2016 Singapore League Cup

The 2016 Singapore League Cup (known as The New Paper League Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the tenth edition of the Singapore League Cup, Singapore's premier club football tournament organised by the Football Association of Singapore. Albirex Niigata (S) are the defending champions, having won their second trophy the previous year.[1] The tournament was held from 13 to 30 July 2016.[2]

2016 Singapore League Cup
CountrySingapore
Dates13–30 July 2016
Teams8
Champions Albirex Niigata (S)
Runners-up DPMM FC
Matches played18
Goals scored31 (1.72 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Jozef Kapláň (5 goals)
← 2015
2017 →
All statistics correct as of 21 July 2016.

Teams

A total of 8 teams participate in the 2016 Singapore League Cup with all clubs coming from the S.League.[3] Garena Young Lions did not be participating in this edition of the Singapore League Cup.

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 DPMM FC 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Advance to semi-final
2 Tampines Rovers 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6
3 Hougang United 3 1 0 2 8 9 −1 3
4 Warriors FC 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: S.League
DPMM FC 4 – 0Warriors FC
Sérgio  62'
Adi  69'
Ramazotti  78', 90'		 Details
Referee: W. Ravisanthiran
Tampines Rovers6 – 4Hougang United
Shahdan  28'
Na'iim  32' (o.g.)
Webb  35'
Sufian  44' (pen.)
Mehmet  75' (pen.)
Saifullah  83'		 Details Kogure  56'
Kapláň  67', 87'
Plazibat  90'
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
Warriors FC0 – 3Tampines Rovers
Details Mehmet  45'
Kwok  55'
Ariyan  62'
Referee: Jansen Foo
Hougang United0 – 2 DPMM FC
Details Sérgio  44' (pen.)
Ramazotti  89' (pen.)
Referee: Nathan Chan
Hougang United4 – 1Warriors
Iqbal Hussain  42'

Fumiya Kogure  67'

Jozef Kapláň  87'  90'		 Details Hafiz Rahim  71'
Referee: Farhad Mohd
DPMM FC 2 – 1Tampines Rovers
Adi Said  24'
Azim Izamuddin  86'		 Details Billy Mehmet  75' (pen)
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Albirex Niigata (S) 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6 Advance to semi-final
2 Home United 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
3 Geylang International 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4
4 Balestier Khalsa 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
Source: S.League
Balestier Khalsa2 – 2Geylang International
Tokić  9'
Fadhil  22'		 Details Hartmann  54', 90'
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
Home United0 – 2 Albirex Niigata (S)
Details Inui  32'
Kamata  69'
Referee: Farhad Mohd
Geylang International0 – 5Home United
Details Shamil  21', 65'
Ilsø  44', 61'
Yeo  90'
Referee: Sukhbir Singh
Albirex Niigata (S) 2 – 0Balestier Khalsa
Menda  45'
Jitozono  46'		 Details
Referee: G. Letchman
Geylang International1 – 0 Albirex Niigata (S)
Shawal Anuar  34' Details
Referee: Muhd Taqi
Balestier Khalsa2 – 2Home United
Niko Tokić  27'
Jamil Ali  54'		 Details Song Ui-young  30'
Hanafi Salleh  85' (O.G.)
Referee: W Ravisanthiran

Knockout phase

Bracket
Semi-finals Final
DPMM FC 1  
Home United 0     DPMM FC 0
Albirex Niigata (S) 4     Albirex Niigata (S) 2
Tampines Rovers 0  

Semi-finals
DPMM FC1 – 0Home United
Ramazotti  27' Details
Referee: Muhd Taqi
Albirex Niigata (S)4 – 0Tampines Rovers
Kawata  32' (67), 72'
Tatsuro 87'		 Details
Referee: Farhad Mohd

Final
DPMM FC0 – 2 Albirex Niigata (S)
Details Kumada 42'
Kawata  79'
Referee: Sukhbir Singh

Plate knockout phase

The plate knockout phase involved the four teams that finished third in the preliminary phase of the tournament. There are two rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were: semi-finals and final. For each game in the plate knockout phase, a draw was followed by thirty minutes of extra time (except the final); if scores were still level there would be a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round.

Semi-finals Final
      
Hougang United 2
Balestier Khalsa 1
Hougang United 1
Geylang International 2
Geylang International 1
Warriors FC 0

Plate semi-finals

Hougang United2–1Balestier Khalsa
Kogure  45'
Hussain  80'		 Report Krištić  55'
Referee: Jansen Foo

Geylang International1–0Warriors FC
Hartmann  90' Report
Referee: Nathan Chan

Plate final

Hougang United1–2Geylang International
Kapláň  44' Report Hartmann  32'
Anuar  36'
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

Statistics

Top scorers
As of matches played on 30 October 2016.[4]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Jozef Kapláň Hougang United 5
2 Atsushi Kawata Albirex Niigata (S) 4
Rafael Ramazotti DPMM FC
Mark Hartmann Geylang International
5 Fumiya Kogure Hougang United 3
Billy Mehmet Tampines Rovers
7 8 players 2
15 18 players 1

Winners
 2016 Singapore League Cup Winner 
Albirex Niigata (S)
3rd title

See also

References
  1. Kasim, Ali (11 July 2015). "TNP League Cup: Albirex hang tough to tame Tigers". The New Paper. Singapore. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  2. Lim, Shawn (22 June 2016). "The New Paper League Cup 2016: Tigers hopeful of making finals again". S.League. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  3. "Albirex the team to beat in The New Paper League Cup". The New Paper.
  4. "League Cup – Leading Scorers". S.League. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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