The 2024–25 MFL Challenge Cup is the fourth edition of Malaysia Challenge Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and Malaysian Football League (MFL). The tournament began on 10 December 2024 and ended on 22 February 2025. This is the first season of the tournament to have a two-year schedule.
PDRM were defending champions, defeated Kuching City in the final with 4–1 on aggregate, but were eliminated by the eventual winners Selangor in the final.
Selangor clinch their first Challenge Cup title after beating defending champions PDRM 7–0 on aggregate in the final.
Qualifying rounds 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.
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 is 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.
Teams All 8 teams eliminated from the Malaysia Cup round of 16 will enter the tournament. List of the teams are shown below: Key to coloursLosers of round of 16 enter 2024–25 MFL Challenge Cup +Malaysia Cup Round of 16TeamKedah Darul AmanKelantan Darul NaimKuala Lumpur RoversMelakaPDRMPenangPT AthleticSelangor
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). RoundFirst legSecond legQuarter-finals10 & 12–13 December 202421–23 December 2024Semi-finals18–19 January 20251–2 February 2025Final15 February 202522 February 2025
Knockout-stage Bracket In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.
Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 10, 12 and 13 December, and the second legs were played on 21, 22 and 23 December 2024.
Matches First leg
Second leg
Penang won 6–0 on aggregate.
First leg
Second leg
PDRM won 4–3 on aggregate.
First leg
Second leg
Selangor won 8–1 on aggregate.
First leg
Second leg
Kedah Darul Aman won 6–0 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 18 and 19 January, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 February 2025.
Matches First leg
Second leg
4–4 on aggregate; PDRM won 5–4 on penalties.
First leg
Second leg
Selangor won 2–0 on aggregate.
Final
The first leg was played on 15 February, and the second leg was played on 22 February 2025.
Matches First leg
Second leg
Selangor won 7–0 on aggregate.
Winner Champions of 2024–25 MFL Challenge CupSelangorFirst Title
Statistics Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Ronnie FernándezSelangor 42 Aiman AfifKedah Darul Aman3 Ifedayo OlusegunPDRM Rafael VitorPenang Alvin FortesSelangor6 Amirul HisyamKedah Darul Aman2 Ali OlwanSelangor Mukhairi AjmalSelangor Yohandry OrozcoSelangor 10 22 players 6 clubs 1
Own goals
PlayerTeamAgainstDateGoal Rafael Vitor Penang Selangor 19 January 2025 1
See also 2024 Piala Sumbangsih 2024 Malaysia FA Cup 2024–25 Malaysia Cup 2024–25 Malaysia Super League
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