2023 MFL Cup

MFL Cup

Dates	2 March - 11 November 2023
Country	Malaysia
Champions	Terengganu II
Matches played	127
Goals scored	290 (2.28 per match)
Best Player	Ubaidullah Shamsul (Terengganu F.C. II)
Top goalscorer	Ebenezer Assifuah (16 goals)
Biggest home win	4 goals KDA FC B 4–0 FAM-MSN Project (15 March 2023)
Biggest away win	3 goals KDA FC B 1-3 Terengganu F.C. II (3 March 2023)
Highest scoring	5 goals Perak F.C. II 3-2 Kuching City F.C. (3 March 2023)
Highest attendance	412 Terengganu F.C. II 2-0 Penang F.C. (10 March 2023)
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The 2023 MFL Cup (Malay : Piala MFL 2023) is the 1st season of the MFL Cup, the reserve football tournament in Malaysia. It is organized by the Malaysian Football League (MFL), after the restructure of Malaysia Premier League, with 15 teams confirmed to participate. ^[1]

Age limit

The reserve tournament is dedicated to players under the age of 23. The MFL has also allowed a quota of 5 over-age players, including 3 foreigners.

Format

The tournament is played as follows:

• League level: 15 teams are divided into two groups, namely group A will consist of 8 teams and group B will consist of 7 teams each drawn from the Central Zone, North, South, East, Borneo and Club 1 State.
  • Round 1 Divided into two groups, each team will play at home and away to determine the position in the group. The top four teams in each group will advance to Round 2
  • Round 2 Consists of a group of eight teams, each team will play at home and away to determine the position in the group. The top two teams in the group will advance to the knockout stages
• Knockout stage: The knockout stage is the final match to determine the winner, it will be played in a single match. ^[2]

Teams and stadiums

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Pasir Gudang, Johor	Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium	15,000 [3]
Kedah Darul Aman B	Alor Setar	Darul Aman Stadium	32,387 [4]
Kelantan	Kota Bharu	Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium	22,000 [5]
Kelantan United	Kota Bharu	Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium	22,000
Kuala Lumpur City Extension	Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur Stadium	18,000 [6]
Kuching City	Kuching	Sarawak State Stadium	26,000
Negeri Sembilan	Seremban	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium	45,000 [7]
PDRM	Shah Alam	UiTM Stadium	10,000
Penang	George Town	City Stadium, Penang	25,000
Perak II	Manjung	Manjung Municipal Council Stadium	17,000 [8]
Sabah	Kota Kinabalu	Likas Stadium	35,000 [9]
Selangor U-23	Shah Alam	UiTM Stadium	10,000
Sri Pahang	Kuantan	Darul Makmur Stadium	40,000 [10]
FAM-MSN Project	Shah Alam	UiTM Stadium	10,000
Terengganu II	Kuala Terengganu	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium	15,000

Draws

The draw ceremony was held on 31 January 2023, at 15:00 (MST) which was broadcast live on YouTube MFL. ^[11]

