Singapore - List of Cup Winners

Singapore Amateur Football Association Challenge Cup
1892    Singapore Engineers           2-2 6-2 Royal Artillery
1893    Royal Engineers                   1-0 Singapore Cricket Club  
1894    10th Lincolnshire Regiment 1st/2nd    [shared]
          [after 7 (seven!) matches were played and drawn, 11 players (3 from the 
           first XI and 8 from the 2nd XI) had their names drawn out of a hat
           containing all 22 names to win the 11 available medals]
1895    Royal Artillery                   3-1 5th North Humberland Fusiliers 
1896    5th North Humberland Fusiliers    2-0 Singapore Cricket Club
1897    1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade   4-0 Corporals of The Rifle Brigade   
1898    12th Company Royal Artillery  drw 3-2 West Yorkshire Regiment 
1899    1st BKOR Lancaster Regiment       1-0 Tanjong Pagar FC
1900    12th Company Royal Artillery  0-0 1-0 35th Company Royal Artillery 
1901    Singapore Cricket Club            3-1 12th Company Royal Artillery 
1902    49th Company Royal Artillery      1-0 50th Company Royal Artillery  
1903    Singapore Cricket Club            2-0 Fort Canning Recreation Club
1904    Harlequins                        1-0 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment
1905    1st Battery Sherwood Foresters    1-0 Singapore Cricket Club
1906    1st Battery Sherwood Foresters    1-0 Singapore Cricket Club
1907    2nd Battery West Kent Regiment B  1-0 2nd Battery West Kent Regiment A
1908    2nd Battery West Kent Regiment    2-0 Royal Garrison Artillery
1909    3rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment  2-0 Royal Garrison Artillery
1910    3rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment  2-0 3rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment II 
1911    The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)    1-0 Wanderers              [aet]
1912    The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)    2-1 Singapore Cricket Club
1913    1st Battalion KOYLI               2-1 Singapore Cricket Club
1914    1st Battalion KOYLI           0-0 1-0 Singapore Cricket Club [2nd match aet]
1915-16   not played
1917    1/4th Battalion KSLI              1-0 Singapore Recreation Club
1918-19   not played
1920    1st Battalion South Staffordshire 1-0 Singapore Recreation Club      
1921    Singapore Cricket Club            2-1 Royal Engineers
1922    2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment  1-0 Singapore Cricket Club     
1923    2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment  3-0 St Joseph's Old Boys
1924    HMS "Pegasus"                     2-1 Singapore Cricket Club 
1925    Singapore Chinese FA              4-2 Royal Sussex
1926    2nd Bttl. Duke of Wellington's R. 2-1 Singapore Chinese FA 
1927    2nd Bttl. Duke of Wellington's R. 6-1 Singapore Chinese FA 
1928    2nd Bttl. Duke of Wellington's R. 4-1 Singapore Chinese FA 
1929    Singapore Cricket Club        1-1 1-0 Singapore Chinese FA 
1930    Singapore Malay FA                1-0 Welch Regiment
1931    Singapore Malay FA                4-3 Gloucester Regiment
1932    Singapore Malay FA                1-0 Royal Air Force
1933    Wiltshire Regiment                5-3 Singapore Malay FA   
1934    Singapore Malay FA            2-2 6-2 Marine Department
1935    Singapore Chinese FA              3-1 Singapore Malay FA 
1936    Royal Artillery                   2-0 Police
1937    Singapore Chinese FA Ist      2-2 3-1 Singapore Chinese FA IInd
1938    Royal Artillery                   3-2 Royal Air Force
1939    Singapore Chinese FA              2-1 The Loyal Regiment
1940    The Loyal Regiment                1-0 Royal Air Force (Seletar)
1941    Royal Air Force (Seletar)         2-0 The Loyal Regiment
1942-46   not played
1947    Singapore Malay FA                2-0 Singapore Chinese FA IInd
1948    Kota Raja SC                      3-0 Singapore Recreation Club
1949    Kota Raja SC                      3-0 Base Ordinance Depot Civilians 
1950    Royal Navy                        2-1 Rovers SC
1951    Royal Navy                        1-0 Kota Raja SC
1952    Tiger SA                          3-0 Royal Air Force (Seletar)
1953    Tiger SA                          2-1 Fathul Karib FC
1954    Rovers Sport Club             2-2 3-0 Royal Navy     
1955    Marine Department SC              3-0 Argonauts 
1956    Tiger SA                          3-2 Marine Department FC
1957    Amicable AA                       5-4 Indian RC 
1958    Fathul Karib FC                   3-1 Amicable AA 
1959    Darul Afiah FC                    3-2 Fathul Karib FC  
1960    Royal Air Force (Seletar)         5-0 Fathul Karib FC
1961    Chinese Athletic                  5-2 Royal Air Force (Seletar)
1962    Marines                           3-2 Tan Tock Seng Hospital  
1963    Tan Tock Seng Hospital            7-1 Junior AA 
1964    Darul Afiah FC                    3-1 Chinese Athletic
1965-67   not known (probably not played)

