2017 Malaysia Cup

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2017 TM Malaysia Cup
TM Piala Malaysia 2017
Country Malaysia
Teams16
Defending champions Kedah
Champions Johor Darul Ta'zim (1st title)
Runners-up Kedah
Matches played61
Goals scored201 (3.3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Sandro (9 goals)
Best player Gonzalo Cabrera
2016
2018

The 2017 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2017) was the 91st edition of the Malaysia Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia.

Contents

The 2017 Malaysia Cup began on August with a preliminary round. A total of 16 teams took part in the competition. The teams were divided into four groups, each containing four teams. The group leaders and runners-up teams in the groups after six matches qualified to the quarterfinals.

Kedah were the defending champions.

The final was played at the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam on 4 November 2017. [1] It was the eleventh time that final has been held in Shah Alam, Selangor. The final was contested by the defending champions, Kedah, and Johor Darul Ta'zim. Johor Darul Ta'zim won the match 2–0, with goals from Aidil Zafuan and Gonzalo Cabrera. [2] With that win, Johor Darul Ta'zim secured their second trophy of the 2017 season after successfully retaining the Super League title.

Format

In the competition, the top eleven teams from the First Round of 2017 Malaysia Super League were joined by the top five teams from the First Round of 2017 Malaysia Premier League. The teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.

Number of teams by states

NumberStateTeam(s)
3Flag of Selangor.svg  Selangor Selangor, PKNS and UiTM
2Flag of Pahang.svg  Pahang Pahang and Felda United
Flag of Perak.svg  Perak Perak and PKNP
Flag of Terengganu.svg  Terengganu Terengganu and T–Team
1Flag of Johor.svg  Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim
Flag of Kedah.svg  Kedah Kedah
Flag of Kelantan.svg  Kelantan Kelantan
Flag of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.svg  Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur
Flag of Malacca.svg  Melaka Melaka United
Flag of Negeri Sembilan.svg  Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan
Flag of Sarawak.svg  Sarawak Sarawak

Round and draw dates

The draw for the 2017 Malaysia Cup was held on 22 May 2017 at Sri Pentas, Persiaran Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya on live telecast Scoreboard Extra Time with the participating team coaches and captains in attendance.

PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
Group stageMatchday 122 May 2017
22:30  UTC+8
4 July 2017
Matchday 27–8 July 2017
Matchday 318 July 2017
Matchday 429 July 2017
Matchday 51–2 August 2017
Matchday 69 September 2017
Knockout stageQuarter-finals15–16 September 201724 September 2017
Semi-finals15 October 201721 October 2017
Final4 November 2017 at Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor

Seeding

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Flag of Johor.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim
Flag of Pahang.svg Pahang
Flag of Kedah.svg Kedah
Flag of Perak.svg Perak
Flag of Selangor.svg Selangor
Flag of Pahang.svg Felda United
Flag of Kelantan.svg Kelantan
Flag of Terengganu.svg T-Team
Flag of Selangor.svg PKNS
Flag of Malacca.svg Melaka United
Flag of Sarawak.svg Sarawak
Flag of Negeri Sembilan.svg Negeri Sembilan
Flag of Terengganu.svg Terengganu
Flag of Perak.svg PKNP
Flag of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.svg Kuala Lumpur
Flag of Selangor.svg UiTM

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification PKNP PHG NSL TTM
1 Flag of Perak.svg PKNP 632199011Advance to Quarter-finals 1–1 2–0 4–1
2 Flag of Pahang.svg Pahang 6231148+69 6–0 2–2 3–2
3 Flag of Negeri Sembilan.svg Negeri Sembilan 613281246 0–0 2–1 3–3
4 Flag of Terengganu.svg T–Team 6123121425 1–2 1–1 4–1
Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2017. Source: FAM FMLLP

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification PRK FLDU KUL PKNS
1 Flag of Perak.svg Perak 6510133+1016Advance to knockout phase 2–1 2–0 2–0
2 Flag of Pahang.svg FELDA United 6321117+411 1–1 0–0 3–2
3 Flag of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.svg Kuala Lumpur 61233965 0–3 1–4 2–0
4 Flag of Selangor.svg PKNS 601541281 1–3 1–2 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2017. Source: FAM FMLLP

