The 2024–25 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2024–25), officially known as the Unifi Piala Malaysia 2024–25 for sponsorship reasons, is the 98th edition of Malaysia Cup tournament organised by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and the Malaysian Football League (MFL). This is the second season of the tournament to have a two-year schedule, since the 2007–08 season.
Johor Darul Ta'zim were the defending champions, having beaten Terengganu 3–1 to secure a 4th title in the previous season's final.
Format In the competition, the top 13 teams from the 2024–25 Malaysia Super League were joined by the top three teams from the 2024–25 Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League. The competition was played from 20 November 2024 until 26 April 2025, with 16 teams in the knockout stage which began in the round of 16, followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. This stage was played in two legs, except for the final which was played as a single leg.
Qualifying rounds For this edition, a total of 16 teams will compete in the tournament, which qualifying results will be determined after week 13 of Super League and after week 14 of A1 Semi-Pro League. The top 8 teams from Super League will automatically qualify to the knockout stage as seeded. Super League teams ranked 9th until 13th and A1 Semi-Pro League teams ranked 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed will be drawn as unseeded. Teams that fail to progress to the quarter-finals will automatically continue the challenge at the 2024–25 MFL Challenge Cup.
Schedule and draw dates The draw for the 2024–25 Malaysia Cup was held on 11 November 2024. PhaseRoundFirst legSecond legKnockout phaseRound of 1620–24 November 202427 & 29–30 November & 1 December 2024Quarter-finals13–15 December 202421–23 December 2024Semi-finals17–18 January 20251–2 February 2025Final26 April 2025 at Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Seeding The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams become hosting for the second leg of round of 16.
For the draw, the teams were seeded and unseeded into two pots based on the following principles (introduced starting this season). The results seeding will be determined after week 13 of Super League and after week 14 of A1 Semi-Pro League: Pot A contained the top 8 teams from 2024–25 Super League. Pot B contained the 9th until 13th placed teams from 2024–25 Super League, and the 3 teams selected from 2024–25 A1 Semi-Pro League, based on subject approval from the MFL Board of Directors. Key to colours Teams from 2024–25 Malaysia Super League Teams from 2024–25 Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League +Pot A(seeded)Team1 Johor Darul Ta'zim2 Selangor3 Sabah4 Terengganu5 PDRM 6 Kuching City7 Perak8 Kuala Lumpur City+Pot B(unseeded) Team9 Sri Pahang10 Kedah Darul Aman11 Penang12 Negeri Sembilan13 Kelantan Darul Naim14 Melaka15 PT Athletic16 Kuala Lumpur Rovers
Knockout stage
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the final which was played as a single-leg game.
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
The final will be played on 26 April 2025 at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.
Statistics Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 BérgsonJohor Darul Ta'zim 7 2 HebertyJohor Darul Ta'zim 63 Arif AimanJohor Darul Ta'zim4 Manuel HidalgoSri Pahang5 A. SelvanNegeri Sembilan3 Kpah ShermanSri Pahang Akhyar RashidTerengganu Safawi RasidTerengganu9 Sony NordéKedah Darul Aman2 Jovan MotikaKuala Lumpur City Ryan LambertKuala Lumpur City Ramadhan SaifullahKuching City Hadin AzmanNegeri Sembilan ClaytonPerak Daniel HakimiPerak Wan Zack HaikalPerak Stuart WilkinSabah 18 35 players 13 clubs 1
Own goals
PlayerTeamAgainstDateGoal Yusri Yuhasmadi PT Athletic Sabah 23 November 2024 1 Eizrul Ashraf PDRM Negeri Sembilan 29 November 2024 1 Raffi Nagoorgani Kuala Lumpur Rovers Johor Darul Ta'zim 30 November 2024 1 Park Tae-soo Sabah Sri Pahang 2 February 2025 1
See also 2024 Piala Sumbangsih 2024–25 Malaysia Super League 2024 Malaysia FA Cup
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