The 2018 Malaysia FA Cup final was the 29th final of the Malaysia FA Cup, the Malaysia football cup competition.[1] Pahang won the cup after defeating Selangor 2–0.

Background

The final was played on 7 July 2018 at Bukit Jalil National Stadium.

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.

Ticket allocation

Each club received an allocation of 80,000 tickets; 30,750 tickets for Selangor, 30,750 tickets for Pahang and 18,500 tickets for online purchase.

Rules

The final was played as a single match. If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner.

Match

Details

Selangor0–2Pahang
23' Azam Azih
62' (pen.) Patrick Cruz
Attendance: 43,512
Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria
Selangor
Pahang
GK 1 Malaysia Khairulazhan Khalid
RB 5 Malaysia Amirul Ashraf
CB 13 Malaysia Razman Roslan Yellow card 75'
CB 14 Spain Alfonso de la Cruz Yellow card 61'
LB 3 Malaysia K. Kannan downward-facing red arrow 89'
RM 17 Malaysia Amri Yahyah (c) Yellow card 28'
CM 8 Malaysia Saiful Ridzuwan
LM 20 Malaysia Syahmi Safari downward-facing red arrow 71'
RW 30 Malaysia D. Kugan downward-facing red arrow 57'
CF 10 Spain Rufino Segovia
LW 18 Indonesia Ilham Armaiyn
Substitutes:
DF 2 Malaysia A. Namathevan
MF 4 Malaysia Abdul Halim Zainal
MF 6 Indonesia Evan Dimas upward-facing green arrow 57'
FW 12 Malaysia Azamuddin Akil upward-facing green arrow 71'
MF 19 Malaysia Joseph Kalang Tie upward-facing green arrow 89'
GK 21 Malaysia Norazlan Razali
DF 24 Malaysia Muhd Syukri Azman
Head Coach:
Malaysia Nazliazmi Nasir
GK 1 Malaysia Helmi Eliza
RB 2 Malaysia Matthew Davies (c)
CB 12 Malaysia Bunyamin Umar
CB 24 Malaysia Muslim Ahmad
LB 14 Malaysia Faisal Rosli downward-facing red arrow 86'
RM 26 The Gambia Mohamadou Sumareh downward-facing red arrow 90'
CM 21 Singapore Safuwan Baharudin
CM 20 Malaysia Azam Azih Yellow card 80'
LM 9 Malaysia Norshahrul Idlan
CF 10 Brazil Patrick Cruz downward-facing red arrow 72'
CF 29 Nigeria Austin Amutu
Substitutes:
DF 4 Malaysia R. Dinesh
MF 7 Malaysia Faisal Halim upward-facing green arrow 90'
MF 8 Malaysia Wan Zaharulnizam upward-facing green arrow 72'
DF 16 Malaysia Zubir Azmi upward-facing green arrow 86'
GK 22 Malaysia Remezey Che Ros
MF 23 Malaysia Salomon Raj
FW 28 Malaysia Kogileswaran Raj
Head Coach:
Malaysia Dollah Salleh

Man of the Match:
Mohamadou Sumareh (Pahang)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used

References

  1. ^ [1] Malaysia 2018
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