2015 Malaysia Cup knockout stage

The 2015 Malaysia Cup knockout phase began on 24 November 2015 and concluded on 12 December with the final at Shah Alam Stadium in Selangor, Malaysia to decide the champions of the 2015 Malaysia Cup. A total of 8 teams competed in the knockout phase.

Round and draw dates

The draw for the 2015 Malaysia Cup was held on at the Hilton Petaling Jaya with the participating team coaches and captains in attendance.

Format

The knockout phase involved the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, 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, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the draw for the quarter final, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
• In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

Qualified teams

Group	Winners (Seeded in quarter final draw)	Runners-up (Unseeded in quarter final draw)
A	LionsXII	Kedah
B	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Sarawak
C	Selangor	Felda United
D	PKNS	Pahang

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	LionsXII	1	2	3
	Pahang	4	0	4
							Pahang	0	0	0
							Selangor	0	2	2
	Selangor	2	1	3
	Sarawak	1	1	2
													Selangor	2
													Kedah	0
	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1	1	2
	Felda United	1	2	3
							Felda United	2	1	3
							Kedah	2	2	4
	PKNS	1	1	2
	Kedah	1	3	4

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 24 November, and the second legs were played on 28 November 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pahang	4–3	LionsXII	4–1	2–0
Sarawak	2–3	Selangor	1–2	1–1
Felda United	3–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–1	1–2
Kedah	4–2	PKNS	1—1	1–3

First Leg

Pahang v LionsXII

24 November 2015 20:45 UTC+8

Pahang	4–1	LionsXII
Hafiz  6' Conti  54' Nwakaeme  60' Gopinathan  67'	Report	Safuwan  90+3'

Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan, Pahang Attendance: 11,316 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

Second Leg

LionsXII v Pahang

28 November 2015 19:45 UTC+8

LionsXII	2–0	Pahang
van Huizen  12' Faris  18'	Report

Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Attendance: 5,898 Referee: Mohd Zamzaidi Katimin

Pahang won 4–3 on aggregate.

First Leg

Sarawak v Selangor

24 November 2015 20:45 UTC+8

Sarawak	1–2	Selangor
Mehmet  60'	Report	Hazwan  36' Afiq  89'

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching, Sarawak Attendance: 7,063 Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkifli

Second Leg

Selangor v Sarawak

28 November 2015 20:45 UTC+8

Selangor	1–1	Sarawak
Afiq  28'	Report	Ashri  22'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar

Selangor won 3–2 on aggregate.

First Leg

Felda United v Johor Darul Ta'zim

24 November 2015 20:45 UTC+8

Felda United	1–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Thiago  8'	Report	Amirul  90+4'

Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaakub

Second Leg

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Felda United

28 November 2015 20:45 UTC+8

Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–2	Felda United
Safiq  50'	Report	Thiago  4' (pen.) Zah Rahan  76'

Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium, Larkin, Johor Attendance: 23,410 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

Felda United won 3–2 on aggregate.

First Leg

Kedah v PKNS

24 November 2015 20:45 UTC+8

Kedah	1–1	PKNS
Syazwan  75'	Report	Pedro  86'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar, Kedah Attendance: 25,000 Referee: S. Sittharajan

Second Leg

PKNS v Kedah

28 November 2015 20:45 UTC+8

PKNS	1–3	Kedah
Pedro  58'	Report	Edeh  29' Sandro  57' Syafiq  90+3'

Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor Attendance: 6,850 Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim

Kedah won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 2 December, and the second legs were played on 6 December 2015.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pahang	0–2	Selangor	0–0	2–0
Felda United	3–4	Kedah	2–2	2–1

First Leg

Pahang v Selangor

02 December 2015 20:45 UTC+8

Pahang	0–0	Selangor
	Report

Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan, Pahang Attendance: 21,653 Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar

Second Leg

Selangor v Pahang

06 December 2015 20:45 UTC+8

Selangor	2–0	Pahang
de Paula  11' Nazmi  54'	Report

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor Attendance: 47,436 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

Selangor won 2–0 on aggregate.

First Leg

Felda United v Kedah

02 December 2015 20:45 UTC+8

Felda United	2–2	Kedah
Thiago  14', 55'	Report	Sandro  38' Edeh  63'

Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajuddin

Second Leg

Kedah v Felda United

06 December 2015 20:45 UTC+8

Kedah	2–1	Felda United
Edeh  44' Sandro  51'	Report	Syamim  39'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar, Kedah Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Muhd Zamzaidi Katimin

Kedah won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

The final will be played on 12 December 2015 at the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, Selangor.

Selangor v Kedah

12 December 2015 20:45 UTC+8

Selangor	2–0	Kedah
Hazwan  4', 48'	Report

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

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