Singapore Community Shield

The Singapore Community Shield (also known as the AIA Community Shield due to sponsorship reasons; formerly the Charity Shield) is the curtain-raiser to the football season in Singapore. The match is contested between the champions of the previous Singapore Premier League season and the Singapore Cup winners. In a situation when the same team wins both competition, then it is contested between the Singapore Premier League's champions and runners-up.

Community Shield
Founded2008 (2008)
Region Singapore
Number of teams2
Current champions Albirex Niigata Singapore (4 titles)
Most successful club(s)Tampines Rovers
(5 titles)
Television broadcastersMycujoo
1 Play Sports (via social medias)
Singapore
Singtel TV
Starhub
Brunei
RTB

History

The Community Shield (known then as the Charity Shield) was first contested in 2008. In the inaugural match, the Singapore Armed Forces defeated Home United 5–4 on penalties following a 1–1 draw. The Shield first doubled up as the season's opening fixture in 2014 and remained so for all subsequent editions until 2018.[1]
Great Eastern is the co-sponsor for the Community Shield since 2008 and becomes the main sponsor in 2017.[2] Yeo's is the other co-sponsor for the Community Shield from 2008 until 2016.
On 23 February 2019, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) announced that AIA Singapore as the new title sponsor of the Singapore Premier League and Community Shield as part of a two-year agreement.[3]

Past results
YearChampionsRunners-upScoreNote
2008 Singapore Armed ForcesHome United1–1 (aet) (5–4 pen.)
2009 S.League Foreign PlayersS.League Local Players2–0
2010 Singapore Armed Forces,
Sweden AIK Solna		N/A1–1title was shared[4]
2011 Tampines RoversFrance Étoile FC2–1
2012 Tampines RoversHome United2–0
2013 Tampines RoversWarriors FC2–1
2014 Tampines RoversHome United1–0
2015 Warriors FCBalestier Khalsa1–0
2016 Japan Albirex Niigata (S)Brunei DPMM FC3–2
2017 Japan Albirex Niigata (S)Tampines Rovers2–1
2018 Japan Albirex Niigata (S)Tampines Rovers2–1
2019 Home UnitedJapan Albirex Niigata (S)0-0 (aet) (5-4 pen.)
2020 Tampines RoversHougang United3–0
2022 Lion City SailorsJapan Albirex Niigata (S)2–1 [5]
2023 Japan Albirex Niigata (S)Hougang United3–0

Performance by Clubs
Club Winners Runners-up Winning years
Tampines Rovers
5
2
 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020
Japan Albirex Niigata (S)
4
1
 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023
Warriors FC
3
1
 2008, 2010 (shared), 2015
Lion City Sailors
2
3
 2019, 2022
Sweden AIK Solna
1
0
 2010 (shared)
S.League Foreign Players
1
0
 2009
Hougang United
0
2
S.League Local Players
0
1
France Étoile FC
0
1
Balestier Khalsa
0
1
Brunei DPMM FC
0
1

See also

References
  1. "Ten things to know about the Community Shield!". 13 February 2019.
  2. "Great Eastern keeps faith in S.League with sponsorship extension". 7 February 2017.
  3. "AIA partners FAS as new title sponsor of the Singapore Premier League". 23 February 2019.
  4. "11th Edition of Community Shield to Open Inaugural Singapore Premier League Season". 27 March 2018.
  5. "Lion City Sailors triumph in 2022 AIA Community Shield - Football Association of Singapore".


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