The 2014 S.League was the 19th season since the establishment of the S.League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs. The league was also known as the Great Eastern Yeo's S.League due to sponsorship reasons. Tampines Rovers were the defending champions.
For the first time, free-to-air MediaCorp okto broadcast all Friday matches that were held at the Jalan Besar Stadium live on its channel, including a weekly S.League Show. The season started on 21 February 2014, and concluded on 31 October 2014.
Teams A total of 12 teams contested the league. There were no changes to the participating sides from the previous season. Albirex Niigata (S), DPMM FC and Harimau Muda B were invited foreign clubs from Japan, Brunei and Malaysia respectively.
Stadiums and locations
Team Stadium Capacity Albirex Niigata (S) Jurong East Stadium Balestier Khalsa Toa Payoh Stadium DPMM FC Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium Geylang International Bedok Stadium Pasir Gudang Stadium Home United Bishan Stadium Hougang United Hougang Stadium Tampines Rovers Clementi Stadium Tanjong Pagar United Queenstown Stadium Warriors FC Choa Chu Kang Stadium Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Stadium Young Lions Jalan Besar Stadium
Geylang International used the Jalan Besar stadium to host Balestier Khalsa on 31 July
Personnel and kits Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Coach Captain Shirt sponsor Albirex Niigata (S) Tatsuyuki Okuyama Itsuki Yamada Mafro CanonBalestier Khalsa Paul Cunningham Umbro FTMS DPMM FC Steve Kean Rosmin Kamis Lotto NoneGeylang International Muhammad Ridhuan Lotto Harimau Muda B Razip Ismail Ashmawi Yakin Nike NoneHome United Lee Lim-Saeng Noh Rahman Kappa Coca-ColaHougang United Amin Nasir Lau Meng Meng Macron SPEED InstituteTampines Rovers Rafi Ali Mustafić Fahrudin Mikasa HyundaiTanjong Pagar United Patrick Vallee Hafiz Osman THORB SINGA Energy DrinkWarriors FC Alex Weaver Daniel Bennett Joma STA InspectionWoodlands Wellington Salim Moin Rosman Sulaiman Waga ESW Manage Young Lions Aide Iskandar Al-Qaasimy Rahman Nike Courts
The S.League uses a new match ball, the Mikasa SL450, sponsored by Mikasa.
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Date Tampines Rovers Tay Peng Kee Mutual consent Salim Moin 29 November 2013 Woodlands Wellington Salim Moin End of contract Darren Stewart 14 January 2014 Balestier Khalsa Darren Stewart Resigned Marko Kraljević 4 January 2014 Albirex Niigata (S) Koichi Sugiyama End of contract Tatsuyuki Okuyama 18 November DPMM FC Vjeran Simunić End of contract Steve Kean 20 October 2013 Geylang International Vedhamuthu Kanan Sacked Jörg Steinebrunner 20 March 2014 Tampines Rovers Salim Moin Resigned Rafi Ali 28 April 2014 Woodlands Wellington Darren Stewart Sacked Salim Moin 15 June 2014
Foreign players Each club is allowed to have up to a maximum of five foreign players. Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6(Prime League) Former Player Balestier Khalsa Park Kang-jin Kim Min-ho Paul Cunningham Emir Lotinac Goran Ljubojević Alando Atkinson None DPMM FC Rodrigo Tosi Robert Alviž Boris Raspudić Roy O'Donovan Joe Gamble None None Geylang International Yuki Ichikawa Kento Fukuda Thorsten Schneider Franco Chiviló Leonel Felice Joaquin Lopez None Home United Kwon Da-kyung Song In-young Lee Kwan-woo Sirina Camara Bruno Castanheira Song Ui-young Hougang United Shunsuke Nakatake Igor Ferreira Alves Diego Gama Geison Moura Igor Čerina Sutanto Tan Đurica Župarić Tampines Rovers Kunihiro Yamashita Jake Butler Jozef Kapláň Justin Pasfield Miljan Mrdaković Joseph Taylor Norihiro Kawakami Luis Closa Roberto Martínez Gamarra Tanjong Pagar Kamel Ramdani Sébastien Etiemblé Anthony Aymard Aurélien Hérisson Monsef Zerka Lucas Jester None Warriors FC Nicolás Vélez Thomas Beattie Miroslav Pejić Marin Vidosevic Kevin McCann Chareewat Thirawatsirikul Rasmus Fristedt Woodlands Moon Soon-Ho Atsushi Shimono Jang Jo-yoon Miloš Jevtić Stefan Milojević None None Young Lions Sherif El-Masri Jordan Webb 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.
League table
Results
Matchweek 1–22
Matchday 23 - 27
Season statistics
Goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Rodrigo Tosi DPMM FC242 Kazuki Sakamoto Albirex Niigata (S)21 Geison MouraHougang United21 Nicolás VélezWarriors FC215 Goran LjubojevićBalestier Khalsa206 Roy O'Donovan DPMM FC157 Leonel FeliceGeylang International138 Miroslav PejićWarriors FC129 Miljan MrdakovićTampines Rovers1110Sahil Suhaimi Young Lions10Fazrul NawazHome United10 Diego GamaHougang United10
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Tanjong Pagar United Young Lions 3–2 Nicolás Vélez4 Warriors FC Albirex Niigata (S) 4–0 Albirex Niigata (S) Harimau Muda B 4–1 Albirex Niigata (S) Woodlands Wellington 7–1 Warriors FC Young Lions 4–1
4 Player scored 4 goals
Clean sheets
Player
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Wardun Yusof DPMM FC72Hassan SunnyWarriors FC5Zaiful NizamBalestier Khalsa4Shahril JantanHome United45Siddiq DurimiGeylang International36Ahmadulhaq Che OmarWoodlands Wellington2 Aurélien HérissonTanjong Pagar UnitedHyrulnizam Juma'atTampines RoversJoey SimGeylang International Justin PasfieldTampines Rovers11 Azman Ilham DPMM FC1Fadhil SalimHougang United Ilham Amirullah Harimau Muda B Kazuki Kishigami Albirex Niigata (S) Kenjiro Ogino Albirex Niigata (S)Neezam AzizWarriors FCRudy Khairullah Young LionsSyazwan BuhariYoung LionsYazid YasinWoodlands Wellington
Club
RankClubClean sheetsLongest run1 DPMM FC832Warriors FC623Geylang International53Balestier Khalsa15Home United42Tampines Rovers17 Albirex Niigata (S)21 Young LionsTanjong Pagar UnitedWoodlands Wellington10 Harimau Muda B11Hougang United
S-League Awards Night Winners
Awards Winners ClubPlayer of the YearHassan SunnyWarriors FCYoung Player of the Year Nicolás VélezWarriors FCCoach of the Year Marko KraljevićBalestier KhalsaTop Scorer Award Rodrigo Tosi DPMM FCFair Play AwardGeylang InternationalReferee of the Year Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari
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