2012 Malaysia Cup

2012 Malaysia Cup

Piala Malaysia
Tournament details
Country	Malaysia Singapore
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Kelantan FA (2nd title)
Runner-up	ATM FA
Tournament statistics
Matches played	58
Goals scored	64 (1.1 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	12 goals Marlon Alex James
Best player	Norshahrul Idlan
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The 2012 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2012) was the 86th edition of Malaysia Cup. The competition began on 24 August 2012 and ended on 20 October 2012 with the final, held at Shah Alam Stadium. 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 6 matches qualified to the quarterfinals.

Negeri Sembilan FA were the defending champions, having beaten Terengganu FA 2–1 in last season's final.

For the first time since 1994, a Singapore team took part in the competition under the name LIONSXII.

Format

In this competition, the top 12 teams from 2012 Malaysia Super League is joined by the top 4 teams from 2012 Malaysia Premier League.^[1] The teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams.

As part of the agreement between Football Association of Malaysia and Football Association of Singapore, a Singapore team will participate in Malaysia Cup.^[2] This marks the comeback of the Singapore team in Malaysia Cup having last participated 18 years before in 1994, where they won the competition, as the Singapore Lions. The new team will be known as LIONSXII.

Seeding

The 16 teams were divided into four pots for the draw, each containing four teams. The standings in Super League and Premier League 2012 ended on 14 July 2012 – was used to seed the teams.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Kelantan FA LIONSXII Selangor FA Perak FA	Terengganu FA Negeri Sembilan FA PKNS FC T-Team FC	Johor FC Felda United FC Sarawak FA Kedah FA	ATM FA Pahang FA Sime Darby FC Johor FA

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	LIONSXII (A)	6	2	3	1	4	2	+2	9
2	Johor FC (A)	6	2	3	1	6	6	0	9
3	Johor FA	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8
4	PKNS FC	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kelantan FA (A)	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11
2	ATM FA (A)	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11
3	Kedah FA	6	1	3	2	6	8	−2	6
4	Terengganu FA	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Negeri Sembilan FA (A)	6	2	4	0	8	3	+5	10
2	Felda United FC (A)	6	1	4	1	13	12	+1	7
3	Perak FA	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2	6
4	Sime Darby FC	6	1	3	2	9	13	−4	6

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Selangor FA (A)	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13
2	Pahang FA (A)	6	3	1	2	17	13	+4	10
3	Sarawak FA	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7
4	T-Team	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	4

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Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	D2	Pahang FA	2	0	2
	A1	LIONSXII	1	2	3
								A1	LIONSXII	1	1(4)	2(4)
								B2	ATM FA (p)	1	1(5)	2(5)
	B2	ATM FA	3	3	6
	C1	Negeri Sembilan	2	1	3
															B2	ATM FA			2
															B1	Kelantan FA			3
	C2	Felda United FC	1	2	3
	B1	Kelantan FA	2	2	4
								B1	Kelantan FA	1	2	3
								D1	Selangor FA	0	0	0
	A2	Johor FC	1	1	2
	D1	Selangor FA	3	2	5

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 25,28 and 29 September, and the second legs were played on 2 October 2012.

First leg

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Second leg

LIONSXII won aggregate 3–2.

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ATM FA won aggregate 6–3.

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Kelantan FA won aggregate 4–3.

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Selangor FA won aggregate 5–2.

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Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 5 & 6 October, and the second legs were played on 11 & 12 October 2012.

First leg

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Second leg

Aggregate 2-2, ATM FA won penalty shoot-out 5–4.

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Kelantan FA won aggregate 3–0.

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Final

The final was played on 20 October 2012 at the Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam in Selangor, Malaysia.

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Winners

2012 Malaysia Cup winner
Kelantan FA 2nd title

Statistics

Top Scorer

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marlon Alex James	ATM FA	12
4	Mickaël Antoine-Curier	Felda United FC	6
3	Mohd Amri Yahyah	Selangor FA	5
	Mohd Norfarhan Mohamad	Kelantan FA	5
	Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona	Negeri Sembilan FA	5
	Mohd Fauzi Roslan	Pahang FA	5
	Muriel Orlando	Johor FA	5
	Patrick Wleh	Sime Darby FC	5
4	Boško Balaban	Selangor FA	4
	Afiq Azmi	Kelantan FA	4
	Mohd Azamuddin Md Akil	Pahang FA	4
	Mohd Hafiz Kamal	Pahang FA	4
	Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt	Johor FC	4
	Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri	Kedah FA	4
5	Mohd Badri Mohd Radzi	Kelantan FA	3
	Norshahrul Idlan Talaha	Kelantan FA	3
	Indra Putra Mahayuddin	Kelantan FA	3
	Mohd Safiq Rahim	Selangor FA	3
	Bruno Martelotto	ATM FA	3
	Shahril Ishak	LIONSXII	3
	Joël Epalle	Sarawak FA	3
	Zairo Anuar Zalani	PBDKT T-Team FC	3
6	Mohammed Ghaddar	Kelantan FA	2
	Mohd Nurul Azwan Roya	Kelantan FA	2
	Maycon Carvalho Inez	Pahang FA	2
	Mohd Faizol Hussien	Pahang FA	2
	Mohd Alif Shamsudin	Negeri Sembilan FA	2
	Khairul Izuan Abdullah	Negeri Sembilan FA	2
	Mohd Nazri Mohd Kamal	Perak FA	2
	Albert Ebossé Bodjongo	Perak FA	2
	Leandro Teofilo Santos Pinto	Sime Darby FC	2
	Mohd Faiz Mohd Isa	Sime Darby FC	2
	Hairuddin Omar	ATM FA	2
	Khairul Amri	LIONSXII	2
	Mohd Farderin Kadir	Felda United FC	2
	Helmi Loussaief	PKNS FC	2
	Francis Forkey Doe	Terengganu FA	2
	Sharudin Yakup	Sarawak FA	2
	Shahrizal Saad	Johor FC	2
	Hadin Azman	Johor FA	2

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