	ENG Alex Weaver	Pre-Season
Tampines Rovers	Tay Peng Kee	Appointed as Technical Director of Tampines Rovers	CRO Nenad Bacina	Pre-Season
Warriors FC	Richard Bok	Resigned in Pre-Season	V. Selvaraj	Pre-Season
Tampines Rovers	CRO Nenad Bacina	Sacked	title=Bacina, Wagner part ways with Tampines	url=http://www.todayonline.com/sports/bacina-wagner-part-ways-tampines	newspaper=Today	date=28 May 2013	access-date=28 May 2013}}	28 May 2013
Hougang United	ENG Alex Weaver	Reassigned as Technical Director of Hougang United	Johana Bin Johari
Warriors FC	V. Selvaraj	title=Weaver building for Warriors future with fresh new ideas	url=http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2013/june/weaver-building-for-warriors-future-with-fresh-new-ideas/	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106081027/http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2013/june/weaver-building-for-warriors-future-with-fresh-new-ideas/	url-status=usurped	archive-date=November 6, 2014	publisher=S.League	date=12 June 2013	access-date=12 June 2013}}	ENG Alex Weaver	12 June 2013
Hougang United	Johana Bin Johari	title=Weaver fully focussed on Warriors job	url=http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2013/august/weaver-fully-focussed-on-warriors-job/	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106081022/http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2013/august/weaver-fully-focussed-on-warriors-job/	url-status=usurped	archive-date=November 6, 2014	publisher=S.League	date=22 August 2013	access-date=22 August 2013}}	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

Japan Albirex Niigata (S)	Balestier Khalsa	Brunei DPMM FC	Geylang International	Kit Sponsor:
Japan Gol.Japan	Kit Sponsor:
England Umbro	Kit Sponsor:
Italy Lotto	Kit Sponsor:
Italy Lotto	Main Sponsor:
Japan Canon	Main Sponsor:
SIN FTMS / SIN Civic	Main Sponsor:
None	Main Sponsor:
None
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MAS Harimau Muda B	Home United	Hougang United	Tampines Rovers	Kit Sponsor:
USA Nike	Kit Sponsor:
Italy Kappa	Kit Sponsor:
SIN Waga	Kit Sponsor:
Japan Mikasa	Main Sponsor:
None	Main Sponsor:
USA Coca-Cola	Main Sponsor:
None	Main Sponsor:
SIN Komoco Holdings
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Tanjong Pagar United	Warriors FC	Woodlands Wellington	SIN Young Lions	Kit Sponsor:
SIN Thorb	Kit Sponsor:
Japan Svolme	Kit Sponsor:
SIN Waga	Kit Sponsor:
USA Nike	Main Sponsor:
SIN SINGA Energy Drink	Main Sponsor:
SIN STA / SIN United Engineers	Main Sponsor:
SIN ESW	Main Sponsor:
SIN Courts
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Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Former Player
Balestier Khalsa	KOR Park Kang-Jin	KOR Kim Min-ho	NZ Paul Cunningham	Nigeria Obadin Aikhena	BRA Vitor Borges	KOR Jung Hee-bong
SWE Rasmus Fristedt
BRU DPMM FC	POR Joao Moreira*	BRA Rodrigo Tosi	BRA Tales dos Santos*	Lithuania Artūras Rimkevičius*	None	Croatia Dino Drpić
Guadeloupe Stéphane Auvray
Croatia Ivan Bošnjak
Geylang International	JPN Shotaro Ihata	JPN Norihiro Kawakami	JPN Takuma Ito	SRB Stefan Milojevic	Slovakia Jozef Kaplan	None
Home United	KOR Kwon Da-kyung	KOR Choi Jae-won	KOR Lee Kwan-woo	FRA Sirina Camara	CAN Jordan Webb	KOR Jang Hong-won
Japan Masato Fukui
Hougang United	GUI Mamadou M. Diallo	ENG Thomas Beattie	ENG Liam Shotton	Canada Jerome Baker	CRO Igor Čerina*	Nigeria Robert Eziakor
Tampines Rovers	JPN Kunihiro Yamashita	JPN Seiji Kaneko	POR Andre Martins	POR Diogo Caramelo	POR Vítor Ladeiras	Serbia Sead Hadžibulić
ARG Martín Wagner
Croatia Saša Dreven
Tanjong Pagar United	AlgeriaFRA Ismaël Benahmed	FRA Anthony Aymard	FRA Aurélien Hérisson	AlgeriaFRA Kamel Ramdani	Morocco Monsef Zerka	None
Warriors FC	JPN Tatsuro Inui	JPN Shimpei Sakurada	JPN Kazuyuki Toda	CRO Marin Vidosevic	Bosnia Mislav Karoglan	None
Woodlands Wellington	Japan Atsushi Shimono	KOR Moon Soon-ho	KOR Jang Jo-yoon	KOR Cho Sung-hwan	THA Theerawekin Seehawong*	Holland Khalid Hamdaoui
SIN Young Lions	CAN 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

