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.
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.
[1] The 4 teams who withdrew due to prior pre-season commitments were: 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.