2008 Singapore League Cup

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.

2008 Singapore League Cup
CountrySingapore
DatesMay 2008 - June 2008
Teams12
ChampionsGombak United
Runners-upSuper Reds FC
Third placeBalestier Khalsa FC
Top goal scorer(s)Ojimi Gabriel Obatola (6 goals)
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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.

Dalian Shide Siwu FC0 – 1 Albirex Niigata FC (S)
Report Ryota Doi  28'
Attendance: 745
Referee: John Chia
Woodlands Wellington3 – 3 (A.E.T)
(4 – 5 pens)		 Young Lions
Park Tae Won (Pen.)  44',  90'
Fadzuhasny Juraimi  107'		 Report K Sivaseshan  90+1'
Zulfadli Zainal Abidin  90+3'
Obadin Aikhena  111'
Attendance: 1,767
Referee: Abas Daud
Super Reds3 – 0Sengkang Punggol
Sin Hyun Ho (Pen.)  3'
Oh Ddog Yi  9'
Seo Su Jong  43'		 Report
Attendance: 851
Referee: T Aravinthan
Geylang United1 – 2Balestier Khalsa
Miroslav Latiak  30' Report Mba Vitus Onyekachi  22', Faizal Amir  63'
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)
Young Lions 1, 1 (2)
Young Lions 0, 3 (3)
Tampines Rovers 1, 2 (3)
Gombak United 2
Super Reds 1
SAFFC 0, 1 (1)
Balestier Khalsa 3, 2 (5)
Balestier Khalsa 0, 0 (0)
Super Reds 1, 0 (1)
Super Reds 3, 3 (6)
Albirex Niigata FC (S) 0, 1 (1)

Quarter-Finals

1st Legs

Gombak United1 – 1Home United
Ojimi Gabriel Obatola (Pen.)  75' Report Farhan Farook  68'
Jurong West Stadium
Attendance: 1,918
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
Young Lions0 – 1Tampines Rovers
Report Shahdan Sulaiman  6'
Attendance: 1,564
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe
SAFFC0 – 3Balestier Khalsa
Report Mba Vitus Onyekachi  3'
Faizal Amir  20'
Paul Bekombo  67'
Attendance: 1,825
Referee: Muhd Adzhar Aziz
Super Reds3 – 0 Albirex Niigata FC (S)
Oh Ddog Yi  43'
Moon Soon Ho  80'
Yun Bo Young  90'		 Report
Attendance: 842
Referee: Abas Daud

2nd Legs

Home United0 – 1Gombak United
Report Ojimi Gabriel Obatola (Pen.)  36'
Attendance: 1,243
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir
  • Gombak United progressed 2-1 on aggregate score
Balestier Khalsa2 – 1SAFFC
M V Onyekachi  7'
K T Giscard  49'		 Report Ashrin Shariff  15'
Attendance: 1,944
Referee: Abas Daud
  • Balestier Khalsa progressed 5-1 on aggregate score
Tampines Rovers2 – 3 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
  • Young Lions progressed on away goals rule after 3-3 draw on aggregate score
Albirex Niigata FC (S)1 – 3 Super Reds
Ryota Doi  73' Report Seo Su Jong (Pen.)  30'
U Ja Rang  49'
Oh Ddog Yi  65'
Attendance: 1,584
Referee: Muhd Taqi
  • Super Reds progressed 6-1 on aggregate score

Semi-Finals

1st Legs

Gombak United4 – 1 Young Lions
Kingsley Njoku  26', 32'
Ojimi Gabriel Obatola  58', 60'		 Report Firdaus Idros  90'
Jurong West Stadium
Attendance: 1,713
Referee: John Chia
Balestier Khalsa0 – 1 Super Reds
Report Sin Hyun Ho (Pen.)  47'
Attendance: 2,181
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir

2nd Legs

Young Lions1 – 1Gombak United
Sufian Anuar  71' Report T Seehawong  15'
Attendance: 1,829
Referee: T Aravinthan
  • Gombak United progressed 5-2 on aggregate score
Super Reds0 – 0Balestier Khalsa
Report
Attendance: 828
Referee: Abas Daud
  • Super Reds FC progressed 1-0 on aggregate score

3rd-place Playoff
Young Lions2 – 3Balestier Khalsa
Sufian Anuar  8'
Firdaus Idros  52'		 Report Rhysh Roshan Rai  6', 23'
Paul Bekombo  72'
Attendance: 3,264
Referee: Muhd Taqi

Final
Gombak United2 – 1 Super Reds FC
G Obatola  34', 90' Report Jeon Byung Euk  50'
Attendance: 3,246
Referee: S Kumar

Top scorers

Last updated 16 June 2008

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

See also
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