The 2012 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2012) was the 86th edition of Malaysia Cup. The competition began on 24 August 2012 and ended on 20 October 2012 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 6 matches qualified to the quarterfinals.

2012 Malaysia Cup
Piala Malaysia
Tournament details
CountryMalaysia
Singapore
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsKelantan FA (2nd title)
Runner-upATM FA
Tournament statistics
Matches played58
Goals scored64 (1.1 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)12 goals Marlon Alex James
Best playerNorshahrul Idlan
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Negeri Sembilan FA were the defending champions, having beaten Terengganu FA 2–1 in last season's final.

For the first time since 1994, a Singapore team took part in the competition under the name LIONSXII.

Format

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In this competition, the top 12 teams from 2012 Malaysia Super League is joined by the top 4 teams from 2012 Malaysia Premier League.[1] The teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams.

As part of the agreement between Football Association of Malaysia and Football Association of Singapore, a Singapore team will participate in Malaysia Cup.[2] This marks the comeback of the Singapore team in Malaysia Cup having last participated 18 years before in 1994, where they won the competition, as the Singapore Lions. The new team will be known as LIONSXII.

Seeding

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The 16 teams were divided into four pots for the draw, each containing four teams. The standings in Super League and Premier League 2012 ended on 14 July 2012 – was used to seed the teams.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Kelantan FA
  LIONSXII
  Selangor FA
  Perak FA

  Terengganu FA
  Negeri Sembilan FA
  PKNS FC
  T-Team FC

  Johor FC
  Felda United FC
  Sarawak FA
  Kedah FA

  ATM FA
  Pahang FA
  Sime Darby FC
  Johor FA

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   LIONSXII (A) 6 2 3 1 4 2 +2 9
2   Johor FC (A) 6 2 3 1 6 6 0 9
3   Johor FA 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 8
4   PKNS FC 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 5
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advanced to knockout stage
PKNS FC  1 – 1  Johor FA
Michaël Niçoise   85' Report Muriel Orlando   78' (pen.)

LIONSXII  3 – 1  PKNS FC
Khairul Amri   13'
Shaiful Esah   18'
Shahril Ishak   48'
Fazli Baharudin   8'
Johor FA  1 – 2  Johor FC
Muriel Orlando   60' (pen.) Shahrizal Saad   39'
Arthuro   70'
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar


LIONSXII  1 – 0  Johor FA
Khairul Amri   2'
Johor FC  2 – 1  PKNS FC
Arthuro   63'  90' Norhakim Hassan   38'
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Teoh Hee Loon (Melaka)


LIONSXII  0 – 0  Johor FC
Johor FA  2 – 0  PKNS FC
Muriel Orlando   1'  37'
Referee: Ahmad Tajudin Mohd Yusof

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Kelantan FA (A) 6 3 2 1 13 8 +5 11
2   ATM FA (A) 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4 11
3   Kedah FA 6 1 3 2 6 8 −2 6
4   Terengganu FA 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 4
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advanced to knockout stage
Kedah FA  0 – 2  ATM FA
K. Reuben   20'
Zaquan Adha   81' (pen.)



Kelantan FA  4 – 3  ATM FA
Afiq Azmi   7'
Norshahrul   28'
Norfarhan Mohamad   75'
Nurul Azwan   85'
Marlon   26'  35'
Hairuddin Omar   43'



Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Negeri Sembilan FA (A) 6 2 4 0 8 3 +5 10
2   Felda United FC (A) 6 1 4 1 13 12 +1 7
3   Perak FA 6 1 3 2 7 9 −2 6
4   Sime Darby FC 6 1 3 2 9 13 −4 6
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advanced to knockout stage
Felda United FC  1 – 1  Negeri Sembilan FA
Eddy Viator   80' Khairul Izuan   49'
Sime Darby FC  1 – 1  Perak FA
Leandro Teofilo   64' Fahrul Razi   89'



Perak FA  0 – 1  Negeri Sembilan FA
Effa Owona   45+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,000


Perak FA  2 – 1  Sime Darby FC
Bodjongo   12'  48' Faiz Isa   90+4'

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Selangor FA (A) 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13
2   Pahang FA (A) 6 3 1 2 17 13 +4 10
3   Sarawak FA 6 2 1 3 10 13 −3 7
4   T-Team 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 4
Source: [citation needed]
(A) Advanced to knockout stage
Pahang FA  3 – 2  PBDKT T-Team FC
Azamuddin   17'
Hafiz Kamal   49'
Faizol Hussien   84'
Syed Md   64'
Zairo   90'


Pahang FA  6 – 0  Sarawak FA
Syed Md   33'  45'  88'
Boris Kochkin   61'
Hafiz Kamal   72'
R. Gopinathan   90'

Sarawak FA  2 – 3  Pahang FA
Rasyid Aya   12'
Joël Epalle   37'
Maycon   21'
Azamuddin   59'  68'

Sarawak FA  6 – 1  PBDKT T-Team FC
Joel Epalle   41'   65'
Mohd Azizan Baba   57'
Bobby Gonzales   73'
Rasyid Aya   76'
Sharudin Yakup   82'
Zairo   90' (pen.)

