Malaysia Cup

The Malaysia Cup (Piala Malaysia) is an annual association football tournament in Malaysia. It is currently the longest-running football competition in Asia. The competition is currently played at the end of each year's football season, and is contested by the 16 most successful teams in Malaysia's football league that year.

History

The tournament began in 1921, when it was called the Malaya Cup. The original trophy was presented by the officers and men of a British battleship, the HMS Malaya. In honour of this, the competition was renamed the HMS Malaya Cup in 1933. A new trophy was inaugurated in 1967, and since then the competition has been known as the Malaysia Cup. A rugby union tournament of the same name, was started in parallel with the football cup, and still bears the same name.

A league competition was introduced in Malaysia in 1982. Since then, the Malaysia Cup has been held after the conclusion of the league each year, with only the best-performing teams in the league qualifying for the Malaysia Cup. When the league began, it was intended primarily as a qualifying tournament for the Malaysia Cup. However over the years, the league competition has gained important stature in its own right.

In 2003, Selangor MPPJ became the first club team to win the cup. Prior to that year, the two teams which made the final had always been representative sides of the regional Football Associations, or military teams.

Teams representing two of Malaysia's neighbouring countries have been involved in the competition. Brunei won the cup in 1999 and continue to be involved (though in recent years they have been represented by the club side Brunei DPMM FC, whereas initially their team was organized by the Football Association of Brunei). Singapore used to enter a team organized by the Football Association of Singapore. Their team won the cup 24 times and are the second most successful side in the competition's history after Selangor. However after their last win in 1994, Singapore withdrew from the competition following a dispute with the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) over gate receipts and have not been involved since. In 2011, FAS announced that Singapore would be back to join the Malaysia Cup in 2012. ^[1]

Past finals

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score in final
2011	Negeri Sembilan FA	Terengganu FA	2-1
2010	Kelantan FA	Negeri Sembilan FA	2-1
2009	Negeri Sembilan FA	Kelantan FA	3-1
2008	Kedah FA	Selangor FA	3-2
2007	Kedah FA	Perak FA	3-0
2006	Perlis FA	Negeri Sembilan FA	2-1
2005	Selangor FA	Perlis FA	3-0
2004	Perlis FA	Kedah FA	1-0
2003	MPPJ FC	Sabah FA	3-0
2002	Selangor FA	Sabah FA	1-0
2001	Terengganu FA	Perak FA	2-1
2000	Perak FA	Negeri Sembilan FA	2-0
1999	Brunei FA	Sarawak FA	2-1
1998	Perak FA	Terengganu FA	1-1 (5-3 penalties)
1997	Selangor FA	Pahang FA	1-0
1996	Selangor FA	Sabah FA	1-1 (5-3 penalties)
1995	Selangor FA	Pahang FA	1-0
1994	Singapore FA	Pahang FA	4-0
1993	Kedah FA	Singapore FA	2-0
1992	Pahang FA	Kedah FA	1-0
1991	Johor FA	Selangor FA	3-1
1990	Kedah FA	Singapore FA	3-1
1989	Kuala Lumpur FA	Kedah FA	2-1
1988	Kuala Lumpur FA	Kedah FA	3-0
1987	Kuala Lumpur FA	Kedah FA	1-0
1986	Selangor FA	Johor FA	6-1
1985	Johor FA	Kuala Lumpur FA	2-0
1984	Selangor FA	Pahang FA	3-1
1983	Pahang FA	Selangor FA	3-2
1982	Selangor FA	Terengganu FA	1-0
1981	Selangor FA	Singapore FA	4-0
1980	Singapore FA	Selangor FA	2-1
1979	Selangor FA	Singapore FA	2-0
1978	Selangor FA	Singapore FA	4-2
1977	Singapore FA	Penang FA	3-2
1976	Selangor FA	Singapore FA	3-0
1975	Selangor FA	Singapore FA	1-0
1974	Penang FA	Perak FA	2-1
1973	Selangor FA	Terengganu FA	2-1
1972	Selangor FA	Perak FA	3-0
1971	Selangor FA	Perak FA	3-1
1970	Perak FA	Kelantan FA	2-0
1969	Selangor FA	Penang FA	1-0
1968	Selangor FA	Penang FA	8-1
1967	Perak FA	Singapore FA	2-1
1966	Selangor FA	Armed Forces	1-0
1965	Singapore FA	Selangor FA	3-1
1964	Singapore FA	Perak FA	3-2
1963	Selangor FA	Penang FA	6-2
1962	Selangor FA	Penang FA	1-0
1961	Selangor FA	Perak FA	4-2
1960	Singapore FA	Perak FA	2-0
1959	Selangor FA	Perak FA	4-0
1958	Penang FA	Singapore FA	3-3, 3-1
1957	Perak FA	Selangor FA	3-2
1956	Selangor FA	Singapore FA	2-1
1955	Singapore FA	Kelantan FA	3-1
1954	Penang FA	Singapore FA	3-0
1953	Penang FA	Singapore FA	3-2
1952	Singapore FA	Penang FA	3-2
1951	Singapore FA	Perak FA	6-0
1950	Singapore FA	Penang FA	2-0
1949	Selangor FA	Armed Forces	3-2
1948	Negeri Sembilan FA	Selangor FA	2-2, 2-1
1946-47	Not Played
1942-45	World War II
1941	Singapore FA	Penang FA	2-1
1940	Singapore FA	Kedah FA	2-0
1939	Singapore FA	Selangor FA	3-1
1938	Selangor FA	Singapore FA	1-0
1937	Singapore FA	Selangor FA	2-1
1936	Selangor FA	Singapore FA	1-0
1935	Selangor FA	Singapore FA	3-2
1934	Singapore FA	Penang FA	2-1
1933	Singapore FA	Selangor FA	8-2
1932	Singapore FA	Selangor FA	5-3
1931	Perak FA	Singapore FA	3-1
1930	Singapore FA	Selangor FA	3-0
1929	Selangor FA & Singapore FA (trophy shared)		2-2
1928	Selangor FA & Singapore FA (trophy shared)		2-2
1927	Selangor FA	Singapore FA	8-1
1926	Perak FA	Singapore FA	1-0
1925	Singapore FA	Selangor FA	2-1
1924	Singapore FA	Selangor FA	1-0
1923	Singapore FA	Perak FA	2-1
1922	Selangor FA	Singapore FA	3-2
1921	Singapore FA	Selangor FA	2-1

Best performing teams

#	Club	Wins	Runner-ups
1	Selangor FA	32	15
2	Singapore FA	24	19
3	Perak FA	7	11
4	Penang FA	4	9
5	Kedah FA	4	6
6	Negeri Sembilan FA	3	3
7	Kuala Lumpur FA	3	1
8	Pahang FA	2	4
9	Johor FA	2	1
	Perlis FA	2	1
11	Terengganu FA	1	4
12	Kelantan FA	1	3
13	Brunei FA	1	-
	MPPJ FC	1	-
15	Sabah FA	-	3
16	Armed Forces	-	2
17	Sarawak FA	-	1

References

1. ^ http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20110712-288801.html

See also

• Malaysian Charity Shield
• History of Malaysian football

External links

• Football Association of Malaysia
• Malaysia Cup
• List of Malaysia Cup winners