SAFFC defends Singapore Cup Title

(Pic from SAFFC official site)

SAFFC beat Woodlands Wellington 2-1 after extra time to retain the Singapore Cup at the Jalan Besar Stadium.

Stout defending and a safe pair of hands by Yazid Yasin kept the much-feared SAFFC offence at bay for large parts of the first half, before Shaiful Esah’s in-swinger broke the deadlock to give the Warriors the lead before interval.

The Rams refused to throw in the towel and were duly rewarded with an equalizer in the 78th minute through Fadzuhasny Juraimi, who prod home off Park Tae Won’s corner.

The Warriors were denied a penalty in the dying moments of the game when Ahmad Latiff was brought down in the six-yard box but referee T Aravinthan waved play-on.

Kenji Arai’s 102nd minute header off Shaiful Esah’s free-kick from the right gave SAFFC their first back-to-back double in the history of the S.League.

The match was witness by 5022 spectators who turned up for the cup final.It was one of the highest attendance for this season.

RHB Singapore Cup Final tickets on sale from today

RHB Singapore Cup 3rd/4th placing match
Who: Young Lions vs Tampines Rovers FC
When: Thursday 20 November 2008
Kick Off: 7.45pm
Where: Jalan Besar Stadium
Ticket price: $5
FREE ENTRY for STUDENTS (primary/secondary/ITE/JC) and SENIOR CITIZENS (Senior Citizen EZ-Link card/age 60 and above)

RHB Singapore Cup Final
Who: SAFFC vs Woodlands Wellington FC
When: Friday 21 November 2008
Kick Off: 7.30pm
Where: Jalan Besar Stadium
Ticket prices: $8 Grandstand, $5 Gallery
FREE ENTRY for STUDENTS (primary/secondary/ITE/JC) and SENIOR CITIZENS (Senior Citizen EZ-Link card/age 60 and above)

Ticketing Details

Monday 17 November – Friday 21 November 2008

10.00am – 7.00pm, except on match days when sales will be until 5.00pm at the Football Association of Singapore, Admin & Finance Division office at #01-02 Jalan Besar Stadium

Ticket booths (North and South Entrances) at Jalan Besar Stadium will open for ticket sales 2 hours before kick off on match days

* Every purchase of any 2 match tickets to the RHB Singapore Cup Final on 21 November 2008 will entitle the ticket holder to redeem a limited edition size-1 autographed football at the point of purchase (limited to first 500 paying fans only) – available during the pre-sales period whilst stocks last.

Catch the Singapore Cup Finalists 93.8 LIVE

Woodlands Wellington coach Jorg Steinbrunner and defensive lynchpin Jerry Bartholomeusz and SAFFC coach Richard Bok and midfield maestro John Wilkinson on 93.8 LIVE as they talk to Raj Kumar about their chances in the upcoming RHB Singapore Cup Final.

The Warriors will be looking to defend the Singapore Cup they won in last year’s explosive final but they face an uphill task in the form of a determined Woodlands outfit looking for their first ever major silverware.

So catch the preview of the RHB Singapore Cup with football pundit Raj Kumar on 93.8 LIVE from 11.00am to 12.00 noon.

The Singapore Cup Final will be played at the Jalan Besar Stadium on 21 November and will be shown live on MediaCorp Channel 5. The game will kick off at 7.30pm.

Woodlands will face mighty Warriors in the Singapore Cup Final

SAFFC will be in the final for the second time after easily defeating Tampines Rovers 4-0 on aggregate.The scorer for SAFFC was none other than Singapore striker Aleksander Duric.He tap in two easy goals to gave Tampines the misery.The Stags did threatened their opponent,but to no avail.Khairul Amri shot hit the crossbar.

As for the warriors,they will be looking to defend their Singapore Cup title that they have won last year.The Rams will not provide an easy task for the warriors.