Selangor FA  2 – 0  Sarawak FA
Amri Yahyah   66'  73'

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
D2   Pahang FA 2 0 2
A1   LIONSXII 1 2 3
A1   LIONSXII 1 1(4) 2(4)
B2   ATM FA (p) 1 1(5) 2(5)
B2   ATM FA 3 3 6
C1   Negeri Sembilan 2 1 3
B2   ATM FA 2
B1   Kelantan FA 3
C2   Felda United FC 1 2 3
B1   Kelantan FA 2 2 4
B1   Kelantan FA 1 2 3
D1   Selangor FA 0 0 0
A2   Johor FC 1 1 2
D1   Selangor FA 3 2 5

Quarterfinals

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The first legs were played on 25,28 and 29 September, and the second legs were played on 2 October 2012.

First leg

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Pahang FA  2 – 1  LIONSXII
Fauzi Roslan   9'
Hafiz Kamal   75'
Jalaluddin Jaafar   20' (o.g.)
Attendance: 25,000


Felda United  1 – 2  Kelantan FA
Khairan Ezuan   79' Nurul Azwan   56'
Indra Putra   75'
Referee: Amirul Izwan yaakub (Perak)


Second leg

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LIONSXII  2 – 0  Pahang FA
Shahril Ishak   35'  79'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Teoh Hee Loon (Melaka)

LIONSXII won aggregate 3–2.


Negeri Sembilan FA  1 – 3  ATM FA
Alif Shamsudin   5' Aidil Zafuan   9'
Marlon   42'  58'
Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin (Melaka)

ATM FA won aggregate 6–3.


Kelantan FA  2 – 2  Felda United
Norfarhan Mohamad   71'
Mohammed Ghaddar   93'
Antoine-Curier   43'
Mafry Balang   55' (o.g.)
Referee: Jefferi Zolkifli (Perak)

Kelantan FA won aggregate 4–3.


Selangor FA won aggregate 5–2.


Semi-finals

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The first legs were played on 5 & 6 October, and the second legs were played on 11 & 12 October 2012.

First leg

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LIONSXII  1 – 1  ATM FA
Safuwan Baharudin   81' Marlon   55'
Attendance: 7,479
Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

Kelantan FA  1 – 0  Selangor FA
Norfarhan Mohamad   62'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mohd Yusof Mat Karim

Second leg

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Aggregate 2-2, ATM FA won penalty shoot-out 5–4.


Selangor FA  0 – 2  Kelantan FA
Mohammed Ghaddar   85'
Badri Radzi   90+3'
Referee: Amirul izwan Yaakub (Perak)

Kelantan FA won aggregate 3–0.


Final

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The final was played on 20 October 2012 at the Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam in Selangor, Malaysia.

ATM FA  2 – 3 (a.e.t.)  Kelantan FA
Rezal Zambery   49'
Marlon   62'
Norshahrul   44'  50'
Indra Putra   96'

Winners

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  2012 Malaysia Cup winner 
Kelantan FA
2nd title

Statistics

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Top Scorer

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Marlon Alex James   ATM FA 12
2   Mickaël Antoine-Curier   Felda United FC 6
3   Mohd Amri Yahyah   Selangor FA 5
  Mohd Norfarhan Mohamad   Kelantan FA 5
  Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona   Negeri Sembilan FA 5
  Mohd Fauzi Roslan   Pahang FA 5
  Muriel Orlando   Johor FA 5
  Patrick Wleh   Sime Darby FC 5
4   Boško Balaban   Selangor FA 4
  Afiq Azmi   Kelantan FA 4
  Mohd Azamuddin Md Akil   Pahang FA 4
  Mohd Hafiz Kamal   Pahang FA 4
  Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt   Johor FC 4
  Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri   Kedah FA 4
5   Mohd Badri Mohd Radzi   Kelantan FA 3
  Norshahrul Idlan Talaha   Kelantan FA 3
  Indra Putra Mahayuddin   Kelantan FA 3
  Mohd Safiq Rahim   Selangor FA 3
  Bruno Martelotto   ATM FA 3
  Shahril Ishak   LIONSXII 3
  Joël Epalle   Sarawak FA 3
  Zairo Anuar Zalani   PBDKT T-Team FC 3
6   Mohammed Ghaddar   Kelantan FA 2
  Mohd Nurul Azwan Roya   Kelantan FA 2
  Maycon Carvalho Inez   Pahang FA 2
  Mohd Faizol Hussien   Pahang FA 2
  Mohd Alif Shamsudin   Negeri Sembilan FA 2
  Khairul Izuan Abdullah   Negeri Sembilan FA 2
  Mohd Nazri Mohd Kamal   Perak FA 2
  Albert Ebossé Bodjongo   Perak FA 2
  Leandro Teofilo Santos Pinto   Sime Darby FC 2
  Mohd Faiz Mohd Isa   Sime Darby FC 2
  Hairuddin Omar   ATM FA 2
  Khairul Amri   LIONSXII 2
  Mohd Farderin Kadir   Felda United FC 2
  Helmi Loussaief   PKNS FC 2
  Francis Forkey Doe   Terengganu FA 2
  Sharudin Yakup   Sarawak FA 2
  Shahrizal Saad   Johor FC 2
  Hadin Azman   Johor FA 2

References

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  1. ^ "Rozaimi to don Selangor colours in Malaysia Cup - Soccer - New Straits Times". Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  2. ^ "Singapore to field a team in M-League, Malaysia Cup". TODAYonline. Retrieved 2011-06-12.[permanent dead link]