Piala Presiden (Malaysia)

Piala Presiden

Founded	1985;40 years ago (1985)
Country	Malaysia
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	20
Current champions	JDT III (4 titles)
Most championships	Kelantan U21 (7 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	Astro Arena
Current: 2025–26 Piala Presiden

The Piala Presiden (English: President's Cup) is a developmental football competition in Malaysia for under-21 players. The cup consists of developmental squads from clubs competing in the top two divisions of Malaysian football league system. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The president in the title refers to the President of Football Association of Malaysia as the country did not have a president, but rather a king. It exists alongside the youth competition for under-18 players, the Piala Belia.

History

Since its inception in 1985, Piala Presiden has been the major tournament for Under-21 and Under-23 players. ^[4] The format for the tournament has seen a lot of changes as in 2009 the format of the competition was changed with only Under-20 players eligible to be fielded for the tournament. In 2015, the format of the competition was reverted to the original format with Under-21 players and three overage players eligible to play. ^[5]

In 2016, the tournament format was also changed with the competing clubs divided into two groups and played a round-robin leg with four top clubs from each group at the end of the season qualifying for the playoff round to determine the champion. ^{[1] [2] [6]} The final match for the cup is broadcast by Astro Arena. ^[7]

Logo evolution

Since the inception of the competition in 1985, numerous logos have been introduced to reflect the sponsorship. For the 2017 season a new logo was unveiled. ^[3]

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  The logo that was used from 2013 until the end of the 2016 season.

Champions

Seasons	Champions	Score	Runners-up
1985	Kelantan U21		Sarawak U21
1986	Singapore FA		Perlis FA
1987	Johor FA	7–2	Selangor U21
1988	Selangor U21	2–0	Kelantan U21
1989	Kuala Lumpur FA	2–1	Perak U21
1990	Sarawak U21		Malacca U21
1991	Kedah FA	2–1	Johor FA
1992	Kuala Lumpur FA	1–0 ( a.e.t. )	Johor FA
1993	Malacca U21	3–2	Negeri Sembilan FA
1994	Selangor U21	3–1	Sabah FA
1995	Kelantan U21	2–1	Kuala Lumpur FA
1996	Terengganu FA	2–2 ( a.e.t. ) 4–2 (PSO)	Sabah FA
1997	Selangor U21	6–2	Sabah FA
1998	Kuala Lumpur FA	3-0	Sarawak U21
1999	Sabah FA	3–1	Selangor U21
2000	Kedah FA		Selangor U21
2001	Negeri Sembilan FA	1–0	Selangor U21
2002	Negeri Sembilan FA	3–0	Pahang FA
2003	Kedah FA	2–0	Kelantan U21
2004	Penang FA	2–1	Johor FA
2005	Kelantan U21	1–0	Pasir Gudang United
2005–06	Terengganu FA	2–0	Selangor MPPJ
2006–07	Perak U21	3–3 ( a.e.t. ) 5–4 (PSO)	Kelantan U21
2007–08	Selangor U21	1–0	Perak U21
2009	Johor FC	4–0	Terengganu FA
2010	Bukit Jalil Sports School	1–0	Kuala Lumpur FA
2011	Kelantan U21	2–1 ( a.e.t. )	MP Muar FC
2012	Perak U21	1–0	Betaria FC
2013	Kelantan U21	2–1	Perak U21
2014	Perak U21	3–2	Pahang FA
2015	Kelantan U21	2–1	Penang FA
2016	Kelantan U21	3–1 on aggregate	T-Team U21
2017	Selangor U21	2–1 on aggregate	Terengganu U21
2018	Terengganu FC III	2–1 ( a.e.t. )	Kedah U21
2019	PKNS U21	2–1 on aggregate	Perak U21
2020	cancelled and declared null and void due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	cancelled and declared null and void due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	JDT III	2-2, 2-0 4–2 on aggregate	Sri Pahang U21
2023	JDT III	3-1, 2-0 5–1 on aggregate	Negeri Sembilan
2024	JDT III	2-1, 0-0 2–1 on aggregate	Selangor U21

Team records

Team	Champion	Runner Up
Kelantan U-21	7 (1985, 1995, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016)	3 (1988, 2003, 2007)
Selangor U-21	5 (1988, 1994, 1997, 2008, 2017)	5 (1987, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2024)
Johor Darul Ta'zim III	4 (2009, 2022, 2023,2024)	—
Perak U-21	3 (2007, 2012, 2014)	4 (1989, 2008, 2013, 2019)
Kuala Lumpur City U-21	3 (1989, 1992, 1998)	2 (1995, 2010)
Kedah Darul Aman U-21	3 (1991, 2000, 2003)	1 (2018)
Terengganu III	3 (1996, 2006, 2018)	1 (2009)
Negeri Sembilan U-21	2 (2001, 2002)	2 (1993, 2023)
Sabah U-21	1 (1999)	3 (1994, 1996, 1997)
Johor FA U-21	1 (1987)	3 (1991, 1992, 2004)
Sarawak U-21	1 (1990)	2 (1985, 1998)
Melaka United U-21	1 (1993)	1 (1990)
Penang U-21	1 (2004)	1 (2015)
Singapore B-21	1 (1986)	—
SSBJ U-21	1 (2010)	—
PKNS U-21	1 (2019)	—
Sri Pahang U-21	—	3 (2002, 2014, 2022)
Perlis U-21	—	1 (1986)
Pasir Gudang United U-21	—	1 (2005)
MPPJ U-21	—	1 (2006)
MP Muar U-21	—	1 (2011)
Betaria U-21	—	1 (2012)
T-Team U-21	—	1 (2016)

See also

• FAM Football Awards

References

1. "Keputusan Undian Piala FAM, Piala Presiden & Piala Belia 2016" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
2. "Undian Piala Presiden dan Piala Belia 2016" (in Malay). Selangor FA. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
3. "Keputusan Undian Piala FAM, Piala Presiden & Piala Belia 2017" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
4. "President Cup". Malaysian Super League. 2009. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
5. "Piala Presiden" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia. 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
6. "Piala Presiden: Kelantan, T-Team Selangkah ke Final" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
7. "Sidang Media Pra Perlawanan Akhir Pertama Piala Presiden 2016, Kelantan lwn T-Team" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2018.