2015 Singapore Cup

Football tournament season

2015 Singapore CupRHB 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

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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

* Albirex Niigata (S)
* Balestier Khalsa
* DPMM FC
* Geylang International
* Home United
* Hougang United
* Tampines Rovers
* Warriors FC

Invited Foreign Teams

* Global FC
* Lao Police Club
* Svay Rieng

## Format

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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

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### Bracket

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| Preliminary round | | | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | | | Final |

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| Hougang United | 1 | | | |
|  Global FC | 2 |
| |  Global FC | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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| | | Geylang International | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Geylang International | 2 |

|  Lao Police Club | 1 |
| |  Global FC | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| | |  Albirex Niigata (S) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|  Albirex Niigata (S) | 2 | |

|  Svay Rieng | 1 |
| |  Albirex Niigata (S) | 1 | 4 | 5 |
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| | | Balestier Khalsa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Balestier Khalsa |  |

| Bye |  |
| |  Albirex Niigata (S) | 2 |
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| | | Home United | 1 |
| Tampines Rovers |  | | |
| Bye |  |
| | Tampines Rovers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| | |  DPMM FC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
|  DPMM FC |  |

| Bye |  |
| |  DPMM FC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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| | | Home United | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Warriors FC |  | | | | Third place playoff

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| | Warriors FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | | |  Global FC | 1
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| Home United |  |

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### Preliminary round

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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.

Albirex Niigata (S) v  Svay Rieng 22 May 2015 |  Albirex Niigata (S) | 2-1|  Svay Rieng | Jurong East Stadium

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19:30 | Ihata 19'
Kawata 69' | Report[usurped] | Tani 26' | Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

Geylang International v  Lao Police Club 26 May 2015 |  Geylang International | 2-1|  Lao Police Club | Bedok Stadium

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19:30 | Nor 69'
Kapláň 85' (pen.) | Report[usurped] | Sivongthong 26' | Referee: W Ravisanthiran

Hougang United v  Global FC 27 May 2015 |  Hougang United | 1-2 (a.e.t.)|  Global FC | Hougang Stadium

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19:30 | Chupe 39' | Report[usurped] | Suzuki 51'
de Jong 103' |

### Quarter-finals

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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

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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

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Global FC v Geylang International |  Global FC | 0-1|  Geylang International | Jalan Besar Stadium

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Albirex Niigata (S) v Balestier Khalsa |  Albirex Niigata (S) | 1-0|  Balestier Khalsa | Jurong East Stadium

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| Nagasaki 45' |  |  |

Tampines Rovers v  DPMM FC |  Tampines Rovers | 1-3|  DPMM FC | Jurong West Stadium

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| Pocuca 16' |  | McLean 5'
Ali Rahman 13'
Ramazotti 48' |

Warriors FC v Home United |  Warriors FC | 1-2|  Home United | Choa Chu Kang Stadium

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| Ivančić 57' |  | Ilsø 55', 70' |

#### Second leg

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Geylang International v  Global FC |  Geylang International | 1-4 (a.e.t.)|  Global FC | Bedok Stadium

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| Castanheria 76' |  | Hartmann 20', 102', 120'
Salenga 80' |

Balestier Khalsa v  Albirex Niigata (S) |  Balestier Khalsa | 1-4|  Albirex Niigata (S) | Toa Payoh Stadium

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| Pericic 90' |  | Kawata 19'
Rion 21'
Inaba 38'
Kumada 83' |

DPMM FC v Tampines Rovers |  DPMM FC | 0-1|  Tampines Rovers | Jalan Besar Stadium

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|  |  | Mukhtar 90' |

Home United v Warriors FC |  Home United | 2-0|  Warriors FC | Bishan Stadium

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| Begue 38'
Sahib 90' |  |  |

### Semi-finals

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Global FC | 1-3  |  Albirex Niigata (S) | 0-1  | 1-2
DPMM FC | 3-4  | Home United | 3-2  | 0-2

#### First leg

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Global FC v  Albirex Niigata (S) |  Global FC | 0-1|  Albirex Niigata (S) |

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|  |  | Rion 53' |

DPMM FC v Home United |  DPMM FC | 3-2|  Home United |

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| Sérgio 7'
Ali Rahman 63'
Ramazotti 86' |  | Sairudin 57'
Begue 58' |

#### Second leg

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Albirex Niigata (S) v  Global FC |  Albirex Niigata (S) | 2-1|  Global FC |

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| Kawata 10'
Rion 82' |  | Hartmann 65' |

Home United v  DPMM FC |  Home United | 2-0|  DPMM FC |

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| Sairudin 22'
Sahib 79' |  |  |

### Third/Fourth Placing

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Global FC v  DPMM FC 27 November 2015 |  Global FC | 1–3|  DPMM FC |

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17:00 | Villanueva 48' |  | Azam 29'
Sérgio 43' (pen.)
Raspudić 64' |

### Final

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Albirex Niigata (S) v Home United 27 November 2015 |  Albirex Niigata (S) | 2–1|  Home United |

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20:00 | Rion 78'
Nagasaki 87' |  | Qaiyyim 72' | Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah Al Badowe

## Statistics

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### Goalscorers

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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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

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1. ^ "Historic Cup Victory for Tigers". S.League. Archived from the original on November 23, 2014.
2. ^ "Singapore Cup 2015 (first round)". S.League. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015.
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. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2016.

## External links

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