2019 Malaysia Cup

2019 Malaysia Cup

Piala Malaysia 2019
Tournament details
Country	Malaysia
Dates	2 August – 2 November 2019
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Johor Darul Ta'zim (2nd title)
Runner-up	Kedah
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	209 (3.43 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Safawi Rasid (11 goals)
Best player	Safawi Rasid
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The 2019 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2019) was the 93rd edition of Malaysia Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and Malaysian Football League (MFL).

The 2019 Malaysia Cup began on August with a preliminary round. 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 six matches qualified to the quarterfinals.

Perak were the defending champions. They were eliminated by Selangor in the quarter-finals.^[1]

Format

In the competition, the top eleven teams from the 2019 Malaysia Super League were joined by the top five teams from the 2019 Malaysia Premier League. The teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.

Round and draw dates

The draw for the 2019 Malaysia Cup will be held on 23 July 2019.^[2]

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Johor Darul Ta'zim Pahang Selangor Kedah	Perak Melaka United Terengganu PJ City	PKNS Felda United PKNP Sabah	PDRM UiTM Negeri Sembilan Pulau Pinang

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KED	TER	NSE	PKNS
1	Kedah	6	4	1	1	14	9	+5	13	Quarter-finals		—	0–2	4–2	3–2
2	Terengganu	6	4	0	2	14	8	+6	12			2–3	—	3–1	3–1
3	Negeri Sembilan	6	2	0	4	11	15	−4	6			1–3	3–2	—	1–2
4	PKNS	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4			1–1	0–2	1–3	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JDT	PKNP	PJC	UiTM
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	5	1	0	19	8	+11	16	Quarter-finals		—	5–0	4–2	3–1
2	PKNP	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10			2–2	—	3–0	4–0
3	PJ City	6	3	0	3	9	11	−2	9			2–3	2–1	—	1–0
4	UiTM	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0			1–2	0–2	0–2	—

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAH	PRK	PEN	SAB
1	Pahang	6	5	0	1	12	5	+7	15	Quarter-finals		—	3–0	3–1	1–0
2	Perak	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9			3–1	—	1–1	3–0
3	Pulau Pinang	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5			0–2	1–1	—	2–1
4	Sabah	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4			1–2	1–1	2–0	—

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEL	MEL	FEL	PDRM
1	Selangor	6	2	4	0	9	6	+3	10	Quarter-finals		—	1–1	2–2	1–1
2	Melaka United	6	2	2	2	10	9	+1	8			0–1	—	1–3	3–1
3	Felda United	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	7			0–2	1–3	—	1–0
4	PDRM	6	1	3	2	10	12	−2	6			2–2	2–2	4–3	—

Bracket

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	PKNP		1	1	2
	Kedah		2	4	6
								Kedah		3	5	8
								Pahang		3	5	8
	Melaka		0	1	1
	Pahang		3	3	6
															Kedah		0
															Johor DT		3
	Terengganu		0	1	1
	Johor DT		1	4	5
								Johor DT		2	3	5
								Selangor		1	0	1
	Perak		1	1	2
	Selangor		0	3	3

Knockout stage

The first legs was played in September 2019, and the second legs will be played in October 2019.

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Terengganu	1–5	Johor DT	0–1	1–4
PKNP	2–6	Kedah	1–2	1–4
Melaka United	1–6	Pahang	0–3	1–3
Perak	2–3	Selangor	1–0	1–3

Quarter-finals

Johor Darul Ta'zim won 5−1 on aggregate.

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Kedah won 6−2 on aggregate.

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Pahang won 6−1 on aggregate.

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Selangor won 3−2 on aggregate.

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Semi-finals

The first legs will be played on 19 October 2019, and the second legs will be played on 26 October 2019.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kedah	(a) 8–8	Pahang	3–3	5–5 (a.e.t)
Johor DT	5–1	Selangor	2–1	3–0

8−8 on aggregate. Kedah won on away goals.

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Johor Darul Ta'zim won 5−1 on aggregate.

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Final

The final was played on 2 November 2019.

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of matches played on 2 November 2019.^[3]

Players sorted first by goals, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Safawi Rasid	Johor Darul Ta'zim	11
2	Dickson Nwakaeme	Pahang	9
3	Jonathan Bauman	Kedah	8
4	Lazarus Kaimbi	Pahang	7
5	Diogo Luís Santo	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6
	Gonzalo Cabrera	Johor Darul Ta'zim
	Kipré Tchétché	Terengganu

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Kipré Tchétché	Terengganu	Negeri Sembilan	3–1	17 August 2019
Giancarlo	PKNP	UiTM	4–1	13 September 2019
Safawi Rasid	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Selangor	3–0	26 October 2019

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 2 November 2019.

Players sorted first by clean sheets, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Helmi Eliza	Pahang	4
	Farizal Marlias	Johor Darul Ta'zim
3	Shafiq Afifi	PKNP	3
4	Hafizul Hakim	Perak	2
	Khairulazhan Khalid	Selangor
	Muhaimin Mohamad	PJ City
7	Norazlan Razali	Felda United	1
	Rozaime Rohim	Sabah
	Wan Azraie	Terengganu

Winners

2019 Malaysia Cup Winner
Johor Darul Ta'zim FC
2nd Title

See also

• 2019 Malaysia FA Cup
• 2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup

References

External links

• Malaysian Football League Official Website - (Malaysia Cup)