2023 MFL Challenge Cup

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2023 MFL Challenge Cup
Piala Cabaran MFL 2023
Tournament details
CountryMalaysia
Date18 September – 3 December 2023
Teams8
Final positions
Champions PDRM
Runner-up Kuching City
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored44 (3.14 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)(5 goals)
Uche Agba
←  2019
2024–25  →

The 2023 MFL Challenge Cup is the third edition of Malaysia Challenge Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and Malaysian Football League (MFL). The tournament began on 18 September and ended on 3 December 2023. The qualified teams will compete on the knockout stage to compete in a two-legged single-elimination tournament beginning with the quarterfinals followed by semi-finals and the final. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Contents

A total of 8 teams competed in the knockout phase, which the eight losers of the Malaysia Cup round of 16 will participate into the tournament. [1] This was the first Challenge Cup to be held since the 2019 edition, after the previous 3 years saw the tournament not held due to various circumstances. This was also the first tournament under its new name, the MFL Challenge Cup.

PDRM defeated Kuching City in the final, with 4–1 on aggregate, thus winning the competition for the first time in club history. [2]

Teams

All 8 teams eliminated from the Malaysia Cup round of 16 will enter the tournament:

Key to colours
Losers of round of 16 enter 2023 MFL Challenge Cup
Malaysia Cup Round of 16
Team
Harini Selangor
Kedah Darul Aman
Kelantan
Kelantan United
Kuala Lumpur Rovers
Kuching City
PDRM
Penang

Format

Each tie in the knockout phase was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, then 30 minutes of extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

Schedule

The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the Malaysian Football League headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Selangor).

RoundFirst legSecond leg
Quarter-finals18–19 September 20234–6 October 2023
Semi-finals21–22 October 20234–5 November 2023
Final29 November 20233 December 2023

Knockout-stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Penang 2 3 5
Harini Selangor (a.e.t.) 1 2 3
Penang 1 0 1
PDRM 2 2 4
Kuala Lumpur Rovers 1 1 2
PDRM 2 3 5
PDRM 3 1 4
Kuching City 0 1 1
Kuching City 1 3 4
Kedah Darul Aman 0 0 0
Kuching City 1 2 3
Kelantan United 1 0 1
Kelantan United 7 4 11
Kelantan 0 0 0

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 18 and 19 September 2023, and the second legs were played on 4, 5 and 6 October 2023. [3] [4]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Kelantan United 11–0 Kelantan 7–0 4–0
Kuala Lumpur Rovers 2–5 PDRM 1–2 1–3
Kuching City 4–0 Kedah Darul Aman 1–0 3–0
Penang 5–3 Harini Selangor 2–1 3–2 (a.e.t.)

Matches

First leg
Kelantan United 7–0 Kelantan
Report
Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu
Attendance: 710 [5]
Referee: Munir Izam
Second leg
Kelantan0–4Kelantan United
Report
Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu
Attendance: 275 [6]
Referee: Faisal Ridzuan

Kelantan United won 11–0 on aggregate.

First leg
Kuala Lumpur Rovers 1–2 PDRM
Report
Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Cheras
Attendance: 123 [7]
Referee: Shahmi Ismail
Second leg
PDRM3–1Kuala Lumpur Rovers
 Report
MBPJ Stadium, Petaling Jaya
Attendance: 73 [8]
Referee: Khirulazuan Kidam

PDRM won 5–2 on aggregate.

First leg
Kuching City 1–0 Kedah Darul Aman
Report
Sarawak State Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 278 [9]
Referee: Faizudin Ismail
Second leg
Kedah Darul Aman0–3Kuching City
Report
Darulaman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 2,520 [10]
Referee: Kamal Ikhwan Yaacob

Kuching City won 4–0 on aggregate.

First leg
Penang 2–1 Harini Selangor
Report
City Stadium, George Town
Attendance: 435 [11]
Referee: Fairuzi Mat Desa
Second leg
Harini Selangor2–3 (a.e.t.)Penang
 Report
Selayang Stadium, Selayang
Attendance: 350 [12]
Referee: Amiruddin Lantji

Penang won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 21 and 22 October 2023, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 November 2023. [13]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Penang 1–4 PDRM 1–2 0–2
Kuching City 3–1 Kelantan United 1–1 2–0

Matches

First leg
Penang 1–2 PDRM
Report
City Stadium, George Town
Attendance: 212 [14]
Referee: Abang Azharudin Abdullah
Second leg
PDRM2–0Penang
 Report
MBPJ Stadium, Petaling Jaya
Attendance: 474 [15]
Referee: Usaid Jamal

PDRM won 4–1 on aggregate.

First leg
Kuching City 1–1 Kelantan United
Report
Sarawak State Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 655 [16]
Referee: Nafeez Abd Wahab
Second leg
Kelantan United0–2Kuching City
Report
Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu
Attendance: 862 [17]
Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

Kuching City won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

The first leg was played on 29 November 2023, and the second leg was played on 3 December 2023.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
PDRM 4–1 Kuching City 3–0 1–1

Matches

First leg
PDRM 3–0 Kuching City
Report
MBPJ Stadium, Petaling Jaya
Attendance: 955 [18]
Referee: Shukor Zulkiflee
Second leg
Kuching City1–1PDRM
 Report
Sarawak State Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 2,000 [19]
Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

PDRM won 4–1 on aggregate.

Winner

2023 MFL Challenge Cup

PDRM
1st title

Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [20]
1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Uche Agba PDRM 5
2 Flag of Malaysia.svg Royizzat Daud Kelantan United 3
Flag of Liberia.svg Abu Kamara Kuching City
4 Flag of Malaysia.svg S. Sharvin Kelantan United 2
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Dybal Kuching City
Flag of East Timor.svg Pedro Henrique Kuching City
Flag of Malaysia.svg Amir Saiful PDRM
Flag of Malaysia.svg Fakhrul Azim PDRM
Flag of Malaysia.svg Nabil Latpi PDRM
Flag of Lebanon.svg Soony Saad Penang
1119 players6 clubs1

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Harini Selangor v Penang match, originally scheduled on 5 October 2023 were changed to 6 October 2023, and the original venue (Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium) has been changed to the new venue (Selayang Stadium). [4]
  1. ↑ The match has been delayed 2 hours due to rain.

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