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2023 Malaysia FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	Malaysia
Dates	8 March – 22 July
Teams	20
Defending champions	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Final positions
Champions	Johor Darul Ta'zim (3rd title)
Runner-up	Kuala Lumpur City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	58 (3.05 per match)
Attendance	169,808 (8,937 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	(4 goals) Arif Aiman
← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 22 July 2023.(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

The 2023 Malaysia FA Cup is the 33rd edition of the Malaysia FA Cup, a knockout competition for Malaysian association football clubs. The winners, if eligible, would be assured a place in the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two group stage.

Johor Darul Ta'zim are the defending champions, having beaten Terengganu in the last final and retained the trophy, beating Kuala Lumpur City 2–0 in the final.

Qualified teams

The FA Cup is a knockout competition with 20 teams taking part all trying to reach the Final at Sultan Ibrahim Stadium on 22 July 2023. The competition consisted of 14 teams from the Super League and 6 teams from M3 League.

For this season, there is no draw for the second round matches for the top 6 clubs of the Super League 2022 and the top 2 clubs of the Premier League who qualify automatically to the next round based on the seeding position based on the league position of the 2022 season.

The following teams played in the competition. Reserve teams were excluded.

Malaysia Super League the 14 teams of the 2023 season	M3 League the 6 teams of the 2023 season
Johor Darul Ta'zim Kedah Darul Aman Kelantan Kelantan United Kuching City Kuala Lumpur City Negeri Sembilan Penang Perak PDRM Sabah Selangor Sri Pahang Terengganu	Immigration BRM Manjung City Melaka PIB Shah Alam SAINS

Draw dates

The draw for the 2023 Malaysia FA Cup was held on 10 February 2023.

Round	Draw date	Match dates
First round	10 February 2023	8–25 March 2023
Second round		14–15 April 2023
Quarter-finals		27–28 May 2023
Semi-finals		25–26 June 2023
Final		22 July 2023

Bracket

The bracket was decided after the draw.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

PDRM

PDRM

Bye

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Penang

Kuching City

Kedah Darul Aman

2 (3)

Penang

Penang (p)

2 (4)

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Selangor

Negeri Sembilan

PIB Shah Alam

Bye

Selangor

Sri Pahang

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Kuala Lumpur City

Terengganu

Melaka

Melaka

Bye

Terengganu

Kelantan

Manjung City

Manjung City

Kelantan

SAINS

Terengganu

0 (2)

Kuala Lumpur City (p)

0 (4)

Sabah

Kelantan United

Kelantan United

Bye

Sabah

Kuala Lumpur City

Immigration

Immigration

BRM

First round

The draw involves the team position for the first round only involving the bottom 3 teams of the Super League season 2022, and also the bottom 3 teams of the Premier League season 2022, along with 6 M3 League teams to find four slots to the second round proper. Based on draw result, the four teams (Kelantan United, Melaka, PIB Shah Alam, PDRM) were given a bye to the second round proper.

Key: (1) = Super League; (3) = M3 League

Kedah Darul Aman (1) v Penang (1)

8 March 2023 (2023-03-08)	Kedah Darul Aman (1)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Penang (1)	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+8	Ott 9', 90'	Report	Giovane 22' Soony 68'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 13,768 Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali
	Penalties
	Hidalgo Balotelli Tuck Juraboev Ciger		Zaw Rafael Hadin Faris

Perak (1) v Sri Pahang (1)

8 March 2023 (2023-03-08)	Perak (1)	1–2	Sri Pahang (1)	Ipoh
20:15 UTC+8	Obiozor 34'	Report	Malik 82' Brundo 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 4,219 Referee: Kamil Zakaria

Manjung City (3) v SAINS (3)

25 March 2023 (2023-03-25)	Manjung City (3)	2–0	SAINS (3)	Seri Manjung
22:00 UTC+8	Syamin 3' Afeeq 84'	Report		Stadium: Manjung Stadium Attendance: 220 Referee: Nawal Zubir

Immigration (3) v BRM (3)

25 March 2023 (2023-03-25)	Immigration (3)	1–0	BRM (3)	Cheras
22:00 UTC+8	Azim 10' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 208 Referee: Munir Mohd Izam

PDRM (1) v

PDRM (1)

Bye

PIB Shah Alam (3) v

PIB Shah Alam (3)

Bye

Melaka (3) v

Melaka (3)

Bye

Kelantan United (1) v

Kelantan United (1)

Bye

Second round

Key: (1) = Super League; (3) = M3 League

The top 6 clubs from the 2022 Super League together with the top 2 clubs from the 2022 Premier League, will automatically qualify for the second round proper.

