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
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

10 July 2013

21:45 UTC+08

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

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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10 July 2013

21:45 UTC+08

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

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.	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

27 September 2013

20:45 UTC+8

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

Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan, Pahang

Attendance: 21,500

Referee: Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Johor)

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28 September 2013

19:45 UTC+8

LionsXII	1–0	ATM FA
Madhu   40'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore

Attendance: 7,464

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Kuala Lumpur)

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28 September 2013

20:45 UTC+8

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

Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Larkin, Johor

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim (Terengganu)

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28 September 2013

20:45 UTC+8

Sime Darby FC	0–0	Sarawak FA

Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim (Selangor)

Second leg

4 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

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

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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4 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

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

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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5 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

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

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching, Sarawak

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Mohd. Zamzaidi Katimin (Melaka)

Sarawak FA won 3–1 on aggregate.

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5 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

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

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.	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

18 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

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

Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Kuala Lumpur)

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19 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

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

Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan, Pahang

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim (Selangor)

Second leg

25 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

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

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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26 October 2013

20:45 UTC+8

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

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.

3 November 2013

20:45 UTC+8

Kelantan FA	0–1	Pahang FA
		Matías Conti   59'

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