2018 Malaysia Cup group stage

The 2018 Malaysia Cup group stage featured 16 teams and will start on 4 August and concludes on 16 September 2018. A total of 16 teams will compete in the group stage to decide the 8 places in the knockout stage of the 2018 Malaysia Cup.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 30 July 2018, 15:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the Damansara Performing Arts Centre in Petaling Jaya, Selangor and has been broadcast live on iflix and Unifi TV.^[1] The 16 teams were drawn into 4 groups.^[2] In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Schedule

The schedule of each matchday were as follows.

Matchday	Dates
Matchday 1	4–5 August 2018
Matchday 2	10–12 August 2018
Matchday 3	17–19 August 2018
Matchday 4	25–26 & 28 August 2018
Matchday 5	31 August–2 September 2018
Matchday 6	15–17 September 2018

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TER	PRK	FLC	KL
1	Terengganu	6	3	1	2	18	12	+6	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–2	2–2	2–3
2	Perak	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10			3–4	—	0–0	1–0
3	Felcra	6	2	2	2	10	14	−4	8			1–4	2–1	—	1–4
4	Kuala Lumpur	6	2	0	4	11	15	−4	6			1–5	0–2	3–4	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2018. Source: FAM FMLLP

4 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Perak	0–0	Felcra
	Report

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 2,777^[3]

Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

4 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Kuala Lumpur	1–5	Terengganu
Zaquan 85'	Report	Tchétché 25', 55', 72' Tuck 44' Zonjić 64'

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Cheras

Attendance: 1,156^[4]

Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

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11 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Perak	3–4	Terengganu
Wander Luiz 86', 89' Leandro 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Ashari 8' Tuck 45+5' (pen.) Amirzafran 57' Faiz 82'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 3,248^[5]

Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

12 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Felcra	1–4	Kuala Lumpur
Nazrul 84'	Report	Guilherme 6' (pen.), 73', 85', 90'

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Cheras

Attendance: 270^[6]

Referee: Nafeez Abd Wahab

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18 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Terengganu	2–2	Felcra
Ashari 21', 46'	Report	Alif 60' Azim 90'

Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu

Attendance: 5,020^[7]

Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

19 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Kuala Lumpur	0–2	Perak
	Report	Noureddine 40' Gilmar 63' (pen.)

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Cheras

Attendance: 1,459^[8]

Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

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25 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Felcra	1–4	Terengganu
David 3'	Report	Tchétché 18' Tuck 22', 62' (pen.), 79'

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Cheras

Attendance: 598^[9]

Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

25 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Perak	1–0	Kuala Lumpur
Nasir 19'	Report

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 1,414^[10]

Referee: Fitri Maskon

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2 September 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Kuala Lumpur	3–4	Felcra
Guilherme 60', 82' (pen.) Zainuddin 74' (o.g.)	Report	Azim 20', 44' (pen.) Nazrul 68' David 83'

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Cheras

Attendance: 157^[11]

Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

2 September 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Terengganu	1–2	Perak
Ashari 66'	Report	Gilmar 21', 87'

Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu

Attendance: 3,010^[12]

Referee: Nafeez Abd Wahab

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15 September 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Felcra	2–1	Perak
Dzulfahmi 38' Azim 78'	Report	Gilmar 75'

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Cheras

Attendance: 580^[13]

Referee: S. Logeswaran

15 September 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Terengganu	2–3	Kuala Lumpur
Dong-hyun 34' Shahrul 64'	Report	Guilherme 4', 87' Josué 36'

Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu

Attendance: 2,018^[14]

Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PKNS	FEL	MEL	PDRM
1	PKNS	6	4	1	1	18	9	+9	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–3	2–1	5–0
2	FELDA United	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10			0–1	—	0–0	2–0
3	Melaka United	6	2	3	1	18	9	+9	9			3–3	6–1	—	2–2
4	PDRM	6	0	1	5	5	25	−20	1			2–5	0–5	1–6	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2018. Source: FAM FMLLP