NB: according to a newspaper report on the occasion of the 1920 final,
    the winners (listed above) of the cups of 1896, 1900 to 1904, 1906,
    1913 and 1917 were not inscribed on the trophy.
Abbreviations:
    KOYLI = King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
    KSLI = King's Shropshire Light Infantry
  
Football Association of Singapore President's Cup
NB: the 1968/69 edition (final played 11 Jan 1969) was the first
1968/69 Police SA                         3-2 Fathul Karib
1969    Royal Navy Wanderers              4-2 Police SA              [aet] 
1970/71 Armed Forces                      2-1 Police SA         
1971-73   not played
1974    Int'l Contract Specialists        1-1 Armed Forces           [4-3 pen]
1975    Singapore Armed Forces            1-0 Tampines Rovers 
1976    Geylang International             2-1 Farrer Park United
1977    Toa Payoh United                  3-2 Geylang International  [aet] 
1978    Geylang International             4-1 Tampines Rovers FC 
1979    Toa Payoh United                  1-0 Tampines Rovers FC
1980    Police SA                         5-1 Farrer Park United
1981    Farrer Park United                1-0 Changi Constituency 
1982    Tiong Bahru CSC                   3-2 Farrer Park Dynamos
1983    Farrer Park United                3-0 Singapore Armed Forces
1984    Singapore Armed Forces            1-0 Farrer Park Dynamos
1985    Tiong Bahru CSC                   3-0 Geylang International
1986    Singapore Armed Forces            3-1 Police SA  
1987    Tiong Bahru CSC                   2-0 Police SA
1987/88 Jurong Town                       3-2 Singapore Armed Forces    
1988/89 Jurong Town                       2-1 Police SA
1990    Geylang International             2-0 Singapore Armed Forces
1991    Geylang International             3-0 Singapore Armed Forces
1992    Balestier United                  3-2 Geylang International  
1993      not played
Singapore FA Cup
1994    Tiong Bahru CSC                   4-2 Geylang International
1995    Geylang International             2-1 Woodlands Wellington
1996    Geylang International             1-1 Singapore Armed Forces [4-2 pen]                  
1997    Singapore Armed Forces            4-2 Woodlands Wellington
1998    Tanjong Pagar United              1-0 Sembawang Rangers
NB: continued as amateur competition
Singapore Cup (continuation of Singapore League Cup)
1998    Tanjong Pagar United              2-0 Singapore Armed Forces  
1999    Singapore Armed Forces            3-1 Jurong
2000    Home United                       1-0 Singapore Armed Forces
2001    Home United                       8-0 Geylang United
2002    Tampines Rovers                   1-0 Jurong
2003    Home United                       2-1 Geylang United
2004    Tampines Rovers                   4-1 Home United            [aet]
2005    Home United                       3-2 Woodlands Wellington
2006    Tampines Rovers                   3-2 Chonburi (Province)    [aet]
2007    Singapore Armed Forces            4-3 Tampines Rovers  
2008    Singapore Armed Forces            2-1 Woodlands Wellington   [aet]
2009    Geylang United                    1-0 Bangkok Glass
2010    Bangkok Glass                     1-0 Tampines Rovers 
2011    Home United                       1-0 Albirex Niigata (S)    [aet]
2012    Singapore Armed Forces            2-1 Tampines Rovers 
2013    Home United                       4-1 Tanjong Pagar United    
2014    Balestier Khalsa                  3-1 Home United
2015    Albirex Niigata (S)               2-1 Home United
2016    Albirex Niigata (S)               2-0 Tampines Rovers 
2017    Albirex Niigata (S)               2-2 Global Cebu            [aet, 3-1 pen]
2018    Albirex Niigata (S)               4-1 DPMM (Brunei)  
2019    Tampines Rovers                   4-3 Warriors    
2020      not played
2021      not played
2022    Hougang United                    3-2 Tampines Rovers 
2023    Lion City Sailors                 3-1 Hougang United 

