2018 Malaysia Cup
{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = Malaysia Cup
| year = 2018
| other_titles = Piala Malaysia 2018
| dates = {{nowrap|4 August – 27 October 2018}}
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| country = Malaysia
| num_teams = 16
| defending champions =
| champions = Perak
| count = 8
| runner-up = Terengganu
| matches = 61
| goals = 201
| top goal scorer = Kipré Tchétché
(9 goals)
| player = Brendan Gan
| prevseason = 2017
| nextseason = 2019
| updated =
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2018/02/331104/tm-seals-eight-year-deal-unifi-super-league-malaysia-cup-title|title=TM seals eight-year deal for Unifi as Super League, Malaysia Cup title sponsor|date=1 February 2018|publisher=New Straits Times}}
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.
Johor Darul Ta'zim were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Terengganu 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.{{cite news |title=Football: JDT to face Kedah in Malaysia Cup Group C {{!}} The Star Online |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2018/07/31/jdt-to-face-kedah-in-malaysia-cup-group-c/ |access-date=1 August 2018 |work=www.thestar.com.my}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Phase
!Round !Draw date !First leg !Second leg |
|---|
| rowspan=6|Group stage
|Matchday 1 |rowspan=9|30 July 2018 |colspan=2|4–5 August 2018 |
| Matchday 2
|colspan=2|10–12 August 2018 |
| Matchday 3
|colspan=2|17–19 August 2018 |
| Matchday 4
|colspan=2|25–26 & 28 August 2018 |
| Matchday 5
|colspan=2|31 August – 2 September 2018 |
| Matchday 6
|colspan=2|15–17 September 2018 |
| rowspan=3|Knockout stage
|Quarter-finals |21–23 & 25 September 2018 |28–30 September 2018 |
| Semi-finals
|6–7 October 2018 |20–21 October 2018 |
| Final
|colspan=2|27 October 2018 |
Seeding
Group stage
{{main article|2018 Malaysia Cup group stage}}
{{#section-h:2018 Malaysia Cup group stage|Draw}}
=Group A=
{{:2018 Malaysia Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group A|show_matches=yes}}
=Group B=
{{:2018 Malaysia Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group B|show_matches=yes}}
=Group C=
{{:2018 Malaysia Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group C|show_matches=yes}}
=Group D=
{{:2018 Malaysia Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group D|show_matches=yes}}
Knockout stage
{{main article|2018 Malaysia Cup knockout stage}}
In the knockout stage, 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=
{{#lst:2018 Malaysia Cup knockout stage|Bracket}}
=Quarter-finals=
{{#lst:2018 Malaysia Cup knockout stage|QF}}
=Semi-finals=
{{#lst:2018 Malaysia Cup knockout stage|SF}}
=Final=
{{main|2018 Malaysia Cup final}}
The final was played on 27 October 2018 at the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam.
{{football box
|date = 27 October 2018
|time = 21:00 UTC+8
|team1 = Terengganu
|score = 3–3
|aet = yes
|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20200911165304/https://www.stadiumastro.com/sukan/piala-malaysia/perlawanan/statistik/terengganu-fc-vs-perak/f879gsf3mdq59wg55i2d2p2l
|team2 = Perak
|goals1 = Tchétché {{goal|1||42}}
Faiz {{goal|96}}
|goals2 = Firdaus {{goal|46}}
Brendan {{goal|90+1}}
Zonjić {{goal|120+1|o.g.}}
|stadium = Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
|referee = Suresh Jayaraman
|penaltyscore = 1–4
|penalties1 = Zonjić {{penmiss}}
Thierry {{penmiss}}
Nasrullah {{pengoal}}
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Wander Luiz
{{pengoal}} Amirul
{{pengoal}} Shahrul
{{pengoal}} Leandro
}}
Statistics
= Goalscorers =
{{updated|28 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://cms.fam.org.my/v1/topscorers|title=List Top Scorers Piala Malaysia 2018|website=cms.fam.org.my |publisher=Football Association of Malaysia|access-date=13 July 2024}}
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by first name.
| class="wikitable" |
| Rank
! Player ! Club ! Goals |
|---|
| align=center rowspan=1|1
|{{flagicon|CIV}} Kipré Tchétché |align=center rowspan=1|9 |
| align=center rowspan=1|2
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Guilherme de Paula |align=center rowspan=1|8 |
| align=center rowspan=2|3
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Gilmar |align=center rowspan=2|7 |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Tuck |
| align=center rowspan=1|5
|{{flagicon|NGA}} Ifedayo Olusegun |align=center rowspan=1|6 |
| align=center rowspan=3|6
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Gilberto Fortunato |align=center rowspan=3|5 |
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Fernando Márquez |
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Wander Luiz |
= Hat-tricks =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Player | For !! Against !! align=center| Result !! Date |
| {{flagicon|CIV}} Kipré Tchétché
| align=center|1–5 | 4 August 2018 | |
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Thiago Fernandes
| PDRM | align=center|0–5 | 12 August 2018 | |
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Guilherme de Paula4
| Felcra | align=center|1–4 | 12 August 2018 | |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Tuck
| Felcra | align=center|1–4 | 25 August 2018 | |
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Matos
| PKNS | PDRM | align=center|5–0 | 15 September 2018 | |
| {{flagicon|NGA}} Ifedayo Olusegun
| align=center|6–1 | 15 September 2018 |
4 Player scored four goals
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20151103084137/http://footballmalaysia.com/portal/index.php/league/malaysia-cup/ Football Malaysia Official Website - (Malaysia Cup)]
{{Malaysia Cup}}
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{{2018 in Asian Football (AFC)}}