2024 Malaysia FA Cup final

The 2024 Malaysia FA Cup final was an association football match played between Johor Darul Ta'zim and Selangor at Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur on 24 August 2024. It was the final match of the 2024 Malaysia FA Cup, the 35th season of the football knockout competition.

2024 Malaysia FA Cup final
The match took place at Bukit Jalil National Stadium.
Event2024 Malaysia FA Cup
Date24 August 2024 (2024-08-24)
VenueBukit Jalil National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
Man of the MatchJuan Muñiz
(Johor Darul Ta'zim)
RefereeNazmi Nasaruddin
Attendance80,350
WeatherGood
27 °C (81 °F)
2023
2025

Nazmi Nasaruddin was the referee for the match played in front of 80,350 spectators. Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) dominated the stages of the final. The match ended 6–1 to JDT: it was only the first time that a team had scored six goals in an FA Cup final, and the margin of victory is the joint-largest in an FA Cup final history.

As winners, Johor Darul Ta'zim qualified for the group stage of the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two.

Background

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The Malaysian Football League (MFL) announced the Malaysian League competition schedule, involving the FA Cup competition. The final match schedules expected to be held on 24 August 2024.[1]

Johor Darul Ta'zim were playing a fifth FA Cup final.[2] Of these, they had won three, and most recently the previous season's final against Kuala Lumpur City.[3] Their most recent defeat in the final was in 2013, losing 1–0 to Kelantan.[4] Selangor were participating in a record 9th FA Cup Final, having previously won a record five, most recently in 2009 against Kelantan.[5] Their latest appearance was in 2018 final, when they were defeated to Pahang.[6]

Route to the final

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Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Johor Darul Ta'zim[7] Round Selangor[8]
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Kelantan Darul Naim 4–0 (H) Round of 16[a] Negeri Sembilan 4–0 (H)
Malaysian University 13–0 5–0 (A) 8–0 (H) Quarter-finals Kuching City 4–4 (5–3 p) 1–2 (A) 3–2 (a.e.t.) (H)
Kedah Darul Aman 5–1 2–1 (A) 3–0 (H) Semi-finals Terengganu 6–4 2–3 (A) 4–1 (H)

Johor Darul Ta'zim

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Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT), a Super League club, entered the FA Cup in the single-leg round of 16. They were drawn at home against Super League side Kelantan Darul Naim.[9] At the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium, JDT won 4–0 with one goal each from Fernando Forestieri, Romel Morales, Francisco Geraldes and Arif Aiman.[10] In the two-legged next round, they faced A1-Semi Pro League side Malaysian University. JDT earned a 5–0 victory in the first leg at away, with goals from Corbin-Ong, Shahrul Saad, Romel Morales and two from Francisco Geraldes.[11] In the second leg, they earned the biggest win of the season, winning 8–0 at Sultan Ibrahim Stadium to advance to the semi-final and record a 13–0 aggregate score.[12]

The semi-final pitted JDT against Super League side Kedah Darul Aman, with the first leg at Darulaman Stadium.[13] Óscar Arribas put JDT one goal ahead in the 24th minute, before the home side levelled the tie in the 87th minute, scored by Habib Haroon. However, Romel Morales scored in the injury time to put the visitors back ahead 2–1 and the results remained until the match ended.[14][15] The second leg at Sultan Ibrahim Stadium saw JDT start better of the two sides and each goal from Feroz Baharudin, Bérgson and Juan Muñiz meant they won 3–0 on the night, 5–1 on aggregate score to progress to the final.[16][17]

Selangor

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Selangor, a Super League club, started their FA Cup campaign in the single-leg round of 16, where they had been drawn home against Negeri Sembilan.[9] At the MBPJ Stadium, Yohandry Orozco and Alvin Fortes scored twice to give Selangor a 4–0 victory.[18] In the two-legged quarter-finals, they faced another Super League side Kuching City. In the first leg at Sarawak State Stadium, Selangor lost 2–1; both goals came in the first half for both teams, first from Ronnie Fernández and James Okwuosa, before Jordan Mintah sealed a win for the home side.[19] In the return leg, Shamie Iszuan put Kuching's lead in the 15th minute, before Zikri Khalili and Alvin Fortes put Selangor 2–1 ahead just before half-time.[20] Fortes scored a late goal in deep into added time, but Alif Hassan scored a minute later to help visitor equalise the aggregate, resulting in extra time.[21] The match was goalless after extra time, sending the game to a penalty shoot-out, which Selangor won 5–3.[22]

Selangor played Terengganu in the semi-final, with the first leg at Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium.[13] Two goals in the first 35 minutes courtesy of Safawi Rasid and Nurillo Tukhtasinov gave Terengganu an early 2–0 lead, which they held until the 39th minute when Selangor reduced the deficit to 2–1 courtesy of a Alvin Fortes goal. Noor Al-Rawabdeh equalised on three minutes after start of the second half, before Ismahil Akinade scored a winning goal to give Terengganu a 3–2 lead in the first leg.[23][24] Two weeks later, Safuwan Baharudin's hat-trick and Reziq Bani Hani's goal in the injury time helped Selangor win 4–1 in the return leg and advance to the final, where they finished with a 6–4 aggregate victory.[25][26]

Match

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Details

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Johor Darul Ta'zim6–1Selangor
Report
 
 
 
 
 
 
Johor Darul Ta'zim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Selangor
GK 16   Syihan Hazmi
RB 2   Matthew Davies (c)
CB 14   Shane Lowry   40'   85'
CB 15   Feroz Baharudin
LB 24   Óscar Arribas   90+3'
DM 4   Afiq Fazail   73'
CM 6   Hong Wan   85'
CM 20   Juan Muñiz
RF 42   Arif Aiman
CF 9   Bérgson
LF 37   Heberty   28'   90+3'
Substitutes:
GK 29   Izham Tarmizi
DF 3   Shahrul Saad   85'
DF 11   Murilo   90+3'
DF 91   Syahmi Safari
MF 8   Safiq Rahim
MF 10   Francisco Geraldes   73'
MF 21   Nazmi Faiz
MF 30   Natxo Insa   85'
FW 19   Romel Morales   90+3'
Coach:
  Héctor Bidoglio
GK 23   Samuel Somerville   68'
RB 44   Sharul Nazeem
CB 21   Safuwan Baharudin (c)   88'
CB 55   Harith Haiqal
LB 22   Fazly Mazlan   3'   45'
CM 6   Nooa Laine
CM 8   Noor Al-Rawabdeh   40'
CM 24   Alex Agyarkwa   45'
RW 11   Alvin Fortes
CF 9   Ronnie Fernández   66'
LW 16   Yohandry Orozco
Substitutes:
GK 20   Azim Al-Amin   68'
DF 2   Quentin Cheng   45'
DF 14   Zikri Khalili
DF 18   Khuzaimi Piee
MF 43   Syahir Bashah
MF 77   Aliff Haiqal
FW 7   Faisal Halim
FW 17   Danial Asri
FW 99   Reziq Bani Hani   45'
Coach:
  Nidzam Jamil

Man of the Match:
Juan Muñiz (Johor Darul Ta'zim)

Assistant referees:[28]
Zairul Khalil Tan
Farhan Abdul Aziz
Fourth official:[28]
Kamil Zakaria
Video assistant referee:[28]
Ahmad Zuhadi Dzulkifli
Assistant video assistant referee:[28]
Visnukumar Darmaraj

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Nine named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 1]

Notes

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  1. ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.
  1. ^ The round of 16 played in a single-leg format.

See also

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References

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