::Result:
Avaya – J&J League Cup 2008
(Preliminary Round) : Geylang United FC 1-2 Balestier Khalsa
FC (1-1):: BEDOK, 31 MAY: Balestier Khalsa progressed into
the quarter-finals of the Avaya - J&J League Cup after
surprising beat Geylang United 2-1 at Bedok Stadium.
Tigers' Nigerian Mba Vitus Onyekachi scored his first goal
of the season in the 22nd minute. Miroslav Latiak equalised
for the Eagles in the 30th minute with a freekick. Former
Eagle Faizal Amir settle the match with the winner in the
63rd minute.
Geylang United
19 Fajar Sarib (GK)
3 Rastislav Belicak
5 Aide Iskandar (Captain)
7 Farizal Basri (15 Fabian Tan 86th)
8 Mohd Noor Ali
9 Miroslav Latiak
11 Syed Thaha
13 Jonathan Xu
14 Luiz Machado Junior
16 Masrezwan Masturi
20 Rivaldo Costa (4 Shah Hirul 76th)
Subs not used: 1 Amos Boon (GK), 18 Lau Meng Meng, 33 Vincent
Wong, 37 Masnashzreen Masturi
Balestier Khalsa
19 Ang Bang Heng (GK)
2 Haruki Seto (Captain)
3 Kaze Teffo Giscard
4 Jufri Taha
6 Sofiyan Abdul Hamid
8 Han Yiguang
10 Paul Bekombo (32 Muhammad Izuaan 90th)
17 Faizal Amir (21 Poh Yi Feng 69th)
18 Mba Vitus Onyekachi (13 G Lenan 81st)
34 Rhysh Roshan Rai
38 Farhan Musbah
Subs not used: 9 Anantha Rajan, 13 Andrew Tan, 14 Yusri Waris,
39 Daniel Ong (GK)
Yellow Cards
Geylang United
Mohd Noor Ali 25th, Farizal Basri 60th, Aide Iskandar 90th
Balestier Khalsa
Paul Bekombo 3rd, Han Yiguang 29th, Farhan Musbah 36th, Muhammad
Izuaan 93rd+
Sent-off
Geylang United
None
Balestier Khalsa
None
Match Officials
Referee: P Pandian
Assistant Referee 1: Jeffrey Goh
Assistant Referee 2: Amos Lim
Fourth Official: Muhd Adzhar Adziz
Referee Assessor: Augustine Arlando
Match Commissioner: K Kandasamy
::Preview
: Avaya – J&J League Cup 2008
(Preliminary Round) : Geylang United FC vs Balestier Khalsa
FC:: TOA PAYOH, 30 May: Balestier Khalsa will travel
to Bedok Stadium to play Geylang United on Saturday, 31 May.
Kick off is at 7.45pm.
The Eagles will be without three of its national players -
Baihakki Khaizan, Noh Rahman and Fazrul Nawaz - during the
League Cup due to Pre-World Cup qualifiers. While the Tigers
will continue to be without long-term casualties goalie Zakaria
Normat, defender Mushthafa Kamal and midfielders Nawfal Shahib
and G. Kumaresan.
::Result: S-League Match 2008 (Week
15) : Balestier Khalsa FC 0-0 Sengkang Punggol FC (0-0):: TOA PAYOH, 27 MAY: Balestier Khalsa and Sengkang
Punggol drew to a scoreless at Toa Payoh Stadium. Tigers'
head coach Nasaruddin bin Abdul Jalil benched his S-League
regulars Anantha Rajan, G Lenan and Mba Vitus Onyekachi, and
started with three Prime League players Muhammad Izuaan, Rhysh
Roshan Rai and Farhan Musbah. In terms of chances created,
the home team were clearly the better side and the Dolphins
looked satisfied with a point.
