Singapore FA Cup

Singapore FA Cup
Founded1892
CountrySingapore
Number of clubs31
Most championshipsWarriors FC (4 titles)
TV partners1 Play Sports (live streaming)
Websitefas.org.sg/fa-cup

The Singapore FA Cup, (also known as the Singapore Pools FA Cup for sponsorship reasons), is an annual football competition in Singapore.[1] After the Singapore Cup and earlier League Cup, Singapore FA Cup is the third major cup competition in Singapore.


History

Initially held for clubs from the S.League from 1996 to 1998, the Football Association of Singapore decided to change format of the cup to allow only teams from National Football League to take part in the knock out competition from 1999, so that the S.League clubs can focus on the newly created competition, the Singapore Cup in 1998.[2]

For a number of years, the FA Cup was solely restricted to NFL clubs. In 2006, S.League clubs were once again allowed in the competition, but were only permitted to field their developmental Prime League teams.[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 since 2008.

In 2023, the FA Cup returns after a 4 years hiatus due to COVID-19 Pandemic from 30 September 2023 to 19 November 2023.

Results

Year Champions Runners-up Score in final Date Venue
1996 Geylang United Singapore Armed Forces 1-1 (4-2 penalties) National Stadium
1997 Singapore Armed Forces Woodlands Wellington 4-2
1998 Tanjong Pagar United Sembawang Rangers 1-0
1999 Police SA Mountbatten SC 3-0 Tampines Stadium
2000 Sembawang Soccer Club Andrews Avenue ?-?
2001 Andrews Avenue Tessensohn Khalsa 5-0 18 October 2001 Choa Chu Kang Stadium
2002 Police SA Singapore Cricket Club 2-1 25 August 2002 Clementi Stadium
2003 Tampines Rovers SC Police SA 3-1 24 August 2003 Jalan Besar Stadium
2004 Tampines Rovers SC Katong SC 7-0 9 October 2004
2005 SAFSA* Tessensohn Khalsa 5-0 3 September 2005
2006 Singapore Armed Forces Singapore Cricket Club 2-1 11 October 2006
2007 Geylang United Singapore NFA U-18 1-0 27 September 2007
2008 Singapore Armed Forces Katong SC 1-0 30 October 2008
2009 Singapore Cricket Club Balestier Khalsa 3-2 20 October 2009
2010 Singapore Recreation Club Tampines Rovers 3-2 19 October 2010
2011 Tampines Rovers Singapore Recreation Club 1-1 (8-7 penalties)[4] 27 October 2012
2012 Balestier Khalsa Siglap CSC 2-0[5] 30 October 2012
2013 Home United GFA Sporting Westlake 4-1 8 November 2013
2014 Singapore Recreation Club Balestier Khalsa 1-1 (5-3 penalties) 8 November 2014
2015 Home United Police SA 5-1 29 November 2015 Serangoon Stadium
2016 Home United Siglap FC 3-1 20 November 2016 Jalan Besar Stadium
2017 Warriors FC Yishun Sentek Mariners 2-1[6] 29 October 2017
2018 Yishun Sentek Mariners Tiong Bahru FC 3-1 18 November 2018
2019 Tiong Bahru FC Yishun Sentek Mariners 2-1 20 October 2019
2023 Yishun Sentek Mariners Singapore Khalsa Association 3-2 19 November 2023
2024

Note:
Tampines Rovers SC is a separate entity from Tampines Rovers.
SAFSA is a separate entity from Singapore Armed Forces.
Police SA is a separate entity from Home United (formerly Police FC).

References

  1. ^ "Singapore Pools FA Cup enter its crucial stages in October!". Football OPOD. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
  2. ^ "Singapore Cup Overview". S.League.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2012-10-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "FA Cup". Football Association of Singapore. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
  4. ^ "Tampines Rovers Prime League Win Singapore Pools FA Cup". Singapore Pools.
  5. ^ "Romance of the Singapore FA Cup". ActiveSG.
  6. ^ "Warriors FC lifts Singapore Pools FA Cup". FAS. 29 Oct 2017.

See also