2015 Malaysia Cup#Quarter-finals

{{Infobox football tournament season

| title = TM Malaysia Cup

| year = 2015

| other_titles = TM Piala Malaysia 2015

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| country = Malaysia
Singapore

| num_teams = 16

| defending champions = Pahang

| champions = Selangor

| count = 33

| runner-up = Kedah

| matches = 31

| goals = 184

| top goal scorer = (8 goals)
Sandro
Thiago Augusto Fernandes

| player = Ahmad Hazwan Bakri

| prevseason = 2014

| nextseason = 2016

}}

The 2015 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2015) was the 89th edition of Malaysia Cup tournament organised by the Football Association of Malaysia.

The 2015 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.

Pahang were 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 Kedah 2–0.

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

Format

In the competition, the top 10 teams from 2015 Malaysia Super League were joined by the top 4 teams from 2015 Malaysia Premier League. The remaining two teams from 2015 Malaysia Super League and the team who finished 5th and 6th place in the 2015 Malaysia Premier League competed in the playoffs for the remaining 2 spots. The teams were 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.{{cite web|title=Undian Piala Malaysia 2015 pada 27 Ogos ini|url=http://www.theredwarriors.com/v5/index.php/berita/media-tempatan/item/445-undian-piala-malaysia-2015-pada-27-ogos-ini/445-undian-piala-malaysia-2015-pada-27-ogos-ini|website=TRWC|access-date=26 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210181339/http://www.theredwarriors.com/v5/index.php/berita/media-tempatan/item/445-undian-piala-malaysia-2015-pada-27-ogos-ini/445-undian-piala-malaysia-2015-pada-27-ogos-ini|archive-date=10 December 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|title=Undian Piala Malaysia 2015 - 27 Ogos 2015|url=http://aswanazmy.blogspot.com/2015/08/undian-piala-malaysia-2015-27-ogos-2015.html|access-date=26 August 2015}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Phase

!Round

!Draw date

!First leg

!Second leg

Play-off

|Play-off round

|

|colspan=2|25 August 2015

rowspan=6|Group stage

|Matchday 1

|rowspan=9|27 August 2015
(Kuala Lumpur)

|colspan=2|11–12 September 2015

Matchday 2

|colspan=2|18–19 September 2015

Matchday 3

|colspan=2|26 September 2015

Matchday 4

|colspan=2|2–3 & 17 & 24 October 2015

Matchday 5

|colspan=2|17 & 27 October & 4 November 2015

Matchday 6

|colspan=2|4 & 21 November 2015

rowspan=3|Knockout phase

|Quarter-finals

|24 November 2015

|28 November 2015

Semi-finals

|2 December 2015

|6 December 2015

Final

|colspan=2|12 December 2015

Play-off

{{Football box

|date= 25 August 2015

|time= 20:45

|team1= ATM

|goals1= Abdulafees {{goal|12||52}}
Shukur {{goal|38}}

|score= 3–0

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20170904015918/http://www.utusan.com.my/sukan/bola-sepak/atm-jdt-ii-lengkapkan-slot-16-pasukan-piala-malaysia-1.1284844 Report]

|team2= Negeri Sembilan

|goals2=

|stadium= Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium, Selayang

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

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{{Football box

|date= 25 August 2015

|time= 20:45

|team1= Sime Darby

|goals1=

|score= 0–1

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20170904015918/http://www.utusan.com.my/sukan/bola-sepak/atm-jdt-ii-lengkapkan-slot-16-pasukan-piala-malaysia-1.128484 Report]

|team2= Johor Darul Ta'zim II

|goals2= Shafiq {{goal|45}}

|stadium= Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Seeding

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!width=25%|Pot 1

!width=25%|Pot 2

!width=25%|Pot 3

!width=25%|Pot 4

valign=top

|

Johor Darul Takzim


Pahang

Selangor


Terengganu


|

FELDA United

PDRM

{{Flagicon|SIN}} LionsXII

Perak

|

Kelantan

Sarawak

Kedah

Penang

|

T–Team

PKNS

ATM

Johor Darul Ta'zim II

Group stage

{{main|2015 Malaysia Cup group stage}}

=Group A=

{{:2015 Malaysia Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group A|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules|teamwidth=240}}

=Group B=

{{:2015 Malaysia Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group B|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules|teamwidth=240}}

=Group C=

{{:2015 Malaysia Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group C|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules|teamwidth=240}}

=Group D=

{{:2015 Malaysia Cup group stage|transcludesection= Group D|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules|teamwidth=240}}

