2015 Singapore Cup

2015 Singapore Cup
RHB Singapore Cup
Tournament details
Country	Singapore
Dates	22 May to 27 November 2015
Teams	11
Final positions
Champions	Albirex Niigata (S)
Runner-up	Home United
Third place	DPMM FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	49 (2.88 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Rion Taki (4 goals)
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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.

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										Third place playoff

Bye
		Warriors FC	1	0	1					Global FC	1

		Home United	2	2	4					DPMM FC	3
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^[usurped]	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^[usurped]	Sivongthong 26'	Referee: W Ravisanthiran

27 May 2015	Hougang United	1-2 (a.e.t.)	Global FC	Hougang Stadium
19:30	Chupe 39'	Report^[usurped]	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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
2	Atsushi Kawata	Albirex Niigata (S)	3
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

^ "Historic Cup Victory for Tigers". S.League. Archived from the original on November 23, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Singapore Cup 2015 (first round)". S.League. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Svay Rieng falter in front of Albirex once again". S.League. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2015-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Heartbreaking return for Lao Police". S.League. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2015-05-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Singapore Cup – Leading Scorers". S.League. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

[1] "Historic Cup Victory for Tigers". S.League. Archived from the original on November 23, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] "Singapore Cup 2015 (first round)". S.League. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[3] "Svay Rieng falter in front of Albirex once again". S.League. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2015-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[4] "Heartbreaking return for Lao Police". S.League. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2015-05-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[5] "Singapore Cup – Leading Scorers". S.League. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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