2023 Piala Presiden (Malaysia)

Piala Presiden (Malaysia) 2023 (referred to as Piala Presdiden) is the 1st season of the Piala Presiden since its inception in 1986. This league is currently for the football league in Malaysia youth level (U21).^[1]

Piala Presiden 2023

Tournament details
Country	Malaysia
Dates	16 May – 1 October 2023
Teams	16
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	102 (2.13 per match)
Attendance	5,828 (121 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Harry Danish (4 gol)
← 2022 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 28 May 2023.

Rules

Age limit

2023 Piala Presiden (Malaysia) is an amateur football competition in Malaysia for under-21 players. Since its inception in 1986, the Piala Presiden has been a major tournament for under-21 and under-23 players. In 2009, the format of the competition was changed with only under-20 players eligible to fill in for the tournament that. In 2015, the format of the competition reverted to its original format with players under 21.

Format

The tournament is played as follows:

• League level: 16 teams are divided into four groups, from Group A to Group D. Teams will play matches against the teams in their respective groups.^{[citation needed]}
  • After 12 games in the group, the top two teams of each group qualify for league one, the remaining eight bottom teams of each group will be placed in league two.^{[citation needed]}
• League level: 16 teams are divided into two group leagues, namely league one with eight teams and league two also with eight teams. Teams will play one single match with teams in their respective leagues, where the venue of the match will be determined by the organizers.^{[citation needed]}
  • After the league matches, the top five teams from league one and two teams from league two along with the winner of the play-off between the 6th-placed team in league one and the 3rd-placed team in league two will advance to the quarter-finals.^{[citation needed]}
• Knockout stage: The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will be played back-to-back.^{[citation needed]}

Team

The following teams will participate in the 2023 Malaysia President's Cup.^{[citation needed]}

Team	Coach	Location
AMD U17	Osmera Omaro	Gambang
Johor Darul Ta'zim III	Gonzalo Zaballos	Pasir Gudang
Kedah Darul Aman C	Khairul Ismail	Alor Setar
Kelantan	Hasnan Ahmad	Kota Bharu
Kelantan United	Sazami Shafi’i	Kota Bharu
Kuala Lumpur City	Nidzam Adzha	Kuala Lumpur
Kuching City	Safri Amit	Kuching
Melaka	Remeli Junit	Krubong
Negeri Sembilan	Azlan Ahmad	Paroi
PDRM	Nadzim Din	Kuala Lumpur
Pulau Pinang	Rahim Hassan	Batu Kawan
Perak III	K. Nanthakumar	Ipoh
Sabah	Burhan Ajui	Penampang
Selangor B20	irdaus Aziz	Salak Tinggi
Sri Pahang	Yazeed Hamzah	Kuantan
Terengganu III	Roshadi Wahab	Kuala Terengganu

Table

The match schedule is as follows.^{[citation needed]}

Phase	Round	First Match	Second Match
Group Stage	Matchday 1	16 May & 20 May 2023
	Matchday 2	21 May & 28 May 2023
	Matchday 3	3, 4 & 13 May 2023
	Matchday 4	10 May 2023
	Matchday 5	17 & 18 May 2023
	Matchday 6	24 May 2023
League Stage	Matchday 1	6 & 7 July 2023
	Matchday 2	12 July 2023
	Matchday 3	19 July 2023
	Matchday 4	26 July 2023
	Matchday 5	2 August 2023
	Matchday 6	8 & 9 August 2023
	Matchday 7	16 & 17 August 2023
Knock-out Stage	Quarter-finals	28 August 2023	4 September 2023
	Semi-finals	11 September 2023	18 September 2023
	Final	24 September 2023	1 October 2023

Group Stage

Main article: 2023 Piala Presiden Malaysia Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Penyingkiran
1	Kedah Darul Aman C	6	4	2	0	7	2	+5	14	Qualify to League One
2	Terengganu III	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10
3	Kelantan United U21	6	3	0	3	4	5	−1	9	Qualify to League Two
4	Sri Pahang U21	6	0	1	5	1	7	−6	1

Source: FAM-CMS
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Penyingkiran
1	AMD U17	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	13	Qualify to League One
2	Perak III	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
3	Pulau Pinang U21	6	2	2	2	8	5	+3	8	Qualify to League Two
4	Kelantan U21[a]	6	1	0	5	4	15	−11	3

