2015 Singapore Cup

2015 Singapore Cup
RHB Singapore Cup
Country Singapore
Dates 22 May to 27 November 2015
Teams 11
Champions Albirex Niigata (S)
Runners-up Home United
Third place Brunei DPMM FC
Matches played 17
Goals scored 49 (2.88 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Japan Rion Taki (4 goals)
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The 2015 Singapore Cup was the 18th season of Singapore's annual premier club football tournament organised by Football Association of Singapore. Due to sponsorship reasons, the Singapore Cup is also known as the RHB Singapore Cup. Balestier Khalsa were the defending champions, having won their first trophy the previous year.[1] Albirex Niigata (S) were the eventual winners, beating Home United 2–1 in the finals.

Teams

A total of 11 teams participated in the 2015 Singapore Cup. 8 of the teams were from domestic S.League and the other three were invited from the Philippines, Cambodia and Laos. Both Courts Young Lions and Harimau Muda B did not participate in this edition of Singapore Cup.

S.League Clubs
Invited Foreign Teams

Format

Six teams were drawn for the preliminary round while the other five teams will receive a Bye in that round.[2] They will play against one another in a single-legged knockout basis. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the quarter-finals. Thereafter, matches are played in two legs with the exception of the one-match finals. Unlike the previous season, away goals rule does not apply.

For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time is followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams are still tied, a penalty shoot-out is held to determine a winner.

Knockout phase

Bracket

  Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                     
Hougang United 1  
Philippines Global FC 2  
  Philippines Global FC 0 4 4  
  Geylang International 1 1 2  
Geylang International 2
Laos Lao Police Club 1  
  Philippines Global FC 0 1 1  
  Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 1 2 3  
Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 2  
Cambodia Svay Rieng 1  
  Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 1 4 5
  Balestier Khalsa 0 1 1  
Balestier Khalsa
Bye  
  Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 2
  Home United 1
Tampines Rovers  
Bye  
  Tampines Rovers 1 1 2
  Brunei DPMM FC 3 0 3  
Brunei DPMM FC
Bye  
  Brunei DPMM FC 3 0 3
  Home United 2 2 4  
Warriors FC  
Bye  
  Warriors FC 1 0 1
  Home United 2 2 4  
Home United
Bye  

Preliminary Round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 17 April 2015 at the Ocean Financial Centre’s Event Plaza. Six teams involved in this round will play in a single leg knockout basis. The matches will be played from 22 to 27 May 2015. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

Albirex Niigata (S)[3] and Geylang International[4] will join five other teams in this round after winning their matches in the Preliminary Round . All matches will be played in a two-legged knockout basis. Away goal rule will not be applied in this tournament. Fixtures will be announced on a later date and winners of this round will progress and advance to the semi-finals.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Global FC Philippines 4-2 Geylang International 0-1 4-1
Albirex Niigata (S) Japan 5-1 Balestier Khalsa 1-0 4-1
Tampines Rovers 2-3 Brunei DPMM FC 1-3 1-0
Warriors FC 1-4 Home United 1-2 0-2

First Leg

Second Leg

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Global FC Philippines 1-3 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 0-1 1-2
DPMM FC Brunei 3-4 Home United 3-2 0-2

First Leg

Second Leg

Third/Fourth Placing

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

[5]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Japan Rion Taki Albirex Niigata (S) 4
2 Philippines Mark Hartmann Global FC 3
Japan Atsushi Kawata Albirex Niigata (S)
4 Japan Kento Nagasaki Albirex Niigata (S) 2
Brunei Azwan Ali Rahman DPMM FC
Portugal Paulo Sérgio DPMM FC
Brazil Rafael Ramazotti DPMM FC
Slovakia Jozef Kapláň Geylang International
France Ambroise Begue Home United
Azhar Sairudin Home United
Imran Sahib Home United
Denmark Ken Ilsø Home United
13 21 players 1

References

  1. ↑ "Historic Cup Victory for Tigers". S.League.
  2. ↑ "Singapore Cup 2015 (First Round)". S.League.
  3. ↑ "Svay Rieng falter in front of Albirex once again". S.League.
  4. ↑ "Heartbreaking return for Lao Police". S.League.
  5. ↑ "Singapore Cup – Leading Scorers". S.League. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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