2018 Malaysia Cup

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2018 Malaysia Cup
Piala Malaysia 2018
Tournament details
Country Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
Dates4 August – 27 October 2018
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Perak (8th title)
Runner-up Terengganu
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored201 (3.3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Kipré Tchétché
(9 goals)
Best player Brendan Gan
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The 2018 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2018) was the 92nd edition of Malaysia Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). Known as the unifi Malaysia Cup due to the start of a sponsorship deal with unifi. [1]

Contents

The 2018 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.

Johor Darul Ta'zim were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Terengganu in the semi-finals.

Format

In the competition, the top eleven teams from the 2018 Malaysia Super League were joined by the top five teams from the 2018 Malaysia Premier League. The teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.

Round and draw dates

The draw for the 2018 Malaysia Cup was held on 30 July 2018 at Damansara Performing Arts Centre on live telecast iflix with the participating team coaches and captains in attendance. [2]

PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
Group stageMatchday 130 July 2018
15:30  UTC+8 		4–5 August 2018
Matchday 210–12 August 2018
Matchday 317–19 August 2018
Matchday 425–26 & 28 August 2018
Matchday 531 August – 2 September 2018
Matchday 615–17 September 2018
Knockout stageQuarter-finals21–23 & 25 September 201828–30 September 2018
Semi-finals6–7 October 201820–21 October 2018
Final27 October 2018

Seeding

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 30 July 2018, 15:30 MYT ( UTC+8 ), at the Damansara Performing Arts Centre in Petaling Jaya , Selangor and has been broadcast live on iflix and Unifi TV . [3] The 16 teams were drawn into 4 groups. [4] In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage .

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification TER PRK FLC KL
1 Terengganu 63121812+610Advance to knockout stage — 1–2 2–2 2–3
2 Perak 631297+210 3–4 — 0–0 1–0
3 Felcra 62221014−48 1–4 2–1 — 1–4
4 Kuala Lumpur 62041115−46 1–5 0–2 3–4 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2018. Source: FAM FMLLP

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification PKNS FEL MEL PDRM
1 PKNS 6411189+913Advance to knockout stage — 2–3 2–1 5–0
2 FELDA United 6312119+210 0–1 — 0–0 2–0
3 Melaka United 6231189+99 3–3 6–1 — 2–2
4 PDRM 6015525−201 2–5 0–5 1–6 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2018. Source: FAM FMLLP

Group C

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification JDT KEL MIFA KED
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 6303117+49Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 1–2 5–1
2 Kelantan 62223308 1–0 — 0–0 2–0
3 MISC-MIFA 622289−18 0–3 2–0 — 2–2
4 Kedah 6222912−38 3–1 0–0 3–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2018. Source: FAM FMLLP

Group D

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification SAB PAH SEL PKNP
1 Sabah 641187+113Advance to knockout stage — 0–4 2–1 1–0
2 Pahang 632194+511 1–1 — 1–3 0–0
3 Selangor 6204911−26 1–2 0–2 — 0–3
4 PKNP 611448−44 0–2 0–1 1–4 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 September 2018. 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 FELDA United 1 3 4
A1 Terengganu 2 4 6
Terengganu 1 2 3
Johor Darul Ta'zim 0 2 2
D2 Pahang 1 0 1
C1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 1 2 3
Terengganu 3 (1)
Perak 3 (4)
A2 Perak 0 2 2
B1 PKNS 0 0 0
Perak 5 2 7
Sabah 0 2 2
C2 Kelantan 2 0 2
D1 Sabah (a) 1 1 2

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 21, 22, 23 & 25 September, and the second legs were played on 28, 29 and 30 September 2018.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
FELDA United 4–6 Terengganu 1–2 3–4
Kelantan 2–2 (a) Sabah 2–1 0–1
Pahang 1–3 Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–1 0–2
Perak 2–0 PKNS 0–0 2–0

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 6 and 7 October, and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 October 2018.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Terengganu 3–2 Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–0 2–2
Perak 7–2 Sabah 5–0 2–2

Final

The final was played on 27 October 2018 at the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam.

Terengganu 3–3 (a.e.t.) Perak
Tchétché Soccerball shade.svg1', 42'
Faiz Soccerball shade.svg96'		 Report Firdaus Soccerball shade.svg46'
Brendan Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Zonjić Soccerball shade.svg120+1' (o.g.)
Penalties
Zonjić Soccerball shade cross.svg
Thierry Soccerball shade cross.svg
Nasrullah Soccerball shad check.svg		1–4Soccerball shad check.svg Wander Luiz
Soccerball shad check.svg Amirul
Soccerball shad check.svg Shahrul
Soccerball shad check.svg Leandro
Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 78,783 [5]
Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 28 October 2018 [6]

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by first name.

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Kipré Tchétché Terengganu 9
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Guilherme de Paula Kuala Lumpur 8
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Gilmar Perak 7
Flag of England.svg Lee Tuck Terengganu
5 Flag of Nigeria.svg Ifedayo Olusegun Melaka United 6
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Gilberto Fortunato FELDA United 5
Flag of Argentina.svg Fernando Márquez Johor Darul Ta'zim
Flag of Brazil.svg Wander Luiz Perak

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Kipré Tchétché Terengganu Kuala Lumpur 1–5 4 August 2018
Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Fernandes Felda United PDRM 0–5 12 August 2018
Flag of Brazil.svg Guilherme de Paula 4 Kuala Lumpur Felcra 1–4 12 August 2018
Flag of England.svg Lee Tuck Terengganu Felcra 1–4 25 August 2018
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Matos PKNS PDRM 5–0 15 September 2018
Flag of Nigeria.svg Ifedayo Olusegun Melaka United Felda United 6–1 15 September 2018

4Player scored four goals

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