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.
| Country | Singapore |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 2008 - November 2008 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Champions | SAFFC |
| Runners-up | Woodlands Wellington |
| Top goal scorer(s) |  Indra Sahdan Daud (4 goals) Aleksandar Đurić (4 goals) |
← 2007 2009 → | |
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 FC | 2 – 0 | Phnom Penh Empire |
|---|---|---|
Isa Halim  35', Yan Minghao 45' |
Report |
| Dalian Shide | 1 – 5 | Home United |
|---|---|---|
| Bi Jinhao 15' |
Report | Indra Sahdan 32', (Pen.) 35', 37', 60', Kengne Ludovick 62' |
| SAFFC | 2 – 0 | Balestier Khalsa |
|---|---|---|
| Norikazu Murakami 40' Mustaqim Manzur 90' |
Report |
| Gombak United | 0 – 1 | Tobacco Monopoly |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Saksit Vutthipadadorn 81' |
| Albirex Niigata (S) | 1 – 4 | Bangkok University |
|---|---|---|
| Akira Takase 75' |
Report | Suriya Domtaisong 24', 54' Nopphon Phon-Udom 27' Suppasek Kaikaew 39' |
| Super Reds | 2 – 1 (AET) | Geylang United |
|---|---|---|
| Choi Young Min 89', 101' |
Report | Rastislav Belicak 90' |
| Sengkang Punggol | 1 – 1 | Tampines 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 |
Quarter-finals
First Legs
| Tobacco Monopoly | 1 – 1 | Woodlands Wellington |
|---|---|---|
| Jetsada Jitsawad 74' |
Report | L Dronca (Pen) 61' |
| Super Reds | 1 – 1 | SAFFC |
|---|---|---|
| Seo Su Jong 74' |
Report | Kenji Arai 57' |
| Bangkok University | 0 – 1 | Young Lions FC |
|---|---|---|
| Report | D Hammond 90' |
Second Legs
| Woodlands Wellington | 0 – 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 |
- Woodlands Wellington progressed after winning 4 – 2 on penalties
- Young Lions progressed after winning 1 – 0 on aggregate
| Home United | 0 – 2 | Tampines Rovers |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Qiu Li 40' Fahrudin Mustafic 45' |
- Tampines Rovers progressed after winning 2 – 1 on aggregate
| SAFFC | 3 – 0 | Super Reds |
|---|---|---|
| Aleksandar Duric 5', 86' Joo Ki Hwan (o.g) 57' |
Report |
- SAFFC progressed after winning 4 – 1 on aggregate
Semifinals
First Legs
| Woodlands Wellington FC | 1 – 2 | Young Lions FC |
|---|---|---|
| Lucian Dronca 11' |
Report | Obadin Aikhena 33' Fadhil Noh 57' |
Second Legs
| Young Lions FC | 1 – 3 | Woodlands Wellington |
|---|---|---|
| Irwan Shah 40' |
Report | A Laakkad 8', (Pen.) 86' Ismail Yunos (o.g.) 18' |
- Woodlands Wellington progressed after winning 4 – 3 on aggregate
| Tampines Rovers | 0 – 2 | SAFFC |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Aleksandar Duric 66', 85' |
- SAFFC progressed after winning 4-0 on aggregate
3rd-place Playoff
| Young Lions FC | 3 – 3 | Tampines 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 |
Final
| SAFFC | 2 – 1 (A.E.T) | Woodlands Wellington |
|---|---|---|
| Shaiful Esah 45' Kenji Arai 102' |
Report | Fadzuhasny Juraimi 79' |
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indra Sahdan Daud |
Home United | 4 |
| = | Aleksandar Đurić |
SAFFC | 4 |
See also
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