2025 Malaysia FA Cup
The 2025 Malaysia FA Cup is the 35th edition of the Malaysia FA Cup, a knockout competition for Malaysian association football clubs. The FA Cup is the main domestic cup competition for men's football teams in Malaysia. The tournament proper starting on 16 August 2025. The winners, if eligible, would be assured a place in the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Two group stage.
Johor Darul Ta'zim are the three-time defending champions, having beaten Selangor in the last final.
Qualified teams
The FA Cup is a knockout competition with 16 teams taking part all trying to reach the final at Bukit Jalil National Stadium on 14 December 2025. The competition consisted of 13 teams from the Super League and 3 teams from A1 Semi-Pro League. The competition were represented by foreign clubs for the first time since 2015, where Brunei-based club DPMM FC, will compete in the tournament as an invited club.The following teams played in the competition. Reserve teams were excluded.
| Malaysia Super League the 13 teams of the 2025–26 season | Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League the 3 teams of the 2025–26 season | ||||||||||||||||
FormatThe Malaysian Football League announced a same format where only 16 teams will be involved in this competition. The final stages of the competition would feature a format change: The round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals will be played two legs, except for the final which was played as a single leg. Accordingly, if in a two-legged tie two teams scored the same number of aggregate goals, the winner of the tie would not be decided by the number of away goals scored by each team but always by 30 minutes of extra time, and if the two teams scored the same number of goals in extra time, the winner would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.SeedingThe seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams become hosting for the round of 16.For the draw, the teams were seeded and unseeded into two pots based on the following principles :
Draw datesThe draw for the 2025 Malaysia FA Cup was held on 28 July 2025.BracketThe bracket was decided after the draw. Round of 16A total of 16 teams played in the Round of 16. Ties were scheduled to be played in the week commencing 16 August 2025. The first legs were played on 16, 17 and 18 August, and the second legs were played on 12, 13, 14, 15, 30 September and 2 October 2025.Key: = Super League; = A1 Semi-Pro League Matches;First leg;Second leg Johor Darul Ta'zim won 10–3 on aggregate. ---- ;First leg ;Second leg Selangor won 12–1 on aggregate. ---- ;First leg ;Second leg Kuching City won 9–4 on aggregate. ---- ;First leg ;Second leg Terengganu won 4–2 on aggregate. ---- ;First leg ;Second leg Sabah won 6–0 on aggregate. ---- ;First leg ;Second leg Penang won 5–0 on aggregate. ---- ;First leg ;Second leg Negeri Sembilan won 5–1 on aggregate. ---- ;First leg ;Second leg Kelantan The Real Warriors won 3–2 on aggregate. Quarter-finalsThe first legs were played on 17 and 18 October, and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 October 2025.Key: = Super League; = A1 Semi-Pro League Matches;First leg;Second leg Johor Darul Ta'zim won 5–1 on aggregate. ---- ;First leg ;Second leg Sabah won 5–2 on aggregate. ---- ;First leg ;Second leg Selangor won 6–3 on aggregate. ---- ;First leg ;Second leg Kuching City won 5–3 on aggregate. Semi-finalsThe first legs were played on 9 November, and the second legs were played on 30 November 2025.Key: = Super League; = A1 Semi-Pro League Matches;First leg;Second leg Johor Darul Ta'zim won 4–1 on aggregate. ---- ;First leg ;Second leg ''5–5 on aggregate. Sabah won 5–4 on penalties.'' FinalThe final will be played at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur. Top scorers
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