2008 Singapore Cup

Singapore Cup 2008 Singapore May 2008 - November 2008 16 SAFFC Woodlands Wellington Singapore Indra Sahdan Daud (4 goals) Singapore Aleksandar Đurić (4 goals) 2007 2009 The 2008 edition of the Singapore Cup soccer competition was officially known as the RHB Singapore Cup (due to RHB Bank's sponsorship). 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 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) Balestier Khalsa Thailand Bangkok University China Dalian Shide Brunei DPMM FC Geylang United Gombak United Home United FC Cambodia Phnom Penh Empire Sengkang Punggol FC Singapore Armed Forces FC (SAFFC) South Korea Super Reds Tampines Rovers Thailand Tobacco Monopoly Woodlands Wellington FC Singapore Young Lions FC (FAS under-23 team) Knockout stage Bracket 1/2/2/1 y y n First knockout round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final South Korea Super Reds (AET) 2 Geylang United 1 SAFFC 2 Balestier Khalsa 0 China Dalian Shide 1 Home United 5 Sengkang Punggol 1(3) Tampines Rovers (P) 1(4) Gombak United 0 Thailand Tobacco Monopoly 1 Woodlands Wellington 1 Brunei DPMM FC 0 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 1 Thailand Bangkok University 4 Singapore Young Lions FC 2 Cambodia Phnom Penh Empire 0 South Korea Super Reds 1 0 1 SAFFC 1 3 4 Home United 1 0 1 Tampines Rovers 0 2 2 Thailand Tobacco Monopoly 0 1 1 (2) Woodlands Wellington 0 1 1 (4) Thailand Bangkok University 0 0 0 Singapore Young Lions FC 1 0 1 SAFFC 2 2 4 Tampines Rovers 0 0 0 Woodlands Wellington 1 3 4 Singapore Young Lions FC 2 1 3 SAFFC (AET) 2 Woodlands Wellington 1 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 FC 2 – 0 https://archive.today/20080510092223/http://www.sleague.com/Web/Main.aspx?ID=,68e68380-9e0b-44b2-8a32-d06df7470ca6&NLT=300&AID=753f9b9d-4aa1-4284-8752-dae637c7c1a3 Report Cambodia Phnom Penh Empire Isa Halim 35, Yan Minghao 45 Jalan Besar Stadium 1,803 P Pandian May 7, 2008 19:45 China Dalian Shide 1 – 5 Report Home United Bi Jinhao 15 Indra Sahdan 32, (Pen.) 35, 37, 60, Kengne Ludovick 62 Queenstown Stadium 1,929 Abas Daud May 8, 2008 19:45 SAFFC 2 – 0 Report Balestier Khalsa Norikazu Murakami 40 Mustaqim Manzur 90 Choa Chu Kang Stadium 2,085 T Aravinthan May 9, 2008 19:30 Woodlands Wellington 1 – 0 Report Brunei DPMM FC Akihiro Nakamura 38 Woodlands Stadium 1,556 John Chia May 10, 2008 19:45 Gombak United 0 – 1 Report Thailand Tobacco Monopoly Saksit Vutthipadadorn 81 Jurong West Stadium 1,614 Abdul Malik Bashir May 11, 2008 19:45 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 1 – 4 Report Thailand Bangkok University Akira Takase 75 Suriya Domtaisong 24, 54 Nopphon Phon-Udom 27 Suppasek Kaikaew 39 Jurong East Stadium 1,733 S Kumar May 12, 2008 19:45 South Korea Super Reds 2 – 1 (AET) Report Geylang United Choi Young Min 89, 101 Rastislav Belicak 90 Yishun Stadium 1,416 T Aravinthan May 13, 2008 19:45 Sengkang Punggol 1 – 1 Report Tampines Rovers Zdravko Simic 88 Sutee Suksomkit 25 Ali Imran Lomri Ivan Cesar Asenjo Zdravko Simic Hiroyuki Yamamoto Winston Yap Firdaus Salleh 3 – 4 Sutee Suksomkit Fahrudin Mustafic Zulkarnaen Zainal Shariff Abdul Samat Ridhuan Muhammad Fathi Yunus Hougang Stadium 1,240 Muhd Taqi Quarter-finals First Legs July 4, 2008 19:30 Thailand Tobacco Monopoly 1 – 1 https://archive.today/20120208110032/http://www.sleague.com/Web/Main.aspx?ID=,68e68380-9e0b-44b2-8a32-d06df7470ca6&NLT=300&AID=6152b5e5-1627-4d4b-a075-65863ff61adf Report Woodlands Wellington Jetsada Jitsawad 74 L Dronca (Pen) 61 Jurong West Stadium 