Piala Emas Raja-Raja

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Piala Emas Raja–Raja (English: Kings Gold Cup or Sultans Gold Cup) is a regional annual football competition held between the states in Malaysia. The competition is managed by the Malaysian Football League.

Piala Emas Raja–Raja
Founded1922; 102 years ago (1922)
CountryMalaysia
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams18
Current: 2023 Piala Emas Raja–Raja

The competition has been held for a long time, and the first known recorded champion was Perak in 1927.[1][2]

Piala Agong will also be competing as the opening match of the current season of Piala Emas Raja-Raja, where the previous year winners of Piala Emas Raja-Raja will compete against the previous year winners of Piala Agong where they will be defending their trophy.[3]

History edit

The competition was first held in 1922 during the visit of His Royal Highness the Regent of England (Prince of Wales) to the east including Malaya and Singapore. Various celebrations, including the Malay Football Tournament sponsored by the 'Malaya/Borneo Exhibition' held for two weeks in Singapore. 10 state teams that participated were from Singapore, Johor, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, Perak, Kedah, Penang, Terengganu and Kelantan. Meanwhile, Pahang and Perlis did not participate. During the final, Kedah defeated Johor and emerged as the first champion of the Kings Gold Cup.[4]

The winner for the 73rd edition of the 2013 Piala Emas Raja–Raja is Perlis.[5] For the 100th year celebration (2022 Piala Emas Raja-Raja), Selangor won the competition for the 14th time after defeating PDRM by four goals to one. In 2023, Pahang became the champion of the cup after thrashing Terengganu by three goals to one in Darul Makmur Stadium, Pahang.

Champions and finalists edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1922  Kedah  Johor
1923  Selangor
1924  Selangor
1925  Selangor
1926  Selangor
1927  Perak
1928  Selangor
1929  Kedah
1930  Selangor
1931-34 no competition
1935  Selangor
1936-37 no competition
1938  Selangor
1939-46 Suspended due to the World War II – Japanese occupation of Malaya, Singapore and British Borneo
1947  Singapore  Penang 1-0
1948  Kedah  Singapore 2-0
1949  Kedah  Perak 1-0
1950  Singapore (Win No Match)
1951  Penang  Selangor 2-1
1952  Kedah  Perak 4-1
1953  Kedah  Negeri Sembilan 4-1
1954  Selangor  Kedah 6-1
1955  Singapore  Penang 3-1
1956  Penang  Singapore 3-2
1957  Selangor  Kelantan 5-4
1958  Singapore  Penang 3-0
1959  Singapore  Kelantan 6-1
1960  Singapore  Penang 4-1
1961  Selangor  Kelantan 4-0
1962  Perak  Penang 5-4
1963  Singapore  Kelantan 6-3
1964  Singapore  Penang 2-0
1965  Johor  Penang 2-1
1966  Penang  Singapore 2-1
1967  Perlis  Singapore 3-0
1968  Penang  Selangor 4-2
1969  Penang  Johor 2-1
1970  Terengganu  Selangor 3-2
1971  ATM  Penang 3-1
1972  Kelantan  ATM 3-1
1973  Singapore  Kelantan 4-1
1974  Perak  Perlis 3-2
1975  Singapore  Penang 3-2
1976  Johor  Selangor 2-1
1977  Terengganu  Perlis 2-1
1978  Kelantan  Johor 2-1
1979  Johor  Kelantan 2-1
1980  Pahang  Perak 4-2
1981  Singapore  Johor 2-1
1982  Kelantan  Selangor 1-0
1983  Singapore  Penang 4-2
1984  ATM  Kelantan 5-4
1985  Kelantan  Johor 2-1
1986  Penang  Kuala Lumpur 5-0
1987  Terengganu  Perlis 2-0
1988  Johor  Selangor 3-0
1989  Kelantan  Selangor 4-0
1990  Perak  Kelantan 3-0
1991  Kelantan  Terengganu 1-0
1992  Negeri Sembilan  Terengganu 2-1
1993  Perlis  Penang 1-0
1994  Kuala Lumpur  Perlis 2-1
1995  Kelantan  Melaka 4-0
1996  Kedah  Perlis 1-0
1997  Selangor  Kelantan 3-1
1998  Penang  ATM 2–2 (5–4 pen.)
1999  ATM  Melaka 3-2
2000  Terengganu  Selangor 3-0
2001  Kelantan  Penang 3-0
2002  Penang  Kedah 1-0
2003  Kelantan  Selangor 2-1
2004  Kelantan  Pahang 2-0
2005  Kedah  Kelantan 1-0
2006  Selangor  ATM 5-1
2007  Johor  Kelantan 2-1
2008  Kelantan  Penang 4-0
2009  Perlis  Kedah 2-0
2010  Kelantan  Kedah 0–0 (4–3 pen.)
2011  Pahang   Melaka 3-1
2012  Perak  Kedah 0-0 (2-0) (a.e.t.)
2013  Perlis  Kedah 0–0 (a.e.t.)(7–6 pen.)
2014  Perlis  Pahang 2-1
2015  Negeri Sembilan  Perlis 1-1 (2-1)(a.e.t.)
2016  Pahang  PDRM 6-2
2017  Penang  Kelantan 2-1
2018  Pahang  Terengganu 1-0
2019  MISC  Kuala Lumpur 2-1 [6]
2020-21 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022   Selangor   PDRM 3-2
2023  Pahang  Terengganu 4-1

Performance by teams edit

Rank Team Winners Runners-up
1   Selangor 14 9
2   Kelantan 12 12
3   Singapore 12 4
4   Penang 9 12
5   Kedah 8 6
6   Perlis 5 6
7   Johor 5 5
8   Perak 5 3
9   Pahang 5 2
10   Terengganu 4 4
11   ATM 3 3
12   Negeri Sembilan 2 1
13   Kuala Lumpur 1 2
14   MISC 1 -
15   Melaka - 3
16   PDRM - 2

Corporate sponsor edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Atsushi Fujioka; Erik Garin; Mikael Jönsson; Hans Schöggl (11 January 2018). "Sultan's Gold Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Piala Emas Raja-Raja beri peluang bekas pemain" (in Malay). Stadium Astro. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ^ "NS tekad rampas Piala Agong dari Perak". Bernama (in Malay). Berita Harian. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Tak lapuk dek zaman". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). 25 October 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Perlis juara Piala Emas Raja-Raja ke-73". Bernama (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  6. ^ "MISC pecah tradisi 36 tahun Piala Emas Raja-Raja" (in Malay). Sinar Harian.