2016 Singapore Cup

2016 Singapore Cup
RHB Singapore Cup
Tournament details
Country	Singapore
Dates	From 26 May 2016
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Albirex Niigata (S)
Runner-up	Tampines Rovers
Third place	Ceres-La Salle
Fourth place	Balestier Khalsa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	48 (3.43 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Stephan Schröck; (7 goals)
	← 2015 2017 →; All statistics correct as of 3 July 2016.

The 2016 Singapore Cup (also known as the RHB Singapore Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 19th edition of Singapore's annual premier club football tournament organised by the Football Association of Singapore. Albirex Niigata (S) are the defending champions, having won their first trophy the previous year.^[1] The final was won by Albirex Niigata (S) 2-0. Tampines Rovers striker Billy Mehmet received the man of the match award.

Teams

A total of 12 teams participate in the 2016 Singapore Cup. 9 of the teams are from domestic S.League while the other three are invited from Cambodia and the Philippines.

S.League Clubs

Invited Foreign Teams

Format

Eight teams were drawn for the preliminary round while the other four seeded teams received a bye for that round.^[2] The eight teams 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 final.

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.

Bracket

Preliminary round		Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

		Albirex Niigata (S)	2	2	4
Geylang International	2	Geylang International	0	2	2
Warriors FC	1					Albirex Niigata (S)	1	1	2
						Balestier Khalsa	0	0	0
		Balestier Khalsa	2	2	4
Home United	2	Home United	1	2	3
Hougang United	1									Albirex Niigata (S)	2
										Tampines Rovers	0
		Tampines Rovers	3	2	5
Nagaworld FC	0	Global FC	1	1	2
Global FC	5					Tampines Rovers	2	3	5
						Ceres-La Salle	1	2	3
		DPMM FC	0	3	3
Ceres-La Salle	3	Ceres-La Salle	3	2	5
Young Lions	1

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 24 April 2016 at Connaught Drive. Eight teams involved in this round will play in a single leg knockout basis. The matches will be played from 26 to 29 May 2016. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the quarter-finals.

26 May 2016

19:30 UTC+8

Home United	2–1	Hougang United
Azhar 48' Ilsø 90'	Details^[usurped]	Kogure 58'

Bishan Stadium, Singapore

Referee: G. Letchman

27 May 2016

19:45 UTC+8

Geylang International	2–1	Warriors FC
Sahil 46' Faritz 54'	Details^[usurped]	Madhu 21'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Nathan Chan

28 May 2016

19:30 UTC+8

Nagaworld FC	0–5	Global FC
	Details^[usurped]	Minegishi 9', 10' Clariño 32' Nazari 77' Sato 84'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Muhd Taqi

29 May 2016

19:30 UTC+8

Ceres-La Salle	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Young Lions
Schröck 44', 100' Kim 99'	Details^[usurped]	Pereira 87'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

Quarter-finals

Four teams (Home United, Geylang International, Global and Ceres-La Salle) will join the four seeded 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. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the semi-finals.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Balestier Khalsa	4–3	Home United	2–1	2–2
Albirex Niigata (S)	4–2	Geylang International	2–0	2–2
Tampines Rovers	5–2	Global FC	3–1	2–1
DPMM FC	3–5	Ceres-La Salle	0–3	3–2

Matches

27 June 2016

20:00 UTC+8

Balestier Khalsa	2–1	Home United
Tokić 36' Ahmad 86'	Details^[usurped]	Khairul 59'

Toa Payoh Stadium, Singapore

Referee: W. Ravisanthiran

30 June 2016

20:00 UTC+8

Home United	2–2	Balestier Khalsa
Khairul 11' Ilsø 55'	Details^[usurped]	Tokić 34', 59'

Bishan Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Jansen Foo

Balestier Khalsa won 4–3 on aggregate.