1,364 P Pandian July 9, 2008 19:45 Tampines Rovers 0 – 1 https://archive.today/20080828150335/http://www.sleague.com/Web/Main.aspx?ID=,68e68380-9e0b-44b2-8a32-d06df7470ca6&NLT=300&AID=e21c69bd-da86-4d20-9798-00a973b8e382 Report Home United Shahril Ishak 31 Tampines Stadium 2,951 John Chia July 10, 2008 19:45 South Korea Super Reds 1 – 1 Report SAFFC Seo Su Jong 74 Kenji Arai 57 Yishun Stadium 1,042 T Aravinthan July 8, 2008 19:45 Thailand Bangkok University 0 – 1 Report Singapore Young Lions FC D Hammond 90 Jurong East Stadium 1,444 Abas Daud Second Legs July 7, 2008 19:45 Woodlands Wellington 0 – 0 (A.E.T) https://archive.today/20080828150232/http://www.sleague.com/Web/Main.aspx?ID=,68e68380-9e0b-44b2-8a32-d06df7470ca6&NLT=300&AID=28980dac-6783-4d7d-b1b8-47983c45bba5 Report Thailand Tobacco Monopoly Jerry Bartholomeusz Zahid Ahmad Akihiro Nakamura Fadzuhasny Juraimi Lucian Dronca 4 – 2 Worawut Wangsawat Khwanchai Fuangprakob Somchai Hanaeng Pradit Taweechai Woodlands Stadium 1,771 S Kumar Woodlands Wellington progressed after winning 4 – 2 on penalties July 11, 2008 19:30 Singapore Young Lions FC 0 – 0 https://archive.today/20120214110152/http://www.sleague.com/Web/Main.aspx?ID=,68e68380-9e0b-44b2-8a32-d06df7470ca6&NLT=300&AID=697885ef-2acf-4696-8914-e31020347055 Report Thailand Bangkok University Jalan Besar Stadium 2,226 Abdul Malik Bashir Young Lions progressed after winning 1 – 0 on aggregate August 17, 2008 19:45 Home United 0 – 2 Report Tampines Rovers Qiu Li 40 Fahrudin Mustafic 45 Bishan Stadium 1,014 John Chia Tampines Rovers progressed after winning 2 – 1 on aggregate August 18, 2008 19:45 SAFFC 3 – 0 Report South Korea Super Reds Aleksandar Duric 5, 86 Joo Ki Hwan (o.g) 57 Choa Chu Kang Stadium 2,356 Abdul Malik Bashir SAFFC progressed after winning 4 – 1 on aggregate Semifinals First Legs August 21, 2008 19:45 Woodlands Wellington FC 1 – 2 Report Singapore Young Lions FC Lucian Dronca 11 Obadin Aikhena 33 Fadhil Noh 57 Woodlands Stadium 1,641 Leow Thiam Hoe August 22, 2008 19:30 SAFFC 2 – 0 Report Tampines Rovers Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin 45 Norikazu Murakami 67 Choa Chu Kang Stadium 1,951 Abas Daud Second Legs August 24, 2008 19:45 Singapore Young Lions FC 1 – 3 Report Woodlands Wellington Irwan Shah 40 A Laakkad 8, (Pen.) 86 Ismail Yunos (o.g.)18 Jalan Besar Stadium 1,350 Sukhbir Singh Woodlands Wellington progressed after winning 4 – 3 on aggregate August 25, 2008 19:30 Tampines Rovers 0 – 2 Report SAFFC Aleksandar Duric 66, 85 Tampines Stadium 1,696 P Pandian SAFFC progressed after winning 4-0 on aggregate 3rd-place Playoff November 20, 2008 19:45 Singapore Young Lions FC 3 – 3 Report Tampines Rovers Goh Swee Swee 41 Fadhil Noh 60 Daniel Hammond (Pen.) 71 Khairul Amri 40 Fahrudin Mustafic (Pen.) 67 Sutee Suksomkit 85 Daniel Hammond Goh Swee Swee Hafiz Abu Sujad Afiq Yunos Ashley Ow 2 – 3 Sutee Suksomkit Fahrudin Mustafic Santi Chaiyaphuak Zulkarnaen Zainal Jalan Besar Stadium 1,109 P Pandian Final November 21, 2008 19:30 SAFFC 2 – 1 (A.E.T) Report Woodlands Wellington Shaiful Esah 45 Kenji Arai 102 Fadzuhasny Juraimi 79 Jalan Besar Stadium 5,022 T Aravinthan Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Singapore Indra Sahdan Daud Home United 4 = Singapore Aleksandar Đurić SAFFC 4 See also Singapore Cup S.League Singapore League Cup Singapore Charity Shield Football Association of Singapore List of football clubs in Singapore External links Official S.League website Football Association of Singapore website 2008 Cup Singapore Cup