2013 Malaysia Cup

The 2013 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2013) was the 87th season of Malaysia Cup and began on 20 August with a preliminary round and finished on 3 November 2013 with the final, held at Shah Alam Stadium. A total of 16 teams took part in the competition. The teams were divided into four groups, each containing four teams. The group leaders and runners-up teams in the groups after six matches qualified to the quarterfinals.

2013 Piala Malaysia

Piala Malaysia
Tournament details
Country	Malaysia Singapore
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Pahang FA (3rd title)
Runner-up	Kelantan FA
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	194 (3.18 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	9 goals Marlon Alex James Matías Conti
Awards
Best player	Azamuddin Akil
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Kelantan were the defending champions, having beaten ATM 3–2 in last season's final.^[1] For the second time, a Singaporean team, LIONSXII, also newly minted 2013 Malaysian Super League champions, participated in this competition.

This 87th edition ended with Pahang winning the title after beating Kelantan 1–0, with a goal scored by Matías Conti.

Format

In this competition, the top 10 teams from 2013 Malaysia Super League is joined by the top 4 teams from 2013 Malaysia Premier League. The remaining 2 teams from 2013 Malaysia Super League and the team who finished 5th and 6th place in the 2013 Malaysia Premier League will battle it out in the playoffs for the remaining 2 spots. The teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams. Voting took place on 27 July at TM Convention Centre, Menara Telekom, Jalan Pantai Baharu, Kuala Lumpur.^[2]

Round and draw dates

The draws are held at TM Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on 27 July 2013 .^[3]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Play-off	Play-off round		10 July 2013
Group stage	Matchday 1	27 July 2013 (Kuala Lumpur)	20 August 2013
	Matchday 2		24 August 2013
	Matchday 3		27 August 2013
	Matchday 4		31 August 2013
	Matchday 5		17 September 2013
	Matchday 6		21 September 2013
Knockout phase	Quarter-finals		27 & 28 September 2013	4 & 5 October 2013
	Semi-finals		18 & 19 October 2013	25 & 26 October 2013
	Final		3 November 2013 at Shah Alam Stadium

Play-off

FELDA United	1 – 0	POS Malaysia
Shafizan Hashim 64' (pen.)	Report

10 July 2013

21:45 UTC+08

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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Negeri Sembilan	4 – 0	Sabah
Nazrin Nawi 10', 15' (pen.), 84' Fabio Leandro 51'	Report

10 July 2013

21:45 UTC+08

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Referee: Nagor Amir

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
LionsXII Selangor Darul Takzim FC Kelantan FA	Pahang ATM Perak PKNS	Terengganu T-Team Sarawak Sime Darby	Kedah Johor FELDA United Negeri Sembilan

Group stage

Main article: 2013 Malaysia Cup group stage

^[4]

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ATM	SIM	JOH	SEL
ATM FA (A)	6	2	3	1	15	12	+3	9			3–4	4–1	1–1
Sime Darby FC (A)	6	2	3	1	12	9	+3	9		1–1		1–2	3–0
Johor FA	6	1	3	2	9	12	−3	6		3–3	2–2		0–0
Selangor FA	6	1	3	2	6	9	−3	6		2–3	1–1	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to the 2013 Piala Malaysia quarter finals

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		PKNS	JDT	TTM	FEL
PKNS FC (A)	6	5	0	1	12	1	+11	15			2–0	5–0	2–0
Johor Darul Takzim (A)	6	3	0	3	10	10	0	9		0–2		1–2	1–0
T–Team FC	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	9		0–1	2–3		2–1
FELDA United FC	6	1	0	5	4	11	−7	3		1–0	2–5	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to the 2013 Piala Malaysia quarter finals

Group C

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		KEL	PAH	NEG	TER
Kelantan FA (A)	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	11			4–0	2–3	2–0
Pahang FA (A)	6	2	2	2	11	11	0	8		1–1		3–0	1–1
Negeri Sembilan FA	6	2	2	2	11	13	−2	8		1–1	3–5		2–2
Terengganu FA	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5		1–3	2–1	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to the 2013 Piala Malaysia quarter finals

Group D

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sarawak FA (A)	6	3	1	2	13	5	+8	10
LionsXII (A)	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
Perak FA	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7
Kedah FA	6	1	3	2	5	10	−5	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to the 2013 Piala Malaysia quarter finals

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	D2	LionsXII	1	1	2
	A1	ATM FA	0	4	4
								A1	ATM FA	1	2	3
								C1	Kelantan FA	2	2	4
	C1	Kelantan FA	2	6	8
	B2	Johor Darul Takzim	4	1	5
															C1	Kelantan FA			0
															C2	Pahang FA			1
	C2	Pahang FA	3	2	5
	B1	PKNS FC	2	1	3
								C2	Pahang FA	3	1	4
								D1	Sarawak FA	1	1	2
	A2	Sime Darby FC	0	1	1
	D1	Sarawak FA	0	3	3

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 27 & 28 September 2013, and the second legs were played on 4 & 5 October 2013.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pahang FA	5–3	PKNS FC	3–2	2–1
LionsXII	2–4	ATM FA	1–0	1–4
Sime Darby FC	1–3	Sarawak FA	0–0	1–3
Johor Darul Takzim FC	5–8	Kelantan FA	4–2	1–6

