The 2025 Malaysia FA Cup was the 35th edition of the Malaysia FA Cup, a knockout competition for Malaysian association football clubs. The FA Cup is the main domestic cup competition for men's football teams in Malaysia. The tournament proper starting on 16 August 2025. The winners, if eligible, would be assured a place in the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Two group stage.
Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) are the three-time defending champions, having beaten Selangor in the last final.
Qualified teams The FA Cup is a knockout competition with 16 teams taking part all trying to reach the final at Bukit Jalil National Stadium on 14 December 2025. The competition consisted of 13 teams from the Super League and 3 teams from A1 Semi-Pro League. The competition were represented by foreign clubs for the first time since 2015, where Brunei-based club DPMM FC, will compete in the tournament as an invited club.
The following teams played in the competition. Reserve teams were excluded. Malaysia Super Leaguethe 13 teams of the 2025–26 season Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro Leaguethe 3 teams of the 2025–26 season DPMM Immigration Johor Darul Ta'zim Kelantan The Real Warriors Kuching City Kuala Lumpur City Melaka Negeri Sembilan Penang PDRM Sabah Selangor TerengganuBunga Raya Malaysian University UM-Damansara United
Format The Malaysian Football League (MFL) announced a same format where only 16 teams will be involved in this competition. The final stages of the competition would feature a format change: The round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals will be played two legs (home & away), except for the final which was played as a single leg. Accordingly, if in a two-legged tie two teams scored the same number of aggregate goals, the winner of the tie would not be decided by the number of away goals scored by each team but always by 30 minutes of extra time, and if the two teams scored the same number of goals in extra time, the winner would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.
Seeding The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams become hosting for the round of 16.
For the draw, the teams were seeded and unseeded into two pots based on the following principles (introduced starting this season): Pot A contained the final standings of top 8 teams from 2024–25 Super League. Pot B contained the final standings of 9th until 13th placed teams from 2024–25 Super League, and the 3 teams selected from 2025–26 A1 Semi-Pro League, based on subject approval from the MFL Board of Directors.
Key to colours Teams from 2025–26 Malaysia Super League Teams from 2025–26 Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League +Pot A(seeded)Team1 Johor Darul Ta'zim2 Selangor3 Sabah4 Kuching City5 Terengganu6 Kuala Lumpur City7 PDRM8 Penang+Pot B(unseeded) Team9 Negeri Sembilan10 Kelantan The Real Warriors11 Melaka (P)12 Immigration (P)13 DPMM (Inv.)14 Bunga Raya15 Malaysian University16 UM-Damansara United Note: (P) – Promoted. Note: (Inv.) – Invited teams.
Draw dates The draw for the 2025 Malaysia FA Cup was held on 28 July 2025. PhaseRoundFirst legSecond legKnockout phaseRound of 1616–18 August 202512–15 & 30 September & 2 October 2025Quarter-finals17–18 October 202528–29 October 2025Semi-finals9 November 202530 November 2025Final14 December 2025
Bracket The bracket was decided after the draw.
Round of 16 A total of 16 teams played in the Round of 16. Ties were scheduled to be played in the week commencing 16 August 2025. The first legs were played on 16, 17 and 18 August, and the second legs were played on 12, 13, 14, 15, 30 September and 2 October 2025.
Key: (1) = Super League; (2) = A1 Semi-Pro League
Summary
Matches First leg
Second leg
Johor Darul Ta'zim won 10–3 on aggregate.
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Second leg
Selangor won 12–1 on aggregate.
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Second leg
Kuching City won 9–4 on aggregate.
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Second leg
Terengganu won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Second leg
Sabah won 6–0 on aggregate.
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Second leg
Penang won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Second leg
Negeri Sembilan won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Second leg
Kelantan The Real Warriors won 3–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals The first legs were played on 17 and 18 October, and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 October 2025.
Key: (1) = Super League; (2) = A1 Semi-Pro League
Summary
Matches First leg
Second leg
Johor Darul Ta'zim won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Second leg
Sabah won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Second leg
Selangor won 6–3 on aggregate.
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Second leg
Kuching City won 5–3 on aggregate.
Semi-finals The first legs were played on 9 November, and the second legs were played on 30 November 2025.
Key: (1) = Super League; (2) = A1 Semi-Pro League
Summary
Matches First leg
Second leg
Johor Darul Ta'zim won 4–1 on aggregate.
First leg
Second leg
5–5 on aggregate. Sabah won 5–4 on penalties.
Final
The final will be played at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ajdin MujagićSabah92 Faisal HalimSelangor73 Ronald NgahKuching City64 ChrigorSelangor55 Jonathan SilvaJohor Darul Ta'zim4 BérgsonJohor Darul Ta'zim7 Romel MoralesJohor Darul Ta'zim3 Danial AsriKuching City Darren LokSabah1014 players7 clubs21141 players14 clubs1
Own goals
RankPlayerTeamAgainstDateGoal1 Indera Putera DPMM FC Kuching City 14 September 20251 Yann Mabella Terengganu Kuching City 18 October 2025 Dane Ingham Sabah Selangor 9 November 2025 Rawilson Batuil Sabah Johor Darul Ta'zim 14 December 2025
See also 2025 Piala Sumbangsih 2025–26 Malaysia Super League 2026 Malaysia Cup 2026 MFL Challenge Cup
Notes
References
External links Football Malaysia LLP website - Piala FA Result Reports