2022 Malaysia Cup

2022 Malaysia Cup
Piala Malaysia 2022
Tournament details
Country	Malaysia
Dates	26 October – 26 November 2022
Teams	16
Defending champions	Kuala Lumpur City
Final positions
Champions	Johor Darul Ta'zim (3rd title)
Runner-up	Selangor
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	78 (2.69 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Bergson; Kpah Sherman; (7 goals each)
	← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2022), officially known as the TM Piala Malaysia 2022 for sponsorship reasons, was the 96th edition of Malaysia Cup tournament organised by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and the Malaysian Football League (MFL).

Kuala Lumpur City were the defending champions after defeating Johor Darul Ta'zim 2–0 in the previous final, but were eliminated by Terengganu in the quarter-finals.

Johor Darul Ta'zim won the final with score 2–1 over Selangor to clinch their third Malaysia Cup title.^[1]

Format

In the competition, the top eleven teams from the 2022 Malaysia Super League were joined by the top five teams from the 2022 Malaysia Premier League. In this edition, the group stage was not played. The competition was played from 25 October to 26 November 2022, with 16 teams in the knockout stage which began in the round of 16, followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. This stage was played in two legs, except for the final which was played as a single leg.^[2] On 19 October 2022, the Malaysian Football League (MFL) announced that the away goals rule had been abolished.^[3]

Schedule and draw dates

The draw for the 2022 Malaysia Cup was held on 25 October 2022.^[4]^[5]

Phase	Round	First leg	Second leg
Knockout phase	Round 16	26 & 27 October 2022	31 October & 1 November 2022
	Quarter-finals	5 & 6 November 2022	11 & 12 November 2022
	Semi-finals	15 & 16 November 2022	20 & 21 November 2022
	Final	26 November 2022

Seeding

Teams were divided to their pots according to their placements in the 2022 Malaysia Super League and 2022 Malaysia Premier League. Pot A included the top 4 teams from the Super League, pot B included teams placed 5th and 6th in the Super League and the top 2 teams from the Premier League, and pot C included teams placed 7th to 11th in the Super League together with those placed 3rd to 5th in the Premier League.

Pot A (R16 Away Team 4, 8, 12, 16)	Pot B (R16 Away Team 2, 6, 10, 14)	Pot C (R16 Home Team 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15)
Johor Darul Ta'zim Terengganu Sabah Negeri Sembilan	Selangor Kuala Lumpur City Kelantan Kuching City	Sri Pahang Kedah Darul Aman Petaling Jaya City Sarawak United Penang Kelantan United PDRM UiTM

Knockout stage

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the final which was played as a single-leg game.

Bracket

The bracket was decided after the draw for the round of 16, which was held on 6 October 2022 at the MFL House in Kuala Lumpur.

Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Penang	2	1	3

Kuching City (a.e.t.)	2	2	4
				Kuching City	0	1	1

				Sabah (a.e.t.)	1	1	2
UiTM	1	1	2

Sabah	2	1	3
								Sabah	0	1	1

								Johor Darul Ta'zim	1	3	4
Sarawak United	0	1	1

Kelantan	1	1	2
				Kelantan	0	0	0

				Johor Darul Ta'zim	3	5	8
Petaling Jaya City	0	0	0

Johor Darul Ta'zim	4	2	6
												Johor Darul Ta'zim	2

												Selangor	1
Kelantan United	0	0	0

Selangor	2	1	3
				Selangor	2	2	4

				Negeri Sembilan	0	2	2
Kedah Darul Aman	1	0	1

Negeri Sembilan	2	0	2
								Selangor	3	0	3

								Terengganu	1	1	2
PDRM	0	0	0

Kuala Lumpur City	3	1	4
				Kuala Lumpur City	0	1	1

				Terengganu	1	3	4
Sri Pahang	1	2	3

Terengganu	5	4	9

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 26 and 27 October, and the second legs on 31 October and 1 November 2022.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UiTM	2–3	Sabah	1–2	1–1
Sarawak United	1–2	Kelantan	0–1	1–1
Kelantan United	0–3	Selangor	0–2	0–1
Penang	3–4	Kuching City	2–2	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Petaling Jaya City	0–6	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–4	0–2
Kedah Darul Aman	1–2	Negeri Sembilan	1–2	0–0
PDRM	0–4	Kuala Lumpur City	0–3	0–1
Sri Pahang	3–9	Terengganu	1–5	2–4

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 5 and 6 November, and the second legs on 11 and 12 November 2022.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kuching City	1–2	Sabah	0–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Kelantan	0–8	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–3	0–5
Selangor	4–2	Negeri Sembilan	2–0	2–2
Kuala Lumpur City	1–4	Terengganu	0–1	1–3

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 15 and 16 November, and the second legs on 20 and 21 November 2022.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sabah	1–4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–1	1–3
Selangor	3–2	Terengganu	3–1	0–1

Final

The final was played on 26 November 2022 at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.

26 November 2022

21:00 UTC 8

Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–1	Selangor
Bergson 45 2' Forestieri 59'	Report	Caion 45' (pen.)

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 79,988^[6]

Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[7]
1	Bergson	Johor Darul Ta'zim	7
1	Kpah Sherman	Terengganu	7
3	Caion	Selangor	6
4	Fernando Forestieri	Johor Darul Ta'zim	4
5	Lucas Silva	Penang	3
5	Kipré Tchétché	Terengganu	3
7	Syafiq Ahmad	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2
	Romel Morales	Kuala Lumpur City
	Alif Hassan	Kuching City
	Matheus Alves	Negeri Sembilan
	Taiki Kagayama	Sabah
	Baddrol Bakhtiar	Sabah
	Steven Rodriguez	Sri Pahang
	Faisal Halim	Terengganu

References

^ Msar, Syazwan (10 September 2022). "JDT juara Piala FA 2022". hmetro.com.my (in Malay). Harian Metro. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
^ "Keputusan rasmi undian Piala Malaysia 2022" (in Malay). MFL. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ "MFL menyelaraskan peraturan away goal selari dengan perubahan UEFA DAN AFC". Malaysian Football League. 19 October 2022. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^ "TM Piala Malaysia 2022 Janjikan Penuh Debaran". Malaysian Football League. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ "Pengesahan Jadual TM Piala Malaysia". Malaysian Football League. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ "Full Time Summary Final – Johor Darul Ta'zim v Selangor". cms.fam.org.my. Football Association of Malaysia. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
^ "LIST TOP SCORERS LIGA SUPER MALAYSIA 2022". FAM-CMS. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

External links

[1] Msar, Syazwan (10 September 2022). "JDT juara Piala FA 2022". hmetro.com.my (in Malay). Harian Metro. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

[2] "Keputusan rasmi undian Piala Malaysia 2022" (in Malay). MFL. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

[3] "MFL menyelaraskan peraturan away goal selari dengan perubahan UEFA DAN AFC". Malaysian Football League. 19 October 2022. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.

[4] "TM Piala Malaysia 2022 Janjikan Penuh Debaran". Malaysian Football League. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

[5] "Pengesahan Jadual TM Piala Malaysia". Malaysian Football League. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

[6] "Full Time Summary Final – Johor Darul Ta'zim v Selangor". cms.fam.org.my. Football Association of Malaysia. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

[7] "LIST TOP SCORERS LIGA SUPER MALAYSIA 2022". FAM-CMS. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

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