Piala Emas Raja-Raja

Piala Emas Raja–Raja
Founded	1922
Country	Malaysia
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	18 (from 2019)
	Current: 2023 Piala Emas Raja–Raja

Piala Emas Raja–Raja (English: Kings Gold Cup or Sultans Gold Cup) is an amateur annual football competition held between the states in Malaysia. It is a competition contested among Malay origin players in the states of Malaysia. The competition is managed by the Persatuan Bolasepak Melayu Malaysia (PBMM).

The competition has been held for a long time and the first known recorded champions was Perak in 1927.[1][2]

Piala Agong will also be competed as an opening match of the current season of the Piala Emas Raja-Raja where the previous year winners of Piala Emas Raja-Raja will compete against the previous year winners of Piala Agong where they will be defending their trophy.[3]

History

The competition was first held in the year 1922 during the visit of His Royal Highness the Regent of England (Prince of Wales) to the east including Malaya and Singapore. Various celebrations were held including Malay Football Tournament sponsored 'Malaya / Borneo Exhibition' held for two weeks in Singapore. 10 state teams that participated were from Singapore, Johor, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, Perak, Kedah, Penang, Terengganu and Kelantan. Meanwhile, Pahang and Perlis did not participate. During the final, Kedah beat Johor and emerged champion and received the first edition of Kings Gold Cup.[4]

The winners for the 73rd edition, 2013 Piala Emas Raja–Raja is Perlis.[5]

Champions and finalists

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1922	Kedah	Johor
1923	Selangor
1924	Selangor
1925	Selangor
1926	Selangor
1927	Perak
1928	Selangor
1929	Kedah
1930	Selangor
1931-34	no competition
1935	Selangor
1936-37	no competition
1938	Selangor
1939-46	Suspended due to the World War II – Japanese occupation of Malaya, Singapore and British Borneo
1947	Singapore	Penang	1-0
1948	Kedah	Singapore	2-0
1949	Kedah	Perak	1-0
1950	Singapore		(Win No Match)
1951	Penang	Selangor	2-1
1952	Kedah	Perak	4-1
1953	Kedah	Negeri Sembilan	4-1
1954	Selangor	Kedah	6-1
1955	Singapore	Penang	3-1
1956	Penang	Singapore	3-2
1957	Selangor	Kelantan	5-4
1958	Singapore	Penang	3-0
1959	Singapore	Kelantan	6-1
1960	Singapore	Penang	4-1
1961	Selangor	Kelantan	4-0
1962	Perak	Penang	5-4
1963	Singapore	Kelantan	6-3
1964	Singapore	Penang	2-0
1965	Johor	Penang	2-1
1966	Penang	Singapore	2-1
1967	Perlis	Singapore	3-0
1968	Penang	Selangor	4-2
1969	Penang	Johor	2-1
1970	Terengganu	Selangor	3-2
1971	ATM	Penang	3-1
1972	Kelantan	ATM	3-1
1973	Singapore	Kelantan	4-1
1974	Perak	Perlis	3-2
1975	Singapore	Penang	3-2
1976	Johor	Selangor	2-1
1977	Terengganu	Perlis	2-1
1978	Kelantan	Johor	2-1
1979	Johor	Kelantan	2-1
1980	Pahang	Perak	4-2
1981	Singapore	Johor	2-1
1982	Kelantan	Selangor	1-0
1983	Singapore	Penang	4-2
1984	ATM	Kelantan	5-4
1985	Kelantan	Johor	2-1
1986	Penang	Kuala Lumpur	5-0
1987	Terengganu	Perlis	2-0
1988	Johor	Selangor	3-0
1989	Kelantan	Selangor	4-0
1990	Perak	Kelantan	3-0
1991	Kelantan	Terengganu	1-0
1992	Negeri Sembilan	Terengganu	2-1
1993	Perlis	Penang	1-0
1994	Kuala Lumpur	Perlis	2-1
1995	Kelantan	Melaka	4-0
1996	Kedah	Perlis	1-0
1997	Selangor	Kelantan	3-1
1998	Penang	ATM	2–2 (5–4 pen.)
1999	ATM	Melaka	3-2
2000	Terengganu	Selangor	3-0
2001	Kelantan	Penang	3-0
2002	Penang	Kedah	1-0
2003	Kelantan	Selangor	2-1
2004	Kelantan	Pahang	2-0
2005	Kedah	Kelantan	1-0
2006	Selangor	ATM	5-1
2007	Johor	Kelantan	2-1
2008	Kelantan	Penang	4-0
2009	Perlis	Kedah	2-0
2010	Kelantan	Kedah	0–0 (4–3 pen.)
2011	Pahang	Melaka	3-1
2012	Perak	Kedah	0-0 (2-0) (a.e.t.)
2013	Perlis	Kedah	0–0 (a.e.t.)(7–6 pen.)
2014	Perlis	Pahang	2-1
2015	Negeri Sembilan	Perlis	1-1 (2-1)(a.e.t.)
2016	Pahang	PDRM	6-2
2017	Penang	Kelantan	2-1
2018	Pahang	Terengganu	1-0
2019	MISC	Kuala Lumpur	2-1 [6]
2020-21	cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Selangor	PDRM	3-2
2023	TBD	TBD	−

Performance by teams

Rank	Team	Winners	Runners-up
1	Selangor	14	9
2	Kelantan	12	12
3	Singapore	12	4
4	Penang	9	12
5	Kedah	8	6
6	Perlis	5	6
7	Johor	5	5
8	Perak	5	3
9	Terengganu	4	3
10	Pahang	4	2
11	ATM	3	3
12	Negeri Sembilan	2	1
13	Kuala Lumpur	1	2
14	MISC	1	-
15	Melaka	-	3
16	PDRM	-	2

Corporate sponsor

Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association (1926–1946)
Puncak Niaga (2009–2010)
Bank Mandiri (2011–2012)
Proton (2013)
GT Radial (2014)

References

Atsushi Fujioka; Erik Garin; Mikael Jönsson; Hans Schöggl (11 January 2018). "Sultan's Gold Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
"Piala Emas Raja-Raja beri peluang bekas pemain" (in Malay). Stadium Astro. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
"NS tekad rampas Piala Agong dari Perak". Bernama (in Malay). Berita Harian. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
"Tak lapuk dek zaman". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). 25 October 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
"Perlis juara Piala Emas Raja-Raja ke-73". Bernama (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
"MISC pecah tradisi 36 tahun Piala Emas Raja-Raja" (in Malay). Sinar Harian.

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[1] Atsushi Fujioka; Erik Garin; Mikael Jönsson; Hans Schöggl (11 January 2018). "Sultan's Gold Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

[2] "Piala Emas Raja-Raja beri peluang bekas pemain" (in Malay). Stadium Astro. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

[3] "NS tekad rampas Piala Agong dari Perak". Bernama (in Malay). Berita Harian. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

[4] "Tak lapuk dek zaman". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). 25 October 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

[5] "Perlis juara Piala Emas Raja-Raja ke-73". Bernama (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

[6] "MISC pecah tradisi 36 tahun Piala Emas Raja-Raja" (in Malay). Sinar Harian.