Singapore Charity Shield

Community Shield
Founded2008; 15 years ago (2008)
Region Singapore
Number of teams2
Current champions Albirex Niigata Singapore (4 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

The Community Shield (known then as the Charity Shield) 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

Year Champions Runners-up Score Note
2008 Singapore Armed Forces Home United 1–1 (aet) (5–4 pen.)
2009 S.League Foreign Players S.League Local Players 2–0
2010 Singapore Armed Forces,
AIK Solna (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
2022 Lion City Sailors Albirex Niigata (S) 2–1 [5]
2023 Albirex Niigata (S) Hougang United 3–0

Performance by clubs

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years
Tampines Rovers
5
2
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020
Albirex Niigata (S)
4
1
2016, 2017, 2018, 2023
Warriors FC
3
1
2008, 2010 (shared), 2015
Home United / Lion City Sailors
2
3
2019, 2022
AIK Solna (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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