2008 Singapore League Cup
Country | Singapore |
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Dates | May 2008 - June 2008 |
Teams | 12 |
Champions | Gombak United |
Runners-up | Super Reds FC |
Third place | Balestier Khalsa FC |
Top goal scorer(s) | (6 goals) |
← 2007 2009 → |
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- 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[]
- Balestier Khalsa FC
Dalian Shide Siwu FC
- Geylang United FC
- Gombak United FC
- Home United FC
- Sengkang Punggol FC
- Singapore Armed Forces FC (SAFFC)
Super Reds FC
- Tampines Rovers FC
- Woodlands Wellington FC
Young Lions
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.
![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() |
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Report | Ryota Doi ![]() |
Woodlands Wellington | 3 – 3 (A.E.T) (4 – 5 pens) | ![]() |
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Park Tae Won (Pen.) ![]() ![]() Fadzuhasny Juraimi ![]() |
Report | ![]() Zulfadli Zainal Abidin ![]() Obadin Aikhena ![]() |
![]() | 3 – 0 | Sengkang Punggol |
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(Pen.) ![]() Oh Ddog Yi ![]() ![]() |
Report |
Geylang United | 1 – 2 | Balestier Khalsa |
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Miroslav Latiak ![]() |
Report | Mba Vitus Onyekachi ![]() ![]() |
Knockout Bracket - Starting from Quarter-Finals[]
Quarter-Finals[]
1st Legs
Gombak United | 1 – 1 | Home United |
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(Pen.) ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
![]() | 0 – 1 | Tampines Rovers |
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Report | Shahdan Sulaiman ![]() |
SAFFC | 0 – 3 | Balestier Khalsa |
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Report | Mba Vitus Onyekachi ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
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Oh Ddog Yi ![]() Moon Soon Ho ![]() ![]() |
Report |
2nd Legs
Home United | 0 – 1 | Gombak United |
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Report | (Pen.) ![]() |
- Gombak United progressed 2-1 on aggregate score
Balestier Khalsa | 2 – 1 | SAFFC |
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![]() ![]() |
Report | Ashrin Shariff ![]() |
- Balestier Khalsa progressed 5-1 on aggregate score
Tampines Rovers | 2 – 3 | ![]() |
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![]() Aliff Shafaein ![]() |
Report | Firdaus Idros ![]() Izzdin Shafiq (Pen.) ![]() ![]() |
- Young Lions progressed on away goals rule after 3-3 draw on aggregate score
- Super Reds progressed 6-1 on aggregate score
Semi-Finals[]
1st Legs
Gombak United | 4 – 1 | ![]() |
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Kingsley Njoku ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report | Firdaus Idros ![]() |
Balestier Khalsa | 0 – 1 | ![]() |
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Report | (Pen.) ![]() |
2nd Legs
![]() | 1 – 1 | Gombak United |
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Sufian Anuar ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
- Gombak United progressed 5-2 on aggregate score
![]() | 0 – 0 | Balestier Khalsa |
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Report |
- Super Reds FC progressed 1-0 on aggregate score
3rd-place Playoff[]
![]() | 2 – 3 | Balestier Khalsa |
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Sufian Anuar ![]() Firdaus Idros ![]() |
Report | Rhysh Roshan Rai ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Final[]
Gombak United | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() |
Report | Jeon Byung Euk ![]() |
Top scorers[]
Last updated 16 June 2008
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Gombak United | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
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3 |
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Balestier Khalsa | 3 |
= | ![]() |
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3 |
See also[]
- S.League
- Singapore Cup
- Singapore League Cup
- Singapore Charity Shield
- Football Association of Singapore
- List of football clubs in Singapore
External links[]
- Singapore League Cup seasons
- 2008 in Singaporean football
- 2008 domestic association football cups
- May 2008 sports events in Asia
- June 2008 sports events in Asia