2025–26 Singapore Cup

2025–2026 Singapore Cup
Jalan Besar Stadium hosted the final on 10 January 2026
Tournament details
CountrySingapore
Dates1 November 2025 – 10 January 2026
Teams7

The 2025–26 Singapore Cup was the 26th edition of the Singapore Cup, Singapore's annual premier club football knock-out tournament organised by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS).[1]

The winner qualified to the group stage of the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Two. Lion City Sailors are the defending champions, having won the tournament in the previous season. Sailors won the final 2–0 after extra time to retain the trophy. However, the FAS awarded them a 3–0 win by forfeit as Tampines Rovers FC did not play with at least four Singaporean players on the pitch at all times during the match.[2]

Format

Seven teams competed in this season's competition. The Young Lions participated in this edition of the Singapore Cup as they prepared for the 2025 SEA Games, which was held in Thailand from 3 to 18 December.[3]

All teams had to maintain a minimum of four Singaporean players on the pitch for the whole match, unless a Singaporean player had been sent off by the referee.[2]

The two top teams in the previous season, Lion City Sailors and BG Tampines Rovers (who were last season's finalists), automatically advanced to the semi-finals based on their sporting performance. The other five teams will compete in a single round-robin group stage, with each club playing four matches. The top two teams from this group will then progress to the two-legged semi-finals.

Group stage

1 November 2025 1 Geylang International 0–3 Albirex Niigata (S) Tampines
  • Nikola Ignjatovic  20'
  • Shakir Hamzah  23'
 Report
  • Shingo Nakano 26' (pen.), 83', 90+9' 89'
  • Sim Jun Yen  17'
 Stadium: Our Tampines Hub
Referee: Jansen Foo
Man of the Match: Shingo Nakano
2 November 2025 2 Balestier Khalsa 3–0 Tanjong Pagar United Bishan
  • Tin Matić 37'
  • Jakov Katuša 77'
  • Daniel Goh 82'
  • Madhu Mohana  42'
  • Harith Kanadi  45+4'
  • Darren Teh  89'
 Report
  • Sahil Suhaimi  60'  62'
  • Bruno Dybal  89'
 Stadium: Bishan Stadium
Referee: Andrea Verolino
Man of the Match: Jakov Katuša
6 November 2025 3 Albirex Niigata (S) 3–2 Balestier Khalsa Jurong East
  • Takumi Yokohata 22'
  • Kim Tae-uk 90+4'
  • Nicky Melvin Singh 90+8'
 Report
  • Tin Matić 59' (pen.)
  • Jakov Katuša 74'
  • Fudhil I’yadh  40'
  • Masahiro Sugita  68'
 Stadium: Jurong East Stadium
Referee: Syarqawi Buhari
Man of the Match: Nicky Melvin Singh
7 November 2025 4 Tanjong Pagar United 2–3 Hougang United Jurong East
  • Youssef Ezzejjari 83' (pen.)
  • Bruno Dybal 89' 45+1'
  • Raihan Rahman  53'
  • Lim Hyun-Sub  90+7'
 Report
  • Farhan Zulkifli 10'
  • Settawut Wongsai 19', 64'
  • Yuma Suwa  51'
  • Víctor Blasco  84'
  • Parinya Nusong  87'
 Stadium: Jurong East Stadium
Referee: Mazlan Pagira
Man of the Match: Farhan Zulkifli
22 November 2025 5 Hougang United 3–0 Geylang International Tampines
  • Nabilai Kibunguchy 69' 90+8'
  • Farhan Zulkifli 73'
  • Chonlawit Kanuengkid 77'
  • Víctor Blasco  17'
  • Huzaifah Aziz  88'
  • Gareth Low  85'
 Stadium: Our Tampines Hub
Referee: Taufik Thana
Man of the Match: Farhan Zulkifli
23 November 2025 6 Albirex Niigata (S) 1–0 Tanjong Pagar United Jurong East
  • Katsuyuki Ishibashi 55'
 Report
  • Youssef Ezzejjari  61'
 Stadium: Jurong East Stadium
Referee: Zulfiqar Mustaffa
Man of the Match: Katsuyuki Ishibashi
29 November 2025 7 Hougang United 1–1 Albirex Niigata (S) Tampines
  • Parinya Nusong 20'
  • Jordan Vestering  37'
 Report
  • Shingo Nakano 64'
  • Takumi Yokohata  5'
 Stadium: Our Tampines Hub
Referee: Farhan Mohd
30 November 2025 8 Geylang International 3–3 Balestier Khalsa Tampines
  • Riku Fukashiro 83' 64'
  • Vincent Bezecourt 88'68
  • Ryoya Taniguchi 90+5'
  • Nizwan Izzairie  1'  20'
  • Nazrul Nazari  43'
 Report
  • Tin Matić 14', 22' 34'
  • Lazar Vujanic 90+2' 56'
  • Mario Šubarić  63'
  • Harith Kanadi  66'
 Stadium: Our Tampines Hub
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah
6 December 2025 9 Tanjong Pagar United 1–4 Geylang International Jurong East
  • Faizal Roslan  26'
  • Raihan Rahman  29'
  • Aaron Evans  75'
  • Youssef Ezzejjari 70' (pen.) 90+1'
  • Shuhei Hoshino 5', 58'
  • Riku Fukashiro 15'
  • Vincent Bezecourt 38'
  • Shahdan Sulaiman (miss p)28
  • Ryoya Taniguchi  90+2'
 Stadium: Jurong East Stadium
Referee: Clarence Leow
7 December 2025 10 Balestier Khalsa 2–1 Hougang United Bishan
  • Tin Matić 45+1'
  • Ignatius Ang 54'
  • Lazar Vujanic  33'
  • Daniel Goh  78'
 Report
  • Farhan Zulkifli 62' 90+9'
  • Settawut Wongsai  36'
  • Huzaifah Aziz  90+11'
 Stadium: Bishan Stadium
Referee: Thaufeek Ahmad

