2009 Singapore Cup Explained

Singapore Cup
Year:2009
Size:100px
Country:Singapore
Dates:April 2009 - November 2009
Num Teams:16
Winners:Geylang United
Second: Bangkok Glass
Prev Season:2008
Next Season:2010

The Singapore Cup 2009 (known as the RHB Singapore Cup due to its main sponsor) started on 27 April 2009. It was the 12th staging of the annual Singapore Cup tournament.

12 S.League clubs and 4 invited foreign teams from Thailand (2 teams), Cambodia (1) and Indonesia (1) played 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 final was played on 8 November and won by Geylang United, who beat Bangkok Glass 1–0.

The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2010 AFC Cup.

Teams

Knockout stage

The draw for the tournament was held on 15 April 2009

Bracket

Preliminary round

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Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

TTM Samut Sakhon won 7  - 3 on aggregate.----Bangkok Glass won 5  - 4 on aggregate.----Geylang United won 4  - 3 on aggregate.----Albirex Niigata (S) 1  - 1 Tampines Rovers on aggregate. Albirex Niigata (S) won 3  - 1 on penalties.

Semifinals

First leg

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Second leg

Geylang United 1  - 1 Albirex Niigata (S) on aggregate. Geylang United won 4-3 on penalties.

----Bangkok Glass won 9  - 4 on aggregate.

Final

width=50% valign=topMATCH OFFICIALS
  • Assistant referees:
    • Tang Yew Mun
    • Edwin Lee
  • Fourth official: P Pandian
width=50% valign=topMATCH RULES
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

See also

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