2007 Singapore League Cup
{{Infobox football tournament season
| title= Singapore League Cup
| year = 2007
| other_titles =
| image =
| size = 100px
| caption =
| country =
| dates = Feb 2007
| num_teams = 8
| winners = Woodlands Wellington
| second = Sengkang Punggol
| third = Home United
| scoring_leader =
| next_season = 2008
| prev_season = Old 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.
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.{{cite web| url=http://footballdynamicsasia.blogspot.sg/2007/02/new-singapore-pre-season-cup-for.html| title=New Singapore pre-season cup for S.League clubs| website=Asian Football Business Review| access-date=9 April 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413131616/http://footballdynamicsasia.blogspot.sg/2007/02/new-singapore-pre-season-cup-for.html| archive-date=13 April 2014| url-status=dead}}
The 4 teams who withdrew due to prior pre-season commitments were:
- Geylang United
- {{flagicon|China}} Liaoning Guangyuan
- SAFFC
- {{flagicon|Singapore}} Young Lions
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=
{{football box
|date = 15 Feb
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Sengkang Punggol
|score = 2 – 1
|report = [http://www.nowgoal.com/detail/120085.html Summary]
|team2 = Balestier Khalsa
|goals1 = Ross McKenzie {{goal|61}}
Ekollo (Pen.) {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = Ryuji Sueoka {{goal|61}}
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date = 15 Feb
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Gombak United
|score = 2 – 1
|report = [http://www.nowgoal.com/detail/120086.html Summary]
|team2 = {{flagicon|Japan}} Albirex Niigata (S)
|goals1 = O. J. Obatola {{goal|18}}, {{goal|61}}
|goals2 = Eiichiro Ozaki {{goal|66}}
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date = 16 Feb
|time = 19:45
|team1 = {{flagicon|South Korea}} Super Reds
|score = 0 – 2
|report = [http://www.nowgoal.com/detail/120125.html Summary]
|team2 = Woodlands Wellington
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Laakkad Abdelhadi {{goal|28}}
Latiff{{goal|52}}
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date = 16 Feb
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Tampines Rovers
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [http://www.nowgoal.com/detail/120124.html Summary]
|team2 = Home United
|goals1 = Peres de Oliveira {{goal|4}}
|goals2 = Bangaly {{goal|70}}
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
|penalties1 =
|penaltyscore = 1 – 4
|penalties2 =
}}
=Semifinals=
{{football box
|date = 20 Feb
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Sengkang Punggol
|score = 0 – 0
|report = [http://www.nowgoal.com/detail/121407.html Summary]
|team2 = Gombak United
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Hougang Stadium
|attendance =
|referee =
|penalties1 =
|penaltyscore = 4 – 2
|penalties2 =
}}
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{{football box
|date = 21 Feb
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Woodlands Wellington
|score = 2 – 0
|report = [http://www.nowgoal.com/detail/121422.html Summary]
[http://home-united.blogspot.com/2007/02/better-things-to-come-for-sure.html Reaction]
|team2 = Home United
|goals1 = Park Tae-Won {{goal|40}}
Laakkad Abdelhadi {{goal|65}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Woodlands Stadium
|attendance = 1804
|referee =
}}
=Third Place Playoff=
{{football box
|date = 24 Feb
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Home United
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [http://www.nowgoal.com/detail/121664.html Summary]
|team2 = Gombak United
|goals1 = Egmar Goncalves {{goal|38}}
|goals2 = O. J. Obatola {{goal|40}}
|stadium = Jalan Besar Stadium
|attendance =
|referee =
|penalties1 =
|penaltyscore = 9 – 8
|penalties2 =
}}
=Final=
{{football box
|date = 25 Feb
|time = 19:45
|team1 = Sengkang Punggol
|score = 0 – 4
|report = [http://www.nowgoal.com/detail/121925.html Summary]
|team2 = Woodlands Wellington
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Lucian Dronca (Pen) {{goal|19}}
Akihiro Nakamura {{goal|38}}
Park Tae-Won {{goal|56}}
Laakkad Abdelhadi {{goal|85}}
|stadium = Jalan Besar Stadium
|attendance = 4071
|referee = Abas Daud
}}
References
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20121209020901/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/sing07.html RSSSF: Singapore 2007]
{{National football (soccer) league cups}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singapore League Cup 2007}}