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Albirex Niigata (S) (Q) 4 3 1 0 8 3 +5 10 Semi-finals
2 Balestier Khalsa (Q) 4 2 1 1 10 7 +3 7
3 Hougang United 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3 7
4 Geylang International 4 1 1 2 7 10 −3 4
5 Tanjong Pagar United 4 0 0 4 3 11 −8 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2025. Source: FAS
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Semi-finals

The Singapore Cup semi-final first and second legs will be held on 14 and 20 December 2025

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Balestier Khalsa 1–5 Lion City Sailors 1-4 0–1
Albirex Niigata (S) 3–5 BG Tampines Rovers 0-4 3–1

Matches

First leg
Semi Final A Leg 1
Balestier Khalsa 1–4 Lion City Sailors
  • Bogdan Mandić 12'
  • Bailey Wright 26'
  • Lennart Thy 34'
  • Shawal Anuar 47'
  • Anderson Lopes 58'
Bishan Stadium, Bishan
Referee: Andrea Verolino
Second leg
Semi Final A Leg 2
Lion City Sailors 1–0 Balestier Khalsa
  • Shawal Anuar 8'
  • Maxime Lestienne 72
Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar
Referee: Muhammad Taqi

Lion City Sailors won 5–1 on aggregate.

First leg
Semi Final B Leg 1
Albirex Niigata (S) 0–4 BG Tampines Rovers
  • Haziq Kamarudin  60'
  • Takumi Yokohata  71'
  • Hide Higashikawa 56'
  • Joel Chew 76'
  • Trent Buhagiar 85'
  • Tallo Ngao 90+3'
  • Amirul Adli  45+3'
Jurong East Stadium, Jurong East
Referee: Farhan Mohd
Second leg
Semi Final B Leg 2
BG Tampines Rovers 1–3 Albirex Niigata (S)
  • Seiga Sumi 55'
  • Amirul Adli  71'
  • Nozomi Ozawa 18'
  • Shingo Nakano 43' 78'
  • Katsuyuki Ishibashi 72'
  • Kim Tae-uk  27'
Our Tampines Hub, Tampines
Referee: Clarence Leow

Tampines Rovers won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

The Singapore Cup final was held at the Jalan Besar Stadium on 10 January 2026.[4]

Final
Lion City Sailors 2–0 (a.e.t.) BG Tampines Rovers
Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang
Attendance: 3,767
Referee: Adam Kersey (Australia)

Lion City Sailors won 3–0 by forfeit as Tampines Rovers breached the competition rules by having less than the minimum number of Singaporean players on the pitch.[2]

Statistics

References

  1. ^ "Singapore Cup returns with Final to be played at re-turfed Jalan Besar Stadium". spl.sg.
  2. ^ a b c Mohan, Matthew (15 January 2026). "BG Tampines Rovers penalised with 3-0 forfeit loss after fielding too few local players in Singapore Cup final". CNA. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Singapore Cup to kick off on Nov 1 with new format, only 7 teams".
  4. ^ David Lee (11 January 2026). "Lion City Sailors win third Singapore Cup in final marred by BG Tampines Rovers gaffe". straitstimes.com. The Straits Times. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
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