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2024–25 MFL Challenge Cup

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The 2024–25 MFL Challenge Cup is the fourth edition of Malaysia Challenge Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and Malaysian Football League (MFL). The tournament began on 10 December 2024 and ended on 22 February 2025. This is the first season of the tournament to have a two-year schedule.

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PDRM were defending champions, defeated Kuching City in the final with 4–1 on aggregate, but were eliminated by the eventual winners Selangor in the final.[1]

Selangor clinch their first Challenge Cup title after beating defending champions PDRM 7–0 on aggregate in the final.[2][3]

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Qualifying rounds

A total of 8 teams competed in the knockout phase, which the eight losers of the Malaysia Cup round of 16 will participate into the tournament.[4]

The qualified teams will compete on the knockout stage to compete in a two-legged single-elimination tournament beginning with the quarter-finals followed by semi-finals and the final. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

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Teams

All 8 teams eliminated from the Malaysia Cup round of 16 will enter the tournament.[4] List of the teams are shown below:

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Format

Each tie in the knockout phase was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, then 30 minutes of extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner would be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

Schedule

The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the Malaysian Football League headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Selangor).[5]

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Knockout-stage

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Bracket

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Penang 4 2 6
PT Athletic 0 0 0
Penang 0 0 0
Selangor 1 1 2
Kelantan Darul Naim 1 0 1
Selangor 5 3 8
Selangor 3 4 7
PDRM 0 0 0
PDRM 2 2 4
Melaka 2 1 3
PDRM (p) 3 1 4 (5)
Kedah Darul Aman 3 1 4 (4)
Kedah Darul Aman 3 3 6
Kuala Lumpur Rovers 0 0 0

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 10, 12 and 13 December, and the second legs were played on 21, 22 and 23 December 2024.[6]

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Matches

First leg
More information Penang, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 513[7]
Referee: Shamil Jaafar
Second leg
More information PT Athletic, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 354[8]
Referee: Fitri Maskon

Penang won 6–0 on aggregate.


First leg
More information PDRM, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 388[9]
Referee: Nawal Zubir
Second leg
More information Melaka, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 600[10]
Referee: Faizal Talib

PDRM won 4–3 on aggregate.


First leg
More information Kelantan Darul Naim, 1–5 ...
Attendance: 842[11]
Referee: Hanis Maani
Second leg
More information Selangor, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 1,397[12]
Referee: Faizudin Ismail

Selangor won 8–1 on aggregate.


First leg
More information Kedah Darul Aman, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 1,953[13]
Referee: Amirul Yusuf Chow
Second leg
More information Kuala Lumpur Rovers, 0–3 ...
Attendance: 225[14]
Referee: Izwan Abdullah

Kedah Darul Aman won 6–0 on aggregate.


Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 18 and 19 January, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 February 2025.[15]

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Matches

First leg
More information PDRM, 3–3 ...
Attendance: 867[16]
Referee: Izzul Fikri
Second leg
More information Kedah Darul Aman, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Attendance: 3,018[17]
Referee: Kamal Ikhwan Yaacob

4–4 on aggregate; PDRM won 5–4 on penalties.


First leg
More information Penang, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 2,186[18]
Referee: Nafeez Abd Wahab
Second leg
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Attendance: 3,310[19]
Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin

Selangor won 2–0 on aggregate.


Final

The first leg was played on 15 February, and the second leg was played on 22 February 2025.

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  1. Selangor defeated PDRM by a score 3–2, but after the decision of the FAM Disciplinary Committee, Selangor was given a 3–0 victory over PDRM for the match.[20]

Matches

First leg
More information Selangor, 3–0 Awarded ...
Attendance: 3,768[21]
Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin
Second leg
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Selangor won 7–0 on aggregate.


Winner

2024–25 MFL Challenge Cup
Selangor

Selangor
1st title

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Statistics

Top goalscorers

Own goals

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Notes

  1. PT Athletic played their home matches at City Stadium, George Town, instead of their regular home stadium MMU Stadium, Cyberjaya respectively, which did not meet MFL requirements.
  2. PDRM played their home matches at Hang Jebat Stadium, Krubong, instead of their regular home stadium Selayang Municipal Council Stadium, Selayang.
  3. Kelantan Darul Naim will play their home matches at MBPJ Stadium, Petaling Jaya, instead of their regular stadium, Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu, which is being renovated.
  4. Disciplinary Committee of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) awarded Selangor a 3–0 win as a result of PDRM fielding the ineligible player Safiee Ahmad, after Selangor had defeated PDRM by 3–2. Safiee Ahmad failed to serve an automatic one match suspension for receiving two yellow cards earlier in the quarter-finals first leg match against Melaka and the semi-finals second leg match against Kedah Darul Aman.[20]
  5. PDRM played their home matches at MBPJ Stadium, Petaling Jaya, instead of their regular home stadium Selayang Municipal Council Stadium, Selayang.[22]
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