The 2025 Malaysia Cup final is a football match that was played on 26 April 2025, to determine the champion of the 2024–25 Malaysia Cup. It is the final game of the 98th edition of the Malaysia Cup, organized by the Football Association of Malaysia.
The final is played at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. The match was contested by Super League clubs Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) and Sri Pahang. The defending champions JDT have appeared in their tenth Malaysia Cup final, making their sixth Bukit Jalil visit since 2014. Sri Pahang appeared in their ninth Malaysia Cup final, their first visit final match to Bukit Jalil since 2018 when they win against Selangor in the 2018 FA Cup final.
Johor Darul Ta'zim won the final 2–1 for their 3rd consecutive time and their 10th title overall.
Teams In the following table, finals until 1966 were in the Malaya Cup era, and since 1967 were in the Malaysia Cup era.
Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) Johor Darul Ta'zim 6 (2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) Sri Pahang 8 (1983, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2013, 2014)
Route to the final
The Malaysia Cup began with 16 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of three rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.
Johor Darul Ta'zim RoundSri PahangOpponentResultLegsOpponentResultLegsKuala Lumpur Rovers9–03–0 away; 6–0 homeRound of 16Selangor3–21–1 home; 2–1 awayKuala Lumpur City6–12–1 away; 4–0 homeQuarter-finalsPerak4–31–0 away; 3–3 homeTerengganu6–14–0 away; 2–1 homeSemi-finalsSabah3–21–1 away; 2–1 home
Match Details
GK 16 Syihan HazmiCB 2 Matthew Davies CB 13 Park Jun-heong CB 14 Eddy Israfilov RM 42 Arif Aiman CM 4 Afiq Fazail CM 30 Natxo Insa (c) LM 24 Óscar Arribas AM 20 Juan Muñiz CF 9 Bérgson CF 37 Heberty Substitutes:GK 12 Christian Abad DF 3 Shahrul Saad DF 22 Corbin-Ong DF 25 Junior Eldstål MF 8 Safiq Rahim MF 18 Iker Undabarrena MF 21 Nazmi Faiz MF 26 Mohamadou SumarehFW 19 Romel Morales Coach: Héctor Bidoglio GK 1 Zarif IrfanRB 29 Azrif Nasrulhaq CB 3 Adam Nor Azlin CB 5 Aleksandar Cvetković LB 6 Syazwan Andik CM 15 Stefano Brundo (c) CM 30 Ibrahim Manusi RM 12 Baqiuddin Shamsudin AM 16 Ezequiel Agüero LM 26 T. Saravanan CF 11 Mykola Ahapov Substitutes:GK 18 Azfar ArifDF 23 Azwan Aripin DF 27 Fadhli ShasDF 44 Hasnul ZaimMF 4 Asnan AhmadMF 7 Sean Selvaraj MF 20 Azam Azih MF 33 Saiful Jamaluddin FW 35 Syaahir Saiful Coach: Fandi Ahmad
Man of the Match: Arif Aiman (Johor Darul Ta'zim)
Assistant referees: Nadziran Eziz Saharudin Ishak Fourth official: Kamil Zakaria Video assistant referee: Izzul Fikri Assistant video assistant referee: Visnukumar DarmarajMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time
Notes
See also 2024 Malaysia FA Cup 2024–25 MFL Challenge Cup
References
External links FAM Official website