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Malaysia Cup

Malaysia Cup
Founded 1921 (1921)
Region  Malaysia
Number of teams 16
(group stage)
Current champions Pahang
(4 titles)
Most successful club(s) Selangor
(32 titles)
Television broadcasters Astro Arena
Media Prima
Website Official Website
2015 Malaysia Cup

The Malaysia Cup (Piala Malaysia) is an annual association football tournament in Malaysia. The cup was first held in 1921. The competition is currently played at the end of each year's football season, and is contested by the 16 most successful teams in Malaysia's football league that year.

Contents

  • History 1
  • Champions and finalist 2
  • Best performing teams 3
  • Records & trivia 4
  • See also 5
  • References 6
  • External links 7

History

In January 1921, the British Royal Navy battleship H. M. S. Malaya called at Port Swettenham (now Port Klang), Singapore, Malacca, Penang and Port Dickson. During its stay, the crew competed in friendly matches in football, rugby, hockey, sailing and golf against local clubs.

Three months later, the Chief Secretary of the Selangor Club. The inaugural tournament were played by six teams and won by Singapore. During 1923, a newspaper described it as “by far the greatest sporting event of the year (in Malaya)”[1]

The competition was renamed the HMS Malaya Cup in 1933. In 1959, the HMS Malaya Cup departed from the traditional one round tournament to a two round home and away format in three zones, East, South and North.A new trophy was inaugurated in 1967, and since then the competition has been known as the Malaysia Cup.

A one-round league competition was introduced in Malaysia in 1979.The top four teams at the end of the league will face off in two semi-finals before the winners made it to the finals.In 1981, the quarter-finals stage were introduced.When the league began, it was intended primarily as a qualifying tournament for the Malaysia Cup. However,in 1982, the League Champions Cup was awarded to the winners of the league. Since then, the Malaysia Cup has been held after the conclusion of the league each year, with only the best-performing teams in the league qualifying for the Malaysia Cup.

In 2003, MPPJ FC became the first club team to win the cup. Prior to that year, the two teams which made the final had always been representative sides of the regional Football Associations, or military teams.

Teams representing two of Malaysia's neighbouring countries have been involved in the competition. Football Association of Singapore. Their team won the cup 24 times and are the second most successful side in the competition's history after Selangor. However, after their last win in 1994, Singapore withdrew from the competition following a dispute with the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) over gate receipts and have not been involved since. In 2011, Football Association of Singapore announced that Singapore would be back to join the Malaysia Cup in 2012.[2]

On 5 December 2011, Football Association of Singapore had unveiled the new squad list and line up planned for the 2012 edition of Malaysia Cup. The team will hence be named as LIONSXII.[3][4]

Champions and finalist

[5][6][7]
Year Champions Runners-up Score Venues
2014 Pahang Johor Darul Takzim F.C. 2-2 (5–3 pen.) Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
2013 Pahang Kelantan 1-0 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
2012 Kelantan ATM 3-2 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
2011 Negeri Sembilan Terengganu 2-1 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
2010 Kelantan Negeri Sembilan 2-1 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
2009 Negeri Sembilan Kelantan 3-1 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
2008 Kedah Selangor 3-2 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
2007 Kedah Perak 3-0 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
2006 Perlis Negeri Sembilan 2-1 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
2005 Selangor Perlis 3-0 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
2004 Perlis Kedah 1-0 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
2003 MPPJ FC Sabah 3-0 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
2002 Selangor Sabah 1-0 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
2001 Terengganu Perak 2-1 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
2000 Perak Negeri Sembilan 2-0 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
1999 Brunei Sarawak 2-1 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1998 Perak Terengganu 1-1 (5–3 pen.) Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
1997 Selangor Pahang 1-0 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
1996 Selangor Sabah 1-1 (5–4 pen.) Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
1995 Selangor Pahang 1-0 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
1994 Singapore Pahang 4-0 Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
1993 Kedah Singapore 2-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1992 Pahang Kedah 1-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1991 Johor Selangor 3-1 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1990 Kedah Singapore 3-1 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1989 Kuala Lumpur Kedah 2-1 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1988 Kuala Lumpur Kedah 3-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1987 Kuala Lumpur Kedah 1-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1986 Selangor Johor 6-1 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1985 Johor Kuala Lumpur 2-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1984 Selangor Pahang 3-1 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1983 Pahang Selangor 3-2 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1982 Selangor Terengganu 1-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1981 Selangor Singapore 4-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1980 Singapore Selangor 2-1 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1979 Selangor Singapore 2-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1978 Selangor Singapore 4-2 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1977 Singapore Penang 3-2 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1976 Selangor Singapore 3-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1975 Selangor Singapore 1-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1974 Penang Perak 2-1 George Town
1973 Selangor Terengganu 2-1 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1972 Selangor Perak 3-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1971 Selangor Perak 3-1 Perak Stadium, Ipoh
1970 Perak Kelantan 2-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1969 Selangor Penang 1-0 [8]
1968 Selangor Penang 8-1 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1967 Perak Singapore 2-1 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1966 Selangor ATM 1-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1965 Singapore Selangor 3-1 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1964 Singapore Perak 3-2 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1963 Selangor Penang 6-2 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1962 Selangor Penang 1-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1961 Selangor Perak 4-2 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1960 Singapore Perak 2-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1959 Selangor Perak 4-0 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1958 Penang Singapore 3-3 (3–1 pen.) Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1957 Perak Selangor 3-2 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
1956 Selangor Singapore 2-1 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1955 Singapore Kelantan 3-1 Rifle Range Road, Singapore
1954 Penang Singapore 3-0 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1953 Penang Singapore 3-2 Chinese Assembly Hall, Ipoh
1952 Singapore Penang 3-2 Chinese Assembly Hall, Ipoh
1951 Singapore Perak 6-0 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1950 Singapore Penang 2-0 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1949 Selangor ATM 3-2 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1948 Negeri Sembilan Selangor 2-2 (2–1 pen.) Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1942–1947 Suspended due to the World War II – Japanese Occupation
1941 Singapore Penang 2-1 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1940 Singapore Kedah 2-0 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1939 Singapore Selangor 3-2 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1938 Selangor Singapore 1-0 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1937 Singapore Selangor 2-1 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1936 Selangor Singapore 1-0 Rifle Range Road, Singapore
1935 Selangor Singapore 3-2 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1934 Singapore Penang 2-1 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1933 Singapore Selangor 8-2 Rifle Range Road, Singapore
1932 Singapore Selangor 5-3 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1931 Perak Singapore 3-1 Chinese Assembly Hall, Ipoh
1930 Singapore Selangor 3-0 Anson Road Stadium, Singapore
1929 Selangor & Singapore (trophy shared) 2-2 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1928 Selangor & Singapore (trophy shared) 2-2 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1927 Selangor Singapore 8-1 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1926 Perak Singapore 1-0 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1925 Singapore Selangor 2-1 Anson Road Stadium, Singapore
1924 Singapore Selangor 1-0 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1923 Singapore Perak 2-1 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1922 Selangor Singapore 3-2 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur
1921 Singapore Selangor 2-1 Selangor Club Padang, Kuala Lumpur

