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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.

2008 Singapore Cup
Tournament details
CountrySingapore
DatesMay 2008 - November 2008
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsSAFFC
Runner-upWoodlands Wellington
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Singapore Indra Sahdan Daud (4 goals)
Singapore Aleksandar Đurić (4 goals)
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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

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Knockout stage

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Bracket

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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

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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 FC2 – 0  Phnom Penh Empire
Isa Halim   35',
Yan Minghao   45'		 Report[usurped]
Attendance: 1,803
Referee: P Pandian
  Dalian Shide1 – 5Home United
Bi Jinhao   15' Report[usurped] Indra Sahdan   32', (Pen.)   35',   37',   60',
Kengne Ludovick   62'
Attendance: 1,929
Referee: Abas Daud
SAFFC2 – 0Balestier Khalsa
Norikazu Murakami   40'
Mustaqim Manzur   90'		 Report[usurped]
Attendance: 2,085
Referee: T Aravinthan
Woodlands Wellington1 – 0  DPMM FC
Akihiro Nakamura   38' Report[usurped]
Attendance: 1,556
Referee: John Chia
Gombak United0 – 1  Tobacco Monopoly
Report[usurped] Saksit Vutthipadadorn   81'
Attendance: 1,614
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir
  Albirex Niigata (S)1 – 4  Bangkok University
Akira Takase   75' Report[usurped] Suriya Domtaisong   24',   54'
Nopphon Phon-Udom   27'
Suppasek Kaikaew   39'
Attendance: 1,733
Referee: S Kumar
  Super Reds2 – 1 (AET)Geylang United
Choi Young Min   89',   101' Report[usurped] Rastislav Belicak   90'
Attendance: 1,416
Referee: T Aravinthan
Sengkang Punggol1 – 1Tampines Rovers
Zdravko Simic   88' Report[usurped] 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
Attendance: 1,240
Referee: Muhd Taqi

Quarter-finals

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First Legs

  Tobacco Monopoly1 – 1Woodlands Wellington
Jetsada Jitsawad   74' Report[usurped] L Dronca (Pen)   61'
Attendance: 1,364
Referee: P Pandian
Tampines Rovers0 – 1Home United
Report[usurped] Shahril Ishak   31'
Attendance: 2,951
Referee: John Chia
  Super Reds1 – 1SAFFC
Seo Su Jong   74' Report[usurped] Kenji Arai   57'
Attendance: 1,042
Referee: T Aravinthan
  Bangkok University0 – 1  Young Lions FC
Report[usurped] D Hammond   90'
Attendance: 1,444
Referee: Abas Daud

Second Legs

Woodlands Wellington0 – 0 (A.E.T)  Tobacco Monopoly
Report[usurped]
Penalties
Jerry Bartholomeusz  
Zahid Ahmad  
Akihiro Nakamura  
Fadzuhasny Juraimi  
Lucian Dronca  		 4 – 2   Worawut Wangsawat
  Khwanchai Fuangprakob
  Somchai Hanaeng
  Pradit Taweechai
Attendance: 1,771
Referee: S Kumar
  • Woodlands Wellington progressed after winning 4 – 2 on penalties
  Young Lions FC0 – 0  Bangkok University
Report[usurped]
Attendance: 2,226
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir
  • Young Lions progressed after winning 1 – 0 on aggregate
Home United0 – 2Tampines Rovers
Report[usurped] Qiu Li   40'
Fahrudin Mustafic   45'
Attendance: 1,014
Referee: John Chia
  • Tampines Rovers progressed after winning 2 – 1 on aggregate
SAFFC3 – 0  Super Reds
Aleksandar Duric   5',   86'
Joo Ki Hwan (o.g)   57'		 Report[usurped]
Attendance: 2,356
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir
  • SAFFC progressed after winning 4 – 1 on aggregate

Semifinals

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First Legs

Woodlands Wellington FC1 – 2  Young Lions FC
Lucian Dronca   11' Report[usurped] Obadin Aikhena   33'
Fadhil Noh   57'
Attendance: 1,641
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe
SAFFC2 – 0Tampines Rovers
Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin   45'
Norikazu Murakami   67'		 Report[usurped]
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Abas Daud

Second Legs

  Young Lions FC1 – 3Woodlands Wellington
Irwan Shah   40' Report[usurped] A Laakkad   8', (Pen.)   86'
Ismail Yunos (o.g.)  18'
Attendance: 1,350
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
  • Woodlands Wellington progressed after winning 4 – 3 on aggregate
Tampines Rovers0 – 2SAFFC
Report[usurped] Aleksandar Duric   66',   85'
Attendance: 1,696
Referee: P Pandian
  • SAFFC progressed after winning 4-0 on aggregate

3rd-place Playoff

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  Young Lions FC3 – 3Tampines Rovers
Goh Swee Swee   41'
Fadhil Noh   60'
Daniel Hammond (Pen.)   71'		 Report[usurped] 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
Attendance: 1,109
Referee: P Pandian

Final

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SAFFC2 – 1 (A.E.T)Woodlands Wellington
Shaiful Esah   45'
Kenji Arai   102'		 Report[usurped] Fadzuhasny Juraimi   79'
Attendance: 5,022
Referee: T Aravinthan

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Indra Sahdan Daud Home United 4
=   Aleksandar Đurić SAFFC 4

See also

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