AFC Champions League Qualifying Round 1 or AFC Cup Group Stage

Results

Matchday 1 - 22

Matchday 23 - 27

Season statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aleksandar Đurić	Tampines Rovers	15
KOR Moon Soon-Ho	Woodlands Wellington
3	Slovakia Jozef Kapláň	Geylang International	14
Bosnia Mislav Karoglan	Warriors FC
5	KOR Chang Jo-Yoon	Woodlands Wellington	13
Japan Kazuki Sakamoto	Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
7	Khairul Amri	Tampines Rovers	12
Morocco Monsef Zerka	Tanjong Pagar United
Qiu Li	Balestier Khalsa
KOR Lee Kwan-Woo	Home United
11	Algeria Kamel Ramdani	Tanjong Pagar United	11
12	Canada Jordan Webb	Home United	9
Canada Sherif El-Masri	SIN Young Lions
14	Guinea Mamadou Diallo	Hougang United	8
Brazil Rodrigo Tosi	BRU DPMM FC
16	Portugal João Moreira	BRU DPMM FC	7
Brunei Mohd Shahrazen Said	BRU DPMM FC
KOR Park Kang-Jin	Balestier Khalsa
MAS Mohd Ridzuan Abdunloh	Harimau Muda B
20	Jamil Ali	Tampines Rovers	6
BRA Tales dos Santos	BRU DPMM FC
France Ismael Benahmed	Tanjong Pagar United
Japan Bruno Castanheira	JPN Albirex Niigata (S)
Fahrudin Mustafić	Tampines Rovers

Fastest Goal

Date	Name	Club	Goal Scored	Against
21 Apr	Shi Jiayi	Warriors FC	3rd min	Hougang United
23 Apr	Algeria Kamel Ramdani	Tanjong Pagar	3rd min	Geylang

Most Goals In A Single Match

Date	Name	Goals Scored	Club	Against
27 Feb	Morocco Monsef Zerka	3	Tanjong Pagar	Warriors FC
10 Mar	Slovakia Jozef Kapláň	3	Geylang	Harimau Muda B
17 Apr	France Ismael Benahmed	3	Tanjong Pagar	Young Lions

Highest Scoring Match

Date	Match	Score
27 Feb 13	Warriors FC vs Tanjong Pagar United	1 - 6

Club Disciplinary Records

Team	Games	[[File:Yellow card.svg	15px	Yellow card]]	[[File:Yellow card.svg
JPN Albirex Niigata (S)	13	13	0	0	13
Balestier Khalsa	15	37	2	1	46
BRU DPMM FC	14	28	2	0	34
Geylang International	14	30	0	1	33
MAS Harimau Muda B	15	28	1	0	31
Home United	15	30	1	3	42
Hougang United	15	39	0	1	42
Tampines Rovers	13	28	0	0	28
Tanjong Pagar United	15	39	1	1	45
Warriors FC	13	26	0	1	29
Woodlands Wellington	15	33	3	2	48
SIN 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.

Matches Officiated	Matches Officiated	Matches Officiated	Matches Officiated
1	Leow Thiam Hoe	10	54
2	Farhad Mohd	9	39
3	Muhd Taqi	11	44
4	Irwan Samsuddin	7	37
5	Sukhbir Singh	9	41
6	W Ravisanthiran	10	37
Abdul Malik	9	30	1
7	Jansen Foo	8	36
8	Ahmad A'Qashah	8	30
9	Yazeen Buhari	4	20
10	K Kalimuthu	2	9

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	Club
Player of the Year	KOR Lee Kwan-Woo	Home United
Young Player of the Year	France Sirina Camara	Home United
Coach of the Year	KOR Lee Lim-Saeng	Home United
Top Scorer Award	Aleksandar Đurić	Tampines Rovers
KOR Moon Soon-Ho	Woodlands Wellington
Fair Play Award	Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
Referee of the Year	Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir

References

(15 February 2013). "Tampines beat Warriors to win Great Eastern Charity Shield". The Straits Times.
(16 November 2012). "Queenstown return for new Jaguars coach Vallee". [[S.League]].
(4 January 2013). "3 in frame for Young Lions job". [[Today (Singapore newspaper).
(15 January 2013). "Former Singapore captain Aide Iskandar named Courts Young Lions coach". [[The Straits Times]].
(28 May 2013). "Bacina, Wagner part ways with Tampines". Today.
(12 June 2013). "Weaver building for Warriors future with fresh new ideas". S.League.
(22 August 2013). "Weaver fully focussed on Warriors job". S.League.
(26 December 2012). "Harimau Muda B set for 2013 S.League". [[ESPN Star]].
(4 January 2013). "New-look Geylang primed for 2013". Today.
(4 January 2013). "Kaplan to lead new-look Geylang". [[ESPN Star]].
(21 January 2013). "SAFFC renamed as Warriors FC". [[ESPN Star]].
"SAFFC no more, Warriors FC in hunt for sponsors". Today.
(14 July 2013). "Media Statement Concerning Tampines Rovers FC Fielding An Ineligible Player For S.League Match Against Harimau Muda". [[S League]].
(14 March 2013). "Young Lions penalised for ineligible players". [[Fox Sports]].

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