2018 Malaysia Cup

2018 unifi Malaysia Cup

unifi Piala Malaysia 2018
Tournament details
Country	Terengganu FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	201 (3.3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Kipré Tchétché (9 goals)
Best player	Brendan Gan
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The 2018 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2018) was the 92nd edition of Malaysia Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). Known as the unifi Malaysia Cup due to the start of a sponsorship deal with unifi.^[1]

The 2018 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.

in the semi-finals.

Format

In the competition, the top eleven teams from the 2018 Malaysia Super League were joined by the top five teams from the 2018 Malaysia Premier League. The teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.

Round and draw dates

The draw for the 2018 Malaysia Cup was held on 30 July 2018 at Damansara Performing Arts Centre on live telecast iflix with the participating team coaches and captains in attendance.^[2]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Group stage	Matchday 1	30 July 2018 15:30 UTC+8	4–5 August 2018
	Matchday 2		10–12 August 2018
	Matchday 3		17–19 August 2018
	Matchday 4		25–28 August 2018
	Matchday 5		31 August–2 September 2018
	Matchday 6		15–17 September 2018
Knockout stage	Quarter-finals		21–25 September 2018	28–30 September 2018
	Semi-finals		6–7 October 2018	20–21 October 2018
	Final		27 October 2018

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Pahang	Selangor	Felda United	Sabah

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 30 July 2018, 15:30

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Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TER	PRK	FLC	KL
1	Terengganu	6	3	1	2	18	12	+6	10	Quarter-finals		—	1–2	2–2	2–3
2	Perak	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10			3–4	—	0–0	1–0
3	Felcra	6	2	2	2	10	14	−4	8			1–4	2–1	—	1–4
4	Kuala Lumpur	6	2	0	4	11	15	−4	6			1–5	0–2	3–4	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PKNS	FEL	MEL	PDRM
1	PKNS	6	4	1	1	18	9	+9	13	Quarter-finals		—	2–3	2–1	5–0
2	Felda United	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10			0–1	—	0–0	2–0
3	Melaka United	6	2	3	1	18	9	+9	9			3–3	6–1	—	2–2
4	PDRM	6	0	1	5	5	25	−20	1			2–5	0–5	1–6	—

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JDT	KEL	MIFA	KED
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9	Quarter-finals		—	1–0	1–2	5–1
2	Kelantan	6	2	2	2	3	3	0	8			1–0	—	0–0	2–0
3	MISC-MIFA	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8			0–3	2–0	—	2–2
4	Kedah	6	2	2	2	9	12	−3	8			3–1	0–0	3–2	—

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAB	PAH	SEL	PKNP
1	Sabah	6	4	1	1	8	7	+1	13	Quarter-finals		—	0–4	2–1	1–0
2	Pahang	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11			1–1	—	1–3	0–0
3	Selangor	6	2	0	4	9	11	−2	6			1–2	0–2	—	0–3
4	PKNP	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4			0–2	0–1	1–4	—

Bracket

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	A1	Terengganu	2	4	6
	B2	Felda United	1	3	4
								A1	Terengganu	1	2	3
								c1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0	2	2
	C1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1	2	3
	D2	Pahang	1	0	1
															A1	Terengganu	3 (1)
															A2	Perak	3 (4)
	B1	PKNS	0	0	0
	A2	Perak	0	2	2
								A2	Perak	5	2	7
								D1	Sabah	0	2	2
	D1	Sabah (a )	1	1	2
	C2	Kelantan	2	0	2

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Knockout stage

The first legs will be played on 21 to 25 September 2018, and the second legs will be played on 28 to 30 September 2018.

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Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Terengganu	6–4	Felda United	2–1	4–3
Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–1	Pahang	1–1	2–0
PKNS	0–2	Perak	0–0	0–2
Sabah	(a) 2–2	Kelantan	1–2	1–0

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Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 6 and 7 October 2018, and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 October 2018.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Terengganu	3–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–0	2–2
Perak	7–2	Sabah	5–0	2–2

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Final

The final were played on 27 October 2018.

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 28 October 2018

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by first name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kipré Tchétché	Terengganu	9
2	Guilherme de Paula	Kuala Lumpur	8
3	Lee Tuck	Terengganu	7
	Gilmar	Perak
5	Ifedayo Olusegun	Melaka United	6
6	Gilberto Fortunato	Felda United	5
	Wander Luiz	Perak
	Fernando Márquez	Johor Darul Ta'zim

Own goals

Rank	Player	For	Against	Date	Goals
1	Syazwan Tajudin	Kedah	MISC-MIFA	18 August 2018	1
	Zainuddin Abidin	Felcra	Kuala Lumpur	2 September 2018

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Kipré Tchétché	Terengganu	Kuala Lumpur	1–5	4 August 2018
Thiago Fernandes	Felda United	PDRM	0–5	12 August 2018
Guilherme de Paula 4	Kuala Lumpur	Felcra	1–4	12 August 2018
Lee Tuck	Terengganu	Felcra	1–4	25 August 2018
Bruno Matos	PKNS	PDRM	5–0	15 September 2018
Ifedayo Olusegun	Melaka United	Felda United	6–1	15 September 2018

⁴ Player scored four goals

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 21 October 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Hafizul Hakim	Perak	6
2	Faridzuean	Kelantan	4
3	Farizal Harun	Felda United	3
	Farizal Marlias	Johor Darul Ta'zim
	Rozaimie Rohim	Sabah
	Zarif Irfan	PKNS
7	Helmi Eliza	Pahang	2
	Muhaimin Mohamad	MISC-MIFA
	Remezey	Pahang
	Syazani Puat	PKNP
11	Fadzley Rahim	Felcra	1
	Khairul Fahmi Che Mat	Melaka United
	Ramadhan Hamid	Kedah
	Suffian Rahman	Terengganu

See also

• 2018 Malaysia FA Cup
• 2018 Malaysia Challenge Cup

References

External links

• Football Malaysia Official Website - (Malaysia Cup)