2023 MFL Challenge Cup

The 2023 MFL Challenge Cup is the third edition of Malaysia Challenge Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and Malaysian Football League (MFL). The tournament began on 18 September and ended on 6 December 2023. The qualified teams will compete on the knockout stage to compete in a two-legged single-elimination tournament beginning with the quarter-finals followed by semi-finals and the final. Each tie are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

2023 MFL Challenge Cup
Piala Cabaran MFL 2023
CountryMalaysia Malaysia
Date18 September – 6 December 2023
Teams8
Matches played10
Goals scored35 (3.5 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)(3 goals)
Royizzat Daud
← 2019
2024–25 →

A total of 8 teams competed in the knockout phase, which the eight losers of the Malaysia Cup round of 16 will participate into the tournament.[1] This was the first Challenge Cup to be held since the 2019 edition, after the previous 3 years saw the tournament not held due to various circumstances. This was also the first tournament under its new name, the MFL Challenge Cup.

Teams

All 8 teams eliminated from the Malaysia Cup round of 16 will enter the tournament:

Key to colours
Losers of round of 16 enter 2023 MFL Challenge Cup
Malaysia Cup Round of 16
Team
Harini Selangor
Kedah Darul Aman
Kelantan
Kelantan United
Kuala Lumpur Rovers
Kuching City
PDRM
Penang

Format

Each tie in the knockout phase 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, then 30 minutes of extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner would be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

Schedule

The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the Malaysian Football League headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Selangor).

Round First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 18–19 September 2023 4–6 October 2023
Semi-finals 21–22 October 2023 4–5 November 2023
Final TBD 2023 TBD 2023

Knockout-stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Kuching City 1 3 4
Kedah Darul Aman 0 0 0
Kuching City 1
Kelantan United 1
Kelantan United 7 4 11
Kelantan 14 0 14
Winner of Semi-final 1
Winner of Semi-final 2
Penang 2 3 5
Harini Selangor 1 2 3
Penang 1
PDRM 2
Kuala Lumpur Rovers 1 1 2
PDRM 2 3 5

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 18 and 19 September 2023, and the second legs were played on 4, 5 and 6 October 2023.[2][3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kelantan United 11–0 Kelantan 7–0 4–0
Kuala Lumpur Rovers 2–5 PDRM 1–2 1–3
Kuching City 4–0 Kedah Darul Aman 1–0 3–0
Penang 5–3 Harini Selangor 2–1 3–2

Matches
First leg
Kelantan United7–0Kelantan
  • Balić 9'
  • Akinade 18'
  • Indra 59'
  • Faiz 74'
  • Sharvin 79'
  • Royizzat 88', 90'
 Report
Attendance: 710[4]
Referee: Munir Izam
Second leg
Kelantan0–4Kelantan United
Report
Attendance: 275[5]
Referee: Faisal Ridzuan

Kelantan United won 11–0 on aggregate.

First leg
Kuala Lumpur Rovers1–2PDRM
  • Ikmal 37'
 Report
Attendance: 123[6]
Referee: Shahmi Ismail
Second leg
PDRM3–1Kuala Lumpur Rovers
 Report
Attendance: 73[7]

PDRM won 5–2 on aggregate.

First leg
Kuching City1–0Kedah Darul Aman
 Report
Attendance: 278[8]
Referee: Faizudin Ismail
Second leg
Kedah Darul Aman0–3Kuching City
Report
Attendance: 2,520[9]
Referee: Kamal Ikhwan Yaacob

Kuching City won 4–0 on aggregate.

First leg
Penang2–1Harini Selangor
 Report
  • Fikri 83'
Attendance: 435[10]
Second leg
Harini Selangor2–3 (a.e.t.)Penang
 Report
Attendance: 350[11]
Referee: Amiruddin Lantji

Penang won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 21 and 22 October 2023, and the second legs were played on 4 and 5 November 2023.[12]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Penang PDRM 1–2 5 Nov
Kuching City Kelantan United 1–1 4 Nov

Matches
First leg
Penang1–2PDRM
 Report
  • Amir 19'
  • Fakhrul 76'
Attendance: 212[13]
Referee: Abang Azharudin Abdullah
Second leg
PDRMvPenang
First leg
Kuching City1–1Kelantan United
 Report
  • Asraff 42'
Attendance: 655[14]
Referee: Nafeez Abd Wahab
Second leg
Kelantan UnitedvKuching City

Final

The first leg were played on TBD 2023, and the second leg were played on TBD 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner of Semi-final 1 Winner of Semi-final 2

Matches
First leg
Winner of Semi-final 1vWinner of Semi-final 2
Second leg
Winner of Semi-final 2vWinner of Semi-final 1

Winner
2023 MFL Challenge Cup

TBD

Statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[15]
1 Malaysia Royizzat Daud Kelantan United 3
2 Malaysia S. Sharvin Kelantan United 2
Liberia Abu Kamara Kuching City
East Timor Pedro Henrique Kuching City
Malaysia Fakhrul Azim PDRM
Lebanon Soony Saad Penang
7 22 players 6 clubs 1

Own goals
Rank Player Team Against Date Goal
1 TBD TBD TBD TBD 2023 1

See also

Notes
  1. The Harini Selangor v Penang match, originally scheduled on 5 October 2023 were changed to 6 October 2023, and the original venue (Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium) has been changed to the new venue (Selayang Stadium).[3]
  1. The match has been delayed 2 hours due to rain.

References
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  3. "Kemaskini Jadual MFL Challenge Cup 2023" (PDF). malaysianfootballleague.com. Malaysian Football League. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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  5. "Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 2nd leg – Kelantan v Kelantan United". fam.org.my. Football Association of Malaysia. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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  9. "Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 2nd leg – Kedah Darul Aman v Kuching City". fam.org.my. Football Association of Malaysia. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  10. "Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 1st leg – Penang v Harini Selangor". fam.org.my. Football Association of Malaysia. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  11. "Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 2nd leg – Harini Selangor v Penang". fam.org.my. Football Association of Malaysia. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  12. "Jadual Pertandingan MFL Challenge Cup 2023" (PDF). malaysianfootballleague.com. Malaysian Football League. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  13. "Full Time Summary Semi-finals 1st leg – Penang v PDRM". fam.org.my. Football Association of Malaysia. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  14. "Full Time Summary Semi-finals 1st leg – Kuching City v Kelantan United". fam.org.my. Football Association of Malaysia. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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