Malaysia FAM Cup

FAM Cup

Founded	September 1951;73 years ago (1951-09) (as knock-out cup tournament) 2008;17 years ago (2008) (as league)
Folded	2019;6 years ago (2019)
Country	Malaysia
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	64
Last champions	Terengganu City (1st title)
Most championships	Selangor (7th title)
Broadcaster(s)	Astro Arena

The FAM Cup (Malay: Piala FAM) was a knock-out football tournament for the Malaysia M3 League and the Malaysia M4 League in Malaysia. From 2008 to 2018 it was held as a third-tier league and used the FAM League (Liga FAM) name. ^[1]

The competition was first held in September 1951. ^{[1] [2]} Up to 1973, the competition was open to state teams that also competed in the Malaysia Cup, before the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) opened up the competition to club sides from 1974 onwards.

Format

• 1951–1973: as a secondary knockout competition between state teams only after Piala Malaysia.
• 1974–1989: as a secondary knockout competition between club teams only after Piala Malaysia.
• 1990–2007: as a third-tier knockout competition.
• 2008–2018 : as a third-tier league competition.

History

Piala FAM was established in August 1951 as a secondary knockout competition to the more prestigious Malaya Cup. ^[3] The competition was held between the state teams and uniformed units including Singapore, the Police, the Army, and the Malaysian Prison Department in its early days. The inaugural season started in September 1951 after the Malaya Cup final concluded. ^{[2] [4]} The final was held on 26 April 1952 between Penang and Selangor which was won by Penang. ^{[5] [6]} Starting in 1974, the state teams were barred from entering the competition and only club sides were allowed to enter. ^[1]

With the advent of the two-division Semi-Pro League in 1989, the FAM Cup became a third-tier competition. In 1993, the format of the competition was changed to include a two-group league which was followed by a traditional knockout format. Promotion to the professional M-League was introduced for the first time in 1997, with Johor FC and NS Chempaka becoming the first two sides to be promoted that year. ^[1]

The final knockout competition format was played out for the 2007 season where four clubs were promoted including the champions, runners-up and the losing semi-finalists. ^{[7] [8]} In 2008, further changes were made when the knockout stages were abolished and a double round-robin league format was introduced. The tournament was now known as Liga FAM. ^{[9] [10]}

In 2016, the FAM decided to rename the competition again from Liga FAM back to its original name, the Piala FAM. ^[11] However, the format of the competition was still contested as a league tournament as before. The final match for the 2016 season was broadcast by Astro Arena. ^[12] A total of 16 clubs competed in the competition for the 2017 season and was divided into two groups. ^[13] On 15 February 2017, Sungai Ara withdrew from the league and left the competition with 15 clubs in total. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

It was announced on 19 December 2018 that the format was changed back to a straight knock-out tournament, starting from the 2019 season. ^{[17] [18]} This proposal was scrapped however as the Football Association of Malaysia rebranded the competition as the Malaysia M3 League from the 2019 season onwards, with the FAM taking control of both the Malaysia M3 League and the Malaysia M4 League as well. ^[19]

Logo evolution

Since the inception of the competition in 1951, numerous logos were introduced to reflect the sponsorship. For the 2017 season a new logo was unveiled. ^[13]

• 
  The logo that was used from 2013 until the end of the 2015 season.

