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2008 Singapore Cup

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Country
  
Singapore

Champions
  
SAFFC

Teams
  
16

Runners-up
  
Woodlands Wellington

Dates
  
May 2008 - November 2008

Top goal scorer(s)
  
Indra Sahdan Daud (4 goals) Aleksandar Đurić (4 goals)

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.

Contents

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

  • Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore)
  • Balestier Khalsa FC
  • Bangkok University FC
  • Dalian Shide Siwu FC
  • DPMM FC
  • Geylang United FC
  • Gombak United FC
  • Home United FC
  • Phnom Penh Empire
  • Sengkang Punggol FC
  • Singapore Armed Forces FC (SAFFC)
  • Super Reds FC
  • Tampines Rovers FC
  • Tobacco Monopoly FC
  • Woodlands Wellington FC
  • Young Lions (FAS under-23 team)
  • 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.

    Quarter finals

    First Legs

    Second Legs

  • Woodlands Wellington progressed after winning 4 – 2 on penalties
  • Young Lions progressed after winning 1 – 0 on aggregate
  • Tampines Rovers progressed after winning 2 – 1 on aggregate
  • SAFFC progressed after winning 4 – 1 on aggregate
  • Semi finals

    First Legs

    Second Legs

  • Woodlands Wellington progressed after winning 4 – 3 on aggregate
  • SAFFC progressed after winning 4-0 on aggregate
  • References

    2008 Singapore Cup Wikipedia