2018 Malaysia FA Cup final explained

2018 Malaysia FA Cup final
Event:2018 Malaysia FA Cup
Team1:Selangor
Team1score:0
Team2:Pahang
Team2score:2
Stadium:Bukit Jalil National Stadium
City:Kuala Lumpur
Man Of The Match1a:Mohamadou Sumareh (Pahang)
Referee:Zulkarnain Zakaria
Attendance:43,512
Previous:2017
Next:2019

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.

Selangor

RoundOppositionScore
First RoundBye
Second RoundMOF (a)3–0
Third RoundTerengganu (a)3–1
Quarter-finalsKuala Lumpur (1st leg) (a)3–0
Kuala Lumpur (2nd leg) (h)0–3
Semi-finalPKNS (1st leg) (h)4–0
PKNS (2nd leg) (a)1–1
Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue.

Pahang

RoundOppositionScore
First RoundBye
Second RoundATM (h)2–1
Third RoundKedah (h)1–0
Quarter-finalsJohor Darul Ta'zim (1st leg) (h)0–0
Johor Darul Ta'zim (2nd leg) (a)3–0
Semi-finalPKNP (1st leg) (h)1–1
PKNP (2nd leg) (a)2–1
Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue.

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

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GK 1 Khairulazhan Khalid
RB 5
CB 13
CB 14
LB 3
RM 17 Amri Yahyah (c)
CM 8 Saiful Ridzuwan
LM 20
RW 30
CF 10
LW 18 Ilham Armaiyn
Substitutes:
DF 2 A. Namathevan
MF 4 Abdul Halim Zainal
MF 6
FW 12
MF 19
GK 21 Norazlan Razali
DF 24 Muhd Syukri Azman
Head Coach:
Nazliazmi Nasir
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GK 1 Helmi Eliza
RB 2 Matthew Davies (c)
CB 12 Bunyamin Umar
CB 24 Muslim Ahmad
LB 14
RM 26
CM 21 Safuwan Baharudin
CM 20
LM 9
CF 10
CF 29 Austin Amutu
Substitutes:
DF 4 R. Dinesh
MF 7
MF 8
DF 16
GK 22 Remezey Che Ros
MF 23 Salomon Raj
FW 28 Kogileswaran Raj
Head Coach:
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

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay2018.html