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Singapore Community Shield

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Community Shield
Founded2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Region Singapore
Number of teams2
Current championsLion City Sailors (3rd titles)
Most successful club(s)Tampines Rovers
(5 titles)
Television broadcastersMycujoo
1 Play Sports (via social medias)
Singapore
Singtel TV
Starhub
Brunei
RTB

The Singapore Community Shield (also known as the AIA Community Shield due to sponsorship reasons; formerly the Charity Shield) is the curtain-raiser to the football season in Singapore. The match is contested between the champions of the previous Singapore Premier League season and the Singapore Cup winners. In a situation when the same team wins both competition, then it is contested between the Singapore Premier League's champions and runners-up.

History

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The Singapore Community Shield (known then as the Charity Shield back than) was first contested in 2008. In the inaugural match, the Singapore Armed Forces defeated Home United 5–4 on penalties following a 1–1 draw. The Shield first doubled up as the season's opening fixture in 2014 and remained so for all subsequent editions until 2018.[1]
Great Eastern is the co-sponsor for the Community Shield since 2008 and becomes the main sponsor in 2017.[2] Yeo's is the other co-sponsor for the Community Shield from 2008 until 2016.
On 23 February 2019, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) announced that AIA Singapore as the new title sponsor of the Singapore Premier League and Community Shield as part of a two-year agreement.[3]

Past results

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Year Champions Runners-up Score Note
2008 SAFFC Home United 1–1 (aet) (5–4 pen.)
2009 S.League Foreign Players S.League Local Players 2–0
2010 Singapore Armed Forces,
AIK (Sweden)
N/A 1–1 title was shared[4]
2011 Tampines Rovers Étoile 2–1
2012 Tampines Rovers Home United 2–0
2013 Tampines Rovers Warriors FC 2–1
2014 Tampines Rovers Home United 1–0
2015 Warriors FC Balestier Khalsa 1–0
2016 Albirex Niigata (S) DPMM (Brunei) 3–2
2017 Albirex Niigata (S) Tampines Rovers 2–1
2018 Albirex Niigata (S) Tampines Rovers 2–1
2019 Home United Albirex Niigata (S) 0-0 (aet) (5-4 pen.)
2020 Tampines Rovers Hougang United 3–0
2021

Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.[5]

2022 Lion City Sailors Albirex Niigata (S) 2–1 [6]
2023 Albirex Niigata (S) Hougang United 3–0
2024 Lion City Sailors Albirex Niigata (S) 2–0 [7]

Performance by clubs

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Club Winners Runners-up Winning years
Tampines Rovers
5
2
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020
Albirex Niigata (S)
4
3
2016, 2017, 2018, 2023
Warriors FC
3
1
2008, 2010 (shared), 2015
Lion City Sailors
2
0
2022, 2024
Home United
1
3
2019
AIK (Sweden)
1
0
2010 (shared)
S.League Foreign Players
1
0
2009
Hougang United
0
2
S.League Local Players
0
1
Étoile
0
1
Balestier Khalsa
0
1
DPMM (Brunei)
0
1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ten things to know about the Community Shield!". 13 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Great Eastern keeps faith in S.League with sponsorship extension". 7 February 2017.
  3. ^ "AIA partners FAS as new title sponsor of the Singapore Premier League". 23 February 2019.
  4. ^ "11th Edition of Community Shield to Open Inaugural Singapore Premier League Season". 27 March 2018.
  5. ^ "2021 Singapore Premier League season to resume on 17 July". 21 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Lion City Sailors triumph in 2022 AIA Community Shield - Football Association of Singapore". www.fas.org.sg.
  7. ^ "Lion City Sailors lift Community Shield". www.aseanfootball.org.
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