The 2011 Singapore Cup (known as the RHB Singapore Cup for sponsorship reasons) starts in June 2011. It is the 14th staging of the annual Singapore Cup tournament.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Singapore |
| Dates | June 2011 - November 2011 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Home United |
| Runner-up |  Albirex Niigata (S) |
11 S.League clubs and 5 invited foreign teams play in this edition. The cup was a single-elimination tournament, with all sixteen teams playing from the first round. The first round involved one-off matches. Subsequent rounds involved ties of two legs.
The Young Lions have opted out of participation in view of their involvement in the inaugural AFF Under-23 tournament in Indonesia during the period of the competition.
Unlike previous editions, this season does not apply the away goals rule which explains despite SAFFC scored 2 away goals in the second leg during the quarter-finals against Albirex Niigata (S) that ends a 2–2 draw with its first leg held to a goalless draw stalemate, the game continues to the extra time and subsequently to penalty shootout after the deadlock was not break whereby Albirex Niigata (S) won the penalty shootout again and advances to the semi-finals. The same thing had also happened to Home United where they advanced through Semi-finals by penalties after the first leg where Home United scored a 3 away goals for a 3–3 draw while scoring no goals from either side on the second leg.
The first round kicked off in June with the final to be played on 5 November.
The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2012 AFC Cup.
Teams
edit- S.League Clubs
Albirex Niigata (S)- Balestier Khalsa
Etoile- Geylang United
- Gombak United
- Home United
- Hougang United
- Singapore Armed Forces (SAFFC)
- Tampines Rovers
- Tanjong Pagar United
- Woodlands Wellington
- Invited Foreign Teams
* The original team to participate was Harimau Muda A, But later replaced by Harimau Muda B.[1]
Knockout bracket
edit| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Geylang United | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tampines Rovers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tampines Rovers | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Home United | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Home United | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Woodlands Wellington | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Home United | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Etoile FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Etoile FC | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tanjong Pagar United | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Etoile FC | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gombak United | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gombak United | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Balestier Khalsa | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Home United | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Albirex Niigata (S) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SAFFC | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Phnom Penh Crown | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SAFFC | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Albirex Niigata (S) | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 South Melbourne | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Albirex Niigata (S) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Albirex Niigata (S) | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hougang United FC | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hougang United FC | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Harimau Muda B | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hougang United | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Okktha United | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Pattaya United | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Okktha United | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Preliminary round
edit| Hougang United | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Harimau Muda B |
|---|---|---|
Mamadou Diallo  95' |
| Gombak United | 2 – 1 | Balestier Khalsa |
|---|---|---|
| Zulkiffli Hassim 67' Chang Jo Yoon 77' | Anaz Hadee 49' |
| South Melbourne FC | 0 – 3 | Albirex Niigata (S) |
|---|---|---|
| Shotaro Ihata 22' Atsushi Shimono 85'Shimpei Sakurada 89' |
| Home United | 5 – 1 | Woodlands Wellington |
|---|---|---|
| Firdaus Idros 28' Kenji Arai 40'Asraf Rashid 65'Qiu Li 80' 86' | Adrian Butters 67' |
| Etoile FC | 2 – 0 | Tanjong Pagar United |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Toto 39' 84' |
| SAFFC | 4 – 0 | Phnom Penh Crown |
|---|---|---|
| Erwan Gunawan 18' 45' Indra Sahdan 21'Fazrul Nawaz 67' |
| Pattaya United | 1 – 2 | Okktha United |
|---|---|---|
| Somchai Singmanee 90' | Aung Moe 7' Jean Roger Lappe Lappe 36' |
Quarter-finals
edit1st leg
edit| Tampines Rovers | 3 – 3 | Home United |
|---|---|---|
| Aleksandar Duric 49', (Pen.) 80', 88' | Frederic Mendy 19', 55' Qiu Li 90' |
| SAFFC | 0 – 0 | Albirex Niigata (S) |
|---|---|---|
| Hougang United | 3 – 0 | Okktha United |
|---|---|---|
| Edesio Junior (o.g) 27' Noor Ali 71' Jordan Webb 90' |
| Gombak United | 0 – 1 | Etoile FC |
|---|---|---|
| Wilson Grosset 82' |
2nd leg
edit| Home United | 0 – 0 | Tampines Rovers |
|---|---|---|
| Penalties | ||
Qiu Li  Shi Jiayi Kenji Arai Rosman Sulaiman | 4 – 2 |  Akihiro Nakamura Seiji Kaneko Aleksandar Đurić Benoît Croissant |
Semi-finals
edit1st leg
edit2nd leg
edit| Hougang United | 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Albirex Niigata (S) |
|---|---|---|
| Hamid 78' Mazelan 115' | Ihata 44' Saito 95', 117' |
Third-place Playoff
editFinal
edit| Home United | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Albirex Niigata (S) |
|---|---|---|
Winners
edit| Singapore Cup 2011 Winner |
|---|
| Home United 5th Singapore Cup Title |
References
edit- ^ "Harimau Muda B (Malaysia) Sertai Kejohanan Piala Singapura 2011 (Malay)". Malayatigerfootball.com. 2011-05-19. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2011-05-20.