Venue: Toa Payoh Stadium
Crowd: 2,200
Weather: Cool
Ground: Wet
Balestier Khalsa
19 Ang Bang Heng (GK)
2 Haruki Seto (Captain)
3 Kaze Teffo Giscard (14 Yusri Waris 81st)
4 Jufri Taha
6 Sofiyan Abdul Hamid
8 Han Yiguang
10 Paul Bekombo Ekollo
17 Faizal Amir (21 Poh Yi Feng 70th)
32 Muhammad Izuaan (11 Andrew Tan 73rd)
34 Rhysh Roshan Rai
38 Farhan Musbah
Subs not used: 9 Anantha Rajan, 13 G Lenan, 18 Mba Vitus Onyekachi,
39 Lee Heng Huat (GK)
Sengkang Punggol
18 Hafez Mawasi (GK)
2 Winston Yap
3 Nor Azli Yusoff
7 Suriyandi Naib (9 Haris Sumri 67th)
8 Razali Johari
10 Zdravko Simic (Captain) (31 Fairoz Hasan 83rd)
11 Firdaus Salleh
13 Ratna Suffian
15 Ivan cesar Asenjo
16 Hiroyuki Yamamoto
20 Luis Eduardo Hicks (6 Mahmod Hashim 75th)
Subs not used: 1 Adi Salleh (GK), 12 Joey Sim (GK), 17 Aliimran
Lomri, 19 Sobrie Mazelan
Yellow Cards
Balestier Khalsa
Sofiyan Abdul Hamid 52nd
Sengkang Punggol
Winston Yap 32nd, Suriyandi Naib 41st, Ivan Cesar Asenjo (50th),
Firdaus Salleh 74th
Sent-off
Balestier Khalsa
None
Sengkang Punggol
None
Match Officials
Referee: John Chia
Assistant Referee 1: Jeffrey Goh
Assistant Referee 2: Khairuddin Ali
Fourth Official: T Aravinthan
Referee Assessor: Augustine Arlando
Match Commissioner: Franklin Miranda
::Preview
: S-League Match 2008 (Week 15) : Balestier Khalsa FC vs Sengkang
Punggol FC:: TOA PAYOH, 25 May: Balestier Khalsa will play Sengkang
Punggol on Tuesday, 27 May at Toa Payoh Stadium, 7.45pm.
Midfielder Han Yiguang will return to the Tigers' line-up
after sitting out of the last match through suspension.
::Result: S-League Match 2008 (Week 14) : Balestier Khalsa
FC 0-2 Tampines Rovers FC (0-1):: TOA PAYOH, 24 MAY: Balestier Khalsa lost 2-0 at
home to Tampines Rovers at Toa Payoh Stadium. The Tampines
Stags scored through Thai import Sutee Suksomkit (11th) and
Aliff Shafaein (79th).
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Yellow Cards
Balestier Khalsa
Mba Vitus Onyekachi (53rd)
Tampines Rovers
Sutee Sukosomkit (33rd)
Sent-off
Balestier Khalsa
None
Tampines Rovers
None
Match Officials
Referee: Muhd Adzhar Aziz
Assistant Referee 1: Lutfi Emir
Assistant Referee 2: Abdul Haniffa
Fourth Official: P Pandian
Referee Assessor: Mohd Ali Samad
Match Commissioner: Koh Wee Kiat
::Preview
: S-League Match 2008 (Week 14) : Balestier Khalsa FC vs Tampines
Rovers FC:: TOA PAYOH, 23 May: Balestier Khalsa entertains
Tampines Rovers on Saturday, 24 May at Toa Payoh Stadium,
7.45pm
Midfielder Han Yiguang will sit out of this match through
suspension. Nigerian midfielder Mba Vitus Onyekachi, who missed
the last match, should be available for selection.
::Result: S-League Match 2008 (Week
13) : Balestier Khalsa FC 2-2 Geylang United (0-1):: TOA PAYOH, 20 MAY: Balestier Khalsa were held to
a 2-2 draw at home by Geylang United at Toa Payoh Stadium.
Masrezwan Masturi had put the Geylang Eagles ahead in the
6th minute. Anantha Rajan equalised on two minutes after resumption
and put the home side in front with 62 minutes on the clock.
With an initial indication of four minutes of added time to
be played, referee Muhd Taqi continued the match right into
the seventh minute, resulting in Geylang drawing level through
Rivaldo Costa.