Central Zone Teams Kuala Lumpur City Selangor U-23 PDRM FAM-MSN Project

North Zone Teams Kedah Darul Aman B Perak II Penang

South Zone Teams Johor Darul Ta'zim II Negeri Sembilan

East Zone Teams Terengganu II Sri Pahang

Borneo Zone Teams Sabah Kuching City

1 State Clubs Teams Kelantan Kelantan United

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation		TER	JDT	PDM	KED	PEN	SAB	FMP	KLU
1	Terengganu II	14	11	1	2	21	7	+14	34	Advance to Champions Round		—	1–2	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–1
2	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	14	9	2	3	31	12	+19	29			0–1	—	3–0	1–0	1–0	7–0	2–0	2–0
3	PDRM	14	9	1	4	22	14	+8	28			0–1	2–2	—	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–1
4	Kedah Darul Aman B	14	8	1	5	18	12	+6	25			1–3	2–1	0–2	—	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0
5	Penang	14	7	1	6	14	14	0	22			1–2	3–2	0–2	2–1	—	1–1	2–0	1–0
6	Sabah	14	3	3	8	14	24	−10	12			0–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	—	3–1	4–1
7	FAM-MSN Project	14	3	1	10	11	27	−16	10			0–1	2–5	1–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	—	1–0
8	Kelantan United	14	1	0	13	6	27	−21	3										—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 July 2023. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation		SEL	KUL	SRI	PRK	NSE	KUC	KEL
1	Selangor U-23	12	6	4	2	17	9	+8	22	Advance to Champions Round		—	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–0
2	Kuala Lumpur City	12	5	5	2	13	7	+6	20			1–1	—	1–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	1–0
3	Sri Pahang	12	4	4	4	13	13	0	16			0–2	0–0	—	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0
4	Perak II	12	4	4	4	11	12	−1	16			1–1	1–1	3–1	—	0–2	3–2	0–0
5	Negeri Sembilan	12	2	9	1	12	10	+2	15			2–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	—	2–2	0–0
6	Kuching City	12	2	4	6	12	18	−6	10			0–1	1–0	3–3	0–1	2–2	—	2–3
7	Kelantan	12	1	6	5	10	19	−9	9			1–3	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 July 2023. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Champions Round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts			TER	JDT	SRI	SEL	PDM	KUL	PRK	KED
1	Terengganu II	7	5	2	0	9	4	+5	17	Advance to Final		—	2–1	2–1	2–1	TBD	1–0	0–0	2–1
2	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	7	4	2	1	10	4	+6	14			1–2	—	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0
3	Sri Pahang FC	7	3	2	2	7	8	−1	11			0–0	TBD	—	1–0	TBD	TBD	1–0	TBD
4	Selangor FC	7	3	1	3	11	6	+5	10			TBD	0–1	TBD	—	TBD	4–1	4–0	1–0
5	PDRM FC	7	2	4	1	10	7	+3	10			1–2	1–1	0–2	TBD	—	TBD	TBD	TBD
6	Kuala Lumpur City Extension	7	1	4	2	8	10	−2	7			TBD	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–2	—	TBD	TBD
7	Perak II	7	1	2	4	4	9	−5	5			TBD	TBD	0–1	TBD	1–1	TBD	—	3–0
8	Kedah Darul Aman B	7	0	1	6	5	16	−11	1			1–2	-	3–4	TBD	0–2	1–1	TBD	—

First match(es) will be played: 15 October 2023. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Final

11 November 2023 (2023-11-11)

20:15 (MST)

Terengganu II	1-0	JDT II
Isa Raman 88'	Report

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Cheras

Attendance: 3,055

Referee: Mohd Fusser Bin Mad Sallih

Winner

MFL Cup 2023 Champions
Terengganu II
1st title

Top scorers

As of 31 July 2023 ^[12]

Ked	Pemain	Kelab	Gol
1	Gabriel Nistelrooy	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	12
2	Ebenezer Assifuah	Kedah Darul Aman B	11
3	Chukwu Chijioke	PDRM	9
4	Daryl Sham	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	5
	Syahmi Zamri	Terengganu II
6	Harith Akif	Kelantan	4
	Cornelius Ornley	Kuching City
	Harith Samsuri	Negeri Sembilan
	Jacque Faye	PDRM
	Hakimi Isa	Perak II
	Azhad Harraz	Sabah
	Nasyrullah Zaki	Sri Pahang
	Muslihuddin Atiq	Terengganu II

See also

• 2023 Piala Sumbangsih
• 2023 Malaysia Super League
• 2023 Malaysia M3 League
• 2023 Malaysia M4 League
• 2023 Malaysia M5 League
• 2023 Malaysia FA Cup
• 2023 Malaysia Cup
• 2023 MFL Challenge Cup
• 2023 Piala Presiden

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