2023 Singapore FA Cup

Last updated
2023 Football Association Cup
Singapore FA Cup
Tournament details
CountrySingapore
Dates30 September 2023 – 19 November 2023
Teams37
Defending championsTiong Bahru FC
Final positions
Champions Yishun Sentek Mariners
Runner-up Singapore Khalsa Association
Third place South Avenue SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played37
Top goal scorer(s) Juma'at Jantan
(8 goals)
(Note: All statistics do not include penalty shoot-outs)
←  2019
2024 →

The 2023 Singapore FA Cup is the latest season of the FAS FA Cup, which is open to all teams from Singapore Football League (SFL) and Island Wide League (IWL) in Singapore. [1]

Contents

SFL 1 team Tiong Bahru FC are the defending champions, having defeated 2018 champions Yishun Sentek Mariners FC in the 2019 season's final. [2]

On 19 November 2023, Syahiram Miswan secures the Cup for Yishun Sentek Mariners FC with a late penalty in the thrilling 2023 FA Cup Final. The champions received $10,000 prize money and the FA Cup trophy from Football Association of Singapore President Mr Bernard Tan and General Secretary at the Jalan Besar Stadium. [3]

Teams

The Singapore FA Cup is a knockout competition with 28 teams taking part from the first round. The competition will consist of the 37 teams from the Singapore Football League system (18 teams in total from the Singapore Football League 1 and 2, and 19 teams from the Island Wide League).

First Round

19 Island Wide League teams and 9 SFL 2 teams will play in the first two rounds of the 2023 Singapore FA Cup. Newly crowned 2023 SFL 2 Champions Police SA will advance directly to the Third Round.

30 September 2023Verde Cresta Combined0-6 Singapore Xin Hua Yishun Stadium
30 September 2023Geylang Serai FC1-3 Marsiling Causeway Bay Jurong East Stadium
30 September 2023Woodlands Rangers2-2(p) Prisons SRC Yishun Stadium
1 October 2023 South Avenue SC 15-1Simei United Bukit Gombak Stadium
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1 October 2023Yishun FC0-5 Eunos Crescent FC Clementi Stadium
1 October 2023 GFA Sporting Westlake 4-2Balestier United RC Woodlands Stadium
1 October 2023Bukit Timah FC1-2 Mattar Sailors FC Jurong East Stadium
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1 October 2023Westwood El'Junior1-3 Tanah Merah United Serangoon Stadium
1 October 2023 GDT Circuit FC 4-1Admiralty CSN Bukit Gombak Stadium
8 October 2023 Tengah FC 12-1Pasirian Lions FC Clementi Stadium
8 October 2023Bedok South Avenue SC0-1 Bishan Barx FC Jurong East Stadium
8 October 2023 East Coast United 1-0GFA Victoria FC Bukit Gombak Stadium
8 October 2023 Kaki Bukit SC 5-2Starlight Soccerites Clementi Stadium
8 October 2023Winchester Isla0-3 Gymkhana FC Jurong East Stadium

Second Round

14 October 2023 Bishan Barx FC 2-1Marsiling Causeway Bay Jurong East Stadium
14 October 2023Prisons SRC0-2 GDT Circuit FC Toa Payoh Stadium
14 October 2023Eunos Crescent FC0-1 GFA Sporting Westlake Jurong East Stadium
15 October 2023Mattar Sailors FC2-4 Singapore Xin Hua Jurong East Stadium
15 October 2023 South Avenue SC 1-0Tengah FC Clementi Stadium
15 October 2023Tanah Merah United1-4 East Coast United Jurong East Stadium
15 October 2023Kaki Bukit SC0-2 Gymkhana FC Serangoon Stadium

Third Round

Police SA* and 8 Teams from Singapore Football League 1 join the 7 winners of Second Round in the Third Round.

22 October 2023 Katong FC 1-0Bishan Barx FC Jurong East Stadium
17:00 UTC+8
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21 October 2023 Singapore Cricket Club 2-1 Singapore Xin Hua Jurong East Stadium
19:30 UTC+8
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  • Nikesh Singh Soccerball shade.svg
22 October 2023Jungfrau Punggol1-1
(3–4 p)		 East Coast United Bukit Gombak Stadium
17:00 UTC+8
22 October 2023 Yishun Sentek Mariners 3-2GDT Circuit FC Clementi Stadium
17:00 UTC+8
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  • Basit Hamid Soccerball shade.svg
22 October 2023 Project Vaults Oxley 4-3Police SA Woodlands Stadium
17:00 UTC+8
22 October 2023 Singapore Khalsa Association 4-1 Gymkhana FC Clementi Stadium
19:30 UTC+8
22 October 2023Tiong Bahru FC1-4 South Avenue SC Woodlands Stadium
19:30 UTC+8
22 October 2023 Warwick Knights 1-1
(7–6 p)		GFA Sporting Westlake Serangoon Stadium
19:30 UTC+8

Quarter Finals

28 October 2023Project Vaults Oxley0-3 Singapore Khalsa Association Bukit Gombak Stadium
17:00 UTC+8
28 October 2023 South Avenue SC 1-0Warwick Knights Yishun Stadium
17:00 UTC+8
28 October 2023Katong FC1-2 Singapore Cricket Club Jurong East Stadium
17:00 UTC+8
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28 October 2023East Coast United1-8 Yishun Sentek Mariners Yishun Stadium
17:00 UTC+8

Semi Finals

5 November 2023 Singapore Cricket Club 1-5 Yishun Sentek Mariners Serangoon Stadium
19:00 UTC+8
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5 November 2023 Singapore Khalsa Association 1-0 South Avenue SC Woodlands Stadium
19:00 UTC+8

Third Placing

19 November 2023 Singapore Cricket Club 2-4 South Avenue SC Jalan Besar Stadium
17:00 UTC+8

Finals

19 November 2023 Yishun Sentek Mariners 3-2 Singapore Khalsa Association Jalan Besar Stadium
20:00 UTC+8
  • Syahiram MiswanSoccerball shade.svg(pen.)

Top goalscorers

As of 19 January 2024
Rank [4] PlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Singapore.svg Juma'at Jantan South Avenue SC 8
2 Flag of Singapore.svg Kenny Kamil South Avenue SC 7
3 Flag of Singapore.svg Khairul Nizam GDT Circuit FC6

Notes

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    References

    1. ↑ "Singapore Football League Regulations 20213" (PDF). FAS . 23 February 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
    2. ↑ "Tiong Bahru win FA Cup to complete Double!". FAS . 20 October 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    3. ↑ "Yishun Sentek Mariners are the 2023 FA Cup Champions!". Facebook/FAS . 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
    4. ↑ "FA Cup 2023: Table". fas.org.sg. Retrieved 19 January 2024.