# 2016 Singapore League Cup

The 2016 Singapore League Cup (known as The New Paper League Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the tenth edition of the Singapore League Cup, Singapore's premier club football tournament organised by the Football Association of Singapore. Albirex Niigata (S) are the defending champions, having won their second trophy the previous year. The tournament was held from 13 to 30 July 2016.

## Teams

A total of 8 teams participate in the 2016 Singapore League Cup with all clubs coming from the S.League. Garena Young Lions did not be participating in this edition of the Singapore League Cup.
* Albirex Niigata (S)
* Balestier Khalsa
* DPMM FC
* Geylang International
* Home United
* Hougang United
* Tampines Rovers
* Warriors FC

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | DPMM FC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | Advance to semi-final |
| 3 | Hougang United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Warriors FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata (S) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 | Home United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | Advance to semi-final |
| 3 | Geylang International | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Balestier Khalsa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |

## Knockout phase
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| DPMM FC | DPMM FC | 1 | | | |
| Home United | Home United | 0 | DPMM FC | DPMM FC | 0 |
| Albirex Niigata (S) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 4 | Albirex Niigata (S) | Albirex Niigata (S) | 2 |
| Tampines Rovers | Tampines Rovers | 0 | | | |

### Final
## Plate knockout phase

The plate knockout phase involved the four teams that finished third in the preliminary phase of the tournament. There are two rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were: semi-finals and final. For each game in the plate knockout phase, a draw was followed by thirty minutes of extra time (except the final); if scores were still level there would be a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Hougang United | Hougang United | 2 | | | |
| Balestier Khalsa | Balestier Khalsa | 1 | | | |
| Balestier Khalsa | Balestier Khalsa | 1 | Hougang United | Hougang United | 1 |
| | | | Geylang International | Geylang International | 2 |
| Geylang International | Geylang International | 1 | Geylang International | Geylang International | 2 |
| Warriors FC | Warriors FC | 0 | | | |

### Plate final
## Statistics
### Top scorers

    As of matches played on 30 October 2016.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jozef Kapláň | Hougang United | 5 |
| 2 | Atsushi Kawata | Albirex Niigata (S) | 4 |
| 2 | Rafael Ramazotti | DPMM FC | 4 |
| 2 | Mark Hartmann | Geylang International | 4 |
| 5 | Fumiya Kogure | Hougang United | 3 |
| 5 | Billy Mehmet | Tampines Rovers | 3 |
| 7 | 8 players | 8 players | 2 |
| 15 | 18 players | 18 players | 1 |

## Winners

* 2016 Singapore League Cup winner
* Albirex Niigata (S) 3rd title