2008 Singapore League Cup

Last updated
2008 Singapore League Cup
Tournament details
CountrySingapore
DatesMay 2008 - June 2008
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Gombak United
Runner-up Super Reds FC
Third place Balestier Khalsa FC
Tournament statistics
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.

Contents

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.

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dalian Shide Siwu FC 0 – 1 Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata FC (S)
Report [usurped] Ryota Doi Soccerball shade.svg28'
Queenstown Stadium
Attendance: 745
Referee: John Chia
Woodlands Wellington 3 – 3 (A.E.T)
(4 – 5 pens)		 Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions
Park Tae Won (Pen.) Soccerball shade.svg44', Soccerball shade.svg90'
Fadzuhasny Juraimi Soccerball shade.svg107'		 Report [usurped] K Sivaseshan Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Zulfadli Zainal Abidin Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Obadin Aikhena Soccerball shade.svg111'
Woodlands Stadium
Attendance: 1,767
Referee: Abas Daud
Flag of South Korea.svg Super Reds 3 – 0 Sengkang Punggol
Sin Hyun Ho (Pen.) Soccerball shade.svg3'
Oh Ddog Yi Soccerball shade.svg9'
Seo Su Jong Soccerball shade.svg43'		 Report [usurped]
Yishun Stadium
Attendance: 851
Referee: T Aravinthan
Geylang United 1 – 2 Balestier Khalsa
Miroslav Latiak Soccerball shade.svg30' Report [usurped] Mba Vitus Onyekachi Soccerball shade.svg22', Faizal Amir Soccerball shade.svg63'
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)
Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions 1, 1 (2)
Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions 0, 3 (3)
Tampines Rovers 1, 2 (3)
Gombak United 2
Flag of South Korea.svg Super Reds 1
SAFFC 0, 1 (1)
Balestier Khalsa 3, 2 (5)
Balestier Khalsa 0, 0 (0)
Flag of South Korea.svg Super Reds 1, 0 (1)
Flag of South Korea.svg Super Reds 3, 3 (6)
Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata FC (S) 0, 1 (1)

Quarter-finals

1st Legs

Gombak United 1 – 1 Home United
Ojimi Gabriel Obatola (Pen.) Soccerball shade.svg75' Report [usurped] Farhan Farook Soccerball shade.svg68'
Jurong West Stadium
Attendance: 1,918
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions 0 – 1 Tampines Rovers
Report [usurped] Shahdan Sulaiman Soccerball shade.svg6'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,564
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe
SAFFC 0 – 3 Balestier Khalsa
Report [usurped] Mba Vitus Onyekachi Soccerball shade.svg3'
Faizal Amir Soccerball shade.svg20'
Paul Bekombo Soccerball shade.svg67'
Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Attendance: 1,825
Referee: Muhd Adzhar Aziz
Flag of South Korea.svg Super Reds 3 – 0 Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata FC (S)
Oh Ddog Yi Soccerball shade.svg43'
Moon Soon Ho Soccerball shade.svg80'
Yun Bo Young Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Report [usurped]
Yishun Stadium
Attendance: 842
Referee: Abas Daud

2nd Legs

Home United 0 – 1 Gombak United
Report [usurped] Ojimi Gabriel Obatola (Pen.) Soccerball shade.svg36'
Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 1,243
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir
Balestier Khalsa 2 – 1 SAFFC
M V Onyekachi Soccerball shade.svg7'
K T Giscard Soccerball shade.svg49'		 Report [usurped] Ashrin Shariff Soccerball shade.svg15'
Toa Payoh Stadium
Attendance: 1,944
Referee: Abas Daud
Tampines Rovers 2 – 3 Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions
Fathi Yunus Soccerball shade.svg30'
Aliff Shafaein Soccerball shade.svg64'		 Report [usurped] Firdaus Idros Soccerball shade.svg48'
Izzdin Shafiq (Pen.) Soccerball shade.svg56',Soccerball shade.svg67'
Tampines Stadium
Attendance: 1,909
Referee: S Kumar
Flag of Japan.svg Albirex Niigata FC (S) 1 – 3 Flag of South Korea.svg Super Reds
Ryota Doi Soccerball shade.svg73' Report [usurped] Seo Su Jong (Pen.) Soccerball shade.svg30'
U Ja Rang Soccerball shade.svg49'
Oh Ddog Yi Soccerball shade.svg65'
Jurong East Stadium
Attendance: 1,584
Referee: Muhd Taqi

Semi-finals

1st Legs

Gombak United 4 – 1 Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions
Kingsley Njoku Soccerball shade.svg26',Soccerball shade.svg32'
Ojimi Gabriel Obatola Soccerball shade.svg58',Soccerball shade.svg60'		 Report [usurped] Firdaus Idros Soccerball shade.svg90'
Jurong West Stadium
Attendance: 1,713
Referee: John Chia
Balestier Khalsa 0 – 1 Flag of South Korea.svg Super Reds
Report [usurped] Sin Hyun Ho (Pen.) Soccerball shade.svg47'
Toa Payoh Stadium
Attendance: 2,181
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir

2nd Legs

Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions 1 – 1 Gombak United
Sufian Anuar Soccerball shade.svg71' Report [usurped] T Seehawong Soccerball shade.svg15'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,829
Referee: T Aravinthan
Flag of South Korea.svg Super Reds 0 – 0 Balestier Khalsa
Report [usurped]
Yishun Stadium
Attendance: 828
Referee: Abas Daud

3rd-place Playoff

Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions 2 – 3 Balestier Khalsa
Sufian Anuar Soccerball shade.svg8'
Firdaus Idros Soccerball shade.svg52'		 Report [usurped] Rhysh Roshan Rai Soccerball shade.svg6',Soccerball shade.svg23'
Paul Bekombo Soccerball shade.svg72'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 3,264
Referee: Muhd Taqi

Final

Gombak United 2 – 1 Flag of South Korea.svg Super Reds FC
G Obatola Soccerball shade.svg34',Soccerball shade.svg90' Report [usurped] Jeon Byung Euk Soccerball shade.svg50'
Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 3,246
Referee: S Kumar

Top scorers

Last updated 16 June 2008

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Ojimi Gabriel Obatola Gombak United 6
2 Flag of South Korea.svg Oh Ddog Yi Flag of South Korea.svg Super Reds 3
= Flag of Nigeria.svg Mba Vitus Onyekachi Balestier Khalsa 3
= Flag of Singapore.svg Firdaus Idros Flag of Singapore.svg Young Lions 3

See also

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.