Tampines Rovers
18 Hassan Sunny (GK),2 Shariff Samat,3 Ridhuan Muhamad (11 Imran Sahib 69′),5 Khairul Amri (19 Aliff Shafaein 87′),10 Qiu Li,12 Zulkarmaen Zainal,14 Sutee Suksomkit,15 Shahdan Sulaiman,16 Santi Chaiyaphuak,17 Fahrudin Mustafic,20 Rafi Ali (C) (4 Satria Mad ‘87)
Sub not used: Rezal Hassan, Attapong Nooprom, Fathi Yunus, Alimin Mohamed

SAFFC
14 Shahril Jantan (GK),2 Shaiful Esah,3 Kenji Arai,4 Hafiz Osman (5 Faizal Aziz 88′),7 Masahiro Fukasawa,8 Therdsak Chaiman,9 Aleksandar Duric (C),10 John Wilkinson (20 Syed Karim 84′),11 Norikazu Murakami,16 Daniel Bennett,19 Mastaqim Manzur (12 Jamil Ali 70′)
Sub not used: Razaleigh Khalik, Rasyid Hamid, Ashrin Shariff

Attendance: 1,696

Woodlands in the final!

Woodlands Wellington thumped 8 mens Young Lions 3-1 to advanced to the final with an aggregate score of 4-3.Moroccan Abdelhadi Laakkad scored twice,which one of them was a penalty,and an own goal by Ismail Yunos ensured Woodlands victory.Irwan shah scored the consolation for the Young Lions.

Isa Halim,Obadin and Ismail Yunos were all sent off and these hindered Young Lions to play their usual football.Meanwhile,the Rams will face either SAFFC or Tampines in the final of RHB Singapore Cup 2008.The champion will automatically qualify for the AFC Champion League qualifiers.

Attendance: 1,350

Match Line-Up

SAFFC on coursed for the final

Saffc is one step closer to the Singapore Cup final after beating Tampines Rovers 2-0.Ahmad Laitff put Saffc the lead in the 45th min when Hassan Sunny made a mistake.Murakami shot then took a slight deflection and went into the back of the net.

The second leg will be played on Monday and the match will be shown live at channel 5 at 7.30pm.Stay tuned on channel 5 to catch the match.Support Singapore Football.

Attendance: 1,951

Line-Up

Narrowed win for the Young Lions

The Rams failed to defend their one goal lead and succumb to a 2-1 defeat to the Young Lions.Lucian Dronca gave the lead to the Rams in the 11th minute.Obadin then equalised in the 33 minute and Fadhil Noh goal sealed the win for the Young Lions.

Meanwhile,the Rams are not yet out of the competition.They just need a 1 goal margin next Sunday to contest a place for the final.

Attendance: 1,641

SAFFC set up clash with Tampines in semi-final

SAFFC booked their spot in the semi-finals of the RHB Singapore Cup by beating league leaders Super Reds 3-0 at the Choa Chu Kang Stadium for a 4-1 aggregate win.

Evergreen Aleksandar Duric’s header off the corner given the Warriors the early advantage in the fifth minute. Therdsak Chaiman’s thurderbolt would have doubled the lead if not for Kang Su Ho’s tip for the corner before the interval.

The second goal eventually did come in the 57th minute, when Joo Ki Hwan haplessly scored an own goal from a Shaiful Esah’s curling free kick from the right.

Duric scored his second of the night in the 86th minute from close range to set up a semifinal grudge match against last year’s other finalists Tampines Rovers.

Attendance: 2,356

Home United crashed out

Home United suffered a defeat at home,thus shattering their hope of lifting the RHB SIngapore Cup2008.Meanwhile,Tampines proved to be a better team as they post to a 2-0 victory over the protectors,Qiu Li opened the account for the stags in the 40th minute.Fahrudin Mustafic then scored the winning goal five minutes later to ensured that they are in the semi-final.The stags will either face SAFFC or Super Reds in the later stage.

Attendance: 1,014