2015 Singapore Cup

2015 Singapore Cup
RHB Singapore Cup
Country Singapore
Dates 22 May to 27 November 2015
Teams 11
Champions Albirex Niigata (S)
Runners-up Home United
Third place Brunei DPMM
Matches played 17
Goals scored 49 (2.88 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) JapanRion Taki (4 goals)

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.

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
                                     
 Singapore Hougang Utd 1  
 Philippines Global 2  
   Philippines Global 0 4 4  
   Singapore Geylang Int'l 1 1 2  
 Singapore Geylang Int'l 2
 Laos Lao Police Club 1  
   Philippines Global 0 1 1  
   Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 1 2 3  
 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 2  
 Cambodia Svay Rieng 1  
   Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 1 4 5
   Singapore Balestier Khalsa 0 1 1  
 Singapore Balestier Khalsa
 Bye  
   Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 2
   Singapore Home United 1
 Singapore Tampines Rovers  
 Bye  
   Singapore Tampines Rovers 1 1 2
   Brunei Brunei DPMM 3 0 3  
 Brunei Brunei DPMM
 Bye  
   Brunei Brunei DPMM 3 0 3
   Singapore Home United 2 2 4  
 Singapore Warriors  
 Bye  
   Singapore Warriors 1 0 1
   Singapore Home United 2 2 4  
 Singapore 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.

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 Philippines 4-2 Singapore Geylang International 0-1 4-1
Albirex Niigata (S) Japan 5-1 Singapore Balestier Khalsa 1-0 4-1
Tampines Rovers Singapore 2-3 Brunei Brunei DPMM 1-3 1-0
Warriors Singapore 1-4 Singapore Home United 1-2 0-2

First Leg

Second Leg

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Global Philippines 1-3 Japan Albirex Niigata (S) 0-1 1-2
Brunei DPMM Brunei 3-4 Singapore Home United 3-2 0-2

First Leg

Second Leg

Third/Fourth Placing

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

[5]

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

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