The Singapore FA Cup (known as the Singapore Pools FA Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual football competition.[1]
Initially held for clubs from the S.League from 1996-1998, the Football Association of Singapore decided to change the format of the cup to allow only teams from the National Football League to take part in the knock out competition from 1999 as so that the S.League clubs can focus on the Singapore Cup, a cup competition which was created in 1998 to run concurrently with the S.League regular season.[2]
After the Singapore Cup and League Cup, the Singapore FA Cup is the next major cup competition in Singapore. For a number of years, the FA Cup was solely restricted to NFL Clubs. They seized the opportunity and produced a string of famous winners, while the Singapore Cup carried on as the knock-out competition for S.League teams and invited foreign clubs. With NFL clubs having had the trophy reserved for them over those seven years, FAS decided to introduce stronger challenges again and in 2006 the Prime League teams of S.League clubs joined the fray.[3] The team matchups were drawn out of a hat against one another for the initial 2006 and 2007 seasons before being seeded into two groups after 2008.
Past Results
Singapore FA Cup
Year |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Score in final |
Date |
Venue |
1996 |
Geylang United FC |
Singapore Armed Forces FC |
1-1 (4-2 penalties) |
|
National Stadium |
1997 |
Singapore Armed Forces Football Club |
Woodlands Wellington FC |
4-2 |
|
National Stadium |
1998 |
Tanjong Pagar United FC |
Sembawang Rangers FC |
1-0 |
|
National Stadium |
1999 |
Police Sports Association (NFL) |
Mountbatten Sports Club (NFL) |
3-0 |
|
Tampines Stadium |
2000 |
Sembawang Soccer Club (NFL) |
Andrews Avenue (NFL) |
?-? |
|
Tampines Stadium |
2001 |
Andrews Avenue (NFL) |
Tessensohn Khalsa (NFL) |
5-0 |
Oct 18, 2001 |
Choa Chu Kang Stadium |
2002 |
Police Sports Association (NFL) |
Singapore Cricket Club (NFL) |
2-1 |
Aug 25, 2002 |
Clementi Stadium |
2003 |
Tampines Rovers Sports Club (NFL) |
Police Sports Association (NFL) |
3-1 |
Aug 24, 2003 |
Jalan Besar Stadium |
2004 |
Tampines Rovers Sports Club (NFL) |
Katong Sports Club (NFL) |
7-0 |
Oct 9, 2004 |
Jalan Besar Stadium |
2005 |
Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association* (NFL) |
Tessensohn Khalsa (NFL) |
5-0 |
Sep 3, 2005 |
Jalan Besar Stadium |
2006 |
SAFFC (Prime League) |
Singapore Cricket Club (NFL) |
2-1 |
Oct 11, 2006 |
Jalan Besar Stadium |
2007 |
Geylang United FC (Prime League) |
Singapore NFA Under-18 (Prime League) |
1-0 |
Sep 27, 2007 |
Jalan Besar Stadium |
2008 |
SAFFC (Prime League) |
Katong Sports Club (NFL) |
1-0 |
Oct 30, 2008 |
Jalan Besar Stadium |
2009 |
Singapore Cricket Club (NFL) |
Balestier Khalsa FC (Prime League) |
3-2 |
Oct 20, 2009 |
Jalan Besar Stadium |
2010 |
Singapore Recreation Club (NFL) |
Tampines Rovers FC (Prime League) |
3-2 |
Oct 19, 2010 |
Jalan Besar Stadium |
2011 |
Tampines Rovers FC (Prime League) |
Singapore Recreation Club (NFL) |
1-1 (8-7 penalties)[4] |
Oct 27, 2012 |
Jalan Besar Stadium |
2012 |
Balestier Khalsa FC (Prime League) |
Siglap CSC (NFL) |
2-0 |
Oct 30, 2012 |
Jalan Besar Stadium |
2013 |
Home United FC (Prime League) |
Sporting Westlake (NFL) |
4-1 |
Nov 8, 2013 |
Jalan Besar Stadium |
2014 |
Singapore Recreation Club (NFL) |
Balestier Khalsa FC (Prime League) |
1-1 (5-3 penalties) |
Nov 8, 2014 |
Jalan Besar Stadium |
Note:
Tampines Rovers SC (amateur) is a separate entity from Tampines Rovers FC (professional)
Singapore Armed Forces SA (amateur) is a separate entity from Singapore Armed Forces FC (professional)
Police SA (amateur) is a separate entity from Home United FC (formerly Police FC) (professional)
References
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See also