2008 Singapore Cup

2008 Singapore Cup
Country Singapore
Dates May 2008 - November 2008
Teams 16
Champions SAFFC
Runners-up Woodlands Wellington
Top goal scorer(s) Singapore Indra Sahdan Daud (4 goals)
Singapore Aleksandar Đurić (4 goals)

The 2008 edition of the Singapore Cup soccer competition was officially known as the RHB Singapore Cup (due to sponsorship from RHB Bank). It was the 11th staging of the annual Singapore Cup tournament.

The competition began on 6 May 2008, with 12 S.League clubs and 4 invited foreign teams from Thailand (2 teams), Cambodia (1) and Brunei (1). The cup was a single-elimination tournament, with all sixteen teams playing from the first round. The first round involved one-off matches. Subsequent rounds involved ties of two legs.

The final (single-leg) was played on 28 November 2008, and SAFFC beat Woodlands Wellington 2-1 with the deciding goal scored by Kenji Arai in the first period of extra-time.

Teams

Knockout stage

Bracket

  First knockout round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                     
 South Korea Super Reds FC(AET) 2  
 Singapore Geylang United 1  
   South Korea Super Reds FC 1 0 1  
   Singapore SAFFC 1 3 4  
 Singapore SAFFC 2
 Singapore Balestier Khalsa FC 0  
   Singapore SAFFC 2 2 4  
   Singapore Tampines Rovers 0 0 0  
 China Dalian Shide Siwu FC 1  
 Singapore Home United 5  
   Singapore Home United 1 0 1
   Singapore Tampines Rovers 0 2 2  
 Singapore Sengkang Punggol 1(3)
 Singapore Tampines Rovers(p) 1(4)  
   Singapore SAFFC 2 A.E.T
   Singapore Woodlands Wellington 1
 Singapore Gombak United 0  
 Thailand Thailand Tobacco Monopoly 1  
   Thailand Thailand Tobacco Monopoly 0 1 1 (2)
   Singapore Woodlands Wellington 0 1 1 (4)  
 Singapore Woodlands Wellington 1
 Brunei DPMM FC 0  
   Singapore Woodlands Wellington 1 3 4
   Singapore Young Lions 2 1 3  
 Japan Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) 1  
 Thailand Bangkok University 4  
   Thailand Bangkok University 0 0 0
   Singapore Young Lions 1 0 1  
 Singapore Young Lions 2
 Cambodia Phnom Penh Empire 0  

First knockout round

The draw for the first knockout round was held on Friday, 5 April 2008 in Singapore. The first round matches started on 6 May.

May 6, 2008
19:45
Singapore Young Lions 2 0 Cambodia Phnom Penh Empire
Isa Halim  35',
Yan Minghao  45'
Report
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,803
Referee: P Pandian

May 7, 2008
19:45
China Dalian Shide Siwu FC 1 5 Singapore Home United
Bi Jinhao  15' Report Indra Sahdan  32', (Pen.)  35',  37',  60',
Kengne Ludovick  62'
Queenstown Stadium
Attendance: 1,929
Referee: Abas Daud

May 8, 2008
19:45
Singapore SAFFC 2 0 Singapore Balestier Khalsa FC
Norikazu Murakami  40'
Mustaqim Manzur  90'
Report
Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Attendance: 2,085
Referee: T Aravinthan

May 9, 2008
19:30
Singapore Woodlands Wellington FC 1 0 Brunei DPMM FC
Akihiro Nakamura  38' Report
Woodlands Stadium
Attendance: 1,556
Referee: John Chia

May 10, 2008
19:45
Singapore Gombak United FC 0 1 Thailand Tobacco Monopoly FC
Report Saksit Vutthipadadorn  81'
Jurong West Stadium
Attendance: 1,614
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir

