Sultan of Selangor's Cup

The Sultan of Selangor's Cup is an annual friendly football competition contested between two rival football clubs, Selangor and Singapore.

Sultan of Selangor's Cup

Founded	2001 (2001)
Number of teams	2
Current champions	Selangor selection (10th title)
Most successful club(s)	Selangor selection (10 titles)
Television broadcasters	Media Prima RTM
2019 Sultan of Selangor Cup

History

The Sultan of Selangor Cup is founded by the current Sultan of Selangor, His Royal Highness Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah in 2001 to strengthen the ties between two rival teams, Selangor FA and Singapore and to rekindle their rivalry after Singapore pulled out of the Malaysian League in 1994.[1] The rivalry between two teams are very intense because of their status as the two most successful clubs in Malaysian football history and matches between the two sides has even been dubbed as the Malayan El'Clasico.[2]

Past tournaments/winners

Sultan of Selangor Cup finals

Year	Date	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Attendance
2001	4 August	Selangor	0-0 penalty 4-2	Singapore	Shah Alam Stadium
2003	29 March	Selangor	4-1	Singapore	Shah Alam Stadium
2004^a	16 May	Selangor	2-2^†	Singapore	Singapore National Stadium	40,000[3]
2005	24 May	Selangor	3-1	Singapore	Shah Alam Stadium
2006^a	10 May	Singapore	3-0[4]	Selangor	Singapore National Stadium	22,560[5]
2007	11 August	Singapore	3-1	Selangor	Shah Alam Stadium
2008	6 July	Selangor	2-2 penalty 4-3	Singapore	Shah Alam Stadium
2009	4 October	Singapore	3-0	Selangor	Jalan Besar Stadium
2010	16 October	Singapore	6-0	Selangor	Shah Alam Stadium
2011	1 October	Singapore	1-0	Selangor	Shah Alam Stadium
2012	29 September	Selangor	3-1[6]	Singapore	Shah Alam Stadium
2013	28 September	Selangor	3-2	Singapore	Shah Alam Stadium
2014	27 September	Selangor	2-1	Singapore	Shah Alam Stadium
2015	Cancelled due to haze[7]
2016	8 May	Singapore	1-1 penalty 4-3[8]	Selangor	Shah Alam Stadium
2017^b	6 May	Singapore	3-2[9]	Selangor	Singapore National Stadium
2018	25 August	Selangor	1-1 penalty 5-3[10]	Singapore	Shah Alam Stadium
2019	24 August	Selangor	1-0[11]	Singapore	Shah Alam Stadium
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[12]

Note:

^† Both teams are announced as joint winners in 2004

^a On 2004 and 2006, Selangor was represented by MPPJ FC.

^b On 2017, Selangor was represented by PKNS FC

Source:[13][14]

Performances

By team

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Selangor	10	7	2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019	2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017
Singapore	8	9	2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017	2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019

See also

• Malayan El'Clasico
• Malaysia Cup
• Piala FA
• Piala Sumbangsih
• History of Malaysian football

References

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2. Syafiq Aznan (1 May 2016). "Aksi 'El Classico Malaya' di Shah Alam 7 Mei". bharian.com.my. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
3. S. Sivabalan (18 May 2004). "MPPJ give a good account of themselves against singapore". thestar.com.my. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
4. "Singapore wins Sultan of Selangor Cup". thestar.com.my. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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6. "Piala Sultan Selangor: Selangor 3 Singapura 1". faselangor.my. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
7. N Faizal Ghazali (24 October 2015). "Piala Sultan Selangor edisi 2015 batal". malaysiakini.com (in Malay). Retrieved 3 February 2018.
8. BERNAMA (8 May 2016). "Pilihan Singapura juara menerusi sepakan penalti". utusan.com.my. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
9. Kenneth Ho (6 May 2017). "Too little, too late for Selangor in SOS Cup". fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
10. "Selangor rampas Piala Sultan Selangor". Berita Harian. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
11. Zulfaizan Mansor (24 August 2019). "Selangor pertahan kejuaraan Piala Sultan Selangor". Berita Harian. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
12. "Sultan of Selangor's Cup on Aug 15 called off, says Selangor palace". Malay Mail. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
13. "Piala Sultan Selangor". Retrieved 3 February 2018.
14. "2001-2014 Piala Sultan Selangor". Retrieved 3 February 2018.