2018 Malaysia FA Cup Final

The 2018 Malaysia FA Cup Final was the 29th final of the Malaysia FA Cup, the Malaysia football cup competition.[1] Pahang won the cup after defeating Selangor 2–0.

2018 Malaysia FA Cup Final

The match programme cover
Event	2018 Malaysia FA Cup
Selangor Pahang 0 2
Date	7 July 2018 (2018-07-07)
Venue	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Man of the Match	Mohamadou Sumareh (Pahang)
Referee	Zulkarnain Zakaria
Attendance	43,512

Background

The final was played on 7 July 2018 at Bukit Jalil National Stadium.

Route to the final

Further information: 2018 Malaysia FA Cup

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.

Selangor Round Opposition Score First Round Bye Second Round MOF (a) 3–0 Third Round Terengganu (a) 3–1 Quarter-finals Kuala Lumpur (1st leg) (a) 3–0 Kuala Lumpur (2nd leg) (h) 0–3 Semi-final PKNS (1st leg) (h) 4–0 PKNS (2nd leg) (a) 1–1 Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue.

Pahang Round Opposition Score First Round Bye Second Round ATM (h) 2–1 Third Round Kedah (h) 1–0 Quarter-finals Johor Darul Ta'zim (1st leg) (h) 0–0 Johor Darul Ta'zim (2nd leg) (a) 3–0 Semi-final PKNP (1st leg) (h) 1–1 PKNP (2nd leg) (a) 2–1 Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue.

Ticket allocation

Each club received an allocation of 80,000 tickets; 30,750 tickets for Selangor, 30,750 tickets for Pahang and 18,500 tickets for online purchase.

Rules

The final was played as a single match. If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner.

Match

Details

7 July 2018

21:00 (UTC+8)

Selangor	0–2	Pahang
		23' Azam Azih  62' (pen.) Patrick Cruz

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 43,512

Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Selangor

Pahang

GK 1 Khairulazhan Khalid RB 5 Amirul Ashraf CB 13 Razman Roslan  75' CB 14 Alfonso de la Cruz  61' LB 3 K. Kannan  89' RM 17 Amri Yahyah (c)  28' CM 8 Saiful Ridzuwan LM 20 Syahmi Safari  71' RW 30 D. Kugan  57' CF 10 Rufino Segovia LW 18 Ilham Armaiyn Substitutes: DF 2 A. Namathevan MF 4 Abdul Halim Zainal MF 6 Evan Dimas  57' FW 12 Azamuddin Akil  71' MF 19 Joseph Kalang Tie  89' GK 21 Norazlan Razali DF 24 Muhd Syukri Azman Head Coach: Nazliazmi Nasir

GK 1 Helmi Eliza RB 2 Matthew Davies (c) CB 12 Bunyamin Umar CB 24 Muslim Ahmad LB 14 Faisal Rosli  86' RM 26 Mohamadou Sumareh  90' CM 21 Safuwan Baharudin CM 20 Azam Azih  80' LM 9 Norshahrul Idlan CF 10 Patrick Cruz  72' CF 29 Austin Amutu Substitutes: DF 4 R. Dinesh MF 7 Faisal Halim  90' MF 8 Wan Zaharulnizam  72' DF 16 Zubir Azmi  86' GK 22 Remezey Che Ros MF 23 Salomon Raj FW 28 Kogileswaran Raj Head Coach: Dollah Salleh

Man of the Match: Mohamadou Sumareh (Pahang) Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used

References

1. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay2018.html Malaysia 2018