5 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

PDRM	2–5	PKNS
Voinea 45' Baqiuddin 79'	Report	Morales 27' (pen.) Ting 47' Faris 63' Ramazotti 74' Safee 90+2'

Hang Jebat Stadium, Krubong

Attendance: 250^[15]

Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

5 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

FELDA United	0–0	Melaka United
	Report

Tun Abdul Razak Stadium, Jengka

Attendance: 1,258^[16]

Referee: Amirul Izwan Yaacob

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11 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Melaka United	3–3	PKNS
Lee 7', 79' Ifedayo 71'	Report	Morales 87' Bruno 89' Ramazotti 90+2'

Hang Jebat Stadium, Krubong

Attendance: 1,349^[17]

Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

12 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

PDRM	0–5	FELDA United
	Report	Thiago 54', 80', 90' Gilberto 57' (pen.) Shukor 71'

Hang Jebat Stadium, Krubong

Attendance: 280^[18]

Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin

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17 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Melaka United	2–2	PDRM
Ifedayo 86' Zubovich 90+4'	Report	Woon-sub 49' (pen.) Nabil 79'

Hang Jebat Stadium, Krubong

Attendance: 487^[19]

Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

19 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

PKNS	2–3	FELDA United
Ramazotti 16' Faris 20'	Report	Ramsay 38' (pen.) Gilberto 68' Afiq 81'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 490^[20]

Referee: Fairuzi Mat Desa

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26 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

PDRM	1–6	Melaka United
Nabil 86'	Report	Ifedayo 12' (pen.) Syahrul 13', 45' Shahdan 53' Zubovich 57', 70'

Hang Jebat Stadium, Krubong

Attendance: 640^[21]

Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

28 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

FELDA United	0–1	PKNS
	Report	Mahali 11'

Tun Abdul Razak Stadium, Jengka

Attendance: 635^[22]

Referee: Khirulazuan Kidam

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1 September 2018

21:00 UTC+8

FELDA United	2–0	PDRM
Thiago 66' Gilberto 90+3'	Report

Tun Abdul Razak Stadium, Jengka

Attendance: 594^[23]

Referee: Hamdan Awang

1 September 2018

21:00 UTC+8

PKNS	2–1	Melaka United
Morales 24' Ramazotti 66'	Report	Syahrul 54'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 462^[24]

Referee: Amirul Izwan Yaacob

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15 September 2018

21:00 UTC+8

PKNS	5–0	PDRM
Jafri 3' Bruno 13', 21', 76' Faizat 53'	Report

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 313^[25]

Referee: Hamdan Awang

15 September 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Melaka United	6–1	FELDA United
Ifedayo 7', 43', 83' Zubovich 24' Chanturu 73', 78'	Report	Zahril 55'

Hang Jebat Stadium, Krubong

Attendance: 239^[26]

Referee: Nafeez Abd Wahab

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JDT	KEL	MIFA	KED
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	1–2	5–1
2	Kelantan	6	2	2	2	3	3	0	8			1–0	—	0–0	2–0
3	MISC-MIFA	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8			0–3	2–0	—	2–2
4	Kedah	6	2	2	2	9	12	−3	8			3–1	0–0	3–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2018. Source: FAM FMLLP

5 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–2	MISC-MIFA
Márquez 68' (pen.)	Report	Sherman 19' Beom-geun 80'

Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Larkin

Attendance: 4,650^[27]

Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

5 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Kedah	0–0	Kelantan
	Report

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 4,063^[28]

Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

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10 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Johor Darul Ta'zim	5–1	Kedah
Márquez 13' Insa 46' Hazwan 72' Cabrera 82' Kunanlan 90+1'	Report	Sandro 35'

Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Larkin

Attendance: 8,690^[29]

Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

10 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

MISC-MIFA	2–0	Kelantan
Sherman 25' (pen.) Satrunan 75'	Report

MBPJ Stadium, Petaling Jaya

Attendance: 1,513^[30]

Referee: Zohri Tajuddin

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17 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Kelantan	1–0	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Cristiano 45+3' (pen.)	Report

Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu

Attendance: 2,807^[31]

Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

18 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Kedah	3–2	MISC-MIFA
Krasniqi 44' (pen.), 60' Sandro 66'	Report	Sherman 28' Syazwan 48' (o.g.)

