2015 Malaysia Cup knockout stage

The 2015 Malaysia Cup knockout phase began on 24 November 2015 and concluded on 12 December 2015 with the final at Shah Alam Stadium in Selangor, Malaysia to decide the champions of the 2015 Malaysia Cup. A total of 8 teams competed in the knockout phase.

Round and draw dates

The draw for the 2015 Malaysia Cup was held on 27 August 2015 at the Hilton Petaling Jaya with the participating team coaches and captains in attendance.[1][2]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Play-off Play-off round 25 August 2015
Group stage Matchday 1 27 August 2015
(Kuala Lumpur) 		11–12 September 2015
Matchday 2 18–19 September 2015
Matchday 3 26 September 2015
Matchday 4 2–3 & 17 & 24 October 2015
Matchday 5 17 & 27 October & 4 November 2015
Matchday 6 4 & 21 November 2015
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 24 November 2015 28 November 2015
Semi-finals 2 December 2015 6 December 2015
Final 12 December 2015

Format

The knockout phase involved the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the quarter-final, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

Qualified teams

Group Winners
(Seeded in quarter final draw) 		Runners-up
(Unseeded in quarter final draw)
A Singapore LionsXII Kedah
B Johor Darul Ta'zim Sarawak
C Selangor FELDA United
D PKNS Pahang

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-final final
             
A1 Singapore LionsXII 1 2 3
D2 Pahang 4 0 4
Pahang 0 0 0
Selangor 0 2 2
C1 Selangor 2 1 3
B2 Sarawak 1 1 2
Selangor 2
Kedah 0
B1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 1 1 2
C2 FELDA United 1 2 3
FELDA United 2 1 3
Kedah 2 2 4
D1 PKNS 1 1 2
A2 Kedah 1 3 4

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 24 November, and the second legs were played on 28 November 2015.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pahang 4–3 Singapore LionsXII 4–1 0–2
Sarawak 2–3 Selangor 1–2 1–1
FELDA United 3–2 Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–1 2–1
Kedah 4–2 PKNS 1–1 3–1
First leg
Pahang4–1Singapore LionsXII
Hafiz 6'
Conti 54'
Nwakaeme 59'
Gopinathan 67'		 Report Safuwan 90+3'
Attendance: 11,316[3]
Referee: Nafeez Abd Wahab
Second leg
LionsXII Singapore2–0Pahang
van Huizen 12'
Faris 18'		 Report
Attendance: 5,898[4]
Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

Pahang won 4–3 on aggregate.

First leg
Sarawak1–2Selangor
Mehmet 59' Report Hazwan 35'
Afiq 89'
Attendance: 7,063[5]
Referee: Ahmad Zuhadi Dzulkifli
Second leg
Selangor1–1Sarawak
Afiq 28' Report Ashri 22'
Attendance: 10,000[6]
Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar

Selangor won 3–2 on aggregate.

First leg
Second leg

FELDA United won 3–2 on aggregate.

First leg
Kedah1–1PKNS
Syazwan 75' Report Pedro 86'
Attendance: 25,000[9]
Referee: S. Sittharanjanan
Second leg
PKNS1–3Kedah
Pedro 58' Report Edeh 29'
Sandro 57'
Syafiq 90+3'
Attendance: 6,850[10]
Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim

Kedah won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 2 December, and the second legs were played on 6 December 2015.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pahang 0–2 Selangor 0–0 0–2
FELDA United 3–4 Kedah 2–2 1–2
First leg
Pahang0–0Selangor
Report
Attendance: 26,420[11]
Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar
Second leg
Selangor2–0Pahang
Guilherme 11'
Nazmi 54'		 Report
Attendance: 47,436[12]

Selangor won 2–0 on aggregate.

First leg
FELDA United2–2Kedah
Thiago 14', 55' Report Sandro 37'
Edeh 63'
Attendance: 8,800[13]
Referee: Zohri Tajuddin
Second leg
Kedah2–1FELDA United
Edeh 44'
Sandro 51'		 Report Syamim 39'
Attendance: 30,000[14]
Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

Kedah won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2015 Malaysia Cup final

The final will be played on 12 December 2015 at the Shah Alam Stadium in Selangor, Malaysia.

Selangor2–0Kedah
Hazwan 4', 48' Report
Attendance: 80,000[15]

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