1997 Singapore League Cup

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{{Infobox football tournament season

| title = 1997 Singapore League Cup

| other_titles =

| image =

| size = 100px

| caption =

| country = Singapore

| dates = July – September 1997

| num_teams = 16

| winners = SAFFC

| second = Geylang United

| scoring_leader =

| award =

| next_season = New Singapore League Cup

}}

The 1997 edition of the Singapore League Cup was a football tournament involving the teams in the S.League. It was renamed the Singapore Cup in 1998. The Singapore League Cup launched in 2007 is a different competition.

This first edition of the competition would feature nine teams drawn into three groups of three teams, playing on a home and away basis. The group winners and best runner-up would qualify for the semi-finals.

SAFFC would win the championship defeating Geylang United 1:0 in the final.

Teams

Group stage

=Group 1=

width=175 \|Team !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| Pld \| Played}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| W \| Won}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| D \| Drawn}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| L \| Lost}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| GF \| Goals for}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| GA \| Goals against}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| GD \| Goal difference}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| Pts \| Points}}
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bgcolor=#ccffcc \|align="left"\|SAFFC \|4	4	0	0	8	4	+4	12
align="left"\|Balestier Central \|4	1	0	3	9	10	−1	3
align="left"\|Home United \|4	1	0	3	8	11	−3	0

[26 Jul]

Balestier Central 3–1 Home United

[30 Jul]

Home United 1–2 Singapore Armed Forces

[2 Aug]

Singapore Armed Forces 1–0 Balestier Central

[6 Aug]

Home United 5–4 Balestier Central

[10 Aug]

Singapore Armed Forces 2–1 Home United

[13 Aug]

Balestier Central 2–3 Singapore Armed Forces

=Group 2=

width=175 \|Team !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| Pld \| Played}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| W \| Won}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| D \| Drawn}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| L \| Lost}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| GF \| Goals for}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| GA \| Goals against}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| GD \| Goal difference}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| Pts \| Points}}
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bgcolor=#ccffcc \|align="left"\|Geylang United \|4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	10
align="left"\|Woodlands Wellington \|4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4
align="left"\|Jurong \|4	1	0	3	6	9	−3	3

[26 Jul]

Jurong 3–1 Woodlands Wellington

[30 Jul]

Geylang United 2–1 Jurong

[2 Aug]

Woodlands Wellington 0–0 Geylang United

[6 Aug]

Woodlands Wellington 3–1 Jurong

[10 Aug]

Jurong 1–3 Geylang United

[13 Aug]

Geylang United 3–0 Woodlands Wellington

=Group 3=

width=175 \|Team !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| Pld \| Played}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| W \| Won}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| D \| Drawn}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| L \| Lost}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| GF \| Goals for}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| GA \| Goals against}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| GD \| Goal difference}} !width=20 \|{{Tooltip\| Pts \| Points}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=#ccffcc \|align="left"\|Tampines Rovers \|4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	9
bgcolor=#ccffcc \|align="left"\|Tiong Bahru United \|4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7
align="left"\|Sembawang Rangers \|4	0	1	3	1	9	−8	1

[Jul 26]

Tiong Bahru United 3–1 Tampines Rovers

[Jul 30]

Tampines Rovers 3–1 Sembawang Rangers

[Aug 2]

Sembawang Rangers 0–3 Tiong Bahru United

[Aug 6]

Tampines Rovers 2–0 Tiong Bahru United

[Aug 10]

Sembawang Rangers 0–3 Tampines Rovers

[Aug 13]

Tiong Bahru United 0–0 Sembawang Rangers

Semi-finals

=First leg=

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|date=16 August 1997

|time=19:45

|team1=SAFFC

|score=1 – 0

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|team2=Tampines Rovers

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|date=17 August 1997

|time=19:45

|team1=Tiong Bahru United

|score=3 – 1

|report=

|team2=Geylang United

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=Second leg=

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|date=19 August 1997

|time=19:45

|team1=Tampines Rovers

|score=1 – 1

|report=

|team2=SAFFC

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=

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{{football box

|date=20 August 1997

|time=19:45

|team1=Geylang United

|score=3 – 1

|report=

|team2=Tiong Bahru United

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|penalties1=

|penaltyscore=3 – 2

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Final

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|date=6 September 1997

|time=19:45

|team1=SAFFC

|score=1 – 0

|report=

|team2=Geylang United

|goals1=Mioc {{goal|78}}

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|stadium=

|attendance=

|referee= }}

External links

{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19980522210827/http://www.sleague.com/ Official S.League website]}}
[http://www.fas.org.sg Football Association of Singapore website]

1997

Category:1997 domestic association football cups

Category:1997 in Singaporean football