2015 Malaysia Cup

2015 TM Malaysia Cup

TM Piala Malaysia 2015
Country	Malaysia Singapore
Teams	16
Champions	Selangor (33 titles)
Runners-up	Kedah
Matches played	31
Goals scored	184 (5.94 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	(8 goals) Sandro (Kedah FA) Thiago Augusto Fernandes (Felda United FC)
Best player	Ahmad Hazwan Bakri (Selangor FA)
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The 2015 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2015) is the 89th edition of Malaysia Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia.

The 2015 Malaysia Cup began on August with a preliminary round. A total of 16 teams took part in this prestigious competition. The teams are divided into 4 groups of 4. The group leaders and runners-up teams in the groups after 6 matches qualify to the quarterfinals. Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem Malaysia Cup.

Pahang are the defending champions, having beaten Johor Darul Takzim on a penalty shootout 5–3 in last season's final, but they were eliminated by the eventual winner; Selangor in the semi-finals. Selangor won the trophy after beating 2008 champions; Kedah 2–0.

This edition also marked the last appearance of LionsXII in this competition.

Format

In this competition, the top 10 teams from 2015 Malaysia Super League is joined by the top 4 teams from 2015 Malaysia Premier League. The remaining 2 teams from 2015 Malaysia Super League and the team who finished 5th and 6th place in the 2015 Malaysia Premier League will battle it out in the playoffs for the remaining 2 spots. The teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams.

Round and draw dates

The draw for the 2015 Malaysia Cup was held on 27 August 2015 at the Hilton Petaling Jaya with the participating team coaches and captains in attendance.^[1][2]

Play-off

ATM v Negeri Sembilan

25 August 2015 20:45

ATM	3–0	Negeri Sembilan
Abdulafees  12', 52' Shukur  38'	Report

Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium, Selayang

Sime Darby v Johor Darul Ta'zim II

25 August 2015 20:45

Sime Darby	0–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
	Report	Shafiq  45'

Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi

Seeding

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIO	KED	TER	JDT
1	LionsXII	6	4	1	1	9	7	+2	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	3–2	1–0
2	Kedah	6	3	1	2	15	9	+6	10			2–0	—	5–0	2–3
3	Terengganu	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4	7			1–2	3–1	—	0–0
4	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	4			1–2	2–4	1–1	—

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts			JDT	SAR	ATM	PER
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	5	1	0	18	3	+15	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	4–0	2–0
2	Sarawak	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8			0–3	—	1–0	1–0
3	ATM	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7			2–3	2–2	—	4–3
4	Perak	6	1	0	5	5	11	−6	3			1–2	1–0	0–2	—

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEL	FEL	KEL	TTE
1	Selangor	6	3	1	2	6	7	−1	10	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–0	0–3	2–1
2	Felda United	6	2	3	1	10	7	+3	9			3–2	—	2–2	3–0
3	Kelantan	6	2	2	2	10	8	+2	8			0–1	1–1	—	3–1
4	T–Team	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	6			0–1	2–1	3–1	—

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PKNS	PAH	PEN	PDRM
1	PKNS	6	3	2	1	12	5	+7	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–2	1–1	0–3
2	Pahang	6	3	1	2	11	11	0	10			1–4	—	0–0	4–3
3	Penang	6	1	3	2	10	11	−1	6			0–3	4–1	—	2–3
4	PDRM	6	1	2	3	10	16	−6	5			1–1	0–3	3–3	—

Knockout stage

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the draw for the quarter final, the fourth group winners were seeded, and the fourth group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
• In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-final						Final
	LionsXII	1	2	3
	Pahang	4	0	4
							Pahang	0	0	0
							Selangor	0	2	2
	Selangor	2	1	3
	Sarawak	1	1	2
													Selangor	2
													Kedah	0
	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1	1	2
	Felda United	1	2	3
							Felda United	2	1	3
							Kedah	2	2	4
	PKNS	1	1	2
	Kedah	1	3	4

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 24 November, and the second legs were played on 28 November 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pahang	4–3	LionsXII	4–1	2–0
Sarawak	2–3	Selangor	1–2	1–1
Felda United	3–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–1	1–2
Kedah	4–2	PKNS	1–1	1–3

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 2 December, and the second legs were played on 6 December 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pahang	0–2	Selangor	0–0	2–0
Felda United	3–4	Kedah	2–2	2–1

Final

The final will be played on 12 December 2015 at the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, Selangor.

Selangor v Kedah

12 December 2015 20:45 UTC+8

Selangor	2–0	Kedah
Hazwan  4', 48'	Report

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

Statistics

Top scorers

Statistics exclude play-off round.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sandro Mendonça	Kedah	8
	Thiago Augusto Fernandes	Felda United
3	Chidi Edeh	Kedah	7
4	Gilmar Silva	Kelantan	5
	Safuwan Baharudin	LionsXII
	Dickson Nwakaeme	Pahang
7	Azamuddin Akil	Pahang	4
	Safiq Rahim	Johor Darul Ta'zim
	Gabriel Guerra	PKNS
	Ahmad Hazwan Bakri	Selangor
11	Ali Ashfaq	PDRM	3
	Azinee Taib	Penang
	Muhamed Sumareh	PDRM
	Lee Kil-hoon	Penang
	Issey Nakajima-Farran	Terengganu
	Safee Sali	Johor Darul Ta'zim

Source:^[3]

Winners

2015 Malaysia Cup Winner
Selangor
33rd Title

References

External links

• Football Malaysia Official Website - (Malaysia Cup)