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 2,500^[32]

Referee: Amirul Izwan Yaacob

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25 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–0	Kelantan
Márquez 65'	Report

Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Larkin

Attendance: 7,780^[33]

Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

26 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

MISC-MIFA	2–2	Kedah
Seydi 51' Barathkumar 81'	Report	Sandro 31' Halim 55'

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya

Attendance: 1,200^[34]

Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

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31 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Kedah	3–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Sandro 6' Akhyar 47' Krasniqi 90+4'	Report	Márquez 36'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 8,500^[35]

Referee: Zohri Tajuddin

31 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Kelantan	0–0	MISC-MIFA
	Report

Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu

Attendance: 2,847^[36]

Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

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16 September 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Kelantan	2–0	Kedah
Danial 52' Akif 90+2'	Report

Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu

Attendance: 3,351^[37]

Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

16 September 2018

21:00 UTC+8

MISC-MIFA	0–3	Johor Darul Ta'zim
	Report	Cabrera 63' (pen.) Safawi 73', 83' (pen.)

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya

Attendance: 5,214^[38]

Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAB	PAH	SEL	PKNP
1	Sabah	6	4	1	1	8	7	+1	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–4	2–1	1–0
2	Pahang	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11			1–1	—	1–3	0–0
3	Selangor	6	2	0	4	9	11	−2	6			1–2	0–2	—	0–3
4	PKNP	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4			0–2	0–1	1–4	—

Updated to match(es) played on 17 September 2018. Source: FAM FMLLP

4 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Pahang	1–1	Sabah
Austin 45+1'	Report	Faisal 46' (o.g.)

Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan

Attendance: 2,812^[39]

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

4 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Selangor	0–3	PKNP
	Report	Hafiz 23' Fandi 32' Krjauklis 62'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 1,160^[40]

Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

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11 August 2018

20:15 UTC+8

Sabah	1–0	PKNP
Rahman 90+2'	Report

Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu

Attendance: 2,850^[41]

Referee: Khirulazuan Kidam

11 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Selangor	0–2	Pahang
	Report	Muslim 30' Norshahrul 54'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 2,848^[42]

Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

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18 August 2018

20:15 UTC+8

Sabah	2–1	Selangor
Rahman 83' Ricco 90+2'	Report	Sean 79'

Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu

Attendance: 6,200^[43]

Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

18 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

PKNP	0–1	Pahang
	Report	Davies 83'

Penang State Stadium, Penang

Attendance: 739^[44]

Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

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25 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Pahang	0–0	PKNP
	Report

Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan

Attendance: 3,010^[45]

Referee: Ku Alauddin Ku Muhammad

28 August 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Selangor	1–2	Sabah
Rufino 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Ramos 52' Paunović 86'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 951^[46]

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

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1 September 2018

21:00 UTC+8

Pahang	1–3	Selangor
Safuwan 31'	Report	Rufino 7' Pacheco 47' Sarkunan 90+5'

Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan

Attendance: 3,484^[47]

Referee: Fitri Maskon

2 September 2018

21:00 UTC+8

PKNP	0–2	Sabah
	Report	Paunović 31' Ramos 81'

Penang State Stadium, Penang

Attendance: 709^[48]

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

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16 September 2018

21:00 UTC+8

PKNP	1–4	Selangor
Fandi 30'	Report	Dimas 37' Rufino 40' (pen.) Amri 43' Joseph 90+3'

Penang State Stadium, Penang

Attendance: 428^[49]

Referee: Hasrol Amir

17 September 2018

20:15 UTC+8

Sabah	0–4	Pahang
	Report	Norshahrul 10' Zuhair 38' Cruz 78' Issey 90+2'

Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu

Attendance: 6,600^[50]

Referee: Zohri Tajuddin