May 11, 2008
19:45
Japan Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) 1 4 Thailand Bangkok University FC
Akira Takase  75' Report Suriya Domtaisong  24',  54'
Nopphon Phon-Udom  27'
Suppasek Kaikaew  39'
Jurong East Stadium
Attendance: 1,733
Referee: S Kumar

May 12, 2008
19:45
South Korea Super Reds FC 2 1 (AET) Singapore Geylang United
Choi Young Min  89',  101' Report Rastislav Belicak  90'
Yishun Stadium
Attendance: 1,416
Referee: T Aravinthan

Quarter finals

First Legs


July 4, 2008
19:30
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly FC 1 1 Singapore Woodlands Wellington FC
Jetsada Jitsawad  74' Report L Dronca (Pen)  61'
Jurong West Stadium
Attendance: 1,364
Referee: P Pandian

July 9, 2008
19:45
SingaporeTampines Rovers FC 0 1 SingaporeHome United
Report Shahril Ishak  31'
Tampines Stadium
Attendance: 2,951
Referee: John Chia

July 10, 2008
19:45
South KoreaSuper Reds FC 1 1 SingaporeSAFFC
Seo Su Jong  74' Report Kenji Arai  57'
Yishun Stadium
Attendance: 1,042
Referee: T Aravinthan

July 8, 2008
19:45
Thailand Bangkok University FC 0 1 Singapore Young Lions
Report D Hammond  90'
Jurong East Stadium
Attendance: 1,444
Referee: Abas Daud

Second Legs


July 7, 2008
19:45
Singapore Woodlands Wellington FC 0 0 (A.E.T) Thailand Tobacco Monopoly FC
Report
  Penalties  
Jerry Bartholomeusz
Zahid Ahmad
Akihiro Nakamura
Fadzuhasny Juraimi
Lucian Dronca
4 2 Worawut Wangsawat
Khwanchai Fuangprakob
Somchai Hanaeng
Pradit Taweechai
Woodlands Stadium
Attendance: 1,771
Referee: S Kumar

July 11, 2008
19:30
Singapore Young Lions 0 0 Thailand Bangkok University FC
Report
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 2,226
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir

August 17, 2008
19:45
SingaporeHome United 0 2 SingaporeTampines Rovers FC
Report Qiu Li  40'
Fahrudin Mustafic  45'
Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 1,014
Referee: John Chia

August 18, 2008
19:45
SingaporeSAFFC 3 0 South KoreaSuper Reds FC
Aleksandar Duric  5',  86'
Joo Ki Hwan (o.g)  57'
Report
Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Attendance: 2,356
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir

Semi finals

First Legs


August 21, 2008
19:45
Singapore Woodlands Wellington FC 1 2 Singapore Young Lions
Lucian Dronca  11' Report Obadin Aikhena  33'
Fadhil Noh  57'
Woodlands Stadium
Attendance: 1,641
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe

August 22, 2008
19:30
Singapore SAFFC 2 0 Singapore Tampines Rovers
Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin  45'
Norikazu Murakami  67'
Report
Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Abas Daud

Second Legs


August 24, 2008
19:45
Singapore Young Lions 1 3 Singapore Woodlands Wellington FC
Irwan Shah  40' Report A Laakkad  8', (Pen.)  86'
Ismail Yunos (o.g.) 18'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Sukhbir Singh

August 25, 2008
19:30
Singapore Tampines Rovers 0 2 Singapore SAFFC
Report Aleksandar Duric  66',  85'
Tampines Stadium
Attendance: 1,696
Referee: P Pandian

3rd-place Playoff

Final

November 21, 2008
19:30
Singapore SAFFC 2 1 (A.E.T) Singapore Woodlands Wellington FC
Shaiful Esah  45'
Kenji Arai  102'
Report Fadzuhasny Juraimi  79'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 5,022
Referee: T Aravinthan

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Singapore Indra Sahdan Daud Singapore Home United 4
= Singapore Aleksandar Đurić Singapore SAFFC 4

See also

External links

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