28 June 2016

20:00 UTC+8

Albirex Niigata (S)	2–0	Geylang International
Jitozono 1' Tanaka 53'	Details^[usurped]

Jurong East Stadium, Singapore

Referee: G. Letchman

1 July 2016

20:00 UTC+8

Geylang International	2–2	Albirex Niigata (S)
Hartmann 23' Sahil 44'	Details^[usurped]	Kawata 65', 75' (pen.)

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Sukhbir Singh

Albirex Niigata (S) won 4–2 on aggregate.

29 June 2016

20:00 UTC+8

Tampines Rovers	3–1	Global FC
Mehmet 15' Fazrul 61' Hafiz 69'	Details^[usurped]	Bahadoran 44'

Jurong West Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Farhad Mohd

2 July 2016

20:00 UTC+8

Global FC	1–2	Tampines Rovers
Minegishi 21'	Details^[usurped]	Mehmet 42' Hafiz 72'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

Tampines Rovers won 5–2 on aggregate.

30 June 2016

20:00 UTC+8

DPMM FC	0–3	Ceres-La Salle
	Details^[usurped]	Ott 15' Schröck 26', 72'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Nathan Chan

3 July 2016

20:00 UTC+8

Ceres-La Salle	2–3	DPMM FC
Schröck 16' Bienve 53'	Details^[usurped]	Shahrazen 54' Ramazotti 63' McLean 90'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Muhd Taqi

Ceres-La Salle won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Albirex Niigata (S)	2–0	Balestier Khalsa	1–0	1–0
Tampines Rovers	5–3	Ceres-La Salle	2–1	3–2

Matches

9 September 2016

19:30 UTC+8

Albirex Niigata (S)	1–0	Balestier Khalsa
Inaba 44'	Details

Jurong East Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Jansen Foo

13 September 2016

19:30 UTC+8

Balestier Khalsa	0–1	Albirex Niigata (S)
	Details	Kumada 82'

Toa Payoh Stadium, Singapore

Referee: W Ravisanthiran

Albirex Niigata (S) won 2-0 on aggregate.

21 August 2016

19:30 UTC+8

Tampines Rovers	2–1	Ceres-La Salle
Mustafic 12' Sufian 49'	Details^[usurped]	Bienve 17'

Jurong West Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Farhad Mohd

24 August 2016

19:45 UTC+8

Ceres-La Salle	2–3	Tampines Rovers
Schröck 12' (pen.) Reichelt 78'	Details^[usurped]	Hafiz Sujad 57' Afiq Yunos 105' S. Akbar 112'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Referee: Muhd Taqi

Tampines Rovers won 5-3 on aggregate.

Third place

29 October 2016

17:00 UTC+8

Balestier Khalsa	1–2	Ceres-La Salle
Tokić 5'	Report^[usurped]	Ott 64' Schröck 69'

Jalan Besar Stadium

Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah

Final

29 October 2016

20:00 UTC+8

Albirex Niigata (S)	2–0	Tampines Rovers
Kawata 28' Nagasaki 87'	Report

Jalan Besar Stadium

Referee: Sukhbir Singh

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 30 October 2016.^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Stephan Schröck	Ceres-La Salle	7
2	Niko Tokić	Balestier Khalsa	4
3	Atsushi Kawata	Albirex Niigata (S)	3
	Hikaru Minegishi	Global
	Hafiz Abu Sujad	Tampines Rovers
6	6 players		2
12	26 players		1

External links

References

^ "Albirex Niigata (S) crowned RHB Singapore Cup 2015 champions". The Football Association of Singapore. Archived from the original on 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
^ "RHB Singapore Cup draw spices third car-free Sunday". Football Association of Singapore. Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
^ "Singapore Cup – Leading Scorers". S.League. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[1] "Albirex Niigata (S) crowned RHB Singapore Cup 2015 champions". The Football Association of Singapore. Archived from the original on 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2016-02-23.

[2] "RHB Singapore Cup draw spices third car-free Sunday". Football Association of Singapore. Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-04-26.

[3] "Singapore Cup – Leading Scorers". S.League. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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