NB: Police FC (in amateur era Police SA) are now known as Home United
    Geylang International temporarily known as Geylang United
    Tiong Bahru are now known as Tanjong Pagar United

FA Cup

NB: since 2001, the FAS has been organising a separate cup tournament for
    the amateur clubs (non-members of the professional league); the clubs
    from the professional league were excluded in the first five editions
    before gaining invitations (for their Prime League teams, a sort of
    reserves league) in 2006; this tournament is a continuation of the 
    Singapore FA Cup held from 1994 to 1998 (which then included the
    professional league members).

2001    Andrew's Avenue                   5-0 Tessensohn Khalsa Rovers           [Oct 18, 2001]
2002    Police SA                         2-1 Singapore Cricket Club             [Aug 25, 2002]
2003    Tampines Rovers SC                3-1 Police SA                          [Aug 24, 2003]
2004    Tampines Rovers SC                7-0 Katong SC                          [Oct  9, 2004]
2005    Singapore Armed Forces SA         5-0 Tessensohn Khalsa Rovers           [Sep  3, 2005]
2006    Singapore Armed Forces FC (PL)    2-0 Singapore Cricket Club             [Oct 11, 2006]
2007    Geylang United (PL)               1-0 Singapore U-18 (PL)                [Sep 27, 2007]
2008    Singapore Armed Forces FC (PL)    1-0 Katong FC           [aet]          [Oct 30, 2008]
2009    Singapore Cricket Club            3-2 Balestier Khalsa (PL)              [Oct 20, 2009]
2010    Singapore Recreational Club       3-2 Tampines Rovers (PL)[aet]          [Oct 19, 2010]
2011    Tampines Rovers (PL)              1-1 Singapore Recr. C.  [aet, 8-7 pen] [Oct 27, 2011]
2012    Balestier Khalsa (PL)             2-0 Siglap CSC                         [Oct 30, 2012]
2013    Home United (PL)                  4-1 Sporting Westlake FC               [Nov  8, 2013]
2014    Singapore Recreational Club       1-1 Balestier Khalsa    [aet, 5-3 pen] [Nov  8, 2014]
2015    Home United (PL)                  5-1 Police SA                          [Nov 29, 2015]
2016    Home United (PL)                  3-1 Siglap FC                          [Nov 20, 2016]
2017    Warriors FC (PL)                  2-1 Yishun Sentek Mariners             [Oct 29, 2017]
2018    Yishun Sentek Mariners            3-1 Tiong Bahru FC                     [Nov 18, 2018]

NB: 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);
    (PL) marks Prime League (which consists of reserve sides from S League
       teams and national youth sides)

Singapore League Cup

1997    Singapore Armed Forces            1-0 Geylang United

NB: this tournament was renamed Singapore Cup in 1998;
    not to be confused with 'new' League Cup inaugurated in 2007.

League Cup

NB: inaugural edition 2007; not to be confused with 1997 tournament.

