2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup

The 2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup or Challenge Cup (Malay: Piala Cabaran Malaysia 2019) is the second edition of Malaysia Challenge Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and Malaysian Football League (MFL).^[1][2]

2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup

Piala Cabaran 2019
Tournament details
Country	Malaysia
Date	5 August – 12 October 2019
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	Johor Darul Ta'zim II (1st title)
Runner-up	UKM
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	64 (2.67 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Bruno Suzuki Mateo Roskam Milad Zanidpour (6 goals)
Awards
Best player	Khatul Anuar
← 2018 2023 → All statistics correct as of 12 October 2019.

The 2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup will start with a preliminary round. A total of 7 teams took part in the competition. The teams were divided into two groups, one group containing four teams and another with three teams. The group leaders and runners-up teams in the groups after four or six matches qualified to the semi-finals.

Format

The competition will be one involving eight teams-one team from Malaysia Super League (12th placed team), seven teams from Malaysia Premier League (6th to 12th placed teams). However, because Perlis were thrown out of the league, there are no teams will be invited into the Challenge Cup to replace them.

Round and draw dates

The draw for the 2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup was held on 23 July 2019.

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Group stage	Matchday 1	23 July 2019 15:30 UTC+8	5–6 August 2019
	Matchday 2		14–15 August 2019
	Matchday 3		20–21 August 2019
	Matchday 4		27–28 August 2019
	Matchday 5		6–7 September 2019
	Matchday 6		12 September 2019
Knockout stage	Semi-finals		20–21 September 2019	27–28 September 2019
	Final		4 October 2019	12 October 2019

Group stage

Main article: 2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JDT2	SAR	KEL
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	10	Advance to Semi-finals		—	3–1	3–1
2	Sarawak	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4			0–0	—	0–3
3	Kelantan	4	1	0	3	4	6	−2	3			0–1	0–2	—

Source: Malaysian Football League

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		UKM	TER	KLU	SEU
1	UKM	6	3	3	0	12	6	+6	12	Advance to Semi-finals		—	2–2	3–0	3–1
2	Terengganu II	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11			2–2	—	2–1	2–0
3	Kuala Lumpur	6	2	0	4	6	9	−3	6			1–2	1–0	—	3–1
4	Selangor United	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4			0–0	2–3	1–0	—

Source: Malaysian Football League

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals							Finals
	B2	Terengganu II	1	1	2
	A1	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2	2	4
								Johor Darul Ta'zim II		1	0	1 (6)
								UKM		0	1	1 (5)
	A2	Sarawak	0	1	1
	B1	UKM	1	6	7

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Terengganu II	2–4	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	1−2	1−2
Sarawak	1–7	UKM	0−1	1−6

Semi-finals

First Leg

Terengganu II	1−2	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Bruno 60'		Lok 65' Kumaahran 83'

20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)

21:00 UTC+8

Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium

Second Leg

Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2−1	Terengganu II
Fernandez 53' Rozaimi 66'		Marcel 76'

27 September 2019 (2019-09-27)

21:00 UTC+8

Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim II won 4−2 on aggregate.

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First Leg

Sarawak	0−1	UKM
		Milad 80'

22 September 2019 (2019-09-22)

20:15 UTC+8

Sarawak State Stadium

Second Leg

UKM	6−1	Sarawak
Hafizi Amiruddin 5', 7' Roskam 23', 31' Milad 49', 73'		Aliff Hasaan 37'

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28)

21:00 UTC+8

KLFA Stadium

UKM won 7−1 on aggregate.

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Final

The first legs will be played on 4 October 2019, and the second legs will be played on 12 October 2019

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Johor Darul Ta'zim II	1–1	UKM	1−0	1−0

Johor Darul Ta'zim II	1−0	UKM
Amirul 64'

4 October 2019

21:00 UTC+8

Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium

UKM	1−0	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Mateo Roskam 82'

12 October 2019

21:00 UTC+8

KLFA Stadium

1−1 on aggregate. Johor Darul Ta'zim II won 6−5 on penalty after extra time.

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Statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 12 October 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bruno Suzuki	Terengganu II	6
	Mateo Roskam	UKM
	Milad Zanidpour	UKM
4	Paulo Josué	Kuala Lumpur	4
5	Fauzi Roslan	Kelantan	3
	Hafizi Amirudin	UKM
	Nurshamil Abd Ghani	Selangor United
	Mohamad Ghaddar	Johor Darul Ta'zim II

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Paulo Josué	Kuala Lumpur	Selangor United	3–1	15 August 2019

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 4 October 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Haziq Nadzli	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	3
	Khatul Anuar	UKM
3	Damien Lim	Selangor United	2
	Saiful Wazizi	Sarawak
5	Fikri Che Soh	Kelantan	1
	Shamirza Yusoff	Terengganu II

See also

• 2019 Malaysia FA Cup
• 2019 Malaysia Cup