The inaugural Singapore League Cup soccer competition was held in 2007, contested by eight of the twelve teams who played in Singapore's S.League. 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 FC had defeated Geylang United by 1 - 0 in the final. However that old Singapore League Cup was subsequently renamed into present Singapore Cup and evolves to be the major cup competition in Singapore football. In recent years, Singapore Cup has involved invited teams from overseas in addition to teams playing in Singapore's local leagues as well, which is something that this League Cup does not do.
The 2007 competition was sponsored by SingTel, and officially titled the SingTel League Cup. A direct knockout format was used for the competition, with the first round being the quarter-final stage as only 8 out of the 12 S.League teams had chosen to participate this competition.
The winners were Woodlands Wellington FC, who defeated Sengkang Punggol FC 4-0 in the final. A third-place match was also held between the two teams who lost in the semi-finals, and was won by Gombak United FC who defeated Home United FC 9-8 on penalties following a 1-1 draw.
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