2015 Singapore Charity Shield

The 2015 Singapore Charity Shield (also known as the Great Eastern SG50 Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons as well as to commemorate Singapore's 50th year of independence) was the 8th edition of the Singapore Charity Shield held on 1 March 2015 at Jalan Besar Stadium, between the winners of the previous season's S.League and Singapore Cup competitions. The match was contested by 2014 S.League champions Warriors and 2014 Singapore Cup winners Balestier Khalsa.

2015 Singapore Charity Shield
Date1 March 2015
VenueJalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
RefereeAhmad A'Qashah (SIN)
Attendance2,700[1]
2014
2016

Warriors won the Shield for the second time after defeating Balestier Khalsa 1–0, with Nicolás Vélez netting the only goal.[2]

Match edit

Details edit

Warriors FC1–0Balestier Khalsa
Vélez   28' Details
Attendance: 2,700[1]
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (SIN)
GK 1   Neezam Aziz
DF 3   Marin Vidošević
DF 4   Syaqir Sulaiman   77'
DF 16   Daniel Bennett (c)
DF 19   Irwan Shah
MF 6   Thomas Beattie   86'
MF 14   Kevin McCann   19'
MF 9   Miroslav Pejić
MF 21   Hafiz Rahim   66'
FW 11   Fazli Jaffar   66'
FW 10   Nicolás Vélez
Substitutes:
GK 13   Daniel Ong
DF 18   Nur Asyidiq Sukarto   77'
DF 20   Hamqaamal Shah
MF 5   Azlan Abdul Razak
MF 7   Shi Jiayi   66'
MF 12   Hafsyar Farkhan
MF 17   Andy Ahmad   66'
Head coach:
  Alex Weaver
GK 19   Zaiful Nizam (c)
DF 2   Yusiskandar Yusop   59'
DF 5   Igor Čerina
DF 6   Nurullah Hussein   75'
DF 20   Ho Wai Loon
DF 13   Jonathan Xu
MF 4   Emir Lotinac
MF 17   Poh Yi Feng   30'   64'
MF 10   Tarik Čmajčanin
FW 11   Miroslav Krištić
FW 9   Robert Peričić   75'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Zakariah Nerani
DF 3   Hanafi Salleh
MF 7   Zulkiffli Hassim   59'
MF 14   Ignatius Ang   75'
MF 15   Fadhil Noh
MF 18   Ahmad Syahir
FW 36   Noor Akid   64'
Head coach:
  Marko Kraljević
Match officials
  • Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (SIN)
  • Assistant referees:
    • Edwin Lee (SIN)
    • Manoj Kalwani (SIN)
  • Fourth official: W. Ravisanthiran (SIN)
  • Match commissioner: Mohd Izmil (SIN)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores level after 90 minutes.
  • Maximum of seven-named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Low, Lin Fhoong (2 March 2015). "Fingers crossed for S-League reboot". Today. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  2. ^ Tan, Gabriel (1 March 2015). "S.League: Warriors start defence with 1-0 win against Balestier Khalsa". ESPN FC Asia. Retrieved 24 February 2016.