2018 Malaysia Cup


The 2018 Malaysia Cup was the 92nd edition of Malaysia Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia. Known as the unifi Malaysia Cup due to the start of a sponsorship deal with unifi.
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.

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.

Final

The final was played on 27 October 2018 at the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam.

Statistics

Goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by first name.
RankPlayerClubGoals
1

Hat-tricks

4 Player scored four goals