Maybank Challenge Cup


The 2025 Maybank Challenge Cup was the charity hybrid friendly match played by the ASEAN All-Stars, a selection team by the ASEAN Football Federation and English Premier League club Manchester United in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The ASEAN All-Stars won the match 1–0, with Maung Maung Lwin scoring the solitary goal.

Background

Organisation

Manchester United on 8 April 2025 announced that the club would be having an Asian tour following the conclusion of the 2024–25 Premier League season. The ASEAN All-Stars was announced as their opposition for a friendly match on 28 May, 2025 in Kuala Lumpur.
The scheduled friendly was billed as the Maybank Challenge Cup and was organised by a collaboration by ProEvents, the Football Association of Malaysia, and the title sponsor Maybank.
The proceeds of the event will reportedly go to the charity organisation Al-Sultan Abdullah Foundation.

Participating teams

ASEAN All-Stars

The ASEAN All-Stars is a selection team of players coming from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation. South Korean Kim Sang-sik, who is also the concurrent head coach of the Vietnam national football team, was tasked to be the ASEAN All-Stars coach. The team only trained together for two days prior to the Maybank Challenge Cup.

Manchester United

Manchester United is a 13-time Premier League champion. However the English club is coming off from a poor finish in the 2024–25 season — they placed 15th in the table with 42 points. They also lost the 2025 UEFA Europa League final a week before the friendly, missing a berth in the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League.
United last played in Malaysia in 2009 when it played the Malaysia XI selection twice.

Squads

ASEAN All-Stars

Players called up for the match against Manchester United
No.PlayerDate of birth Club
1GKThailandsortname|Patiwat|Khammaibirth date and age2|2025|5|28|1994|12|24|df=y

Match

72,550 people attended the match. The temperature at Bukit Jalil was 30°C with high humidity.
Vietnam's Nguyễn Hai Long and the Philippines' Sandro Reyes forced André Onana into two separate saves, while on the other side, Patiwat Khammai held his grip against Kobbie Mainoo in the 33rd minute. Another of Mainoo's attempts in the 37th minute was cleared off the line by Harrison Delbridge. Patiwat also denied Bruno Fernandes' volley in the 58th minute.
On 71 minutes, Burmese winger Maung Maung Lwin latched onto a through ball from Adrian Segecic, broke Manchester United's offside trap and beat Tom Heaton to score the solitary goal.
The crowd reportedly directed boos at United's players when the final whistle sounded.