# 2012 Malaysia Cup

The 2012 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2012) was the 86th edition of Malaysia Cup. The competition began on 24 August 2012 and ended on 20 October 2012 with the final, held at Shah Alam Stadium. A total of 16 teams took part in the competition. The teams were divided into four groups, each containing four teams. The group leaders and runners-up teams in the groups after 6 matches qualified to the quarterfinals.
Negeri Sembilan FA were the defending champions, having beaten Terengganu FA 2–1 in last season's final.
For the first time since 1994, a Singapore team took part in the competition under the name LIONSXII.

## Format

In this competition, the top 12 teams from 2012 Malaysia Super League is joined by the top 4 teams from 2012 Malaysia Premier League. The teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams.
As part of the agreement between Football Association of Malaysia and Football Association of Singapore, a Singapore team will participate in Malaysia Cup. This marks the comeback of the Singapore team in Malaysia Cup having last participated 18 years before in 1994, where they won the competition, as the Singapore Lions. The new team will be known as LIONSXII.

## Seeding

The 16 teams were divided into four pots for the draw, each containing four teams. The standings in Super League and Premier League 2012 ended on 14 July 2012 – was used to seed the teams.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Kelantan FA LIONSXII Selangor FA Perak FA | Terengganu FA Negeri Sembilan FA PKNS FC T-Team FC | Johor FC Felda United FC Sarawak FA Kedah FA | ATM FA Pahang FA Sime Darby FC Johor FA |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | LIONSXII (A) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 9 |
| 2 | Johor FC (A) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Johor FA | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 |
| 4 | PKNS FC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kelantan FA (A) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 11 |
| 2 | ATM FA (A) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 11 |
| 3 | Kedah FA | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 |
| 4 | Terengganu FA | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Negeri Sembilan FA (A) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 |
| 2 | Felda United FC (A) | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 7 |
| 3 | Perak FA | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6 |
| 4 | Sime Darby FC | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 6 |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Selangor FA (A) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 |
| 2 | Pahang FA (A) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 10 |
| 3 | Sarawak FA | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 7 |
| 4 | T-Team | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 4 |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| D2 | Pahang FA | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| A1 | LIONSXII | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| A1 | LIONSXII | 1 | 2 | 3 | A1 | LIONSXII | 1 | 1(4) | 2(4) | | | |
| | | | | | B2 | ATM FA (p) | 1 | 1(5) | 2(5) | | | |
| B2 | ATM FA | 3 | 3 | 6 | B2 | ATM FA (p) | 1 | 1(5) | 2(5) | | | |
| C1 | Negeri Sembilan | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| C1 | Negeri Sembilan | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | B2 | ATM FA | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | B1 | Kelantan FA | 3 |
| C2 | Felda United FC | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | B1 | Kelantan FA | 3 |
| B1 | Kelantan FA | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| B1 | Kelantan FA | 2 | 2 | 4 | B1 | Kelantan FA | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | D1 | Selangor FA | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| A2 | Johor FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | D1 | Selangor FA | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| D1 | Selangor FA | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |

## Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 25,28 and 29 September, and the second legs were played on 2 October 2012.

### Second leg

LIONSXII won aggregate 3–2.
ATM FA won aggregate 6–3.
Kelantan FA won aggregate 4–3.
Selangor FA won aggregate 5–2.

## Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 5 & 6 October, and the second legs were played on 11 & 12 October 2012.

### Second leg

Aggregate 2-2, ATM FA won penalty shoot-out 5–4.
Kelantan FA won aggregate 3–0.

## Final

The final was played on 20 October 2012 at the Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam in Selangor, Malaysia.

## Winners

* 2012 Malaysia Cup winner
* Kelantan FA 2nd title

## Statistics
### Top Scorer

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Marlon Alex James | ATM FA | 12 |
| 2 | Mickaël Antoine-Curier | Felda United FC | 6 |
| 3 | Mohd Amri Yahyah | Selangor FA | 5 |
| 3 | Mohd Norfarhan Mohamad | Kelantan FA | 5 |
| 3 | Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona | Negeri Sembilan FA | 5 |
| 3 | Mohd Fauzi Roslan | Pahang FA | 5 |
| 3 | Muriel Orlando | Johor FA | 5 |
| 3 | Patrick Wleh | Sime Darby FC | 5 |
| 4 | Boško Balaban | Selangor FA | 4 |
| 4 | Afiq Azmi | Kelantan FA | 4 |
| 4 | Mohd Azamuddin Md Akil | Pahang FA | 4 |
| 4 | Mohd Hafiz Kamal | Pahang FA | 4 |
| 4 | Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt | Johor FC | 4 |
| 4 | Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri | Kedah FA | 4 |
| 5 | Mohd Badri Mohd Radzi | Kelantan FA | 3 |
| 5 | Norshahrul Idlan Talaha | Kelantan FA | 3 |
| 5 | Indra Putra Mahayuddin | Kelantan FA | 3 |
| 5 | Mohd Safiq Rahim | Selangor FA | 3 |
| 5 | Bruno Martelotto | ATM FA | 3 |
| 5 | Shahril Ishak | LIONSXII | 3 |
| 5 | Joël Epalle | Sarawak FA | 3 |
| 5 | Zairo Anuar Zalani | PBDKT T-Team FC | 3 |
| 6 | Mohammed Ghaddar | Kelantan FA | 2 |
| 6 | Mohd Nurul Azwan Roya | Kelantan FA | 2 |
| 6 | Maycon Carvalho Inez | Pahang FA | 2 |
| 6 | Mohd Faizol Hussien | Pahang FA | 2 |
| 6 | Mohd Alif Shamsudin | Negeri Sembilan FA | 2 |
| 6 | Khairul Izuan Abdullah | Negeri Sembilan FA | 2 |
| 6 | Mohd Nazri Mohd Kamal | Perak FA | 2 |
| 6 | Albert Ebossé Bodjongo | Perak FA | 2 |
| 6 | Leandro Teofilo Santos Pinto | Sime Darby FC | 2 |
| 6 | Mohd Faiz Mohd Isa | Sime Darby FC | 2 |
| 6 | Hairuddin Omar | ATM FA | 2 |
| 6 | Khairul Amri | LIONSXII | 2 |
| 6 | Mohd Farderin Kadir | Felda United FC | 2 |
| 6 | Helmi Loussaief | PKNS FC | 2 |
| 6 | Francis Forkey Doe | Terengganu FA | 2 |
| 6 | Sharudin Yakup | Sarawak FA | 2 |
| 6 | Shahrizal Saad | Johor FC | 2 |
| 6 | Hadin Azman | Johor FA | 2 |