Johor Darul Ta'zim (1) v PDRM (1)

14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)	Johor Darul Ta'zim (1)	3–0	PDRM (1)	Iskandar Puteri
22:00 MYT	Bergson 3', 12' (pen.) Velázquez 27' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 9,429 Referee: Jeevanathan M. Ponniamoorthy

Terengganu (1) v Melaka (3)

14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)	Terengganu (1)	4–0	Melaka (3)	Kuala Nerus
22:00 MYT	Mamut 6' Hakimi 71' Mintah 82', 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 5,150 Referee: Hasrol Amir

Manjung City (3) v Kelantan (1)

14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)	Manjung City (3)	0–3	Kelantan (1)	Seri Manjung
22:00 MYT		Report	Arqués 33' Marong 59', 90'	Stadium: Manjung Stadium Attendance: 557 Referee: Shukor Zulkiflee

Kuala Lumpur City (1) v Immigration (3)

14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)	Kuala Lumpur City (1)	2–0	Immigration (3)	Cheras
22:00 MYT	Saravanan 45+2' Morales 83'	Report		Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 402 Referee: Abdul Rahman Wahab

Kuching City (1) v Penang (1)

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15)	Kuching City (1)	0–4	Penang (1)	Kuching
21:15 MYT		Report	Saad 10' Rafael 48' Hadin 65' Gomes 90+5'	Stadium: Sarawak Stadium Attendance: 315 Referee: Nasruddin Tamrin

Negeri Sembilan (1) v PIB Shah Alam (3)

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15)	Negeri Sembilan (1)	2–0	PIB Shah Alam (3)	Paroi, Seremban
22:00 MYT	Casagrande 52' Shahrel 81'	Report		Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 497 Referee: Shahrizan Solihim

Selangor (1) v Sri Pahang (1)

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15)	Selangor (1)	4–0	Sri Pahang (1)	Petaling Jaya
22:00 MYT	Mukhairi 41', 59' Faisal 67' Gan 72'	Report		Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 5,106 Referee: Ahmad Zuhadi Dzulkifli

Sabah (1) v Kelantan United (1)

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15)	Sabah (1)	2–0	Kelantan United (1)	Kota Kinabalu
21:15 MYT	Baddrol 13' Wilkin 59'	Report		Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: S. Logeswaran

Quarter-finals

Key: (1) = Super League; (3) = M3 League

Terengganu (1) v Kelantan (1)

27 May 2023 (2023-05-27)	Terengganu (1)	4–2	Kelantan (1)	Kuala Nerus
17:00 MYT	Azam 17' Mamut 41' Nordé 52' Syafik 82'	Report	Akinade 45', 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 5,263 Referee: S. Logeswaran

Negeri Sembilan (1) v Selangor (1)

27 May 2023 (2023-05-27)	Negeri Sembilan (1)	1–3	Selangor (1)	Paroi, Seremban
20:15 MYT	Safuwan 1'	Report	Mukhairi 3' Orozco 60', 87'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 6,203 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

Sabah (1) v Kuala Lumpur City (1)

28 May 2023 (2023-05-28)	Sabah (1)	1–2	Kuala Lumpur City (1)	Kota Kinabalu
17:45 MYT	Gabriel Peres 6' (pen.)	Report	Morales 30' Saravanan 44'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 6,797 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

Johor Darul Ta'zim (1) v Penang (1)

28 May 2023 (2023-05-28)	Johor Darul Ta'zim (1)	5–0	Penang (1)	Iskandar Puteri
20:15 MYT	Fané 32' (o.g.) Amat 38' Arif 49' (pen.) Corbin-Ong 58' Syafiq 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 14,779 Referee: Ahmad Zuhadi Dzulkfili

Semi-finals

Key: (1) = Super League; (3) = M3 League

Terengganu (1) v Kuala Lumpur City (1)

25 June 2023	Terengganu (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Kuala Lumpur City (1)	Kuala Nerus
21:00 MYT		Report		Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 26,540 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri
	Penalties
	Arif Sharif Safwan Krasniqi		Josué Morales Akram Zirdum Gallifuoco

Johor Darul Ta'zim (1) v Selangor (1)

26 June 2023 (2023-06-26)	Johor Darul Ta'zim (1)	4–0	Selangor (1)	Iskandar Puteri
21:00 MYT	Arif Aiman 20', 33', 38' Forestieri 47'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 32,257 Referee: Hasrol Amir

Final

Main article: 2023 Malaysia FA Cup final

The final will be played at the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium in Johor Bahru.

22 July 202321:00 MYT

Johor Darul Ta'zim (1)	2–0	Kuala Lumpur City (1)
Hong Wan 66' Velázquez 74'	Report

Sultan Ibrahim Stadium, Johor BahruAttendance: 33,598Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Top scorers

As of 22 July 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Arif Aiman	Johor Darul Ta'zim	4
2	Mukhairi Ajmal	Selangor	3
3	Leandro Velázquez	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2
	Bergson	Johor Darul Ta'zim
	Manny Ott	Kedah Darul Aman
	Ismahil Akinade	Kelantan
	Nuha Marong	Kelantan
	Romel Morales	Kuala Lumpur City
	T. Saravanan	Kuala Lumpur City
	Giovane Gomes	Penang
	Soony Saad	Penang
	Yohandry Orozco	Selangor
	Ivan Mamut	Terengganu
	Jordan Mintah	Terengganu
15	27 players	11 teams	1

References

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Azharie, Farah (22 July 2023). "JDT retain FA Cup title". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ "PERTEMBUNGAN SENGIT SEAWAL PUSINGAN PERTAMA PIALA FA". malaysianfootballleague.com. Malaysian Football League. 10 February 2023. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ Aznan, Syafiq (10 February 2023). "Keputusan undian Piala FA 2023". bharian.com.my. Berita Harian. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
Abdullah, Meor (10 February 2023). "Piala FA 2023: Dua Aksi Sesama Sendiri Libatkan Bekas Juara Serikan Pusingan Pertama". vocketfc.com. Vocket FC. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

External links

Football Malaysia LLP website - Piala FA
Result Reports Archived 2020-01-29 at the Wayback Machine

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Draw dates

Bracket

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top scorers

See also

References

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