Source: FAM-CMS
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. The FAM Disciplinary Committee decided that Perak III was given a 3-0 victory after the amended match on 20 May 2023 was canceled because the host, Kelantan U21 failed to provide a venue for the match.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Penyingkiran
1	Selangor U20	6	4	1	1	7	2	+5	13	Qualify to League One
2	Negeri Sembilan U21	6	3	2	1	10	2	+8	11
3	Kuala Lumpur City U21	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10	Qualify to League Two
4	Sabah U21	6	0	0	6	5	17	−12	0

Source: FAM-CMS
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Penyingkiran
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim III	6	5	0	1	12	1	+11	15	Qualify to League One
2	PDRM U21	6	3	2	1	5	1	+4	11
3	Melaka U21	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4	Qualify to League Two
4	Kuching City U21	6	1	1	4	2	11	−9	4

Source: FAM-CMS
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

League Stage

Main article: 2023 Piala Presiden Malaysia League Stage

League One

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim III	7	6	0	1	14	5	+9	18	Qualification to Knock-out Stage
2	Negeri Sembilan U21	7	4	2	1	10	5	+5	14
3	Selangor U20	7	4	2	1	10	7	+3	14
4	Perak III	7	4	0	3	11	7	+4	12
5	AMD U17	7	2	2	3	10	8	+2	8
6	Kedah Darul Aman C	7	2	1	4	5	9	−4	7
7	Terengganu III	7	2	1	4	9	16	−7	7
8	PDRM U21	7	0	0	7	2	14	−12	0

First match(es) will be played: 18 August 2023. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Point; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

League Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Sri Pahang U21	7	5	1	1	17	6	+11	16	Qualification to Knock-out Stage
2	Kuala Lumpur City U21	7	5	0	2	16	8	+8	15
3	Kelantan United U21	7	4	3	0	10	2	+8	15
4	Pulau Pinang U21	7	3	1	3	14	9	+5	10
5	Sabah U21	7	2	3	2	10	11	−1	9
6	Melaka U21	7	2	1	4	7	9	−2	7
7	Kuching City U21	7	2	1	4	8	12	−4	7
8	Kelantan U21	7	0	0	7	8	33	−25	0

First match(es) will be played: 18 August 2023. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Point; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Knock-out Stage

The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will be held on a reciprocal basis (home and away).

Bracket

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	Sri Pahang U21		0	0	0 (1)
	Selangor U20		0	0	0 (4)
								Selangor U20		1	2	3
								Negeri Sembilan U21		3	0	3
	Kuala Lumpur City U21		2	1	3
	Negeri Sembilan U21		2	4	6
															Negeri Sembilan U21		1
															Johor Darul Ta'zim III		3
	AMD U17		0	1	1
	Perak III		0	0	0
								AMD U17		2	0	2
								Johor Darul Ta'zim III		2	4	6
	Kelantan United U21		0	0	0
	Johor Darul Ta'zim III		1	0	1

Quarter-final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sri Pahang U21	(1) 0-0 (4)	Selangor U20	0-0	0-0
Kuala Lumpur City U21	3-6	Negeri Sembilan U21	2-2	1-4
AMD U17	1-0	Perak III	0-0	1-0
Kelantan United U21	0-1	Johor Darul Ta'zim III	0-0	0-1

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	Report

Darulmakmur Stadium

Attendance: 269

Referee: Latiffi Zahrom

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Semifinals

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Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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Champion

Malaysia President Cup Champion
Johor Darul Ta'zim III
Third Title

Top Scorer

As of 26 July 2023 ^[2]

Ked	Player	Club	Goal
1	Haziq Jaffry	Sabah U21	6
	Harry Danish	Selangor U20
3	Afiq Hilman	Kuala Lumpur City U21	5
	Khairil Faris	Kuala Lumpur City U21
5	Haiqal Khairuddin	Johor Darul Ta'zim III	4
	Nashaika Ghazali	Kelantan U21
	Ashraf Iqwan	Negeri Sembilan U21
	Danish Syamer	Negeri Sembilan U21
	Ammar Idzham	Perak III
10	Qahir Dzakirin	AMD U17	3
	Fergus Tierney	Johor Darul Ta'zim III
	Mubin Wahab	Negeri Sembilan U21
	Aniq Afif	Pulau Pinang U21
	Ajwad Akhari	Sabah U21
	Danial Zhafirul	Terengganu III
	Danish Hakim	Terengganu III

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