Balestier Khalsa 2 (Anantha Rajan 47th, 62nd)
Geylang United 2 (Masrezwan Masturi 6th, Rivaldo Costa 95th+)
Venue: Toa Payoh Stadium
Crowd: 2,195
Weather: Humid
Ground: Hard
Balestier Khalsa
19 Ang Bang Heng (GK)
2 Haruki Seto (Captain)
3 Kaze Teffo Giscard (15 Taufiq Rahmat 93rd+)
4 Jufri Taha
8 Han Yiguang
9 Anantha Rajan (14 Yusri Waris 81st)
10 Paul Bekombo
13 G Lenan
21 Poh Yi Feng
34 Rhysh Roshan Rai
38 Farhan Musbah (6 Sofiyan Abdul Hamid 72nd)
Subs not used: 17 Faizal Amir, 32 Muhammad Izuaan, 40 Daniel
Ong (GK)
Geylang United
1 Amos Boon (GK)
2 Noh Rahman
3 Rastislav Belicak
5 Aide Iskandar (Captain)
6 Baihakki Khaizan
7 Farizal Basri
8 Mohd Noor Ali
9 Miroslav Latiak
14 Luiz Machado Junior (10 Fazrul Nawaz 53rd)
16 Masrezwan Masturi (11 Syed Thaha 92nd+)
20 Rivaldo Costa
Subs not used: 4 Shah Hirul, 13 Jonathan Xu, 15 Fabian Tan,
18 Lau Meng Meng, 19 Fajar Sarib (GK)
Yellow Cards
Balestier Khalsa
Poh Yi Feng 44th, Han Yiguang 76th
Geylang United
Farizal Basri 45th, Baihakki Khaizan 59th
Sent-off
Balestier Khalsa
None
Geylang United
None
Match Officials
Referee: Muhd Taqi
Assistant Referee 1: Tang Yew Mun
Assistant Referee 2: Eugene Chan
Fourth Official: T Aravinthan
Referee Assessor: M Maniam
Match Commissioner: Khairudin Idris
::Preview
: S-League Match 2008 (Week 13) : Balestier Khalsa FC vs Geylang
United FC:: TOA PAYOH, 19 May: Balestier Khalsa host Geylang
United on Tuesday, 20 May at Toa Payoh Stadium, 7.45pm
Defender Sofiyan Abdul Hamid will return to the side after
serving his suspension. However, defender G Lenan and midfielder
Mba Vitus Onyekachi look doubtful due to a severe virus infection.
::Avaya – J&J League Cup
2008 Draw:: JALAN BESAR, 13 May 2008: The draw for 2008 Avaya
– J&J League Cup Preliminary Round and Quarter-Finals
were conducted at NFA Conference Room (Level 3) at 3.00pm.
Preliminary Round
P1) Saturday, 31 May: Super Reds FC vs Sengkang Punggol FC
@ Yishun Stadium, 7.45pm
P2) Saturday, 31 May: Geylang United FC vs Balestier Khalsa
FC @ Bedok Stadium, 7.45pm
P3) Friday, 30 May: Dalian Shide Siwu FC vs Albirex Niigata
FC (Singapore) @ Queenstown Stadium, 7.30pm
P4) Friday, 30 May: Woodlands Wellington FC vs Young Lions
@ Woodlands Stadium, 7.30pm
Quarter-Finals Fixtures
Q1) Gombak United FC vs Home United FC (1st leg: Tue, 3 June
and 2nd leg: Fri, 6 June)
Q2) SAFFC vs Winner of [P2) Geylang United FC vs Balestier
Khalsa FC] (1st leg: Wed, 4 June and 2nd leg: Sat, 7 June)
Q3) Winner of [P4) Woodlands Wellington FC vs Young Lions]
vs Tampines Rovers FC (1st leg: Wed, 4 June and 2nd leg: Sat,
7 June)
Q4) Winner of [P1) Super Reds FC vs Sengkang Punggol FC] vs
Winner of [P3) Dalian Shide Siwu FC vs Albirex Niigata FC
(Singapore)] (1st leg: Tue, 3 June and 2nd leg: Fri, 6 June)
Semi-Finals
S1) Winner of Q1 vs Winner of Q3 (1st leg: Mon, 9 June and
2nd leg: Thu, 12 June)
S2) Winner of Q2 vs Winner of Q4 (1st leg: Tue, 10 June and
2nd leg: Fri, 13 June)
3rd/4th Placing
Mon, 16 June
Final
Mon, 16 June
::Avaya – J&J League Cup
2008 Draw::
SINGAPORE, 09 May 2008: The 2008 Avaya – J&J League
Cup will kick off on 30 May with the grand final scheduled
for 16 June.
This season, the Avaya-J&J League Cup will feature all
12 S.League sides with the top four teams from last year’s
NTUC Income – YEO’S S.League – SAFFC, Home
United, Tampines Rovers and Gombak United – receiving
a bye into the quarter-finals.
Woodlands Wellington won the inaugural League Cup last season
when they cruised to a 4-0 victory over Sengkang Punggol in
the final.
