The 2024 Malaysia FA Cup final was an association football match played between Johor Darul Ta'zim and Selangor at Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur on 24 August 2024. It was the final match of the 2024 Malaysia FA Cup, the 35th season of the football knockout competition.
Nazmi Nasaruddin was the referee for the match played in front of 80,350 spectators. Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) dominated the stages of the final. The match ended 6–1 to JDT: it was only the first time that a team had scored six goals in an FA Cup final, and the margin of victory is the joint-largest in an FA Cup final history.
As winners, Johor Darul Ta'zim qualified for the group stage of the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two.
Background The Malaysian Football League (MFL) announced the Malaysian League competition schedule, involving the FA Cup competition. The final match schedules expected to be held on 24 August 2024.
Johor Darul Ta'zim were playing a fifth FA Cup final. Of these, they had won three, and most recently the previous season's final against Kuala Lumpur City. Their most recent defeat in the final was in 2013, losing 1–0 to Kelantan. Selangor were participating in a record 9th FA Cup Final, having previously won a record five, most recently in 2009 against Kelantan. Their latest appearance was in 2018 final, when they were defeated to Pahang.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Johor Darul Ta'zimRoundSelangorOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKelantan Darul Naim4–0 (H)Round of 16Negeri Sembilan4–0 (H)Malaysian University 13–05–0 (A)8–0 (H)Quarter-finalsKuching City 4–4 1–2 (A)3–2 (H)Kedah Darul Aman 5–12–1 (A)3–0 (H)Semi-finalsTerengganu 6–42–3 (A)4–1 (H)
Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT), a Super League club, entered the FA Cup in the single-leg round of 16. They were drawn at home against Super League side Kelantan Darul Naim. At the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium, JDT won 4–0 with one goal each from Fernando Forestieri, Romel Morales, Francisco Geraldes and Arif Aiman. In the two-legged next round, they faced A1-Semi Pro League side Malaysian University. JDT earned a 5–0 victory in the first leg at away, with goals from Corbin-Ong, Shahrul Saad, Romel Morales and two from Francisco Geraldes. In the second leg, they earned the biggest win of the season, winning 8–0 at Sultan Ibrahim Stadium to advance to the semi-final and record a 13–0 aggregate score.
The semi-final pitted JDT against Super League side Kedah Darul Aman, with the first leg at Darulaman Stadium. Óscar Arribas put JDT one goal ahead in the 24th minute, before the home side levelled the tie in the 87th minute, scored by Habib Haroon. However, Romel Morales scored in the injury time to put the visitors back ahead 2–1 and the results remained until the match ended. The second leg at Sultan Ibrahim Stadium saw JDT start better of the two sides and each goal from Feroz Baharudin, Bérgson and Juan Muñiz meant they won 3–0 on the night, 5–1 on aggregate score to progress to the final.
Selangor Selangor, a Super League club, started their FA Cup campaign in the single-leg round of 16, where they had been drawn home against Negeri Sembilan. At the MBPJ Stadium, Yohandry Orozco and Alvin Fortes scored twice to give Selangor a 4–0 victory. In the two-legged quarter-finals, they faced another Super League side Kuching City. In the first leg at Sarawak State Stadium, Selangor lost 2–1; both goals came in the first half for both teams, first from Ronnie Fernández and James Okwuosa, before Jordan Mintah sealed a win for the home side. In the return leg, Shamie Iszuan put Kuching's lead in the 15th minute, before Zikri Khalili and Alvin Fortes put Selangor 2–1 ahead just before half-time. Fortes scored a late goal in deep into added time, but Alif Hassan scored a minute later to help visitor equalise the aggregate, resulting in extra time. The match was goalless after extra time, sending the game to a penalty shoot-out, which Selangor won 5–3.
Selangor played Terengganu in the semi-final, with the first leg at Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium. Two goals in the first 35 minutes courtesy of Safawi Rasid and Nurillo Tukhtasinov gave Terengganu an early 2–0 lead, which they held until the 39th minute when Selangor reduced the deficit to 2–1 courtesy of a Alvin Fortes goal. Noor Al-Rawabdeh equalised on three minutes after start of the second half, before Ismahil Akinade scored a winning goal to give Terengganu a 3–2 lead in the first leg. Two weeks later, Safuwan Baharudin's hat-trick and Reziq Bani Hani's goal in the injury time helped Selangor win 4–1 in the return leg and advance to the final, where they finished with a 6–4 aggregate victory.
Match Details
GK 16 Syihan Hazmi RB 2 Matthew Davies (c) CB 14 Shane Lowry CB 15 Feroz Baharudin LB 24 Óscar Arribas DM 4 Afiq Fazail CM 6 Hong Wan CM 20 Juan MuñizRF 42 Arif Aiman CF 9 BérgsonLF 37 Heberty Substitutes:GK 29 Izham Tarmizi DF 3 Shahrul Saad DF 11 Murilo DF 91 Syahmi SafariMF 8 Safiq RahimMF 10 Francisco Geraldes MF 21 Nazmi Faiz MF 30 Natxo Insa FW 19 Romel Morales Coach: Héctor Bidoglio GK 23 Samuel Somerville RB 44 Sharul Nazeem CB 21 Safuwan Baharudin (c) CB 55 Harith HaiqalLB 22 Fazly Mazlan CM 6 Nooa Laine CM 8 Noor Al-Rawabdeh CM 24 Alex Agyarkwa RW 11 Alvin Fortes CF 9 Ronnie Fernández LW 16 Yohandry Orozco Substitutes:GK 20 Azim Al-Amin DF 2 Quentin Cheng DF 14 Zikri KhaliliDF 18 Khuzaimi PieeMF 43 Syahir Bashah MF 77 Aliff Haiqal FW 7 Faisal Halim FW 17 Danial Asri FW 99 Reziq Bani Hani Coach: Nidzam Jamil
Man of the Match: Juan Muñiz (Johor Darul Ta'zim)
Assistant referees: Zairul Khalil Tan Farhan Abdul Aziz Fourth official: Kamil Zakaria Video assistant referee: Ahmad Zuhadi Dzulkifli Assistant video assistant referee: Visnukumar DarmarajMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time
Notes
See also 2024–25 Malaysia Cup
References
External links FAM Official website