2015 Singapore Cup

The 2015 Singapore Cup was the 18th season of Singapore's annual premier club football tournament organised by Football Association of Singapore. Due to sponsorship reasons, the Singapore Cup is also known as the RHB Singapore Cup. Balestier Khalsa were the defending champions, having won their first trophy the previous year.[1] Albirex Niigata (S) were the eventual winners, beating Home United 2–1 in the finals.

2015 Singapore Cup
RHB Singapore Cup
CountrySingapore
Dates22 May to 27 November 2015
Teams11
ChampionsAlbirex Niigata (S)
Runners-upHome United
Third place DPMM FC
Matches played17
Goals scored49 (2.88 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Rion Taki (4 goals)
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Teams

A total of 11 teams participated in the 2015 Singapore Cup. 8 of the teams were from domestic S.League and the other three were invited from the Philippines, Cambodia and Laos. Both Courts Young Lions and Harimau Muda B did not participate in this edition of Singapore Cup.

S.League Clubs
Invited Foreign Teams

Format

Six teams were drawn for the preliminary round while the other five teams will receive a Bye in that round.[2] They will play against one another in a single-legged knockout basis. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the quarter-finals. Thereafter, matches are played in two legs with the exception of the one-match finals. Unlike the previous season, away goals rule does not apply.

For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time is followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams are still tied, a penalty shoot-out is held to determine a winner.

Knockout phase

Bracket
  Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                     
Hougang United 1  
Global FC 2  
  Global FC 0 4 4  
  Geylang International 1 1 2  
Geylang International 2
Lao Police Club 1  
  Global FC 0 1 1  
  Albirex Niigata (S) 1 2 3  
Albirex Niigata (S) 2  
Svay Rieng 1  
  Albirex Niigata (S) 1 4 5
  Balestier Khalsa 0 1 1  
Balestier Khalsa
Bye  
  Albirex Niigata (S) 2
  Home United 1
Tampines Rovers  
Bye  
  Tampines Rovers 1 1 2
  DPMM FC 3 0 3  
DPMM FC
Bye  
  DPMM FC 3 0 3
  Home United 2 2 4  
Warriors FC  
Bye  
  Warriors FC 1 0 1
  Home United 2 2 4  
Home United
Bye  

Preliminary Round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 17 April 2015 at the Ocean Financial Centre’s Event Plaza. Six teams involved in this round will play in a single leg knockout basis. The matches will be played from 22 to 27 May 2015. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the quarter-finals.

22 May 2015 Albirex Niigata (S) 2-1 Svay Rieng Jurong East Stadium
19:30 Ihata  19'
Kawata  69'		 Report Tani  26' Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

26 May 2015 Geylang International 2-1 Lao Police Club Bedok Stadium
19:30 Nor  69'
Kapláň  85' (pen)		 Report Sivongthong  26' Referee: W Ravisanthiran

27 May 2015 Hougang United 1-2 (a.e.t.) Global FC Hougang Stadium
19:30 Chupe  39' Report Suzuki  51'
de Jong  103'

Quarter-finals

Albirex Niigata (S)[3] and Geylang International[4] will join five other teams in this round after winning their matches in the Preliminary Round . All matches will be played in a two-legged knockout basis. Away goal rule will not be applied in this tournament. Fixtures will be announced on a later date and winners of this round will progress and advance to the semi-finals.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Global FC 4-2 Geylang International 0-1 4-1
Albirex Niigata (S) 5-1 Balestier Khalsa 1-0 4-1
Tampines Rovers 2-3 DPMM FC 1-3 1-0
Warriors FC 1-4 Home United 1-2 0-2

First Leg

Global FC 0-1 Geylang International Jalan Besar Stadium
Kapláň  87'

Albirex Niigata (S) 1-0 Balestier Khalsa Jurong East Stadium
Nagasaki  45'

Tampines Rovers 1-3 DPMM FC Jurong West Stadium
Pocuca  16' McLean  5'
Ali Rahman  13'
Ramazotti  48'

Warriors FC 1-2 Home United Choa Chu Kang Stadium
Ivančić  57' Ilsø  55', 70'

Second Leg

Geylang International 1-4 (a.e.t.) Global FC Bedok Stadium
Castanheria  76' Hartmann  20', 102', 120'
Salenga  80'

Balestier Khalsa 1-4 Albirex Niigata (S) Toa Payoh Stadium
Pericic  90' Kawata  19'
Rion  21'
Inaba  38'
Kumada  83'

DPMM FC 0-1 Tampines Rovers Jalan Besar Stadium
Mukhtar  90'

Home United 2-0 Warriors FC Bishan Stadium
Begue  38'
Sahib  90'

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Global FC 1-3 Albirex Niigata (S) 0-1 1-2
DPMM FC 3-4 Home United 3-2 0-2

First Leg

Global FC 0-1 Albirex Niigata (S)
Rion  53'

DPMM FC 3-2 Home United
Sérgio  7'
Ali Rahman  63'
Ramazotti  86'		 Sairudin  57'
Begue  58'

Second Leg

Albirex Niigata (S) 2-1 Global FC
Kawata  10'
Rion  82'		 Hartmann  65'

Home United 2-0 DPMM FC
Sairudin  22'
Sahib  79'

Third/Fourth Placing

27 November 2015 Global FC 1–3 DPMM FC
17:00 Villanueva  48' Azam  29'
Sérgio  43' (pen.)
Raspudić  64'

Final

27 November 2015 Albirex Niigata (S) 2–1 Home United
20:00 Rion  78'
Nagasaki  87'		 Qaiyyim  72' Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah Al Badowe

Statistics

Goalscorers

[5]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Rion Taki Albirex Niigata (S) 4
2 Mark Hartmann Global FC 3
Atsushi Kawata Albirex Niigata (S)
4 Kento Nagasaki Albirex Niigata (S) 2
Azwan Ali Rahman DPMM FC
Paulo Sérgio DPMM FC
Rafael Ramazotti DPMM FC
Jozef Kapláň Geylang International
Ambroise Begue Home United
Azhar Sairudin Home United
Imran Sahib Home United
Ken Ilsø Home United
13 21 players 1

References
  1. "Historic Cup Victory for Tigers". S.League.
  2. "Singapore Cup 2015 (First Round)". S.League.
  3. "Svay Rieng falter in front of Albirex once again". S.League. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
  4. "Heartbreaking return for Lao Police". S.League. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  5. "Singapore Cup – Leading Scorers". S.League. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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