# 2013 S.League

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 East |
| Balestier Khalsa | Darren Stewart | Toa Payoh Stadium | 3,900 | Toa Payoh |
| DPMM FC | Vjeran Simunić | Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium | 30,000 | Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei |
| Geylang International | V. Kanan | Bedok Stadium | 3,900 | Bedok |
| Harimau Muda B | Razip Ismail | Pasir Gudang Stadium | 15,000 | Johor Bahru |
| Home United | 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 | Patrick Vallee | Queenstown Stadium | 3,800 | Queenstown |
| Warriors FC | Alex Weaver | Choa Chu Kang Stadium | 4,600 | Choa Chu Kang |
| Woodlands 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) | Albirex Niigata (S) | Balestier Khalsa | Balestier Khalsa | DPMM FC | DPMM FC | Geylang International | Geylang International |
| Home | Away | Home | Away | Home | Away | Home | Away |
| Kit Sponsor: Gol.Japan | Kit Sponsor: Gol.Japan | Kit Sponsor: Umbro | Kit Sponsor: Umbro | Kit Sponsor: Lotto | Kit Sponsor: Lotto | Kit Sponsor: Lotto | Kit Sponsor: Lotto |
| Main Sponsor: Canon | Main Sponsor: Canon | Main Sponsor: FTMS / Civic | Main Sponsor: FTMS / Civic | Main Sponsor: None | Main Sponsor: None | Main Sponsor: None | Main Sponsor: None |
| Harimau Muda B | Harimau Muda B | Home United | Home United | Hougang United | Hougang United | Tampines Rovers | Tampines Rovers |
| Home | Away | Home | Away | Home | Away | Home | Away |
| Kit Sponsor: Nike | Kit Sponsor: Nike | Kit Sponsor: Kappa | Kit Sponsor: Kappa | Kit Sponsor: Waga | Kit Sponsor: Waga | Kit Sponsor: Mikasa | Kit Sponsor: Mikasa |
| Main Sponsor: None | Main Sponsor: None | Main Sponsor: Coca-Cola | Main Sponsor: Coca-Cola | Main Sponsor: None | Main Sponsor: None | Main Sponsor: Komoco Holdings | Main Sponsor: Komoco Holdings |
| Tanjong Pagar United | Tanjong Pagar United | Warriors FC | Warriors FC | Woodlands Wellington | Woodlands Wellington | Young Lions | Young Lions |
| Home | Away | Home | Away | Home | Away | Home | Away |
| Kit Sponsor: Thorb | Kit Sponsor: Thorb | Kit Sponsor: Svolme | Kit Sponsor: Svolme | Kit Sponsor: Waga | Kit Sponsor: Waga | Kit Sponsor: Nike | Kit Sponsor: Nike |
| Main Sponsor: SINGA Energy Drink | Main Sponsor: SINGA Energy Drink | Main Sponsor: STA / United Engineers | Main Sponsor: STA / United Engineers | Main Sponsor: ESW | Main Sponsor: ESW | Main Sponsor: Courts | Main 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tampines Rovers | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 56 | Qualification to AFC Champions League Qualifying Round 1 or AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 2 | Home United | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 51 | Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 3 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 46 | |
| 4 | Balestier Khalsa | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 43 | |
| 5 | Woodlands Wellington | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 37 | |
| 6 | Tanjong Pagar United | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 36 | |
| 7 | Warriors FC | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 35 | |
| 8 | DPMM FC | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 35 | |
| 9 | Geylang International | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 32 | |
| 10 | Hougang United | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 30 | |
| 11 | Harimau Muda B | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 30 | |
| 12 | Young Lions | 27 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 52 | −32 | 18 | |
* 1 2 Harimau Muda B were awarded a 3–0 victory against Tampines Rovers as the latter were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player. Tampines Rovers had won the original fixture 1–0.
* ↑ Qualified as 2013 Singapore Cup winners.
* 1 2 3 4 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.
* ↑ Young Lions' opening four games were overturned and awarded as 3–0 victories to the opposing teams due to the fielding of ineligible players. In these four games, Young Lions had only amassed one point.

## Results
### Matchday 1 - 22

| Home \ Away | ALB | BAL | DPM | GLI | HMB | HOM | HOU | TAM | TPU | WAR | WLW | YLI |
| Albirex Niigata (S) | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Balestier Khalsa | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| DPMM FC | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Geylang International | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Harimau Muda B | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Home United | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Hougang United | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Tampines Rovers | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Tanjong Pagar United | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Warriors FC | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–6 | | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Woodlands Wellington | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | | 5–2 |
| Young Lions | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | |

### Matchday 23 - 27
## Season statistics
### Goalscorers

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

### Fastest Goal

    As of 25 May 2013
| Date | Name | Club | Goal Scored | Against |
| 21 Apr | Shi Jiayi | Warriors FC | 3rd min | Hougang United |
| 23 Apr | Kamel Ramdani | Tanjong Pagar | 3rd min | Geylang |

### Most Goals In A Single Match

    As of 25 May 2013
| Date | Name | Goals Scored | Club | Against |
| 27 Feb | Monsef Zerka | 3 | Tanjong Pagar | Warriors FC |
| 10 Mar | Jozef Kapláň | 3 | Geylang | Harimau Muda B |
| 17 Apr | Ismael Benahmed | 3 | Tanjong Pagar | Young Lions |

### Highest Scoring Match

    As of 25 May 2013
| Date | Match | Score |
| 27 Feb 13 | Warriors FC vs Tanjong Pagar United | 1 - 6 |

### Club Disciplinary Records

| Team | Games | | | | Total Points |
| Albirex Niigata (S) | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Balestier Khalsa | 15 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 46 |
| DPMM FC | 14 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| Geylang International | 14 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| 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 |
| 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.
| R | Name | S.League | S.League | S.League | S.League | RHB Singapore Cup | RHB Singapore Cup | RHB Singapore Cup | RHB Singapore Cup | Starhub League Cup | Starhub League Cup | Starhub League Cup | Starhub League Cup | Total | Total | Total | Total | Points |
| R | Name | Matches Officiated | | | | Matches Officiated | | | | Matches Officiated | | | | Matches Officiated | | | | Points |
| 1 | Leow Thiam Hoe | 10 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 66 | 3 | 5 | 90 |
| 2 | Farhad Mohd | 9 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 70 |
| 3 | Muhd Taqi | 11 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 53 | 2 | 3 | 68 |
| 4 | Irwan Samsuddin | 7 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 58 |
| 5 | Sukhbir Singh | 9 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| 6 | W Ravisanthiran | 10 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 54 |
| 6 | Abdul Malik | 9 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 54 |
| 7 | Jansen Foo | 8 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
| 8 | Ahmad A'Qashah | 8 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
| 9 | Yazeen Buhari | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | K Kalimuthu | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
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

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Change |
| 1 | DPMM FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Balestier Khalsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 3 | Warriors FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 4 | Home United | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 6 | Harimau Muda B | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 7 | Hougang United | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 8 | Tampines Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 9 | Woodlands Wellington | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 10 | Young Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 11 | Geylang International | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Tanjong Pagar United | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | | | | n/a$^†$ |
Source: S.League
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 | Lee Kwan-Woo | Home United |
| Young Player of the Year | Sirina Camara | Home United |
| Coach of the Year | Lee Lim-Saeng | Home United |
| Top Scorer Award | Aleksandar Đurić | Tampines Rovers |
| Moon Soon-Ho | Woodlands Wellington |
| Fair Play Award | Albirex Niigata (S) |
| Referee of the Year | Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir |