2008 Singapore Cup

2008 Singapore Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Singapore
Dates May 2008 - November 2008
Teams 16
Final positions
Champions SAFFC (4th title)
Runners-up Woodlands Wellington
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Indra Sahdan Daud (4 goals)
Aleksandar Đurić (4 goals)
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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.

Contents

Teams

Knockout stage

Bracket

  First knockout round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                     
  Super Reds FC(AET) 2  
  Geylang United 1  
    Super Reds FC 1 0 1  
    SAFFC 1 3 4  
  SAFFC 2
  Balestier Khalsa FC 0  
    SAFFC 2 2 4  
    Tampines Rovers 0 0 0  
  Dalian Shide Siwu FC 1  
  Home United 5  
    Home United 1 0 1
    Tampines Rovers 0 2 2  
  Sengkang Punggol 1(3)
  Tampines Rovers(p) 1(4)  
    SAFFC 2 A.E.T
    Woodlands Wellington 1
  Gombak United 0  
  Thailand Tobacco Monopoly 1  
    Thailand Tobacco Monopoly 0 1 1 (2)
    Woodlands Wellington 0 1 1 (4)  
  Woodlands Wellington 1
  DPMM FC 0  
    Woodlands Wellington 1 3 4
    Young Lions 2 1 3  
  Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) 1  
  Bangkok University 4  
    Bangkok University 0 0 0
    Young Lions 1 0 1  
  Young Lions 2
  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
 Young Lions 2 – 0 Phnom Penh Empire Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,803
Referee: P Pandian
Isa Halim  35',
Yan Minghao  45'		 Report
May 7, 2008
19:45
 Dalian Shide Siwu FC 1 – 5 Home United Queenstown Stadium
Attendance: 1,929
Referee: Abas Daud
Bi Jinhao  15' Report Indra Sahdan  32', (Pen.)  35',  37',  60',
Kengne Ludovick  62'
May 8, 2008
19:45
 SAFFC 2 – 0 Balestier Khalsa FC Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Attendance: 2,085
Referee: T Aravinthan
Norikazu Murakami  40'
Mustaqim Manzur  90'		 Report
May 9, 2008
19:30
 Woodlands Wellington FC 1 – 0 DPMM FC Woodlands Stadium
Attendance: 1,556
Referee: John Chia
Akihiro Nakamura  38' Report
May 10, 2008
19:45
 Gombak United FC 0 – 1 Tobacco Monopoly FC Jurong West Stadium
Attendance: 1,614
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir
Report Saksit Vutthipadadorn  81'
May 11, 2008
19:45
 Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) 1 – 4 Bangkok University FC Jurong East Stadium
Attendance: 1,733
Referee: S Kumar
Akira Takase  75' Report Suriya Domtaisong  24',  54'
Nopphon Phon-Udom  27'
Suppasek Kaikaew  39'
May 12, 2008
19:45
 Super Reds FC 2 – 1 (AET) Geylang United Yishun Stadium
Attendance: 1,416
Referee: T Aravinthan
Choi Young Min  89',  101' Report Rastislav Belicak  90'
May 13, 2008
19:45
 Sengkang Punggol FC 1 – 1 Tampines Rovers FC Hougang Stadium
Attendance: 1,240
Referee: Muhd Taqi
Zdravko Simic  88' Report Sutee Suksomkit  25'
  Penalties  
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

Quarter finals

First Legs

July 4, 2008
19:30
 Tobacco Monopoly FC 1 – 1 Woodlands Wellington FC Jurong West Stadium
Attendance: 1,364
Referee: P Pandian
Jetsada Jitsawad  74' Report L Dronca (Pen)  61'
July 9, 2008
19:45
 Tampines Rovers FC 0 – 1 Home United Tampines Stadium
Attendance: 2,951
Referee: John Chia
Report Shahril Ishak  31'
July 10, 2008
19:45
 Super Reds FC 1 – 1 SAFFC Yishun Stadium
Attendance: 1,042
Referee: T Aravinthan
Seo Su Jong  74' Report Kenji Arai  57'
July 8, 2008
19:45
 Bangkok University FC 0 – 1 Young Lions Jurong East Stadium
Attendance: 1,444
Referee: Abas Daud
Report D Hammond  90'

Second Legs

July 7, 2008
19:45
 Woodlands Wellington FC 0 – 0 (A.E.T) Tobacco Monopoly FC Woodlands Stadium
Attendance: 1,771
Referee: S Kumar
Report
  Penalties  
Jerry Bartholomeusz
Zahid Ahmad
Akihiro Nakamura
Fadzuhasny Juraimi
Lucian Dronca		 4 – 2 Worawut Wangsawat
Khwanchai Fuangprakob
Somchai Hanaeng
Pradit Taweechai
July 11, 2008
19:30
 Young Lions 0 – 0 Bangkok University FC Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 2,226
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir
Report
August 17, 2008
19:45
 Home United 0 – 2 Tampines Rovers FC Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 1,014
Referee: John Chia
Report Qiu Li  40'
Fahrudin Mustafic  45'
August 18, 2008
19:45
 SAFFC 3 – 0 Super Reds FC Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Attendance: 2,356
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir
Aleksandar Duric  5',  86'
Joo Ki Hwan (o.g)  57'		 Report

Semi finals

First Legs

August 21, 2008
19:45
 Woodlands Wellington FC 1 – 2 Young Lions Woodlands Stadium
Attendance: 1,641
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe
Lucian Dronca  11' Report Obadin Aikhena  33'
Fadhil Noh  57'
August 22, 2008
19:30
 SAFFC 2 – 0 Tampines Rovers Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Abas Daud
Ahmad Latiff Khamarudin  45'
Norikazu Murakami  67'		 Report

Second Legs

August 24, 2008
19:45
 Young Lions 1 – 3 Woodlands Wellington FC Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
Irwan Shah  40' Report A Laakkad  8', (Pen.)  86'
Ismail Yunos (o.g.) 18'
August 25, 2008
19:30
 Tampines Rovers 0 – 2 SAFFC Tampines Stadium
Attendance: 1,696
Referee: P Pandian
Report Aleksandar Duric  66',  85'

3rd-place Playoff

November 20, 2008
19:45
 Young Lions 3 – 3 Tampines Rovers Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,109
Referee: P Pandian
Goh Swee Swee  41'
Fadhil Noh  60'
Daniel Hammond (Pen.)  71'		 Report Khairul Amri  40'
Fahrudin Mustafic (Pen.)  67'
Sutee Suksomkit  85'
  Penalties  
Daniel Hammond
Goh Swee Swee
Hafiz Abu Sujad
Afiq Yunos
Ashley Ow		 2 – 3 Sutee Suksomkit
Fahrudin Mustafic
Santi Chaiyaphuak
Zulkarnaen Zainal

Final

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

Top scorers

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

See also

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