First leg

Pahang FA	3–2	PKNS FC
Conti 1', 51', 58'		Patrick Wleh 37' Lot Abu Hassan 38'

27 September 2013

20:45 UTC+8

Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan, Pahang

Attendance: 21,500

Referee: Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Johor)

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LionsXII	1–0	ATM FA
Madhu 40'

28 September 2013

19:45 UTC+8

Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore

Attendance: 7,464

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Kuala Lumpur)

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Johor Darul Takzim	4–2	Kelantan FA
Jasazrin 4' Norshahrul 21' Safiq 39' Núñez 81'		Indra 23' Obinna 50'

28 September 2013

20:45 UTC+8

Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Larkin, Johor

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim (Terengganu)

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Sime Darby FC	0–0	Sarawak FA

28 September 2013

20:45 UTC+8

Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim (Selangor)

Second leg

ATM FA	4–1	LionsXII
Hariss 23' (o.g.) Marlon 33', 75', 83'		Hafiz Sujad 49'

4 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Johor)

ATM FA won 4–2 on aggregate.

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PKNS FC	1–2	Pahang FA
Khairu Azrin 67'		Conti 29' (pen.) Azamuddin 60'

4 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Amirul Izwan Yaakub (Perak)

Pahang FA won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Sarawak FA	3–1	Sime Darby FC
Salibašić 27', 55', 85'		Asrol 6'

5 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching, Sarawak

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Mohd. Zamzaidi Katimin (Melaka)

Sarawak FA won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Kelantan FA	6–1	Johor Darul Takzim
Farhan 19', 62' Badri 32' Obinna 44' Nwakaeme 46' Indra 89'		Safee 42'

5 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu, Kelantan

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Suhaizi Shukri (Melaka)

Kelantan FA won 8–5 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The first leg will be played on 18 & 19 October while the second leg will be played on 25 & 26 October.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ATM FA	3–4	Kelantan FA	1–2	2–2
Pahang FA	4–2	Sarawak FA	3–1	1–1

First leg

ATM FA	1–2	Kelantan FA
Christie 19'		Badri 15' Farhan 79'

18 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Kuala Lumpur)

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Pahang FA	3–1	Sarawak FA
Azamuddin 30', 33' Conti 38'		Shahrol 40'

19 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan, Pahang

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim (Selangor)

Second leg

Kelantan FA	2–2	ATM FA
Fakri 82' Badri 85'		Marlon 18', 35'

25 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu, Kelantan

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Johor)

Kelantan FA won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Sarawak FA	1–1	Pahang FA
Bobby 32'		Fauzi 74'

26 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching, Sarawak

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Shamsudin Ibrahim (Terengganu)

Pahang FA won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2013 Piala Malaysia Final

The Final will be played on 3 Nov 2013 at Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam.

Kelantan FA	0–1	Pahang FA
		Matías Conti 59'

3 November 2013

20:45 UTC+8

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor

Attendance: 80,119

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Kuala Lumpur)

Winners

2013 Piala Malaysia Winner
Pahang
3rd Title

Statistics

Top Scorer

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marlon Alex James	ATM FA	9
	Matías Conti	Pahang FA	9
3	Patrick Ronaldinho Wleh	PKNS FC	7
	Muamer Salibašić	Sarawak FA	7
5	Dickson Nwakaeme	Kelantan FA	6
6	Indra Putra Mahayuddin	Kelantan FA	5
	Mohd Badri Radzi	Kelantan FA	5
	Fabio Leandro Barbosa	Negeri Sembilan FA	5
	S. Sivanesan	Negeri Sembilan FA	5
	Mohd Azamuddin Akil	Pahang FA	5
11	Norshahrul Idlan Talaha	Johor Darul Takzim FC	4
	Alen Guć	Kedah FA	4
	Roman Chmelo	PKNS FC	4
	Bobby Gonzales	Sarawak FA	4
	Karlo Primorac	Sime Darby FC	4

Own goals

Rank	Player	For	Club	Own Goal
1	Hariss Harun	ATM FA	LionsXII	1
	Shakir Hamzah	Sarawak FA	LionsXII	1
	Mohd Khairi Kiman	Sarawak FA	Perak FA	1
	Hasmizan Kamarodin	Kelantan FA	Terengganu FA	1

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
S. Sivanesan	Negeri Sembilan FA	Pahang FA	3-5	24 August 2013
Dickson Nwakaeme	Kelantan FA	Pahang FA	4-0	21 September 2013
Muamer Salibašić	Sarawak FA	Perak FA	6-1	21 September 2013
Matías Conti	Pahang FA	PKNS FC	3-2	27 September 2013
Marlon Alex James	ATM FA	LionsXII	4-1	4 October 2013
Muamer Salibašić	Sarawak FA	Sime Darby FC	3-1	5 October 2013

References

1. Kelantan juara Piala Malaysia 2012 Archived 31 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine - Sinar Harian
2. Playoff hari pertama puasa - bharian
3. 2013 Piala Malaysia - fam.org
4. "Source". Archived from the original on 11 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.