The 2011

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(known as the

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Singapore Cup for sponsorship reasons) starts in June 2011. It is the 14th staging of the annual Singapore Cup tournament. 11

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clubs and 5 invited foreign teams play in this edition. The cup was a single-elimination tournament, with all sixteen teams playing from the first round. The first round involved one-off matches. Subsequent rounds involved ties of two legs. The Young Lions have opted out of participation in view of their involvement in the inaugural AFF Under-23 tournament in Indonesia during the period of the competition. Unlike previous editions, this season does not apply the

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which explains despite

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scored 2 away goals in the second leg during the quarter finals against

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that ends a 2–2 draw with its first leg held to a goalless draw stalemate, the game continues to the

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and subsequently to

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after the deadlock was not break whereby Albirex Niigata (S) won the penalty shootout again and advances to the Semi-Finals. The same thing had also happened to

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where they advanced through Semi-Finals by penalties after the first leg where Home United scored a 3 away goals for a 3–3 draw while scoring no goals from either side on the second leg. The first round kicked off in June with the final to be played on 5 November. The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the

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Teams

;S.League Clubs *

Balestier Khalsa Balestier Khalsa Football Club is a Singaporean professional football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League. Founded in 1898, the club is considered as the oldest football club in the country. History Tracing their origins all th ...

* Etoile *

Geylang United Geylang International Football Club is a professional football club based in Bedok, Singapore, which plays in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was founded in 1973 with the purpose of building a s ...

Gombak United Gombak United Football Club was a professional football club which competed in the S.League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was based in Bukit Gombak. During the early years of the S. League, Gombak United played their ho ...

Hougang United Hougang United Football Club is a Singaporean professional football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League. History Hougang United Football Club was founded as Marine Castle United Football Club, which was formed by Newcastle Unit ...

* Singapore Armed Forces (SAFFC) *

Tampines Rovers Tampines Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singapore football league system. Founded in 1945, the club have won the national league ...

Tanjong Pagar United Tanjong Pagar United Football Club is a professional football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club took part in S.League from 1996 to 2004, and from 2011 to 2014. The club withd ...

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;Invited Foreign Teams *

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Pattaya United Pattaya United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลพัทยา ยูไนเต็ด) was a Thai football club based in Pattaya, Chonburi Province. Defunct after the 2018 season, the club was renamed to Samut Prakan Ci ...

Phnom Penh Crown Phnom Penh Crown Football Club (PPCFC; km, ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់ភ្នំពេញក្រោន, ) is a Cambodian professional football club based in Sangkat Toul Sangke II, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh, competing in the C ...

Okktha United Hantharwady United Football Club ( my, ဟံသာဝတီ ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံး အသင်း) is a professional football club, based in Bago, Myanmar, and represents the Bago Region. The club was a founding m ...

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^* ^* The original team to participate was

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, But later replaced by

Knockout bracket

Preliminary round

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Quarter-finals

1st Leg

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2nd Leg

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Semi-finals

1st Leg

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2nd Leg

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Third-place Playoff

Final

Winners

References

External links

Official S.League website

Football Association of Singapore website
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2011 domestic association football cups

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