The inaugural competition of 2007 was sponsored by SingTel, and officially titled theSingTel League Cup.

Eight of the twelve S.League teams took part in the 2007 tournament, which was held before the start of the S.League season proper.

In 2008, the competition's official sponsored name was the Avaya-J&J League Cup (with sponsorship coming from Avaya and Jebsen & Jessen Communications).

[2] In 2018, The Singapore League Cup was abolished to ease fixture congestion.

In that year it was won by the Singapore Armed Forces who defeated Geylang United 1-0 in the final.