2007    Woodlands Wellington              4-0 Sengkang Punggol 
2008    Gombak United                     2-1 Super Reds 
2009    DPMM (Brunei)                     1-1 Singapore Armed Forces [aet, 4-3 pen]
2010    Etoile                            3-1 Woodlands Wellington
2011    Albirex Niigata (S)               0-0 Hougang United         [aet, 5-4 pen]
2012    DPMM (Brunei)                     2-0 Geylang United
2013    Balestier Khalsa                  4-0 DPMM (Brunei)    
2014    DPMM (Brunei)                     2-0 Tanjong Pagar United
2015    Albirex Niigata (S)               2-1 Balestier Khalsa     
2016    Albirex Niigata (S)               2-0 DPMM (Brunei)  
2017    Albirex Niigata (S)               1-0 Warriors 

NB: discontinued after the 2017 season

Number of Wins (11; lost finals between square brackets)

 4      Albirex Niigata (S) 

 3 [ 2] DPMM (Brunei)       

 1 [ 1] Balestier Khalsa    
 1 [ 1] Woodlands Wellington  
 1      Etoile          
 1      Gombak United   

   [ 2] Warriors (includes Singapore Armed Forces)
   [ 1] Geylang United
   [ 1] Hougang United  
   [ 1] Sengkang Punggol 
   [ 1] Super Reds 
   [ 1] Tanjong Pagar United


Number of League-Cup-and-League Cup Trebles (3)

 2 Albirex Niigata (S)                    [2016, 2017]

 1 Singapore Armed Forces                 [1997]


Singapore Charity/Community Shield

NB: inaugural edition 2008 (between the 2007 champions and runners-up);
    called Community Shield since the 2016 edition (between the 2015 champions and cup winners).

2008    Singapore Armed Forces            1-1 Home United            [aet, 5-4 pen]
2009    S.League Foreign XI               2-0 S.League Local XI      
2010    Singapore Armed Forces            1-1 AIK (Solna, Sweden)    [title shared]
2011    Tampines Rovers                   2-1 Etoile                 
2012    Tampines Rovers                   2-0 Home United            
2013    Tampines Rovers                   2-1 Warriors               
2014    Tampines Rovers                   1-0 Home United            
2015    Warriors                          1-0 Balestier Khalsa       
2016    Albirex Niigata (S)               3-2 Brunei DPMM            
2017    Albirex Niigata (S)               2-1 Tampines Rovers        
2018    Albirex Niigata (S)               2-1 Tampines Rovers        
2019    Home United                       0-0 Albirex Niigata (S)    [aet, 5-4 pen]
2020    Tampines Rovers                   3-0 Hougang United         [*]
2021      not played
2022    Lion City Sailors                 2-1 Albirex Niigata (S)   
2023    Albirex Niigata (S)               3-0 Hougang United         
2024    Lion City Sailors                 2-0 Albirex Niigata (S)  

[*] Hougang United replaced 2019 league champions DPMM (Brunei) who could not play due
    to travel restrictions imposed because of the Covid-19 pandemic

Number of Wins (17 (1 title shared); lost finals (15) between square brackets)

 5 [ 2] Tampines Rovers   

 4 [ 3] Albirex Niigata (S) 

 3 [ 3] Lion City Sailors         [includes Home United]

 2      Singapore Armed Forces    [2010 title shared]

 1 [ 1] Warriors        
 1      AIK (Solna, Sweden)       [2010 title shared]
 1      S.League Foreign XI 

   [ 2] Hougang United
   [ 1] Balestier Khalsa       
   [ 1] DPMM (Brunei)  
   [ 1] Etoile
   [ 1] S.League Local XI           


Number of League-and-Cup Doubles (36)

 4 Geylang International                  [1976, 1990, 1991, 1996]
 4 Singapore Armed Forces                 [1986, 1997, 2007, 2008]

 3 2nd Duke of Wellington's Regiment      [1926, 1927, 1928]
 3 Albirex Niigata (S)                    [2016, 2017, 2018]

 2 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment       [1922, 1923]
 2 3rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment       [1909, 1910]
 2 Darul Afiah FC                         [1959, 1964]
 2 Marine Department SC/Marines           [1955, 1962]
 2 Singapore Chinese Football Association [1925, 1937]
 2 Singapore Malays Football Association  [1931, 1932]
 2 Tiger SA                               [1953, 1956]

 1 2nd Battalion West Kent Regiment       [1908]
 1 Chinese Athletic                       [1961]
 1 Home United                            [2003]
 1 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry    [1913]  [also won double in Hongkong 1912!]
 1 Royal Air Force                        [1941]
 1 Singapore Cricket Club                 [1929]
 1 Tampines Rovers                        [2004]
 1 Tiong Bahru CSC                        [1987]


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