2013 in Singaporean football

The 2013 season is the 61st season of competitive football in Singapore.

The season began on 20 February 2013 for the S.League, 1 March 2013 for the Prime League and 27 April 2013 for the NFL First, Second and Third Divisions.

S.League

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Team changes

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Singapore National Football League

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Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

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Teams relegated from NFL Division 1

  • Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association
  • Borussia Zamrud Football Club

Teams promoted to NFL Division 1

Teams relegated from NFL Division 2

  • Balestier United Recreation Club

Teams promoted to NFL Division 2

  • Gambas Avenue Sports Club

Honours

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League and Cup champions

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Competition Winner Runner-Up Venue Match Report
Charity Shield  Tampines Rovers  Warriors F.C. Jalan Besar Stadium Report
S.League  Tampines Rovers  Home United N/A
Singapore Cup  Home United  Tanjong Pagar United Jalan Besar Stadium
League Cup  Balestier Khalsa  Brunei DPMM Jalan Besar Stadium
FA Cup  Home United  Sporting Westlake FC Jalan Besar Stadium
Prime League  Balestier Khalsa  Home United N/A
NFL Division 1 TBC TBC N/A
NFL Division 2 TBC TBC N/A
NFL Division 3 TBC TBC N/A

Men's Senior Team

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Following Radojko Avramović's resignation after Singapore's victory in the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup, LionsXII coach V Sundramoorthy was announced as the stand-in head coach while the FAS searched for a new coach to fill the vacancy.

On 15 May 2013, former Belarus coach Bernd Stange was unveiled as the new head coach of the Singapore national football team.[5]

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Date
  Singapore   V Sundramoorthy Relinquishment of Interim Position   Bernd Stange 15 May 2013

Fixtures and results

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1 February 2013 Friendly1 Bahrain   3 - 1   Singapore Bahrain
Mahmood Al Ajmi   19',   57'
Sami Al-Husaini   82'
Report   70' Safuwan Baharudin Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa
  • 1 Non FIFA 'A' international match

Singapore Selection Matches

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Singapore Olympic Foundation - Peter Lim Charity Cup

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The Singapore Olympic Foundation - Peter Lim Charity Cup was an exhibition fundraising match between the Singapore Selection and 2013 Copa del Rey winners, Atlético Madrid.[6]

The match was held at the Jalan Besar Stadium on 22 May 2013 and Atlético Madrid prevailed with a 2-0 scoreline with goals coming from Raúl García and Diego Costa.

22 May 2013 Exhibition1 Singapore Selection 0 - 2   Atlético Madrid Singapore
Report   29' Raúl García
  87' Diego Costa
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
Referee: Yazeen Buhari
  • 1 Non FIFA 'A' international match

Representation in AFC Cup

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Singapore was represented in the 2013 AFC Cup by 2012 S.League champions Tampines Rovers and 2012 Singapore Cup winners Warriors F.C.

Both teams failed to qualify for the knockout stage, finishing bottom of Group H and Group E respectively.

Warriors F.C.'s Performance in AFC CUP Group E

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Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Semen Padang 6 5 1 0 15 6 +9 16
  Kitchee 6 4 0 2 18 7 +11 12
  Churchill Brothers 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 4
  Warriors 6 1 0 5 4 17 −13 3
Source: [citation needed]
5 March 2013 Semen Padang   3–1   Warriors Haji Agus Salim Stadium, Padang
15:30 UTC+7 Wilson   19'
Mofu   32'
Iskandar   86'
Report Inui   41' Attendance: 9,225
Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)
12 March 2013 Warriors   2–4   Kitchee Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:45 UTC+8 Inui   23'
Gunawan   29'
Report Jordi   46', 51'
Lo Kwan Yee   62'
Cheng Siu Wai   75'
Attendance: 1,151
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
2 April 2013 Churchill Brothers   3–0   Warriors Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune
15:00 UTC+5:30 Vales   37'
Singh   44'
Chhetri   84'
Report Attendance: 500
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
1 May 2013 Kitchee   5–0   Warriors Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
17:00 UTC+8 Jordi   18', 53', 88'
Cheng Siu Wai   62'
Tsang Kam To   72'
Report Attendance: 1,097
Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin (Korea Republic)

Tampines Rovers' Performance in AFC CUP Group H

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Group H
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  East Bengal 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 14
  Selangor 6 2 2 2 12 11 +1 8
  Sài Gòn Xuân Thành 6 2 2 2 9 12 −3 8
  Tampines Rovers 6 0 2 4 12 17 −5 2
Source: [citation needed]
13 March 2013 Selangor   3–3   Tampines Rovers Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
20:45 UTC+8 Doe   8', 54' (pen.)
Amri   46'
Report Đurić   20'
Imran   49'
Yamashita   71'
Attendance: 1,551
Referee: Kim Sang-Woo (Korea Republic)
3 April 2013 Tampines Rovers   2–4   East Bengal Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:45 UTC+8 Hadžibulić   28'
Amri   65'
Report Hadee   19' (o.g.)
Barisić   62', 87'
Edeh   64'
Attendance: 1,082
Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)
30 April 2013 Tampines Rovers   2–3   Selangor Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
19:00 UTC+8 Asraruddin   50' (o.g.)
Đurić   58'
Report Taha   28' (o.g.)
Amri   45', 76'
Attendance: 839
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

References

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  1. ^ "Harimau Muda B set for 2013 S.League". ESPN Star. 26 December 2012. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  2. ^ "New-look Geylang primed for 2013". Today Online. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Kaplan to lead new-look Geylang". ESPN Star. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  4. ^ "SAFFC renamed as Warriors FC". ESPN Star. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-02-16. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Football: FAS to unveil Bernd Stange as new national coach, replacing Raddy Avramovic". The Straits Times. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Atlético Madrid - Peter Lim Charity Cup". Goal.com Singapore.