2008 Singapore League Cup

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

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.

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

Quarter-finals

1st Legs

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

2nd Legs

Home United0 – 1Gombak United
Report[usurped] 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[usurped] Ashrin Shariff 15'
Attendance: 1,944
Referee: Abas Daud
  • Balestier Khalsa progressed 5-1 on aggregate score
Tampines Rovers2 – 3Singapore Young Lions
Fathi Yunus 30'
Aliff Shafaein 64'		 Report[usurped] Firdaus Idros 48'
Izzdin Shafiq (Pen.) 56', 67'
Attendance: 1,909
Referee: S Kumar
  • Young Lions progressed on away goals rule after 3-3 draw on aggregate score
Japan Albirex Niigata FC (S)1 – 3South Korea Super Reds
Ryota Doi 73' Report[usurped] 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 – 1Singapore Young Lions
Kingsley Njoku 26', 32'
Ojimi Gabriel Obatola 58', 60'		 Report[usurped] Firdaus Idros 90'
Attendance: 1,713
Referee: John Chia
Balestier Khalsa0 – 1South Korea Super Reds
Report[usurped] Sin Hyun Ho (Pen.) 47'
Attendance: 2,181
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir

2nd Legs

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

3rd-place Playoff

Singapore Young Lions2 – 3Balestier Khalsa
Sufian Anuar 8'
Firdaus Idros 52'		 Report[usurped] Rhysh Roshan Rai 6', 23'
Paul Bekombo 72'
Attendance: 3,264
Referee: Muhd Taqi

Final

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

Top scorers

Last updated 16 June 2008

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

See also