Knockout stage

{{main|2015 Malaysia Cup knockout phase}}

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=

{{8TeamBracket

| sets=2/2/1

| aggregate=y

|RD1= Quarter-finals

|RD2= Semi-final

|RD3= final

|score-width=30

|team-width=150

|seed-width=40

|RD1-seed1=A1

|RD1-team1={{flagicon|Singapore}} LionsXII

|RD1-score1-1=1

|RD1-score1-2=2

|RD1-score1-agg=3

|RD1-seed2=D2

|RD1-team2= Pahang

|RD1-score2-1=4

|RD1-score2-2=0

|RD1-score2-agg=4

|RD1-seed3=C1

|RD1-team3= Selangor

|RD1-score3-1=2

|RD1-score3-2=1

|RD1-score3-agg=3

|RD1-seed4=B2

|RD1-team4= Sarawak

|RD1-score4-1=1

|RD1-score4-2=1

|RD1-score4-agg=2

|RD1-seed5=B1

|RD1-team5= Johor Darul Ta'zim

|RD1-score5-1=1

|RD1-score5-2=1

|RD1-score5-agg=2

|RD1-seed6=C2

|RD1-team6= FELDA United

|RD1-score6-1=1

|RD1-score6-2=2

|RD1-score6-agg=3

|RD1-seed7=D1

|RD1-team7= PKNS

|RD1-score7-1=1

|RD1-score7-2=1

|RD1-score7-agg=2

|RD1-seed8=A2

|RD1-team8= Kedah

|RD1-score8-1=1

|RD1-score8-2=3

|RD1-score8-agg=4

|RD2-seed1=

|RD2-team1= Pahang

|RD2-score1-1=0

|RD2-score1-2=0

|RD2-score1-agg=0

|RD2-seed2=

|RD2-team2= Selangor

|RD2-score2-1=0

|RD2-score2-2=2

|RD2-score2-agg=2

|RD2-seed3=

|RD2-team3= FELDA United

|RD2-score3-1=2

|RD2-score3-2=1

|RD2-score3-agg=3

|RD2-seed4=

|RD2-team4= Kedah

|RD2-score4-1=2

|RD2-score4-2=2

|RD2-score4-agg=4

|RD3-seed1=

|RD3-team1= Selangor

|RD3-score1=2

|RD3-team2= Kedah

|RD3-score2=0

}}

=Quarter-finals=

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

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Pahang||4–3 |LionsXII|SIN|4–1|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Sarawak||2–3|Selangor||1–2|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|FELDA United||3–2|Johor Darul Ta'zim||1–1|2–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Kedah||4–2|PKNS||1–1|3–1}}

{{end}}

=Semi-finals=

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

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Pahang||0–2|Selangor||0–0|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|FELDA United||3–4 |Kedah||2–2|1–2}}

{{end}}

=Final=

{{main|2015 Malaysia Cup final}}

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

{{football box

|id="Selangor v Kedah"

|date=12 December 2015

|time=20:45 UTC+8

|team1= Selangor

|score= 2–0

|report= https://footballmalaysia.com/portal/index.php/2015/12/13/tm-malaysia-cup-2015-final-match-report-selangor-2-0-kedah/

|team2= Kedah

|goals1= Hazwan {{goal|4||48}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor

|attendance= 80,000{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005201953/https://www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my/livescore/index_malaysia2015?game_no=132 |title=Full Time Summary Final – Selangor v Kedah |work=FAM |publisher=Football Association of Malaysia |date=12 December 2015 |access-date=13 December 2015}}

|referee= Nazmi Nasaruddin

}}

Statistics

= Top scorers =

Statistics exclude play-off round.

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!Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals

rowspan=2|1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Sandro

|align="left"|Kedah

|rowspan=2|8

align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Thiago Fernandes

|align="left"|Felda United

rowspan=1|3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Chidi Edeh

|align="left"|Kedah

|rowspan=1|7

rowspan=3|4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Gilmar

|align="left"|Kelantan

|rowspan=3|5

align="left"|{{flagicon|Singapore}} Safuwan Baharudin

|align="left"|LionsXII

align="left"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Dickson Nwakaeme

|align="left"|Pahang

rowspan=4|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Safiq Rahim

|align="left"|Johor Darul Ta'zim

|rowspan=4|4

align="left"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Azamuddin Akil

|align="left"|Pahang

align="left"|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Gabriel Guerra

|align="left"|PKNS

align="left"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Hazwan Bakri

|align="left"|Selangor

rowspan=6|11

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Safee Sali

|align="left"|Johor Darul Ta'zim

|rowspan=6|3

align="left"|{{flagicon|Maldives}} Ali Ashfaq

|align="left"|PDRM

align="left"|{{flagicon|Gambia}} Mohamadou Sumareh

|align="left"|PDRM

align="left"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Azinee Taib

|align="left"|Penang

align="left"|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Lee Kil-hoon

|align="left"|Penang

align="left"|{{flagicon|Canada}}{{flagicon|Japan}} Issey Nakajima-Farran

|align="left"|Terengganu

Source:{{Cite web |url=http://footballmalaysia.com/portal/index.php/2214-2/ |title=Malaysia Cup Top Scorers at Malaysia Football website |access-date=2015-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105102112/http://footballmalaysia.com/portal/index.php/2214-2/ |archive-date=2016-01-05 |url-status=dead }}

Winners

{{winners-other|2015 Malaysia Cup Winner|Selangor|Selangor|33rd}}

References

{{Reflist}}