Best performing teams

Rank Team Champion Runners-up
1 Selangor 32 15
2 Singapore 24 19
3 Perak 7 11
4 Penang 4 9
5 Kedah 4 6
6 Pahang 4 4
7 N.Sembilan 3 3
8 K.Lumpur 3 1
9 Kelantan 2 4
10 Johor 2 1
Perlis 2 1
12 Terengganu 1 4
13 Brunei 1 -
MPPJ FC 1 -
15 Sabah - 3
ATM - 3
17 Sarawak - 1
18 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. - 1

Records & trivia

Records Teams Notes
Most Times Champion Selangor 32 times, including two time champion with Singapore
1st Malaya Cup Champion Singapore 1921
1st HMS Malaya Cup Champion Singapore 1933
1st Malaysia Cup Champion Perak 1967
1st champion after World War II N.Sembilan 1948
1st winner of the 21st Century Perak 2000
Records Teams Notes
1st champion at Merdeka Stadium Perak 1957
1st champion at Shah Alam Stadium Singapore 1994
1st champions National Stadium, Bukit Jalil Perak 1998
The teams that had won a hat-trick Singapore 5 times (1923-1924-1925) (1928-1929-1930) (1932-1933-1934) (1939-1940-1941) and (1950-1951-1952)
Selangor 4 times (1927-1928-1929) (1961-1962-1963) (1971-1972-1973) and (1995-1996-1997)
K.Lumpur 1 times (1987-1988-1989)
1st club team to compete Johor FC 2000
1st club team champion MPPJ FC 2004
Longest consecutive finalist Singapore 1921–1941
The teams that had title shared Selangor & Singapore 1928 and 1929
The most team entered the final but lost Sabah 3 times (1996, 2002 and 2003)
ATM 3 times (1949, 1966 and 2012)
Sarawak 1999
The state team that never played in the final yet Melaka
The team entered the finals three times (or more) but did not win all Perak 2 times (1959, 1960 and 1961) and (1970, 1971 and 1972)
(Except Selangor and Singapore) Penang 1952, 1953 and 1954
Kedah 1987, 1988 and 1989
Perlis 2004, 2005 and 2006
The team with the longest period gap to winning the Malaysia Cup again N.Sembilan 61 years (1948–2009)
The team requires the longest period to win the Malaysia Cup Kelantan 89 years (1921–2010)
Perlis 83 years (1921–2004)
Records Teams and players Entry
Most teams goal in the final Selangor 8 goals (1927 and 1968)
Singapore 8 Goals (1933)
Most goal in the final Singapore – Selangor 10 goal (1933)
Top scorer in the single final match Abdul Ghani Minhat 4 goals (1961)
Hat-trick hero in final match Abdul Ghani Minhat (4 goals)
N.Thanabalan
Ervin Boban
Abbas Saad
Juan Manuel Arostegui
Bambang Pamungkas 		1961
1968
1991
1994
2003
2005
Foreign coach most of the championship team lead Ken Worden 3 times (1995, 1996 and 2002)
Players who won the most title with the same team Mokhtar Dahari 10 title (1972–1986)
Foreign player who won the title 3 consecutive times Mehmet Durakovic 1995, 1996 and 1997

See also

References

  1. ^ http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1837_2011-09-06.html
  2. ^ http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20110712-288801.html
  3. ^ LIONSXII Squad List – Football Association of Singapore, 5 December 2011
  4. ^ FAS REVEAL LIONSXII COACH AND SQUAD LIST – Football Association of Singapore, 5 December 2011
  5. ^ "Malaysia - List of Cup Winners". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 November 2014. 
  6. ^ "Piala Malaysia". Portal Pusat Maklumat Rakyat (in Malay). Retrieved 5 November 2014. 
  7. ^ "Independence Square". abckualalumpur.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014. 
  8. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19880701&id=WWFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4920,135098&hl=en

External links

  • Football Association of Malaysia
  • Malaysia Cup
  • List of Malaysia Cup winners by Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation(RSSSF)
Malaysia Cup
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National football cups (AFC region)
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League competitions
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