2008 Singapore League Cup

2008 Singapore League Cup
Country Singapore
Dates May 2008 - June 2008
Teams 12
Champions Gombak United
Runners-up Super Reds FC
Third place Balestier Khalsa FC
Top goal scorer(s) Ojimi Gabriel Obatola (6 goals)
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Singapore League Cup marks the second occasion on which the Singapore League Cup competition has been staged. (The event was launched in 2007). Its official sponsored name for 2008 is the Avaya-J&J League Cup.

In 2007, the event was held before the start of the S.League season (and serving as a pre-season warm-up tournament), and was won by Woodlands Wellington FC. However, in 2008, the event is being held during the S.League season. All 12 S.League teams have entered the 2008 competition.

The cup is being played over four rounds. The top four teams in the S.League in 2007 were given a bye to the Quarter-Final stage.

The final will be played on 16 June at Jalan Besar Stadium.

Teams

Round one

The draw for the first knockout round was held on Tuesday, 13 May 2008 in Singapore. The first round matches kick off on 30 May. The matches are played on a one match basis. The winners advance to the Quarter-Final stage. Teams who had finished in top 4 positions of 2007 S.League received a bye and need not participate in Round one knockout competition. They were: Singapore Armed Force FC, Home United, Tampines Rovers and Gombak United respectively.

30 May
19:30
China Dalian Shide Siwu FC 0 – 1 Japan Albirex Niigata FC (S)
Report Ryota Doi  28'
Queenstown Stadium
Attendance: 745
Referee: John Chia

30 May
19:30
Woodlands Wellington 3 – 3 (A.E.T)
(4 – 5 pens) 		Singapore Young Lions
Park Tae Won (Pen.)  44',  90'
Fadzuhasny Juraimi  107'		 Report K Sivaseshan  90+1'
Zulfadli Zainal Abidin  90+3'
Obadin Aikhena  111'
Woodlands Stadium
Attendance: 1,767
Referee: Abas Daud

31 May
19:45
South Korea Super Reds 3 – 0 Sengkang Punggol
Sin Hyun Ho (Pen.)  3'
Oh Ddog Yi  9'
Seo Su Jong  43'		 Report
Yishun Stadium
Attendance: 851
Referee: T Aravinthan

31 May
19:45
Geylang United 1 – 2 Balestier Khalsa
Miroslav Latiak  30' Report Mba Vitus Onyekachi  22', Faizal Amir  63'
Bedok Stadium
Attendance: 1,748
Referee: P Pandian

Knockout Bracket - Starting from Quarter-Finals

Quarter-final Semi-final Final
         
Home United 1, 0 (1)
Gombak United 1, 1 (2)
Gombak United 4, 1 (5)
Singapore Young Lions 1, 1 (2)
SingaporeYoung Lions 0, 3 (3)
Tampines Rovers 1, 2 (3)
Gombak United 2
South Korea Super Reds 1
SAFFC 0, 1 (1)
Balestier Khalsa 3, 2 (5)
Balestier Khalsa 0, 0 (0)
South Korea Super Reds 1, 0 (1)
South Korea Super Reds 3, 3 (6)
Japan Albirex Niigata FC (S) 0, 1 (1)

Quarter-Finals

1st Legs

3 June
19:45
Gombak United 1 – 1 Home United
Ojimi Gabriel Obatola (Pen.)  75' Report Farhan Farook  68'
Jurong West Stadium
Attendance: 1,918
Referee: Sukhbir Singh

3 June
19:45
Singapore Young Lions 0 – 1 Tampines Rovers
Report Shahdan Sulaiman  6'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,564
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe

4 June
19:45
SAFFC 0 – 3 Balestier Khalsa
Report Mba Vitus Onyekachi  3'
Faizal Amir  20'
Paul Bekombo  67'
Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Attendance: 1,825
Referee: Muhd Adzhar Aziz

4 June
19:45
South Korea Super Reds 3 – 0 Japan Albirex Niigata FC (S)
Oh Ddog Yi  43'
Moon Soon Ho  80'
Yun Bo Young  90'		 Report
Yishun Stadium
Attendance: 842
Referee: Abas Daud

2nd Legs

6 June
19:30
Home United 0 – 1 Gombak United
Report Ojimi Gabriel Obatola (Pen.)  36'
Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 1,243
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir

7 June
19:30
Balestier Khalsa 2 – 1 SAFFC
M V Onyekachi  7'
K T Giscard  49'		 Report Ashrin Shariff  15'
Toa Payoh Stadium
Attendance: 1,944
Referee: Abas Daud

6 June
19:30
Tampines Rovers 2 – 3 Singapore Young Lions
Fathi Yunus  30'
Aliff Shafaein  64'		 Report Firdaus Idros  48'
Izzdin Shafiq (Pen.)  56', 67'
Tampines Stadium
Attendance: 1,909
Referee: S Kumar

7 June
19:30
Japan Albirex Niigata FC (S) 1 – 3 South Korea Super Reds
Ryota Doi  73' Report Seo Su Jong (Pen.)  30'
U Ja Rang  49'
Oh Ddog Yi  65'
Jurong East Stadium
Attendance: 1,584
Referee: Muhd Taqi

Semi-Finals

1st Legs

9 June
19:45
Gombak United 4 – 1 Singapore Young Lions
Kingsley Njoku  26', 32'
Ojimi Gabriel Obatola  58', 60'		 Report Firdaus Idros  90'
Jurong West Stadium
Attendance: 1,713
Referee: John Chia

10 June
19:45
Balestier Khalsa 0 – 1 South Korea Super Reds
Report Sin Hyun Ho (Pen.)  47'
Toa Payoh Stadium
Attendance: 2,181
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir

2nd Legs

12 June
19:45
Singapore Young Lions 1 – 1 Gombak United
Sufian Anuar  71' Report T Seehawong  15'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,829
Referee: T Aravinthan

13 June
19:45
South Korea Super Reds 0 – 0 Balestier Khalsa
Report
Yishun Stadium
Attendance: 828
Referee: Abas Daud

3rd-place Playoff

16 June
17:00
Singapore Young Lions 2 – 3 Balestier Khalsa
Sufian Anuar  8'
Firdaus Idros  52'		 Report Rhysh Roshan Rai  6', 23'
Paul Bekombo  72'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 3,264
Referee: Muhd Taqi

Final

16 June
19:45
Gombak United 2 – 1 South Korea Super Reds FC
G Obatola  34', 90' Report Jeon Byung Euk  50'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 3,246
Referee: S Kumar

Top scorers

Last updated 16 June 2008

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nigeria Ojimi Gabriel Obatola Gombak United 6
2 South Korea Oh Ddog Yi South Korea Super Reds 3
= Nigeria Mba Vitus Onyekachi Balestier Khalsa 3
= Singapore Firdaus Idros Singapore Young Lions 3

See also

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