Champions

As Malaysia FAM Cup

No.	Season [1]	Champions	Runners-up	Score in final
1	1952	Penang	Selangor	5–0
2	1953	Kelantan	Selangor	1–1 (Trophy shared)
3	1954	Kelantan	Combined Services @ ATM FA	2–1
4	1955	Penang	Selangor	2–1
5	1956	Penang	Negeri Sembilan FA	5–1
6	1957	Penang	Malacca FA	8–1
7	1958	Combined Services @ ATM FA	Malacca FA	3–1
8	1959	Perak	Johor FA	1–0
9	1960	Selangor	Perak	5–0
10	1961	Selangor	Penang	5–3
11	1962	Selangor	Penang	4-3 ( a.e.t. )
12	1963	Singapore FA	Kelantan	7–0
13	1964	Perak	Selangor	7–1
14	1965	Perak	Singapore FA	3–2
15	1966	Selangor	Johor FA	3–0
16	1967	Singapore FA	Selangor	2–1
17	1968	Selangor	Penang	3–2
18	1969	Terengganu	Selangor	3–1
19	1970	Penjara F.C.	Selangor	3–2
20	1971	Penjara F.C.	Kelantan	5–2
21	1972	Selangor	Kelantan	2–1
22	1973	Penjara F.C.	Johor FA	1–0
23	1974	UMNO Selangor F.C.	Kuantan	2–1
24	1975	Kuantan	LKPP Kelantan F.C.	1–0
25	1976	Kelab Sukan Adabi	Kuantan	1–0
26	1977	Kuantan	Kelab Kilat Kota Bharu	2–2 (Trophy shared)
27	1978	NS Indians F.C.	PKNS F.C.	0–0 (Trophy shared)
28	1979	PKNS F.C.	Hong Chin F.C.	2–1
29	1980	Darulmakmur F.C.	NS Indians F.C.	4–1
30	1981	SPPP FC	UMBC F.C.	4–2
31	1982	Kelab Sultan Sulaiman	MARA F.C.	2–0
32	1983	SPPP FC	???	-
33	1984	Johor Bahru FA	Fajar Hiliran F.C.	2–1
34	1985	KL Cheqpoint F.C.	DBKL F.C.	1–0
35	1986	PDC F.C.	???	-
36	1987	DBKL F.C.	Kinta Indians F.C.	1–0
37	1988	DBKL F.C.	???	-
38	1989	PKNK FC	DBKL F.C.	1–0
39	1990	DBKL F.C.	???	-
40	1990-91	DBKL F.C.	Public Bank F.C.	1–0
41	1991-92	PKNK F.C.	Intel F.C.	2–1 ( a.e.t. )
42	1993	Intel F.C.	PKNP F.C.	1–1 ( a.e.t. ) 5–4 (PSO)
43	1994	PKENJ F.C.	Intel F.C.	PKENJ F.C. won 1–0 on aggregate 1st leg 1–0; 2nd leg 0–0
44	1995	PKENJ F.C.	LKPP Pahang F.C.	PKENJ F.C. won 2–0 on aggregate 1st leg 1–0; 2nd leg 0–1
45	19961	TM F.C.	PKENJ F.C.	TM FC won 4–3 on penalty 1st leg 2–1; 2nd leg 0–1
46	1997	ATM	NS Chempaka F.C.	ATM FA won 3–0 on aggregate 1st leg 2–0; 2nd leg 1–0
47	1998	TM FC	TNB F.C.	TM FC won 5–1 on aggregate 1st leg 4–0; 2nd leg 1–1
48	1999	JKR F.C.	Malay Mail F.C.	4–2
49	2000	JKR F.C.	PDRM FA	1–1 ( a.e.t. ) 6–5 (PSO)
50	2001	MPPJ FC	SAJ Holdings F.C.	3–1
51	2002	JPS F.C.	TKN F.C.	5–0
52	2003	PKNS F.C.	MK Land F.C.	3–1
53	2004	Suria NTFA F.C.	UPB Jendarata F.C.	2–1
54	2005	Kelantan	Shahzan Muda S.C.	2–0
55	2006	Pasir Gudang United F.C.	ATM	3–0
56	2007	Proton F.C.	Beverly F.C.	4–2
57	2008	T-Team	MBJB F.C.	Held as league tournament
58	2009	Pos Malaysia F.C.	USM FC	Held as league tournament
59	2010	Sime Darby F.C.	SDM Navy Kepala Batas F.C.	Held as league tournament
60	2011	NS Betaria FC	MBJB F.C.	Held as league tournament
61	2012	Putrajaya SPA F.C.	Shahzan Muda S.C.	Held as league tournament
62	2013	Penang	PBAPP F.C.	Held as league tournament
63	2014	Kuantan	Kuala Lumpur	Held as league tournament
64	2015	Melaka United	Perlis FA	3–2
65	2016	MISC-MIFA	PKNP F.C.	MIFA won 3–1 on aggregate 1st leg 1–0; 2nd leg 1–2
66	2017	Sime Darby F.C.	UKM F.C.	Sime Darby won 3–2 on aggregate 1st leg 1–0; 2nd leg 2–2
67	2018	Terengganu City	Selangor United	2–0

Performances by clubs/teams and states

Performance by club (1952–2018)

Club	Winners	Runners-up
Selangor	7	6
Penang	5	3
DBKL S.C.	4	2
Kelantan	3	3
Kuantan	3	2
Perak	3	1
PKNS FC	3	-
Penjara F.C.	3	-
ATM/Combined Services F.C.	2	2
Singapore FA	2	1
PKENJ FC	2	1
JKR FC	2	-
PKNK FC	2	-
SPPP FC	2	-
TM F.C.	2	-
Sime Darby F.C.	2	-
Melaka United	1	2
Intel FC	1	2
NS Indians FC	1	1
Terengganu	1	-
UMNO FC	1	-
Kelab Sukan Adabi	1	-
Kelab Kilat Kota Bharu	1	-
Darul Makmur FC	1	-
Kelab Sultan Sulaiman	1	-
Johor Bahru FA	1	-
KL Cheq Point FC	1	-
PDC F.C.	1	-
MPPJ F.C.	1	-
JPS FC	1	-
Suria NTFA F.C.	1	-
Pasir Gudang United	1	-
Proton F.C.	1	-
T-Team	1	-
Pos Malaysia F.C.	1	-
NS Betaria F.C.	1	-
Putrajaya SPA F.C.	1	-
MIFA	1	-
Terengganu City	1	-
Johor FA	-	3
Shahzan Muda S.C.	-	2
PKNP F.C.	-	2
MBJB F.C.	-	2
Negeri Sembilan	-	1
LKPP Kelantan F.C.	-	1
Hong Chin F.C.	-	1
UMBC F.C.	-	1
MARA F.C.	-	1
Fajar Hiliran F.C.	-	1
Kinta Indians F.C.	-	1
Public Bank F.C.	-	1
LKPP Pahang F.C.	-	1
NS Chempaka F.C.	-	1
TNB F.C.	-	1
Malay Mail F.C.	-	1
PDRM FA	-	1
SAJ Holdings F.C.	-	1
TKN F.C.	-	1
MK Land F.C.	-	1
Jenderata F.C.	-	1
Beverly F.C.	-	1
USM F.C.	-	1
SDMS Kepala Batas F.C.	-	1
PBAPP F.C.	-	1
Kuala Lumpur	-	1
Perlis	-	1
UKM F.C.	-	1
Selangor United	-	1

Performance by states (1952–2018)

Club	Winners	Runners-up
Selangor	15	13
Penang	10	8
Kuala Lumpur	8	6
Kelantan	7	6
Johor	4	7
Pahang	4	5
Perak	3	5
Melaka	3	2
Terengganu	3	1
Negeri Sembilan	2	3
Singapore	2	1
Kedah	2	-
Others	6	3

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