2008 Singapore Cup

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.

2008 Singapore Cup
CountrySingapore
DatesMay 2008 - November 2008
Teams16
ChampionsSAFFC
Runners-upWoodlands Wellington
Top goal scorer(s) Indra Sahdan Daud (4 goals)
Aleksandar Đurić (4 goals)
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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
                                     
Super Reds (AET) 2  
Geylang United 1  
  Super Reds 1 0 1  
  SAFFC 1 3 4  
SAFFC 2
Balestier Khalsa 0  
  SAFFC 2 2 4  
  Tampines Rovers 0 0 0  
Dalian Shide 1  
Home United 5  
  Home United 1 0 1
  Tampines Rovers 0 2 2  
Sengkang Punggol 1(3)
Tampines Rovers (P) 1(4)  
  SAFFC (AET) 2
  Woodlands Wellington 1
Gombak United 0  
Tobacco Monopoly 1  
  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 FC 2 1 3  
Albirex Niigata (S) 1  
Bangkok University 4  
  Bangkok University 0 0 0
  Young Lions FC 1 0 1  
Young Lions FC 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.

Young Lions FC2 – 0 Phnom Penh Empire
Isa Halim  35',
Yan Minghao  45'		 Report
Attendance: 1,803
Referee: P Pandian
Dalian Shide1 – 5Home United
Bi Jinhao  15' Report Indra Sahdan  32', (Pen.)  35',  37',  60',
Kengne Ludovick  62'
Attendance: 1,929
Referee: Abas Daud
SAFFC2 – 0Balestier Khalsa
Norikazu Murakami  40'
Mustaqim Manzur  90'		 Report
Attendance: 2,085
Referee: T Aravinthan
Woodlands Wellington1 – 0 DPMM FC
Akihiro Nakamura  38' Report
Attendance: 1,556
Referee: John Chia
Gombak United0 – 1 Tobacco Monopoly
Report Saksit Vutthipadadorn  81'
Jurong West Stadium
Attendance: 1,614
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir
Albirex Niigata (S)1 – 4 Bangkok University
Akira Takase  75' Report Suriya Domtaisong  24',  54'
Nopphon Phon-Udom  27'
Suppasek Kaikaew  39'
Attendance: 1,733
Referee: S Kumar
Super Reds2 – 1 (AET)Geylang United
Choi Young Min  89',  101' Report Rastislav Belicak  90'
Attendance: 1,416
Referee: T Aravinthan
Sengkang Punggol1 – 1Tampines Rovers
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
Attendance: 1,240
Referee: Muhd Taqi

Quarter-finals

First Legs

Tobacco Monopoly1 – 1Woodlands Wellington
Jetsada Jitsawad  74' Report L Dronca (Pen)  61'
Jurong West Stadium
Attendance: 1,364
Referee: P Pandian
Tampines Rovers0 – 1Home United
Report Shahril Ishak  31'
Tampines Stadium
Attendance: 2,951
Referee: John Chia
Super Reds1 – 1SAFFC
Seo Su Jong  74' Report Kenji Arai  57'
Attendance: 1,042
Referee: T Aravinthan
Bangkok University0 – 1 Young Lions FC
Report D Hammond  90'
Attendance: 1,444
Referee: Abas Daud

Second Legs

Woodlands Wellington0 – 0 (A.E.T) Tobacco Monopoly
Report
Penalties
Jerry Bartholomeusz
Zahid Ahmad
Akihiro Nakamura
Fadzuhasny Juraimi
Lucian Dronca 		4 – 2 Worawut Wangsawat
Khwanchai Fuangprakob
Somchai Hanaeng
Pradit Taweechai
Attendance: 1,771
Referee: S Kumar
  • Woodlands Wellington progressed after winning 4 – 2 on penalties
Young Lions FC0 – 0 Bangkok University
Report
Attendance: 2,226
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir
  • Young Lions progressed after winning 1 – 0 on aggregate
Home United0 – 2Tampines Rovers
Report Qiu Li  40'
Fahrudin Mustafic  45'
Attendance: 1,014
Referee: John Chia
  • Tampines Rovers progressed after winning 2 – 1 on aggregate
SAFFC3 – 0 Super Reds
Aleksandar Duric  5',  86'
Joo Ki Hwan (o.g)  57'		 Report
Attendance: 2,356
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir
  • SAFFC progressed after winning 4 – 1 on aggregate

Semifinals

First Legs

Woodlands Wellington FC1 – 2 Young Lions FC
Lucian Dronca  11' Report Obadin Aikhena  33'
Fadhil Noh  57'
Attendance: 1,641
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe
SAFFC2 – 0Tampines Rovers
Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin  45'
Norikazu Murakami  67'		 Report
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Abas Daud

Second Legs

Young Lions FC1 – 3Woodlands Wellington
Irwan Shah  40' Report A Laakkad  8', (Pen.)  86'
Ismail Yunos (o.g.) 18'
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
  • Woodlands Wellington progressed after winning 4 – 3 on aggregate
Tampines Rovers0 – 2SAFFC
Report Aleksandar Duric  66',  85'
Tampines Stadium
Attendance: 1,696
Referee: P Pandian
  • SAFFC progressed after winning 4-0 on aggregate

3rd-place Playoff
Young Lions FC3 – 3Tampines Rovers
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
Attendance: 1,109
Referee: P Pandian

Final
SAFFC2 – 1 (A.E.T)Woodlands Wellington
Shaiful Esah  45'
Kenji Arai  102'		 Report Fadzuhasny Juraimi  79'
Attendance: 5,022
Referee: T Aravinthan

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

See also
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