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification KDH MLK KLT UITM
1 Flag of Kedah.svg Kedah 6501175+1215Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–0 1–0
2 Flag of Malacca.svg Melaka United 6303131639 2–6 3–0 2–1
3 Flag of Kelantan.svg Kelantan 620481246 3–1 2–3 3–1
4 Flag of Selangor.svg UiTM 620491456 0–5 5–3 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2017. Source: FAM FMLLP

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification JDT SGR SWK TRG
1 Flag of Johor.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim 6411164+1213Advance to knockout phase 3–1 4–0 5–0
2 Flag of Selangor.svg Selangor 63121111010 3–2 1–2 1–1
3 Flag of Sarawak.svg Sarawak 612361265 0–2 1–2 0–0
4 Flag of Terengganu.svg Terengganu 604261264 0–0 2–3 3–3
Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2017. Source: FAM FMLLP

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:


Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
             
B2 Flag of Pahang.svg FELDA United 1 4 5
A1 Flag of Perak.svg PKNP 3 1 4
Flag of Pahang.svg FELDA United 1 0 1
Flag of Kedah.svg Kedah 1 2 3
D2 Flag of Selangor.svg Selangor 2 0 2
C1 Flag of Kedah.svg Kedah 3 1 4
Flag of Kedah.svg Kedah 0
Flag of Johor.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim 2
A2 Flag of Pahang.svg Pahang 3 0 3
B1 Flag of Perak.svg Perak 1 4 5
Flag of Perak.svg Perak 1 0 1
Flag of Johor.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim 1 3 4
c2 Flag of Malacca.svg Melaka United 1 1 2
D1 Flag of Johor.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim 4 1 5

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 15 & 16 September 2017, and the second legs were played on 24 September 2017.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 15 October 2017, and the second legs were played on 21 October 2017.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
FELDA United Flag of Pahang.svg 1–3 Flag of Kedah.svg Kedah 1–1 0–2
Perak Flag of Perak.svg 1–4 Flag of Johor.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–1 0–3

Final

The final were played on 4 November 2017 at the Shah Alam Stadium in Selangor, Malaysia.

Kedah Flag of Kedah.svg 0–2 Flag of Johor.svg Johor Darul Ta'zim
Report Aidil Soccerball shade.svg3'
Cabrera Soccerball shade.svg63'
Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 79,740 [3]
Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 4 November 2017 [4]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Sandro da Silva Kedah 9
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Gilmar Perak 8
3 Flag of Nigeria.svg Akanni-Sunday Wasiu UiTM 7
4 Flag of Lebanon.svg Mohammed Ghaddar Johor Darul Ta'zim 6
Flag of Malaysia.svg Shahrel Fikri PKNP
5 Flag of Denmark.svg Ken Ilsø Kedah 5
Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Alves Pahang
Flag of Spain.svg Rufino Segovia Selangor
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Augusto FELDA United 4
Flag of Nigeria.svg Ifedayo Olusegun FELDA United

Own goals

RankPlayerForClubDateOwn goal
1 Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Afif Amiruddin PKNP Pahang 7/7/20171
Flag of Malaysia.svg Faiz Bandong Kedah UiTM 7/7/2017
Flag of Malaysia.svg Annas Rahmat T–Team Negeri Sembilan 7/7/2017
Flag of Malaysia.svg Dzulazlan Ibrahim Selangor Sarawak 8/7/2017
Flag of Malaysia.svg Hasbullah Abu Bakar Perak Johor Darul Ta'zim 15/10/2017

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 4 November 2017
RankPlayerClubClean
sheets
1 Flag of Malaysia.svg Izham Tarmizi Johor Darul Ta'zim4
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ifwat Akmal Kedah
2 Flag of Malaysia.svg Hafizul Hakim Perak3
3 Flag of Malaysia.svg Haziq Nadzli Johor Darul Ta'zim2
Flag of Malaysia.svg Abdul Hadi Hamid Kedah
Flag of Malaysia.svg Kamarul Effandi Kuala Lumpur
Flag of Malaysia.svg Suffian Abdul Rahman Terengganu
412 players1

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate
Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Augusto Fernandes FELDA United Kuala Lumpur 1 – 4 29 July 2017
Flag of Nigeria.svg Akanni-Sunday Wasiu UiTM Melaka United 5 – 3 9 September 2017
Flag of Malaysia.svg Shahrel Fikri PKNP FELDA United 1 – 3 15 September 2017

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